Last night saw the first televised debate of the Presidential election to feature all six candidates and viewers had their phones at the ready to share their thoughts on the big talking moments.

As an Irish speaker, viewer, and former board member of TG4, I am extremely disappointed by the broadcaster’s apparent decision not to convene a candidates’ debate as Gaeilge during the current presidential campaign.

Loans, vaccines, a border poll, and the presidential salary were some of the opening topics juggled by candidates during a cautious but fast-paced opening debate in the race for Áras an Uachtaráin.

A man who was four times over the limit when he crashed his BMW into a roundabout killing a woman and paralysing her friend has moved to appeal his seven-year prison sentence.