Ireland South European Election Candidates Debate 2019

Euro election candidates for the Ireland South constituency appear on RTÉ's "The Week in Politics" with five candidates in studio. Timeline / Issues Discussed:
0:00 - Constituency Profile
7:10 - Questions relating to candidates
13:20 - CAP / Climate Change / Fishing
28:05 - "The sleeping beauty of the Lisbon Treaty" - PESCO / Proposed EU Army
35:01 - Scrapping EU funds for Hungary, Poland and Romania?
38:06 - Transfers?

Other Candidates:
39:31 - Andrew Doyle, Fine Gael
39:58 - Breda Gardner, Indpendent
40:26 - Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil
40:52 - Seán Kelly, Fine Gael
41:21 - Liam Minehan, Independent
41:48 - Peter O'Loughlin, Identity Ireland
42:14 - Grace O'Sullivan, Green Party
42:43 - Jan Van De Ven, Direct Democracy Ireland
43:10 - Adrienne Wallace, Solidarity - People Before Profit
43:40 - Allan Brennan, Independent
43:48 - Dolores Cahill, Independent (Irish Freedom Party)
43:55 - Paddy Fitzgerald, Independent
44:01 - Theresa Heaney, Independent
44:07 - Peter Madden, Independent
44:11 - Diarmuid O'Flynn, Independent
44:17 - Walter Ryan-Purcell, Independent
44:23 - Maurice Sexton, Independent
44:30 Colleen Worthington, Independent

45:00 Talking heads talk about debate

Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll - Friday 10th May
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With five seats up for grabs, an opinion poll released on Friday gave the following for 1st preference votes:
Seán Kelly (FG) 18%
Liadh ní Riada (SF) 14%
Billy Kelleher (FF) 13%
Deirdre Clune (FG) 10%
Malcolm Byrne (FF) 10%
Andrew Doyle (FG) 9%
Mick Wallace (I4C) 8%
Sheila Nunan (LP) 5%
Grace O'Sullivan (GP) 5%
Breda Gardner (IND) 2%

All other candidates were on 1%. Transfers are going to be important to decide who gets the last few seats.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/poll

Broadcast 12/05/2019.