All three candidates were doing their best not to miss-step in their first tv debate last night.
The Presidential campaign teams will be analysing how their candidates performed in the first television debate last night.
There was a focus on the conflict in Gaza, with the triple lock on overseas deployment and the occupied territories bill also featuring.
Crime and housing were also discussed as Independent Catherine Connolly, Fianna Fáil's Jim Gavin and Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys debated with each other for the first time.
Ferbane's Kevin Doyle, Executive Editor at the Irish Independent says he was not impressed with the debate unfolded:
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