Last night's presidential debate was the third and final televised one where all six candidates battled it out for their place in the Aras from the 11th of November.
Well, that's it then. All of the side eyes and dirty digs are nearly done with, and the actual voting for the next Irish president is only a couple of days away. RTE's Prime Time presidential debate was hosted by David McCullagh last night, and over the 90 minutes the Irish public were, once again, out in their droves proving that we can make light of anything.
Here are the best tweets from you, that sum up the best bits from the night.
Author David McWilliams called it quits fairly early on:
God I can't watch this #rtept
— David McWilliams (@davidmcw) October 23, 2018
Imagine the amount of time he'd have put into his costume:
I'm not watching the #rtept #Aras18 debate. I thought long and hard about this, and literally the only thing MDH could do to lose my vote would be to whip off his mask and reveal himself to be Sean Gallagher.
— Peter KavanAGH! Real Monsters! (@TheKavOfficial) October 23, 2018
The candidates were hovering around the Michael D Jet for quite a lot of the debate:
Imagine being 50 years in politics and the only thing your opponents can find on you is that you once got flight when you probably should have taken a car #rtept
— Michael Kerrigan (@mkgalway) October 23, 2018
And the public don't really care that much:
I couldn't give a fuck if Michael D went for a bag of chips in the space shuttle.#Aras18 #RTEPT
— Obstrepero (@BocktheRobber) October 23, 2018
WWN had some hot-off-the-press quotes:
“It’s cheaper than the fucking train” Michael D defends private jet to Belfast. #rtept
— WWN (@WhispersNewsLTD) October 23, 2018
We don't think this is the actual TD Pat Rabbitte... or is it?
It seems lost on little Thumbhead there that the whole point of having and financing a state aircraft is so that the Head of State might actually be able to use the fucking thing. #RTEpt #aras18
— PatRabbitteTD (@PetRabbitte) October 23, 2018
Man this is pure comedy gold, I was watching Father Ted tonight but I turned it off because this car crash is ten times funnier. #Aras18 #rtept
— PatRabbitteTD (@PetRabbitte) October 23, 2018
A lot of people were commending McCullagh for his professionalism:
David McCullough has some poker face in fairness. I'd be on the floor at this point #rtept #Aras18
— Jennifer Canesten♠️ (@Jenni4Canesten) October 23, 2018
But then it all started to kick off - he put his pen down:
David McCullagh tosses his pen down in frustration as Joan Freeman tries to dodge a question on taking a loan from former Herbalife boss. ? #RTEPT #aras18 pic.twitter.com/QIjn3uTSMJ
— Mark Tighe (@marktigheST) October 23, 2018
Poor Casey...
When Peter Casey tries to explain racism.... #rtept pic.twitter.com/qYY50hl7e6
— Grumpy Liberal (@GrumpyLiberal) October 23, 2018
Our very own Brian Lloyd dropped a zinger:
It's uncanny. #rtept pic.twitter.com/NgWNnI3kV0
— BRAAAINNS Lloyd (@BrianMLloyd) October 23, 2018
She's about to call The Gardai:
Joan Freeman looks like she’s constantly asking her neighbours to ‘keep the noise down’ #rtept
— Mallow News (@MallowNews) October 23, 2018
Miriam for 2025?
Another debate and another Presidential candidate has failed to show up! Miriam O’Callaghan will have serious questions to answer about this... in 2025 ? #rtept #Aras18 #Miriam2025
— Oliver Callan (@olivercallan) October 23, 2018
There was about 20 seconds of Gaelige spoken in the 90 minutes:
My favourite part of the #RTEPT #Aras18 debate so far was when Michael D and Liadh Ní Riada went off at each other as gaeilge and none of the other candidates had a clue what they were talking about.
— John Boyne (@john_boyne) October 23, 2018
Nobody put this question to the president:
Next they'll be grilling Michael D on how much he was paid on Postman Pat over the years #rtept pic.twitter.com/md9sYmt9iQ
— Philip Bagley (@Philip_Baggers) October 23, 2018
When it started to creep over the 90 minute mark, people were beginning to run riot:
I thought this was a 90 minute debate
I’d vote for whichever one of ‘em says we should all go to bed #RTEpt
— Will Leahy (@willleahy) October 23, 2018
Checking how long this debate has been going#Aras18 #Rtept pic.twitter.com/mvL1MHcCn9
— JJ Hartigan (@jayhartigan) October 23, 2018
And we all started to get a bit tired about the whole thing:
Michael D perfectly encapsulates how everyone in Ireland is feeling. #Rtept #Aras18 pic.twitter.com/KDmaVGKzry
— Patrick Cullivan (@paddycullivan) October 23, 2018
And then, our savour, dropped this absolute bombshell:
Best line of the debate
Sean Gallagher: “I wish you’d stop calling us dragons, David”.
David McCullagh: “Who knows, in 7 years time, we might have 3 candidates from Ireland’s Fittest Family”
?????? @mcculld #presidentialdebate #rtept— Sarina Bellissimo (@SBellissimo) October 23, 2018
Maybe next time:
I’m voting for David McCullagh #rtept
— Rob Cullen (@robcullen79) October 23, 2018