European election Midlands-North-West debate: Eight candidates take part in RTÉ Upfront live

Live debate on RTE Upfront features Peter Casey, Barry Cowen, Luke Ming Flanagan, Saoirse McHugh, Chris MacManus, Pauline O’Reilly. Peadar Tóibín and Maria Walsh

Key Points Tonight’s Midlands North-West debate on RTÉ's Upfront with Katie Hannon at 10.35pm is the first of three European election debates. Harry McGee explains Just eight of the 27 candidates are appearing on tonight’s debate they are: Peter Casey ; Barry Cowen ; Luke Ming Flanagan ; Saoirse McHugh ; Chris MacManus ; Pauline O’Reilly ; Peadar Tóibín ; and Maria Walsh .

The size of European Parliament constituencies mean the TV debates are seen to be a large deciding factor With over 20 candidates in each constituency, RTÉ has reduced the number of participating candidates to eight to allow for meaningful debate.

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