Head-to-head debates between Varadkar and Martin are an unfair waste of time | JOE.ie

The move also bucks what small precedent there is. Back in 2011, when Labour had toppled Fianna Fáil in the polls, and would soon overtake them in terms of seats, the party was rightly invited to RTÉ's"head-to-head-to-head" debate. But so were Fianna Fáil, who were on course for the rout of a lifetime.

"In the blue shirt, a man whose government has overseen record levels of overcrowding, record levels of homelessness and rampant rising rents, it's Leo 'The Evictor' Varaaaadkar. But in Ireland's parliamentary system, these head-to-heads won't just be unhelpful, they will actively damage the democratic process at the whim of studio executives who want people to watch their station.

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