We’re nearly there… polling day I mean.

Sean Gallagher’s New National Anthem

—–
If you can bear another debate Newstalk and Google are working together on a debate today. The livestream will be available from 12 pm – 1.30 pm.

—–

If you are going to a count on Friday you might need a tag for your tweets. These were developed for this years General Election so may come in useful. I know that there won’t be a lot of tallying going on for the presidential election but I’m sure there will in Dublin West for the bye-election. There will no doubt be a few interested souls in count centres having a look at what unfolds.

—–
Pupils in a Christian Brothers School in Belfast join many others who can’t vote in this election who have been making videos asking people to vote for Martin McGuinness.

—–
Since Martin McGuinness does not look likely to win on Friday foreign interest in the presidential election seems to have waned. However the Guardian thinks David Norris is a come back kid and could win.

—–
Jason O’Mahony’s round up and winners and losers so far.

—–
More on Sean Gallagher’s visit to the Galway School of Judo last week – about 1min44 in is where it gets Putinesque. Is this where he hurt his back? By the way Sean visited another Judo event over the weekend in City West.

—–

Meanwhile Michael D gets serenaded in Henry Street, Dublin. It seems to happen quite a lot when he’s out and about. Now did those Tenors just happen to be there? On the Northside doing their shopping were they?

—–
Worldbystorm is thinking about the Dublin West Bye-election. I’m glad someone is.

—–
Hoorah! The Journal found someone who is not a member of FF/FG/Lab/SF to write something in favour of the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum

—–
A special issue of the Irish Law Times has been published on the Judicial Pay referenda. The forward can be read here and an electronic copy of the full edition is available.

—–
Sent last night from a ladies somewhere in Ireland to the Mary Davis Campaign.