There wasn't much doubt about this one amongst our panelists. Our Politician of the Year winner is @MaryLouMcDonald
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- Congratulations Minister McEntee, it's unequivocal from our jury - you're their pick for Minister of the Year @HMcEntee
- Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald’s political book pick tonight is 'Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland' by Anne Cadwallader. “It’s a pretty devastating and forensic account of British collusion in the north of Ireland.”
- Politician of the year goes to An Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD
- Political Diss of the Year?? An interesting selection to choose from here, but the winner is.....Duncan Smith tearing into the Healy Rae's over accusations of privilege
- Dear tweeters, @LatedebateRTE is going to take a short break. @KatieGHannon and the rest of the team will be back as soon as we possibly and safely can . In the mean-time , pay attention to the advice from trusted sources , and ignore the rumour mill ! Stay safe everyone !
- We're off air for a couple of weeks due to the effects of Covid on staff and guests. We'll be back in February.
- When you forget to tell your guests that they're live on @rtenews as well as @RTERadio1 🫢 Sorry @AodhanORiordain
00:00 - Minister of the Year goes to @rodericogorman
- On last night's programme, @Ginosocialist gave us a moment of personal, rather than political, insight into the Mother and Baby home redress scheme.
00:00 - The annual Women In Media event is sorely missed this year but tonight from 10pm we give it The Late Debate spin...with female perspectives on Level 5 and living a political life @CarrollJennifer @bridsmithTD @lichamber @alisonoconn @MoyneFlu @sarahcareyIRL @wimballybunion
- The spotlight is on housing tonight. Discussing whether to build up or out, addressing a growing stay-at-home population and future policies will be @DarraghOBrienTD @EOBroin @neasa_neasa @RBoydBarrett @Orla_Hegarty @HughBren
- The Late Debate is in recess now until Tuesday 12th January 2021. Thank you to all our listeners/viewers, guests who joined us during the year and we wish everybody, wherever you are, a happy, healthy and safe Christmas and New Year. 2020....a year we won't forget in a hurry!
