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# aras11 - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
RTÉ head: ‘Impossible to say’ whether Frontline debate changed election
Noel Curran says the swing between Sean Gallagher and Michael D Higgins is too large to attribute to one programme.
# aras11 - Sunday 18 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Good morning! Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# aras11 - Saturday 27 October, 2012
One year after #Aras11, where are the failed presidential candidates now?
One wrote a book, one went on tour, one went back up the North and one went to Strasbourg. Here’s what Seán, Martin, Gay, David, Dana and Mary did next.
# aras11 - Monday 11 June, 2012
McGuinness to inherit Adams’ old British title under SF reorganisation
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will become the new Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
# aras11 - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Cabinet will not order review of Frontline programme – Kenny
Enda Kenny says any independent review of RTÉ’s Frontline programme is a matter for the BAI and not the cabinet.
BAI, Cabinet to discuss Gallagher demands for Frontline inquiry
The cabinet, and a meeting of the Broadcasting Authority, will examine claims that RTÉ suggested audience questions.
# aras11 - Monday 12 March, 2012
RTÉ invites former UTV chief to assist in editorial review
The national broadcaster has outlined the numerous actions it is taking in connection with last October’s controversial Frontline debate.
Gallagher writes to Rabbitte over ‘deeply disturbing’ Frontline claims
Seán Gallagher writes to the communications minister seeking a “full investigation” into the making of the Presidential debate.
Poll: Do we need a public inquiry into the RTÉ Frontline debate?
There have been calls for a further inquiry over claims that an audience member was encouraged to ask a hostile question. So what do you think?
Fianna Fáil call for inquiry over RTÉ Frontline debate
The party said an independent investigator should be appointed, after new claims emerged over the treatment of Seán Gallagher.
# aras11 - Sunday 11 March, 2012
McGuinness blames Gallagher’s undoing on ‘lack of credibility’ – and not RTÉ
Commentators and candidates should respect the democratic decision of the electorate, said the Sinn Féin politician.
Further regulatory process over Gallagher complaint is ‘not a matter for RTÉ to decide or influence’
The national broadcaster has responded to an earlier statement made by lawyers for presidential candidate Seán Gallagher calling for a public inquiry into last year’s controversial Frontline debate.
Seán Gallagher calls for inquiry over new RTÉ Frontline claims
Gallagher also said he is considering legal action after new reports emerged over the controversial presidential debate.
# aras11 - Friday 9 March, 2012
12 random items that convulsed Irish politics this past year
Septic tanks, dry-cleaning receipts and Michael D’s knees – just some of the strange things we never thought we’d obsess about in a political context… but we do now.
RTE failed in obligation of fairness to Sean Gallagher… says RTE Board
The Board of RTE has said it fully accepts the findings of the BAI and that it is bringing in new guidelines on social media to ensure ‘Tweetgate’ doesn’t happen again.
# aras11 - Thursday 8 March, 2012
Rabbitte lost for words at ‘innuendo’ of vested interest in Gallagher probe
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming accuses Rabbitte of having a “personal financial vested interest” in the Presidential election.
Column: BAI report does not close file on That Tweet
Seán Gallagher’s Áras bid may have been derailed with or without the tweet from fake McGuinness account. But the point is we need to know who was behind it, says Derek Mooney who knows all about losing a job amid a Twitter controversy…
RTÉ board to meet following BAI ruling on Frontline tweet
RTÉ chairman Tom Savage will convene the broadcaster’s board, while a Sean Gallagher spokesman doesn’t rule out legal action.
# aras11 - Wednesday 7 March, 2012
RTÉ director general apologises to Gallagher over Frontline ‘mistakes’
Noel Curran’s apology comes on foot of the BAI’s decision to uphold Gallagher’s complaint regarding a controversial tweet referred to during an #Áras11 debate.
BAI upholds Gallagher complaint over Frontline tweet
However, the broadcasting authority says it found no evidence that the RTÉ programme had deliberately attempted to conceal information about the tweet.
# aras11 - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
# aras11 - Saturday 18 February, 2012
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…
# aras11 - Thursday 16 February, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
RTÉ rejects #Aras11 ‘bogus’ tweet claims
RTÉ’s head of broadcast compliance has written to the Irish Times to dispute a sentence in yesterday’s front page article.
# aras11 - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Your evening round-up of the day’s news…
# aras11 - Saturday 31 December, 2011
2011: The Year in Numbers
From #aras11 to #ge11, from Ireland’s economic black hole to the controversial household charge: We bring you all the important numbers of 2011.
# aras11 - Friday 30 December, 2011
Obama, Cloyne and an ‘elderly poet’: how the world’s media saw Ireland in 2011
It’s been an eventful year for the nation, here’s how the international media saw the big events.
# aras11 - Saturday 24 December, 2011
The most telling Irish political pictures of 2011
A general election, the implosion of two parties, EU drama and a Presidential campaign – can you picture all that in one year? We tried…
# aras11 - Tuesday 20 December, 2011
Michael D admits he’s (a bit) homesick in the Áras
In an interview with Vincent Browne, the President said that he found it tough to leave his native Galway.
# aras11 - Monday 14 November, 2011
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# aras11 - Friday 11 November, 2011
In pictures: Presenting… President Michael D Higgins
The ninth President of Ireland in his finest ceremonial hour…
In full: Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s speech at Presidential inauguration
The full text of the address given by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the inauguration of Michael D Higgins as the ninth President of Ireland today.
# aras11 - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Poll: How would you rate Mary McAleese’s presidency?
The current President of Ireland’s 14-year tenure is drawing to a close – how do you think she has managed the role over that time?
# aras11 - Wednesday 9 November, 2011
WATCH: Remember these seven from #Áras11?
Promo from RTÉ’s Naked Presidential Election, to be broadcast tonight, shows “how it was won and lost”…
# aras11 - Wednesday 2 November, 2011
Galway United play their relegation wild card… Michael D. Higgins
The President-elect and his wife will be among the crowd for the Airtricity League promotion/relegation play-off second leg on Friday.
# aras11 - Tuesday 1 November, 2011
Mitchell unlikely to attend Fine Gael’s post-election meeting
The party’s failed presidential candidate has returned to Brussels as Fine Gael looks set to examine where it went wrong in the Race for the Áras.
# aras11 - Sunday 30 October, 2011
Higgins welcomed by 5,000 supporters in Galway
The President-elect has been greeted by thousands of supporters in his native Galway today.
What’s in store for the presidential losers?
Along with a new house, Michael D Higgins has won financial security for life. But what are the prospects for the other six candidates?
# aras11 - Saturday 29 October, 2011
Where were Mary Davis and Gay Mitchell today?
Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell and Independent candidate Mary Davis were not present for Michael D Higgins’s victory speech at Dublin Castle today – so where were they?
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: Michael D Higgins is to be the ninth President of the Republic of Ireland; a woman is arrested over Dublin abduction; and Jimmy Savil passes away at the age of 84.






















































