RTE has announced that one of the televised debates between party leaders during Election 2016 will be filmed at the University of Limerick. The debate which will be filmed in the University Concert Hall as part of the Claire Bryne Live show on Monday the 15th of February is the first election leaders debate to be held outside of Dublin. 

Mark Mulqueen of UL , said that the institution was delighted to host the event and he delineated the long history of importance that such debates have had in Irish politics since 1982.