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Monday to Thursday at 10pm with Claire Brock and Ciara Doherty #TonightVMTV News, analysis, debate and discussion. 📺 💻 📱

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5 years
Shane McGowan gives us a statement with his reaction to the #FairytaleofNewYork censorship calls @VirginMedia_One #TonightVMT
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"[If] you get upset about the fact that the Gardaí are in it - that might not be the correct emotional response to a bunch of people getting thrown out of their home" - Visual Artist Adam Doyle, also known as Spicebag, on his eviction image retweeted by @EOBroin #TonightVMTV
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"The people who voted against the referendum, especially the mother one, we're not members of the far-right, we're not confused, we're not misinformed." Sarah Carey tells @ciarathedoc why she voted 'no' in the referendum. #TonightVMTV
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WATCH: Aoife Moore reacts to controversy over the singing of 'Zombie' by Irish rugby fans in France #TonightVMTV
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"These younger boys.. they're being groomed almost by older criminals. They're in a situation where they have no respect for anybody and there are no consequences for their behaviour" -John Lonergan on crime & anti-social behaviour in Dublin #TonightVMTV
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"You picked the only industry that women no longer have any role in and used that as your selection to praise men" @AntonSavageShow criticises the controversial tweet by @DavQuinn #tonightTV3 @cooper_m @IvanYatesNT
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Ivan Yates and @MHealyRae clash over the Kerry TD's defence of the FAI's John Delaney at an Oireachtas Committee yesterday. #TonightVMTV
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NEW: "He is there in black and white - Leo Varadkar, in 2016, being informed of that." - @leeofthemail of @irishdailymail on the controversy around the State's strategy on refunding nursing home charges #TonightVMTV
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"It's a kip, it's an absolute kip" - @McConnellDaniel on Dublin city & garda presence #TonightVMTV
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"I'm absolutely raging about it" Journalist Larissa Nolan criticises the introduction of mask-wearing for some primary school children to combat the spread of coronavirus #TonightVMTV
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"We have a state that we've built here and bad and all as the damn thing is. We can't have people in cabinet, and in Government who are not up front about these matters." Eamon Dunphy of @Dunphy_Official reflects on the prospect of Sinn Féin in Government. #TonightVMTV
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"The stories we are hearing from Italy are horrific....get the public health right now we can't afford the disaster later" @ProfJohnCrown reacts to the spread of #COVID19 #TonightVMTV
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4 years
'What is affordable housing?' - @PearseDoherty challenges the programme for government. #TonightVMTV
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10 months
WATCH: Former RTÉ correspondent @ciaranmullooly reacts to the Ryan Tubridy payment controversy #TonightVMTV
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"If the people who are in this employment are not getting paid a living wage, then what's the point of it all?" - @aoifegracemoore on record employment rates during a cost of living crisis #TonightVMTV
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"How many people are doing the same thing, how many charities exist for exactly the same purpose" #ConorSkehan on the duplication of NGOs and charities. #TonightVMTV
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President of Sinn Féin @MaryLouMcDonald reacts to @finegael allegations of 'Trumpism' politics after confidence motion in @LeoVaradkar . #TonightVMTV
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"This shows the confusion that there will be in immigration law" @SenatorMcDowell disagrees with @HMcEntee that the family referendum won't impact immigration laws #TonightVMTV
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“I actually think it would be more appropriate to call them vampire funds, because essentially what they’re going to be doing is feeding on generation rent for decades to come” - @RoryHearne on vulture funds and the housing crisis #TonightVMTV
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WATCH: Minister of State @NiallCollinsTD again defends questions around planning application made over 20 years ago. #TonightVMTV
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"The system is completely broken" @SenatorKeogan reacts to a Business Post poll showing three out of four people think Ireland has taken too many refugees #TonightVMTV
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"These sort of things really break down the trust, especially in a housing crisis, between the people & the politicians" - @aoifegracemoore on the impact of political scandals on the public #TonightVMTV
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"You shouldn't be able to buy healthcare because of the size of your wallet. You shouldn't be able to by an extension of your life because you get an early diagnosis because of your wallet" Liam Doran on the need for a one-tier health system in Ireland. #TonightVMTV
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4 years
Ivan: "What has the Seanad ever done for a mother of three in Tallaght?" Gary: "Such as @SenLynnRuane , who's a mother of two in Tallaght, who's been an amazing addition to the Seanad." @1GaryGannon with the answer of the night on the topic of Seanad reform. #TonightVMTV
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'The schools must open in September...' @ciarakellydoc reacts to new school guidelines and says 'there can be no protected group of workers when everyone else is pulling their weight' #TonightVMTV
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"The whole narrative is sort of upside down" - @RBoydBarrett on the Israel-Hamas conflict #TonightVMTV
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@nealerichmond and @john_mcguirk debate immigration policies #TonightVMTV
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"It's one year, estimate the grades this year and revert to normal process next year" @ciarakellydoc on the Leaving Cert exams during #Covid19 #TonightVMTV
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"Referring to people as 'scumbags' in the Dáil - that is unacceptable" - John Lonergan reacts to comments made by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee #TonightVMTV
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"The Oireachtas will be staring at decisions coming down from the courts which can only be amended by referendum." @SenatorMcDowell on the upcoming referendum seeking to broaden the definition of family. #TonightVMTV
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"Someone on an income of €40,000 they could be spending 60 percent plus of their take home pay, that is just absolutely unsustainable" - @RoryHearne on the percentage of salaries being spent on rent due to the rental crisis #TonightVMTV
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"Why if the hospital is going to be independent, does it have to be owned by a Vatican approved private company?" - Dr Peter Boylan on co-location and the National Maternity Hospital #TonightVMTV
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"There's a chilling effect on them expressing their legitimate point of view, whether it's right or wrong" - Senator @RonanMullen on proposed new hate speech legislation #TonightVMTV
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Thanks for watching. From us tonight goodnight. #vinb
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"We'll be waking up on Sunday morning, on Mother's Day, if these two referenda go through, having taken 'mother' out of the Constitution..." @SenatorMcDowell on what he sees the impact of a 'Yes' vote as being. @clairebrockTV #TonightVMTV
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"All the people here want is to be consulted, and to be listened to, that the town is full" @mattiemcgrathtd on the clash between protesters and Gardaí in Roscrea #TonightVMTV
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3 years
'I think we need an All-Island approach, it would be more preferable to border controls.' @HollyCairnsTD and @Fergusodowd debate an All-Island approach to tackling Covid 19 #TonightVMTV
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4 years
"I will not get over the fact that as of yet a woman has not occupied the highest office in government." @MaryLouMcDonald on why she believes she'll eventually be Taoiseach. #TonightVMTV
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"The only assistance I want to give the Taoiseach is to get him out of government as quickly as possible." @EOBroin in response to @CowenBarry #TonightVMTV
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NEWS: "I told everyone it was six months, but it actually a year. I couldn't tell my family and friends that I was leaving for 12 months." @PhelanVicky on her treatment plan in the US. #TonightVMTV
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4 years
"Sir, – I attended court with a young homeless boy who had been charged with theft of a bottle of orange, value €1." Father Peter McVerry tells us about the letter he sent to The Irish Times today titled 'A tale of two cities'. #TonightVMTV
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"The Government has repeatedly departed from NPHET advice” says @paulmurphy_TD in disagreement with Fine Gael TD @CarrollJennifer #TonightVMTV
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"Saying durable relationships are also families, gives rise to a number of unforeseen circumstances, which will lead to legal chaos..." @SenatorMcDowell on why he will vote no in the Family Referendum. @ClaireBrockTV #TonightVMTV
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2 years
"There's been a 47% increase in child homelessness in the last year. And now we're going to consult the AG about potentially having a ban on evictions? There should be a rent freeze, there should be a ban on evictions" - @HollyCairnsTD on the homelessness crisis #TonightVMTV
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4 years
Sinn Féin's @PearseDoherty outlines why he thinks banks are profiteering from the pandemic. #TonightVMTV
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"If you put those who have so spectacularly failed to manage a health service in charge of managing the country the results, unfortunately, are predictable" Independent @MlMcNamaraTD on the new restrictions imposed by the Government. #TonightVMTV
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"Racism is racism and it hurts" @Love1solidarity on discrimination faced by Travellers in Ireland #TonightVMTV
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7 years
It ended with a song...From the Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir. Thanks to all those who watched, featured in & supported #vinb over the years
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'.. that's a 3,000% return on investment.' @kevinblake2011 on Irish Government funding of the horse racing industry #TonightVMTV
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"I have blessed a cow in labour, I have blessed a sick parrot, I blessed a horse donkey, but I can't bless two men or two women who love each other. There's something not quite right about that" - Fr Joe McDonald on Catholic Church & comments by Pope Francis today #TonightVMTV
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"The referendums have shown there isn't a trust in the government" Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín on why he opposes the government's Hate Crime Bill @Toibin1 #TonightVMTV
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"Our problem at the moment is over the last five or six years because of @FineGael housing policy, the cost of owning your own home has gone up so much that even people on good incomes can't afford to buy. @EOBroin @sinnfeinireland on Ireland's #housingcrisis #TonightVMTV
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"I'll tell you who's missing from the discussion at the moment - the Irish Government." - @cjhumanrights on what he feels is a lack of political leadership when it comes to working towards a United Ireland. #TonightVMTV
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VIDEO: Public health specialist Dr. @GabrielScally says the new proposals for quarantine coming into Ireland are like "bailing out a boat with a sieve" #TonightVMTV
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'We need a strategy to get out of lockdown, criteria, not just that we are exhausted...' @aoifemcl on the need for a clear exit plan and targets #TonightVMTV
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"If we don't engage in very rigorous social distancing now...we will be Italy in three weeks time." @ciarakellydoc on the importance of social distancing to help slow down the spread of #COVID19 . #TonightVMTV
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"The reality is, what covid-19 has done, it has shone a light on the social inequality in our society." @ProfSuperJunior says it's easier for some people to adhere to the regulations. #TonightVMTV
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"There could be the Tubbercurry variant" Restaurant owner @PaulTreyvaud criticises senior health officials over their cautious approach to battling the coronavirus pandemic #TonightVMTV
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"Michael was a regular on the Tonight Show, he will be missed by all both in front and behind the camera. We on the Tonight Show extend our sympathy to his family at this sad time." @ClaireBrockTV pays tribute to journalist @Michael_O_Regan who died suddenly over the weekend.
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"I'd like to argue, a politician will never have to look at two patients in the A&E department when there's one ICU bed and say who gets this bed." @DrNinaByrnes says NPHET had clearly thought of the effects on people of a level 5 lockdown #TonightVMTV
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"When we don't have women at the decision-making table, we don't have decisions made for women." @HollyLeahCairns of @SocDems on the obstacles preventing women from getting involved in politics. #TonightVMTV
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"There are tenants and renters across this country who are living in absolute terror about what is going to happen in the coming days" - @RoryHearneGaffs on the impact of the eviction ban being lifted #TonightVMTV
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"I mean I don't know, where is the humanity?" Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid #TonightVMTV
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"We have put him in charge, at the age of 29 into his 30's, of the largest public expenditure body in the country...and we expect him to succeed. It's insanity." - @john_mcguirk on Simon Harris and his inexperience as Minister for Health. #TonightVMTV
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"I'd rather see something that builds houses rather than write it down on a page and stick it in the constitution" - @karldeeter on the right to housing #TonightVMTV
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WATCH: @ProfJohnCrown “If we are going to beat this thing, if we’re not going to turn into Italy... we need to close everything down Any time we can avoid two people meeting we need to do it.” #TonightVMTV #covidireland
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Warning: Distressing Content “The springs that were inserted broke through my client's ribs" - Solicitor Simon McElwee who is representing a family involved in the spinal surgeries controversy at Temple Street Hospital #TonightVMTV
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"My problem is with the durable relationships and the absolute nonsense..." Journalist and barrister #BrendaPower tells @clairebrockTV about her concerns around succession rights ahead of the upcoming referendum seeking to broaden the definition of family. #TonightVMTV
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"It is a political culture that creates a kind of elaborate career structure, or a revolving door career, where you're a minister one day and a lobbyist for bankers the next." @MaryLouMcDonald on the Katherine Zappone controversy and no-confidence motion against Simon Coveney.
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"I'm a republican, I've never been particularly enamoured by monarchy. But you can't but not have been impressed by for example, her laying a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance" - Sinn Féin TD @EOBroin reacts to the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth #TonightVMTV
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What is the future of policing in Dublin after the riot on Thursday? @john_mcguirk @hazechu @lawlessj @marie_sherlock #TonightVMTV
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"That's not normal, it's not a functioning society" - @crazyhouseprice on people in their twenties, thirties, and forties living at home with their parents due to the increase in house prices #TonightVMTV
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"Public land should be used for 100 percent affordable public housing" @RoryHearne on why he believes public land should be used to deliver public housing. #TonightVMTV
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"There isn't work for those numbers of people in West Clare ... unless we want to create division, we're going to have to address this..." @MIMcNamara on the pressure that housing refugees in hotels has had on local economies. #TonightVMTV
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"I don't think we're actually neutral at all. Never been a neutral country - just pretenders." - @BerryCathal on neutrality during the Ukrainian crisis. #TonightVMTV
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"If I can in some way help the businesspeople, the people who have lost their jobs, the youth...then it's worth it. - Dr Martin Feeley on whether it was worth losing his job after he spoke out against what he called "draconian" Covid measures. #TonightVMTV
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NEWS: Green Party Leader @EamonRyan has told #TonightVMTV he is in favour of getting rid of the car park for politicians at Leinster House.
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"This year, the government will give more money to landlords through HAP, over €800m, than it will give directly to local authorities for new builds." @EOBroin and @Damien_English debate housing supply and the rental crisis. #TonightVMTV
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"What was a good economy three or four weeks ago hasn't become a bad economy - its just become a paralysed economy" @davidmcw on what needs to be done for the Irish economy to come through the #COVID19 crisis. #TonightVMTV
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"This is probably peak virtue-signalling from the Government..." @Toibin1 on why he's voting No in the care referendum on Friday. @ClaireBrockTV #TonightVMTV
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'The reality is your leader has been caught red handed....' @PearseDoherty and @peterburkefg on Tánaiste @LeoVaradkar leak controversy. #TonightVMTV
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"I was emotional last night when I got elected, it was the honor of my life to get elected to the parliament, and emotional and tired as I was I thanked my family and friends" @CarrollJennifer reacts to controversial comments made by Sinn Féin's David Cullinane. #TonightVMTV
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“The punishment doesn’t fit the crime I feel” Alanna Idris Quinn reacts to the sentencing of a man who took part in group attack on her. #TonightVMTV
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"We have to put aside this ridiculous emotional attachment to neutrality" - @JohnOBrennan2 on war in Ukraine and Ireland's neutrality #TonightVMTV
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"Nurses are close to my heart for what they've done over the years, I think we need to treat them well." @ProfJohnCrown on the need for student nurses on the front line against #COVID19 to be paid for their work. #TonightVMTV
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"It''s not worth it. I'd say that to anyone considering becoming a landlord in this country." - Jeanette Brown on how, despite being a homeowner, she has now been left with nowhere to live due to the moratorium on evictions. #TonightVMTV
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WATCH: CNN's @donie says major social media platforms like Facebook have a responsibility to tackle disinformation and online conspiracy theories #TonightVMTV
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"If this happened in Donnybrook rather than Bonnybrook we wouldn't have had families having to fight for four decades to get justice" @LNBDublin on whether there was a class element to the Stardust tragedy #TonightVMTV
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"We need to reform local government if we are going to get that right." @neasa_neasa of @greenparty_ie on the issues within local authorities and their impact on the building of social housing. #TonightVMTV
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"My wife had 5 messages on her answer phone in work saying 'we're going to get your husband'...she doesn't need to hear that." @laoneill111 on death threats he has received from anti-vaxers. #TonightVMTV
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"The reality is whether it's criminalised or not criminalised drug use is already normal" - @SenLynnRuane on drug use and decriminalisation #TonightVMTV
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WATCH: Green Party Leader @EamonRyan defends taking business class air travel on Government business, saying the carbon cost is offset #TonightVMTV
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#WATCH Sinn Féin TD @loreillysf reacts to comments made by the Tánaiste about the main opposition party when he accused it of "infecting a new generation of young people" #TonightVMTV
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“Having looked at all the evidence, I would be more than happy to give it to my child or my grandchild in that age group” Prof Karina Butler, Chair of NIAC, speaks to @ZaraKing on the approval of the Pfizer vaccine for 5-11 year olds #TonightVMTV
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"Picking arbitrary rules about table numbers and where people can go and how long they can stay - none of these are evidence-based." - @Orla_Hegarty on the lack of focus on ventilation and filtration in the Government's strategy for covid. #TonightVMTV
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"Leo Varadkar and the lads may say they have lots of experience, they do. They are well schooled in the politics of cronyism, they are well schooled insiders." @MaryLouMcDonald responds to accusations Sinn Féin do not have the experience to serve in government. #TonightVMTV
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“People are entitled to know what they can say and what they can’t say” @RonanMullen on the new Irish hate speech bill. #TonightVMTV
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"As some people may not know, I have autism, and life can be challenging enough without having to deal with rubbish like this ..." @lukeming on being vindicated after a former parliamentary assistant admitted posting a tweet about Saoirse McHugh from his account. #TonightVMTV
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"The Sinn Féin policy can be reduced to one single sentence, 'Lads, the answer is yes, now what was the question?'" Fianna Fail TD @willieodeaLIVE in response to Sinn Féin TD @davidcullinane #TonightVMTV
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"This is a 13 or 15 grand role . . . I don't think we want to make a huge mountain out of a molehill here either" @EmerHigginsTD on the Governments appointment of Katherine Zappone to a UN role after reports that the Taoiseach was blindsided by the move. #TonightVMTV
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