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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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6 years
Shane McGowan gives us a statement with his reaction to the #FairytaleofNewYork censorship calls @VirginMedia_One #TonightVMT
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"The European Union as far as I'm concerned are complicit in the genocide" @ClareDalyMEP on the EU's response to the war in Gaza #TonightVMTV
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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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Christy Moore performs Jim Page's song "Palestine" on #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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7 years
"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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"Cynthia Ní Mhurchú is best remembered for introducing Riverdance 30 years ago..." @gavreilly says he's a little worried that it's almost impossible for a new person to get the audience. #TonightVMTV
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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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2 years
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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"Did you listen to Israeli ministers who have over and over again called for Gaza to be wiped from the face of the earth?" @OwenJones84 and @Alan__Shatter debate the conflict in Gaza. @clairebrockTV | #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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"I say the United States should not have overthrown a Government in Kyiv on February 22nd 2008..." @JeffreyASachs on why he believes that the US's foreign policy has been largely to blame for the war in Ukraine. @clairebrockTV | #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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'What is affordable housing?' - @PearseDoherty challenges the programme for government. #TonightVMTV
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"I'm thinking of my Dad, he'd love to be here..." @AodhanORiordain with an emotional reaction with @gavreilly as he's elected as a Dublin MEP. @ciarathedoc | #TonightVMTV
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WATCH: Former RTÉ correspondent @ciaranmullooly reacts to the Ryan Tubridy payment controversy #TonightVMTV
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4 months
"He knows what the people want him to say about various issues but I wonder will that actually be translated to tangible action..." @Ben_Scallan talks about the 'Harris hop' and gives his views on the Taoiseach's performance. #TonightVMTV
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2 months
Does the US want to end the war in Ukraine? "This is costing our people millions of Euro on a weekly basis..." "The US is such a provocation ... and we should not have our military on Russia's border..." @nealerichmond and @JeffreyASachs debate. @clairebrockTV | #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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“Israel is a terrorist state” - Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson @mattcarthy “Israel has to be stopped” - Labour Leader @ivanabacik Opposition parties react to a second day of device explosions across Lebanon. #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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"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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"(He) held me like a punching bag almost... until I eventually fell to the ground." Natasha O'Brien describes how her attacker, Cathal Crotty (22), didn't stop and she feared she would die. #TonightVMTV
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8 months
"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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"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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3 years
“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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"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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4 years
"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
'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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5 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 whole narrative is sort of upside down" - @RBoydBarrett on the Israel-Hamas conflict #TonightVMTV
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10 months
@nealerichmond and @john_mcguirk debate immigration policies #TonightVMTV
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5 years
"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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11 months
"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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2 years
"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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3 years
"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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7 years
Thanks for watching. From us tonight goodnight. #vinb
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1 year
"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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8 months
"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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4 months
Breaking News: Joe Biden was about to introduce Volodymyr Zelenskyy when he said this... #TonightVMTV
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8 months
"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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"We've seen already on this Island over and over again how coming in and using all this force on a community is just going to make things worse. Artist Spicebag on escalating tensions in Coolock. #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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4 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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3 years
"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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“There’s always a desire with Sinn Féin to cast doubt on them, to cast suspicion on them.” @philipoconnor believes every political party should be held to the same standard, but there’s a “subtext” around the scandals which have recently engulfed Sinn Féin. #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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"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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“We could’ve had a deal many years ago … in fact we had a deal … but the United States, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed amongst themselves not to implement it...” @JeffreyASachs on whether a peace deal is possible between Russia and Ukraine. @clairebrockTV | #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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"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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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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"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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"Racism is racism and it hurts" @Love1solidarity on discrimination faced by Travellers in Ireland #TonightVMTV
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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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"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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"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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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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"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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'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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"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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"If people want to pay lots of money - silly money - for concert tickets, let's not get too worried about it, nobodies forcing anyone to do this..." @danobrien20 thinks we need to 'dial down' the outrage over Oasis tickets. @clairebrockTV | #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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"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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"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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"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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"I mean I don't know, where is the humanity?" Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid #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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"They have just woken up to the fact that there's an issue. Anybody who raised this as an issue more than 12 months ago were told they were a threat to cohesion..." @Toibin1 says the Government have just woken up to the immigration issue. #TonightVMTV
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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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"I am a Republican. I am a person who believes in social justice, equality, independence and freedom for our country-that's who I am" "Absolutely we are a party on the left" @MaryLouMcDonald on where Sinn Féin sit on the political spectrum. #TonightVMTV
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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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"It has been one of the most deeply unhelpful Governments there has been in Israel..." @CarrollJennifer and @OwenJones84 debate the role of previous Israeli and American governments in trying to achieve a Two-State solution in Gaza. @clairebrockTV | #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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"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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"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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"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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"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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3 years
"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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“This is quite disgusting, quite cynical politics.” @paulmurphy_TD isn’t impressed with the Taoiseach’s comments linking immigration rates and the levels of homelessness, and highlights why he thinks Simon Harris said what he said. #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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"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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2 years
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 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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