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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 51m

🗣️ "Just be honest, she didn’t answer the question." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Fine Gael

🗣️ "You wouldn’t know transparency if it hit you in the face." — Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Housing
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "What did Fianna Fáil actually know? When did they know? And were they involved in an attempt to cover up what I think was a very serious story." — Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Housing
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "Micheál Martin is anything but a dictator […] he is not an autocrat or a scheming politician." — Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Fianna Fáil MEP
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "Is the sense from those people you have been speaking to this evening that this is a stay of execution?" — Kieran Cuddihy, Host

🗣️ "They need to kind of start planning for a change." — Louise Burne, Political Correspondent, Irish Examiner
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "A short, sharp, swift review and one that is focused on learning lessons. One that is focused on the process that led to the nomination." — Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Fianna Fáil MEP
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "Young people are being forced to emigrate because these guys want to put more money in the pockets of developers." — Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Housing

🗣️ "It’s a good soundbite for you." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Fine Gael
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "The really, really expensive apartments that are being built to rent — people can’t afford them, people aren’t moving into them, and that’s where you get your issue with viability." — Louise Burne, Political Correspondent, Irish Examiner
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "5,800 social, 7,500 affordable — that is what we have provided for in our Budget." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing

🗣️ "I’m saying you’re deliberately misrepresenting your figures to inflate the numbers." — Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Housing
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "What Government should have done is dramatically increase investment and delivery of social and affordable homes, including apartments." — Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Housing
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1h

🗣️ "If we don’t see apartment delivery, well then it obviously hasn’t been a success […] what I am very much saying as a member of Government to the development sector now is: get on and build." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Fine Gael
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 2h

Live from 10:30pm, @kierancuddihy.bsky.social will be joined by John Cummins TD, Eoin Ó Broin TD, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP & Louise Burne to discuss:

🚨Tax cuts for apartment developers in Budget 2026

🚨Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meet over Jim Gavin withdrawal

🚨Tomorrow's front pages

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 3h

Coming up on #TonightVMTV 👇

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 8h

Fianna Fáil’s Jack Chambers has defended the party’s due diligence process for presidential candidates as “robust and comprehensive,” following Jim Gavin’s decision to withdraw from the race.

The parliamentary party will meet this evening to review the situation.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 12h

🗣️ ‘It’s McBudget that they’ve put out this year - and it’s a bit hard to swallow.’

@sineadgibney.bsky.social says the Government’s VAT cut for hospitality benefits big corporations and developers, not small businesses.

📺 Watch the full debate ➡️ https://youtu.be/GsQDqw8Oe4E

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 17h

📺 You can also watch last night's #TonightVMTV on Virgin Media Play.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 17h

ICYMI: Catch up on last night’s #TonightVMTV:

🚨Are households worse off after today's budget?

🚨VAT cuts for the hospitality industry

🚨Today's front pages

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The Tonight Show

Podcast · Virgin Media Originals · A sharp look at the major stories shaping Ireland and the world, led by Kieran Cuddihy and a panel of guests.Expect thoughtful analysis and robust discussion on the country’s only independent TV current affairs programme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "One tries to keep a straight face. It’s been an utter and complete farce all of it." — John Lee, Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "How Micheál Martin is not walking the plank for this beggars belief." — John Lee, Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "I cannot understand the VAT cut." — John Lee, Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "The communities are not getting it, that’s the problem." — Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD

🗣️ "I have to argue with you here, Sinéad." — John Clendennen, Fine Gael TD
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "I do think we need to call out the opposition […] what changed from the election last year?" — John Clendennen, Fine Gael TD
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "It’s McBudget that they’ve put out this year — and it’s a bit hard to swallow." — Sinéad Gibney, Social Democrats TD
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "There will be a Budget surplus next year […] so what people will wonder then is why the Government is so cautious." — Gavan Reilly, Political Correspondent, Virgin Media News
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "Beyond asking Jim Gavin, what was the other thing that you did that was robust and comprehensive?" Kieran Cuddihy

🗣️ "There are a number of people who would go through a due diligence process with a presidential candidate..." Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform
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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ "You had so many promises before the general election and they have all been forgotten." — Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Public Expenditure & Reform
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