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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 21h

🗣️ “At a time of unprecedented surplus, we have unprecedented child poverty.” The #TonightVMTV panel discuss Budget measures to tackle child poverty and childcare costs.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 21h

🗣️ “200,000 children living below the poverty line. And we’re boasting massive tax surpluses.” 🗣️ “We’re not asking you to drain the country’s finances here,” says Daniel Ennis TD. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 21h

🗣️ “[The Irish players] showed great unity, dealt with the massively difficult situation they found themselves in.” 🗣️ “They didn’t trip up and find themselves in that situation...the FAI failed in their duty of care,” #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22h

🗣️ “They couldn’t furnish that information to their own players and staff. That is a failure of the board of the FAI,” Daniel Ennis TD on the alleged racist abuse of Irish players by Israeli fans and the FAI ‘failing’ to give Irish players notice of potential racist chanting.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22h

🗣️ “It is a genocide. We cannot normalise it. We shouldn’t be playing games with the Israeli team.” 🗣️ “When those young players needed support, they didn’t get it from the Government.” #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22h

🗣️ “Under UEFA, if Government interfere in national sporting bodies...it’s a matter for penalties.” 🗣️ “What is a financial sanction against the scenes we’re witnessing?” The #TonightVMTV panel discuss whether Government should have stepped in on the Ireland-Israel games.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22h

🗣️ “I’ve no doubt in my mind now that certain [FAI] board members need to resign,” Daniel Ennis TD, on his takeaways from the FAI’s appearance before an Oireachtas committee. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23h

📺 On #TonightVMTV with Shane Coleman: 🚨 A rare result for FAI as execs grilled by an Oireachtas Committee? 🚨 A week from Budget 2027, the panel discusses a deepening cost-of-living crisis. Tonight's panel ⬇️

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🗣️ “The Gardaí have not been able to do this in the past, yet there’s just this recycling of old rhetoric that hasn't worked.” The #TonightVMTV panel discusses how joyriding can be tackled, following the Virgin Media News documentary 'Joyriders: Ireland’s Lucky Dip Gang'.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “I think this amounts to the biggest controversy in club football history,” Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer at The Independent, on the seismic nature of the Premier League confirming Man City has been found guilty by an independent commission of all charges of breaching financial rules.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “In the past, too many nationalist communities have endured oppression and repression of the police in the six counties - and they were left on their own,” Matt Carthy TD on why he and First Minister Michelle O’Neill joined the Garvaghy Road protest. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “There doesn’t seem to have been dialogue with the local community - and surely that is a key part of reconciliation,” Martina Devlin on the Garvaghy Road impasse and her hope for international mediation to find a solution. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “We do know why they [Orange Order] want to march down the Garvaghy Road...they want a return to supremacy,” Matt Carthy TD on the Garvaghy Road impasse in Portadown and his views on why the Orange Order are determined to march. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “It’s going to take smart investment and a redirection of policy away from increasing prison sentences - because we know prison does not work,” Robert Cullen on whether he is hopeful young offenders can be brought back from a life of criminality. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “That is evidence that it does not work and we need to do something else, and that the Gardaí are incapable of addressing this problem.” 🗣️ “We need help from the parents and society as a whole,” #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “We can’t always lay the blame at the State, or for An Garda Síochána to deal with these things. This starts at home,” John Joe O’Connell, Vice President, GRA. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “The Gardaí have not been able to do this in the past, yet there’s just this recycling of old rhetoric that hasn't worked,” Robert Cullen, Criminologist and Former Prisoner, on suggestions of how to tackle joyriding amongst teenagers. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “We don’t have adequate youth intervention,” says Matt Carthy TD, Spokesperson on Justice, Sinn Féin, following the Virgin Media News documentary 'Joyriders: Ireland’s Lucky Dip Gang'. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🗣️ “Talking about early intervention doesn’t make anyone driving down the M7 tonight feel any safer,” says Barry Ward TD, Fine Gael. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📺 On #TonightVMTV 🚨 Following 'Joyriders: Ireland's Lucky Dip Gang', the panel explores gang terror, the M9 crash & joyriding teens. 🚨 Garvaghy Road: What will break the impasse? 🚨 Man City's decade of deception as they are found guilty on all charges. Tonight's panel ⬇️

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🗣️ “It would allow us to stand tall, to be proud, and to know that we are doing the right thing in the face of genocide.” The #TonightVMTV panel discussed whether an Irish boycott of Sunday’s Ireland v Israel match would have any impact. 📺 Catch up on Virgin Media Play.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🗣️ “Why are you showing these videos to people at all?” Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney questions TikTok’s approach to dangerous content online. TikTok told an Oireachtas committee it identified 1,600 reckless driving videos since last month’s fatal M9 crash. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Micheal Martin plays bingo with Zohran Mamdani #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Senator Garret Ahearn: "I can understand why there would be concern." But who is pushing the proposal to give over our data to AI companies? #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ireland's AI Minister refutes claims that the Irish presidency had a hand in drafting legislation that would scrap GDPR protections for AI products. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Should social media companies be held "criminally liable" over certain content being shared online? Sinead Gibney TD believes they can and should. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is taking an entire domain down not considered "totalitarian"? Shane Coleman asks Social Democrats TD Sinead Gibney. Senator Garret Ahern, Fine Gael says shutting down sites is not the answer. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Turn off the algorithms" - Sinead Gibney TD.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Does Coimisiún na Meán need to be better resourced to tackle the sharing of dangerous driving on social media? #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Why are videos of dangerous driving still being shared on social media? Because they are "making money," says Sinéad Gibney TD, Social Democrats. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Claire Scott recaps the Oireachtas grilling of TikTok over dangerous driving videos - including questions over their reach and whether the platform had enough time to prepare its facts and figures. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On #TonightVMTV at 10pm: - Social media firms grilled over dangerous driving videos. - AI Minister rejects claims Ireland helped draft plans to weaken GDPR protections. - And Taoiseach meets Mamdani to strengthen Irish-American ties. 📺 Virgin Media PLAY and Virgin Media One

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are people in their 20s buying houses in Ireland? Shane Coleman challenges Pearse Doherty TD over what he calls a “very gloomy narrative” about young people’s prospects in Ireland. #TonightVMTV 📺 Catch up on Virgin Media Play

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🗣️ “This could have been a seismic moment for the FAI to seriously change perception of the association.” Former Ireland international Kevin Kilbane says boycotting the Israel game could have given the FAI an opportunity to get back onside with the public. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Lots of young people are buying houses.” Shane Coleman challenges the picture of a generation unable to get ahead, as outlined by Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“There is a feeling that there is a better quality of life elsewhere.” Gráinne Ní Aodha reacts to research showing 68% of 18-24-year-olds are considering moving abroad, while 71% believe they would have a better quality of life outside Ireland. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"If you have your finger on the pulse, you know what struggles people are having out there.” Pearse Doherty says the Government should understand the financial pressure households are facing as the Budget debate intensifies. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A war of words over Sinn Féin’s figures. Pearse Doherty presses for a straight answer on whether the Government accepts his party’s calculations on the public finances, as the row over cutting tax on home-heating oil intensifies. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“If the Government doesn’t get it, of course people will take to the streets.” Pearse Doherty says it is “not responsible” for the Government to refuse to cut tax on home-heating oil while the State has billions in surplus funds. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

John Lahart TD says the Government is “highly sensitive” to how people are feeling about the cost of living, as it responds to a rapidly changing economic environment ahead of Budget 2027. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“People are wondering: when is this going to get easier for us?” Live from New York, News Correspondent Zara King says the Taoiseach believes ending the Iran conflict is key to bringing fuel prices down, following Donald Trump’s stark warning to Tehran at the UN. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📺 On #TonightVMTV: - Could your heating bill force a Budget U-turn? - And are soaring costs driving young people out of Ireland? - Carbon tax battle - The United Nations General Assembly - Ireland v Israel boycott calls 📺 Virgin Media One & Virgin Media Play

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🗣️ “It’s sickening seeing them brought up before courts.” The #TonightVMTV panel discuss the GRA proposal for a separate, work-specific driving licence for Gardaí - allowing members to carry out official duties without risking their personal driving licences. 📺 Catch up on Virgin Media Play

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"What has changed in Southern politics?" A United Ireland was once on the fringes of political debate - now mainstream parties are openly making the case for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYzmhsV7oE You can also watch the full episode on Virgin Media PLAY.

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Serious concerns are raised over the safety of politicians after Michael Healy-Rae was allegedly assaulted in Dublin. The Kerry TD required stitches to a head injury and is now recovering at home. #TonightVMTV

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The Tonight Show @tonightvmtv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🗣️ “All the mainstream parties...are pushing something [Irish Unity] that wouldn’t have been on the table a few short years ago.” 🗣️ “I don’t think there’s much argument to say it couldn’t stem just from Brexit,” #TonightVMTV

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