ICYMI: The #TonightVMTV panel clashed over whether fierce criticism of the Irish Government, including claims it is “complicit in genocide” in relation to Gaza, constitutes fair debate or fuels hostility towards politicians. Catch up on Virgin Media Play or @virginmedianews.bsky.social YouTube.

Working families, renters & students face rising costs as energy hikes pile on pressure. With just 20 days to Budget 2026, tax credits & supports are promised, but are working households being left behind? Full panel debate here: https://f.mtr.cool/gsvryfjvxy | @virginmedianews.bsky.social

#TonightVMTV: Working families, renters & students face rising costs as energy hikes pile on pressure. With just 20 days to Budget 2026, is government doing enough to support working families? Full panel debate here:

ICYMI: Catch up on last night’s #TonightVMTV: 🚨 Removal of energy credits despite the rising cost of living  🚨 Threats to Irish politicians and political discourse  🚨 Trump's visit to the UK  🎧👇

🗣️ "There's very little the government will be able to do on this. I think it really is a personal issue that people have to deal with." Louise Burne on the challenges of legislating against abuse of politicians. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "I see it as my job to fulfill that mandate and take whatever stick when I go back to my constituency… because ultimately, they're my bosses." The panel discuss whether recent abuse of politicians will deter others from entering politics. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "A randomer who previously would've been on a barstool in their local and nobody would've paid much heed to them, can now put up a video and get a million views." Matt Carthy on threats to politicians and how social media has amplified them. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Criticising the government for letting shipments of arms land in Shannon and take off again to be used to obliterate Palestinians - that's perfectly legitimate criticism." 🗣️ "You can argue and make those points, but to say we're complicit in genocide, I think is wrong. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "You'd wonder why anyone wants to get involved in this." Louise Burne on violent threats and abuse of politicians, and the work of the taskforce for the safe participation in politics. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "It was a three card trick you played. You presented to struggling restaurants that we're going to do something for you. Please vote for us, once we're elected, tough luck." Matt Carthy and Niall Collins discuss tax breaks for hospitality, banks and landlords. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "I've long held the personal view that the case isn't merited." 🗣️ "Would you say that's the broad view within Fianna Fáil?" 🗣️ "I would, yeah." 🗣️ "So this is a Fine Gael policy?" The panel debate the potential VAT rate reduction for hospitality. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "It's a difficult balance to reach, especially at such a time of uncertainty." Louise Burne, Political Correspondent, Irish Examiner on Budget 2026, supporting vulnerable families while heeding ESRI & IFAC warnings on overheating the economy. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "So you're asking students to go into their colleges and beg?" Matt Carthy TD and Niall Collins TD debate student supports in the upcoming budget. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Just to translate, Niall is, in a very long way, telling workers and families that this year they're going to worse off under this government than they were last year." Matt Carthy says the Government’s Budget 2026 plans will "make people's lives harder." #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "It's a real damning indictment of the government isn't it?...A working household, and its heat or eat." Kieran Cuddihy questions whether the Government’s targeted cost of living measures are too narrow to support working households under pressure. #TonightVMTV

Live from 10PM, @kierancuddihy.bsky.social will be joined by Niall Collins TD, Matt Carthy TD & Louise Burne to discuss: 🚨Removal of energy credits despite the rising cost of living 🚨Threats to Irish politicians and political discourse 🚨Trump's visit to the UK #TonightVMTV

Holly Cairns faces a bruising return as Eoin Hayes’ blackface photos resurface. Was keeping him about power over principle? Paula Butterly TD, Jennifer Whitmore TD & John Lee debate. 📺 Watch full show: https://f.mtr.cool/ywjbjuppnj | @virginmedianews.bsky.social

ICYMI: Catch up on last night’s #TonightVMTV: 🚨Eoin Hayes dressed in blackface  🚨Latest in the presidential election  🚨UN commission says Israel has committed genocide in Gaza 🎧👇

🗣️ "How many tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and injured while Europe goes through its processes." Jennifer Whitmore TD says Ireland needs to act independently on Israel as "Europe is going very slow." #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Now it's time for Europe to unify and introduce sanctions against the Israelis, because enough is enough." Paula Butterly TD says coordinated European action is needed after a UN commission report found Israel is committing genocide. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "I think Sinn Féin could very easily turn around and say, ‘You know what, we're going to sit this one out.’" John Lee on Sinn Féin’s position as speculation grows over whether the party will nominate a candidate for the presidential race. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Let's remember, she is the presidential candidate, not her husband..." 🗣️ "If she gets elected as president and someday someone asks her a question she's not expecting, she might not answer it or tell them to F off, as well?" #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "I've been to Garvaghy Road, I've been to Belfast – what I saw that day certainly wasn't the picnic I used to go to with my teddy bear." The panel discusses Áras hopeful Heather Humphrey's attendance at an Orange Order event in Drum. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "At 21, sometimes you have to give people a little bit of leeway. You can do very thoughtless things, but not necessarily be a racist." Paula Butterly TD, Fine Gael, weighs in on the Eoin Hayes blackface discussion. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "The journalist told a story, we presented an image, and you deal with that...But don't attack a newspaper for going and searching the behaviour of people that have been elected under your banner." #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Eoin Hayes will stay there for as long as they need him to get that preference, I mean utterly cynical, for a man they admit has behaved like a racist." - John Lee, Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Is that not a bit like, 'I can't be racist, some of my best friends are black'?" Kieran Cuddihy and Jennifer Whitmore TD discuss the Eoin Hayes blackface photos. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "You must've thought 'oh, not him again.'" 🗣️ "A bit of that did go through me." Jennifer Whitmore TD on her reaction to the emergence of Eoin Hayes’ blackface photos. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ “We must not mix up robust accountability in politics with threats of violence," Threats against politicians have escalated in recent weeks - raising questions about political intimidation in Ireland. 📺 Watch the full discussion ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/ribaqzpule #TonightVMTV

As food and fuel costs continue to surge, Fianna Fáil TD Shane Moynihan and Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh clash over plans to scrap one-off payments in the next budget.  #TonightVMTV

🗣️ “To exclude someone with 21% in the polls is a nonsense democratically.” – Peadar Tóibín The panel debates whether the Áras nomination process is undemocratic and if it should be reformed to better reflect opinion polls. 📺 Catch up on #TonightVMTV on Virgin Media Play

Jim Gavin secured Fianna Fáil’s presidential nomination, but the margin is tighter than expected. While members insist the party is now united, the result highlights unease within Micheál Martin’s ranks. 📺 Catch-up on #TonightVMTV on Virgin Media Play or @virginmedianews.bsky.social  YouTube

🗣️ “There is a coarseness and a ramping up of coarseness in politics,” The panel discuss recent threats against Tánaiste Simon Harris and why political threats are on the rise. 📺 Watch the full discussion ➡️ https://youtu.be/jFaPil9-9G4 #TonightVMTV

ICYMI: Catch up on last night’s #TonightVMTV: 🚨Can independents make it onto the presidential ballot? 🚨Threats of violence to politicians  🚨Exit interview with the British Ambassador to Ireland  🎧👇

🗣️ "The broadly expected and accepted norms of international behaviour are crumbling in front of our eyes." – Paul Johnston, UK Ambassador to Ireland #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "There has been a focus on Simon as a person." – Fine Gael Minister of State Neale Richmond TD 🗣️ "There can be absolutely no tolerance for what happened to Simon Harris." – Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "And they think Peadar is calling these people traitorious or treasonous and therefore I’m going to take that and ramp it up a bit." – Kieran Cuddihy, Host 🗣️ "Some of the stuff we are seeing in Ireland and elsewhere is around the issue of immigration." – Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Radicalisation of any sort never goes anywhere good." – Fine Gael Minister of State Neale Richmond TD, discussing the shooting and death of Charlie Kirk at Utah university and broader political violence. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "In Trump land this is going to be huge, and it will be very interesting to see what Donald Trump does now." – Kevin Doyle, Executive Editor, Irish Independent, discussing the shooting and death of Charlie Kirk at a Utah university event. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "There is nobody really on the right side... so there is definitely a gap on the ticket for that." – Kevin Doyle, Executive Editor, Irish Independent #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "I don't know what Jim Gavin actually stand for to be honest." – Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD 🗣️ "You brought that up hoping to poke at Jim Gavin." – Kieran Cuddihy, Host #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Opinion polls don't decide democracy." – Fine Gael Minister of State Neale Richmond TD 🗣️ "To say that you will run an election and exclude somebody who has 21% of a poll rating at that given time, is a nonsense democratically." – Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "When you join a political party you make a very clear decision that you go with the decision of the political party." – Fine Gael Minister of State Neale Richmond TD #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "So here you have the problem; in a democracy a person had significant public support behind them and yet the system was preventing them even participating in the election." – Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD #TonightVMTV

Live from 10pm, @kierancuddihy.bsky.social  will be joined by Neale Richmond TD, Peadar Tóibín TD & Kevin Doyle to discuss:  🚨Can independents make it onto the presidential ballot? 🚨Threats of violence to politicians  🚨Exit interview with the British Ambassador to Ireland  #TonightVMTV

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For the first time, Fianna Fáil’s presidential candidate Jim Gavin has outlined his stance on key political issues including Gaza, and a united Ireland. His narrow selection also raises questions about party unity. Catch-up on #TonightVMTV on Virgin Media Play and Youtube.

The Government has ruled out one-off cost of living payments in the upcoming Budget. Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh says pensioners face a “tough winter,” while Fianna Fáil insists support has been delivered. 📺 Watch the full discussion ➡️ https://youtu.be/5IsvIIuta9A #TonightVMTV

ICYMI: Catch up on last night’s #TonightVMTV: 🚨Latest in the presidential election  🚨Government set to replace one-off cost-of-living measures in the next budget 🎧👇