@tonightvmtv.bsky.social🗣️"Index it based on the pay increases in the economy" 🗣️"If you had indexed public sector pay over the last ten years, your members would be worse off" Owen Reidy, ICTU general secretary and Shane Coleman debate about the ongoing public sector pay row on #TonightVMTV.
@tonightvmtv.bsky.social🗣️"RTÉ have a big, big problem"
🗣️"The Minister has discretion to do what he wants, and he has left them short"
John Lee Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday on Media Minister, Patrick O'Donovan's decision to cut RTÉ's funding.
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We examined the clash between RTÉ and Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan, looming industrial action over pay, and claims Budget 2027 is “painfully out of touch”.
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@tonightvmtv.bsky.socialStrikes are "regrettable" but "avoidable" - Owen Reidy, ICTU general secretary #TonightVMTV
@tonightvmtv.bsky.socialJames Geoghegan says restaurants are closing because of high wage costs - but Owen Reidy, ICTU general secretary dismisses the claim as “nonsense”.
@tonightvmtv.bsky.socialThe Government "broke a whole string of promises" in the Budget, says Cian O’Callaghan TD as he cites Fianna Fail's manifesto. #TonightVMTV
@tonightvmtv.bsky.socialDr Emma Howard says TV licence prosecutions have fallen by around 50% over the past three years. She says certainty around multi-annual funding for RTÉ is important.
@tonightvmtv.bsky.socialThe Government promised "multi-annual funding". They’re now "breaking that promise.”
Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan criticises the Government over its approach to funding RTÉ.
@tonightvmtv.bsky.socialRTE have got a "big, big problem" - John Lee, Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday #TonightVMTV
@tonightvmtv.bsky.social“The idea of An Post collecting the TV licence has been an abject failure.”
Niall Collins TD says Revenue would be better placed to collect the TV licence fee.
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Budget 2027 has arrived – but who really benefits?
Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers and Sinn Féin's Mairéad Farrell debate live in studio.
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@tonightvmtv.bsky.social🗣️ “When those young players needed support, they didn’t get it from the Government.”
Ahead of Ireland's second game against Israel tonight, the #TonightVMTV panel discussed the FAI’s handling of the controversial fixtures and whether the Government should have intervened.
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🚨 A rare result for FAI as execs grilled by an Oireachtas Committee?Â
🚨 A week from Budget 2027, the panel discusses a deepening cost-of-living crisis.
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@tonightvmtv.bsky.social🗣️ “At a time of unprecedented surplus, we have unprecedented child poverty.”
The #TonightVMTV panel discuss Budget measures to tackle child poverty and childcare costs.
@tonightvmtv.bsky.social🗣️ “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.bsky.social🗣️ “[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.bsky.social🗣️ “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.”Â