“We’re talking about beheadings”: On Virgin Media’s ‘The Tonight Show’, Ben Scallan clashes with the panel immigration, NGO funding, and whether State-funding of media outlets damages the press. Watch the full Virgin Media episode here:https://play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/replay/19469576/the-tonight-show-wed-10-jun
“Outrageous”: Ben Scallan grills Children’s Minister Norma Foley after RTÉ promoted a book instructing under-16s on how to engage in explicit activities: “I don’t know that book, I’m not familiar with it -” “Minister, I actually emailed your office about this ahead of time.”
Niamh Uí Bhriain talks to Laoise de Brún about migrant crime: “There’s a very tightly controlled narrative around immigration” – but there’s a “palpable sense amongst communities in Ireland that we are witnessing new types of crime”.
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan confirms that his Department owns dozens of residential houses for accommodating asylum seekers, but says these were previously bought under Roderic O’Gorman’s Department of Integration, and that “I don’t have any intention of procuring more”.
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A protest held in support of Yves Sakila has heard calls for ‘justice’ for the deceased Congolese man amid chants of “No justice, no peace”.
“Not arsed to vote”: Gript spoke to Dublin Central voters about the upcoming by-election:
“Very out of touch with reality”: Gript asks Galway-West voters for their thoughts on the upcoming by-election.
FLASHBACK: In 2016, just 19 days before a general election, then-Minister of State Simon Harris told the public that it was Fine Gael’s “absolute commitment” to do away with the “hated USC” over the lifetime of that Government, stating: “We need to abolish it.”
Emotional scenes on Dublin’s Henry Street as crowd gathers to mourn the death of Yves Sakila. Mr Sakila had a history of shoplifting from Arnotts.
A Wicklow family who are caring for their daughter with leukaemia, while facing homelessness, say they are “too rich” for social housing and “too poor” to get a mortgage.
Aontú candidate for Galway West Orla Nugent says she was with the fuel protesters almost every day, and says the carbon tax should be scrapped for the duration of the cost of living crisis.