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Media Minister Catherine Martin when asked if she accepts that people boycotting the TV license don’t want to fund RTÉ in any way: “What I would say to that is that the TV license is the law of the land, so it needs to be paid…it funds public service broadcasting.”
On social media.
“Early in our term.”
IGNORED: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar walks out of a press briefing as Ben Scallan is mid-sentence asking about government ministers spreading referendum misinformation.
“Political rhetoric.”
Media Minister Catherine Martin is asked if she will delete a tweet in which she falsely claimed that the Constitution says “a woman’s place is in the home” – a claim which was explicitly contradicted by her government’s own Electoral Commission. Question by Ben Scallan.
Surveyed 1,000 motorists.
Catherine Murphy, the former co-leader of the Social Democrats, previously said that Irish people had “white privilege,” even during periods of historical oppression. Ben Scallan asked the current leader, Holly Cairns, if this is still the party’s position.
Senator Michael McDowell, who previously served as the Attorney General, Justice Minister and Tánaiste of Ireland, says it would be “a huge challenge” for the courts to say that polygamous relationships do not count as “durable relationships” if the referendum to redefine the family passes.
Ongoing row.
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“Enrolment rate of 89.7%.”
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