The Tonight Show
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Debate and analysis on Ireland's only independent TV current affairs programme.
Tues & Wed nights at 10pm on Virgin Media One #TonightVMTV
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Tues & Wed nights at 10pm on Virgin Media One #TonightVMTV
Contact The Tonight Show: https://linktr.ee/thetonightshow
🗣️ "Absolutely we think we can win it." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🗣️ "Absolutely we think we can win it." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
🗣️ "I am not seeking the nomination." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
February 18, 2026 at 11:06 PM
🗣️ "I am not seeking the nomination." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
🗣️ "The ball is in Sinn Féin’s court." – Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
February 18, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🗣️ "The ball is in Sinn Féin’s court." – Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
#TonightVMTV #ByElection
🗣️ "This is something that towns and cities right across the country are experiencing in terms of the death of the town centre." – Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
February 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
🗣️ "This is something that towns and cities right across the country are experiencing in terms of the death of the town centre." – Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
🗣️ "There is a thing called Google Maps... If you stay in a city centre hotel you’re going to expect noise." – Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
February 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
🗣️ "There is a thing called Google Maps... If you stay in a city centre hotel you’re going to expect noise." – Ireland Editor of the Irish Independent Fionnán Sheahan
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
🗣️ "In terms of spaces where they can go and actually hang out and not cost an arm and a leg – there are not many – and that’s why you have seen this reaction." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
February 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
🗣️ "In terms of spaces where they can go and actually hang out and not cost an arm and a leg – there are not many – and that’s why you have seen this reaction." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
🗣️ "There has been a lot of corporate gentrification happening... there is just this sense of resentment and anger and if you poke that bear in any way it is going to kick off." – @unamullally.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
February 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
🗣️ "There has been a lot of corporate gentrification happening... there is just this sense of resentment and anger and if you poke that bear in any way it is going to kick off." – @unamullally.bsky.social
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
#TonightVMTV #DublinCity
🗣️ "There has never been more home building taking place in this country than there is right now." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
🗣️ "That’s actually factually incorrect." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "That’s actually factually incorrect." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
February 18, 2026 at 10:39 PM
🗣️ "There has never been more home building taking place in this country than there is right now." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
🗣️ "That’s actually factually incorrect." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "That’s actually factually incorrect." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "You have walked away from a tough decision, because Michael Healy-Rae said we need to have Killarney included." – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #ShortTermLetting
#TonightVMTV #ShortTermLetting
February 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
🗣️ "You have walked away from a tough decision, because Michael Healy-Rae said we need to have Killarney included." – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #ShortTermLetting
#TonightVMTV #ShortTermLetting
🗣️ "So you want the State to build modular homes here?" – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ "Absolutely! Why not?" – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "Absolutely! Why not?" – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
February 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
🗣️ "So you want the State to build modular homes here?" – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ "Absolutely! Why not?" – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "Absolutely! Why not?" – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "Rory, that is a misrepresentation of the facts." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
🗣️ "No, it’s not." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "No, it’s not." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
February 18, 2026 at 10:19 PM
🗣️ "Rory, that is a misrepresentation of the facts." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
🗣️ "No, it’s not." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "No, it’s not." – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingDebate
🗣️ "People are coming to me in the constituency, going ‘What hope have we, in this country?’" – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
February 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM
🗣️ "People are coming to me in the constituency, going ‘What hope have we, in this country?’" – Social Democrats TD and Housing Spokesperson Rory Hearne
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
🗣️ "There was no evidence that the Help to Buy scheme was definitively increasing house prices." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
🗣️ "Lots of economists would argue otherwise." – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
🗣️ "Lots of economists would argue otherwise." – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
February 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
🗣️ "There was no evidence that the Help to Buy scheme was definitively increasing house prices." – Fianna Fáil Senator Mary Fitzpatrick
🗣️ "Lots of economists would argue otherwise." – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
🗣️ "Lots of economists would argue otherwise." – Guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis
On #TonightVMTV at 10pm with guest presenter Shane Coleman:
🚨 As house prices surge, is home ownership more of a pipe dream than ever?
🚨 Hoxton v Yamamori row sparks a “tourists over residents” debate.
🚨 Plus a look ahead to the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections.
🚨 As house prices surge, is home ownership more of a pipe dream than ever?
🚨 Hoxton v Yamamori row sparks a “tourists over residents” debate.
🚨 Plus a look ahead to the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections.
February 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
On #TonightVMTV at 10pm with guest presenter Shane Coleman:
🚨 As house prices surge, is home ownership more of a pipe dream than ever?
🚨 Hoxton v Yamamori row sparks a “tourists over residents” debate.
🚨 Plus a look ahead to the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections.
🚨 As house prices surge, is home ownership more of a pipe dream than ever?
🚨 Hoxton v Yamamori row sparks a “tourists over residents” debate.
🚨 Plus a look ahead to the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections.
🗣️ “Fine Gael specialise in being tone-deaf to changes that are going to impact on some of the most vulnerable in society,”
The Education Minister has halted the controversial review of SNA allocations for next year, following significant pushback.
📺 Full discussion ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/ijqzwzzavm
The Education Minister has halted the controversial review of SNA allocations for next year, following significant pushback.
📺 Full discussion ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/ijqzwzzavm
February 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🗣️ “Fine Gael specialise in being tone-deaf to changes that are going to impact on some of the most vulnerable in society,”
The Education Minister has halted the controversial review of SNA allocations for next year, following significant pushback.
📺 Full discussion ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/ijqzwzzavm
The Education Minister has halted the controversial review of SNA allocations for next year, following significant pushback.
📺 Full discussion ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/ijqzwzzavm
🗣️ “Yesterday, I feel like I finally got justice,” Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Justice #Harassment
#TonightVMTV #Justice #Harassment
February 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
🗣️ “Yesterday, I feel like I finally got justice,” Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Justice #Harassment
#TonightVMTV #Justice #Harassment
🗣️ “Sport and politics should not be intertwined,” — Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty
🗣️ “The game shouldn’t go ahead,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Ireland #NationsLeague
🗣️ “The game shouldn’t go ahead,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Ireland #NationsLeague
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM
🗣️ “Sport and politics should not be intertwined,” — Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty
🗣️ “The game shouldn’t go ahead,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Ireland #NationsLeague
🗣️ “The game shouldn’t go ahead,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Ireland #NationsLeague
🗣️ “The suggestion is we need the UN… to keep us honest,” Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
February 17, 2026 at 11:06 PM
🗣️ “The suggestion is we need the UN… to keep us honest,” Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
🗣️ “We should be looking to be leaders in this area,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
🗣️ “You can only have a peace agreement if you have both sides that want peace,” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
🗣️ “You can only have a peace agreement if you have both sides that want peace,” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
🗣️ “We should be looking to be leaders in this area,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
🗣️ “You can only have a peace agreement if you have both sides that want peace,” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
🗣️ “You can only have a peace agreement if you have both sides that want peace,” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
🗣️ “Neutrality, despite what people are saying now, has always been a movable feast in this country,” Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
February 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
🗣️ “Neutrality, despite what people are saying now, has always been a movable feast in this country,” Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
#TonightVMTV #Neutrality #Ireland
🗣️ “As far as I’m aware, the government are on record supporting our neutrality — are they saying here tonight that that’s different now?” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
February 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
🗣️ “As far as I’m aware, the government are on record supporting our neutrality — are they saying here tonight that that’s different now?” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
#TonightVMTV #Ukraine #Neutrality
🗣️ “Are we seen as freeloaders across Europe in terms of how we are not minding our own backyard?” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ “We represent the weakest link along the coast,” — Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Defence #Ireland
🗣️ “We represent the weakest link along the coast,” — Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Defence #Ireland
February 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
🗣️ “Are we seen as freeloaders across Europe in terms of how we are not minding our own backyard?” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ “We represent the weakest link along the coast,” — Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Defence #Ireland
🗣️ “We represent the weakest link along the coast,” — Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #Defence #Ireland
🗣️ “Sinn Féin has been accused of being a little bit soft on Russia of late — what is your response to what he had to say?” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ “There is a huge amount of investment needed in our Defence Forces,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Russia #Ireland
🗣️ “There is a huge amount of investment needed in our Defence Forces,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Russia #Ireland
February 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
🗣️ “Sinn Féin has been accused of being a little bit soft on Russia of late — what is your response to what he had to say?” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ “There is a huge amount of investment needed in our Defence Forces,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Russia #Ireland
🗣️ “There is a huge amount of investment needed in our Defence Forces,” — Sinn Féin MEP Kathleen Funchion
#TonightVMTV #Russia #Ireland
🗣️ “Trust has broken down completely here. How can you rebuild that trust?” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ “It’s all about engagement, and that’s probably the problem here,” — Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
🗣️ “It’s all about engagement, and that’s probably the problem here,” — Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
February 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
🗣️ “Trust has broken down completely here. How can you rebuild that trust?” — guest presenter Shane Coleman
🗣️ “It’s all about engagement, and that’s probably the problem here,” — Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
🗣️ “It’s all about engagement, and that’s probably the problem here,” — Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
🗣️ “The people who most need SNAs — those who have specific special needs — are going to be the ones to lose out,” Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
February 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
🗣️ “The people who most need SNAs — those who have specific special needs — are going to be the ones to lose out,” Mick Clifford, special correspondent with the Irish Examiner
#TonightVMTV #SNAs
#TonightVMTV #SNAs