Fianna Fáil MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has defended the Taoiseach after the party’s failed presidential campaign. Micheál Martin is said to have given an emotional apology over the handling of Jim Gavin’s Áras bid. 📺 Watch the full debate ➡️ https://t.co/IgYwQdq1iE #TonightVMTV

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ICYMI: Catch up on last night’s #TonightVMTV: 🚨Tax cuts for apartment developers in Budget 2026 🚨Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meet over Jim Gavin withdrawal 🚨Today's front pages 🎧👇 https://t.co/EHgLfEwimC

🗣️ "Just be honest, she didn’t answer the question." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Fine Gael 🗣️ "You wouldn’t know transparency if it hit you in the face." — @EOBroin #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "What did Fianna Fáil actually know? When did they know? And were they involved in an attempt to cover up what I think was a very serious story." — @EOBroin #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Micheál Martin is anything but a dictator […] he is not an autocrat or a scheming politician." — @cynimhurchu #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Is the sense from those people you have been speaking to this evening that this is a stay of execution?" — @kierancuddihy 🗣️ "They need to, kind of, start planning for a change." — @louiseburne_ #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "A short, sharp, swift review and one that is focused on learning lessons. One that is focused on the process that led to the nomination." — @cynimhurchu #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "Young people are being forced to emigrate because these guys want to put more money in the pockets of developers." — @EOBroin 🗣️ "It’s a good soundbite for you." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Fine Gael #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "The really, really expensive apartments that are being built to rent, people can’t afford them, people aren’t moving into them, and that’s where you get your issue with viability." — @louiseburne_ #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "5,800 social, 7,500 affordable — that is what we have provided for in our Budget." — John Cummins, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Fine Gael 🗣️ "I’m saying you’re deliberately misrepresenting your figures to inflate the numbers." — @EOBroin #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "What Government should have done is dramatically increase investment and delivery of social and affordable homes, including apartments." — @EOBroin #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "If we don’t see apartment delivery, well then it obviously hasn’t been a success [���] what I am very much saying as a member of Government to the development sector now is: get on and build." — John Cummins #TonightVMTV

🗣️ "In my 10 years of responding to the housing section of Budgets, this is probably the most wasteful expenditure that I’ve seen." — @EOBroin #TonightVMTV

@EOBroin @cynimhurchu @louiseburne_

Live from 10:30pm, Kieran Cuddihy will be joined by John Cummins TD, Eoin Ó Broin TD, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú MEP & Louise Burne to discuss: 🚨Tax cuts for apartment developers in Budget 2026 🚨Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meet over Jim Gavin withdrawal 🚨Tomorrow's front pages

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Fianna Fáil’s Jack Chambers defended the party’s due diligence process for presidential candidates as “robust and comprehensive,” following Jim Gavin’s decision to withdraw from the race. The parliamentary party will meet this evening to review the situation. #TonightVMTV

🗣️ ‘It’s McBudget that they’ve put out this year - and it’s a bit hard to swallow.’ @sineadgibney says the Government’s VAT cut for hospitality benefits big corporations and developers, not small businesses.  📺 Watch the full debate ➡️ https://t.co/4GrWBfFZNc

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