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RTÉ's The Week in Politics - Live every Sunday at midday on RTÉ One, and repeated on Sunday night. Also on RTÉ News Channel at 10pm
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🎥📺 On #RTETWIP tomorrow at noon, @1Hildegarde @Farrell_Mairead and @Toibin1 will join @lawlor_aine. The programme will also feature @paraicobrien, Channel 4’s Foreign Affairs correspondent & @RTENewsPaulC, RTÉ’s political correspondent.
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The €3300 reportedly owed to a former tenant of @gavinforthearas may pose a 'potential problem' to his campaign, says @sandra_hurley. #RTETWIP #presidentialdebate repeats at 6:30 and 10 on the news channel and at 23:10 on @RTEOne
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Political Correspondent, @sandra_hurley provides post #presidentialdebate analysis, noting that deliberate attempts were made by both @gavinforthearas and @HeatherH to engage more in debate this time. #RTETWIP repeats at 6:30 and 10 on the news channel and at 23:10 on @RTEOne
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Fine Gael's candidate @HeatherH tells @lawlor_aine that she has 'huge sympathy for people who can't get a house' #RTETWIP #presidentialdebate repeats at 6:30 and 10 on the news channel and at 23:10 on @RTEOne
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'We need to have credibility in the world and whom we call out the abuse of power and the invasion by Russia of Ukraine, we must equally do so in relation to Israel, who are carrying out a genocide under our watch' says @catherinegalway, during the #RTETWIP #presidentialdebate.
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Presidential Candidate @HeatherH says that 'Russia is the agressor' before purporting that @catherinegalway has 'never spoken out against Russia'. #RTETWIP repeats at 6:30 and 10 on the news channel and at 23:10 on @RTEOne #presidentialdebate
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While @catherinegalway says that 'no rules were broken' in relation to her employment of a woman with a criminal conviction, @gavinforthearas says that the 'substantive issue' lies within 'bypassing the [respective] security process' #RTETWIP repeats at 23:10 on @RTEOne
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Presidential candidate @catherinegalway clarifies her recent comments about increased German military spending being akin to that of the 1930s #RTETWIP repeats at 3, 6:30 and 10 on the news channel / 23:10 on @RTEOne #presidentialdebate
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Regarding the €3300 reportedly owed to a former tenant of his, @gavinforthearas tells @ainelawlor that he 'does not have all the information to date' and that he is 'looking into it' #RTETWIP repeats at 3, 6:30 and 10 on the news channel / 23:10 on @RTEOne #presidentialdebate
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Today at noon on @RTEOne, @lawlor_aine will chair #RTETWIP Presidential debate with candidates, Fine Gael's @HeatherH, Independent @catherinegalway and Fianna Fáil's @gavinforthearas. Repeats will air later at 3, 6:30 and 10 on the news channel and at 23:10 again on RTÉ One.
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Looking forward to it, the three candidates will join @lawlor_aine at midday on RTÉ One, repeats on News channel at 3, 6:30 and 10pm. And on RTÉ One at 11:10 pm
The three presidential candidates will take part in the first of RTÉ's election debates today on The Week in Politics
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Tomorrow, #RTETWIP presidential debate will be hosted by @lawlor_aine, with Presidential Candidates: Fine Gael's @HeatherH, Independent @catherinegalway and Fianna Fáil's @gavinforthearas Tune in at 12 on @RTEOne or catch the repeat at 3, 6:30 and 10 on the news channel
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London Correspondent, @TommyMeskill, recounts the varying sources of unhappiness within the Labour Party, which are being discussed at the party's annual conference in Liverpool this weekend. #RTETWIP will rebroadcast tonight at 23:05 on @RTEOne
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Sinn Féin's @loreillysf asserts her views on the future of the Irish presidency: 'I think if we're going to have a conversation about how we elect Uachtarán na hÉireann in the future, that conversation has to involve making sure that all of the people on this island have a vote'
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Referencing Maria Steen's recent comments, @RTENewsPaulC asks @EmerHigginsTD if independent candidates are being 'squeezed out' by the current nomination process for presidential elections #RTETWIP will rebroadcast tonight at 23:05 on @RTEOne #presidency
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Also, on #RTETWIP today at noon on @RTEOne, @RTENewsPaulC is joined by London Correspondent, @TommyMeskill, from the Labour Party's Annual Conference in Liverpool and by Political Correspondent, @MichealLehane, who will be covering Jim Gavin's presidential campaign launch.
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On #RTETWIP today at 12, @RTENewsPaulC is joined by Minister of State, @EmerHigginsTD, TD @geraldnash and TD @loreillysf to discuss the #presidency and the upcoming #budget2026. Tune in to @RTEOne. Rebroadcasts tonight at 23:05
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@RTENewsPaul will be stepping in to present tomorrow's @rtetwip, where he will be joined by guests: Minister of State,@EmerHigginsTD, TD @geraldnash and TD @loreillysf to discuss the #presidency and the upcoming #budget2026. Broadcasts at noon on @RTEOne
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