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Independent TD Catherine Connolly speaking on the
#Referendum
says, 🗣“this is a step in the wrong direction.”
🗣Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:05
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
47
412
1K
.
@HollyCairnsTD
says some opposition parties want to get behind public health messages. She questions why entire counties shut down while meat plants with clusters stayed open.
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
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1K
SD
@HollyCairnsTD
says ‘we know that the Commission can be extended because that was done several times in the past when the Commission needed more time, but now that survivors need more time, it's suddenly not possible’
#MotherAndBaby
#RTEPolitics
#RTETWIP
20
164
725
Aontú Leader
@Toibin1
says that the Government “manufactured the events seen over the weekend in Dublin city centre”
#EconomicRecovery
#TWIP
#RTEPolitics
#RTETWIP
64
142
641
SD
@HollyCairnsTD
says ‘viruses have no time for half measures, so even now the Government introducing quarantining from 20 countries quite simply is not good enough’
#CovidRestrictions
#RTEPolitics
#RTETWIP
20
96
455
Minister for Higher Education
@SimonHarrisTD
says that the Government will take decisive, nationwide action tomorrow to combat
#COVID19
#rtetwip
181
93
445
SF TD
@ClaireKerrane
says ‘we will not commemorate a partition that has divided our island’
#commemoration
. Rebroadcast AT 2305
@rteone
#TWIP
#RTEPolitics
38
69
400
.
@PearseDoherty
says voters are responding to his party's policies which is reflected in all recent polls.
#rtetwip
#GE2020
#rtepolitics
18
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Tánaiste
@LeoVaradkar
speaking today on his speech on
#IrishUnity
at the
#FGArdFheis
. Repeats tonight at 22:00 on the RTÉ news channel and at 23:20 on
@rteone
.
#rtepolitics
35
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362
Political commentator
@SusanMcKay15
gives an assessment of the DUP following
#AE22
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and 23:20 on
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
#TWIP
#RTEPOLITICS
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Independent TD
@MlMcNamaraTD
says that additional
#COVID
restrictions will leave us with an economy which is 'further weakened'
#rtetwip
41
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284
.
@tconnellyRTE
reports from Ukraine in the western city of Lviv, giving us his assessment of the invasion so far
#UkraineInvasion
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and 23:30 on
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
#TWIP
#RTEPOLITICS
15
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11
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228
Journalist
@susanmckay15
speaking about the
#DUP
today on
#rtetwip
. Repeats tonight at 22:00 on the RTÉ news channel and at 23:20 on
@rteone
#rtepolitics
7
73
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Independent TD
@MlMcNamaraTD
and Green Party Senator
@pippa_hackett
speaking on the
#Referendum
.
🗣 Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:05
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
109
43
242
Responding to Tony Connelly's examination of the situation in Israel on
#RTETWIP
,
@bridsmithTD
criticises the coverage to
@lawlor_aine
.
"I'm not trying to criticise Tony, I'm criticising the coverage... I think it's unbalanced."
Rebroadcast is tonight at 23:00 on
@RTEOne
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226
People Before Profit TD
@RBoydBarrett
says that Ireland should adopt a 'zero covid strategy' and that 'an all-Ireland approach is absolutely critical' in terms of dealing with this virus
#covid19
#rtetwip
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36
226
Senator Michael McDowell states
🗣“this is a recipe for chaos” when discussing the
#Referendum
.
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:05 on
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
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Sinn Féin leader
@MaryLouMcDonald
says that any decent Government has to be on the side of renters. She says that a
@SinnFein
Government would ensure the availability of safe and affordable housing.
Rebroadcast at 23:40 on
@rteone
#TWIP
#RTEPolitics
11
47
202
.
@PadraigMacL
@sinnfeinireland
TD says that the IRA are gone and they're not coming back and that is the reality.
#rtepolitics
#rtetwip
6
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195
Tánaiste
@simoncoveney
says a no-deal Brexit is a risk now because the UK is looking for something very different to what was committed to in the Political Declaration
#rtetwip
21
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188
'An outrageous, quite frankly, outburst' says
@loreillysf
on
#NiallCollins
and
#TheDitch
#RTETWIP
repeats tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:00 on
@RTEOne
#RTEpolitics
21
50
187
SF TD
@PearseDoherty
says 18 houses were demolished in the summer in Donegal, that is 18 family homes. We are now paying the price of the Fianna Fáil era in Government
#MICA
#RTETWIP
#RTEPolitics
Rebroadcast at 11.05pm
@RTEOne
10
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Aontú Leader
@Toibin1
says that “Covid is a serious illness” and adds that “right now there’s only 74 people in hospital with Covid, you could fit all the people with Covid in the state on a single double decker bus”
#Covid19
#TWIP
#RTEPolitics
#RTETWIP
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Sinn Féin leader
@MaryLouMcDonald
calls for 100% redress for those affected by
#MICA
Rebroadcast at 23:40 on
@rteone
#rtetwip
#RTEPolitics
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The new leader of the
@UUPOnline
@BeattieDoug
joined us on the programme earlier for an extensive interview.
He discussed the NI Protocol, the current state of unionism and working with the current Executive.
#TWIP
15
48
170
Acht na Gaeilge ‘is yesterday’s one man one vote in the psyche of nationalism’
@EamonnMallie
tells
#twip
#Stormont
19
107
157
SF leader
@MaryLouMcDonald
speaks about her exchanges with the Taoiseach in the Dáil during the week. She says that cutting the PUP is unfair and wrong.
#rtepolitics
#rtetwip
12
45
155
@paulmurphy_TD
speaking on the
#Armagh
Commemoration, says positively marking the centenary of partition is not something that should be done
#TWIP
#RTEPolitics
10
46
162
On
#RTETWIP
today, Independent TD Michael Collins discusses
#Immigration
and
#Refugees
.
Rebroadcast is tonight at 23:25 on
@RTEOne
33
43
149
.
@EOBroin
says both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are driving the housing crisis with "their agreed budgets".
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
8
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SF MEP
@mattcarthy
describes Timmy Dooley's voting record on Thursday as a 'Fianna Fáil stroke'.
#rtetwip
will be rebroadcast at 11.25pm
#rtepolitics
.
7
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153
SocDem TD
@HollyCairnsTD
on the
#NMH
: “There needs to be a red line under public ownership and wholly secular care for women in this country”. Repeats tonight at 22:00 on the RTÉ news channel and at 23:30 on
@rteone
#rtepolitics
0
28
149
Speaking on
#rtetwip
Tánaiste
@LeoVaradkar
says "the Department of Social Protection gets information from the airports and if somebody is not genuinely seeking work or is not living in the country anymore their welfare payments can be stopped".
#rtenews
167
41
149
'It says that the meetings should be regular and frequent....There has been no meetings since Boris Johnson took power'
- Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on
#RTEtwip
. Rebroadcasts tonight at 22:00 on the RTÉ News Channel and at 23:10 on
@RTEOne
.
#NI
#rtepolitics
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'A brutal attempt by the Taoiseach, The Tánaiste, all of the Government, to avoid any accountability' says
@paulmurphy_TD
on
#NiallCollinsTD
and
#TheDitch
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:00 on
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
#RTEpolitics
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Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson
@loreillysf
says it is a very worrying time for women on maternity leave and says they need to be treated like every other employee in the state
#rtetwip
9
50
138
SF candidate
@LNBDublin
says prices for the
#GlassBottlesite
are more likely to be 450,000 to 500,000 which is not affordable.
#dublinbaysouthbyeelection
debate repeats tonight at 2200 on the RTÉ news channel and at 23:10 on
@rteone
.
#rtepolitics
.
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140
Speaking in relation to news of Garda probe into Leo Vardkar leaking a confidential document last year,
@Farrell_Mairead
says that "friends in high places" culture exists in Irish politics that should have been gone decades ago.
#rtepolitics
#rtetwip
#rteone
.
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Now
@RoisinShortall
raises “extraordinary” story from newspapers …the AG is carrying on private legal work for former directors of INM Asks on what planet was it though this was OK..AG in a case with the State on the other side. Asks are there other cases
#leadersquestions
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47
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"Wealth needs to be shared fairly." PBP TD
@bridsmithTD
speaking on
#rtetwip
about yesterdays
#costofliving
march.
#rtepolitics
#budget2023
.
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134
Today on
#RTETWIP
,
@PearseDoherty
defends Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's statement on Twitter:
'This is complete and utter deflection'.
TWIP will rebroadcast tonight at 23:25 on
@RTEOne
.
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Independent TD
@BerryCathal
outlines the hypocrisies of Irish neutrality and the "indecision" that has formulated this policy
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on the RTÉ News channel and at 23:30 on
@rteone
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
17
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131
Sinn Féin TD
@davidcullinane
says there is 'zero chance' of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael 'bringing about real and transformative change’ in Government
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37
126
The new President of
@sinnfeinireland
@MaryLouMcDonald
will join us on
@RTEOne
tomorrow at midday
#SFleaders
#Twip
11
41
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“The way I look at it, the British government’s interference in our affairs caused the conflict”
@molloy1916
tells
@lawlor_aine
#GFA25
will bring about permanent peace.
#RTEtwip
#YourPolitics
LISTEN HERE 👇
4
50
130
"The DUP are out of touch with the people of the north of Ireland and people can't be pandering to the DUP" -
@M_AndersonSF
3
42
126
.
@PearseDoherty
speaking on the importance of transparency during the
#covid19crisis
this morning on
@rtetwip
.
#governementformation
#transparency
#covid19
. Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on
@RTENewsNow
and on 23:30 on
@RTEOne
.
14
36
128
.
@DUPleader
response to the the question of a border poll in Northern Ireland and would she stay if there was a United Ireland. Watch the full interview on
#rtetwip
tonight at 23:15 on
@rteone
.
#rtepolitics
#NIpolitics
#borderpoll
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Speaking on
#rtetwip
today
@EOBroin
says SF had no choice but to push a no confidence motion given the failure of the Taoiseach to act.
@rtetwip
repeats tonight at 2200 on the news now channel and on
@rteone
at 2300.
#rtepolitics
#noconfidence
8
27
122
.
@Farrell_Mairead
SF TD says SF has been saying since May that there needs to be mandatory pre-flight/post-arrival testing and a quarantine system in place. She says what has been going on up to this point clearly hasn’t been working.
#rtetwip
8
34
117
“We need two helicopters at a minimum to provide mutual support” states
@BerryCathal
on
#RTETWIP
Rebroadcast is tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:00
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
23
31
119
Today on
#RTETWIP
live from
@QUBelfast
@AlexKane221b
explains that "perfection does not exist in politics"
Rebroadcasting tonight at 23:00 on
@RTEOne
#RTEPolitics
#Agreement25
#GFA25
11
29
119
SF Deputy Party Leader
@PearseDoherty
says the priorities of the government shouldn’t be to give pay increases to people who are already earning more than many presidents or prime ministers across Europe.
#rtetwip
4
50
110
Fianna Fáil’s
@BillyKelleherTD
explains why a 12 week proposal for abortion on request was recommended by the Oireachtas
#8thRef
committee
#twip
5
78
113
SF’s
@EOBroin
says ‘we cannot allow domestic internal Tory party politics to dictate the eventual shape of this agreement in a way that is bad for people on both sides of the border’
#brexit
#twip
#RoadtoBrexit
1
57
104
Aontú Leader
@Toibin1
says “the debts that the Government has run up over the past year, about €40 billion, is eye-watering” and adds that “It’s stealing from the future”
#Covid19
#TWIP
#RTEPolitics
Rebroadcast on the RTÉ News Channel at 10pm tonight and 11.40pm on
@RTEONE
3
21
102
Aontú Leader
@Toibin1
shares statistics about
#immigration
on
#RTETWIP
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:15 on
@RTEOne
5
43
109
"I think Israel's Ambassador has overstepped the line"
@ivanabacik
speaks with
@lawlor_aine
on
#Israel
and
#Gaza
on
#RTETWIP
Rebroadcast is tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and at 23:05
@RTEOne
22
31
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9
63
99
For
@sinnfeinireland
@mattcarthy
says their manifesto costed by Dept of Finance, people want change and
@finegael
and
@fiannafailparty
are the same
#rtepolitics
#ge2020
Rebroadcast on
@RTENewsNow
and on
@rteone
at 2335hrs
7
50
102
.
@MaryLouMcDonald
@sinnfeinireland
president says to keep people safe we need to operate on an all-island approach.
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
6
30
102
Aontú leader
@Toibin1
says that hospital capacity is a big failure of this Government.
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on the RTÉ News channel and at 23:10 on
@RTEOne
.
#RTETWIP
#RTEPolitics
6
32
97
Deputy Editor of the Belfast News-Letter
@BenLowry2
talks about the anger and frustration amongst the Unionist community in Northern Ireland in relation to the
#NIProtocol
#Brexit
#rtepolitics
42
33
89
"No they're not, the war is over,"
@MaryLouMcDonald
tells
@lawlor_aine
in regards to the possibility of modern IRA links with Sinn Féin.
#RTETWIP
is rebroadcast tonight at 23:00 on
@RTEOne
126
21
101
European Commissioner
@McGuinnessEU
says that the EU is duty-bound to make sure that an international agreement is complied with
#NIProtocol
#rtetwip
19
31
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3
56
98
.
@SimonHarrisTD
says face masks are “not a magic shield”. He appeals to people to wear them on public transport and in enclosed areas. He says the government may need to make them mandatory on public transport.
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
9
9
96
@RayKennedyNews
reports on the reopening of tourism and
#aviation
on
#RTEtwip
.
Rebroadcasts at 10pm on
@rtenews
and at 11:30pm on
@rteone
.
#RTEpolitics
1
55
97
95
43
88
SF TD
@Kathleensf1
says ‘people would feel better if there was leadership shown by our government but unfortunately that leadership hasn’t been there’
#CovidRestrictions
#RTEPolitics
#RTETWIP
15
25
91
"I am extremely disappointed with the DUP, really disappointed. This idea that they have been consistent. They have been consistently reckless with how they are handling politics in Northern Ireland"
@lichamber
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
#brexit
12
41
89
SF leader
@MaryLouMcDonald
says there is a need for an ambitious & well-sourced testing/tracing system. She says this will allow us to flatten the curve and keep people at schools/work. She says the 100,000 tests that were promised need to be delivered.
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
15
27
91
SF wants to give people vouchers as
@loreillysf
says if people don't have money, tax breaks won't help them.
#julystimulus
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
6
33
87
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Enterprise
@loreillysf
says that social media is a distraction from important issues like
#studentnurses
pay and housing
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
13
16
86
.
@ImeldaMunsterSF
TD says what we’ve seen over the last week has been unprecedented, particularly in relation to FF. She says Fianna Fáíl are ‘fighting like ferrets in a sack’.
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
9
29
86
.
@1GaryGannon
@SocDems
TD says a "combination of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail is not representative of the social-democratic platform we're standing on"
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
10
16
90
SF Deputy Party Leader
@PearseDoherty
speaking about
#JulyStimulus
explains why vouchers would have worked better as part of the plan. He says the Tánaiste can’t defend a situation where 1 in 3 workers are excluded from this.
#rtenews
#rtetwip
3
29
85
"When we come forward with positive proposals the government refuses to accept them. So we say the government, the minister, the plan has to absolutely go," says People Before Profit TD
@paulmurphy_TD
in regards to the no confidence motion.
12
18
89
Irish Examiner Political Correspondent
@aoifegracemoore
provides her analysis of
#AE22
Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on RTÉ News Channel and 23:20 on
@RTEOne
#RTETWIP
#TWIP
#RTEPOLITICS
16
11
85
Sinn Féin TD
@ClaireKerrane
says that greater restrictions and greater certainty are needed in relation to
#COVID19
#rtetwip
12
25
85
.
@HollyCairnsTD
talks about the confusion in the Dáil on Tuesday. She says if we don't know what's going on in the building in the building where the decisions are being made then how can expect the public to?
#rtetwip
3
23
86
Now
@RBoydBarrett
says measures to deal with funds are hopelessly inadequate and wont deliver one extra house or make houses affordable. Points out the state is an investor in some funds
#rtepolitics
5
15
83
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence
@simoncoveney
tells
#rtetwip
that yesterday was not a legitimate or acceptable protest and thanks An Garda Síochána for their 'unstinting efforts' during lockdown
#covid19
30
14
86
.
@EOBroin
says there is no reason the Dáil shouldn't be meeting three days a week. Rebroadcast tonight at 2200 on
@rtenewsnow
and at 2330 on
@rteone
.
#rtepolitics
#rtetwip
#covid19easing
8
22
84
Sinn Féin TD
@loreillysf
calls yesterday's protest a 'slap in the face for frontline workers'
#covid19
17
23
86
.
@greenparty_ie
Leader
@EamonRyan
calls for a New National Development Plan to help meet carbon emission targets.
#Climatechange
#rtetwip
#rtepolitics
1
33
85
Sinn Féin TD
@conwaywalsh
says that a
#UnitedIreland
would mean that "what happens in the crazy economic world of Westminster doesn't impact so severely on this island".
#RTEtwip
rebroadcasts tonight at 18:30 on the RTÉ News Channel and at 22:55 on
@RTEOne
8
33
79
.
@PearseDoherty
says FF and FG are involved in 'playground politics'. Rebroadcast tonight at 22:00 on
@rtenewsnow
and 23:30 on
@rteone
.
#governmentformation
#rtepolitics
9
26
82
"I think we are in a very tragic situation. I said in the Seanad during the week, I think its beyond tears to be honest with you"
@RonanMullen
#rtetwip
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