Gavan Reilly

Bands at St Peter’s Square - to enthusiastic singing - performing the Italian national anthem… EDIT: this is performed by the Vatican bands as a salute to the Italian military bands who then reply in kind. Italian bands are present to mark the Pope’s accession as Bishop of Rome

Paul Gogarty in the Dáil obliquely refers to Conor McGregor as ‘Andrew Tayto’

Paul Murphy has crossed the Dáil floor to hand Simon Harris a folder of waybills filed by international airlines and gathered by @wereontheditch which, he says, show those airlines carrying munitions through Irish airspace in contravention of domestic law https://t.co/j7D3fXOQs1

Minister for Arts and Sport tells the Dáil he hopes Louth undo the wrong that was done to them in 2010 in this Sunday’s Leinster Final Then says he wishes the best of luck to Meath Then says he also wishes the best of luck to Louth

The Cork and Waterford Camogie squads confirm they intend to wear shorts in this weekend’s Munster senior final https://t.co/l3aa6l0EYB

Significant (but not total) walkout of opposition TDs from the Dáil chamber as Michael Lowry is called to speak at ‘Other Members’ Questions’ for the first time. Lowry raises the “malaise” of people filming a teenager drowning in Cork for the purpose of sharing footage online.

This is effectively confirmed in the Dáil by Jack Chambers who says the HSE must have “full follow-through” if procurement rules haven’t been properly followed. The HSE has ordered a national pause of “in-sourcing” while a national review is undertaken @VirginMediaNews

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Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says the government has confirmed inquiries into issues where some hospital consultants set up private companies and referred services (including biopsies) to their own companies - some of which were then carried out on public hospital equipment https://t.co/mh7iIvjJou

RT @SimonHarrisTD: Joining today with my 🇮🇸 🇱🇺 🇳🇴 🇸🇮 and 🇪🇸 colleagues expressing our grave concern about the Israeli plans and actions in…

Sinn Féin senator Maria McCormack says she’s wearing shorts in the chamber today in solidarity with Camogie players, and encourages those in games this weekend not to wear skorts, even though the Camogie rule book (at present) stipulates that skorts are mandatory attire https://t.co/b0CGZQTe2T

👀 SocDems’ foreign affairs spokesperson Sinead Gibney refuses to say whether she would remain in the parliamentary party if Eoin Hayes was readmitted. Some suggestions from within the party that Gibney, given her vocal stance on Gaza, is the biggest opponent to a Hayes return https://t.co/BpC5GsLDTu

Labour’s Ged Nash says the announcement of €1bn in extra funding for Uisce Éireann was a ‘sleight of hand’ pre-election, similar to the government’s claims about housing completions, to convince the voting public it was taking housing more seriously https://t.co/QW9c7LwINc

Kieran’s in Canada so I’m in studio 1. Join me in 15 mins #tonightvmtv

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Live from 10pm, @gavreilly will be joined by John Moran, Barry Ward TD, Conor Sheehan TD and Louise Burne to discuss: 🚨John Moran's first year as Ireland's first directly elected mayor 🚨Fallout over Government housing strategy 🚨Preview of the Conclave #TonightVMTV https://t.co/6pArDeNrUz