Gavan Reilly
@gavreilly
Politics guy @virginmedianews.bsky.social; host of Monday with Gavan Reilly (10pm, Virgin Media One); weekly columnist @thejournal.ie; bestselling author of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: linktr.ee/gavreilly
The families of the ten people who died in the 2022 Creeslough explosion have been told a public inquiry into the blast may be held if existing processes like inquests and prosecutions do not offer the answers they want. Govt says it cannot jeopardise prosecutions with a parallel public inquiry.
The death has occurred of musician and Oscar winner Glen Hansard. He was 56. The Frames frontman has been named as the fatality from an early-morning motorcycle accident at the Strawberry Beds in West Dublin. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
"Absolutely it's the case that there will be fewer new measures than in recent years" - Jack Chambers on how a lot of next year's €7bn in 'new' spending is already accounted for
The communications minister Patrick O’Donovan is “under close medical observation” in hospital in Brussels after becoming unwell during an event to mark the beginning of Ireland’s EU presidency on Tuesday evening.
Taoiseach tells Ursula Von Der Leyen, at the end of the two-day meeting between the Government and European Commission in UCC, that he’s looking forward to the Commission bringing forward proposals on trading sanctions against Israel later this month
Barely 100 minutes between the vacancy arising and the contest being sewn up
hearing the competition voiceover reference the date of the World Cup final
They should have put this shadow in the middle of the Azteca. Football heritage. #worldcup
Dáil Reform committee is meeting this afternoon, with PQ overload on the agenda - Labour Party whip Duncan Smith says he’ll be proposing an outright ban on AI-generated questions (though admitting it can be hard to identify exactly which ones they might be)
🚨 Tánaiste Simon Harris with us in studio tonight on Monday with Gavan Reilly. We’ll talk cost of living, the Rotunda row, Russian sanctions, the Ireland-Israel soccer matches, and more - while the panel chews over the stories of the week. On air at the slightly later time of 10:15pm tonight.
Also on ‘vote left, transfer left’… the election in Dublin Central is masking the fact that seats are being left behind. Interview with Holly Cairns on this week’s #MondayGR is available to listen back on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/4UIC...) or watch on YouTube (youtu.be/K_aU2sLE_o4):
That dual candidate showed up this morning (with some kind of crucifix-shaped trailer) to complain that Ennis posters were illegally close to polling stations.
Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins says Labour and SocDems should explain why their voters consistently demand change inside the Dáil chamber, yet decisively favoured a FG candidate (Sean Kyne) over his own Noel Thomas in Galway. He then gets frustrated at reporters for critiquing this take
At the end of it all… the ballot papers and all related documents are bagged up and retained for six months in case of any dispute or challenge to the conduct of the election. And in three years we elect 949 councillors and 14 MEPs, and months after that maybe another 184 TDs, and we go again.
Into the 11th and final count in Galway West; Helen Ogbu eliminated. Her 12,960 votes will determine the winner between Noel Thomas and Sean Kyne; Thomas has a lead of 277 and is not expected to keep it. Analysis on @virginmedianews.bsky.social in a mo.
One down, one to go. 🔵 Dublin Central’s final result bit.ly/DublinCentra... 🟣 Galway West’s count resuming later this morning bit.ly/GalwayWest26
The 8th and penultimate count in Dublin Central. Janet Horner of the Green Party is eliminated; her 5,452 votes will be distributed between Daniel Ennis (SD) and Janice Boylan (SF). Ennis holds a lead of almost 1,100 and will not be caught. @virginmedia
🗳️ By-election tallies LIVE! 🚨 🔵 Dublin Central bit.ly/DublinCentral26 🟣 Galway West bit.ly/GalwayWest26 Updates here throughout the day(s)!