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🗣️ “When the Taoiseach talked about high prices and wanting to do something about it – he should look a bit closer to home,”

Kevin McPartlan, CEO, Fuels for Ireland has urged a closer examination of domestic policy decisions affecting energy costs.

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🚨 First flight from the Middle East due in Dublin.

🚨 Rising oil prices fuel cost-of-living anxiety – could temporary supports help?

🚨 Middle East latest: 'Worst-case' scenario or is regime change really possible?

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🗣️ “Where was Sinn Féin when it came to calling out the Iranian regime?” - Albert Dolan TD, Fianna Fáil

🗣️ “Your leader was the Taoiseach when the Irish government decided to reopen the embassy in Iran,” - Matt Carthy TD, Sinn Féin

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🗣️ “I can't think of an instance where bombing a country ended up resulting in a better situation,” says says Matt Carthy TD, Sinn Féin.

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🗣️ “I'm close to tears even thinking about it – it's been really hard,”

@virginmedianews.bsky.social reporter Hannah Murphy has been speaking to relatives awaiting the arrival of the first flight from Dubai Dubai since conflict broke out in the Middle East.

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🗣️ “He stated that we were militarily on the side of one side in a conflict – something that no Taoiseach has ever said before,” - Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin

🗣️ “Sinn Féin were very quick to throw Ukraine under the bus when they were looking for support at a European level,” - Albert Dolan, Fianna Fáil

🗣️ “Everybody knows it was illegal – why not just say it?” - Shane Coleman.

🗣️ “Well, it's only in time that we'll find out if it was illegal or not,” - Albert Dolan TD, Fianna Fáil

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🗣️ “Regime change seems not to be part of that [White House plans], which is extremely dangerous,” says says Tara Kangarlou, Global Affairs Journalist.

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🗣️ “They [the Iranian public] have this glimmer of hope, as they're being bombarded, that maybe this is our chance to see a different future,” says Tara Kangarlou, Global Affairs Journalist.

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🗣️ “You retrofit their home… and we don't leave people living in cold homes,” says Albert Dolan, Fianna Fáil TD.

🗣️ “They have the benefit of a cold house and also the benefit of being penalised by your government for the luxury of it,” says Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD.

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🗣️ “The very people who were fleeced in the budget… are now facing a crisis in their household finances,” says Matt Carthy, Sinn Féin TD.

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🗣️ “It's going to create a real challenge both politically and fiscally,” says Barra Roantree, Assistant Professor of Economics at TCD.

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🗣️ “If they do think that price gouging is happening, how are they actually going to deal with this without bringing in cost-of-living measures?” says Claire Scott, Political Correspondent, The Sunday Times Ireland.

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🗣️ “The cost increases we have seen, the gouging which we have seen – for which the Government have said they're going to sit on their hands for,” says Matt Carthy TD, Sinn Féin

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🗣️ “Right now, there is no cause to panic – but what is vital is that we make sure there is no price gouging,” says Albert Dolan, Fianna Fáil TD.

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On #TonightVMTV at 10pm with guest presenter Shane Coleman:

🚨 First flight from the Middle East due in Dublin.

🚨 Rising oil prices fuel cost-of-living anxiety – could temporary supports help?

🚨 Middle East latest: 'Worst-case' scenario or is regime change really possible?

🗣️ “Israel and the US have broken international law and our government is failing to condemn that – I cannot accept it,”

Criticism of the Government’s response to US-Israel military action against Iran, with questions raised about Ireland’s position.

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🚨 Trump says the Middle East conflict could last five weeks – but what is the endgame, and where does Ireland stand?
🚨 The doubling of oil prices points to rising costs for the public – but is price gouging already under way?

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🗣️ “We're in a zone of uncertainty on how much this could escalate,” says Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, UCD.

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🗣️ “This will be the first flight… Over 22,000 people have registered with our embassies in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh so far,” says says Neale Richmond, Minister of State.

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🗣️ “They are taking advantage of a volatile situation and they are seeing the opportunity for increased profits,” says Sinead Gibney TD, Social Democrats

🗣️ “This is engineering versus political language,” says Prof Aoife Foley

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🗣️ “We'll get some gas generators when there's an electricity crisis...they'll go online and there'll be a few photo opportunities and we'll roll into the same thing in about 7 or 8 years,” says Prof Aoife Foley.

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🗣️ “When the Taoiseach talked about high [fuel] prices and wanting to do something about it – he should look a bit closer to home,” - Kevin McPartlan, CEO, Fuels for Ireland.

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🗣️ “There's a lot of risk in 'what everybody knows' because what everybody knows in this case happens to be entirely false,” - Kevin McPartlan, CEO, Fuels for Ireland.

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🗣️ “There needs to be support from Europe, working with the Gulf States, for that deescalation,” says Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, UCD.

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🗣️ “The leader of the US right now is a warmonger – he is a tyrant,"

🗣️ “We need to stand in solidarity with Spain – we need to look at what they’re doing,”

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🗣️ “Israel and the US have broken international law and our government is failing to condemn that – I cannot accept it,” says Sinead Gibney TD, Social Democrats.

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🗣️ "Regrettable sounds like a ridiculous understatement for something like this,” - Shane Coleman.

🗣️ “We don’t make an absolute definitive decision straight away,” - Neale Richmond, Minister of State.

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