Tommy Meskill
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- Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald concludes her day of campaigning by singing on stage with Brian Warfield of the Wolfe Tones. The party hosted a youth rally event in Dublin tonight @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin’s @MaryLouMcDonald meets with Adnan Shabab, owner of Shaku Maku in Rathmines, whose sister and wider family are in Gaza. He wants to see Occupied Territories Bill passed @rtenews
00:00 - This morning Senator Eileen Flynn @Love1solidarity became the first member of the Traveller Community to chair a session of Seanad Éireann. Senator Flynn was appointed Cathaoirleach Sealadach (temporary chair) by Cathaoirleach @SenatorMarkDaly a number of weeks ago @rtenews
- Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald gets a warm reception from Sammy, a painter living in Ireland for 15 years, who was busy at work in Rathmines this morning @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald says she has no confidence in the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris or the Justice Minister Helen McEntee @rtenews
- Ronan McLaughlin cycled 7 hours from Buncrana to today’s Mica protest outside the Convention Centre Dublin. His parent’s home is affected @rtenews
- Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald was canvassing in Tralee Co. Kerry today. At Madden’s coffee shop she was introduced to a dog named “Margaret Thatcher” @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald says the care worker who met Simon Harris on Friday, Charlotte Fallon, “spoke truth to power”. The problem, according to Mary Lou McDonald, was that “power didn’t want to hear the truth” @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald hits out at Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary who made comments about teachers at a Fine Gael event last night. He said that while he loved teachers “I wouldn’t generally employ a lot of teachers to go out and get things done” @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald says that if Fine Gael candidate John McGahon was in her party he would not be running in the general election. She described what happened as “deeply disturbing” @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald is quizzed by a mother, who’s son is living in Germany, on what she’d do to ensure the young people don’t feel that they have to leave Ireland. Sinn Féin is out canvassing in Dungarvan this afternoon @rtenews
00:00 - Sinn Féin leader @MaryLouMcDonald was in Newport Co. Mayo tonight handing out medals to kids from @FahyRoversAFC during their awards ceremony @rtenews
00:00 - The brother of the late Rory Gallagher has said that he’s “thrilled to bits” after hearing that Rory’s 1961 Fender Stratocaster guitar will be donated to the National Museum of Ireland by Live Nation. It was sold at auction today for a final price of €1,068,956 @rtenews
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