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Gavan Reilly 
Political correspondent @virginmedianews • #TheGroupChat podcast, Wed night on Virgin Media Two • #OnTheRecordNT, Sun 11am @newstalkfm • Column @meathchronicle
Dublin, Ireland
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Analysed 42,000 tweets, tweets from the last 255 weeks.
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Reply | 26,660 | 63.5% |
| Tweet | 9,746 | 23.2% |
| Quote | 4,850 | 11.5% |
| Retweet | 2,052 | 4.9% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| URL | 6,974 | 16.6% |
| Photo | 4,039 | 9.6% |
| Video | 695 | 1.7% |
| GIF | 612 | 1.5% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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368 | 26.5% |
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@3NewsIreland | Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #covid19ireland | 1,150 | 2.7% |
| #ontherecordnt | 528 | 1.3% |
| #aras18 | 348 | 0.8% |
| #8thref | 236 | 0.6% |
| #disclosurestribunal | 190 | 0.5% |
| #ontherecord | 182 | 0.4% |
| #dáil | 135 | 0.3% |
| #gaa | 133 | 0.3% |
| #mufc | 131 | 0.3% |
| #thegroupchat | 121 | 0.3% |
| #brexit | 92 | 0.2% |
| #tonightvmtv | 88 | 0.2% |
| #budget19 | 84 | 0.2% |
| #covid19 | 73 | 0.2% |
| #watch | 58 | 0.1% |
| #pfg | 52 | 0.1% |
| #pkdebate | 47 | 0.1% |
| #sfaf18 | 46 | 0.1% |
| #breaking | 45 | 0.1% |
| #cervicalcheck | 43 | 0.1% |
| #vmnews | 42 | 0.1% |
| #dail | 42 | 0.1% |
| #new | 41 | 0.1% |
| #tonightvmt | 38 | 0.1% |
| #loveisland | 35 | 0.1% |
| #blasref | 34 | 0.1% |
| #worldcup | 33 | 0.1% |
| #ae22 | 29 | 0.1% |
| #cop26 | 29 | 0.1% |
| #seanad2020 | 28 | 0.1% |
| #dbsbyelection | 27 | 0.1% |
| #eurovision | 25 | 0.1% |
| #golfgate | 23 | 0.1% |
| #ucl | 20 | 0.0% |
| #dbs21 | 19 | 0.0% |
| #euro2020 | 18 | 0.0% |
| #budget2021 | 18 | 0.0% |
| #micaredress | 17 | 0.0% |
| #ukraine | 16 | 0.0% |
| #dubbs | 16 | 0.0% |
| #eng | 15 | 0.0% |
| #euco | 14 | 0.0% |
| #todaysor | 13 | 0.0% |
| #tv3rugby | 13 | 0.0% |
| #budget2023 | 12 | 0.0% |
| #legisl8 | 12 | 0.0% |
| #latest | 10 | 0.0% |
| #goggleboxirl | 10 | 0.0% |
| #tcdseanad | 10 | 0.0% |
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| ireland | 2,163 | 5.2% |
| taoiseach | 1,975 | 4.7% |
| government | 1,715 | 4.1% |
| dáil | 1,648 | 3.9% |
| any | 1,639 | 3.9% |
| being | 1,635 | 3.9% |
| cases | 1,555 | 3.7% |
| varadkar | 1,425 | 3.4% |
| because | 1,377 | 3.3% |
| covid | 1,186 | 2.8% |
| before | 1,162 | 2.8% |
| govt | 1,022 | 2.4% |
| dublin | 827 | 2.0% |
| vote | 809 | 1.9% |
| cabinet | 786 | 1.9% |
| tells | 760 | 1.8% |
| icu | 742 | 1.8% |
| already | 730 | 1.7% |
| weeks | 657 | 1.6% |
| actually | 570 | 1.4% |
| every | 558 | 1.3% |
| questions | 541 | 1.3% |
| deaths | 540 | 1.3% |
| advice | 537 | 1.3% |
| since | 530 | 1.3% |
| hse | 521 | 1.2% |
| reported | 517 | 1.2% |
| brexit | 506 | 1.2% |
| nphet | 498 | 1.2% |
| committee | 490 | 1.2% |
| vaccine | 441 | 1.0% |
| ministers | 438 | 1.0% |
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| likely | 396 | 0.9% |
| incidence | 394 | 0.9% |
| literally | 391 | 0.9% |
| confirmed | 390 | 0.9% |
| election | 386 | 0.9% |
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| 🦠 E11.0 Microbe | 404 | 1.0% |
| 🏥 E0.6 Hospital | 396 | 0.9% |
| 📆 E0.6 Tear-off Calendar | 386 | 0.9% |
| 💉 E0.6 Syringe | 360 | 0.9% |
| 🚨 E0.6 Police Car Light | 325 | 0.8% |
| 📈 E0.6 Chart Increasing | 260 | 0.6% |
| ✅ White Heavy Check Mark | 229 | 0.5% |
| 📉 E0.6 Chart Decreasing | 203 | 0.5% |
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In the last few years, instead of asking backbenchers to vote down non-binding opposition motions, they privately like the government simply lets them pass uncontested.
That led to surreal scenes this lunchtime - as Rural Ind TDs protested the passage of their own motion…
That led to surreal scenes this lunchtime - as Rural Ind TDs protested the passage of their own motion…
“I don’t like it, but I’ll have to go along with it.” #ichnichtenlichten
“I don’t like it, but I’ll have to go along with it.” #ichnichtenlichten
Speaking before Germany's parliament, Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended the delay in the decision to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, insisting it was "right to wait." trib.al/xXvVBMZ
Mary Lou McDonald raising the findings of our Red C poll in the Dáil chamber at Leaders Questions today. @VirginMediaNews
Mary Lou McDonald raising the findings of our Red C poll in the Dáil chamber at Leaders Questions today. @VirginMediaNews
🆕 VMTV State of the Nation poll
🚨 41% of the public say they are going without (e.g. heating or eating) this month
🚨 22% of parents say their kids are going without meals or new clothes
🚨 Finance minister says findings “startling”
@VirginMediaNews
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🚨 41% of the public say they are going without (e.g. heating or eating) this month
🚨 22% of parents say their kids are going without meals or new clothes
🚨 Finance minister says findings “startling”
@VirginMediaNews
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whatcha gonna do, when Mosesmania runs wild on you, brother?!
"Well let me read you ten commandments, Mean Gene"
Scientists at Exeter University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Moses might have looked. pic.twitter.com/ltxwivyYAp
It was literally put... *on the record* ........... ~yeahhhhhhhhhhh!~ pic.twitter.com/KjMyVJcdox
Really the bizarre thing is that anybody (including McDonald) tried to contend otherwise when it was written in black and white
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald did receive direct donation from Jonathan Dowdall, says party colleague independent.ie/irish-news/pol…
Understand that Glen have lodged an objection to Croke Park over the result of Sunday's All-Ireland club final after discussions this evening. CCCC expected to meet within 24 hours to decide. A replay the most likely decision, though what Kilmacud now do remains to be seen #GAA
So. After all of that, what did we really learn about Paschal Donohoe’s poster saga, and where do we go from here?Tried to whittle it all down to its bare bones on the @VirginMediaNews at 7 this evening.
‘Very strange hearing him say things like those Irish albums or those annuals like Sport and Sonas and Spraoi were the reason that he got into conspiracy theories’
@newschambers chatting about his new documentary ‘Trump’s Last Stand’, airing Tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One
@newschambers chatting about his new documentary ‘Trump’s Last Stand’, airing Tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One
.@newschambers’ deep dive trip across the U.S. - navigating the extremes of American politics, and the conspiracies believed by millions - airs in two minutes on Virgin Media One 👇🏻
As the 2024 presidential campaign ramps up, @newschambers goes behind the scenes to follow Trump's planned road back to the White House.
Trump's Last Stand, Tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One & Virgin Media Player 📺
#TrumpsLastStand pic.twitter.com/hSlOvgG8fD
Trump's Last Stand, Tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One & Virgin Media Player 📺
#TrumpsLastStand pic.twitter.com/hSlOvgG8fD
#WATCH A Virgin Media Television survey has revealed that a shocking 9 out of 10 young adults fear they will never own a home, and half are considering emigrating
Economics Correspondent @paulcolgan reports ⤵️
#VMNews | @VirginMedia_TV
Economics Correspondent @paulcolgan reports ⤵️
#VMNews | @VirginMedia_TV
So providing a van is a corporate donation. Providing people who go in the van to erect posters is a personal donation. This is angels dancing on a pin talk. Should be added to the long list of Irish Oscar nominations.
Donohoe visibly and audibly irritated by Peadar Toibin inferring a link between Stone's donations and winning State contracts. "I play no role in deciding who gets a contract in this State." Says the assertion to the contrary is damaging to politics
All about the Trial of Sami Zayn Gav, pure cinema
[There's a very subtle, and very important, distinction in this whole story - between the rules on electoral expenses, and the rules on political donations - and the line is being fudged a lot in this Dáil session]
Donohoe: "If you're in an environment where most of the activity - if not all of your activity - is happening on a voluntary basis, the assumption I made is that this small share of it was too." Further accusations of reverse engineering to suit the rules
Roisin Shortall asks Donohoe if he's really expecting the Dáil to believe that the use of a van with corporate insignia was always a voluntary affair, especially as the minister responsible for the political ethics system
Labour's Ged Nash reckons this was clearly a donation to Donohoe personally, rather than to the party - asks him to publish not alone his new election returns, but also the receipts that the FG branch would have had to give after taking a corporate donation
Donohoe "has not been able to determine" how many posters were put up by Stone's team. [His spokesperson told me that, in 2016, it was 150 out of c.1000.] Amid some interruptions: "I don't know whether you want my answers or my head."
Donohoe: "It was only as I initiated a more thorough review of the 2016 campaign, in the aftermath of having received further contact, that it became apparent that they had been paid. They hadn't been paid for me." Repeatedly insistent he was unaware of anyone being paid.
Q&A. Pearse Doherty asking when exactly Donohoe became aware of Stone's postering involvement, given he told one journalist last autumn he had reviewed his 2016 expenses and didn't need to amend his spending returns. "That is one of the many issues I hold myself accountable for"
"I again apologise for the difficulties this has caused for my Party and the distraction it has caused to the important work of Government. I have always sought to hold myself, and those around me, to the highest standards."
Donohoe: "I am now aware that an unauthorised corporate donation … was unknowingly received by Fine Gael in Dublin Central" in the form of use of vans A refund of €234.20 is being given to Designer Group as the donation of the vans was beyond the legally permissible limits
Paschal Donohoe about to take to his feet. Ceann Comhairle prefacing debate by saying everyone has entitled to their good name, and that there's an onus on TDs to be mindful of complaints already made to SIPO as an independent arbitrator
Paschal Donohoe about to take to his feet. Ceann Comhairle prefacing debate by saying everyone has entitled to their good name, and that there's an onus on TDs to be mindful of complaints already made to SIPO as an independent arbitrator
Paschal Donohoe's spokesperson says that he has contacted the owner of a company which he was listed as a director of in 2010.
"Minister Donohoe was a member of a company called Exsite for a short number of months from which he derived no benefit. He has contacted the company."
"Minister Donohoe was a member of a company called Exsite for a short number of months from which he derived no benefit. He has contacted the company."
Enoch Burke has been released from the Garda Starion and has returned to Wilson's Hospital School
He's been prevented from entering by the Principal and the gates have been closed
@VirginMediaNews
He's been prevented from entering by the Principal and the gates have been closed
@VirginMediaNews
it is VMTV, who disproportionately have people who think "RTE is the virus". But there's a completely uncovered story about people living in rented or social accommodation with extremely poor heating/insulation they've no control over
I was hoping she’d raise whether the All Ireland Senior Club Football final should be replayed
Lá dár saol! Tá #AnCailínCiúin ag dul go dtí na hOscars!! We can barely believe it…#TheQuietGirl is going to the Oscars! 🇮🇪 To be nominated by @TheAcademy in the international feature film category is a truly historic moment for Irish film and the Irish language #TírnanÓg 💚 pic.twitter.com/Bbbg4uulJ8
McDonald asks Varadkar whether he stands over "the cock and bull story that your colleague has fabricated, after the fact, to try and cover his tracks." Varadkar asks McDonald why her party had to amend its own election filings for 2020.
Varadkar also raising the donation listed on Mary Lou McDonald's personal filings, from "gangland criminal and Navan Road torturer" Jonathan Dowdall, which she and others in SF have since tried to relabel as a donation to the party. "Nice try," says McDonald, ignoring that one
Varadkar says election candidates always presume that work is being done on a voluntary basis, and that it's possible for people to be paid for chipping in without the candidate knowing. He insists that no electoral spending limits were breached in the course of these events.
Leaders' Questions is underway and if you were hoping for Mary Lou McDonald to raise concern about the events surrounding last night's Steel Cage Match at Raw is XXX, you will be disappointed.
It's about Paschal Donohoe, who she says misled the Dáil last week.
It's about Paschal Donohoe, who she says misled the Dáil last week.
Leaders' Questions is underway and if you were hoping for Mary Lou McDonald to raise concern about the events surrounding last night's Steel Cage Match at Raw is XXX, you will be disappointed.
It's about Paschal Donohoe, who she says misled the Dáil last week.
It's about Paschal Donohoe, who she says misled the Dáil last week.
Na hOscars, ceapaim.
Up Meath! The Royal flag being flown proudly at the Oscars!
Tá siad ag dul go dtí LA!
Sceitimíní mór anseo.
An Cailín Ciúin is nominated for #Oscars2023 pic.twitter.com/a1GErUnkIQ
Sceitimíní mór anseo.
An Cailín Ciúin is nominated for #Oscars2023 pic.twitter.com/a1GErUnkIQ
Paschal Donohoe twice failed to declare his directorship of a company and has claimed he doesn't remember "any involvement" in the firm.
The company, owned by one of Leo Varadkar’s former parliamentary assistants, ran his website and blog.
ontheditch.com/donohoe-undecl…
The company, owned by one of Leo Varadkar’s former parliamentary assistants, ran his website and blog.
ontheditch.com/donohoe-undecl…
Fun* fact: if a general election were called this week, it would take place under lower rules on gender quotas.
The scheduled increase, from 30% of candidates from the minority sex to 40%, only applies for elections after 26th Feb 2023.
(* This is a niche definition of 'fun')
The scheduled increase, from 30% of candidates from the minority sex to 40%, only applies for elections after 26th Feb 2023.
(* This is a niche definition of 'fun')
Fun* fact: if a general election were called this week, it would take place under lower rules on gender quotas.
The scheduled increase, from 30% of candidates from the minority sex to 40%, only applies for elections after 26th Feb 2023.
(* This is a niche definition of 'fun')
The scheduled increase, from 30% of candidates from the minority sex to 40%, only applies for elections after 26th Feb 2023.
(* This is a niche definition of 'fun')
“The truth of the matter is that Minister Paschal Donohoe has broken the electoral rules not once, but twice.”
Labour’s @geraldnash says the Michael Stone today was “attempted media management by Fine Gael”.
@VirginMediaNews pic.twitter.com/aapK6HujOk
Labour’s @geraldnash says the Michael Stone today was “attempted media management by Fine Gael”.
@VirginMediaNews pic.twitter.com/aapK6HujOk
It's a sort of 'great replacement' theory but for Italian food
@gavreilly Break it down further - so the staff were paid €32.40 per day - now check the minimum pay rates under the industry registered agreement -minimum rates were €14.14 per hour for a new entrant or €17.50 per hour for general operatives. Figures from WRC website
“The truth of the matter is that Minister Paschal Donohoe has broken the electoral rules not once, but twice.”
Labour’s @geraldnash says the Michael Stone today was “attempted media management by Fine Gael”.
@VirginMediaNews
Labour’s @geraldnash says the Michael Stone today was “attempted media management by Fine Gael”.
@VirginMediaNews
In a three hour program WWE cancelled the advertised Becky Lynch and Bailey cage match. But look who didn’t want to see an already played to death DX segment. Those 60 year olds are so cool with the kids
Extraordinary increase in only a day. At 8am yesterday (per separate HSE figures, for EDs only) the number was 20; today by their count it’s 45.
Four kids in Temple St waiting over 24 hours on a trolley - while CHI Tallaght says its has nobody on a trolley at all.
Four kids in Temple St waiting over 24 hours on a trolley - while CHI Tallaght says its has nobody on a trolley at all.
46 children waiting on trolleys in hospitals across the country, according to @INMO_IRL.
Highest on record.
Highest on record.
