Gavan Reilly
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Political correspondent @virginmedianews • 1/3 of #TheGroupChat podcast, Wednesdays at 11pm on Virgin Media One • Columnist @meathchronicle and @TheSundayIndo
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'We've been in hell for the last 7 months'
Emotional scenes as Irish-Palestinian Zak Hania is reunited with his family at Dublin Airport
His wife and 4 sons managed to flee Gaza in November
Zak has thanked the Irish people for the support
More on Virgin Media News at 5.30
As Simon Harris makes his first trip north, ministers in Stormont publicly challenge claims about asylum seekers travelling south - and say the reverse is true…
Reporting on Virgin Media News 5:30
Not just a wonderful broadcaster but a sincerely lovely man. The voice, and face, of our national moments for more than a generation. Happy sailing Bryan Dobson!
“I always think people’s families and people’s homes should be out of bounds. It was bedtime for my kids last night when this situation arose, I don’t think it’s appropriate” - Simon Harris speaking in Belfast on a demonstration outside his family home last night Virgin Media News
Tánaiste calls for a “Covid-style response” to how the Government communicates with the public over immigration, and concedes that communication and engagement “must improve on all fronts” Virgin Media News
Helen McEntee told the Dáil earlier that IPAS is resourced to process 14,000 asylum claims in 2024.
That’s a significant scaling up from c. 8,500 applications processed in 2023, but also quite a bit fewer than the 20,000 applications now expected this year
Virgin Media News