The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show
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Budget Backlash, RTÉ Funding Clash & Public Pay Dispute
46 minutes Posted Oct 7, 2026 at 10:40 pm.
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A clash over RTÉ’s funding and reform plans, questions over the future of the TV licence, and the fallout from Budget 2027.


Shane Coleman was joined by:


Niall Collins TD, Minister of State at the Department of Justice

Cian O’Callaghan, Spokesperson for Finance, Social Democrats

John Lee, Executive Editor, Irish Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday

Dr. Emma Howard, Senior Economics Lecturer at TU Dublin

Owen Reidy, ICTU General Secretary

James Geoghegan, Agricultural Contractor


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