Overview
- RTÉ said Wednesday it had nine formal complaints about last week’s protest coverage and 47 public contacts that split roughly between support for protesters and for the Government.
- Communications Minister Patrick O’Donovan, who on Monday claimed coverage was “skewed” and sought a review, dropped the plan Tuesday after meeting the media regulator.
- Coimisiún na Meán said it will process any formal broadcasting complaints under its statutory system and will run a public consultation later this year on fairness and impartiality rules.
- Tánaiste Simon Harris said no formal review is needed and pointed to planned legislation later this year to reinforce media freedom.
- Journalists’ unions and opposition parties condemned the minister’s original remarks as interference, and RTÉ’s trade union group urged him to withdraw them.