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Wednesday 28 October 2020
David Norris said media coverage during the last presidential election had a significant effect on his health.
Noel Curran says the swing between Sean Gallagher and Michael D Higgins is too large to attribute to one programme.
Good morning! Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
One wrote a book, one went on tour, one went back up the North and one went to Strasbourg. Here’s what Seán, Martin, Gay, David, Dana and Mary did next.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will become the new Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.
Enda Kenny says any independent review of RTÉ’s Frontline programme is a matter for the BAI and not the cabinet.
The cabinet, and a meeting of the Broadcasting Authority, will examine claims that RTÉ suggested audience questions.
The national broadcaster has outlined the numerous actions it is taking in connection with last October’s controversial Frontline debate.
Seán Gallagher writes to the communications minister seeking a “full investigation” into the making of the Presidential debate.
There have been calls for a further inquiry over claims that an audience member was encouraged to ask a hostile question. So what do you think?
The party said an independent investigator should be appointed, after new claims emerged over the treatment of Seán Gallagher.
Commentators and candidates should respect the democratic decision of the electorate, said the Sinn Féin politician.
The national broadcaster has responded to an earlier statement made by lawyers for presidential candidate Seán Gallagher calling for a public inquiry into last year’s controversial Frontline debate.
Gallagher also said he is considering legal action after new reports emerged over the controversial presidential debate.
Septic tanks, dry-cleaning receipts and Michael D’s knees – just some of the strange things we never thought we’d obsess about in a political context… but we do now.
The Board of RTE has said it fully accepts the findings of the BAI and that it is bringing in new guidelines on social media to ensure ‘Tweetgate’ doesn’t happen again.
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming accuses Rabbitte of having a “personal financial vested interest” in the Presidential election.
Seán Gallagher’s Áras bid may have been derailed with or without the tweet from fake McGuinness account. But the point is we need to know who was behind it, says Derek Mooney who knows all about losing a job amid a Twitter controversy…
RTÉ chairman Tom Savage will convene the broadcaster’s board, while a Sean Gallagher spokesman doesn’t rule out legal action.
Noel Curran’s apology comes on foot of the BAI’s decision to uphold Gallagher’s complaint regarding a controversial tweet referred to during an #Áras11 debate.
However, the broadcasting authority says it found no evidence that the RTÉ programme had deliberately attempted to conceal information about the tweet.
Independent senator and former Presidential candidate scathing of media standards during discussion in Seanad.
Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
RTÉ’s head of broadcast compliance has written to the Irish Times to dispute a sentence in yesterday’s front page article.
Your evening round-up of the day’s news…
From #aras11 to #ge11, from Ireland’s economic black hole to the controversial household charge: We bring you all the important numbers of 2011.
It’s been an eventful year for the nation, here’s how the international media saw the big events.
A general election, the implosion of two parties, EU drama and a Presidential campaign – can you picture all that in one year? We tried…
In an interview with Vincent Browne, the President said that he found it tough to leave his native Galway.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
The ninth President of Ireland in his finest ceremonial hour…
The full text of the address given by Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the inauguration of Michael D Higgins as the ninth President of Ireland today.
The current President of Ireland’s 14-year tenure is drawing to a close – how do you think she has managed the role over that time?
Promo from RTÉ’s Naked Presidential Election, to be broadcast tonight, shows “how it was won and lost”…
The President-elect and his wife will be among the crowd for the Airtricity League promotion/relegation play-off second leg on Friday.
The party’s failed presidential candidate has returned to Brussels as Fine Gael looks set to examine where it went wrong in the Race for the Áras.
The President-elect has been greeted by thousands of supporters in his native Galway today.
Along with a new house, Michael D Higgins has won financial security for life. But what are the prospects for the other six candidates?
Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell and Independent candidate Mary Davis were not present for Michael D Higgins’s victory speech at Dublin Castle today – so where were they?
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
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