Sinn Féin is defending its plan to launch an independent review of RTÉ’s coverage of international conflicts. The measure, contained in the party’s manifesto, is being branded by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil as a “concerning” and “dangerous departure”.

Sinn Féin’s manifesto pledged to commission an independent review into the ‘objectivity of coverage by RTÉ of the Israeli genocide in Gaza’.

The Taoiseach has branded as chilling a manifesto pledge from Sinn Féin to commission a review of RTÉ’s objectivity in its coverage of international conflicts. Mr Harris said the proposed examination of how the Republic’s national broadcaster has covered the bloodshed in Gaza and its reporting on other warzones was “extraordinarily concerning”.

The Sinn Féin manifesto commits to commissioning an “independent human rights and journalist expert review into the objectivity of coverage by RTÉ of the Israeli genocide in G

Sinn Fein plan to review RTE’s objectivity ‘extraordinarily concerning’ – Harris - Mary Lou McDonald has insisted the manifesto pledge did not amount to political interference in the media.