The High Court judge said the request by Gilroy was 'unknown to the law'.
File photo of Gilroy Image: rollingnews.iw File photo of Gilroy Image: rollingnews.iw EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CANDIDATE Ben Gilroy has been unsuccessful in his High Court action seeking an apology from RTÉ for not including him in a live election debate.
He said there was no basis for the application and that therefore the court would refuse the motion. Gilroy said he did not wish for the programme to be cancelled and was not seeking an injunction against it airing, but that he wanted “declaratory relief” and for the broadcaster “to say that it was unfair” to exclude him from the televised debate.
Some 19 of the 59 European Parliament candidates are to appear on RTÉ live debates in advance of the elections and an affidavit from David Nally, managing editor of RTÉ current affairs, said candidates’ previous election performances were used as criteria in the selection process.
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