This week's extensive coverage includes fresh revelations about RTÉ and an exclusive Red C poll showing a boost for Sinn Féin. Catherine Martin's intervention on RTÉ has escalated tensions between the government and the national broadcaster. Killian Woods and Daniel Murray provide insights into the unfolding events and the future funding model. Marion McKeone and Colm Lauder discuss commercial property market issues in the US and Ireland.
This week we have extensive coverage of RTÉ , as well as an exclusive Red C poll that shows a much-needed bump for Sinn Féin. It has been another week of controversy for RTÉ but this time Catherine Martin has brought the problems to the government’s door. The Green media minister’s extraordinary intervention on RTÉ on Thursday has escalated the tensions between government and the national broadcaster .
Cónal Thomas has fresh revelations which are sure to ensure the matter stays on the political agenda into next week. As part of our coverage of the biggest story in the Irish media sector for some time, Killian Woods gets inside the RTÉ boardroom as the events unfolded and Daniel Murray gets insight into what it all means for the future funding model. Elsewhere, Marion McKeone and Colm Lauder look at two very different problems facing the commercial property markets in the US and Ireland
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