Taoiseach Simon Harris has refuted claims that the Fine Gael party contacted RTÉ in an effort to sway the broadcaster’s coverage of a video clip showing a confrontation between Mr. Harris and an irate caretaker, reports Breaking News.
The media’s interest in the conversation, Mr. Harris said the Joe Finnegan show on Shannonside and Northern Sound radio stations, had given him a chance to elaborate on Fine Gael’s policies regarding disability services and carers.
The film had been “a very important interaction on the campaign trail,” therefore its release had been “entirely appropriate.”
“I put my hands up and owned my mistake. But if anything good can come from this, and I really hope it can, it is that, thankfully, now we are talking about issues in relation to carers and disability and, for what it’s worth, these are the issues that brought me into politics, watching my own mother cry with frustration at the lack of services,” reports Breaking News.
According to Mr. Harris, Fine Gael has been in touch with RTÉ to provide more information and a comment about the event.
“Which is exactly what would happen when RTE are covering any story or indeed Shannonside are covering any story, we’d obviously offer information, and that’s an entirely appropriate and normal thing to do in any sort of political media coverage,” reports Breaking News.
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