Social media users claim that it’s a long time coming, well that day is today. RTE are on the back foot going into the High Court, as far as a number of European candidates are concerned.
Anti-eviction activist European Parliament elections candidate in Dublin Ben Gilroy is taking a case against the state broadcaster RTE in the High Court this morning at 10:30am after their decision to exclude him and some other candidates from their live debates.
Mr Gilroy has stated that RTE only giving airtime to the “same old cronies” gives them an unfair advantage in the upcoming elections which is a breach of the of the core principle of the broadcaster which is ostensibly of fairness and impartiality.
Several other disgruntled European election candidates are also expected to show their support for Mr Gilroy’s case.
RTE have been criticised for excluding new challengers for seats in the European parliament in its live broadcasts and some have alleged that this is done to avoid mainstream candidates being challenged with opinions and facts that are potentially Eurosceptic.
A number of EU parliament candidates also plan to take similar steps in the High Court in solidarity with Ben Gilroy.
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