Candidate to take legal action over ‘unfair’ RTÉ coverage

AN election candidate has warned RTÉ he intends to take legal action against the station for their failure to give adequate coverage to independent candidates.

Dublin City councillor and General Election candidate for Dublin Central, Ciaran Perry has written to the national broadcaster accusing RTÉ of breaching the principle of fairness established by the Irish Courts.

Mr Perry said, “RTÉ’s policy and practice of presenting some candidates as also-rans is in breach of the spirit of both the High Court and Supreme Court judgments in relation to fair treatment. These principles are well established in Irish law. In McKenna v An Taoiseach and Coughlan v RTÉ the courts held that equality and fairness were essential requirements of our “constitutional right to a democratic process”.