Communications Minister Rabbitte rejects Fine Gael bid for privacy laws

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has dashed Fine Gael hopes of bringing in a privacy law.

Mr Rabbitte backed the current system of press regulation after Alan Shatter, the justice minister, suggested extra legal restraints on the media were needed.

Referring to the Press Council system governing newspapers, Mr Rabbitte said: “If it is working and not broken, why try to fix it?”