Media ‘stirred up civil disobedience’ with water charges

The media stirred up civil disobedience in relation to water charges, according to Cork Fine Gael TD Jim Daly, who said RTÉ advertised protests as if they were St Patrick’s Day parades.

Mr Daly told the Patricia Messenger Show on C103 the media was “overly enthusiastic” in relation to publicising water charges protests.

“The media, particularly RTÉ, really went to town at the time as well on the water charges issues. And when I think of the time when they were on RTÉ’s website putting up all the lists of protests and the times they were happening as if they were Patrick’s Day parades. These were protests and gatherings for people to be disobedient but they were really being egged on by a very enthusiastic media.”