Rabbitte: Undue concentration of media ownership 'not acceptable'

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said that undue concentration of media ownership is not acceptable.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said that undue concentration of media ownership in this country is not acceptable.

His comments today follow the departure last week of Gavin O'Reilly from Independent News & Media (IN&M), ending the O'Reilly family's 40-year control of Ireland's biggest newspaper publisher and placing its largest shareholder Denis O'Brien in the driving seat.