Nine complaints to RTÉ over Liveline trans discussions

Following the programmes, the Dublin Pride organisation severed its media partnership with RTÉ in protest at the broadcasts. Despite that, RTÉ did not receive any official complaint from Dublin Pride. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Just nine official complaints were made to RTÉ over a series of Liveline programmes on gender identity, after which Dublin Pride pulled out of a partnership deal with the broadcaster. 

None of the complaints were upheld and none were appealed to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The broadcaster received 110 other communications about the programmes by email or phone, of which about two-thirds were positive and one-third negative, according to correspondence sent to the Oireachtas culture and media committee.