RTÉ’s credibility - Broadcaster has questions to answer

RTÉ HAS earned and enjoys a privileged position. It has informed and entertained us and it has helped us to reach decisions that have shaped our society.

Often, when nobody else would do it, it shone a light into the darker corners of our lives, bringing about significant social change.

By doing this over the years, and by doing it fairly, it has justified the status it has been afforded as a public sector broadcaster. We need to have absolute faith in the station’s integrity; we need to know that if it broadcasts something it has applied the most rigorous procedures to ensure that what it tells us is true.