Is RTÉ reporting the tribunal or building a gallows?

RTÉ’s obsession with the Mahon Tribunal is an issue of extreme concern to me and many of my fellow-members of the Oireachtas.

On February 21, the coverage of the evidence of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at Dublin Castle was, by any analysis, excessive in the extreme.

On a day when our national airport faced crisis and many people faced potential job losses, RTÉ chose to dedicate its lead story to the events at Dublin Castle on virtually every single news bulletin, and even transmitted live from Dublin Castle courtyard on Six One.