Fergus Finlay: The crisis in RTÉ has deflected attention from another battle in our democracy

Senator Ronan Mullen has been outlining his problems with what he calls the ‘Hate Speech’ Bill. File photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins
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I don’t want to write about RTÉ this week, other than to say that RTÉ is as important to us as our democracy is. Lose RTÉ, with its capacity to inform as well as entertain, and we lose a large brick from the wall of democracy. Warts and all, if our public service broadcaster loses its essential character, we’ll all come to regret it.