Public service media in a united Ireland: RTÉ, BBC and beyond?

A new model of public media with regional hubs in Cork, Limerick and other cities could become a positive facilitator rather than a problem to be solved, write Dawn Wheatley and Roddy Flynn

What would a united Ireland mean for RTÉ and the BBC? File photo: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

Audiences and citizens rightly have very strong opinions about journalism and the media - how they function, and any apparent flaws and failures. 

Even more intense passions are aroused by debates around the politics and complexity of a united Ireland. So what happens when the two topics become part of a single debate?