Irish Examiner View: Broadcasters on both sides of Irish Sea in eye of the storm

Sabotaging the BBC would be bad news for both independent journalism and a fully-functioning democracy across the water

Police found no evidence of a criminal offence but the BBC says it is to investigate separate allegations relating to Huw Edwards. Picture: PA

Oireachtas committee meetings continue to offer engrossing spectacle on an almost daily basis, as bit by bit, and email by email, we see the jigsaw of RTÉ invoices and payments come together.

Ours is not the only national broadcaster going through a crisis. The BBC is also grappling with scandal, though speculation about the identity of a BBC personality suspended after allegations of paying a young individual for explicit pictures ended on Wednesday.