Irish Examiner view: Disdain for Oireachtas committees is close to contempt for democracy

Twitter/X took part in a 'deeply frustrating' meeting, the FAI delivered late and heavily-redacted documents, and key RTÉ figures have not even offered a pretence of co-operation 

Sources criticised Twitter/X for delivering its opening statement only an hour or so before the media committee met, and taking so long to make its presentation. Picture: PA

Representatives of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, met with the Oireachtas media committee this week to discuss combatting misinformation and other matters.

Sources told this newspaper that the meeting was “deeply frustrating” — the X representatives claimed they were unaware that Irish Examiner columnist Séamas O’Reilly had been locked out of his account, for instance.