Letters to the Editor: Oireachtas needs to seriously challenge RTÉ

Education Minister Norma Foley has been accused of not listening to students' concerns. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Your writer Paul Hosford asks if an
Oireachtas committee questioning RTÉ over the flouting of Covid guidelines is really necessary (‘Does RTÉ deserve the after-party hangover’, Irish Examiner, November 24).

The better question is: will it do any good? When the BBC appears before the similar House of Commons’ committee its executives are properly held to account. As a result the BBC has been forced to admit that it has not always reported certain issues fairly. It is now threatened with major reform.