Journalist Martina Fitzgerald being interrupted on RTÉ News in April
Sarah Bardon, in the Irish Times, reports:
Television reporters are to be allowed broadcast from inside the precincts of Leinster House to prevent protesters getting on screen in the background or performing infantile pranks during live broadcasts.
The Oireachtas Committee on Procedure and Privileges (CPP) was told the health and safety situation for reporters and camera staff was “so acute that it is not feasible for them to cover [proceedings] from Molesworth Street or Merrion Square”.
The 13-member committee agreed to allow RTÉ use the portico position and the souvenir shop beside the gates of Leinster House.
… The decision was taken after RTÉ political correspondent Martina Fitzgerald was interrupted during live broadcasts. The same facility is likely to be given to TV3 and UTV.
Hmmm.
Fans of the insider-outsider theory might say…
FIGHT!
TV reporters to move inside Dáil gates to thwart protesters (Irish Times)
Previously: ‘The Idiots Behind You Are A Bit Of A Distraction’
Pic: Tommy English
Jaysus, Twink would resort to anything to get on telly.
Has to be her!?
“Coming up on the 6 one news: Twink.”
she’s selling cup cakes in Bushy Park most Saturdays if you want to see her sooner
Jesu, real desperation on the part of Fascist Gael. We should, of course, be grateful they haven’t as yet employed more robust forms of “news management”. I ask all independent TD’s – do you believe you are now a superior being on account of (in some cases) a pitiful few votes? If your answer is No, oppose this measure. We have come to this NO DISSENT will be tolerated – disgraceful.
I can’t wait until this fascist crackdown is extended to hysterical internet commenters.
safety situation for reporters and camera staff was “so acute”
State broadcaster must be kept sweet
Better to just abolish the cliché of having reporters standing on the street feeding information to the studio the studio relayed to them five minutes beforehand. It’d save petrol if nothing else.
True
The real reason this is so popular with RTE staff is it qualifies as an outside broadcast and there are significant increases in their paypacket whenever they do one.
surely a Daily Show style green screen is the way?
Agree 100%, Ahjaysis. It has gone way past a pain in the rectum at this stage.
Same as the news touting something as ‘live’, as if the technology has just been invented.
Is acute annoyance a health and safety issue now? RTE itself is health and safety hazard then.
Or were there attacks on reporters n crew? Hope not.
These protesters are the most entertaining thing on RTE.. not an annoyance at all IMO.
agreed! i meant annoyance to reporters and crew :-)
If acute annoyance a health and safety issue now RTS should take Joe Miriam et al off the airwaves and get some real talent in!
Infantile pranks? Hmmm. Well that woman pictured stated on live TV that if voting made any difference it’d be illegal. Not sure if that’s a Mark Twain quote but it was more informative than whatever propaganda RTE were spewing at the time.
As long as RTE keep on spewing out the rubbish propaganda speak of politicians, Leinster House will protect them. Between this and the ‘no barricades’ for the Garda protest we really do live in an unequal society. RTE should be abolished, not protected!
In fairness it makes sense to shut down Montrose and re-centralise the propaganda ministry back where it belongs
What about the roof of the dail could not broadcast from there.
Hot air up in the sky sort of thing.
There’s a souvenir shop in Leinster House??
Is there any Leinster House “Holy Water” for sale in the shop, Irish Water missed
out on this one, the best solution is abolish RTE…..what difference whether they
outside or inside, its the same lies and spin and whats worse, they now believe it
themselves….but we don’t.