{"id":495028,"date":"2026-06-11T22:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/495028\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:34:08","slug":"coimisiun-na-mean-to-select-audience-councils-for-rte-and-tg4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/495028\/","title":{"rendered":"Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n to select Audience Councils for RT\u00c9 and TG4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Media regulator, Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n, is set to be given the power to select Audience Councils for both RT\u00c9 and TG4 \u2013 a move described as part of the \u201ccontinuing suffocation\u201d of the concept of a free press by one TD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Audience Council is a requirement of the 2009 Broadcasting Act for both of the taxpayer-funded stations \u2013 and advises the Boards of RT\u00c9 and TG4 on \u201cspecific issues relating to the stations\u2019 \u201cpublic service remit and audience needs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is premium content<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Get unlimited access to Gript<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Support Gript and get exclusive content, full archives and an ad-free experience<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"v-btn v-btn--block v-btn--has-bg theme--light v-size--large accent mb-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/membership\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/?memberful_endpoint=auth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Media regulator, Coimisi\u00fan na Me\u00e1n, is set to be given the power to select Audience Councils for both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[212349,3584,93,61,60,6085,15337],"class_list":["post-495028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-audience-councils","tag-coimisiun-na-mean","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-rte","tag-tg4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}