Former RTÉ Midlands correspondent Ciaran Mullooly has criticised the national broadcaster’s decision to exclude him from a televised debate for Midlands North West, where he is running for European election. A debate between eight of the 27 candidates standing for election in the constituency will take place on Monday night during Katie Hannon’s Upfront. Holly Cairns launching the Social Democrats local and European Election campaigns in Merrion Square, Dublin 2. "In 2019, when the Social Democrats had just two TDs and ran just one candidate in that year’s European elections, the party qualified for one RTÉ debate,” she said. "Five years later, the party has tripled our number of TDs, has 22 councillors and is running candidates in all three European constituencies.

Source: Irish Independent May 19, 2024 23:01 UTC