Call to set up media commission

On the back of the release of media merger guidelines last week, Seamus Dooley, Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called for the establishment of a media commission to consider a range of issues in the sector.

The Department of Communications needs to adopt a more radical approach to the media, he said. A media commission would deal with all issues, including ownership, training, access to the industry, the ...