Media

Taoiseach: Replacing TV licence would be ‘dangerous for democracy’

Government accepts 49 of 50 recommendations from Future of Media Commission, the exception being the call to replace the TV licence with direct state funding

Professor Brian MacCraith; Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Tánaiste Leo Varadkar; and Taoiseach Micheál Martin outside Dublin Castle following the publication of the Future of Media Commission Report. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie