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Web Summit funding of €1m for the Ditch website as editor defends reporting after Tánaiste’s attack

Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s This Week on Sunday, Eoghan McNeill said he "was not anti-government or anti-Micheál Martin", but said “yes” when asked if there should be a change in government

Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave.

The editor of the Ditch website has said that Web Summit funding for the investigative journalism platform over the next five years will amount to around €1 million, and defended their work after a Dáil attack by Tánaiste Micheál Martin earlier this week.

Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s This Week on Sunday, Eoghan McNeill said he was "not anti-government or anti-Micheál Martin", but said “yes” when asked if there should be a change in government.