Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I just want to deal with one item before we go to the lead questioners, and that is the issue of the "Future Shock: Property Crash" programme that was broadcast in April 2007. As the witnesses are aware, the programme had a very serious commentary with regard to where the property market was going, where values might fall to, and other pending concerns. In the immediate aftermath of that programme, can Mr. Mulhall describe to us what was the general mood in RTE at an editorial and management level? Was he approached by any sectors outside RTE regarding the concerns that were raised in that programme? Does he have any recollection of what was the general media commentary, critique or analysis of that programme?