John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chairman, and welcome, Mr. Moran. We're a bit later starting I think than scheduled but you're welcome. A couple of things from your opening statement that I want to refer to at the start, and I want to quote you directly actually. You said, "My own [personal] experience was to suffer what I still consider to be unacceptable interference by the media into my personal life."

I just want to ask you, how did that manifest itself - and how do you believe that that could be safeguarded against into the future - and did it impact on your decision to leave the position?