Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Future of the Media Sector: Discussion

Mr. Ciaran Murray:

On those three centres of community television, Dublin, Cork and Navan, which the Senator mentioned, Navan was a kind of stronghold for us and it was a great loss for us that the station ultimately lost its licence. As it stands, there are licences for Cork and Dublin but that is not really how we view ourselves. We see community media as something that should be available and accessible to everyone in the country. As Ms Bowell said, we work with people all over the country. The Travellers in Tipperary may make something for community television in Cork or Dublin. We do not see it as an issue for Dublin or Cork.

I do not know if the licence would ultimately go back to Navan per se. There is a strong set-up in places like Donegal as well in that some of the tradition is already there. We see that as part of the development in the future.

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