Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion
Mr. Dave O'Connell:
I am touching wood. When I left the office this morning, we do not have such a case on hand. I hope, when I go back, that we do not have one on hand. It is to illustrate the point more than anything else.
To explain, The Connacht Tribuneis a single operator. It is not part of a group. It is owned by the same people and the same families that have owned the paper since 1909. They are local business people, and we are not part of any big group. That is not to say that bigger groups would not be in equal trouble if there was a case at hand. I have mentioned one case that cost over €100,000. The reality is, I would honestly fear that if another one of those happened to us, it might not kill us but we would be very close to the wall.
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