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Dispatch · 13 Apr 2026

The media minister cries “bias” — from a government that gave RTÉ €725 million.

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  • With the establishment “at each other's throats” after the fuel protests — Jim O'Callaghan and Helen McEntee already at odds over the order deploying the Defence Forces against peaceful protesters — communications minister Patrick O'Donovan, a Fine Gael TD based in Limerick, goes on local radio complaining he was only on air once in the past week to give his point of view.
  • O'Donovan says he will report media outlets to Coimisiún na Meán — formerly the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, name-checked seven or eight times in the interview, Dooley counts — a body Dooley dubs the “ministry of truth”: “so Orwellian, isn't it?”
  • Dooley reads the minister's talk of “balance” and hearing all sides against the money — over €725 million awarded to RTÉ over the next three years to pursue the government's narrative, he argues — while restrictions are floated on protests and on blocking O'Connell Street, and a government that refused to meet representatives of the peaceful protests keeps “cozy chats” with the bodies it can control.
  • He ties the intervention to the EU's Digital Services Act and O'Donovan's own brief — the minister responsible for implementing digital ID, who wants Ireland to take a leading role in digital identification in the second half of this year — and, with a motion of confidence due within 24 hours, argues there should be no confidence in a “globalist” establishment on any side of Dáil Éireann.
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Hi everyone, and thanks so much for subscribing

Hi everyone, and thanks so much for subscribing. The Irish political establishments are at each other's throats at the moment following the fallout from the fuel protests. The blame game is well and truly on. We've already seen the uh disagreements between Jim O'Callaghan and Helen McEntee in relation to the order that was issued to deploy the defense forces against the peaceful protesters. And in the last number of hours, the media minister communications minister, Patrick O'Donovan a Fine Gael TD based in Limerick has.

Been on the local radio in Limerick speaking about the biased nature of the media coverage in relation to the fuel protests. He said he was only on the radio once in the last week to give his point of view. And being the mid- media communications minister he has no interest in democracy, but now he's trying to talk about freedom of expression and freedom of speech. And he said it's so important to hear all sides during these debates.

But, isn't this interesting? He comes from part of the government that has awarded over 725 million euro to RTÉ over the next 3 years to pursue the government's narrative. And not only RTÉ it's many other media outlets and newspaper outlets as well that are fully signed up to the government's agenda. And he went on to say that he is going to report these media outlets to Commission on formerly the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Now, the so-called ministry of truth. So Orwellian, isn't it? But, this is part of the government's agenda from the fallout what's taken place. Already they're talking about protests being restricted and blocking up O'Connell Street being restricted. And now they're going to talk about so-called balance so-called freedom of expression and hearing all points of view in this new landscape of the media.

But, it's not about hearing dissenting voices. And it's not about hearing alternative points of view because you're not going to get that on mainstream media because people aren't going to get the truth on mainstream media. They're going to get the narrative that's pursued by the establishment. This is the same time where it's you talk about extending democracy. The same government refused to meet with representatives of peaceful protests. Uh this is interesting, isn't it? This is the same time where they're only.

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Meeting representative groups and bodies that they like having

Meeting representative groups and bodies that they like having cozy chats with. So, they know they can control them and use their soft power to push their agenda through on the population. And now he's not happy about that. And they're not interested in extending democracy for listening to representatives, as I said, of the fuel protesters. Because this is part of the narrative. The European Union has pushed this forward as well through the Digital Services Act.

And of course O'Donovan is the minister who's responsible for implementing digital ID. He already said in the second half of this year he wants to be take Ireland take a leading role in introducing digital identification. And he referenced Commission on about seven or eight times in this interview to say he's going to report it. A typical crybaby, typical government minister, a typical man who's lost the plot completely and part of the government that has ran out of complete.

Time. Now, in the next 24 hours there'll be a motion of confidence which again is more of the point of view the stuff which will lead to a motion of confidence. But again, we really should have no confidence in the globalist political establishment regardless of what side of the chamber they sit in Dáil Éireann because we know so many of this establishment is just part of a bigger globalist cabal here in Ireland that the people are.

Waking up to. So, uh let me know in the comments what you think about O'Donovan's intervention with the local radio in Limerick and Waterford around this uh crying pretty hard because of the fallout of not being on the radio enough uh to discuss his point of view. But, uh suppose maybe funding might be cut slightly to these organizations in the future. But, uh there we go. That's Ireland. When they don't get their own way, this is what.

“But, uh suppose maybe funding might be cut slightly to these organizations in the future”

Happens. So, thanks so much for the support. Really appreciate it. And thanks for everybody who's subscribed to my channel. So, I'm Dublin saying so long for now. Bye-bye.

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13 Apr 2026 · Media · 4:41

The media minister cries “bias” — from a government that gave RTÉ €725 million.

Amid the blame game after the fuel protests, media minister Patrick O'Donovan takes to local radio in Limerick to complain about biased coverage and threatens to report outlets to Coimisiún na Meán. Dooley argues a minister whose government awarded RTÉ over €725 million — and who is charged with rolling out digital ID — has no business lecturing anyone on freedom of expression.

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TL;DR
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With the establishment “at each other's throats” after the fuel protests — Jim O'Callaghan and Helen McEntee already at odds over the order deploying the Defence Forces against peaceful protesters — communications minister Patrick O'Donovan, a Fine Gael TD based in Limerick, goes on local radio complaining he was only on air once in the past week to give his point of view.
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O'Donovan says he will report media outlets to Coimisiún na Meán — formerly the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, name-checked seven or eight times in the interview, Dooley counts — a body Dooley dubs the “ministry of truth”: “so Orwellian, isn't it?”
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Dooley reads the minister's talk of “balance” and hearing all sides against the money — over €725 million awarded to RTÉ over the next three years to pursue the government's narrative, he argues — while restrictions are floated on protests and on blocking O'Connell Street, and a government that refused to meet representatives of the peaceful protests keeps “cozy chats” with the bodies it can control.
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He ties the intervention to the EU's Digital Services Act and O'Donovan's own brief — the minister responsible for implementing digital ID, who wants Ireland to take a leading role in digital identification in the second half of this year — and, with a motion of confidence due within 24 hours, argues there should be no confidence in a “globalist” establishment on any side of Dáil Éireann.
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Hi everyone, and thanks so much for subscribing

Hi everyone, and thanks so much for subscribing. The Irish political establishments are at each other's throats at the moment following the fallout from the fuel protests. The blame game is well and truly on. We've already seen the uh disagreements between Jim O'Callaghan and Helen McEntee in relation to the order that was issued to deploy the defense forces against the peaceful protesters. And in the last number of hours, the media minister communications minister, Patrick O'Donovan a Fine Gael TD based in Limerick has.

Been on the local radio in Limerick speaking about the biased nature of the media coverage in relation to the fuel protests. He said he was only on the radio once in the last week to give his point of view. And being the mid- media communications minister he has no interest in democracy, but now he's trying to talk about freedom of expression and freedom of speech. And he said it's so important to hear all sides during these debates.

But, isn't this interesting? He comes from part of the government that has awarded over 725 million euro to RTÉ over the next 3 years to pursue the government's narrative. And not only RTÉ it's many other media outlets and newspaper outlets as well that are fully signed up to the government's agenda. And he went on to say that he is going to report these media outlets to Commission on formerly the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Now, the so-called ministry of truth. So Orwellian, isn't it? But, this is part of the government's agenda from the fallout what's taken place. Already they're talking about protests being restricted and blocking up O'Connell Street being restricted. And now they're going to talk about so-called balance so-called freedom of expression and hearing all points of view in this new landscape of the media.

But, it's not about hearing dissenting voices. And it's not about hearing alternative points of view because you're not going to get that on mainstream media because people aren't going to get the truth on mainstream media. They're going to get the narrative that's pursued by the establishment. This is the same time where it's you talk about extending democracy. The same government refused to meet with representatives of peaceful protests. Uh this is interesting, isn't it? This is the same time where they're only.

Meeting representative groups and bodies that they like having

Meeting representative groups and bodies that they like having cozy chats with. So, they know they can control them and use their soft power to push their agenda through on the population. And now he's not happy about that. And they're not interested in extending democracy for listening to representatives, as I said, of the fuel protesters. Because this is part of the narrative. The European Union has pushed this forward as well through the Digital Services Act.

And of course O'Donovan is the minister who's responsible for implementing digital ID. He already said in the second half of this year he wants to be take Ireland take a leading role in introducing digital identification. And he referenced Commission on about seven or eight times in this interview to say he's going to report it. A typical crybaby, typical government minister, a typical man who's lost the plot completely and part of the government that has ran out of complete.

Time. Now, in the next 24 hours there'll be a motion of confidence which again is more of the point of view the stuff which will lead to a motion of confidence. But again, we really should have no confidence in the globalist political establishment regardless of what side of the chamber they sit in Dáil Éireann because we know so many of this establishment is just part of a bigger globalist cabal here in Ireland that the people are.

Waking up to. So, uh let me know in the comments what you think about O'Donovan's intervention with the local radio in Limerick and Waterford around this uh crying pretty hard because of the fallout of not being on the radio enough uh to discuss his point of view. But, uh suppose maybe funding might be cut slightly to these organizations in the future. But, uh there we go. That's Ireland. When they don't get their own way, this is what.

“But, uh suppose maybe funding might be cut slightly to these organizations in the future”

Happens. So, thanks so much for the support. Really appreciate it. And thanks for everybody who's subscribed to my channel. So, I'm Dublin saying so long for now. Bye-bye.

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