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You are aware that the Republic of Ireland is a separate country from the UK and therefore, election rules for UK media doesn't apply to us.
Er, I was talking about the election rules for the IRISH media!!!!! Never mentioned the UK rules once.
Trying to point out that RTÉ would not be allowed run a Prime Time special on the night of an Irish GE, least not before the polls had closed at any rate.
What point would there by in a Prime Time Special on the night of the election if the count doesn't take place until the next day.
RTE carry out an exit poll and it's embargoed for Morning Ireland on the morning of the count. Each country has their own way of doing these things, they're not always the same.
I'm sure rdd is fully aware that UK rules don't apply to Ireland, that the systems are completely different and that there would be no point in RTÉ running a Prime Time on an Irish election night. Indeed that was the whole point of his post, which basically stated "huh, that's interesting". Why do you keep jumping down his throat?
Also, if you are going to go down the road of being hypersensitive about Irish independence, please be aware that our nation is called Ireland. All this "Republic of" stuff is quite a British way to refer to the country.
This bit is quite ironic that they should do this on the day of a UK election...RTÉ's own rules prohibt them from doing this on the day of an Irish general election! From midnight on the day before polling day through to when the count begins, RTÉ is not allowed to broadcast any coverage of any political issues due to its self-imposed "moratorium". The only thing they are allowed broadcast in this line is the usual pictures of the leaders entering their polling stations and putting their ballot paper in the ballot box. So there is no Prime Time on the night of an Irish general election and coverage doesn't begin till mid morning the next day, cause we don't do overnight counts (although political news will reappear from 9am or so onwards).
You are aware that the Republic of Ireland is a separate country from the UK and therefore, election rules for UK media doesn't apply to us.
Er, I was talking about the election rules for the IRISH media!!!!! Never mentioned the UK rules once.
Trying to point out that RTÉ would not be allowed run a Prime Time special on the night of an Irish GE, least not before the polls had closed at any rate.
What point would there by in a Prime Time Special on the night of the election if the count doesn't take place until the next day.
RTE carry out an exit poll and it's embargoed for Morning Ireland on the morning of the count. Each country has their own way of doing these things, they're not always the same.
I'm sure rdd is fully aware that UK rules don't apply to Ireland, that the systems are completely different and that there would be no point in RTÉ running a Prime Time on an Irish election night. Indeed that was the whole point of his post, which basically stated "huh, that's interesting". Why do you keep jumping down his throat?
Also, if you are going to go down the road of being hypersensitive about Irish independence, please be aware that our nation is called Ireland. All this "Republic of" stuff is quite a British way to refer to the country.