Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has called on the Irish government to end the geo-blocking of RTÉ content from viewers in the north.
The South Down MP said:
“It is wrong that so many people in the north will be unable to watch our national team free to air on RTÉ because it is geo-blocked.
“The blocking of content on RTÉ from viewers in the north is scandalous and becomes even sharper during these big national moments. This is Ireland’s biggest international soccer match in years and viewers in the north are locked out from watching it on the national broadcaster.
“Sinn Féin is bringing forward legislation in the Dáil which would ensure equal access to services across the whole island of Ireland. Critically, it would require the Irish government and Coimisiún na Meán to overcome licensing barriers to all-Ireland service in broadcast media.
“The Irish government must act urgently to end the exclusion of citizens in the north.”
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