Overview
- Appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee, Ivan Yates said media training is a small part of his work and insisted it did not shape his election commentary or contribute to public distrust.
- He argued that opening podcast debates with declarations of interest would be a "guaranteed mood killer" and described his Path to Power role as analysis and entertainment.
- Coimisiún na Meán said its review of election‑period matters involving RTÉ and Newstalk is ongoing and reiterated that broadcasters, not contributors, carry the primary responsibility to declare conflicts.
- Newstalk confirmed an internal review of Yates’s guest presenting during the campaign, while RTÉ said he was not on its airwaves during the election periods defined by the regulator.
- Yates was removed from the Path to Power podcast after the undisclosed coaching of Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin was reported, as the committee also discussed proposals that would apply podcast standards to RTÉ and TG4.