Ireland to introduce cross-media ownership rules

But Denis O’Brien need not worry - the ‘guidelines’ will not apply retrospectively

Ireland, a country where one man dominates the media (and it isn’t Rupert Murdoch, by the way), has finally drawn up guidelines on media ownership.

They say, according to an Irish Times report, that it is “undesirable” for one person, or a single business, to hold excessive influence. And they advise the introduction of a “public value test” for future media industry consolidation.