A new law which will require State bodies to publish how much they have spent on advertising with individual media organisations has been published by the Government. Media minister Patrick O’Donovan has received government approval to publish the Media Regulation Bill, which will implement the main provisions of the European Media Freedom Act in Ireland. The European Media Freedom Act is an EU regulation which came into force last August. “Ireland’s media mergers regime is an essential element of the protections we have in place for media plurality and diversity. It will broaden the scope of media mergers to be assessed to include transactions involving online platforms.

Source: Irish Examiner February 19, 2026 16:31 UTC