Ireland can enjoy a strong press freedom, a value which is also enshrined in its Constitution. According to the press freedom index elaborated by the international organization Freedom House, Irish press is free. Still, some journalists remain critical about defamation laws.The print media is a traditionally strong sector, with different newspapers on a national and regional scale and with a rather autonomous market for Northern Ireland, which has its own newspapers. Also, British newspapers are much diffused in Ireland with targeted Irish editions.Radio is very popular in Ireland, with five main national radio stations and Northern Ireland has a BBC operated radio station (BBC Radio Ulster) and a commercial station called Downtown radio. The leading broadcaster in radio and also in television is the public sector broadcaster RTÉ, Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Two are the TVs operated by the public service broadcast: RTÉ 1 and Network 2, and in addition there is the Irish-language channel Telefis na Gailge (TG4). Commercial television has also become much more diffused in recent years, with a growing range of choice in broadcasting. In total, “Irish audiences have a potential choice of over 558 channels”.The internet also is increasingly used by the majority of household (over 65%) and generally with a broadband connection (91% of internet connections are broadband).

Newspapers in Ireland

• Evening Echo
• Evening Herald
• The Irish Daily Mail
• The Irish Daily Mirror
• The Irish Daily Star
• Irish Examiner
• Irish Independent
• The Irish Sun
• The Irish Times

Television

• BBC One Northern Ireland
• BBC Two Northern Ireland
• Channel 4
• RTÉ One
• RTÉ Two
• TG4
• TV3
• UTV

Radio

• BBC Radio Ulster
• Newstalk
• RTÉ 2fm
• RTÉ Lyric FM ‎
• RTÉ Radio 1‎
• Spin 103.8
• Today FM