WATCH: Ciaran Mullooly talks Longford, RTE scandal and new book at Ploughing 2023 [Video]

Longford man and former RTE Midlands Correspondent Ciaran Mullooly spoke to our reporter at the National Ploughing Championships on Wednesday where he was promoting his new book, The Future Is Now.

In it, Ciaran talks about the future for the Midlands, in particular, and looks at community development and industry in the area over the years.

He also delves into topics like the RTE payments scandal and the Lanesborough man told us that RTE should be split in two.

Speaking about media, Ciaran said there is a “tabloidy thing” where we “must go after someone in a blame game” but added that “where it’s different in RTE is that at the end of the day, it was public licence fee money.”

He continued: “It’s not as if it’s a private company. people pay their licence fee and they expect a certain standard. It’s in the book, but the day is …