The Ivan Yates affair is a symptom of a wider problem in the Irish media
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Ivan Yates insists he ‘broke no rules’ in controversy over Jim Gavin media training
Pundit and media trainer says he was relying on his ‘personal integrity’ rather than disclosing work for party
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‘Make them see something’: Political communication skills, from Ivan Yates to Zohran Mamdani
Against the background of the Fianna Fáil media coaching controversy, a leading political communications trainer puts our reporter through his paces
Media regulator, PR experts invited to address Oireachtas committee on transparency issues
Move follows controversy over former minister Ivan Yates providing coaching to Jim Gavin while broadcasting on political matters
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Ivan Yates’s business activities: broadcasting, lobbying, property and horse breeding
Former Newstalk presenter is a director of companies involved in broadcasting, lobbying, property and horse breeding
Letters to the Editor, November 6th: On housing, Ivan Yates, divisive politics, and wearing the poppy
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Anti-woke Ivan Yates must have seemed the obvious choice to toughen Jim Gavin up
Men such as Yates are indulged because they get to play the bombastic, slightly shocking counterpoint to their snowflake partner
How Ivan Yates’s links to Fianna Fáil landed him, and the party, in hot water
In the News podcast: Hugh Linehan on how the Yates controversy could impact public trust in the media
Jack Chambers rejects Sinn Féin claim he should have declared Fianna Fáil hired Ivan Yates
Minister says matter for broadcaster to declare conflict of interest, not for him as party’s director of elections
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