The Irish political party Sinn Féin has blacklisted at least two newspapers in Ireland, according to claims made in the Sunday Tribune and the Irish edition of the Sunday Times yesterday.
Both newspapers say Sinn Féin are denying them access to candidates in the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections, and referred to each other. The action
is understood to be due to the two paper’s unfavourable reporting and comment
of the party.
The blacklisting news appeared as a note in the Sunday Tribune alongside an article on the Assembly elections by the paper’s Northern Editor, Suzanne Breen. While in the Sunday Times (Irish edition) the pseudonym column ‘Sue Denham’ complained about the party’s move.
The Tribune notes, “Sinn Féin's viewpoint is absent from this article because it was the only party which refused access to the Sunday Tribune. It said it would not make candidates in any constituency available for interview and it would not cooperate with the newspaper during the entire election campaign. It's an ironic position for a party which, for decades, complained of media bans and censorship. Sinn Féin is also refusing to cooperate with the Sunday Times”.
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