Strategy is built on six key outcomes – Children, Democracy, Trust, Irish culture and media, Diversity and inclusion, and Public safety
Coimisiún na Meán has today (24.04.25) published its first three-year strategy, which sets out the organisation’s vision for a vibrant and healthy media landscape in Ireland. The Strategy Statement 2025-2027 is accompanied by a 2025 Work Programme, which lists priority projects across Coimisiún na Meán’s remit of online safety, media sector development and regulation.
We are confident that this strategy will help us to create a media landscape that benefits all of society – Executive Chair, Jeremy Godfrey
The Strategy Statement 2025-2027 is built on six key outcomes:
- Children – a media landscape that upholds the rights, wellbeing and development of children and their safe engagement with content
- Democracy – a media landscape that supports democracy and democratic values, underpins civic discourse, and reduces the impact of disinformation
- Trust – a media landscape that consumers can trust, and where they are protected from exploitation and fraud
- Irish culture and media – a media landscape that is sustainable, pluralistic and participative, and that reflects and shapes who we are as a society
- Diversity and inclusion – a media landscape that promotes the values of justice, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Public safety – a media landscape that strengthens public health and safety
Commenting on the publication of Coimisiún na Meán’s first Strategy Statement, Executive Chair Jeremy Godfrey said: ‘’The publication of our first Strategy Statement, and of our 2025 Work Programme is an important milestone for our young organisation. We are confident that this strategy will help us to create a media landscape that benefits all of society.’’
‘‘Our six outcomes are ambitious and reflect our commitment to the regulation, support and development of a media landscape that underpins fundamental rights and fosters an open, democratic and pluralistic society. As Ireland’s media landscape evolves, we feel a unique responsibility to ensure that we shape the changing media environment to better serve Irish audiences, to uphold fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, and to protect people, especially children, from harm.’’
‘’Since our establishment, we have developed and are now enforcing Ireland’s regulatory regime for online safety, our Online Safety Framework. We have also delivered critical funding support to the independent production and media sector through our Sound & Vision Scheme and new Journalism Schemes, and we have embarked on an extensive re-licensing programme for radio and television stations across Ireland.’’
‘’Guided by our Strategy Statement, and supported by our annual Work Programmes, we look forward to continuing to deliver a thriving, diverse, creative, safe and trusted media landscape for Ireland.’’
Among the priority projects outlined in Coimisiún na Meán’s 2025 Work Programme are the development of a pilot programme for children at imminent risk of harm from online content, the development of an Election Integrity Strategy across all media sources, the creation of educational materials relating to online hate, the preparation of a new Broadcasting Services Strategy and a revised Media Plurality Policy, and the continuation of the Sound & Vision and Journalism funding Schemes.