"An unfortunate time" and "contractual obligations" have been cited as the reasons why Israel Olatunde's record-breaking race was not shown on either RTE 1 or 2 on Tuesday night.
The Dundalk native recorded a new national record of 10.17 seconds in finishing sixth in the 100m final at the European Athletics Championships. The time was one hundredth of a second faster than the mark set by Paul Hession 15 years ago.
But the race was shown on RTE News channel rather than on either of their two main stations. It was also streamed live on the RTE Player.
