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Observers unhappy over lack of media access for all
European Union election observers who monitored the Friday's general election have expressed concern whether there was equal media access to all parties during the election campaign.

EU Chief Observer John Cushnahan said that a number of key aspects which have caused concern are being examined, such as whether or not there was equal access to the media for all parties and reports that all the parties were not able to campaign freely in the North and the East.

He said that it would seem that polling has taken place in an atmosphere where there has been a lower level of violence than in the last election and that the fact that there was no curfew is a confirmation of this.

He noted that there has been less violence during the overall 2004 election campaign. However, he said that with over 1500 incidents of violence reported up to yesterday there is no room for complacency.

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