It was one of the most talked about TV events in recent weeks with many viewers left unhappy about how things unfolded on Claire Byrne's Live Referendum show.
The debate saw co-director of Together For Yes, Orla O’Connor, Dr. Peter Boylan, and Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald go up against Maria Steen from the Iona Institute, Obstetrician John Monaghan, and Fianna Fail TD Mary Butler.
It has now emerged RTÉ received 1,277 complaints over the debate with 92% of them stating that the ‘Yes’ side were unfairly treated.
Viewers also took to Twitter to voice their complaints while Senator Catherine Noone labelled it "a circus" and members of the Termination For Medical Reasons (TFMR) group called it "dehumanising and heartbreaking".
RTÉ have responded to each complaint while the broadcaster also said in a statement that it gave "both the Yes and No campaigns an equal opportunity to air their arguments, which both sides did with commitment and conviction.
"The panel was composed of three speakers on each side of the argument and the audience was completely evenly divided between Yes and No perspectives."
"Impartial analysis of the programme will demonstrate that, when the number of speakers on each side of the referendum question and the airtime afforded to them are both taken into account, the programme gave an equitable and fair opportunity to both sides to express their views."
