John Concannon
ONE HIGHLY publicised element of the report by Brian MacCraith’s Future of Media Commission was the rejection of the recommendation that the licence fee be scrapped and replaced with direct funding of RTÉ by the state. This resulted from assorted ministers expressing concerns about the impact on democracy of such a move. The Government did... Read more »
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