About this episode

Niall Boylan and George Hook discuss controversial stories including RTÉ's funding crisis and the push for a cashless society.

This week, Niall is joined by legendary broadcaster George Hook for Episode 8 of Not Suitable for Broadcast, as the two radio veterans take an unapologetic look at some of the biggest, strangest and most controversial stories of the week. They begin with RTÉ’s continuing funding crisis and ask whether taxpayers are supporting essential public broadcasting or simply protecting an oversized and privileged organisation. With hundreds of millions of euro committed to RTÉ and television licence sales continuing to fall, has the broadcaster genuinely reformed, and should households that never watch or listen to RTÉ still be forced to fund it? Niall and George also discuss the growing push towards a cashless Ireland. Should shops, sporting venues and essential State services be allowed to refuse notes and coins? Is cashless payment genuinely more convenient, or does it leave older people, vulnerable customers and those without access to banking technology increasingly excluded? There is also the embarrassing moment Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan complained that she could not use the Irish language at an EU meeting, only to be told that she was perfectly entitled to speak Irish. Her response…

People in this episode

Host: Niall Boylan

Guest: George Hook

Topics covered

• broadcasting
• public funding
• cashless society
• politics
• Irish language
• political parties

Keywords

• RTÉ
• cashless Ireland
• Lynn Boylan
• Fine Gael
• Fianna Fáil
• public broadcasting
• politics
• Irish language

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RTÉ, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil

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