This is a version of the an article I wrote for the January 21st edition of The Irish Times, with the headline ‘Broadcast charge plan will have huge implications’.You can see the original here. ON THURSDAY morning, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitt

FORMER ESB boss Padraig McManus is getting a retirement package worth up to an estimated €800,000 this year -- and he will also be entitled to cut-price electricity.Mr McManus (60) will enjoy the controversial perk despite getting an exit package which i

FORMER ESB boss Padraig McManus is getting a retirement package worth up to an estimated €800,000 this year -- and he will also be entitled to cut-price electricity.Mr McManus (60) will enjoy the controversial perk despite getting an exit package which i

A WOMAN writing as “finance minister” of her household told the Minister for Communications she would rather relax and watch television in jail than pay the annual licence fee for her set. Her submission was one of 28 received by Pat Rabbitte and his pre

OPINION: Breaking the link with traditional broadcasting raises questions about media diversity, writes HUGH LINEHAN ON THURSDAY morning, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte appeared on Morning Ireland to answer questions on the mooted replacement o

Last February’s election shook up the political landscape, with Fianna Fáil eclipsed by Fine Gael and Labour, but the bailout programme’s straitjacket meant economic policy was little changed THE FACE of Irish politics was transformed in 2011 but, for al