Plans to ban cheese ads on TV before 9pm are ‘the nanny state gone mad’

The Dáil was gripped yesterday by “cheese madness”.

Thu, 15 Mar, 2012 - 00:00
Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent

Charlie Flanagan of FIne Gael held an emergency debate on plans by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to ban television cheese adverts before the 9pm watershed.

The move is being taken in a bid to stop young people being targeted by fatty products.

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