BBC deny editing Irish language out of new CMAT single
The Dunboyne native released on Tuesday evening, with the first ever play of the song at 6pm on BBC Radio One.
The BBC have denied editing the Irish language out of a portion of CMAT's new single.
The Dunboyne native released on Tuesday evening, with the first ever play of the song at 6pm on BBC Radio One.
However, the opening of the song, which features just over 40 seconds of Irish, was not included in the play.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, CMAT - real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson - said she was not aware of the move prior to the first play.
"It was not my decision to have the Irish language edited out of the first ever play of Euro-Country on radio.
She added: "I don't know who edited that out, but it was crazy. Yeah, not my decision, but they're fixing it!"
In a statement to the the broadcaster said: "BBC Radio 1 did not edit the Irish language from this single. We broadcast the radio edit of CMAT’s new song that was supplied by the record label."
A representative added that the station has since played the full version, including the Irish language intro, on the airwaves.
The single is the lead of CMAT's new album Euro-Country, which is set to be released at the end of August.
The song includes a swipe at former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern over his time in government, with lyrics including: “All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah they hurt me. I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me...”
The song reflects the financial crisis in 2008 and references the hardships people faced in Dunboyne and Ireland as a whole.
The country star has already performed at Glastonbury and Primavera this summer, and will be a major attraction at All Together Now at Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford next weekend.
She is due to play the 3Arena in December.
