Alison O’Connor There is a well known approach to delaying something, frequently employed in politics, known as “kicking the can down the road”.

The Dáil is debating a motion calling for licence fee money to be used to support independent radio.

Fianna Fáil are calling for a multi-million euro fund to support local radio stations.

The Government is to face strong opposition to plans to get Revenue to collect the TV licence. The high evasion rate is costing RTÉ €40m a year.

Revenue or debt collectors could be used to tackle TV licence fee evaders.

Are you a soap fan? Fair City, maybe? Did you know it costs around €130,000 per hour for RTÉ to make it? 

The Taoiseach has criticised the recommendations of a report into reforming the TV licence fee.

The Communications Minister says the TV licence system faces a "number of challenges".

A woman arrested and detained in Mountjoy prison for something she didn't do has spoken out about the case of mistaken identity regarding an unpaid television license.

A woman who was wrongly arrested and brought to Mountjoy Prison in Dublin over a mistake about non-payment of a TV Licence has settled her High Court action for damages.

A radical shake-up of the TV licence system is being considered, including a lower charge for all households which could be collected by Revenue.

A radical shake-up of the TV licence system is being considered, including a lower charge for all households which could be collected by Revenue.

Our TV licence fees could be going up and Revenue could be taking over the collection of fees from An Post.

The Government is not looking at a laptop levy to replace the TV licence fee.

The Government is set to make a second bid to replace the TV licence fee with a new charge to include Netflix and other online sites after admitting the existing system is “broken”.

A new online survey has revealed that 55% of TV licence holders aged 30 or under are planning or considering to stop paying their TV licence fee.

A debate on the future of the TV licence system is needed to ensure that a viable public service media is provided, says Communications Minister Denis Naughten.

The collection of the TV licence fee may be outsourced to a private company in a bid to stamp out widespread evasion that is costing RTÉ up to €40m in lost revenue each year.

You may soon have to pay a TV licence fee, if you own a computer.

“Adapt or die.” These were the words of RTÉ’s director general Dee Forbes yesterday. She was announcing the sell-off of nine acres of the state broadcaster’s land and the culling of up to 300 jobs.

Some of the 30-year-old archive material published today shows how very little has changed and how very much has changed.

Communications Minister Denis Naughten has said that he is prepared to go to the European Commission to have the law changed to allow part of the licence fee be used to fund private broadcasters.

Comedian David McSavage has been convicted and fined €125 for not paying TV licence arrears after he slammed RTE's programmes writes Tom Tuite.

Comedian David McSavage told a judge today that he did not pay his TV licence because he had a grievance with the way RTÉ spend taxpayers' money.

The over-75s in the UK could be asked to make a voluntary contribution towards their TV licence under a BBC initiative potentially fronted by stars of pensionable age.

For the second year in a row, RTÉ has managed to post a modest pre-tax surplus — but the national broadcaster has admitted it is concerned at the rising number of homes which do not have a television set.

Fears that a new crackdown on TV licence fee dodgers could breach data protection laws have been dismissed by Communications Minister Alex White.

More than 13,700 court cases were brought against people for non-payment of the television licence fee last year.

Tens of thousands of more people are choosing not to or are simply unable to pay the television licence, it has emerged.

A TV licence inspector has described an incident where he was assaulted on duty as the most frightening situation of his 13-year career.

A radical shake-up of the TV licence system must not result in viewers paying more, opposition parties have warned.