Gerry Ryan comment ‘theoretical’

SHOCK jock Gerry Ryan may like to brighten his broadcasts with colourful language, but a listener has suggested a repeat of a recent comment could see him stricken from the airwaves.

In the latest list of complaints to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC), the RTÉ presenter has been accused of insulting none other than God by referring to him as part of his anatomy. During an April 29 on-air discussion about the upcoming blasphemy legislation, signed into law by President Mary McAleese yesterday, the broadcaster wondered if someone could be prosecuted for asking if “God is a b****cks”.

The comment resulted in a flurry of criticism over the coarse language used, with listener Shane Brady complaining to the BCC that the comment was in breach of the code of programme standards.