Anger over decision to pull plug on stations

THE company that facilitated Muhammad Ali’s visit to Ennis pulled the plug on a number of television stations at the last minute and failed to fulfil a commitment to provide them with footage from the civic reception which was closed to all but a handful of reporters.

The president of Alltech, Dr Pearse Lyons, had previously confirmed thatimages and footage would be made available at “no cost” to media organisations after the event.

At a press briefing inEnnis last week, heexplained that a company called CKX owns the rights to Ali’s image and as a result there would be no press photographers or TV cameras allowed.