Radio chiefs seek an end to ban on political adverts

INDEPENDENT radio station owners have called on the Government to remove the ban on political advertising on radio and TV.

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland claim the existing prohibition is outmoded and inappropriate in the internet age.

IBI chairman and chief executive of Today FM Willie O’Reilly told the organisation’s annual conference in Dublin yesterday the ban on paid political advertising was unlikely to withstand a legal challenge in the European courts.