Complaints by HSE over ‘Liveline’ upheld by broadcasting authority

RTÉ Radio’s Liveline has been severely criticised by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for the way it covered the termination of a patient advocate’s contract.

Two Liveline shows broadcast last January highlighted the case of Louise Bayliss, who was made redundant by the Irish Advocacy Network (IAN).

Ms Bayliss claimed that her contract had been terminated as a result of her whistleblowing on a situation that arose in St Brendan’s Mental Health Facility in Grangegorman, Dublin, before Christmas 2011.