BAI upholds complaint against Dublin radio station

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has upheld a complaint against a Dublin radio station that allowed a caller to continuously make “extremely offensive” comments on air about children with special needs.
BAI upholds complaint against Dublin radio station

The comments were made on the FM104 Phoneshow on July 13 during a discussion on the exclusion of children with special needs from summer camps.

The complainant said that she was “appalled and disgusted” at the “vile abuse” aired by one caller, who used several derogatory comments to describe people with special needs and their mental capacity, remarks she described as “ignorant, rude, abusive, and hateful.

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