Report calls for extra funding for TG4

The Government must increase funding to TG4, the country's only Irish-language TV station, or risk putting independent producers out of business, according to a new report published today.

The report, commissioned by the Screen Producers Ireland and supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta, claims that increasing the station's annual funding from €30m to €44m over the next four years would allow it to double its output in Irish, and broadcast more live sport.