Campaigner for equality on radio determined to ignore threat of blacklist

Linda Coogan Byrne said she would never be silenced by those trying to keep the status quo. 

A leading campaigner for equality in chart airplay between men and women on Irish radio has vowed to double down on her efforts, after being warned she was upsetting the powers-that-be in the industry.

Linda Coogan Byrne, founder of the Why Not Her campaign, was given a "heads-up and advice as a friend" by an anonymous email to stop "stepping on people's toes" or risk being blacklisted by the music industry.