Questions & Answers should not be axed

RTÉ’s Questions & Answers programme is about to bite the dust, as did Today Tonight and other similar programmes that rubbed the Fianna Fáil governments up the wrong way.

Before it was Charlie Haughey and his government who put pressure on RTÉ to axe these programmes and we took it lying down.

I don’t believe we should on this occasion. Are we not living in a democratic state where freedom of speech is paramount? Obviously not.

Over the past 23 years I have enjoyed this programme.

I have also enjoyed being a member of the audience on a number of occasions and being afforded an opportunity to put in my penny’s worth.

I congratulate John Bowman, all the Q&A team and RTÉ for doing a magnificent job. Quite honestly, a programme with such a high viewing rate should not be axed at the whim of a political party.

I suppose Joe Duffy’s Liveline will be next. I’m sure he has ruffled quite a few Fianna Fáil feathers in his time.

Leo Armstrong

Anne Street

Prosperous

Co Kildare