Gareth O'Callaghan: TV licence will be consigned to the political Museum of Failed Agendas
It will rest alongside electronic voting machines, water meters, the bank bailout, the covid catastrophe, the black hole of healthcare, and brown envelopes: A swept-under the-carpet collection of failures, lead balloons, and lemons
The Government announced last week that it is considering the introduction of a universal media charge that would replace the television licence. Picture: PA
Within two years, it’s my prediction that Ireland’s television licence will be history, consigned to the political Museum of Failed Agendas.
It will rest alongside electronic voting machines, water meters, the bank bailout, the covid catastrophe, the black hole of healthcare, and brown envelopes: A swept-under the-carpet collection of failures, lead balloons, and lemons.
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