For the sake of liberty get your hands off our media

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) is overactive in deciding editorial policy for some of its licensees.

Editorial instructions by the commission to independent radio stations not to cover selected stories before the local and European elections amounts to censorship.

The ostensible independence of the commission is nothing more than a facade, with government appointees as its foundation. The commission was not set up as a ministry of truth to police independent radio stations during sensitive political circumstances.