The price of partition

WHY do citizens of Ireland have to pay 15c per minute to express a view on their national television station while non-licence payers in Northern Ireland are provided with a free-call facility?
The price of partition
Thu, 19 Jun, 2003 - 01:00

No doubt RTÉ’s Questions & Answers production team has a perfectly good reply to this question.

I’m sure those who are struggling to pay the €150 licence fee would love hear it.

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