Letters to the Editor: No need to prosecute over TV licence

A reader says public service broadcasting should not be about getting people convicted

A reader says even RTÉ’s director general Kevin Bakhurst is not happy about people being brought before the courts.

RTÉ has got to be funded by the exchequer to end the perpetual and decades-long practice of prosecuting people before the courts. 

Given that one in five households are now in default of paying the €160 television licence, it will not be long before a substantial amount of the population has a conviction.