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Fri 02 Feb 2010Minister puts stay on appointments to broadcasting boards
MINISTER FOR Communications Eamon Ryan has put a stay on the appointment of candidates recommended by an Oireachtas committee to the boards of both RTÉ and the new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) because of a legal difficulty that has emerged.
In what has been portrayed as an “embarrassing cock-up” by the Opposition, Mr Ryan has received legal advice that the appointment of people to the boards who themselves are involved with, or have an interest in, broadcasting may not comply with the Broadcasting Act 2009, which provides for the appointments process.
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