Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann
7:00 pm
Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:
I will answer the Deputy as someone whose son lives in Nashville. I thank the Deputy for his comments. He has had a long-standing interest in sport and I am very proud we provide more free-to-air sport than any other European broadcaster, with that all included in the licence fee, obviously.
On country music, I might make a hospital pass to Ms O'Connor, but there have been some discussions. When "The Late Late Show" does the country evenings they are hugely popular and there were some discussions about possibly doing it twice next year. I do not know whether we have already taken that decision, but we recognise the importance of country music. I take the Deputy's point. I cannot give him a cast-iron commitment, but Ms O'Connor may want to talk a little more about it.
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