Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 November 2003
Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
One only has to listen to "Sunday Miscellany" each weekend to realise the kind of stories there are all over the country, which would transfer effectively from 600 words to half hour documentaries. One of the most popular home-produced programmes last year on RTE Radio was "Hurling's Top Twenty" and this year, "Football's Top Twenty", the excellent documentaries of Colm Keane. Most of these are based on, made in and represent rural Ireland, yet they are popular with all audiences. The possibilities are endless and one never knows what hidden talents would be thrown up by this incentive. I sincerely hope that it will not turn out to be a Dublin-based fund as local radio has proved that there is abundant talent and material in the provinces.
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