The long journey to and from Tipperary has been made much more enjoyable by the introduction of Lyric FM. It is a minority taste but it has been a great success. Having been in the Minister of State's constituency, however, I am concerned about the continuing stand off between the Wexford Opera Festival and the RTE Symphony Orchestra. I wrote about this in The Irish Times on Saturday because a festival needs commitment and flexibility, not rigid adherence to union rules. I hope that RTE will continue to cover the Wexford Opera Festival in the way it did in the past, this problem notwithstanding.