Resumen de Ireland: : Programme discussion of abortion violated Broadcasting Act
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has upheld a complaint against the public broadcaster RTÉ over a programme which featured an interviewee discussing abortion, finding that the programme breached the Broadcasting Act’s rules on fairness, objectivity and impartiality in coverage of current affairs (for previous decisions, see IRIS 2014-2/23).
The decision arose following a complaint in relation to a June 2015 edition of The Ray D’Arcy Show, a lifestyle/entertainment show broadcast weekdays on RTÉ 1 Radio. The show featured an interview with the Irish director of the non-governmental organisation Amnesty International, to discuss the publication of its report entitled “She is not a criminal: The impact of Ireland’s abortion law”.
