Dear Editor, Recently I wrote to you about The Ray D’Arcy Show on radio and an interview with Rónán Mullen. I made the point that it was evident where D’Arcy’s sympathies lay on the subject of abortion. Rónán Mullen was simply superb in answering Ray D’Arcy’s points and it was all too clear that Mr D’Arcy was not too pleased with Rónán’s criticism. It now turns out that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has issued a formal warning to RTÉ about The Ray D’Arcy Show’s coverage of the abortion issue.
This is the third complaint upheld by the BAI against D’Arcy’s treatment of the issue. This should tell us all we need to know about RTÉ and Ray D’Arcy’s approach to this important moral issue.
You’ll notice that Amnesty International Ireland and Colm O’Gorman have rushed to Ray D’Arcy’s defence; this doesn’t surprise me. Is Amnesty International truly concerned about human rights? Does it defend the rights of unborn children?
Let us be very clear about one thing. If the Eighth Amendment is scrapped, the unborn child will have no legal right to life. We will be faced with the dire situation that pertains to Britain where babies can be killed up to 24 weeks of pregnancy and even later. Babies who have survived an abortion there are sometimes simply left to die unaided. It is nothing short of a moral outrage. Why isn’t Amnesty International condemning such cruel barbarity?
Yours etc.,
Anthony Redmond.
Drimnagh, Dublin 12.
