Sir, - In a press release issued by the National Platform on behalf of Mr Anthony Coughlan last June I was named, and thus personally held responsible, as a member of the RTE Authority, for appealing against Mr Coughlan's April victory in the High Court on the issue of RTE's coverage of the divorce referendum.
May I, through your columns, assure those interested in the matter that I applaud Mr Coughlan's actions as a citizen in the tradition of Crotty and McKenna and was pleased with the success of his High Court action.
Since June last I have been trying to persuade the RTE Authority to withdraw this appeal, but ultimately have failed.
As this is the latest and most serious of my dissensions from RTE policy I must now consider the usefulness of remaining on the RTE Authority. - Yours, etc., Bob Quinn,
Tuairin, Beal an Daingin, Co Galway.