Too much exposure

Sir — Bruce Arnold’s critique of RTE (Sunday Independent, August 6) is very comprehensive. I am surprised that he did not include mention of Sinn Fein or their forerunners, the Provisional IRA, for which Sinn Fein is the respectable front and whose members RTE seem to have an undoubted preference for in any political discussion.

They may be the second largest party in Opposition, but they get more airtime for their representatives than does FF or any of the other sections of the Opposition. Such exposure is tantamount to a mini political party broadcast. When one hearkens back to the murder and mayhem the Provos were responsible for in the North and South of Ireland, I think it is hypocritical in the extreme that they should be given so much radio and TV time to expound their ideas on how the country should be run. Pat Mullin, Drumcondra, Dublin 9