Questions On Public Transport For The Minister
EXHIBITION : MEMORABLE BUDGETS
About this Item
Questions and opposition are raised by listeners in relation to petrol price hikes.
- Title Questions On Public Transport
- 1st Broadcast 28/02/1980
- ContributorRodney Rice (Presenter)
Michael O'Kennedy - Clip Duration 00:04:39
- Material Type Audio
- Series title Viewpoint
- Clip title Questions On Public Transport For The Minister
- Extended description
Listeners to RTÉ's 'Viewpoint' question Minister for Finance, Michael O'Kennedy on the increase in tax on petrol. The first caller complains about the poor standards of road and public transport in Ireland. The second caller asks the Minister when there will be a rapid rail system to Tallaght?
- Information
'Viewpoint' was a half-hour, daily radio programme presented by Rodney Rice and produced by Pat McInerney, Edward Mulhall and Betty Purcell.
- Local keywords Memorable Budgets, Budget, 1980, Viewpoint, Michael O'Kennedy
- Geographical coverage Ireland
- Genre Factual
- Topic Politics and Economics
- Publisher Broadcaster RTÉ
- First broadcast channel RTÉ
- Production year 1980
- Country of production Ireland
- Original identifier AA1098
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- Item type part/extract
- Item sound Mono
- Language used English (eng)
- Original language English (eng)
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