Sir, – Shane Hegarty writes (Weekend Review, September 8th) about noise and the looping British headlines of Sky News that have become part of Irish pubs today.
But those looping headlines are not just in pubs.
In many of the hospitals and clinics which I’ve had to attend with a relative in recent months Sky News is the only channel to be seen.
Relatives and patients are subjected to this for long hours with all the repeat pictures on the hour, especially those in for a day of cancer treatment.
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In one clinic at 6pm one evening I asked if the channel could be changed to RTÉ1 News and was told Sky News was the only channel that could be seen there. – Yours, etc,