BBC sounds going to be GEolocked

Why would there be an outcry about that? It's a paid service and rights are sold on an individual country basis

What role does our Dept of Communications play exactly with regard to IP broadcasters based outside the State?

BBC services are free to air across the whole island of Ireland on satellite, box ticked.

I think most of the BBC radio stations being geoblocked to Irish listeners is a real shame.

Even though RTÉ have had controversy with how they have spent our TV Licence in more recent years; their own radio stations are still broadcasting their programmes to Irish listeners who live outside of Ireland. They have not or will not make any plans to restrict the broadcasts of their own radio stations to Irish listeners living overseas in the future.

The Taoiseach Michael Martin & the British PM Keir Starmer were having the UK/Ireland summit in Liverpool some weeks ago. Keir Starmer was talking up of maintaining the UK's & more importantly his own special relationship with the Rep. of Ireland. He expanded that relationship by inviting members of the Irish diaspora into 10 Downing St for the new annual celebration for St Patricks Day. It would appear that the relationship between Ireland & the UK was getting stronger by the day. But when this recent spanner in the works is now being thrown about by the BBC; the talks of strengthening our relationships with each other when this news from the BBC is in the headlines does ring a bit hollow to me. Does Kier Starmer not listen to RTÉ Radio sometimes when in 10 Downing St at any time throughout the year. Does he also listen to RTÉ Radio within Ireland as well? Does the same question not apply to the NI Secretary; Hilary Benn while he travels between the two countries as well?

The Feedback on BBC R4 was referencing near the end of the programme that Kier Starmer himself was actually struggling to listen to BBC Radio Ulster while he was on holidays in Donegal. That issue itself is actually an farce when the British PM himself can't even get the chance to listen to a BBC radio station when in a county that literally makes up the 9 counties of NI. It looks like a farce but it is literally reality for himself & many other UK citizens who live here in the Republic of Ireland who are making similar criticisms when trying to resolve this issue of maintaining soft power between the two countries.

Those who listen to live radio via third party services such as Amazon and TuneIn will not be affected.

grand, I only listen to 6music on TuneIn

I can still listen to BBC6 & BBC2 via a Naim smart speaker. Will I lose access soon?