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People who break the law and not pay their licence fee should be prosecuted, a government minister has said.
Junior Green Party minister Ossian Smyth, speaking on RTÉ television, said the laws of the land should be followed and people who do not pay their licence fee, which funds the broadcaster, should pay the consequences.
He said the broadcaster, which is looking for a bailout of €55 million will get additional funding in the budget, ...
