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In October 2026, the BBC NI announced funding cuts that would have a disproportionate and detrimental impact on the company's Irish language staff and services.

These funding cuts will result in the loss of 60% of all Irish language staff and will put the future of regular, live programming, which has been significantly developed over the past 20 years, at risk. The Irish language community has never received value for money from the BBC here and these cuts are yet another example of that failure.

If you would like to challenge this decision, please fill in your details, and the email below will be sent to the BBC representatives, as well as the elected representatives listed below, to express your dissatisfaction.

Adam Smyth, Director of BBCNI
Paul McClean, Executive Editor
Emma Dunseith, Head of Content Production
Matt Brittin, BBC Director General
Lisa Nandy, British Secretary of State for Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ian Murray, Minister of State for Creative Industries, Media and Online Safety
Chris Bryant, British Secretary of State for the north of Ireland
Colm Gildernew, Chair of the Committee for Communities
Matthew O'Toole, Leader of the Opposition at Stormont
Paula Bradshaw, Chair of the Committee for the Executive Office
Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit MLA in Stormont
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