Independent Senator, Rónán Mullen has called on RTÉ to offer a “serious” response after the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland issued a warning notice to the broadcaster on foot of the third upheld complaint against the Ray D’Arcy radio show in just 12 months. In all cases, complaints have centred on D’Arcy’s pro-abortion bias in discussing the issue and Irish laws regulating it. In a statement, Senator Mullen said: “It is astounding that RT É Management has let the situation come to this. They seem to have been utterly serene about one of their broadcasters repeatedly abusing the privileged position of tax-funded broadcasting and failing to treat the public with the decency and respect it deserved…Given the hat-trick scored by the Ray D’Arcy Show, RTÉ must…in its coverage of this finding and in its actions going forward, give the public an account of its stewardship. Regardless of people’s views on abortion, all must agree that on vital and sensitive social issues, the public service broadcaster must be scrupulously impartial. It must now give the serious response to this BAI decision that will reassure the public that it ‘gets’ it at last.