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Sermons cause disturbance
10/05/2006 12:52 - (SA)
Dublin - Irish Catholic priests illegally
broadcasting Mass over the radio to housebound parishioners are
suspected of creating a safety hazard for trans-Atlantic jets,
officials said on Tuesday.
Irish communications regulator ComReg has spoken to three
churches in central Ireland to warn them that their unlicensed
transmission of daily and Sunday services might be creating
problems for airliners as they flew overhead.
"I knew it was sort of a grey area but I didn't know we were
breaking the law," Father Brendan Quinlan, a Dublin parish
priest, told the Irish Independent.
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said that pilots on
trans-Atlantic flights have complained to air traffic control
for more than a year of hearing static on their radios.
"We believe that (the Mass broadcasts) are possibly the
source of the interference. I understand that ComReg are closing
down the priests for want of a better term," IAA spokesperson
Lilian Cassin said.
- Reuters
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