Dear Mr Ahern TD, Minister for Communications

My name is C. Bower. I am an ordained minister leading a Religious Order called 'the Heart of St Patrick'. As an all Irish apostolate we seek to serve fellow country men and women on both sides of the border, regardless of denominational attachment.

In writing to yourself I wish to express to you the breadth of appeal that would be attracted to a specifically Christian radio station. In my ministry we often meet people who would benefit from a station that would seek to encourage personal spirituality. So many people are abandoning corporate worship in the light of rapid materialism and the sad legacy of abuse scandals. The State has the opportunity to serve its' citizens by granting a license to a Station that will seek to promote Trinitarian Spirituality, consistent with  values enshrined in our Constitution. 

I can also see specific benefits to cross-border cooperation and awareness, if a transmitter was situated near to Northern Ireland. One of the significant power bases in the North is Evangelical Protestantism.  An all Irish Christian Radio Station would most assuredly inform and temper such a power base whilst serving the most excellent call to personal faith raised recently by  our former Archbishop of Armagh, Cahal Daly. I have long been an advocate of such initiatives in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement.

I therefore request that licensing of Christian radio become available as soon as possible. I would be delighted to assist further in this debate. My home phone number is…. Though I live in the North I often travel around the Counties visiting parishes etc.

With thanks and my prayers

Rev C. Bower