Following the appointments made in October by the Minister for Communications to the Board of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and the appointments made by the Minister in November to the BAI’s Contract Awards Committee and Compliance Committee, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has now made its appointments to the Board. Joining Bob Collins (Chair), Paula Downey, Michelle McShortall, Dr. Maria Moloney, and John Waters are Mr Larry Bass, Mr Michael Moriarty, Professor Colum Kenny and Ms Siobhán Ní Ghadhra. At the same time, the Committee appointed the new RTÉ Board. The Committee’s appointments complete the new broadcasting regulatory architecture established under the new Broadcasting Act, 2009 (html | pdf). Go n-éirí leis an iarracht!