Renowned comedian refuses to pay RTE TV licence

Comedian David McSavage has decided to take a stand against RTE for what he feels is their 'terrible' comedy output and is refusing to pay his license fee to the point that he is due to appear in court later in the month.

It seems The Savage Eye star is annoyed that his 1916 show wasn't aired on the national broadcaster, telling The Sun.

He said: "RTE didn’t commission my Savage Eye special because they were too scared and we might have done something funny.

“Instead they hired Irish Pictorial Weekly to do a 1916 which ended up being derivative of the Savage Eye, it was awful."

He didn't hold back after that either saying how "the Rubberbandits are now as mainstream as Ryan Tubridy.

He said: “And as for the last series by Mario Rosenstock? I’m willing to go to prison for that."

The former street comedian, whose dad and brother are ex-Fianna Fail ministers David and Barry Andrews, vowed: “I refuse to pay my TV licence because the money will go to RTE and they are not producing comedy."