'Not my decision': BBC edit Irish language out of first play of new CMAT single
The Dunboyne native released Euro-Country on Tuesday evening, with the first ever play of the song at 6pm on BBC Radio One.
However, the opening of the song, which features just over 40 seconds of Irish, was not included in the play.
Taking to Instagram, CMAT - real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson - confirmed that she was not aware of the move prior to the first play.
"I just want to say really quickly that it was not my decision to have the Irish language edited out of the first ever play of Euro-Country on radio.
I don't know if it was a mistake or what happened, however, they have just gotten in contact and said they are going to play the Irish language intro full version tomorrow to make up for it
She added: "I don't know who edited that out but it was crazy. Yeah, not my decision but they're fixing it!"
The single is the lead of CMAT's new album Euro-Country, which is set to be released at the end of August.
The song includes a swipe at former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern over his time in government, with lyrics including: 'All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah they hurt me. I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me...'
The song reflects the financial crisis in 2008 and references the hardships people faced in Dunboyne and Ireland as a whole.
The country star has already performed at Glastonbury and Primavera this summer, and will be a major attraction at All Together Now at Curraghmore Estate in Co Waterford next weekend.
She is due to play the 3Arena in December.
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