RTE’s new television service aimed at the Irish in Britain will be named RTE International, not Diaspora TV as previously announced. RTE is currently recruiting for the new service, which may launch before its previously announced target date of St Patrick’s Day. The new channel will feature programmes from RTE One, RTE Two, and TG4,… Continue reading TV service for emigrants named RTE International
Author: Noreen Bowden
Calls for RTE to boost power to reach Irish abroad
The Irish Times has reported on a call for the Broadcasting Bill to be amended to require RTE to operate its long-wave radio transmitter at full capacity. Campaigners say that RTE’s current practice of transmitting its long-wave service at about half-power means that the broadcaster is not giving adequate service to the Irish abroad. The… Continue reading Calls for RTE to boost power to reach Irish abroad
Emigration returns as headline news
Net emigration will return in 2009, predicts the Economic and Social Research Institute. The ESRI says that we will have our first period of recession since 1983 this year, as our economy contracts by 0.4%, a reversal of a growth rate of 4.5% this year. Although it is predicting the resumption of growth next year,… Continue reading Emigration returns as headline news
Emigrant returns for visit – with 29 grandchildren
The Irish Independent is featuring the story of one emigrant’s return visit to Ireland. Fifty years after unemployed mechanic Sean Flanagan and his then-girlfriend Margie left to Dublin to seek new lives in America, the New Jersey couple have brought along their six children and 29 grandchildren to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Sean and… Continue reading Emigrant returns for visit – with 29 grandchildren
Campaigners call for RTE to operate long wave transmitter at full capacity
The following is a press release calling for an amendment to the Broadcasting Bill that would ensure that RTE would be required to operate its long wave transmitter at full licenced capacity. Ean is supporting an amendment that would require this because of our concern that the long wave service is being broadcast at less… Continue reading Campaigners call for RTE to operate long wave transmitter at full capacity
Galway book features tales of returnees and newcomers
A book published in Galway features the stories of returned emigrants and newcomers to the city. “Galway – City of Strangers” has been edited by Poet-in-Residence Michael O’Loughlin. The book was developed out of a series of workshops by O’Loughlin, and features individuals who returned to Galway years after emigrating, as well as people from… Continue reading Galway book features tales of returnees and newcomers