The Belfast Telegraph has weighed in on the continuing controversy over RTE’s move to shut down its medium wave service – a move that will affect those in the North as well as emigrants in Britain and beyond. In its editorial, titled “RTE should listen to this signal”, the newspaper says that the RTE should… Continue reading Belfast Telegraph says RTE should listen to North
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Irish News highlights medium-wave shutdown in North
The Irish News, a newspaper based in the North, has been running substantial coverage of the recent announcement by RTE that it will be shutting down its medium wave service. On its first day of coverage run nearly six pages of articles on the RTE shutdown of medium wave. The coverage includes a front-page article,… Continue reading Irish News highlights medium-wave shutdown in North
Dail and Stormont committees to examine RTE move
In a front page story, the Irish News reports today that the issue of RTE’s medium-wave shutdown will be examined at Dail and Stormont committees. The paper notes that Sinn Fein, the SDLP, Fine Gael and Labour have all their concerns over the shutdown, which is scheduled for March 24. RTE has pledged to find… Continue reading Dail and Stormont committees to examine RTE move
Labour Party questions RTE medium-wave shutdown
The Labour Party is calling on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications to ask RTE to explain its decision to eliminate its medium wave broadcast. The party’s communication spokesperson Liz McManus said that the shutdown was in violation of the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement, because it will cut off one of the traditional… Continue reading Labour Party questions RTE medium-wave shutdown
1700 returning Irish affected by habitual residency: Times
Nearly 1,700 Irish citizens have been refused benefits under the habitual residency requirement introduced in Ireland in 2004. That year, benefits were restricted to those who had been habitually resident in the country for two years. The move was to combat so-called ‘benefits tourism’, and emigrant groups had been assured that returning emigrants would not… Continue reading 1700 returning Irish affected by habitual residency: Times
Blog roundup: RTE medium wave move
The controversy over RTE’s decision to shut down medium wave – a move that will affect Irish emigrants in Britain and beyond, as well as people in the North – has been reflected in a variety of blog postings around the Internet. Here are some of them, from a variety of sources, including political parties,… Continue reading Blog roundup: RTE medium wave move