Nothing seems more appropriate, as we head into the New Year, than looking back over the fifty years of programming provided by RTÉ and celebrating the past. WorldIrish.com [As of September 8, 2016 this website is no longer available] has created a profile of what was originally called Telefis Éireann in […]
RTÉ Radio One’s Arts Tonight broadcast provides two Imagine Ireland features, one part on November 28, with the second part airing next Monday. Listen to Part One Part One This is a series of brief interviews investigating, analyzing, and assessing some of the activities of Imagine Ireland this past year […]
The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne RTÉ One, Sunday, January 17 10:30pm (30 mins) Interview with Gabriel Byrne What’s it all about? Why am I here? Is there a God? Why do bad things happen? What happens when we die? In this series, Gay Byrne talks to public figures […]
In Ireland, Joe Duffy presents a series of programs hosted by Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin in which guests discuss a range of issues and themes relevant to Irish life today. Guests include Gabriel Byrne, Maeve Binchy, Mark Pollack and Emma Farrell. The current program airs on RTÉ Radio […]
As most of you have already heard, Gabriel Byrne is in “hot water” over his apparently controversial appearance on a recent episode of The Late Late Show in Ireland (mentioned in more detail in a previous posting), during which he voiced his support for Mannix Flynn, a candidate for the […]