Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on the best Irish language books of 2025 so far
Including a history of the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movements, a gem of a novel by Darach Ó Scolaí and Joe McHugh’s entertaining account of learning Irish
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Virgin Media received ‘nothing’ after requesting €30m from State
Television company chief Áine Ní Chaoindealbháin gave evidence to Oireachtas committee on Wednesday
Sharks’ shameful antics against Munster betrayed the moral code that makes rugby special
Jaden Hendrikse’s antics during URC shootout have been roundly criticised, apart from in South Africa
Burkitt review: Beautiful documentary about life of pioneering Fermanagh cancer researcher
Television: Film-maker Éanna Mac Cana, who has been treated for the lymphoma named after Burkitt, deftly traces a remarkable life
Catherine Martin’s arts department backed pay rise for RTÉ director general
Department told government-established review that pay in top-level posts at RTÉ and TG4 had fallen in real terms since 2016
TG4 secure exclusive free-to-air rights for URC as RTÉ loses out
RTÉ loses out as Irish channel reaches four-year agreement with tournament organisers
TG4 documentary to review link between Armagh football and Celtic soccer club
Scéalta na gCorn explores the history of cups and trophies in the GAA – this week in Armagh
RTÉ news boss Deirdre McCarthy: ‘Tackling disinformation has to be much more of a focus now’
The woman who leads Ireland’s largest newsroom on disinformation, the ‘digital election’ and RTÉ’s new Clarity mark: 'you will hear that we’re a mouthpiece for the State, or that we’re only representing a certain view. But I think it’s up to us to push back on all the things that legacy media are accused of and tackle this head on.'
Would a united Ireland really say goodbye to the BBC?
No better example of the complex relationships not just between North and South but between Ireland and Britain than our intertwined media ecologies
Áine Ní Bhreisleáin brings us on a wellness journey featuring Joe Wicks, yurt saunas and flinging beer bottles with vengeful abandon
Television: TG4′s Sonas is feel-good factual filmmaking where hard questions are left to one side, and everyone has a grand time
Reaching league final is now talked about in similar terms to outbreak of cholera in the camp
There are solutions, which, if they’re good enough for the NFL, European rugby, and Uefa, should be good enough for the GAA
TG4 to broadcast all Division One and Two football league games live
Division Three tie between Clare and Offaly will also be shown on Irish-language station
Irish language station TG4 appoints its first woman as director-general
Deirdre Ní Choistín has worked with the station for the last 25 years in many different roles
Deirdre Ní Choistín appointed director general of TG4
‘Joy and a privilege’ to succeed Alan Esslemont in role leading Irish language broadcaster
Laochra Gael: Bríd Stack’s near-tragedy in Australian football movingly recalled in powerful TG4 documentary
Television: ‘This surge of pain shot up my head, down my back. I remember falling to the floor and just screaming,’ she says
My sister is the only woman from her secondary school class not living in Australia, and she emigrated to Switzerland
Dublin-born podcaster Doireann Ní Ghlacáin has learned to embrace her identity as a Gaelgeoir and fiddle-player, whether it’s hip or not
Caoimhe Ní Laighin: ‘The best thing about Ireland is that people will put themselves out of their way to help you’
Irish wasn’t Caoimhe Ní Laighin’s first language growing up, but with the help of good teachers, the presenter made it part of her career
TG4 to stream Cork v Limerick league clash on Saturday after GAA give green light
Dates confirmed for postponed first round fixtures
Clumsy de Valera documentary dooms leading revolutionary women to walk-on parts
Television review: The story of how leading women of 1916 were later marginalised is chunkily incorporated into the grand sweep of de Valera’s fall and rise in TG4′s De Valera san Fhásach
Video Nasty review: cheeky all-too-rare drama that shows 1980s Ireland like it really was
Television: Series follows Dublin teenagers seeking to complete their collection of banned VHS movies
Marc Ó Sé and Pádraic Maher to feature in latest series of Laochra Gael
New series will begin on Thursday, January 23rd
‘A Gaeltacht-driven movement’: The civil rights agitation that spawned Raidió na Gaeltachta and TG4
Author and Irish language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain prepared the ground for the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with ‘his own agitation’
Media regulator seeks consultant to review adequacy of public funding for RTÉ and TG4
Coimisiún na Meán wants report to examine broadcasters’ 2024 performances
GAA look to go it alone with proposal to buy out RTÉ's 50% stake in GAAGo
GAA confirm the media rights broadcasters for 2025 will remain unchanged
General election 2024: Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil in near dead heat at end of campaign
Over 100,000 new registrations in the two weeks before the closing deadline add to the unpredictability of an election few are confident of calling
Manifesto media pledges — ‘Netflix levy’, legal reform in 100 days and €500m a year for RTÉ
Election 2024: Sinn Féin remembers Coimisiún na Meán and other things gleaned from the parties’ media policies
Crá review: Quality noir thriller puts both Donegal and the Irish language to beautiful use
Television: It takes a while to get going and is not without flaws, but this show is good enough to almost convince us our native tongue is in everyday use
Media regulator to carry out regular reviews into RTÉ public funding under new proposed reforms
Legislation will ‘enhance accountability, transparency and value-for-money in our public service media’, says Minister
‘We used to be invisible as Irish speakers in Belfast but there’s a new confidence now to shout it from the rooftops’
Children’s writer Máire Zepf talks about her books and TV work, and how Kneecap bringing ‘beautiful, real Belfast Irish’ to the big screen has been powerful
Ciarán Murphy: If the revolution will be televised, why not mic up the referee?
If the GAA's Football Review Committee wants a more entertaining spectacle, then referees and coaches should have microphones during the upcoming interprovincial games
Budget 2025 could be both big and disappointing news for Irish media
Government’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while tax credits talk is rarely too far away
Six championship matches, free to air on TG4, would be a gift from the GAA to itself
Denis Walsh: Pitching for the package rights to six GAA championship games will be a stretch for TG4 but if they come looking for that package, they should get it
GAA open up rights to championship games currently shown by GAAGo
The GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ for media rights, potentially opening up the market for the likes of Virgin Media, TG4 or Sky
GAA club buys prime site for playing field beside Dunnes Stores’ Cornelscourt complex in south Dublin
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