RTÉ News

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RTÉ News and Current Affairs is a major division of Radio Telefís Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland.

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[edit] Introduction

RTÉ News and Current Affairs provides the most comprehensive range of national and international news and current affairs programming in Ireland. The station is also a source of definitive commentary on current affairs. RTÉ News is based at the RTÉ Television Complex in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland. However, the station also operates regional centres across Ireland and the world.

RTÉ News faces stiff competition from within Ireland and abroad. Within Ireland TV3 provides limited competition; however, RTÉ News remains vastly more popular. As Ireland is an English-speaking nation, the UK's BBC News, ITN and Sky News pose greater threats to RTÉ.

In September 2003 RTÉ News was merged with RTÉ Current Affairs to form "RTÉ News and Current Affairs". RTÉ News continues as the brand on regular TV and radio news programming. Also in September 2003, all RTÉ news reports in English on all networks were rebranded to RTÉ News, ending the separate branding of News 2 and 2FM News.

[edit] Television News and Current Affairs

RTÉ News and Current Affairs is responsible for all the news bulletins on RTÉ One and RTÉ Two. This division also provides news updates on RTÉ's teletext service called Aertel.

RTÉ News and Current Affairs television programmes include:

"Nuacht RTÉ" is the division of RTÉ News and Current Affairs which produces Nuacht RTÉ, Nuacht TG4, and Cinnlínte Nuachta. The same team supplies news reports on both RTÉ One and TG4, however, while programmes on RTÉ One have a similar look and feel to English language services, programmes on TG4 do not carry RTÉ News branding.

[edit] Radio News and Current Affairs

RTÉ News programming is transmitted via RTÉ radio (RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ Lyric FM & RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta).

RTÉ News radio programmes include:

Regular news reports are broadcast on the hour on RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2fm, and on the half-hour on RTÉ Lyric FM.

[edit] Online News and Current Affairs

RTÉ News content is also available worldwide on the internet. Virtually all of RTÉ's radio and television news programming is subsequently made available in the form of RealPlayer audio and video clips which can be streamed, also, live news programming can be received live via streaming media.

[edit] List of selected current and former RTÉ News readers and reporters

[edit] Newsreaders

[edit] Editors

  • David Davin-Power - Political Editor
  • Tommie Gorman - Northern Editor
  • George Lee - Economics Editor
  • Brian O'Connell - London Editor
  • Tony O'Donoghue - Sports Editor
  • Paschal Sheehy - Southern Editor
  • Jim Fahy - Western Editor
  • Seán Whelan - Europe Editor
  • Mary Wilson - Legal Affairs Editor

[edit] Correspondents

  • Charlie Bird - Chief News Correspondent
  • Fergal Bowers - Health Correspondent
  • Robert Shortt - Washington Correspondent
  • Cathy Halloran - Mid West Correspondent
  • Tony Connelly - Europe Correspondent
  • Paul Cunningham - Environment Correspondent
  • John Kilraine - Dublin Correspondent
  • Joe Little - Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent
  • David McCullough - Political Correspondent
  • Ingrid Miley - Industry & Employment Correspondent
  • Joe O'Brien - Agriculture & Food Correspondent
  • Paul Reynolds - Crime Correspondent
  • Damien Tiernan - South East Correspondent
  • Richard Dowling - North East Correspondent
  • Ciaran Mullooly - Midlands Correspondent
  • Eileen Magnier - North West Correspondent
  • Sinéad Crowley - Arts and Media Correspondent

[edit] Regional Reporters

  • Helen McInerney - South East Reporter
  • Jennie O'Sullivan - Southern Reporter
  • Brendan Wright - Northern Staff
  • Michael Fisher - Northern Staff
  • Declan McBennett - Northern Staff

[edit] Former newsreaders

  • Charles Mitchel - former newsreader
  • Maurice O'Doherty - former newsreader
  • Eammon Lawlor - former newsreader
  • Andy O'Mahony - former newsreader
  • Seán Duignan - former newsreader
  • Mary Kennedy - former newsreader
  • Michael Murphy - former newsreader
  • Vere Wynne-Jones - former Newsreader
  • Colm Connolly - former Newsreader

[edit] External links

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