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Radio News Releases - April 2009

WINNERS OF THE RTÉ RADIO 1 SHORT STORY COMPETITION ANNOUNCED – IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS MACMANUS RTÉ Radio WINNERS OF THE RTÉ RADIO 1 SHORT STORY COMPETITION ANNOUNCED IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS MACMANUS The RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in Memory of Francis MacManus was founded in 1985 to promote and encourage creative writing for radio. Over the years the short story competition has resulted in the broadcast of more […]
SENATOR DAVID NORRIS TALKS ABOUT DECRIMINALISING HOMOSEXUALITY ON RTÉ PULSE RTÉ Radio SENATOR DAVID NORRIS TALKS ABOUT DECRIMINALISING HOMOSEXUALITY ON RTÉ PULSE Tune into RTÉ Pulse this Wednesday 29 April 2009 at 8.00pm as presenter Scott De Buitléir interviews Senator David Norris in a special edition of The Cosmo – kicking off Gay Wednesdays on RTÉ Pulse. Senator Norris discusses life in Ireland before homosexuality […]
RTÉ RADIO 1 DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT MONIVEA HOUSE FAMILY SAGA RTÉ Radio RTÉ RADIO 1 DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT MONIVEA HOUSE FAMILY SAGA At 6.05pm on Monday 4 May the Documentary on One on RTÉ Radio 1 examines the saga surrounding the ffrench family and Monivea House in The Ffrench Connection. Presented by Kate Russell, The ffrench Connection is the story of two great estates, one […]
COLM & JIM-JIM JOIN RTÉ JUNIOR RTÉ Radio COLM & JIM-JIM JOIN RTÉ JUNIOR RTÉ 2fm’s Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show loves kids. They have them on the show almost every day. They like kids so much they’ve decided to put them on again every weekend in a new slot called Colm & Jim-Jim’s Kids. The compilation of the best of […]
RTÉ RADIO 1’S EAMON DUNPHY INTERVIEWS NEIL JORDAN RTÉ Radio RTÉ RADIO 1’S EAMON DUNPHY INTERVIEWS NEIL JORDAN Writer and film director Neil Jordan is the guest on Conversations with Eamon Dunphy on RTÉ Radio 1 tomorrow at 9.10am. He discusses his childhood in Sligo and Dublin, his cultural and family influences growing up, his father’s early opposition to his writing, and a […]
RTÉ RADIO 1 SHORT STORY COMPETITION IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS MACMANUS The RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in Memory of Francis MacManus was founded in 1985 to promote and encourage creative writing for radio. Over the years the short story competition has resulted in the broadcast of more than 500 stories by new and emerging writers and has set many authors on the path to […]