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Radio News Releases - March 2010

NOW MIRIAM MEETS AND TWEETS NOW MIRIAM MEETS AND TWEETS Miriam O’Callaghan joined Twitter yesterday and already has 1005 followers. The Prime Time (RTÉ One) and Miriam Meets (RTÉ Radio 1) presenter joined the social networking and microblogging site after “resisting it” for a long time and has received an overwhelming response. Miriam made her first tweet at 6.00pm on […]
RTÉ RADIO LAUNCH NEW LEAGUE OF IRELAND SHOW AND PODCAST RTÉ Radio RTÉ RADIO LAUNCH NEW LEAGUE OF IRELAND SHOW AND PODCAST Tune into RTÉ Radio 1 Extra tonight at 6.30pm as Damien O’Meara launches The League Of Ireland Football Show. Also available worldwide as a podcast from rte.ie and through iTunes the programme will review all the weekend’s action in the Airtricity League of […]
CORK’S CAPPABUE NATIONAL SCHOOL TO PERFORM ON RTÉ RADIO RTÉ Radio CORK’S CAPPABUE NATIONAL SCHOOL TO PERFORM ON RTÉ RADIO Tune into RTÉ Junior this Thursday 1 April at 3pm as Cappabue National School, near Bantry, perform a special play called A Chocolate of Knowledge on RTÉ Junior, RTÉ’s new digital radio station for children. Cappabue National School’s Easter performance follows two very successful […]
GERRY RYAN SCOOPS FIRST FULL-YEAR SPONSORSHIP IN G.RYAN SHOW HISTORY RTÉ 2fm GERRY RYAN SCOOPS FIRST FULL-YEAR SPONSORSHIP IN G.RYAN SHOW HISTORY RTÉ 2fm Announces Vodafone as New Sponsor RTÉ 2fm today announced Vodafone At Home as the new sponsor of 2fm’s top-rating Gerry Ryan Show. The 12-month sponsorship deal begins today, Monday 29 March. Broadcasting in the popular weekday morning slot of 9am – […]
RTÉ RADIO 1’S THE TUBRIDY SHOW ANNOUNCE CURRENT TOP TEN GREATEST IRISH RTÉ Radio RTÉ RADIO 1’S THE TUBRIDY SHOW ANNOUNCE CURRENT TOP TEN GREATEST IRISH This morning on RTÉ Radio 1’s The Tubridy Show, Ryan announced the current top 10 in an online poll to select the greatest Irish figures in this country’s history. The poll opened on RTÉ’s Ireland’s Greatest website www.rte.ie/tv/irelandsgreatest at the end […]
MIRIAM MEETS…COUSINS SENATOR FERGAL QUINN AND RUAIRI QUINN RTÉ Radio 1 MIRIAM MEETS…COUSINS SENATOR FERGAL QUINN AND RUAIRI QUINN This week’s guests on Miriam Meets…. this Sunday on RTÉ Radio 1 at 10am are first cousins, Senator Fergal and Deputy Ruairi Quinn. In this in depth interview they speak about their grandfather John Quinn, a grocer who had made his fortune as an […]
RTÉ RADIO 1’S MIRIAM MEETS……THE FUREYS THIS SUNDAY RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ RADIO 1’S MIRIAM MEETS……THE FUREYS THIS SUNDAY This week on RTÉ Radio 1’s Miriam Meets….. presenter Miriam O’ Callaghan talks to musician Finbar Furey and his son Martin, who is currently on tour with his folk band The High Kings. In a wide ranging interview, Martin talks to Miriam about growing […]
DAVID GRAY HITS THE CELEB SUNDAY HOTSEAT ON RTÉ 2FM RTÉ 2fm DAVID GRAY HITS THE CELEB SUNDAY HOTSEAT ON RTÉ 2FM It’s the programme that had the world talking: Nicky Byrne’s Celebrity Sunday proved a worldwide smash on Twitter, trending as high as number 3 internationally as thousands of fans around the globe tuned in online. Now the Celebrity Sunday train moves on and […]
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2010 on RTÉ Radio 1 SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE 2010 ON RTÉ RADIO Seachtain na Gaeilge is an annual festival promoting the use of the Irish language both at home and abroad, taking place this year between the 5th – 17th March. With events ranging from simple conversational evenings to street céilís, blind-dating to surfing lessons ‘as Gaeilge’, Seachtain na Gaeilge […]
MIRIAM MEETS… CONOR MCPHERSON AND BILLY ROCHE ON RTÉ RADIO 1 RTÉ Radio 1 MIRIAM MEETS… CONOR MCPHERSON AND BILLY ROCHE ON RTÉ RADIO 1 At 10am this Sunday 14 March on RTÉ Radio 1 Miriam Meets… playwrights Conor McPherson and Billy Roche. In this interview they talk candidly to Miriam about how they met, their friendship, religion, alcohol and their shared passion for music and […]