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Radio News Releases - September 2015

RTÉ RADIO 1 ANNOUNCES FRANCIS MACMANUS SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS 2015 RTÉ Radio 1   RTÉ RADIO 1 ANNOUNCES FRANCIS MACMANUS SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS 2015   RTÉ Radio 1 is delighted to announce that the winner of the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition 2015 is Eleanor O’Reilly for her story ‘Stoppin’ the Silence’. Dolores Walshe has been awarded second prize for her story ‘Small Yellow […]
New RTÉ Radio 1 programme The Leap of Faith is for listeners of all faiths and none RTÉ Radio 1     New RTÉ Radio 1 programme The Leap of Faith is for listeners of all faiths and none     This Friday 2nd October at 10pm, Michael Comyn will present the first programme in a new series, The Leap of Faith, on RTÉ Radio 1.   In a programme for people […]
RTÉ 2fm sends The Academic to Eurosonic 2016 RTÉ 2fm   RTÉ 2fm sends The Academic to Eurosonic 2016       RTÉ 2fm has nominated Mullingar four-piece The Academic to represent Ireland at Europe’s largest music industry event, Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, The Netherlands, which takes place 13 – 16 January 2016 for the 15th year in a row.   Creating quite […]
RTÉ Radio 1’s Countrywide launches book at the National Ploughing Championships Today RTÉ Radio 1   RTÉ Radio 1’s Countrywide launches book at the National Ploughing Championships Today   In association with the Irish Farmers Journal and Ballpoint Press   Earlier this year, a call went out on RTÉ Radio 1’s Countrywide (Saturdays, 8.10am) and in the Irish Farmers Journal for people to share their stories of […]
RTÉ RADIO 1 FRANCIS MAC MANUS SHORT STORY COMPETITION SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ RADIO 1 FRANCIS MAC MANUS SHORT STORY COMPETITION SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED RTÉ Radio 1 today announced a shortlist of 25 stories for the Francis Mac Manus Short Story Competition 2015. There were almost 700 entries for the 2015 competition and the judges commented that this year’s shortlist features ‘an eclectic range of styles […]
RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCHES LIVE AND EXCLUSIVE ON RTÉ RADIO 1 RTÉ Sport | RTÉ Radio 1    RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCHES LIVE AND EXCLUSIVE ON RTÉ RADIO 1     RTÉ Radio 1 will exclusively broadcast live radio coverage of Ireland’s match fixtures and the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final,  sponsored by the National Dairy Council. Starting this coming Saturday, RTÉ Radio 1 will have full […]
National Dairy Council announced as sponsor of live Rugby World Cup 2015 coverage on RTÉ Radio 1 and warm-up highlights on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player RTÉ Media Sales announce that the NDC has taken exclusive sponsorship of RTÉ Radio 1' s Rugby World Cup 2015 coverage and the Rugby World Cup 2015 warm up games across RTÉ2, RTÉ Player and RTÉ Radio 1.