Radio News Releases

RTÉ lyric fm launches Outreach 2016 RTÉ lyric fm   RTÉ lyric fm launches Outreach 2016   Callout for locations in Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford to host RTÉ lyric fm Quartet   RTÉ lyric fm is delighted to offer a new stream of outreach activity this year. Music for all Ages is an engaging and entertaining RTÉ lyric fm outreach programme of […]
RTÉ Reaches Almost 2 Million Radio Listeners Every Week RTÉ   RTÉ Reaches Almost 2 Million Radio Listeners Every Week   RTÉ Radio 1 reaches 900,000 on weekdays– highest 000’s reach since 2009   RTÉ continues to reach almost 2 million radio listeners with 1,919,000 or 53% of the Adult 15+ population tuning in every week. On Monday to Fridays RTÉ reaches almost 1.3 […]
Dublin and Kerry’s Allianz National Football League clash live on Saturday Sport This Saturday (30 January) a special Saturday Sport programme on RTÉ Radio 1 will feature live coverage from Croke Park as last year’s All Ireland finalists Dublin and Kerry renew hostilities in the Allianz National Football League. Presented live from Croke Park by Joanne Cantwell with commentary from Pauric Lodge and Martin McHugh and analysis […]
AMY HUBERMAN, AL PORTER, FRED COOKE, THE NUALAS, JOHN COLLEARY AND TARA FLYNN JOIN RTÉ RADIO 1’s RADIO COMEDY FESTIVAL RTÉ Radio 1   AMY HUBERMAN, AL PORTER, FRED COOKE, THE NUALAS, JOHN COLLEARY AND TARA FLYNN JOIN RTÉ RADIO 1’s RADIO COMEDY FESTIVAL  Full details of all broadcast dates will be available at rte.ie/comedyshowhouse RTÉ Radio 1’s Comedy Showhouse is being staged at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin from Sunday January 31st to Sunday February 7th […]
RTÉ Launches Commissioning Round for Independently Produced Radio Programmes in 2016 RTÉ     RTÉ Launches Commissioning Round for Independently Produced Radio Programmes in 2016     RTÉ will tomorrow call out for independent radio producers to apply for commissions for programmes to air across RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta during 2016.   The launch will take place […]
SOAK announced as European Border Breakers Award winner live on RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2fm     SOAK announced as European Border Breakers Award winner live on RTÉ 2fm   WATCH: https://youtu.be/gzm0xxKBDuMThe Derry-born singer performs live on The Nicky Byrne Show with Jenny Greene   This morning on RTÉ 2fm’s Nicky Byrne Show with Jenny Greene, Derry-born singer-songwriter SOAK was announced as the Irish winner of the European Border Breaker Awards […]
RTÉ Radio 1’s Liveline’s Hugely Successful Fiver Friday goes Festive RTÉ Radio 1    RTÉ Radio 1’s Liveline’s Hugely Successful Fiver Friday goes Festive     On Friday 4 December 2015, Liveline’s Festive Fiver Friday returns to the nation.   In July 2011, Joe Duffy’s Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 came up with a simple but effective idea to help businesses across the country. Fiver […]
MINISTER FOR HEALTH LEO VARADKAR ENCOURAGES 20 BRAVE HOPEFULS HOPING TO BECOME RTÉ OPERATION TRANSFORMATION LEADERS RTÉ MINISTER FOR HEALTH LEO VARADKAR ENCOURAGES 20 BRAVE HOPEFULS HOPING TO BECOME RTÉ OPERATION TRANSFORMATION LEADERS  Today, Thursday 12 November, saw 20 hopeful candidates inch one step closer to becoming an Operation Transformation leader. Candidates from all over Ireland gathered together for the first time in Sportslink Sports & Social Club in Santry to […]
Documentary on One Investigates Rumours that Cork Novelist Elizabeth Bowen was a British Spy RTÉ Radio 1   Documentary on One Investigates Rumours that Cork Novelist Elizabeth Bowen was a British Spy   Elizabeth Bowen was a famous novelist and a much-loved landlord of her ancestral estate, Bowenscourt in North Cork.   But was she more – was she a British spy? This week’s Documentary on One: The Brits, […]
RTÉ wins Current Affairs Award from Association for International Broadcasting RTÉ News & Current Affairs     RTÉ wins Current Affairs Award from Association for International Broadcasting     RTÉ’s series Voices has been awarded Best Radio Current Affairs Documentary at the prestigious Association for International Broadcasting Awards (AIBs) in London last night.   Created, written and produced by RTÉ News journalist Evelyn McClafferty, Voices […]