Broadcaster and author Mark Little will formally accept honourary membership of the Society on Monday 8th March. Mr. Little began is career in journalism working for The Sunday Business Post. He was then hired as a TV reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs in 1991. By 1995 he was RTÉ’s first Washington Correspondent.
Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has put a stay on the appointment of candidates recommended by an Oireachtas committee to the boards of both RTÉ and the new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) because of a legal difficulty that has emerged. In what has been portrayed as an “embarrassing cock-up” by the Opposition, Mr Ryan [...]
RTE reporter Charlie Bird is to return to Ireland less than two years into an expected four-year stint as Washington correspondent in the US. Formal discussions have already taken place between Mr Bird (60) and his RTE bosses about the switch, while the Washington correspondent will lift the lid on his miserable time in the [...]
Ryan Tubridy’s first Late Late Toy Show was the most watched programme of the decade on RTÉ, according to figures released today. The presenter, who was widely praised for his handling of the programme, wiped the floor with the other competition, pulling in 1.38 million viewers. One of his predecessors, Gay Byrne, hosted the second-most [...]
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