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Manifesto media pledges — ‘Netflix levy’, legal reform in 100 days and €500m a year for RTÉ
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Television: It takes a while to get going and is not without flaws, but this show is good enough to almost convince us our native tongue is in everyday use
Media regulator to carry out regular reviews into RTÉ public funding under new proposed reforms
Legislation will ‘enhance accountability, transparency and value-for-money in our public service media’, says Minister
‘We used to be invisible as Irish speakers in Belfast but there’s a new confidence now to shout it from the rooftops’
Children’s writer Máire Zepf talks about her books and TV work, and how Kneecap bringing ‘beautiful, real Belfast Irish’ to the big screen has been powerful
Ciarán Murphy: If the revolution will be televised, why not mic up the referee?
If the GAA's Football Review Committee wants a more entertaining spectacle, then referees and coaches should have microphones during the upcoming interprovincial games
Budget 2025 could be both big and disappointing news for Irish media
Government’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while tax credits talk is rarely too far away
Six championship matches, free to air on TG4, would be a gift from the GAA to itself
Denis Walsh: Pitching for the package rights to six GAA championship games will be a stretch for TG4 but if they come looking for that package, they should get it
GAA open up rights to championship games currently shown by GAAGo
The GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ for media rights, potentially opening up the market for the likes of Virgin Media, TG4 or Sky
GAA club buys prime site for playing field beside Dunnes Stores’ Cornelscourt complex in south Dublin
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TG4 seeks €13.6m to set up news operation free of RTÉ editorial control
News service provided by RTÉ to TG4 is ‘no longer fit for purpose’, says TG4 boss Alan Esslemont
Lessons for advertisers on how new rules on Irish-language ads will work
Public bodies must ensure that at least 20% of advertising placed is in the Irish language, and at least 5% of budget must be spent on Irish-language media
Greater investment in Irish language and Gaeltacht urged in budget
Lobbies propose €57m for increased Gaeltacht and Irish spending, including extra €26m for TG4
Charlie Lennon obituary: Influential composer and musician who never stopped learning
From Bantry to Boston, the fiddler's tunes can be heard occupying a central role in most sessions
Nicky Rackard’s impact remembered in TG4 show
Wexford legend was key member of the teams that won All-Irelands in hurling’s Golden Age
Conan O’Brien on Ros na Rún review: Comedian finds his niche as a disappointed Irish-American balloon-seller
Television: TG4 has delivered a nice cameo moment in an otherwise wild show
Fresh drama at RTÉ: Can the broadcaster still afford to make landmark Irish television?
No ghosts, vampires or mummies, RTÉ has told pitching producers. But as it plots its way out of its financial crisis, what type of stories is it bringing to viewers?
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch this week
April 6th-12th: From Michael Douglas in Franklin to the big reveal in Home of the Year
Ireland’s holy wells: Manchán Magan reminds us why traditions should be cherished
Television: Irish landscape whisperer Magan addresses a singularly Irish subject – nobody does saintly relics like we do – with impressive gusto
Caillte san Úcráin review: Finbar Cafferkey film is a riveting portrait of left-wing Irishman who was killed in Ukraine
Television review: TG4’s documentary rigorously tracks Finbar Cafferkey Cafferkey’s journey from Mayo to Bakhmut but fails to deliver any real sense of him as a person
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
Including Andrew Trimble: For Ulster and Ireland, High Road Low Road and more
Templemore Garda fitness test: How hard can it be?
Garda management have refused to compromise on the rigours of fitness test to join the force
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
Including the series finale of The Tourist, Chinook: Zulu Delta 576 and Selling Ireland’s Dream Homes
After 24 years telling players’ stories, Laochra Gael reaches a milestone
The TG4 series, Laochra Gael, which has become an invaluable archive of modern Gaelic games, will broadcast its 200th episode this March
Sinn Féin complained about ‘painfully slow’ availability of TG4 in the North
State papers: Gerry Adams wrote to Irish and British governments about the TG4 issue in 2000, citing commitments in the Belfast Agreement
Rún na Bóinne: Evidence of a possible second chamber uncovered at Newgrange
Television review: Parts of the documentary remind us of the sheer strangeness of Irish folklore
Death, tax credits and great lines underpin quietly stellar year for Irish TV drama
Obituary, Northern Lights, The Dry and Blue Lights brought a critical mass of quality to our screens in 2023, but future is far from certain
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
From new Dublin-based drama Northern Lights to Louis Theroux’s interview with reformed hellraiser Pete Doherty
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning Sunday night
From Liz Bonnin’s Caribbean adventure to the true story of an Irish serial killer in London
Kielys’ ‘temple of opulence’ Ballsbridge apartment put up for sale at €1.75m
Powerscourt and Labour Party conference, Eoghan McCabe and interior design, TG4′s annual report, Stripe’s lobbying in Brussels, Fiona Muldoon’s UK roles and new festival of legal ideas
Irish language group seeks urgent meeting with Catherine Martin
Disappointment in sector at additional allocation of €4.2 million in Budget 2024
Budget 2024: Improved screen tax credit will attract bigger productions to Ireland, says industry
Screen Ireland welcomes increase in expenditure cap to €125m amid ‘all-time high’ for film and TV budgets
Leo Varadkar needs better cultural reference points than Benefits Street
It was a jaw-dropping moment that makes you wonder about the cultural diet of our political leaders. Never mind: here are some recommendations to get them back on track
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
From boozing Boris in Partygate to the treacherous tech-fuelled modern dating game in Fool for Love
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