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Forbes resigns from RTÉ

Following the uncovering of undisclosed payments to RTÉ’s top earner Ryan Tubridy, the broadcaster’s Director General Dee Forbes issued a statement and tendered her resignation “with immediate effect”. RTÉ has previously announced that Forbes had been suspended from her role. Minister for Media Catherine Martin has announced an external review of governance and culture at […]

June 26, 2023

RTÉ suspends DG for secret payments

RTÉ, Ireland’s national broadcaster, has suspended its director general over secret payments of €345,000. The board suspended Dee Forbes after the payments to TV and radio presenter Ryan Tubridy, between 2017 and 2020, came to light in an internal audit. The board apologised for what it said was a betrayal of public trust. Catherine Martin, […]

June 23, 2023

Heavy fine for Sky Sports infringer

Following successful legal action taken by Sky, a licensee in Donegal, Ireland, has been ordered to pay €16,188 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in their premises. A permanent court injunction prohibiting the licensee from showing Sky programming in the premises without the correct commercial viewing agreement from Sky […]

June 20, 2023By Colin Mann

Irish media regulator sets out work programme

Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s newly-established media regulator and media development agency, has set out its work programme for the coming nine months. Highlights include: For the first time, online service providers will have legally binding obligations to take steps that make the Internet safer for everyone. Regulation will be extended to cover on-demand services, as […]

June 20, 2023By Colin Mann

Virgin Ireland launches 2Gb fibre

Virgin Media Ireland is launching 2Gbps fibre broadband in towns including Tralee, Killarney and Letterkenny, and continuing fibre network upgrades in areas such as Dublin, Cork and Louth. It says this is a milestone in its three-year transition to a full fibre network: at the end of 2021, it pledged to invest €200 million to […]

June 1, 2023By Sanjeev Bhavnani

ITV, Adylic, OMD and Tourism Ireland launch dynamic creative campaign

ITV, Adylic, OMD and Tourism Ireland have partnered to create a brand-new data-driven dynamic creative campaign on ITVX using Planet V, ITV’s programmatic video advertising platform, which will tailor the messaging that viewers see based on selected ITVX audience and contextual data sets. This is the first time that the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster has […]

April 25, 2023

The Tourist season 2 starts shooting in Dublin

Filming has commenced in Dublin, Ireland, on the second season of The Tourist, for BBC One and iPlayer, in association with Stan, ZDF and All3Media International. The six-part thriller which is created and written by Jack and Harry Williams, is produced by Two Brothers Pictures (Baptiste, The Missing, Fleabag). Joining the BAFTA and Golden Globe […]

April 13, 2023

Graham Norton fronts Irish Original for Prime Video

Prime Video will launch its first Irish Original series, LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland, which will be hosted by the globally renowned presenter Graham Norton. The series will be filmed entirely in Ireland and will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide in 2024. Norton commented: “I’m thrilled […]

April 5, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Love Without Walls set for UK & EIRE in June

Hidden Door Productions and Bulldog Film Distribution have confirmed that their upcoming romantic music-drama, Love Without Walls, will be released in UK & Irish cinemas from June 9th, alongside special Q&A screenings with Director Jane Gull and lead actors Niall McNamee and Shana Swash. This news is fresh from the film’s World Premiere at Manchester Film […]

April 4, 2023

WBD UK announces discovery+ commissions

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced a slate of new and returning shows in the UK & Ireland, which will be released on discovery+ and across its linear networks in 2023 and 2024. Richard Hammond, together with his team at the Smallest Cog, will be returning to the Workshop for third and fourth seasons of […]

March 28, 2023