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A REVIEW OF which sporting and cultural events should be available on free-to-air television in Ireland has been announced by government.
Under current legislation, a review of which events are deemed of “major importance to society’ and should be broadcast is undertaken every three years.
In 2011, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte decided the current list of Designated Events was sufficient and it remained unchanged.
It currently consists of:
These are earmarked for ‘live coverage’, while Ireland’s games in the Six Nations Rugby Football Championship are also contained on the list on a “deferred basis”, meaning they can be broadcast at a later date.
“It is important that national events which are of great significance to Ireland be shown free to air and be available for us all to enjoy,” Minister Rabbitte said.
I would urge all interested parties and members of the public to submit their views to my Department, which I will ensure are considered and will assist me in making my decision.
Fine Gael TD and Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications, John O’Mahony said the recent Sky GAA deal highlights the importance of free-to-air programming.
“I believe that provincial GAA finals should be designated as free to air and this process enables us to ensure that such events are designated accordingly,” he said.
State broadcaster RTÉ came under fire this week for its decision to not show live coverage of the National Special Olympics, taking place in Limerick this month.
“In a time when we say we want to promote equality and inclusion in our country,” Labour Senator Mary Moran said, “I feel we owe it to our 1,500 athletes, to the 3000 volunteers and the thousands of spectators and family members who will attend the games.”
Ryle Nugent, Group Head of Sport at RTÉ, said that the state broadcaster recognised the “importance of the games” but has never broadcast them live, citing a lack of resources.
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Hi Niall,
If you click on the slideshow, each slide has a caption that explains a different point. Can you see the slideshow?
If not, let us know what device you are viewing it on. It’s working on desktop and I’ve just checked it on iOs
and Android and it seems fine there too?
I’m still getting used to this new media way of viewing information! Sorry guys thanks
No problem!
Ummm… What’s it got to do with the Internet? It’s about a pirate TV channel. These were pretty common place all across the US in the 70s & 80s.
It was an absolute SHITE film then and now!! [
Apart from Debbie Harry that is]. Its one of those films you can take whatever meanings you want to out of it or none at all.I took from it that whoever wrote it was on drugs when he wrote the script.
Very weak connections considering the movie focuses on the cathode ray tube being mystical. The addiction and effects are based on a scientist experimental beams.
Not exactly predictions to anything.
Scanners. Cronebergs masterpiece. Eastern Promises underated too
cronenberg is a body horror master, crash, the fly, rabid, scanners etc,etc.
I have loved his recent progression to more drama like material like eastern promise, history of violence & a dangerous method. didn’t like cosmopolis
history of violence was fantastic too!
Debbie Harry yes yes and yes! The movie was terrible.
Long live the new flesh!
Might be a Sh1t movie but a hell of a lot better then any Iris made Movie. and I wonder where internet comes into play it this story.
I will read over it and over it never know it might be in there somewhere in hidden files.
Better than The Snapper? To name but one!
It’s medication time Declan, open wide and swallow.
I think you’ll find Michelle he said ‘Iris made’ One can only assume he was referring to East German filmmaker Iris Gusner
Furthermore: could we all stop talking about the Snapper please? Yes, its just about better than Videodrome but then a documentary about whale sh*te would be too.
Tony la plonk
declan, exactly what is your problem with Irish movies????
you have yet to give any reasons, so stop trolling!!!
@ Michelle: snappy comeback
There’s hardly any link between Videodrome and the internet.
Brian O’Blivion. That about says it all. I expect the author of this wrote it while watching porn with his free hand.
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