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FAIR CITY WILL return to screens for four nights per week following previous concerns over the programme’s resources.
From 20 September, a new, extra episode will be aired on Friday every week after the crew returned to taping the soap opera this month, after working on RTÉ’s summer sports coverage.
The production of RTÉ’s flagship soap opera stopped temporarily in July and August so the crew could assist with coverage of the UEFA Euros 2024, the Olympics and the GAA All-Ireland Championships.
This decision sparked concerns among unions that the programme – which is celebrating 35 years on air this year – did not have enough resources for the taping of the show.
The station in April said that the crew would still be filming four episodes per week until July but only three would be aired per week so RTÉ had enough to continue showing the programme over the summer.
With the crew back taping the show, staff are still concerned that the programme will be outsourced at some point in the near future. The plans were included in the broadcaster’s new strategy in June that also detailed job cuts and salary caps.
The changes are part of a number of new measures the station is taking internally following the RTÉ payments scandal. Unions have said, however, that their workers will seek to block the “privatisation” of the soap opera.
Kevin Bakhurst, the station’s Director General, pushed back against the claims earlier this year. He reasoned that plans to outsource the production of The Late Late Show and Fair City would not be unlike how shows are currently produced externally.
Workers’ union Siptu argued that the station moving towards private ownership while “eroding conditions of employment”.
But Bakhurst said that every other drama television programme, except for Fair City, are outsourced to an independent production company and that RTÉ would still have editorial control once the bosses decide if the soap will be filmed elsewhere.
Fair City and The Late Late Show are to be moved off site, as the Montrose studios in Dublin are to undergo much-needed renovations. Third-party production companies will take over the taping of the shows but writing and editorial staff in RTÉ will remain.
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They will only get a slap on the wrist even if they are cought its just a waste of time trying the catch them. The justice system doesn’t care about victims they only care about rehabilitation of offenders even though its obvious that when offenders get to their teen years its way to late. Just punish them properly with lengthy sentances at least they are off the streets.
But Vincent if you lock them up how are those employed in the legal system going to make easy money?
I read last week that one judge topped the list with nearly 60K claimed in expenses. That’s a lot of sandwiches and coffee m’lud.
K so the cops shouldn’t do anything at all then ? Is this what you’re saying ?
exactly, they won’t get locked up for any length of time. More time and money wasted arresting, processing and sentencing them over and over and over again.
Why don’t the judges just give them a puppy or kitten and a 100 euro?
This is an ongoing thing with teenagers hanging around at night trying to be hard men what do you expect when you never see any guards patrolling the city at night…
Wouldn’t it be great if the cops spent as much time fighting real crime like this and patrolling the streets, as they do standing in bus lanes or with speed guns! Cops are only a revenue for the government, sure my mam doesn’t even go into town anymore because she doesn’t feel safe! Then cops wonder why you have an attitude towards them when you get pulled for been 5kph over the limit!
Go tell Tony Golden’s widow that, or Adrian O’Donohue’s widow, or say it to the garda that got stabbed in the leg last week; I’m sure they’d all love to hear how they were killed or seriously injured handing out speeding tickets.
Joe, Gardai would be far more productive if they weren’t catching the same fella’s over and over.
They would have tme to catch other criminals or investigate stuff they wouldn’t usually do.
A safe country…. ah sure what’s the point ;-)
Surely taxi drivers witnessed this. It’s a very busy part of Harold’s cross with lots of passing traffic and also lots of teens on bikes looking for trouble #dashcams
At night that is, not everyday
Fcuk that call batman
I love a bit of click bait in the morning.
wait til you get to the next article!
sorry , it was meant for the next article . :P
Bloody 3gs
Dublin has to be the most lawless city in Europe, I’d feel safer in West Belfast
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