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Waterford Whispers News (WWN) is an Irish satirical news website run by Colm Williamson and based in Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland.The site has been called Ireland's answer to U.S. satirical media company, The Onion, and has been the source of several satirical articles that gained international notability, including: North Korea Lands First Ever Man On The Sun, Confirms Central News ...
RTÉ One is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by RTÉ.It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ 1 upon the launch of RTÉ 2 in 1978.
RTÉ followed the BBC in having its news bulletins presented by a newsreader, who took no part on news gathering but simply read a script presented to them. [citation needed] Among the most prominent readers of the programme were Charles Mitchel and Maurice O'Doherty. Later presenters of the Nine O'Clock News included Don Cockburn and Derek Davis.
Ray Kennedy is an Irish news presenter and award winning journalist working for RTÉ, Ireland's national television and radio station, where he has presented the Nine O'Clock News since September 2023, having previously presented the weekend editions of the Six One News and One O'Clock News. He is former Ireland correspondent for Sky News in ...
Part One aired on 23 April 2006, and focuses on the immediate aftermath of the incident and the implications which may arise for the Irish population. The plot is released in the style of "breaking news" (from both RTÉ News and BBC News 24) and as footage captured by a documentary crew and various camera phone video clips from eyewitnesses.
An extended news bulletin takes up the first few minutes of the programme. This is then typically followed by a series of interviews. It finishes with sports news, business news, and a summary of news from around the regions. Lengthened editions are also aired on the occasion of major breaking news stories such as general elections or ...
Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown; 30 August 1950) [1] known professionally as Dana (/ ˈ d æ n ə /), is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician.. While still a schoolgirl she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with "All Kinds of Everything".
6–7 January – The most prolonged and destructive Irish storm in almost two decades, Superstorm Christine, struck Ireland and did considerable damage, particularly in western and southern coastal parts of the country, on the 175th anniversary of the Night of the Big Wind. The initial assessment of the value of destruction was up to €300m.