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# current affairs

All time
# Not the News
Here is the week's news... skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: The Government’s You Retire, We Rehire policy; Israel to take on Ireland; the second referendum that won’t happen will be held on 22 June.
# Not the News
Here's the week's news... skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: Continuity Irish Dancers turn vicious over ringlets row; 12 million bungalows for Athlone; Michael Noonan takes Miss Ireland crown as ‘warning’…
# Not the News
Here is the week's news... skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: A Garda sat-nav cult and Phil Hogan scales Liberty Hall, Lucinda in paw.
# Not the News
Here's the week's news... skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: Cash for Water Meters outlets and the three top causes of unwanted pregnancies.
# Not the News
Here is the week’s news… skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: Government ministers hearing voices (one in particular); schools cut out children altogether; cars feel confined by parking spaces.
# standards
RTE brought in new journalism guidelines today - what's in them?
RTE editorial staff will be trained in the new guidelines, including how they should use social media and the internet in their reporting.
# RTÉ
RTÉ: Full statement on "two very serious editorial failures"
Director General Noel Curran’s on ‘rebuilding trust’ between the State broadcaster and its audience. “They also expect that we do not lose our nerve…”
# Mistake
ITV reprimanded for mistakenly showing 'IRA' video game footage
The UK media regulator said ITV “breached audience trust” by showing footage purporting to be of an IRA attack – but which actually came from a video game.
# square eyes
TV's most popular: The Eurovision, leaders' debate and... Mrs Brown's Boys
RTE broadcast 48 of the 50 most-watched TV moments so far this year as current affairs, comedy, soaps and State visits had us glued to the box.
# VINB
While VinB is away... Sarah Carey will play
… and Mary O’Rourke, Ger Colleran, David Norris, Sam Smyth… The full line-up in the TV3 late night hotseat this summer.
# Media
More people get news online than through newspapers: Survey
More people accessed news online than through newspapers last year – for the first time ever – according to a new survey by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism.
# RTÉ
RTE refuse to confirm they are planning rival show to Vincent Browne
Nothing has been decided yet says RTE as it gears up for “wide-ranging” programming to cover the general election.