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Saturday 15 August, 2020
The staff cuts contributed to cost reductions of €18 million last year but the station still reported a net deficit of €65.2 million last year.
All changed, changed utterly.
Pat Rabbitte’s doing a formal broadcast from RTÉ – but to give you a taster, this is what it looked like when BBC stopped.
The analogue TV series is being turned off on Wednesday. Are you one of the 100,000 households who hasn’t switched yet?
With the switchover deadline just 14 days away, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has urged the public not to wait until the last minute.
The digital switchover means the traditional colour-on-black pages will be a thing of the past. Here’s what we’ll miss.
Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you kick off your week…
The service, which allows viewers to catch-up on some RTÉ and TV3 programmes, will be accessible for an additional 188,000 customers from next week.
The analogue TV signal is being turned off in October. Why is that – and what do you need to do to stay tuned?
We’ll all be switching to digital TV in a few months – but what does that mean? A new campaign aims to fill us in.
The McDonald’s Channel will be broadcast in restaurants across the US.
Minister Pat Rabbitte today announced that analogue television services will be switched off on 24 October 2012: we’re asking, are you ready for digital TV?
The Minister for Communications has confirmed that the analogue TV signal will be switched off on 24 October 2012.
The free digital TV service advises customers that they don’t offer door-to-door sales, and warns people about visitors.
All the day’s news, and the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Ireland’s answer to Freeview, called ‘Saorview’, will ultimately replace the current analogue TV broadcast system.
The cable TV operator says its agreement to carry ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 runs out at midnight, and the channels will go.
Communications minister Pat Carey gives his blessing for five new digital channels – but TV3 is “shocked” by the news.
Minister Eamon Ryan says digital switchover in 2012 could net Ireland €500m by allowing more mobile and broadband services.
DIGITAL TV will commence in Ireland in October. RTÉ is investing up to €70m in the operation that will provide up to nine channels (RTÉ, TV3, TG4 etc) including a digital teletext service. While the service will be available throughout the country customers will have to purchase a set-top box for €100 to use the service.
THE STORY OF Covid-19 in Ireland can’t be told without also talking about the amount of misinformation that was shared about it.
Today and tomorrow, TheJournal.ie is publishing a series of articles exploring how misinformation exploded in Ireland in recent months.
Incorrect information – about topics such as lockdowns and the deaths of healthcare workers – was widely shared, often by people who believed it was true at the time.
We want to know: Have you sent or received misinformation online?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
There was jubilation this week when cousins Sara Feeney and Ellen Glynn were found off Inis Oirr.
A chicken pie, baked camembert and a soothing sorbet for you to try at home.
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
A morning thunderstorm; variably cloudy
Max: 20 °C
Min: 14 °C
Periods of rain and a thunderstorm
Max: 17 °C
Min: 13 °C
Periods of rain
Max: 17 °C
Min: 13 °C
