Annual Reports - RTÉ

RADIO TELEFÍS ÉIREANN
Charter (continued)
IRISH LANGUAGE COMMITMENTS (continued)
Commitments
Results
RTÉ RADIO (continued)
RTÉ lyric fm:
• 13 additional hours of Irish language programming to be
broadcast in 2007
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta:
• Multi-cultural music strand, presented in Irish, aimed at
new communities settling in this country
• Provide the RTÉ Guide with one dedicated Irish Language
feature per week
• Develop the content on the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
website
Achieved 7 additional hours of Irish Language Programming
with Ag Rince le Ceol - a new series in Irish in which guest
presenters chose their favourite pieces of music. The full
target was not achieved due to schedule changes.
Thar Tír Isteach went to air in February 2007 and is presented
from Belfast by Éamonn Ó Catháin. The programme has
concentrated specifically on the music of the ‘New Irish’
communities and has received positive critical and audience
response and was re-commissioned in 2008.
A weekly feature was provided by RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
to the RTÉ Guide throughout 2007. The features related
to scheduled programming, thematic treatments of Raidió
na Gaeltachta output and highlighted the work of selected
personalities and presenters.
During 2007 both textual and audio content of the RTÉ
Raidió na Gaeltachta website was constantly renewed with
a new emphasis on programme webpages and a significant
extension of our podcasting service.
RTÉ TELEVISION
RTÉ One:
• Commitment to building our Irish language output and
content during Seachtain na Gaeilge
Níos Gaelaí was the centre piece of RTÉ’s 2007 programming
for Seachtain na Gaeilge. This was a newly commissioned series
to mark this important annual event, and drew on the talents of
presenter Bob Kelly, well known from the popular RTÉ series No
Place Like Home. The series explored the concept of Irishness
with our new populations and was well received.
Later in the year, poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill was profiled as part
of the new Arts Lives series, an hour-long documentary on one
of Ireland’s best-known Irish language poets.
• Television commits to repeating Turas Teanga in 2007
RTÉ Two:
• The Den has a policy of using quite a lot of Irish across
its content, with a particular emphasis on the pre-school
content, where songs and stories regularly integrate Irish
words in a naturalistic way. Television IBD commits to
continuing this policy and Young Peoples will continue to
look at ways of ensuring its successful integration into
its output. In particular, the major focus on Irish during
Seachtain na Gaeilge will be replicated in 2007.
In the light of a planned new initiative both in production and
in language learning in 2008, it was decided that the repeat of
Turas Teanga would have a greater impact in 2008, in particular
in association with the new programming initiative In the Name
of the Fada. As Turas Teanga was a language course aimed at
learners with some proficiency, it will be of more use to viewers
and users when the new 2008 series has been transmitted.
This policy continued to be applied throughout 2007. In
addition, Fluffy Gardens, a 7 minute cartoon commissioned from
Monster Animation was commissioned in both English and Irish
language versions. The Irish language version of the full series
(40 episodes) was received in September 2007 and has been
played twice in Den Tots between September and December
2007 adding approximately 550 minutes of Irish language
programming to Young Peoples Programming schedule.
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