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RADIO TELEFÍS ÉIREANN Operational Review RTÉ News and Current Affairs Home Coverage In the News and Current Affairs IBD much of the focus in the first part of the year was on the political upheaval which included the unexpected resignation of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach; the election of Brian Cowen as Taoiseach, the Lisbon Treaty referendum and the aftermath. The second part of the year was dominated by the extraordinary changes in economic conditions at home and abroad - from the demise of the Celtic Tiger to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the efforts of the Government to deal with the banking crisis here. Special programmes included live coverage of the official opening of the Battle of the Boyne site and visitor centre by Dr Ian Paisley and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on his last day in office; the election of Brian Cowen as Taoiseach in the Dáil; and the state funeral of former President, Patrick Hillery. The Lisbon Treaty campaign and Referendum Results programme involved extended live coverage. This included special packages from our correspondents on the major issues that arose in the campaign, live debates and expert analysis from our Europe Editor, Sean Whelan, who was based in Dublin for the final weeks of the campaign. Other domestic stories covered during the year included gangland in-fighting in Limerick and Dublin; the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity; a number of high profile murder trials including that of Brian Kearney; undiagnosed cancer cases in Ennis and Galway; unseasonal severe flooding in August; and the demise of the Progressive Democrats. Foreign Coverage 2008 was dominated by two major events - the US Presidential election and the Beijing Olympics. US election coverage provided by our Washington Correspondent Robert Shortt was augmented by Charlie Bird’s reports from Barack Obama’s Chicago base, while Myles Dungan was in John McCain’s home state of Arizona. Six One News and Morning Ireland broadcast a number of special programmes from Washington and other parts of the US during the election period. RTÉ’s decision to set up a Beijing bureau a year before the Olympics allowed it to build-up to the games in August with news stories and features from correspondent Margaret Ward. It also allowed RTÉ to mobilise quickly when it came to covering the major earthquake in the Sichuan province in May. 16 Other highlights in 2008 included Richard Downes’ coverage of the turmoil and elections in Zimbabwe; Brian O’Connell’s reporting from Pakistan on the fallout from the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the subsequent elections, the Gaza story reported by Tony Connelly. The use of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) in sending reports from abroad has been used very successfully in 2008 – often eliminating the need for expensive satellite. It has been used for coverage from Beijing, Pakistan, Gaza, Chicago and for Nuacht coverage. Prime Time There were two series of Prime Time Investigates in May and December. In May, the issues covered were the crisis in our child protection and welfare services; teen bullying, the HSE and its management of Ireland’s health service and the current global prohibition policy on drugs. In December, the issues addressed were exploitation of migrant workers in Ireland; the Travelling community and the standard of consumer service in this country. In March, Prime Time broadcast an extended interview by RTÉ’s Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds with Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch which was watched by over 600,000 people and had an audience share of 45%; this very high figure for a Prime Time programme was surpassed in December by Prime Time Investigates on the Travelling Community, which attracted an audience of 773,000 people and had a share of 48%. This was the highest rating for the award-winning documentary series since it began in 2003. RTÉ Nuacht The service based in Baile na hAbhann in Connemara had a complete infrastructural overhaul of its Newsroom in 2008. This is the first of two phases which will result in both RTÉ and TG4 Nuacht being broadcast from Connemara in 2009. Installation of a completely automated news transmission system has been completed. Five Nuacht journalists became full time video journalists in 2008. They mainly work by themselves as news gatherers, video editors, and camera persons.This has helped extend the Nuacht coverage in places like West Kerry and increased coverage in other areas like Kildare and Mayo. 2008’s Pobal Speisialta was hosted by the Spirasi community in Dublin, a focus point and service provider for the immigrant and asylumseeking communities. The programme was co-presented by Eloho Egwuterai from Nigeria and Nuacht’s Eibhlín Ní Choistealbha. Northern Ireland’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister, in the presence of Taoiseach Brian Cowen, opened the new home of the RTÉ Belfast studio at the Centre Point Building on Ormeau Avenue. US election coverage provided by our Washington Correspondent Robert Shortt was augmented by Charlie Bird’s reports from Barack Obama’s Chicago base, while Myles Dungan was in John McCain’s home state of Arizona. Bryan Dobson and Sharon Ní Bheoláin
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