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11 unusual facts about Raidió Teilifís Éireann


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Fran Rooney was the subject of an RTÉ documentary in the Raging Bulls series, first broadcast on October 17, 2009.

Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir

Bernadette Ní Ghallchóir is an Irish television presenter and continuity announcer, she was a familier face of RTÉ between the late sixties and early eighties.

Bryan Dobson

Bryan Dobson (born 10 February 1960) is a Irish newscaster with RTÉ in Ireland.

Bryan MacDonald

Best known in Ireland for being the Dubliner's Diary columnist in The Evening Herald and theatre critic of The Daily Mail, he has also contributed to RTÉ, The Dubliner and Vanity Fair.

Dave Kennedy

Since 1995 Kennedy has been a Formula One commentator for Irish television, first with RTÉ and more recently with Setanta Sports.

Director-General of RTÉ

The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

Dolf van der Linden

Moreover, in the 1970 contest, held in Amsterdam, he was asked by RTÉ to step in and conduct "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana, another winner.

Garfield Kennedy

In 2006–2007, Kennedy series produced Young Peoples Programmes for Raidió Teilifís Éireann in Dublin, then produced and directed a film on the murder of British student, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia Italy in November 2007.

Rapid Roulette

The programme ran between 30 September 1986 and 6 March 1990 and was produced by Green Apple Productions, and later by Strongbow, for RTÉ.

RTÉ Board

The RTÉ Board is a seven-member body which makes policy and guiding corporate direction for RTÉ, Ireland's state public broadcaster.

Shay Byrne

In 2005, Byrne joint the Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann, after his wife spotted an advert for continuity announcers, he began working on shows with Ryan Tubridy and Derek Mooney.


Brush Shiels

He now appears regularly providing musical accompaniment on the Joe Duffy Liveline radio programme on RTÉ and still performs live around venues in the UK and Ireland.

Channel South

The company, which is headed by former Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) presenter David Harvey, also opened City Channels for Galway and Waterford in 2006, and this channel in time – together with City Channels Dublin and Waterford will have about 85% shared content with the rest being local content with Channel South operating 24 hours a day.

Damien Richardson

He is now a regular pundit on Monday Night Soccer on Raidió Teilifís Éireann, and is also a regular contributor to RTÉ Radio's coverage of Republic of Ireland international matches.

Dancehall Sweethearts

A video was recorded for Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ, of Horslips performing King of the Fairies, a set dance, Beatles-style on the roof of Bank of Ireland's headquarters in 1975.

Debbie McGee

In October 2004, McGee and her husband appeared on The Farm, Five's version of the RTÉ show Celebrity Farm.

Fiona Victory

Fiona Victory is the daughter of the Irish composer Gerard Victory, who was Head of Music for Raidió Teilifís Éireann.

Frank Feighan

He took part in the RTÉ charity show, You're a Star in 2006 to raise funds for a children's charity.

Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

The Irish broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), held a national final to select the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden.

John Crown

In November 2007 he was involved in a controversy with the state broadcaster RTÉ when he was unexpectedly dropped from a discussion panel on The Late Late Show.

Orla Guerin

Guerin joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) in 1987 and was their correspondent in Eastern Europe from 1990–1994, travelling widely and reporting from Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Sarajevo.

Paul Gogarty

From July to November 2011 Gogarty was involved in season 4 of the RTÉ television series Celebrity Bainisteoir managing Oughterard's Seamus Ó Máille GAA Club, Galway.

Seán Gallagher

He is the founder of the company Smarthomes and has featured as a panellist on RTÉ's Dragons' Den.

The Selection Box

The Selection Box was a talent search reality TV show produced by Adare Productions for RTÉ.

Tom O'Brannigan

Ó Brannagáin has been a TV presenter for many years on TG4 and Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), he has presented on various programmes including Hiudai, Pop TV, S.O.S., Echo Island, Telly Bingo, Open House, the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Delegation and most recently Glas Vegas.