RTÉ News

In addition to written content, virtually all of RTÉ s radio and television news programming since 1998 is subsequently made available in the form of RealPlayer audio and video clips which can be streamed, also, live news programming can be received live via streaming media in both Real Player and Windows Media Player formats. RTÉ News and Current Affairs (Irish: Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), is a major division of Raidió Teilifís Éireann responsible for news programming on television, radio and online within the Republic of Ireland.

It broadcasts in English, Irish and Irish Sign Language. On January 1, 1926, Radio Athlone started broadcasting 2RN. Seven Days had a production team with people such as Eoghan Harris, Brian Cleeve, Brian Farrell and John O Donoghue.

The station broadcasts all of RTÉ s news bulletins and current affairs programmes live; as well as live coverage of special events and breaking news. As Ireland is a predominantly English-speaking nation, international news channels (CNBC Europe, CNN International, EuroNews, France 24, BBC News, Sky News, etc.) compete with RTÉ with regards television news coverage of international events.

This demanded a larger schedule of current affairs. The 1990s saw the first Washington DC correspondent Mark Little, Teilifís na Gaeilge, RTÉ lyric fm and RTÉ.ie. As a major division Ireland s National Broadcaster, RTÉ News and Current Affairs provides a range of national and international news and current affairs programming in Ireland.

However, after complaints from within the governing Fianna Fáil party, the station aired an apology to the Taoiseach. Due to RTÉ cutbacks, instead of using satellite, reporters on foreign assignments were asked to send reports by internet link. On May 24, 1926, there was the first advertised news bulletin on 2RN.

All television news content is available on the Ireland-only RTÉ player for 21 days. On 12 June, 2008, RTÉ officially launched RTÉ News Now, a 24-hour live news service available around the world on RTÉ s website. When Telefís Éireann opened on December 31, 1961, Charles Mitchel read his first news bulletin on television.

Before all news bulletins were broadcast, the scripts of the bulletins were read over the phone to Head of the Government Information Bureau, Frank Gallagher. Censorship brought in under the Act was lifted on May 11, 1945. In December 1961, when Telefís Éireann moved into the new Montrose studios, the News Service was the first to move in.

It was Ireland s first radio station. However, the station also operates regional centres across Ireland and the world. RTÉ News faces competition from within Ireland and abroad.

Also in September 2003, all RTÉ news reports in English on all networks were rebranded to RTÉ News, ending the separate branding of News 2 and 2FM News. During the 2004 European Parliament election, Ivana Bacik, a Labour candidate for Dublin, appeared on three various RTÉ in the space of 24 hours, while others candidates reported never receiving phone calls from RTÉ unless they were involved in a particular controversy. RTÉ News and Current Affairs produces over 1000 hours of television programming and 2,000 hours of radio programming a year. In December 2008, RTÉ News moved out of their usual Studio Three In March 2009, RTÉ was involved in controversy over a report about the placing of naked paintings of Taoiseach Brian Cowen in two Dublin Art Galleries. In April 1966, Telefís Éireann s first flagship news programme was broadcast.

For local news TV3 News provides competition in the television sector; as do Independent Network News, Newstalk, Today FM and 4fm in the radio sector. The station is also a source of definitive commentary on current affairs.

New programmes Morning Ireland and Today Tonight were launched. The division also provides written news updates on RTÉ s teletext service, Aertel, RTÉ Mobile and RTÉ.ie. RTÉ News and Current Affairs television programmes include: English-language Irish-language Irish Sign Language The department also broadcasts numerous special programmes such as election coverage and breaking news bulletins. RTÉ News and Current Affairs radio programmes include: English-language Irish-language RTÉ News content is also available worldwide on the internet.

In 1967 the programme merged with another television programme, Division, and became 7 days. Initially, the station carried a television news report that displayed the pictures and treated the topic in a humorous light.

It is, by far, the largest and most popular news source in Ireland - with 77% of the Irish public regarding it as their main source of both Irish and international news. There is also a daily news bulletin in Irish Sign Language. It is currently only available online, and on some mobile phone service providers; and the Irish DTT system whenever it launces as a free-to-air channel. RTÉ have studios and offices in the following locations: North South West Dublin Midlands Regional Reporters Politics Industry and Employment .

Despite this competition however, RTÉ News remains the most popular source of news in Ireland. In September 2003 RTÉ News was merged with RTÉ Current Affairs to form RTÉ News and Current Affairs . It also provides up to the minute weather and business news. It broadcasts both Irish-language and English-language news programming.

Then on February 26, 1927, the first ever daily news report was broadcast on the station. During the The Emergency, because of the Emergency Powers Act 1939, media censorship of radio broadcasts effected news bulletins. The studios were still being completed, so construction work was heard during news bulletins.

RTÉ News is based at the RTÉ Television Complex in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland. When Radio Éireann and Telefís Éireann merged, RTÉ News was expanded, providing coverage to new stations RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTÉ Radio 2. In the early 1980s, in the space of two years, there were three general elections.

RTÉ s Beijing bureau was closed in June 2009. RTÉ News and Current Affairs is responsible for all the news bulletins on RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TG4, RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, and RTÉ Europe. RTÉ News continues as the brand on regular TV and radio news programming.