The following is a list of media available in the

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Television

Current channels

TG4

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, originally known as Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), broadcasts on terrestrial television in both the

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and

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. It has an annual budget of €34.5 million. The station has an audience of an average of 650,000 people each day in the Republic, a fifty per cent increase on what it was in the 1990s. The station's anchor shows are the long-running soap opera '' Ros na Rún'' (160,000 weekly viewership), popular teen drama '' Aifric'', nightly news programme '' Nuacht TG4'' (viewership circa. 8,000), current affairs programme ''

7 Lá ''7 Lá'' (''Seacht Lá'', meaning "seven days") is an Irish-language weekly current affairs show. All topics are discussed but particular focus is given to regional and Gaeltacht affairs. External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:7 La Irish-lang ...

'' and dubbed documentaries '' Fíorscéal''. Other popular programs include or have included a dating show, '' Eochair an ghrá'', a documentary about the Irish language abroad, ''Thar Sáile'', travel shows such as '' Amú Amigos'' (viewership 50,000), '' Seacht / Seven'' – a university drama set in Belfast (viewership 40,000), the dating game '' Paisean Faisean'', ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

'' in Irish, chat show '' Ardán'', talent show '' Nollaig No. 1'', and children's shows '' Cúla 4'' and ''

Síle Síle is a feminine Irish language given name, from which the anglicised form Sheila is derived. Bearers of the name * Síle Ní Mathgamna, died 1473. * Síle Ní Siurtáin, died 1485. * Síle Níc Ceallaigh, died 1486. * Síle Níc Carthaigh, di ...

''.

Cúla 4

Cúla 4 is a digital channel and carries TG4's strand of children's programmes. Programmes are broadcast MondaysSundays from 7am to 9am, then from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. At the Tourism and Sports post-Budget briefing, Minister Catherine Martin announced Cúla 4 will have its own TV channel launched by TG4. It's scheduled for 2023.

RTÉ One

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has one channel,

RTÉ One RTÉ One is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by RTÉ. It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''Telefís Éireann'' on 31 December 1961, it was renamed ''R ...

, which broadcasts Irish-language programmes such as news bulletin '' Nuacht RTÉ le TG4'' and new programmes every year such as documentaries of various scandals that rocked Ireland '' Scannal'' and community programme ''

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''. It was reported on Tuairisc.ie in 2018 that circa. 70,000 viewers watch Nuacht RTÉ every evening on RTÉ One.

RTÉ News

RTÉ News RTÉ News and Current Affairs (), also known simply as RTÉ News (''Nuacht RTÉ''), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster (RTÉ). Its services include local, national, European and international news, investigative ...

'' is a digital 24-hour news service available featuring national and international news. It broadcasts news mostly in the English language but also ''Nuacht TG4 le RTÉ'', the daily Irish language news bulletin on RTÉ ONE television and repeats Nuacht TG4 at 11:30 each night.

Houses of the Oireachtas Channel

Houses of the Oireachtas Channel or Oireachtas TV is a digital television channel in the Republic of Ireland which broadcasts live from both the Irish houses of parliament

Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann ( ; , ) is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas, which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.Article 15.1.2° of the Constitution of Ireland reads: "The Oireachtas shall co ...

and

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in Dublin and also broadcasts some Oireachtas committee meetings. It covers parliamentary debates in both official national languages English and Irish although it should be known that the vast bulk of Oireachtas debates take place through English.

BBC Two Northern Ireland BBC Two Northern Ireland is a Northern Irish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland as a variation of the BBC Two network. It is broadcast via digital terrestrial transmitters and from the SES Astra 2E satell ...

The Northern Irish variant of

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has its own Irish-language department producing some well-known programmes such as: music programme for young people '' Imeall Geall'', music programme '' Blas Ceoil'', youth drama '' Teenage Cics'', documentary '' Isteach Chun An Oileáin'', cartoon '' Na Dódaí'', interior-decor show '' Gaisce Gnó'' and community programme ''

Féile an Phobail Féile an Phobail (''The Community's Festival''), also known as the West Belfast Festival is a community arts organisation known for its ''August Féile'' (Festival). The organisation is prominent for its promotion of Irish and international cu ...

''. It is funded by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund which has been given £12 million over a five-year period.

Radio

Radio stations entirely in Irish

There are four radio stations that broadcast entirely in Irish:

National

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (; "Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is an Irish language radio station owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the inter ...

(RnaG) – a national radio station which is part of the

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franchise broadcasting throughout the entire island of Ireland with an annual budget of approximately €13 million similar in size to

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Youth

* Raidió Rí-Rá –

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-run youth-orientated chart music station, currently broadcasting on the

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and in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway on DAB. The station also broadcasts an hour long programme on weekday nights on Raidió na Gaeltachta and is the only youth radio station in a Celtic language. They hope to receive a national license to broadcast on FM.

Greater Dublin

* Raidió Na Life – community and community of interest radio station broadcasting in the

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area. The station seeks to get a national license from the

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to be able to broadcast across the Republic of Ireland on FM radio.

Greater Belfast

* Raidió Fáilte – community and community of interest radio station broadcasting in the Greater Belfast area. The station seeks to get a national license from

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to be able to broadcast across Northern Ireland on FM radio.

Online radio stations

* Raidió Rí-Rá – Conradh na Gaeilge-run Irish language chart music internet radio station which broadcasts in some areas on DAB. Conradh na Gaeilge hope for the station to receive funding and a national license for the station to broadcast across Ireland on FM.

Stations with daily/weekly Irish-language programming

Almost all other national, regional and local stations also have at least one (usually weekly) Irish-language programme such as the following radio stations: Outside Ireland: * 3ZZZ;

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Community Radio, Australia: Saturday and Sunday *

WFUV WFUV (90.7 FM) is a non–commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York. The station is owned by Fordham University, with studios on its Bronx campus and its antenna atop the nearby Montefiore Medical Center. WFUV first went on the ...

;

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Public Radio Station; Sunday morning National: *

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– They broadcast the news in Irish every day. *

RTÉ 2fm RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is an Irish radio station operated by RTÉ. The station specialises in current popular music and chart hits and is the second national radio station in Ireland. History The station commenc ...

– They have a couple of bilingual programmes. * RTÉ Pulse – ''The Cosmo Show'' (bilingual

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gay community and scene news) * RTÉ Junior *

Newstalk Newstalk (formerly NewsTalk 106) is a national independent radio station in Ireland. It is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Bauer Media Audio Ireland, and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Aut ...

''Splanc'' programme on Friday nights Regional / Community / Third Level: *

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– Foyle area *

Féile FM Féile FM was a community radio station based at Conway Mill in the Gaeltacht Quarter in west Belfast. The station first broadcast in July 1996 on a 28-day restricted service licence, operating as an outlet for the west Belfast community. With ...

– Belfast *

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daily Gaeilge show BBC

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– Northern Ireland *

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– County Dublin * Near FM – Dublin City North-East * Wired FM – County Limerick * Connemara Community Radio – County Galway * Cork Campus Radio – UCC Cork City *

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– County Galway * Liffey Sound FM – Lucan area Dublin * ICR FM – County Donegal *

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* Kfm – County Kildare *

South East Radio South East Radio is an Irish radio station based in County Wexford, broadcasting at 95.6; 96.2, and 96.4 MHz., The station also broadcasts on the same frequencies into adjoining counties - including Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford. South ...

– County Wexford * Midlands 103 *

Highland Radio Highland Radio is the local radio service for the County Donegal (North) franchise, operating under a licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). The station began broadcasting on 15 March 1990, and is franchised until 2024. Hea ...

– County Donegal * Galway Bay FM – County Galway * Ocean FM – County Sligo * Mid-West Radio – County Mayo * Shannonside FM – County Clare *

WLR FM WLR FM, or more commonly WLR (Waterford Local Radio) is the local radio station covering Waterford City and County, Ireland. It was named the IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organisation) "Local Station of the Year" in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024 ...

– County Waterford * Radio Kerry – County Kerry * Tipp FM – County Tipperary * Live 95FM – County Limerick * Clare FM – County Clare * Belfield FM – UCD Dublin * Red FM – County Cork * Phoenix 92.5FM – Dublin 15 * Westport Community Radio – County Mayo * Radió Corca Baiscinn – County Clare * Dundalk FM – County Louth * Iúr FM – County Down

''Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann'' and ''Giotaí''

A company called Digital Audio Productions specialising in all aspects of radio programming has created two very successful '' Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann'' and ''Giotaí'' brands of Irish-language radio programmes. ''Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann'' (''Ireland's Official Top 40'') is a new phenomenon, and it has become increasingly popular to hear the Irish Top 40 hits being presented entirely in Irish on what are regarded as English-language radio stations such as: *

East Coast FM East Coast FM (formerly known as BLB, Horizon FM, then East Coast Radio) is an Irish local radio station broadcasting from Bray, County Wicklow under a sound broadcasting contract from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland The station operates ...

* Galway Bay FM *

LMFM LMFM is an independent local radio station based in Drogheda, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In terms of listenership, It is the largest radio station in Ireland outside of Dublin and Cork (city), Cork broadcasting to a population in excess of 30 ...

* Midwest Radio *

* Red FM *

SPIN 1038 SPIN 1038 (or simply SPIN; pronounced "spin one-oh-three-eight") is a local radio station in Dublin, Ireland. It is owned by Bauer Media Audio Ireland and broadcasts on 103.8 FM under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Auth ...

* Spin South West * Wired FM

Print

Newspapers

Weekly

''Seachtain''
– weekly supplement with the ''Irish Independent'' (Wednesdays).

Newspapers with Irish-language columns

In addition to these, other newspapers which have Irish-language columns include: * ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading n ...

'' – weekly Irish-language page entitled ''Tuarascáil'' published on Mondays and they also publish these articles and other Irish-language articles and some Irish-language news in English on their ''Treibh'' Twitter account. * '' Irish News'' – Belfast-based daily newspaper for Northern Ireland; daily Irish-language pages * '' Andersonstown News'' – based in Belfast; Irish-language columns * '' Metro Éireann'' – Irish-language columns * '' Irish Daily Star'' – Irish-language column (Saturdays) * '' Irish Echo'' – Irish-language columns * '' Evening Echo'' – weekly Irish-language segment * '' The Connaught Telegraph'' – Irish-language columns * ''

The College View ''The College View'' is Dublin City University’s independent student newspaper, run voluntarily by students affiliated to DCU's Media Production Society. The newspaper was first published in 1999 after changing its name from ''The Bullsheet'' ...

'' – Dublin City University student newspaper; Irish-language columns * '' An t-Eagrán'' – Dublin Institute of Technology student newspaper; Irish-language segment * '' An Focal'' – University of Limerick student newspaper; Irish-language columns * ''The Nationalist'' (Carlow) – Weekly Irish-language segment fro
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Magazines

*'' An Gael'' (print and digital) – international literary journal based in the United States * ''An Gaeilgeoir'' * ''An Lúibín'' – Australian fortnightly newsletter (language, culture, environment, current affairs); see Irish Language Association of Australia website
''An Músgraigheach''
– 1943–1945 * ''An t-Eolaí'' – science magazine * ''

An Phoblacht ''An Phoblacht'' (Irish pronunciation: ; ) is a Sinn Féin-affiliated online Irish republicanism, Irish republican news platform which also publishes a quarterly print magazine format. Editorially the paper takes a Left-wing politics, left-wing ...

'' – Sinn Féin magazine- has Irish-language page * '' An tUltach'' – "Ulsterman" magazine- run by the Ulster branch of

(The Gaelic League). *
Beo
' – topical monthly online magazine (now available in archived form only) * ''Càrn'' * ''Celtica'' * '' Comhar'' – monthly literary and current affairs magazine * ''Cumasc'' * ''Éigse'' * '' Feasta'' – monthly literary and current affairs magazine *
Gaelscoil
' – education magazine
Glór Nua
- An independent, bilingual magazine celebrating contemporary Irish language and culture. * ''Harvard Celtic Colloquium'' – 1981–1994 * ''International Congress of Celtic Studies'' – 1959–1995 * ''Iris na Gaeilge'' – magazine from the society Irish Cambridge * ''Journal of Celtic Language Learning'' * ''Journal of Celtic Linguistics'' * ''Luimne'' – Mary Immaculate College magazine, 1999–2000 * ''Muintir Acla'' * ''

Nós ''Nós'' (, meaning "custom" or "trend") is an Irish language culture and lifestyle magazine. Launched online on 17 March 2008 during Seachtain na Gaeilge, it began publishing a glossy print edition in November of the same year. Run on a volu ...

'' – popular monthly youth magazine * ''Oghma'' *
Popnuacht
' – pop news *
Timire
' * ''Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie'' – 1987–1997 * '' Breac'' – An Chuallacht Ghaelach, UCC

Irish-language publishers

An t-Áis AonadCoiscéim

Cló Iar-ChonnachtLeabhar BreacCois Life TeorantaCOMHAR under the imprint ''Leabhair''COMHARAn GúmCló Mhaigh EoFuta Fata

An tSnáithid MhórCumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilgeAn Clóchomhar

Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireannAn SagartOllscoil Náisiúnta na hÉireann Má NuadForsaiSáirséal - Ó Marcaigh

Cumann Seanchas Ard MhachaSliabh an Fhiolair TeorantaCló Chaisil

Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta
(FÁS)
Glór na nGael

Oidhreacht Chorca DhuibhneÉabhlóidTimire

Irish language online book shops

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cnagsiopa.com
* Litríocht.ie �
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* Údar.ie �
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* An Siopa Gaeilge �

Multilingual Irish publishers

Cló MercierDedalus PressO'Brien PressArlen HouseKilmainham Tales Teo.

Autobiographies

Ainm.ie

E-Newspapers

Tuairisc.ie (news website)

E-Magazines

NÓS.ie Young people's contemporary culture and lifestyle online magazineRTÉ.ie GaeilgeGlór Nua

Social networking

Twitter in IrishFacebook in IrishGoogle in IrishGmail in IrishWordpress GaeilgeTearma.ie Terminology websitevBulletin version: 3.7.4 Internet forum software package

Online forums

Boards.ie (Learning Irish forum)Boards.ie Teach na nGealt (Irish language forum in Irish)Politics.ie (Political Irish-language forum including non-political discussion)Daon Phoblacht Chorcaí (Cork-based Irish-language forum)Slugger O'Toole (occasionally has articles in Irish)Daltaí na Gaeilge (U.S-based Irish language organisation with online discussion forum).

Dictionaries

Ó Dónaill & De Bhaldraithe (Gaeilge > Béarla Irish to English)

Pota Focal (ever expanding word and phrase dictionary)Duinnín (published in 1924 and still relevant)

Gogan (30,000 words not published in any other Irish to English dictionary)Tearma.ie (terminology dictionary)Dictionary of Irish language (Old and Middle Irish to English dictionary)Foclóir Nua (collecting and compiling ongoing)

Place name translator

Logainm.ie Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath/Dublin City Street Names

Encyclopedia

Vicipéid (Wikipedia in Irish)Focal.ie- Gateway to electronic resources for the Irish language

Print to voice

Abair.ie

Software

Lunguashop Com/irish Several computer software products have the option of an Irish-language interface. Prominent examples include

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Mozilla Thunderbird Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source email client that also functions as a personal information manager with a Digital calendar, calendar and contactbook, as well as an RSS feed reader, chat client (IRC/XMPP/Matrix (protocol), Matrix), ...

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and various language packs for Microsoft products including

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the most popular software for hosting online chat forums has an Irish-language option. The option of using it is available on PeoplesRepublicofCork.com.

Video games

In 2012 Derry City-based independent developer Black Market Games released '' Dead Hungry Diner'', a fast-paced action-puzzler video game. An Irish-language version of ''Dead Hungry Diner'', in conjunction with

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, was subsequently made available for free from Black Market Games' website, with the intent of promoting learning through Irish. This is credited as being the first commercial video game to be released in Irish. Minecraft has an Irish language option in a game released in 2012 in version 1.3.1. In 2015 the video game developer

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released a remake of the 1980s PC platformer,

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, featuring Irish as one of its languages. Romero currently resides and works in

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. Another game on which Romero was a key developer –

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– was used in 2005 by a fan called Benvolio to make a mod entirely in the Irish language
Bunny Basher 2
In July 2021 Among Us launched the official Irish language translation of the game.

Mobile technology

In 2008 the mobile phone maker

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said that it would create a mobile phone specifically for the Irish-language market, which would include Irish-language predictive text. Later that year Samsung announced that all of its new phones launched from 2009 onwards would have "Gael Fón" – a feature allowing Irish as a language option, including predictive text, which was developed by the company – as standard. Since 2012, Adaptxt, a predictive texting app for Android, also includes Irish as an available language.

Irish language apps

TeachMe! Irish * Abair leat (Irish language social networking site app) * Ag Sparoi le Claude * Aibítear na nAinmhithe agus na nÉan * An Chraic * Bábóg Baby
Cliúsaíocht as Gaeilge
* Cúla 4 * CúlaCaint * Cúlacaint2 * Enjoy Irish * Get the Focal * Greann Gaeilge * Mo Shiopa Lidl * Olly an Veain Bheag Bhán

Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais

Once every year Oireachtas na Gaeilge hold Gradaim Chumarsáide an Oireachtais which are the annual Irish language awards for the Irish language media.

References

External links

Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireannGiotaí
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