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2023 In Irish Television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2023. Events January * 1 January – RTÉ New Years Eve celebrations include Jennifer Zamparelli hosting a New Year's Eve Party, from 10.15pm on RTÉ One which is followed by the ''NYE Countdown Concert with Westlife'' from the new festival village on North Wall Quay. * 19 January – RTÉ and Virgin Media have agreed a joint broadcast deal to show the Six Nations Championship on free-to-air television in Ireland. * 22 January – It is announced that due to unforeseen circumstances, professional dancer, Maurizio Benenato has left ''Dancing with the Stars''. He is replaced with Robert Rowiński, a previous dancer on the show. February * 1 February – An Irish version of the Challenge television station launches on Saorview. * 3 February – Wild Youth are selected to represent Ireland in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "We Are One". * 8 February – TG4 airs a documentary on the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzz
Buzz may refer to: People *Buzz (nickname), a list of people * J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967; aka ''Dr. Buzz''), American forensic psychologist and journalist Fictional characters *Buzz, a character in the 1987 American comedy movie '' Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise'' *Buzz Lightyear, from the ''Toy Story'' franchise * Buzz Buzzard, nemesis of Woody Woodpecker * Buzz Sawyer, professional wrestling persona of Bruce Woyan *Buzz (mascot), mascot of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets *Buzz, from the ''Donkey Kong'' video game series * Buzz Buzz, from the Super NES video game ''EarthBound'' *Buzz, a Neopet from an online virtual pet site *Buzz McCallister, from the ''Home Alone'' movie trilogy *Buzz, title character of '' Buzz!'' games *Buzz (Marvel Comics), a fictional character in the ''Spider-Girl'' comic book series *Buzz the fruit fly from Beat Bugs *Buzz, a character from ''Cyberchase'' *Buzz, a Reptool in the DreamWorks Animation TV series ''Dinotrux'' *Buzz, a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Tubridy
Ryan Tubridy (born 28 May 1973), nicknamed 'Tubs ' is an Irish broadcaster. He presents ''The Ryan Tubridy Show'' and ''The Late Late Show''. Tubridy previously presented RTÉ 2fm breakfast radio show '' The Full Irish'', which at its end was the second most popular radio programme in Ireland. For five seasons from 2004 until 2009, he presented the Saturday night TV chat show '' Tubridy Tonight'' on RTÉ One. He later left RTÉ 2fm for a number of years to present '' The Tubridy Show'' on RTÉ Radio 1, but returned to RTÉ 2fm in 2010 to present a weekday morning radio show from 09:00 to 11:00, following the termination of '' The Gerry Ryan Show'' with the presenter's sudden death. He has also hosted the Rose of Tralee contest on two occasions. As part of a two-book deal with HarperCollins—and in a nod to his passion for U.S. politics—Tubridy penned '' JFK in Ireland'', a profile of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland. Tubridy's second book, ''The Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport And Media
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media ( ga, An tAire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The current minister is Catherine Martin, TD. She is assisted by two Ministers of State: * Patrick O'Donovan, TD – Minister of State for Gaeltacht * Thomas Byrne, TD – Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education Overview The Minister for Economic Planning and Development was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1977. The title and functions of the position have changed several times since then. The current title was adopted in 2020 by the 32nd Government. Culture Creating an environment enabling the National Cultural Institutions to flourish through the provision of financial resources and an appropriate policy framework. The National Cultural Institutions include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Martin (politician)
Catherine Martin (born 30 September 1972) is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media since June 2020 and Deputy Leader of the Green Party since June 2011. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2016. Personal life Martin was born in 1972 and is a native of Carrickmacross, Monaghan. She studied at Maynooth University. She was a teacher of English and Music, and the head of the Green Schools Committee at St. Tiernan's Community School in Dundrum for 15 years prior to being elected to the Dáil. She is married to Francis Noel Duffy, also a Green Party TD and they have three children together. Catherine and Francis first met in 1999 during a local election in their native Carrickmacross in County Monaghan, where Catherine's brother Vincent P. Martin and Francis' father were both campaigning for office. Vincent is also a member of the Green Party. In June 2020, Vincent b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalists, Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of Unionism in Ireland, British unionism in Ireland. It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressivism, progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Ireland
The Government of Ireland ( ga, Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The government is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the , which consists of and . The Taoiseach must be nominated by the Dáil, the house of representatives. Following the nomination of the , the President of Ireland appoints the to their role. The President also appoints members of the government, including the , the deputy head of government, on the nomination of the and their approval by the . The government is dependent upon the Oireachtas to pass primary legislation and as such, the government needs to command a majority in the in order to ensure support and confidence for budgets and government bills to pass. The Government is also known as the cabinet. The current government took office on 17 December 2022 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport And Media
The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media ( ga, An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán) is a department of the Government of Ireland. The mission of the department is to promote and develop Ireland's tourism, culture, and art; and to advance the use of the Irish language, including the development of the Gaeltacht. It is led by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media who is assisted by one Minister of State. Departmental team The official headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are on Kildare Street, Dublin. The department also has offices in South Frederick Street in Dublin and in New Road, Killarney, County Kerry. The departmental team consists of the following: * Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Catherine Martin, TD ** Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport: Jack Chambers, TD *Secretary General of the Department: Katherine Licke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcasting Authority Of Ireland
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) ( ga, Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann) was established on 1 October 2009 effectively replacing the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) ( ga, Coimisiún Craolacháin na hÉireann). The BAI is the regulator of both public and commercial broadcasting sector in Ireland. History *The Authority came into being under the Broadcasting Act 2009. Prior to its establishment on 30 September 2009, as a Commission, it was set up as the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) under the terms of the Radio and Television Act 1988. This act allowed the first legal stations not operated by RTÉ to come into existence. Prior to this commercial broadcasting in Ireland had been unlicensed and illegal. Despite this a thriving pirate radio scene existed. The Act sought to bring this under a regulatory framework. *From 1989 onwards the Commission began to license Independent Local Radio stations. It also sought to introduce a national ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coimisiún Na Meán
() is the regulator of broadcasting and online media in Ireland. The commission was established in 2023 as a successor body to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The commission came into being on 15 March 2023 under amendments to the Broadcasting Act 2009 made by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022. The new framework has been described as "establish nga robust regulatory framework for online safety in response to the emergence of non-traditional and on-demand media so that regulation of these forms of media are on an equal footing with that of traditional media broadcasting". Members of the Commission Members of Coimisiún na Meán: * Jeremy Godfrey as Executive Chairperson; * Niamh Hodnett as Online Safety Commissioner; * Rónán Ó Domhnaill as Media Development Commissioner * Celene Craig as Broadcasting Commissioner; and * John Evans as Digital Services Commissioner See also * Communications in Ireland *Mass media in Ireland Due to the shared histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is an adaptation of the initialism ', which began to replace the term ''gay'' (or ''gay and lesbian'') in reference to the broader LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s. When not inclusive of transgender people, the shorter term LGB is still used instead of LGBT. It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non- cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant, ', adds the letter ''Q'' for those who identify as queer or are questioning their sexual or gender identity. The initialisms ''LGBT'' or ''GLBT'' are not agreed to by everyone that they are supposed to include. History of the term The first widely used term, ''homosexual' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six One
6 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 6 or six may also refer to: * AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era * 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era * The month of June Science * Carbon, the element with atomic number 6 * 6 Hebe, an asteroid People * Alphonse Six (1890–1914), Belgian football player * Didier Six (born 1954), former French international footballer * Franz Six (1909–1975), Nazi official * Frederick N. Six (born 1929), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court * James Six (1731–1793), British scientist * Jan Six (1616-1700), an important cultural figure in the Dutch Golden Age * Robert Six (1907–1986), Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines between 1936 and 1981 * Regine Sixt, German businessperson * Valérie Six (born 1963), French politician * Perri 6 (an extremely rare surname), social scientist * Six family, family of regents of Amsterdam, founded by Jan Six Music * Six (band), an Irish pop band created by a TV reality show * ''Six'' (musical), a musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
