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ALMOST 1.5 MILLION people tuned into watch Kellie Harrington’s lightweight boxing final at the Olympic Games in Paris on RTÉ 2 television last week, according to new figures released by the broadcaster.
Over the three-week event and over 250 hours of coverage of Games, a total of 3.4 million people watched the coverage on RTÉ 2 television while the events were streamed 7.2 million times on the RTÉ player.
Team Ireland had its most successful Olympic Games this year, bagging seven medals in boxing, swimming, rowing and gymnastics.
Harrington’s gold-medal win in the lightweight boxing final last week was the most-watched event across both RTÉ television and the RTÉ Player over the course of the games.
Rashidat Adeleke’s 400m final, Daniel Wiffin’s bronze-medal finish in the 1500m swimming competition, Rhys McClenegan’s gold-medal win in the pommel horse final and the 400m women’s relay in athletics, were the most-streamed events, respectively.
Over 926,000 people tuned in to watch Adeleke’s final and 910,000 people caught the 400m women’s relay final on RTÉ 2 television.
RTÉ’s Group Head of Sport, Declan McBennett and the broadcaster’s boss Kevin Bakhurst have welcomed the glowing report card and have expressed pride in the team’s ability to deliver the coverage.
Other stand-out events included Mona McSharry’s bronze-medal swim, which peaked at 621,000 viewers, and Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan’s back-to-back Olympic-winning performance in the lightweight rowing was seen by an audience of 429,000.
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“Dad what’s that flower called ?
“Well son that’s a rhododendron”
How do you spell that ?
On second thought, i think that’s a rose
@larry smith: there’s a richie Kavanagh song to be written about that plant,if he’s still alive
Great series. People have gone mad for Cherry Laurel too and it’s choking out woods. They create dead zones. Birds don’t land on them or use them for cover and there’s nothing to forage on underneath.
Ever one off house in my area has it planted at their boundary in the last 10 years. Should be illegal.
@Ronan Mc: People should plant native hedges, cherry laurels contain cyanide so the birds are probably wise
@Ronan Mc: fwiw All our forest plantations are dead inside. With or without cherry Laurel. Forests are so densely planted not a bird inside. Anyway, cherry Laurel not banned by NPWS but probably should, yes.
Isnt Michael Healy Rae being made the super junior minister of rhododendrons?
I saw a garden centre advertise Rhododendron for sale on their social media. I called them out and it was removed, but I am sure it happens elsewhere.
@Ann Kennan: Apparently there are 200 types of Rhododendrons, and the only pest is Rhododendron Ponticum!
@Ann Kennan: good woman yourself Karen. You should be in government
Does anyone on here ever regret opening up this site/ app as it’s getting so depressing?? But yet we somehow always seem to back for more.
@Donna Fallon: Personally, I’m just here for Larry’s dad jokes.
@Donna Fallon: Only you,my dear. Only you. But it’s nice to chat and mingle in a cesspit of filth every now and again. Nothing brings us back down to earth again as quickly as a malfunctioning Temu parachute.
@Chop Chop: For that comment,I sentence you to ten Hail Mary’s and two Our Father’s. It used to be one Our Father. Times have changed.
@Larry Betts: Only youuu can make the darkness bright…
@Chop Chop: We all need a bit of that… lol!!
@Donna Fallon: Awww thanks Madonna.
@Dave f Doe: Pri ck.
@Donna Fallon: but you seem to be commenting on every article possible so I don’t think you’re sick of it to be honest possibly addicted to commenting
Bindweed is a divil in my garden. The flowers are pretty nice though and at least it dies back in winter.
@Chop Chop: I saw bindweed in Italy a few years back, the flowers weren’t white but a kind of electric blue, beautiful!
@Chop Chop: If you have bindweed in your garden,Chop Chop,do you know what you should do? You should chop and chop,Chop Chop,and don’t stop chopping til the chopper chops the lot.
@Larry Betts: On a roll Larry!
@Larry Betts: You’ve got the makings of a Dr. Seuss book there!
@Brian Hunt: Maybe I’ll get some seeds… it would like nice and also give the journal something to write about next year :-)
@Brian Hunt: The Greens tried to outlaw bindweed imported from Italy a few years ago. They said the electric blue flowers were bad for the environment. They preferred solar powered bindweed that gave off a yellow hue,or wind powered white bindweed.
@Chop Chop: Don’t plant them until after The Journal poll. “Have you ever planted an invasive species? Leave your answers in the comments below”
Maybe instead of poisoning the Japanese Knotweed, we could do like the Japanese and eat it – ideally as young sprouts (before it flowers). It tastes a slight bit rhubarby but when cooked is more like asparagus. It’s rich in plant bioactives like resveratrol, flavonoids and some of the beneficial antioxidant chemicals from green tea. It could and should be kept in check in this way rather than our current approach. The poisons don’t work. Eating does. Obviously not an option right now as they’re laden with weedkiller.
@Peter Conry: Shit. I just ate some before I’d finished reading your comment.
@Peter Conry: it’s held in check in Japan by native fungi and insects.
@JoeJoe Kilbride: yep, they’re important, along with other plants that compete for the same space.
Invasive species are indeed a problem……
Tipperary. Sure it can’t be that bad if someone’s going to make a few quid then. God help us.
We’re having a festival, Its called “Watch Your House Burn to the ground”, sure it’s very destructive and the tickets cost a lot but the flames are so pretty
The vee should be turned into a national park. (All mountain ranges IMO) Then let Parks & Wildlife & local volunteers start clearing this invasive species. In years to come the mountains could be purple with native heather.
Might as well ban everything that grows out there then , next it will be spuds etc
I’ve got three beauties in my back garden but they never recreate!
@Hotirish: Nuns,Dougal. They’re called nuns.
Laurel also a problem!
If it is such a problem why are garden centres allowed to sell it?
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