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RTÉ’S NEW SEASON includes programmes about Irish nature, sport, health, history and comedy, the broadcaster has announced.
RTÉ is launching its new season today, revealing its planned shows for the coming months.
The national broadcaster is still trying to rebuild public trust after the series of controversies it has been embroiled in over the last year.
Director General Kevin Bakhurst has said that the programmes and series in the upcoming season “reflect the diverse and vibrant life of this island and its people”.
He said that “in a world increasingly saturated with media choices, competition from other markets and misinformation”, he hopes that RTÉ can “offer unique home-grown public service content and be a trusted source of reliable news”.
The new season will see the return of popular programmes like The Late Late Show (of course), Dancing With The Stars, Room to Improve, Ireland’s Fittest Family, The Tommy Tiernan Show and To Hell and Back, to name a few.
A two-part Scannal special titled Savita will remember Savita Halappanavar, her tragic death, and the role her experience played in repealing the eighth amendment.
Angela Scanlon will narrate a programme called Anorexia, My Family and Me which follows three families affected by the eating disorder.
Looking to history, Leathered will examine the dark history of corporal punishment in Irish schools, while a two-part documentary called Noraid: Irish-America and the IRA looks at Irish-American involvement in the Provisional IRA’s armed campaign. Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars will explore the origins and legacy of early Irish Christianity.
Turning to nature and climate, Ireland’s Coast (narrated by Ciarán Hinds) will explore Ireland’s coastal biodiversity, Heated returns with more stories about climate actions; and Scéalta na Lochanna will paint a picture of the history and wildlife of Lough Corrib and Lough Neagh.
On the entertainment side, No Worries If Not! will return with sketches from young Irish comedians, Love in the Country will explore modern love in rural Ireland, and there’ll be two special episodes of Mrs Brown’s Boys at Christmas.
Despite their high-profile departure from 2FM, Johnny Smacks and Johnny B return to RTÉ television with the second series of The 2 Johnnies’ Late Night Lock-In
Sports programming will include coverage of select UEFA, GAA, URC and Six Nations games, as well as the men’s and women’s FAI Cup Finals, along with the RTÉ Sport Awards in December.
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Of course if you happen to work for a complete a**ehole who’s constantly looking over his shoulder for potential challengers to humiliate then just go ahead and have a nervous breakdown or else job seekers allowance.
Hard choice that.
When you have a bad manager who doesn’t listen and support you then that stress exacerbates and folks leave or get sick.
If your lucky to get a bonus for exceeding targets…It should be exempt from Tax. You earned it. Mr. Noonan didn’t.
Communication is the most important of all. Communicate direction, motivation, disappointment, operation and inspiration and always remember that there is no project greater than the team you build around you.
Nice idea, but isn’t going to work for most of us, especially if your employer sees you as nothing but a resource (robot), they don’t care that your child is ill, had to arrange child care, or come in sick(no paid time for been off sick) you then infect your colleagues, who then go home sick and miss days!
Good article Peter.
Just bring a large calibre firearm with you into meetings. Its such an easy way deflect questions on days you’re just not ‘in the zone’ or ready to run something ‘up the flagpole to see who’ll salute’. Since I’ve started on the ‘F**k off or I’ll shoot you in the face’ programme my stress levels are now in a very manageable place. Phew!
They are trying to justify their own existence. Their proposals are hardly going to work in an environment of six people employed by , say , a shoe shop, a small firm , a convenience store etc.
Sack lazy sods, they spend too much time gossiping and that does not help employee moral?
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Have gay marriage, only joking, but it is funny… lol.
Free Arnott’s Tim Tam for all!
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