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Today Tonight was broadcast from Monday to Thursday on RTÉ One after the main evening news and restored the station's reputation for current affairs broadcasting following the demise of 7 Days in 1976. [2] The last edition of the programme was broadcast on 27 August 1992 and was replaced by Prime Time. [3] It won a number of Jacob's Awards.
Irish Education, History and Structure (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1981). Dowling, Patrick J. A history of Irish education: a study in conflicting loyalties (Cork, 1971). Dowling, Patrick J. The Hedge Schools of Ireland (1998). Farren, Sean. The politics of Irish education 1920-65 (Belfast, 1995).
His major ministerial achievement was the Vocational Education Act 1930. [2] [3] He served on the Irish delegation to the League of Nations, in 1924 and from 1928 to 1930. He was re-elected at every election until 1943 when he lost his Dáil seat. [4] He subsequently retired from politics.
Maurice O'Doherty (17 November 1932 – 5 April 1998) was an Irish broadcaster best known as a newsreader for RTÉ News from 1966 until 1983. [1] As a contemporary of Charles Mitchel the two men made the Nine O'Clock News the most watched news programme on Irish television.
The first printing press in Ireland was established in 1551, [1] the first Irish-language book was printed in 1571 and Trinity College Dublin was established in 1592. [2] The Education Act 1695 prohibited Irish Catholics from running Catholic schools in Ireland or seeking a Catholic education abroad, until its repeal in 1782. [3]
7 January – Justin Keating, senior Irish Labour Party politician, Teachta Dála, Cabinet Minister, Member of the European Parliament and member of Seanad Éireann (died 2009) 12 January – Jennifer Johnston, novelist and playwright; 18 January – Breandán Ó hEithir, journalist and broadcaster working in Irish and English languages (died 1990)
Charles Gerald Anthony Mitchel (8 November 1920 [1] – 18 August 1996) was an Irish actor and broadcaster, best known as an RTÉ television newscaster for almost 23 years. Early life [ edit ]
The RTÉ News channel is an Irish free-to-air news television network operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The channel launched as RTÉ News Now available exclusively online on 12 June 2008. The channel began broadcasting as a free-to-air channel on 29 October 2010 on Saorview.