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24 March – Health Minister, Robin Swann, confirms that most people in Northern Ireland will no longer be eligible for free COVID testing from 22 April, although lateral flow tests will continue to be free for people displaying symptoms. Swann also confirms that routine contract tracing is to be phased out in Northern Ireland between mid-April ...
In 2017, Head of News and Current Affairs at RTÉ Jon Williams suggested that he could discontinue RTÉ News Now to save money and therefore in August 2020, he re-branded the channel as RTÉ News. [4] In 2022 RTÉ Radio developed two visual news rooms from which Morning Ireland and This Week broadcast from.
3 August – Media Nation 2023, a report published by the UK media watchdog Ofcom, indicates that Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls was the most watched television programme in Northern Ireland during 2022. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where a Channel 4 programme featured in the top ten most watched shows. [48]
Northern Ireland was created as a Protestant-majority enclave, but that power dynamic is undergoing a dramatic shift. In the latest census, Catholics for the first time outnumbered Protestants ...
18 February – The Strabane transmitter opens, bringing ITV coverage to the west of Northern Ireland for the first time. 1964. Newsview replaces Roundabout as Ulster's regional news programme. 24 February – The Brougher Mountain transmitting station is switched on, bringing BBC Television to the western areas of Northern Ireland. 1965. No ...
As Ireland is a predominantly English-speaking nation, international news channels (CNBC Europe, CNN International, EuroNews, France 24, BBC News, Sky News, etc.) compete with RTÉ with regards television news coverage of international events. Despite this competition, however, RTÉ News remains the most popular source of news in Ireland.
5 May – As polling opens for the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, voters are asked to wear face masks while voting at polling stations. [63] 20 May – Northern Ireland's Department of Health publishes its final set of daily COVID statistics after two years of doing so. 262 positive cases are recorded and no deaths. [64]
The United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (officially the Special Envoy of the President and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) is the top U.S. diplomat supporting the Northern Ireland peace process. [1] The position is held by Joe Kennedy III, appointed by President Joe Biden on December 19, 2022. [2]