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RTÉ News On Two
''RTÉ News on Two'' was a late night news programme that aired each Monday to Thursday on Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ Two. The transmission time of this programme varied each night. It generally aired between 10:45pm and 11:30pm. It ran for 10 minutes. Until 4 January 2013, the programme was broadcast every Monday to Thursday, lasting 22 minutes. A world weather forecast followed each broadcast. ''RTÉ News on Two'' took a different agenda to other RTÉ News and Current Affairs programmes. Its content was customised for a younger audience, and presenters and journalists tend to use more informal language on the programme. From 2 October 2006 the bulletin was presented by Eileen Whelan, following the departure of Anthony Murnane, who was with the programme from the beginning. Eamonn Falvey edited the programme from 2 April 2007 until December 2009. Gareth O'Connor was the programme editor until 2010. It was mainly presented by Eileen Whelan, Aengus Mac Grianna and Una ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eileen Whelan (journalist)
Eileen Whelan (born 1964) is an Irish journalist, newsreader and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station, where she has presented the '' One O'Clock News'', '' Six One News'' and '' Nine O'Clock News'', as well as all other news bulletins on both radio and television. Career Whelan began her career as a newsreader for a radio station in her home town Wicklow and Dublin's Q102. She joined RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station in 1989 and presented RTÉ2's ''News on Two''. Whelan relocated to London in 1997 where she worked as a newsreader for Sky News, BBC News and Independent Television News, before returning home to Ireland to become a news reporter for RTÉ News in 2000. Whelan presents the '' One O'Clock News'' on weekdays and has also presented the '' Six One News'' as a relief presenter. Personal life Whelan is married to Larry Donnelly since 2009, a legal research lecturer at National University of Ireland, Galway The Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTÉ 2
(RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961, making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. RTÉ also publishes a weekly listings and lifestyle magazine, the ''RTÉ Guide''. RTÉ is a statutory body, overseen by a board appointed by the Government of Ireland, with general management in the hands of the Executive Board, headed by the Director-General. RTÉ is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. RTÉ is financed by television licence fee and through advertising, with some of its services funded solely by advertising, while others are funded solely by the licence fee. Radio Éireann, RTÉ's predecessor and at the time a section of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
