''Beo ar Éigean'' ("almost live") is an

Irish-language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenou ...

podcast and radio show produced by Ireland's national broadcaster

RTÉ (; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, ...

. It is presented by Gaeilgeoirí

Sinéad Ní Uallacháin Sinéad Ní Uallacháin is an Irish people, Irish journalist, actress, artist, podcaster, continuity announcer and radio presenter. Early life Ní Uallacháin was born in Ballineanig, County Kerry. She went on to study art and architecture at t ...

, Áine Ní Bhreisleáin and Siún Ní Dhuinn. The three discuss issues from their daily lives. The podcast is specifically produced in the Irish language, but is not about the language itself.

Presenters

Siún Ní Dhuinn

Ní Dhuinn is a writer and producer from

Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ) is the county town of County Louth, Ireland. The town is situated on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, and is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, close to and south of the bor ...

. She is RTÉ's Irish-language digital producer.

Áine Ní Bhreisleáin

Ní Bhreisleáin is a TV and radio presenter from

Gweedore Gweedore ( , officially known by its Irish language name, ) is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district, and parish, located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland. It stretches some from Glasserchoo and Bloody For ...

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...

. She presents ''Bladhaire'' on

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (; "Radio of the Gaeltacht"), abbreviated RnaG, is an Irish language radio station owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the inter ...

on Thursdays and Fridays. In 2022 she presented ''An Cósta Thiar'' ("The West Coast") on

TG4 TG4 (; , ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television channel. It launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on-demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond. TG4 was initially known as (TnaG), before bein ...

Sinéad Ní Uallacháin

Ní Uallacháin is a journalist, actress, artist and radio presenter from Ballineanig,

County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

. She had a weekday show "

Sinéad ar Maidin Sinéad ( , ) is an Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French '' Jeanette'', which is cognate to the English Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew ''Yohanan'', "God forgave/God gratified". In English, ''Sinéad'' is also commonly ...

" (Sinéad in the Morning") on RnaG until May 2019. In the early 2020s, she became a traffic and travel news reader, and

continuity announcer In broadcasting, continuity or presentation (or station break in the U.S. and Canada) is announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. It typically includes programme schedules, announcement of the ...

RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Radio 1 () is an Irish national radio station owned and operated by RTÉ and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting on a regular basis on 1 January 1926. The total budget for the station in 2010 w ...

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