by chrismmgordon | Sep 15, 2015 | News
Address by Kevin Bakhurst, Head of News and Current Affairs and Deputy DG, RTE, at speakers lunch Friday, 11th September, 2015 2016 will be a huge year in Ireland – it’s a time to commemorate the Easter Rising and the birth of the Irish State; it’s most likely a time...
by chrismmgordon | May 15, 2015 | News
Derek Davis, who died in Dublin on 13 May at the age of 67 after a brief illness, was a renowned Irish broadcaster. After working as a freelance news reporter for the American network, ABC, during the years of bitter civil conflict in Northern Ireland he joined the...
by chrismmgordon | May 13, 2015 | News
The chairman of the Association of European Journalists, Richard Moore, has passed on his condolences to the family of former RTE broadcaster, Derek Davis, who has died. Mr Moore said: “On behalf of the membership of the Irish Section of the AEJ, I would like to...
by chrismmgordon | May 11, 2015 | News
To mark World Press Freedom Day, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD, was a guest of the Irish Section of the AEJ. In a wide-ranging speech, he touched on media mergers, free to air broadcasting, Freedom of Information...
by chrismmgordon | Apr 28, 2015 | News
We have undergone significant change in recent years and that change is ongoing. We have a police service that is not simply based in communities around the country, but is of them. This close connection with communities is the envy of police services around the...