RTÉ News

I'm not sure any of the Irish broadcasters handled the riots properly - the extended Six-One was worthwhile alright, but this was a big breaking story in Dublin and the only broadcaster that seemed to be covering it live was ILR station Newstalk 106, who had continous coverage (they still refered to the programme as the "Saturday Sports Show", but there was no sport on it). Radio 1 seemed determined to press ahead with sport, though they did have an extended news bulitten at teatime.

Sky News and BBC News 24 only seemed to notice later on in the afternoon - when trouble broke out around lunchtime only RTÉ was covering and there seemed to be a delay getting any video of the trouble until later in the afternoon. Even RTÉ's lunchtime summary only had a voice report accompanied by a still.

If ever there was an occasion Sky News Ireland could have opted out this was it, though they did have Ray Kennedy on hand to report for Sky News itself.

In all seriousness he just uses it to remind RTÉ of the only reason they're still holding on to him - he can speak fluent Irish. Otherwise he'd be booted out in flash.

He says 'Oíche mhaith' meaning goodnight. Sharon Ní Bheoláin says it the odd time too.

Brilliant chair incident - hilarious!!
Oh how I love Six One since Sharon came on board - a veritable hive of entertainment; you never know what's going to happen next. She seems to have jinxed the bulletin...

Very stange wide at the end alright - indeed if you listen you can hear (though you shouldn't be able to ) the director loudly mouthing off something just before the cut is made. The camera they used for that was the sport presenter camera - they just pulled out to use it as a wide. The only reason I can come up with is that the camera they use for the usual wide on the right is the remote-controlled movable one that rolls about the floor. As Colm Murray signs off and hands back to Sharon for the business news, the wide shot of the desk there is also taken by that camera, but moved right in squeezed almost behind Colm. This is then usually rolled back out again to take the wide at the end - only I would guess that this camera is prone to breakdown. Wouldn't surprise me if they couldn't roll it out again because it broke down, so they quickly used the sport camera, hence the director's screeches to quickly change angle
See how nervous they all are at the end being shot from a different angle

Indeed it is ridiculous that you can so often hear the director mouthing off on RTÉ News through the newsreader's ear-piece being picked up by their lapel mic. Eileen Dunne seems to have bad hearing as hers is always turned up so loud you can even catch the odd word the director says on occasion!

That rolling camera isn't used often enough - tonight at the beginning of the Nine is the first time it's moved at the top of that bulletin in weeks!
Though perhaps they're better off not using it - the amount of noise it makes at times is unreal. Ever hear a deep grating rumbling sound emanating from your telly as the cut is made from the wide to the presenter MCU? Guess who!
Likewise at the end of News on Two, just when Murnane says smartly 'that's our lot for tonight', something of a bang can often be heard as the wheels of the camera get in motion, then the motors start whirring before the title music kicks in
You never usually hear the camera and the noise it makes, as all movements on all bulletins are masked by titles, but for whatever ridiculous reason some camera ops choose to reposition the camera during the first link on the Nine rather than wait for the first report to kick in - the racket it makes over the newsreader is unreal at times!


The chair incident can be seen here (even funnier when you know it's going to happen ).

Scroll to 1.00 minute in:

http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/2108044.smil

Bah, Ailbhe sends me to sleep with his voice, it always reminds me of the scene in the Father Ted Christmas episode where they pick the priest with the most monotonous accent to make the tannoy announcement.

It's interesting that in spite of the nighmareish situation, she clearly didn't care what people thought of her in taking a drink, and was almost chatty in her handling of the affair - the consummate professional as always, whatever one may think of her humdrum reading style. Ní Bheoláin was clearly more embarrassed on her occasion.

By the way who's responsible for this, it has to be someone here . Came across it while looking for a pic of Finnerty:

http://www.diarmy.net/2005/11/27/rubbish-tatty-editing-rte/

as the era of 24hr newscasting comes full circle, with almost every major network in the world dedicating a 24/7 news channel to its broadcast services, RTE still chugs along with its mediocrity, and its benign coverage of some of the country’s most newsworthy stories.

they all know (ie: workers at RTÉ News) that no matter how crap the news is presented, the cheque will be lodged every Friday. That nice security blanket that Government workers get to live with. Whereas in the real world, people have to think of such minor things as audience figures. RTE though seems not to have a care in the world.