The Late Late Gay Byrne Irish Television Thread

Claire Byrne is back in her original set for Claire Byrne Live.

RTÉ One has it's message 'Stay at Home' removed from it's DOG.

Has the DOG been restored to its former transparency level, as I recall they made them solid white when the message was added.

Yes it had been restored to it's normal levels during Prime Time.

But it is back on again with full white transparency with Normal People being shown now on the channel.

Sharon Ní Bheolaín is back on the Six-One tonight.

Virgin Media Ireland have appointed Paul Farrell their new MD yesterday. VMTV's current MD Pat Kiely will leave his post in July.



https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/paul-farrell-is-the-new-managing-director-of-virgin-media-television-1.4246297

The stay at home messages are back on RTÉ's channels and the DOGs are back to being bright white again. +1 channels don't have the messages and have the normal transparent DOGs.

More radio news, that's ducked under our radar.
Sean O'Rorke presented his last 'Today' current affairs morning show on RTE Radio One this morning according to this tweet

Saluting the great Sean O’Rourke as he ends final ⁦@TodaySOR⁩. Ádh mór, mo chara. #RTE pic.twitter.com/NuIKCsZ4mf

— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) May 8, 2020

Great show, and much prefered listening to his programme instead of the tragedy porn as favoured by Five Live in the same time slot.

Who is replacing Sean in the slot? Top guess, Miriam O'Callaghan?

I'd have thought someone promoted from the Morning Ireland team would be a good shout.

It’s Sarah McInerney, for the summer at least.

Are the plans still in place for the move out of the RTE Radio Centre and into the main complex, as part of the cost cutting, or has that idea been shelved for the year, during the pandemic?