Crisis worsens at RTÉ as €119m losses feared despite Covid savings

A protest was held Aug. 11 at the state capitol. (Photo courtesy of the PBFC)

RTÉ have confirmed Fair City will be back on television screens in early September.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLos Angeles County director of public health Barbara Ferrer said Monday that there were 19 new deaths reported in the region from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena to 4,996 since the outbreak began in March.The new total does not include delayed data from the state, which Ferrer says they have not received and have not processed.Still, the latest county coronavirus numbers released today

A theatre has made an appeal for items with a connection to a loved ones killed in Northern Ireland’s troubled past.

No Place Like Home, which started on RTÉ One on Sunday, August 9, at 6.30pm, sees the presenter travelling the highways and byways of Ireland to show off some of the great places there are to go in this country.And she’s doing it all with her two-year-old daughter Ellie, who it would appear has inherited her mammy’s travel bug.‘It is just incredible to be back on the road again, to be out and about, feel the confidence in the country again and meet people,’ Kathryn says, with her usual

Covid-19 hotspots.A Sunday Mail probe visited licensed premises to establish if venues were observing guidance to help lower infection rates.Later this week, workers will be legally required to take punters’ details after concerns were raised some businesses were ignoring government advice.Our investigation – carried out before and after the First Minister’s announcement – showed how pubs were failing in their responsibilities.Scotland’s largest pub chain, JD Wetherspoon, asked for details in

A post shared by Jacqui Hurley (@jacquihurley7) on Aug 4, 2020 at 4:02am PDT‘It’s a children’s book sharing the fairytale stories of some of Ireland’s top sportswomen,’ she explained.The sports broadcaster tagged a number of the phenomenal women featured within the pages on her Instagram stories including the likes of Ellen Keane, Derval O’Sullivan, Katie Taylor, Annalise Murphy and more.‘Irish sportswomen have been breaking the mould for a long time,’ the blurb reads.

Twitter writing, that the organisation would ‘pay tribute to the life of #JohnHume’ with a change to the schedule on RTÉ One. To celebrate the life of the man who was instrumental in bringing about the peace process in Northern Ireland, the station will air In The Name Of Peace: John Hume In America at 9:35pm.The documentary is narrated by Liam Neeson and features interviews from Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.Former Irish leaders including Bertie Ahern and previous British Prime Ministers Tony

U2 have donated a further $1,500,000 (£1.2m) to helping the live music survive during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.It comes after the Bono-fronted rock band donated €10m to Irish COVID-19 relief efforts back in April.According to Billboard, this new amount also includes the €200,000 (£180K) amount that the group raised in a recent fundraiser for Ireland’s music industry.Bono and the Edge shared a video of their acoustic rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic ‘Stairway To

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook beat analyst financial estimates the second quarter of 2020, on both the top and bottom line, as it netted 100 million new monthly users in the period.Facebook monthly active users were 2.70 billion as of June 30, 2020, an increase of 12% year-over-year and up from 2.6 billion in Q1.Total revenue was $18.69 billion, up 11%, and net income came in at a whopping $5.18 billion (or diluted earnings per share of $1.80).

Alexandra Del Rosario editorLos Angeles County on Tuesday reported a total of 2,708 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 numbers, with the county’s Department of Public Health announcing 51 new deaths from the virus. It said it anticipates receiving a backlog of cases in the following days due to reporting delays, with three hospitals not reporting data today.With the new cases, the county has a total of 178,642 positive COVID-19 cases and 4,426 deaths to date.

Curtis Pritchard has opened up about the “traumatic” moment he thought his dancing career was over after being attacked during a night out with his brother AJ in 2018.The Love Island star, who was a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars Ireland at the time, and AJ were in a Cheshire nightclub with two friends on Boxing Day 2018 when they were assaulted in an unprovoked attack.As a result of the attack, Curtis suffered a knee injury, as well as injuries to his eye and face, and had to

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Plans to ban parking in streets around four schools in Renfrewshire are still set to be implemented in the future despite the initiative being put on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak.The pilot scheme - dubbed Safer Schools - involves barring parents from parking around St Catherine’s, Lochfield and St Charles’ primaries in Paisley, as well as Barsail Primary in Erskine, for 45 minutes at either end of the day.After

Radcliffe could be a "unique" riverside town.