Minister Coveney launches virtual St. Patrickâs Day programme
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney TD, has announced a virtual St Patrickâs Day initiative, which will see Irelandâs National Day celebrated across the world in a series of online events hosted by Irelandâs embassies and consulates.
Announcing the 2021 St Patrickâs Day plans Minister Coveney said: For a second year our St. Patrickâs Day celebrations abroad will be greatly limited by this pandemic. To meet this challenge, Irelandâs network of diplomatic missions are planning a series of virtual community, business and artistic events in lieu of their traditional programme of activities and visits. Ireland is a country at the heart of the digital economy. Working alongside the State Agencies and local Irish community and cultural organisations, we will be making full use of technology and the digital platforms to celebrate our National Day across
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With the traditional St Patrick s Day festivities once again falling foul of the Covid-19 pandemic, people have been invited to immerse themselves in an online cerebration of all that it means to be Irish.
The St Patrick s Day Festival has announced details of an historic partnership with Oireachtas TV that will bring an exciting array of cultural events directly into more than 1.1 Irish million homes and many more across the world over six magical days commencing from Friday, March 12.
More than 100 different events will be screened day and night across the duration of the festival on St. Patrick s Festival TV (SPF TV), a dedicated online TV channel at stpatricksfestival.ie, the Oireachtas TV channel and streamed simultaneously on rte.ie/culture.
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The virtual show for RTÉ’s Choice Music Prize will take place today, so if you’re looking to have a midday boogie at home it’s the perfect viewing.
The show will be broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM at 12pm today or you can watch it live from 1pm on the RTÉ player.
The acts nominated include Fontaines DC, Pillow Queens, Gavin James, Dermot Kennedy, Róisín Murphy and Niall Horan.
Every year the Choice Music Prize showcases the best in Irish music as a panel of music media professionals from Irish print, radio, TV and online will pick the winners.