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Wigmore hears the cover for Shane Ross’s forthcoming book on the turmoil at RTÉ has now been changed five times, with UK-based publishers Atlantic Books tearing their hair out as the story embroils more and more household names.
Terence O’Rourke, the new chairman of RTÉ, will be able to provide at least one useful insight to his colleagues at the national broadcaster. If he has time. O’Rourke knows Dee Forbes, the previous RTÉ director general, of old. He and Forbes served together on the board of The Irish Times for three years, 2013-2015.
For 45 years, Colin Block has been the conductor of Dublin County Choir. “Occasionally I get tired and I think I don’t really feel like going tonight. But then I go and within five minutes I’m buzzing,” he says.
Amazon has complained to the Government that establishing a new levy on content streaming in Ireland could be counter-productive.
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