WISE owls in the oil sector keep nudging us to look beyond the oil price when discussing the topic.

ALMOST three quarters of a million people in Ireland tuned in to RTÉ’s coverage of the All-Ireland minor and senior football finals, making it the most watched sports event on Irish television this year.

SHE faces a similar challenge tomorrow to the one faced by her twin brothers last Sunday - tackling the defending All-Ireland champions.

One Irish mother has conquered her greatest fear today so she could see her son battle it out for an Olympic gold medal in Athens.

A COMPANY co-owned by comedian Patrick Kielty has won the contract to replace RTÉ’s popular afternoon TV show, Open House.

ROSS and Rachel got it together again as US sitcom Friends faded into history.

Damien Dempsey has walked away with two awards at the 2004 Meteor Ireland Music Awards, hosted by Dara O’Briain at The Point.

One of the most glamourous nights on the irish music calendar has concluded, with awards going to a variety of irish and international stars.

Time is running out to vote for next Monday’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards.

The dates and television schedule for the upcoming Heineken Cup quarter-finals have been announced.

A HOST of the biggest stars in pop descended on The Point last night for the seventh annual Cheerios Childline concert.

A MAJOR television campaign aimed at switching viewers on to the dangers of drug abuse will begin broadcasting on both Irish and British channels today.

WHEN Cork hurling manager Donal O’Grady was interviewed shortly after the All-Ireland final he offered a number of excuses for their defeat by holders Kilkenny.

A number of media organisations were criticised in the Central Criminal Court today for what was termed "prejudicial" coverage in advance of a forthcoming Limerick murder trial.

FRANCIS BOYLAN relishes the prospect of curbing the madder antics of Dustin the Turkey.

Fine Gael is calling on TV companies to make 90% of programming captioned by 2007.

DEAF people are being frustrated by the lack of subtitling on Irish television channels.

RTÉ will deliver quality programmes despite losing €56m last year, the organisation’s director general promised yesterday.

RTÉ’S licence fee will be frozen at the current rate of 150 if the station fails to fulfil its commitment to provide more than 160 extra hours of home-produced programming this year.

THE Rose of Tralee festival committee is angry over a decision to axe Marty Whelan as the presenter of the televised part of the contest.

MADONNA and husband Guy Ritchie swept away the competition at the Razzies, an annual spoof of the Academy Awards singling out the worst achievements in film.

WHEN Janet Gray, the World Blind Water Ski champion, trained in Florida, she challenged the professionals to try skiing blind using her black goggles.

Sky is offering a full range of interactive services to its 255,000 Irish subscribers.

RTÉ has secured the rights to screen Celtic’s Scottish Premier League (SPL) matches.

RTÉ today announced the completion of a deal with the Scottish Premier League, which gives the national broadcaster the rights to show a package of Celtic matches in the SPL until the end of the season.

TV PROVIDERS Chorus and Ntl are calling for regulatory constraints to be removed so they can compete on a level playing field with Sky.

SKY customers are being hammered with a double payout for the same service after the digital operator blamed a hike in fees on the addition of RTE, Network 2 and TG4 to its stable, while viewers continue to pay a licence fee for those channels.

Channel 4 has secured the rights to show hit US series Alias in Ireland and the UK.

Sopranos fans keen to recreate the mobster lifestyle in their own home can now buy the blueprints to Tony’s home on the internet.

RTÉ has strongly denied claims that its popular reality TV show Treasure Island had been rigged from the outset.

Enrique Iglesias is to perform at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards.

Government efforts to end the plastic bag litter menace were tonight reaching TV screens.

The television programmes of national broadcaster RTE will be available in Northern Ireland for the first time, following a deal with BSkyB.