A wave of nostalgia for the Irish kids’ TV of yore greeted the news that RTÉ will outsource all its TV programming for young people to independent production companies. 

SPEAKING in a recent Dáil debate on the Lisbon treaty, Sinn Féin spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh referred to the participation of the Irish defence forces in the UN-mandated and EU-led peacekeeping mission to Chad as a “military adventure”.

DUSTIN the Turkey gave Education Minister Mary Hanafin one of her toughest grillings to date when she appeared on his TV show yesterday.

DUSTIN the Turkey was wisecracking away for a good cause yesterday.