Facebook plans to introduce fake news alerts on its pages for Irish users ahead of the abortion referendum vote.

Facebook plans to introduce fake news alerts on its pages for Irish users ahead of the abortion referendum vote.

The broadcasting watchdog has said presenters can provide fair and objective views during the Eighth Amendment referendum campaign as opposed to having to ensure there is even time for each side in the debate.

Ryle Nugent announced yesterday he will step down from his position as group head of RTÉ Sport for “new challenges”.

Health Minister Simon Harris has rejected claims the HSE is top-heavy with managers while shortages in frontline staffing cause waiting lists to soar.

Hardly a day passes without some story of failure in our health services. 

Four familiar voices from the airwaves have landed on the PPI Radio Awards hall of fame.

More than 80% of Irish people access some form of news every day, but the ways in which we consume information continues to change.

A surgeon has criticised hospital managers for not having the courage to speak up when things go wrong.

Henry Shefflin’s clever media dealings as a player and limited exposure have left him with “huge earning potential” following retirement, according to a marketing expert.

An international field will tee off at Roganstown this week when the Irish Blind Golf Open returns to the sporting calendar for the first time since 2000.

Rural wrath over the Government’s wind energy and pylons policy was expressed by around 5,000 people outside Leinster House in Dublin yesterday.

TV and radio stations may be less likely to face sanctions in future under the Broadcasting Act for remarks made on air.

There is absolutely no doubt Rob Heffernan’s superb gold medal in the World Athletics Championships has propelled him to a whole new level in terms of public awareness and marketing appeal. This is, after all, our first gold medal since the great Sonia O’Sullivan’s victory in 1995.

Conall Ó Fátharta asks if a new broadcasting code will curb debate.

LISTENERS to The Last Word were able to hear this week what the former Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm thinks of me. We broadcast an extract from one of the now infamous internal recordings in which he made pointed reference to a newspaper column I had written in June 2008.

Food manufacturers have criticised a new code which bans television and radio advertising of foods with high fat, salt, and sugar content during children’s programmes.

Much as we might think, we are not alone in trying to sort out our health system.

A 7-year-old boy who suffered damage during his birth at a Cork hospital and now has cerebral palsy has settled his action for damages against the HSE with a €1.6m interim payment.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is to ask the Government to bring in legislation to facilitate the establishment of a register of the financial interests of TV and radio presenters.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has decided not to follow through on its threat to place tight restrictions on the advertisement of cheese.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has given €1m towards the cost of making a €4m three-part series on the life of former taoiseach Charles Haughey.

Katie Taylor has a limited time to cash in on her success in winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Katie Taylor can expect a massive financial windfall on the back of her Olympic gold medal success yesterday.

It was like 1992 all over again, with a team from Co Clare coming to the heart of Co Cork football territory, and taking home the trophies.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is to launch a public consultation at the end of March on rules governing the advertising of food and drink to children.

One of the country’s busiest children’s hospitals has been ordered to cut its surgical theatre procedures by one quarter — despite facing €25,000 fines for every month a patient is on a long-term waiting list for these same procedures.

THE results of two reports into the controversial RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme which defamed Fr Kevin Reynolds are due to be considered by the RTÉ Authority next week.

YOU can take a winner at Clonakilty Agricultural Show anywhere.

ONE of the best venues in Ireland — that was the verdict of Irish Shows Association national president John O’Hara from Co Mayo at last Sunday’s Bandon Show.

REAL and fictional characters on Irish TV could soon appear a lot more brand-conscious after the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland confirmed yesterday that it will allow paid product placement for the first time on Irish television.

PEOPLE who feel misrepresented by any TV or radio programme will soon be able to demand a “right of reply” without needing recourse to legal action under plans by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Killybegs: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has signed a 10-year Community Sound Broadcasting Contract with South West Donegal Community Radio Limited.

HE’S experienced the glamour of the inter-county senior game and has All-Ireland medals clinking in his pocket.

IRISH music should be used to lift people out of the economic gloom and “engender a sense of wellbeing” around the country, according to chairman of the Oireachtas Arts Committee, Tom Kitt.

THE prize bond fund has increased by 50% in 30 months to hit a record €1.2 billion.

THEY say you can take a white horse anywhere, but it seems Midleton horse trainer Dan Rohan can take his bay mare anywhere and win.

TV and radio stations will have to pay a €5.7 million levy to fund the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland this year in a move that broadcasters have warned could cost jobs in the sector.

AN EAST Cork family has spoken of “the utter disregard” shown to them and their four-month-old daughter Emma by the HSE after it cancelled an operation that could save their daughter’s sight.

PRIZE BOND sales have recorded very strong growth in the first nine months of 2009, pushing the total fund above €1 billion for the first time in its 52-year history.

Dublin chief executive John Costello has revealed that the county will have a new sponsor in place by the end of October and that the deal will be worth more than the long-running partnership with Arnotts.

DUBLIN chief executive John Costello has revealed that the county will have a new sponsor in place by the end of October and that the deal will be worth more than the long-running partnership with Arnotts.

Funding of almost €960,000 was today awarded to 89 radio projects.