Sky's the limit for news team

COMPETITION to capture Irish TV news audiences is set to intensify from next month with confirmation by Sky News that it will start its specialist news bulletins for viewers in the Republic on May 10.

The half-hour transmissions will be anchored by the former TV3 and TG4 newscaster, Gráinne Seoige, and a team of about 20 journalists, camera crew and studio technicians who have previously worked with other TV and radio stations in Ireland.

They include correspondents Ray Kennedy and Brian Daly, video journalists Jerome Hughes and Jonathan Healy and West of Ireland bureau chief Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile, who will be stationed in Limerick.