College course to prepare students for TG4 jobs

IRISH language television station TG4’s independence from RTÉ from April will create opportunities for television producers, especially working through Irish, a Waterford-based company and education bosses say.

Those behind the new Higher Diploma in Television Production (Ard Diploma in Léiriú Teilifíse) developed by Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the Nemeton production company in An Rinn Gaeltacht in Waterford say it opens up massive opportunities in the sector.

Supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta, the full-time course will run for one year with lectures and hands-on training provided on campus in Waterford and at Nemeton’s television studios in An Rinn.