Irish Examiner view: Bualadh bos for a new TV channel

Launching Cúla4 as a standalone children's channel comes at a time when the Irish language could do with a boost

Múinteoir Orla presenting 'Cúla4 ar Scoil' in the children's strand of programming on TG4. It is very welcome news indeed that Cúla4 will become a standalone TV channel. File picture

Yesterday brought the welcome announcement that a new TV channel — Cúla4 — is to be established, with children’s news and children’s programmes broadcast as Gaeilge.

It is welcome because it caters for the biggest group of Irish language learners in the country, those in school who speak the language in class every day.