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Congratulations to Scariff Bay Community Radio and The Inaugural Clare Drama Radio Play Festival
Clare Drama Festival was initiated in 1946 and has been held almost every year since. It was not held in 2001 due to the foot and mouth epidemic and again in 2020 because of coronavirus. Determined not to be thwarted again in 2021, Scariff Bay Community Radio...
Near FM – Media Education Without Borders – online training course
The Near Media Co-op has been developing an online training course for teachers/trainers on media literacy/media studies. It is part of an Erasmus+ European Project with partners in Germany, Spain and Hungary. If you know anyone who might be interested in the training...
Craol Féile 2020 Remote but not Distant.
The big questions for the CRAOL Coordinating Committee when planning Féile 2020 back at the start of the year were hotel, workshops, guest speakers, topics and theme. Then Covid 19 came along, and the questions became: numbers, who should attend? conference room...
Tipp Mid-West Radio-Vacancy for Radio Producer / Technical Assistant
Tipp Mid-West Radio, St. Michael’s Street, Tipperary Town is seeking applications for the position of: Radio Producer / Technical Assistant This is a PART-TIME position (19.5 hours/week) Job Description This position involves the following key duties: The technical...
Craol 2020 Achievement Awards now open for applications
Click HERE to download Explanatory Notes Closing date Friday October 23rd 2020
2020 National Community Radio Day (NCRD) a great success
Thanks to our colleagues at 92.5 Phoenix FM for hosting the highly successful 2020 National Community Radio Day in spite of having to deal with a pandemic and...
National Community Radio Day sees the publication of the BAI report highlighting social benefits of Community Radio
On National Community Radio Day (Friday 19th June, 2020), Community Radio Ireland (CRAOL), which represents 21 fully-licensed and 11 developing community radio stations in Ireland, celebrates and recognises the work and commitment of the more than two and a half...
National Community Radio Day 2020 – Friday 19th of June
This Friday, June 19th is National Community Radio Day. It’s the day when CRAOL- Community Radio Ireland - and its member stations across Ireland celebrate and recognise the work and commitment of the more than two and a half thousand people - volunteers and staff –...
BAI Community Media Action Plan – Key Developments
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland launched its Community Media Action Plan (“Action Plan”) in March 2019. This plan has its roots in recommendations from the Community Radio and TV sectors aimed at enhancing sustainability and increasing participation set out in...
STOP THINK CHECK- Be Media Smart
Information is everywhere and sometimes it can be difficult to judge how accurate or reliable information is. Always try to STOP, THINK, CHECK that what you are seeing, reading or hearing is accurate and reliable. STOP THINK CHECK ...
Open for Business
Here at Athlone Community Radio we realised on March 16th that the most important information our listeners needed to know was, which service/organization was open for business or closed and which shop/restaurant/ hotel was open and what were the changes to...
92.5 Phoenix FM Connecting Dublin 15
92.5 Phoenix FM, based in Blanchardstown Dublin 15, are pleased to be operating a full service remotely and ensuring social distancing as per current governmental guidelines. As an organisation we have developed procedures and work practices to enable remote working...