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Senior Producers Workshop confirmed for 1-3rd June 2016 with BBC Academy

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to confirm that our Senior Producer workshop planned with the BBC Academy for June has now been confirmed to take place from 1-3rd June 2016 in Dublin. The workshop will run [...]

Radio : The Trusted Medium during Covid 19

With 3.2 million people listening daily, radio remains the dominant audio player in Ireland during Covid 19. More people in Ireland are listening to radio than this time last year. The latest Joint Nation [...]

Learning Waves announces details for BBC Radio Ulster Partnership

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with BBC Radio Ulster. The process of developing this partnership began in 2014 when Teresa Hanratty, Project Manager, Learning [...]

Beat's digital listening explodes in 2020

Beat listeners swapped their stereos for smart speakers in 2020 as disrupted routines and a series of innovative digital-awareness campaigns influenced radio consumption. The total listening hours on Beat&rsquo [...]

BAI announces funding to connect music professionals with audiences through radio and TV.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced on Wednesday 27th January 2021, the launch of a new open funding round under its Sound & Vision 4 Scheme. Funding of up to €5.5m is bei [...]

Classic Hits 4FM Director of News recognised

Classic Hits 4FM has been awarded the inaugural U Magazine 30 under 30 award for contributions to radio. The awards presentation took place on Wednesday night last in the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin where [...]

Skillnet Ireland named ‘Best Agency Support to Business’ at the InBusiness Recognition Awards 2020

Skillnet Ireland was announced as the winner of the ‘Best Agency Support to Business’ award at the 2020 InBusiness Recognition awards held on Friday 29th January 2021. This marks the third con [...]

FM remains the dominant channel for Radio listening in Ireland

The latest JNLR report, Radio in a Digital World, February 2021, shows that Irish radio remains an FM affair despite the advent of multiple digital devices and apps now available in the market. The report [...]

Media Literacy Ireland calls on people to Be Media Smart & to Stop, Think, Check

Now, more than ever, it is critical that people use accurate and reliable information when making informed decisions – whether those decisions relate to health, politics, economics or any other aspect of [...]

Skillnets highlights need for management skills in SMEs to deal with Brexit challenge

Meeting the future skills needs of Irish small- and medium-sized businesses and responding to the challenges and opportunities of Brexit will be key priorities for Skillnets, the enterprise-led agency with resp [...]

BAI launches public consultation on three-year strategy statement

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland(BAI) opened the public consultation on its three year strategy statement on Wednesday 2nd December 2016. Opening the public consultation, the Chairperson of the BAI, [...]

Radio Days Ireland - A look back at Photos from the Conference

We have captured the best of our speakers and our attendees with our photographer on the day, Conor McCabe. Thanks to Conor, you can now take a look back at what was a great two day conference in Dublin.& [...]

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