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Learning Waves members shortlisted for Mental Health Media Awards 2020

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to announce that a number of its members have been shortlisted for the Mental Health Media Awards 2020. The awards recognise excellence in media coverage of mental hea [...]

Media Literacy Ireland 2020 Conference details announced : Webinar 1: MIL without Borders

Media Literacy Ireland has announced details of its 2020 conference which due to Covid 19 will take place online. Rather than run the conference over a full day, Media Literacy Ireland will host a series [...]

Communicating Virtually with Impact - Some tips from Ger Lally

Learning Waves Skillnet recently facilitated a one-hour workshop with Ger Lally from Ger Lally and Associates on ‘Communicating Virtually with Impact’. Lally started the session by highligh [...]

Media Central take Gold at Media Awards

The Media Awards 2020 took place on Thursday October 22 at 4pm. The Awards were hosted by the well-known TV presenter and business journalist Richard Curran. A total of 286 entries were received from a [...]

Skillnet Ireland welcomes increase in Government funding in Budget 2021 to help businesses recover from impact of Covid-19 pandemic

The agency has received total funding for 2021 of €41 million in today’s budget through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Skillnet Ireland operates on [...]

Minister Simon Harris launches “Skills Connect” to support workers who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, yesterday launched Skillnet Ireland’s new initiative, Skills Connect, aimed at helping workers severely im [...]

Learning Waves secures additional Skillnet Ireland Funding

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to announce that they have received additional funding from Skillnet Ireland under the recent call for proposals : Rebuilding Businesses and Supporting Impacted Workers.&nbs [...]

26 Gold Awards for Learning Waves members at IMRO Radio Awards 2020

The IMRO Radio Awards took place virtually on Friday 2nd October 2020, hosted by Dermot Whelan from Today FM, the event was streamed live across the country for first time in the awards history. It was a [...]

Journalism Graduate Programme 2019 - One Year Later, with Emma Hill, Corks Red FM

From Mary Immaculate(MI) College in Limerick to the Learning Waves Journalism Graduate Programme 2019 (JGP), Emma Hill has seen her career in radio blossom. In college Emma gained a Bachelor of Arts with Media [...]

Radio Kerry’s Celebrate4Life has raised €133,500 for 4 Kerry Charities

Radio Kerry ‘s Celebrate4Life, fundraising initiative on behalf of four Kerry charities - Kerry Hospice Foundation, Comfort for Chemo, Recovery Haven and the Kerry Cancer Support Group, has raised €1 [...]

125 nominations for Learning Waves members at 2020 IMRO Awards

Learning Waves Skillnet members have been shortlisted for 125 awards at the upcoming IMRO radio awards. The shortlist was announced yesterday and Newstalk top the list with 29 nominations. This is f [...]

Learning Waves partners with London College of Music to deliver Diploma in Creative Radio Advertising

Learning Waves Skillnet is delighted to partner again with GoCreate Academy to deliver the Diploma in Creative Radio Advertising which is accredited by the London College of Music. The network delivered t [...]

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