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 broad range of media agencies, media owners ...more
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 a cost sharing basis with industry; the total...more
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 impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to reskill&nb...more
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 night where the radio industry came together ...more
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. The main premise on the call for proposals...more
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 & Communications & French and she als...more
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 €133,500. The charities involved say t...more
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 followed by Today FM with 10, 98FM with 8 and ...more
Congratulations to Julie Smyth who has been appointed as News and Sports Editor for WLR FM. The Tramore woman who began her career with the BBC has recently taken over the position with the award-winning station. Julie will be responsible f...more
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 the programme in 2017 and the course has now b...more