‘Meon Eile’ Irish language news service launched
July 10, 2012
A new multimedia Irish language news service broadcasting from Belfast, ‘meon eile’ was launched recently.
The service provides news in current affairs, sport and entertainment with a modern twist, catering for the Irish language community in Northern Ireland as well as Irish speakers in general. The website aims to create a multimedia platform run completely through Irish with the use of videos, photographs and current stories which cover a wide range of subjects with a creative approach.
Meoneile.ie is the brainchild of producer Sinéad Ingoldsby who spent seven years working with BBC Northern Ireland and the project is being run by production company ‘Below the Radar’.
“Interaction between Irish speakers online is becoming increasingly vibrant and we in Meon Eile hope to add to this important conversation, ” Ingoldsby said at the launch of the website.
Meoneile.ie employs three talented journalists and writers – Sarah de Búrca, who worked in the script department of TG4 soap opera Ros na Rún, Shane Ó Curraighín, a Fullbright scholar with experience in the newsroom and Tomaí Ó Conghaile, editor of Irish language magazine ‘Nós’.
The website gives the option of viewing news stories by individual authors and under the headings ‘Current Affairs’, ‘Arts and Culture’, ‘Sport’, ‘Community’ and the public is given the chance to express opinions with the heading ‘Have your say’.
The website hopes to add to the development of Irish across the country as well as fulfilling the needs of Irish speakers therefore keep a close eye on www.meoneile.ie.
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