Irish member stations RTE and TG4 hosted major celebrations in the West of Ireland in July to celebrate the decentralisation of the Irish language TV news service from the Dublin capital to the new regional base at TG4 Headquarters in Connemara on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

The day also saw the inauguration of the new Ross overdrive control room system which is a two person operation and is the system now driving  the RTE  and TG4 national  nightly Gaelic news bulletins.  Any CIRCOM members interested in getting more information on this can contact CIRCOM President Michael Lally who is also the boss of the entire new service.

Also at the launch was CIRCOM Gen Sec Peter Sauer, TG4 boss Pol O Gallachoir, Chairman of RTE Tom Savage, BBC Head of Regions and Nations Pat Loughrey. Messages of congratulations were received from the Irish prime Minister Brian Cowen and the leaders of all main political parties.

The new service is transmitting 45 minutes of TV news daily.