If you would like the Newsletter sent to your personal email address or if you have changed your email address, or know a colleague who would like to get the Newsletters,  please send their email address to me Charles Byrne at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Reminder to colleagues and those recently retired ...to be aware that the "RTÉ Alumni" meet every first Tuesday of the month from 13.00 Hrs in the Tara Tower Hotel.. Very informal gathering of colleagues having a snack and a chat....give it a try,  you will be very welcome....CB 

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Happy St Patrick's Day To All Our Colleagues - Particularly Those  Abroad..

http://www.rte.ie/live/

See the festivities at home on RTÉ Television Worldwide Live - By clicking on the above link... CB

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RTÉ Credit Union – St. Patricks Day Bank Holiday Draw

The winners of the St. Patricks Day bank holiday draw are as follows:

€250 William Kinsella
€250 Sarah McIntyre
€250 Karen Dunning
€250 Eirik Pederson

Happy St Patrick’s Day from us all at RTÉ Credit Union!

Please note the office will be closed tomorrow 17^th March and will reopen on Monday at 9.30am.

Marketing Executive 
RTÉ Credit Union

Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Tel 01 208 2657
Fax 01 208 2128
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Talbot Hotel Wexford ... Spring Triple Treat Special Offers ...

 ( Valid until the 30th April 2017 with thanks to Sarah Caulfield - Wexford Talbot Hotel) 

3 Nights Bed & Full Irish Breakfast including 3 Evening Meals – From €149pps / €30 per night Single Supplement (Midweek Offer)   2 Nights Bed & Full Irish Breakfast including 2 Evening Meals – From €119pps / €30 per night Single Supplement (Midweek Offer) Talbot Time Out – 1 nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast €65pps/ €30 per night Single Supplement (Midweek Offer)

 

www.talbotwexford.ie  / 053 9122566.  If you require any further information please let me know.  

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Group Sales & Marketing Manager

The Talbot Collection

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RTÉ Sports and Social Club...EGM

 

Dear Members,

A few thoughts from Marguerite,Johnand Douglas regarding recent Club events.

We would like to thank each and every member for supporting our Club and attending the recent information sessions.

Undoubtedly we are facing a massive time of change in the history of our Club. The Clubhouse is not just another bricks and mortar type facility. It is a real Club, it is a living Club and it is a harvester of emotion and sentiment for our members. Our institution has played a part in the everyday lives of people who have come and gone from RTÉ.

During the first set of member informationsessionswe listened to you. We went back to RTÉ armed with your feedback, which corroborated what we had beenrelayingto RTÉ, againemphasisingthe strong requirement for a staff voice on campus. We believe there is an intrinsic need for a members Club on campus to help build social relationships alongside professional RTÉ relationships.

Our Community has developed alongside RTÉ since 1961 and it is in both of our interests to work towards a successful venture for our members, who are employed by RTÉ and have retired from RTÉ.  We are keenly aware of the commercial landscape and challenges which face RTÉ. In every challenge there isopportunityandwe have put our best foot forwardto represent your interests and improve the length of tenure on site.

We have fought hard and put in long hours to drive the origin of RTÉ’s relocation proposal, and we believe this is the only game in town for our Club members. During the most recent sessions we outlined an alternative reality, should the relocation proposal fail to pass. We have fought the good fight and we believe the alternative reality brought about by a no vote to this proposal will lead to the demise of the Club. The current Club Officers will not be continuing on to manage a process of rapid decline.

Although we have not seen eye to eye with RTÉ on every single point relating to the Club, we must stress that the interests of our members have been steered in the right direction. We must strongly acknowledge that RTÉ has come to the table and delivered a relocation proposal which will provide security while RTÉ remains onsite,and will also enable us to grow the interests of our Club and members.

We fully recommend and approve the improved relocation proposal for the Club.

We have brought this proposal as far as possible and we need boots on the ground to vote infavour of this proposal.

We need 100 Ordinary members to complete the EGM voting on the night of Wednesday 15 March 2017 at 19:30, but we need a lot more Ordinary members to attend.

Please do not assume that we will have the numbers and everything will be alright on the night. If you do not attend, it won't.

We are appealing to members to turn up and vote for the proposal.  Please canvass all members to attend this critical vote for our Club.

We wish members all the best and look forward to seeing you on the night of Wednesday 15 March 2017.

We will be validating members from 19:00 but the bar will be open from 17:30 with light refreshments provided.

Yours sincerely,

Douglas McCann, Secretary

John Reynolds, Vice Chair

Marguerite Sheridan.

 

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Our Colleague  Rhoda Draper send this concert  notice for your attention..CB 

 

 

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LW252 to continue until 2019 as hoped for digital replacement is awaited

Margaret Golden a leading light in the campaign to save LW252.

Following discussions between stakeholders the Long Wave service will continue at least until 2019.

Localised DAB+ services are hoped for in new UK broadcasting legislation under way.   

Myra Butler, Shaw, Manchester – a daily listener to LW252.

Myra has proud memories of early schooling in Ballydesmond which she completed in Banteer Cork before emigrating to a career in publishing. She is a regular visitor home with a sister in Mallow. Myra is a daily listener to and leading campaigner to save RTE LW252.  

Rochdale Mayor with Margaret Golden

Margaret Golden , daughter of former Dundalk lighthouse keeper Frank Ryan and settled in Manchester since 1966 Margaret and husband Patrick are busy preparing sashes, banners and posters for Manchester’s St Patricks Day parade on March 12th.  Joining them will be former Dundalk neighbours Paddy and Susan Moore and Cork born friend Myra Butler.  Margaret and Myra have prepared sashes for every county in Ireland and of course her own the “wee county”.

 Latest photos of the very near completed Dormitory in Kachibora 

Dormitory building in St Johns school in Kachibora under construction supported by the RTÉ Staff One World Fund..

(Many thanks to Tony McDonald for the Photos from Fr Julius..)

Tony Mc Donald assisted a submission to the RTÉ One World Fund, being in Donnybrook Parish, from Fr. Julius in Kachibora, and your RTÉ OWF committee agreed a contribution of €3,000 to St. John's Primary School Project in Kitale in Kenya.  Fr. Julius aims to build a dormitory and our contribution will be used to start the project and build the dormitory.. Here are some photos that we have received from Fr. Julius.   We will keep you up to date with the project as it progresses.. Many thanks to Tony McDonald ( Donnybrook Church Sacritan) for this update on the  project

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Your Ability to Focus Has Probably Peaked:  Here’s How to Stay Sharp

Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products at NirAndFar.com.

In their new book, The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World, Dr. Adam Gazzaley, a neuroscientist, and Dr. Larry Rosen, a psychologist, explain how our ability to pay attention works and what we can do to stay focused....

This summary is worth a read if you are over 20...!! 

Go to the following link....CB

 http://www.superannrte.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5605

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The Spring Series, Recollections of Ireland,

continues at the National Concert Hall, Kevin Barry Room

Discover lost and forgotten Irish music composed before 1917 with Una Hunt and friends

Wednesdays at 7.30pm

NEXT Wednesday, 22nd March 2017

FALLEN LEAVES FROM AN IRISH ALBUM

With music from the National Library of Ireland

Sinead Campbell-Wallace, soprano

Úna Hunt, piano

Our national bard, Thomas Moore and his Irish Melodies take centre stage in this programme of music from the National Library of Ireland. Featuring composers from eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Ireland, the recital includes a set of canzonets by Thomas Augustine Geary and vocal music from Thomas Cooke, Samuel Lover and Mozart’s friend, Michael Kelly. Featured music for piano includes Ireland’s most famous composer, John Field, and Francis Panormo, a member of a family of instrument makers who lived in Ireland for an extended period – A programme of rarely-performed music not to be missed. 

Wednesday, 29th March 2017

THE SHOWER OF PEARLS

Fionnuala Hunt, violin

Úna Hunt, piano

Featuring violin and piano music by leading Irish composers and instrumentalists of the mid-to-late nineteenth century. These include Limerick’s own pianist-composer, George Alexander Osborne who left Ireland as a young man and gained fame as one of the favoured performers in the famous Parisian salons of the 1830s and 40s. The Italian pianist, Michele Esposito, made his home in Ireland with his appointment as professor of piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music where he left behind an important piano legacy. Another professor of the Academy whose music is completely unknown was the gifted but ill-fated Fanny Robinson. Completing the programme is violin and piano music by Charles Villiers Stanford.

 

Wednesday, 5th April 2017

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Gillian Williams, violin

Arun Rao, cello

Úna Hunt, piano

In the 19th century, France – and especially Paris – was a place of desire for so many composers across Europe, not least for the Irish. Many sought tuition and performance opportunities, and quite a few spent extended periods of their career there. This programme explores little-known Franco-Irish musical connections through the extraordinary O’Kelly family: Henri, Joseph and George along with music for violin and cello by another composer worthy of attention, Swan Hennessy. Then, there’s the unique Augusta Holmès who was France’s first really significant female composer; her father came from Youghal in Co Cork. Rounding off the programme are piano trios from Irish musicians who lived in Paris for extended periods. The pianist-composer from Limerick, George Alexander Osborne, performed with Chopin at his famous debut recital in the Salle Pleyel and became one of the most favoured salon performers. Michael William Balfe was one of Ireland’s most noted opera composers; while his Bohemian Girl remains popular, his instrumental music is almost unknown. The final concert of the series - The French Connection - provides a rare opportunity to hear these little-known works while exploring the intersections between the music of Ireland and France.

( Many thanks to colleague Una Hunt for the above information. )  CB

 

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That's all for now ...Have a good Week.... CB