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# Communications

This month
March 2024
Ministers and TDs paid out over €186,000 on PR and digital marketing last year
Last year
2023
Pat Rabbitte: Two inquiries, two reviews and one forensic excavation into RTÉ is deliberate overkill
Bluebell baby monitors 'no longer safe' as regulator issues recall
Refugee accommodation: Govt hopes local point people and beefed up media budget will ease concerns
All time
Poll: Has government communication on Covid-19 restrictions been clear in recent weeks?
From 2024, the government wants to include phones and laptops in your TV licence fee
Irish users urged to download latest version of WhatsApp after phones infected with spyware through missed calls
'It's a disgrace that it will take that long': Opposition TDs criticise 7-year timeline for rural broadband
Cabinet signs off on the €3 billion broadband plan - here's what we know so far
Report due in three weeks on whether Naughten meetings undermined procurement process
Naughten admits more private meetings with head of broadband bidding group
Denis Naughten has resigned as Communications Minister
'An attack on rural Ireland' - Criticism as An Post releases list of 159 post offices to close
Leo admits 'mistakes were made' and 'controls were too loose' with his communications unit
Why did Eir quit the State's broadband plan, and what now for rural Ireland?
There has been a jump in the number of people buying a TV licence in the last year
Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer to appear live on the Late Late this Friday
See the Ophelia warnings on TV on Sunday? That was Ireland's emergency broadcasting system in action
Revealed: Taoiseach's new communications unit to cost €5m next year
Varadkar surprised that the opposition are 'more obsessed about his PR than he is'
Varadkar defends setting up separate office to look after his own PR
An Post criticised for not using Eircodes, but do you use them?
Gardaí arrest couple for acting as 'spotters' for man who killed Noel Kirwan
Trump national security pick accused of plagiarising large sections of book
7 ways the government says it will fix broadband access in Ireland
Government to block bill calling for new public holiday, despite one of its own calling for the same thing
Denis O'Brien hits out at report which raises concerns about media ownership in Ireland
"Humorous posts are popular... I also think you can't force humour either" - Managing social media for gardaí
This Kerry peninsula shows how the Irish have communicated for thousands of years
TV licence required to watch BBC iPlayer in the UK, but no such rules on the way for the RTÉ Player
FactCheck: Has Eircode really "saved lives"?
Should public payphones be hung up, permanently?
Church of England defends tweet asking for prayers for Richard Dawkins following stroke
Whatever happened to that broadcasting charge we were supposed to pay this year?
We've (finally) been told when Ireland’s new postcodes get delivered
Sky and UPC may have to hand over customer data in crackdown on licence fee dodgers
Starbucks stops writing 'race together' on cups after 'cascade of negativity'
Looking for a job? Munster is the place to be
This solar flare put on a better show than any Christmas lights
Poll: How often do you tune into Oireachtas TV?