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RTÉ News
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
RTÉ Learn: Get your Leaving Cert 2025 exam tips, revision notes and more here!
Attention Leaving Cert Class of 2025 - you have come to the right place! As you prepare to sit the state exams, RTÉ Learn is here to help with exam tips, free revision notes and video content. Click on the hyperlinks in this article to see the resources on each subject or topic. While revision and study is important, don't forget to manage your time to allow some fresh air and activities too. It's essential to have a balance, and that's why we have some great advice on how to mind yourself. Then click on the links below to get you started: Study Hub The series returned with new host Maura Fay covering the key subjects with expert guests. Study Hub 2025 is available as a Podcast, on YouTube and there's bitesize clips on TikTok too! Click on the link below to check it out, along with additional notes. On Wednesday 4 June, thousands of secondary school pupils will begin their Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams. So Sinéad Courtney from RTÉ News asked some experts for their three top tips on what to do if any of those issues arise. Click on the link below to watch all the videos.
RTÉ News
27-05-2025
- General
- RTÉ News
Get set for Leaving Cert English with Study Hub
As the Leaving Cert Class of 2025 get set for the exams, we have great tips and advice from Study Hub with Maura Fay for Higher Level English. Conor Murphy from Skibbereen Community College brings us through Paper 1, and then we continue with Clodagh Havel from Dublin's Institute of Education on Paper 2. Conor says that you should try not to panic and that English Paper 1 is your friend. He also tells students how not to drop points. Press play up top! Clodagh says: "What is the examiner looking for? They want you to show your understanding. You should show 9 key moments."
BreakingNews.ie
06-05-2025
- Business
- BreakingNews.ie
Landlord must pay another €5,000 after withdrawing bid to silence RTÉ journalist
Landlord turned screenwriter Christian Carter has backed off from using anti-stalking laws to stop an RTÉ reporter writing stories about him, but has been hit with a €5,000 legal bill. Dublin man Carter had secured interim restraining orders on April 9th, temporarily stopping Amy Molloy, the Irish Independent's Social Affairs Correspondent, and Maura Fay, a Today with Claire Byrne reporter on RTÉ Radio 1, from publishing stories about him. Advertisement Both of the journalists resisted his attempts to extend the interim order for five-years. However, last month at Dublin District Court, Judge Anthony Halpin threw out Carter's bid to "silence" Amy Molloy before lifting reporting restrictions and landing him with an order to pay €10,000 to cover expenses incurred by Mediahuis, the publishers of the Irish Independent, in fighting the case. On Tuesday, Carter's case against Ms Fay was listed again for hearing. However, during the call-over of the day's cases, his barrister, Stephen Wilson, instructed by solicitor Alex Rafter, said he was instructed to withdraw the matter. Judge Halpin noted two similar previous attempts against Ms Fay had failed. Following an application by Rebecca Tierney BL for Ms Fay, he ordered Carter to pay her legal costs of €5,000. Advertisement Furthermore, he again lifted the in-camera rule, allowing the parties to be named. The businessman's U-turn follows a resounding courtroom defeat on April 16th in his action against the Irish Independent journalist. In that case, Judge Halpin criticised Carter's use of the process, saying it was not the purpose of the civil restraining orders introduced last year. The judge had heard that Amy Molloy had broken stories and covered court cases about Carter's days as a landlord and his tax affairs. Advertisement "I was just doing my job," the journalist emphasised when she testified at the hearing. Judge Halpin dismissed that case: "I never envisaged that this forum would be used to dilute journalistic freedom or restrict publication of certain matters." He held that Carter endeavoured to use this legal remedy to "suppress" the legitimate publication of facts he did not want in the public domain. Ronan Lupton SC for the newspaper described that civil restraining order application as a collateral attack that tramples on the right of freedom of expression. Advertisement In evidence, the journalist rejected suggestions from the applicant's solicitor that she had stepped over the line, telling Judge Halpin she was simply seeking a comment, offering Carter the right to reply, which was a fundamental part of journalism, and "I was just doing my job". Carter claimed that she had written 50 articles and had rehashed stories about him since 2017. In response to his claims, Ms Molloy said since 2017, she had written 17 or 18 articles concerning properties Carter rented out and when he appeared on the tax defaulters list last year. One of the properties featured in her work was a Cabinteely property, which she alleged had 70 tenants, while Carter claimed it was a 6,000 sq ft 25-roomed mansion with 40 tenants. The Circuit Court had ordered him to pay €20,000 to some of his tenants. Advertisement The court heard he was also featured in a 2017 RTÉ Investigates broadcast called Nightmare to Let. Ms Molloy explained she had written about his issues with the Residential Tenancies Board, a council and the Revenue Commissioners. Ireland Richard Satchwell told detective he thought wife w... Read More The journalist said that a source informed her that Carter had recently travelled to various destinations, including South America, Canada, and Hawaii. Ms Molloy asserted that in light of that, she attempted to reach out to him for a comment on whether he had paid up following his settlement of nearly one million euro with the Revenue Commissioners after under-declaring income tax. She stated, "If Mr Carter had paid his taxes and had not dangerously overcrowded houses, I would never have had to write about him". Breaching a civil restraining order can result in a €4,000 fine, a criminal conviction and a 12-month prison sentence.
RTÉ News
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Leaving Cert 2025: Let's revise with help from RTÉ Study Hub
RTÉ's Study Hub returned this year, with new host Maura Fay, offering more great exam tips and advice for a range of key subjects. Having started out as a RTÉ Radio 1 Podcast, Study Hub has expanded across platforms and is available on YouTube, and there's highlights on TikTok too Here, we have all six shows in one place for your revision. But, it's not all about study - get out and get some fresh air as often as possible!
