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The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
RTE explain ‘once-off' Luxembourg vs Ireland broadcast decision with Late Late Show partly to blame
RTE'S scaled back coverage of Ireland's friendly vs Luxembourg was "a once-off" according to a source within the national broadcaster. Viewers were struck by how there was no studio presence around 2 Troy Parrott did have the ball in the back of the net around the hour mark but it was ruled out for offside Credit: Sportsfile 2 The Late Late Show will be back on-air in the coming weeks Credit: RTE Press Office Issue An He/she told "Another studio was unavailable for Tuesday's soccer coverage as it is undergoing essential maintenance ahead of the return of the Late Late Show and the Women's European Championships kicking off in July." Tony O'Donoghue was present at the Stade de Luxembourg and did secure post-match interviews with manager Read More On Irish Football But that the rest of the broadcast was left to commentary pair Des Curran and Ronnie Whelan to shoulder. This included them narrating over highlights at half-time, which Among the tweets posted on X about the significant break from the norm, Indo Sport podcast host Joe Molloy posted: "No RTE studio panel for the match?" The replies to his post were broadly critical of the national broadcaster. Barry fumed: "Shameful drop in standards!! Most read in Football Niall Bergin posited: "Surely cost-cutting from RTE but Man Utd fans fume as new 2025-26 kit is released with 'nod to Old Trafford' Finally, someone else pondered: "This must be a first?" However, others didn't think it was that egregious of a decision given last night was about as close to a meaningless international game as you're ever going to see. Mick Finn argued: "A meaningless, nothing game…lucky to have it shown." Lastly, one fan used what a dreadfully poor spectacle it was to crack an amusing gag. He quipped: "Is it possible they had one and they just all fell asleep? Understandable enough." Hallgrimsson The birthday boy admitted: 'Let's be honest, we're not happy with this performance. 'It's good to keep a clean sheet but we all felt that in the first half we were sloppy, the game was boring in the first half. "All the good things we did against Senegal were missing, all the quick movement, the press, the ball speed - so sloppy."
Extra.ie
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Former Fair City actress Jenny Dixon expands creative horizons with new role
Teacher, actress, and mum-of-twins, former Fair City star Jenny Dixon is now adding another string to her considerably talented bow as she has turned her hand to script writing. Dublin actress Jenny who played the role of the adorable but ditzy Kerri Ann Bishop for five years in RTE'S long-running soap opera Fair City, to considerable acclaim. Jenny, who is married to former Fine Gael TD Tom Neville, with whom she shares twin baby girls, Belle and Capri, has also appeared in a number of her small screen movies and mini-series. Jenny Dixon. Pic: Tom Honan Now Jenny whose previous career includes teaching maths and science to secondary school students, is turning her creative side to writing, and she has just penned a drama-come-comedy script which she is hopeful will be broadcast on Irish screens. Jenny, who was amongst a sect number of guests at the OXG hair products launch in Dublin on Tuesday, was looking her usual fabulous self spoke to Extra about her latest venture. 'I just submitted a script that has been accepted so fingers crossed it will be picked up,' said Jenny. 'Its a dramedy , so drama and comedy combined , I just literally sent it in and I really enjoyed the writing process,' Jenny told Extra. Jenny Dixon with celebrity hairstylist Michael Douglas. Pic: Instagram And enjoying a baby-free girls lunch at the exclusive Number 25 Fitzwilliam Square where she nabbed a picture with hair-stylist-to-the stars Michael Douglas. Douglas, who is of course fairly dating Big Brother host Davina McCaul jetted into Dublin for a fleeting visit to launch OG hair brand's new range of product
