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RTÉ News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Be sure to visit the RTÉ tent at Bloom this June BH weekend
Taking place over the June Bank Holiday weekend, and running from 9am to 6pm daily, Bord Bia's Bloom is set to celebrate its 18th birthday with spectacular entertainment and heavenly gardens. Spanning 70 acres of Dublin's Phoenix Park, the spectacular gardening event is a great coming together for garden designers, flower growers, landscapers, plantaholics, garden-furniture makers, food fanatics and anyone who loves to garden. RTÉ returns to the Phoenix Park with a feast of live music, chat, live shows from RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ lyric fm favourites, conversations hosted by Audrey McGrath, regular live RTÉ Weather updates, and much more. So, RTÉ has something for everyone at Bord Bia Bloom from Thursday, 29 May – Monday, 2 June. Marty Whelan will kick off RTÉ's five-day schedule at 10am on Thursday 29 May with a special Marty in the Morning featuring great live music, chat and special guests over two enjoyable hours. Join Marty as he catches up with some of the garden designers taking part in this year's festival and brings you his unique style of entertainment, including occasional dad jokes. For updates, tune into Marty in the Morning on RTÉ lyric fm in the lead up to Bord Bia Bloom, weekdays 7am – 10am. Later that day, from 2pm - 4pm Liz Nolan will bring her popular RTÉ lyric fm programme, The Full Score to Bloom, with live music from members of the wonderful RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and some special guests. There will be live RTÉ Weather updates on Thursday and every day from Bloom, three times daily on RTÉ One. Friday: An afternoon of great live radio On Friday, join RTÉ Radio 1's The Louise Duffy Show at 12 noon as she brings a beautiful selection of tunes for all tastes, specially chosen for a June Bank Holiday Friday at Bord Bia Bloom, before handing over to Lorcan Murray for his Classic Drive live and on RTÉ lyric fm from 1pm – 3pm with music, chat and green-fingered guests for listeners and visitors live from the RTÉ set. Lorcan has put together a bright and blossoming playlist for the event and some enjoyable live musical performances. Saturday: Lazing on a sunny afternoon Saturday starts bright and early as Philip Boucher-Hayes presents a special edition of Countrywide from Bord Bia Bloom at 8am on RTÉ Radio 1. Then on Saturday afternoon you can enjoy the company of Simon Delaney from 1pm – 3pm as he celebrates Ireland's festival of flowers, food and fun. Fans of Simon's Sunday afternoon show can expect the same mix of easy chat, good humour and great jazz as we join him in the perfect outdoor setting. We can also look forward to onstage performances from Aoife Mulholland and Niall O'Sullivan. Following the success of In Conversation with Audrey McGrath at last September's National Ploughing Championships, Audrey invites special guests to join her in conversation on stage at the RTÉ set on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Timings will be confirmed before June Bank Holiday weekend. In full Bloom on Sunday and Monday In addition to regular RTÉ Weather reports and conversations with Audrey McGrath, join George Hamilton for music and chat in Hamilton Scores also live on RTÉ lyric fm from 10am - 1pm on Sunday, while Derek Mooney will be right at home in nature for a special Mooney Goes Wild live on RTÉ Radio 1 from 3pm - 4pm on Monday. And don't forget that Marty Morrissey and Áine Lawlor will be back on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player with Bloom, capturing the fun and colour of the June bank holiday weekend at Bord Bia Bloom. See the full RTÉ live at Bord Bia Bloom schedule below and stay tuned to RTÉ lyric fm, RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ's social media accounts for more updates on what you can enjoy with RTÉ at Bord Bia Bloom 2025. RTÉ HIGHLIGHTS at Bord Bia Bloom THURSDAY 29 MAY 10:00 - 12:00: Marty In The Morning - live and on RTÉ lyric fm 14:00 - 16:00: The Full Score with Liz Nolan (live with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra) - live & on RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Weather: broadcast on RTÉ One at various times throughout the day. FRIDAY 30 MAY 12:00 - 13:00: The Louise Duffy Show - live and on RTÉ Radio 1 13:00 - 15:00: Lorcan Murray presents Classic Drive - live From Bloom and on RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Weather: broadcast at various times throughout the day. SATURDAY 31 MAY 08:00 - 09:00: Countrywide with Philip Boucher Hayes on RTÉ Radio 1 13:00 - 15:00: Saturday Afternoon with Simon Delaney (with Aoife Mulholland & Niall O'Sullivan) TBC: In Conversation with Audrey McGrath RTÉ Weather: broadcast at various times throughout the day.
RTÉ News
24-04-2025
- Climate
- RTÉ News
For the love of learning languages: Joanna Donnelly an Ghaeilge
Having signed off from forecasting on our TV screens last week take a look back at what Meteorologist and (former!) RTÉ Weather presenter, Joanna Donnelly wrote about returning to the Irish language in 2021. My husband shakes his head at me. Dhá bhliain ó shin shocraigh mé an pianó a fhoghlaim, agus bhí mé ag seinm tríocha nóiméad sa lá ar a laghad gach lá. Bím ag rith agus ag snámh agus ag déanamh yoga an chuid is mó laethanta agus bím ag rothaíocht chun oibre. Tá triúr páistí agam agus oibrím go lánaimseartha. Agus tá cardigan áran á chniotáil agam do m'iníon. Fuair gach duine eile sa teaghlach geansaí áran anuraidh, mar sin tá sé in am aici ceann a fháil. When I'm not doing all that, I read, I'm working my way through the guardian top 100 books of all time. My favourite place to read is in my garden, Is breá liom bheith ag garraíodóireacht! So when I told Harm I was taking an Irish course he just shook his head and walked away from me. Nuair a bhí mé i mo pháiste ar scoil chuaigh mé go dtí an Ghaeltacht i samhradh na chéad bhliana. Dúirt Peadar O'Ceallaigh linn go mbeimid ag labhairt i nGaeilge tar éis an chéad seachtain, tar éis an dara seachtain beimid ag smaoineamh i nGaeilge agus tar éis an tríú seachtain beimid ag brionglóid i nGaeilge. Agus bhí an ceart aige. Agus chuir sé tús liom ar mo thuras grá don Ghaeilge. Chuaigh mé ar ais bliain i ndiaidh bliana, go Dún na nGall. Thit mé i ngrá leis an gcontae agus thit mé i ngrá leis na buachaillí. That accent, oh boy oh boy. But then I grew up and went and fell in love, for real this time, with a foreigner, a Dutchman. Murab amhlaidh an scéal b'fhéidir go dtógfainn aon leanaí a bhí agam trí Ghaeilge, ach ba é an tosaíocht a bhí againn dár leanaí riamh ná Ollainnis a labhairt agus mar sin thógamar iad go dátheangach, Ollainnis agus Béarla. When I met Harm first I asked him to teach me some Dutch and was struck by some of the similarities in the language. Amárach/Morgen. Coinín/konijn, (random, I know, but they're the ones that always come to mind first). That hard G that isn't present in the English language. Nuair a bhí a céad leanbh, buachaill ag mo dheirfiúr chéile, roghnaigh sí ainm agus dúirt sí liom gur trua nach mbeinn in ann an t-ainm a rá. Go fiosrach, d'fhiafraigh mé cén fáth nach mbeinn in ann é a rá?! Dúirt sí toisc go raibh sé le fuaim chrua G agus nach raibh Sasanaigh in ann an fhuaim chrua g a rá. Ah! Dúirt mé, indignant. Ní Sasanach mise! Is féidir liom ainm nia mo fhir chéile a rá go raibh míle maith agat. So now my children are that little bit more independent and they all speak Dutch just fine, I've been allowing a little more Gaeilge creep back in to my life. It's pottering around in my head. Trying to flex. Like the Tin Man, it's rusted up and unable to make quick retorts. But the little oil I've been dripping in to the cracks over the past few years is starting to make progress. Thosaigh mé cúrsa le Gaelchultúr agus tá grá mór agam dó. Níl mé iontach, ach gach seachtain a fhreastalaím ar an gcúrsa táim ag éirí níos fearr agus níos fearr agus tá na focail ag teacht níos gasta agus níos gasta. Táim chun coinneáil leis. Is mór an spraoi é a bheith á foghlaim, nílim chun éirí as!
