The Press Centre

29/07/2024

It's Written in Concrete by Seamus Kelly charts the author's successful journey, battling against the odds to have his positive news stories published, not only in his own newspaper, Ballymun Concrete News, but also accepted and reported in national and regional newspapers.

The book is available to buy online from various outlets, including eBay.

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22/07/2024

12/06/2024

Press Release: Tuath by Susanne Carpenter. Sci-fi, fantasy, action and adventure blend with themes taken from Irish mythology to produce an epic tale of breathtaking proportions. –

Press Release for immediate publication 14 June 2024 Tuath by Susanne Carpenter – an epic tale of breathtaking proportions – Past, present and future must combine forces if they are to avert cataclysm and disaster, which can only signal the demise of civilisation and of the human race. Sci-fi, f...

08/06/2024

Press Release: The Tragic Isle by N.P. Kennedy is an historical novel set against the backdrop of Ireland's War of Independence. A story that lay undiscovered for decades is finally revealed … and what a story it is too. The manuscript for this novel was found among the author's possessions when he passed away in 1978. Never published in his lifetime, it is available now for all to read, in print and e-book editions.

Press Release for immediate publication 8 June 2024 The Tragic Isle by N.P. Kennedy – a story that lay undiscovered for decades is finally revealed – The Tragic Isle by N.P. Kennedy is a story of love and conflict, loyalty and compromise set during the rebel resistance at the height of Ireland.....

02/05/2024

Verona Pentony – author, poet, songwriter, peace activist – will be a guest on Cork City Community Radio's Let's Integrate programme with presenter, Fahmeda Naheed this coming Saturday, 4 May from 1pm to 2pm.

Tune in at 100.5 FM or stream the programme live from the website –

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05/04/2024

The Moments series by Patrick Gately. Two books to be launched on Poetry Day Ireland (25 April) at Ballymun Library

04/04/2024

Hug a Newsperson Day, also known as Hug a News Anchor Day, Hug a Newsman Day, and Hug a Newswoman Day, is being observed today! It is observed annually on April 4th.

23/01/2024

Meet journalists from the Dublin Inquirer newspaper and weigh in on what you would like them to look into and write about.

11/01/2024

The phone-in. Richie takes calls from listeners on a wide range of topics.

22/12/2023

Press Release: Fever in the Jungle by Sebastian Kevany. Taking us 'Inside the World of an Epidemic Troubleshooter' while marking and observing International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (27 December) – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sYzmtw4I9Z0rYN3pGIgx5uNW1RHTy6yrklhUheln9ms/edit?usp=sharing

30/11/2023

Press Release: Fishing in Irish Waters (a blow-in's tale) by Trevor Simpson is the third volume in the highly popular Cornish Fisherman's Diaries series. It charts both the growth and the decline in Ireland's seafishing industry, from the author's arrival in Ireland in 1967 up to the present.

Press Release for immediate publication 2 December 2023 Fishing in Irish Waters by Trevor Simpson – the third volume in the Cornish Fisherman’s Diaries series – Fishing in Irish Waters: A Blow-in’s Tale by Trevor Simpson is the eagerly anticipated third volume in the Cornish Fisherman’s Di...

17/11/2023

"The Irish Light Is Edited By Gemma O’Doherty. Our goal is to fulfil the function of the traditional press long since abandoned by the Irish mainstream media: to hold power to account and expose corruption in public office. The newspaper is distributed independently to remain fiercely free from the establishment we seek to hold to account."

Our goal is to fulfill the function of the traditional press long since abandoned by the Irish mainstream media: to hold power to account and expose corruption in public office.

13/10/2023

Press Release: Book Launch | Only When I'm Dancing Can I Feel This Free by Wayne Power

Wayne Power’s forthcoming collection of poetry will be formally launched, as part of Waterford Writers Weekend, on Thursday, 26 October at St Patrick's Gateway, Waterford starting 7pm. Tony Kelly, whose film The Hurler is currently showing in Irish cinemas, will perform the honours on the night.

Press Release for immediate publication 14 October 2023 Only When I’m Dancing Can I Feel This Free – Wayne Power’s forthcoming collection of poetry – Wayne Power is an author who is well into his groove at this stage in his career, with a third volume of poetry to be launched as part of Wate...

03/10/2023

News that RTÉ will officially close its Aertel teletext service next week will prompt a range of emotions. For some, the announcement brings back fond memories of Aertel’s heyday in the years immediately prior to the internet. Others may be surprised it hadn’t been terminated years ago.

In the late 1980s, evening newspapers still printed Final Score editions on a Saturday. There was no way to find out what was on the telly without checking a printed page. Mobile phones were the size of microwave ovens, and there were only a few hundred of them in the country. Rolling 24-hour news channels were a distant rumour from far-off America, while Irish television switched off at midnight and didn’t come back on until late the next morning.

Aertel brought a little bit of Day-Glo digital immediacy into this drab, analogue world. In its mid-1990s pomp, the service was a hugely popular resource for finding everything from breaking news reports to sports results and entertainment listings. And its closed caption function was a boon for anyone with hearing difficulties.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/10/03/aertel-brought-day-glo-immediacy-into-a-drab-analogue-world/

06/08/2023

"At its simplest, the ethical foundation for public service broadcasting is programming in the public interest. In a commercial system, programmes are made not in the public interest but around what the public is interested in. And they are made to generate revenue."

‘If you can’t convince, confuse” is a phrase that comes to mind often as the RTÉ payment scandal continues to play out. One thing has become very clear though, and that is the divergence of cultures at RTÉ. The major differences between the cultures of public service and commercially-driven ...

06/08/2023

"The deadly pattern is extractivism: the policy of mining something — everything — even to the point of killing it." – Paula Downey, member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

During my research into responsible corporate behaviour, the CEO of a global telecoms company made a casual remark I’ve never forgotten. “Even if my salary was halved, I wouldn’t notice.” His words have been rattling around my head since the controversy surrounding RTÉ and Ryan Tubridy igni...

22/02/2023

Press Release: Funny Incidents by Kay Morrison

Funny Incidents: or, why no good deed goes unpunished! by Kay Morrison is an eclectic collection of random tales too good not to tell, too funny not to share. Published in Ireland, under the imprint of The Manuscript Publisher, it is available to buy online in print and e-book editions.

Press Release for immediate publication 24 February 2023 Funny Incidents by Kay Morrison – tales too good not to tell; too funny not to share – For her latest book, Kay Morrison has drawn together a collection of stories and anecdotes that serve to demonstrate just how much we miss when we fail ...

09/02/2023

Think fake news is something new, just a bad side effect of the Internet? Think again! False information and other kinds of manipulation are as old as humanity.

31/01/2023

Normam Mailer, American novelist, journalist, playwright was born on this day in 1923. A Pulitzer Prize winner in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he is considered to be among the pioneers and innovators of creative non-fiction or New Journalism.

21/01/2023

Press Release: Customs House to Howth Head – Book Launch. A recently published account of Dublin's North Bay area by author, Dennis McIntyre will be formally launched on Wednesday, 1 February at Clontarf Castle Hotel in Clontarf starting 8pm

Press Release for immediate publication 22 January 2023 Customs House to Howth Head – A History and Guide to the Dublin North Bay Area by Dennis McIntyre – A newly published historical account of Dublin’s North Bay area will be formally launched on Wednesday, 1 February at Clontarf Castle Hote...

26/11/2022

120th anniversary of the first issue of Ireland's Own magazine. Published in 1902.

11/11/2022

Understanding is the foundation of effective communication. 🤝

24/10/2022

Press Release: Drowned-Out Voices by GhostÉire

Anthony Kerrigan, Sinead Houlihan, Jenifer Kerrigan collectively form the paranormal study group, GhostÉire, seeking spiritual and scientific explanations for the paranormal, the supernatural and similarly unexplained phenomena. Drowned-Out Voice is the second instalment in the GhostÉire Investig*tes series, continuing on from where 2016's The Rising of Haunted Ireland leaves off.

Published under the imprint of The Manuscript Publisher, it is on sale now and available to buy online in print (both hardback and paperback) and e-book editions, accompanied by 98 minutes of video footage.

Press Release for immediate publication 25 October 2022 Drowned-Out Voices by GhostÉire – continuing the GhostÉire Investig*tes series – Drowned-Out Voices by Anthony Kerrigan, Sinead Houlihan and Jenifer Kerrigan is the second instalment in the GhostÉire Investig*tes series and continues whe...

29/09/2022

Press Release: The Joys of a Second Rattle at Life by William Tiernan. The author's third volume of poetry will be formally launched on Saturday, 8 October at the Fr. Flanagan Community Centre, Ballymoe, Co. Galway starting 8pm.

Press Release for immediate publication 30 September 2022 The Joys of a Second Rattle at Life by William Tiernan – Book Launch: Saturday, 8 October at Fr. Flanagan Centre, Ballymoe, Co. Galway – The Joys of a Second Rattle at Life by William Tiernan is the author’s third collection of poetry a...

17/09/2022

30/08/2022

Press Release: Adventures of the Famine Diver, William Campbell by Roy Stokes. 19th century story of a man who lived more lives than one and on opposite sides of the world.

Press Release for immediate publication 31 August 2022 William Campbell, Famine Diver by Roy Stokes – a man who lived more lives than one and on opposite sides of the world – William Campbell (1813-1894) lived more lives than one and on different continents too. His story stands out, even in the...

23/08/2022

O’Neill took over the role in 2017 and will remain in place until a replacement is found.

19/08/2022

Cleared for Disaster: Ireland's Most Horrific Air Crashes (Mercier Press, 2006) by Michael O'Toole, also author of More Kicks than Pence: A Life in Irish Journalism (1992, Poolbeg)

Cleared for Disaster: Ireland's Most Horrific Air Crashes by Michael O'Toole On Sunday morning, 24 March 1968, horified people in the southeast of Ireland watched as a massive plane hurtled along at 200 miles and hour, so close to the groudn that passengers in the doomed aircraft could be seen crouc...

19/08/2022

More Kicks than Pence by the late Michael O'Toole (1938-2000) is an affectionate, personal account of a life in Irish journalism that spanned four decades, from the 1960s through the 1990s.

More Kicks than Pence: A Life in Irish Journalism by Michael O'Toole A warm, nostalgic look at life in journalism. It's a marvellous reminder of what we were all doing and talking about in Dublin for the last thirty years. – Maeve Binchy Michael O'Toole started in journalism with the Limerick Week...