“We were in Listowel recently to cover the annual Listowel Races for the 9^th year in-a-row on TG4.  The north Kerry town is always a bustling hive of activity for the Harvest Festival and this year was no different.  We started our broadcast from the Monday through the week until the final ‘Slán Abhaile’ Race on the Saturday evening.  During the week there is racing on 7 straight days, there was 53 races that took place and a crowd of over 90,000 attended the venue!

Monday and Tuesday are traditionally quiet days but the crowds came out in force again on the Wednesday for the big race of the week, The Guinness Kerry National which was won this year by ‘White Star Line’ in the 5:10pm.  We did an interview with Leo Powell from the Racing Post aswell as an interview with Andrew McNamara who was there promoting a charity day of racing for his injured cousin JT McNamara and also fellow jockey JonJo Bright that will take place at Limerick Racecourse on the 14^th of October. Continue reading →

Laochra Gael has been quoted as ‘the defining GAA documentary series’ by Ger Gilroy, Sports Editor at Newstalk  and has a  well established place in Irish language television & culture.

Now in its 12^th series, the show profiles and celebrates the careers of some of the greatest names in Gaelic games.  The series originally started way back in 2001 with an hour long feature on the mercurial Ger Loughnane.

This year the programme will include players from Mayo, Clare, Down & Dublin to name but a few.  With the final shoot of the series happening within the next 2 weeks, it’s time to watch this space to find out which players are featured this time around.

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The Nemeton sports production team will be in the thick of the action making sure the viewer gets the very best seat in the park.  So be sure to tune into TG4 for ‘GAA Beo’ every weekend for the beginning of another action packed new sporting season.   We have exclusive live coverage of everything from the ‘Allianz Leagues’ and ‘AIB Club Championships’ to the ‘International Rules Series’, All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling and Football Championships, for Ladies Football All Ireland Championships and this year we’ll also have coverage of many other competitions including Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta, College Finals and third level Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup finals.

Micheál Ó Domhnaill introduces the action from the sideline with match commentary by Brian Tyers, Mac Dara Mac Donncha and Marcus Ó Buachalla who will be joined each week by top analysts.

The new season of Rugbaí BEO kicked off last weekend with the Nemeton sports production crew broadcasting Munster V Edinburgh in the RaboDirect PRO12 Live on TG4 from Musgrave Park in Cork.

Last season Nemeton broadcast 22 Live RaboDirect PRO12 games from some of the biggest stadiums in the country including the Aviva, the RDS and Thomond Park as well as live broadcasts from our state of the art HD studio in Waterford.

Nemeton also broadcast exclusive highlights of the Heineken Cup in Ireland which will be back on TG4 screens from the 11^th of October.

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On Friday this week we will be broadcasting from our studio with presenter Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill.  The  live game is Cardiff Blues V Connacht and we’ll be showing highlights of the Zebre v Munster join us on TG4 at 1830hrs for all the action.

Each month Colm writes an exclusive piece for the GAA Just Play app charting his agonising road to recovery as well as offering his insights on current events in Gaelic football.

Colm O’ Nell is a Cork senior footballer and was selected on last years All Star team at number 13.

He captained the Cork U-21’s to All Ireland glory in 2009 and made his senior championship debut the same year.

Earlier this year in a league match against Donegal he suffered a cruciate injury for a third time in his career.

This week writing in the Just Play GAA Blog Colm writes…..

“Like the rest of the country, I was thoroughly impressed with last weekend´s clash between Kerry and the Dubs in Croke Park. Two great sides went at it hammer and tongs in front of a full house, and the skill, drama and athleticism on show was a credit to both counties.

With a few minutes to go, it looked like the Kingdom might edge a thriller; Kevin McManamon yet again had other ideas……..”

To read more download the GAA Just Play App

This years Higher Diploma in Television and Digital Media course kicks off  on the 16^th of September.

Students are travelling from Cork, Waterford & Galway along with six local An Rinn and Dungarvan students and will be welcomed by Nemeton CEO Irial Mac Murchú and Nemeton Staff. The students are very fortunate to have a very special guest speaker during the week TG4 Director General  Pól Ó Gallchóir  Ardstiúrthóir TG4.

The course is unique in that it is delivered by both WIT and in a live production company Lead tutors include industry professionals Moira Sweeney, Mark Long and Deaglan de Paor. The company’s strong emphasis on training means that they are also committed to nurturing new and emerging talent and have run this course since 2006 with Udarás na Gaeltachta and Waterford Institute of Technology

In their first term students on the course will be expected learn all the skills of film making in order to make to make a short film. In the second term they make a half hour film ( drama, documentary or corporate)

Like other years we will have various industry experts Producer Cilian Fennell,  Director /Writer – Darach Mac Con Iomaire of “Corp + Anam” and crew from the new RTÉ production “The Hit” who will be hosting workshops & talks to help the students gain greater understanding into the world of production.

Anyone interested in the course please contact Course Director BláithIn on 058 46499 or email to blaithin@nemeton.ie