“The Irish Experience” radio show returns to our wireless sets in the run-up to Christmas on RTÉ Radio Europe and RTÉ Radio One.

Paschal Mooney from Radio Telefis Eireann, and well known to the Irish Community in Britain, will be visiting various Irish Centres/Communitiee to record a series of programmes for RTE.

In the run up to Christmas ‘The Irish Experience’ team will be visiting the UK ; between entertainment items provided by the Irish Diaspora in the area visited, Paschal will also interview local Irish activists in welfare, sport, business, entertainment etc and give people the opportunity to send Christmas wishes to families back in Ireland.

The first programme will be transmitted on Friday November 30th at 9pm on RTE Radio 1 from the Kathleen Connolly Hall in Luton. The second from the Irish centre in Camden Town on December 7th, the third programme from St.Michael’s Centre in Liverpool on the 14th of December . The final programme in the series will be recorded at The Beaches Hotel, Prestatyn on Thursday December 6th.

Full schedule can be found on the RTE website page - http://www.rte.ie/radio1/theirishexperience

Crawley hosted a radio programme as part of the series last November (more information) which included live music, interviews and the famous “Irish Dancing on the Radio”.

RTÉ can be listened on line www.rte.ie or on LW 252 and via SKY TV (radio channel 0169). RTÉ are planning future programmes in the new year on a proposed new programme for the Irish Abroad worldwide.