RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster, will be in Crawley this Thursday (30 November) to record a radio show focused on the Irish population in the southeast.

Paschal Mooney, RTÉ presenter and now Senator in the Irish upper house will be presenting the show entitled “The Irish Experience”.

The event takes place at the Tavern on the Green, Pound Hill, from 7.45pm with traditional and ballad music from Blackthorne and Broge plus Irish dancing from the O’Brien School of Irish Dancing. The broadcast will also include interviews with local people.

The “Irish Experience” is a four-part programme looking at the Irish living in England. Other programmes are to be recorded in Manchester, Newcastle and London.

The Celtic and Irish Cultural Society, who organise the Crawley Irish Festival, would like to invite the Irish community, and anyone with an interest, to come down and join in the fun.

The recording which will be broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 on Friday 15 December at 9pm. RTÉ Radio 1 can be received on Sky Radio 160 and Longwave 252.