The Irish television channel, TG4, reached its tenth birthday yesterday. TG4 is the Irish language channel broadcasting in Ireland, most of Northern Ireland and via the internet.

The Irish language has strengthened in recent years and TG4 regularly attracts approximately 730,000 viewers daily: a sizable chunk of the TV audience. The channel broadcasts at least three hours of new gaelic programming each day as well as live sport and documentaries (also in Irish). As well as Irish originated programming, the channel also broadcasts popular US television shows such as Nip/Tuck in English. In June 2006 TG4 also won the rights to broadcast the first four seasons of The Simpsons, dubbed into Irish.

The Celtic and Irish Cultural Society wish to congratulate the channel on reaching its tenth birthday and wish it the best of luck in the future. The CICS would also like to invite anyone interested in learning the Irish language to come down to the Crawley Fleadh and get involved.

[Crawley Fleadh]