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TG4 and Whakaata M?ori are delighted to announce the signing of a Relationship Agreement aimed at fostering a strategic partnership to uphold common values and achieve shared outcomes through the exchange of resources, knowledge, and services. This landmark agreement, signed at the 45th Celtic Media Festival in Cardiff, represents a major milestone in enhancing the connection between the M?ori and Irish-speaking communities.

University of Galway this week announced the recipients of Honorary Degrees at the 2023 Winter Conferring ceremonies which are taking place from until Wednesday November 29, when the Honorary Degree awardees will join more than 3,000 students graduating over six days.

The creative and audiovisual sector in the west of Ireland got a significant boost last evening when TG4 were given the green light to develop a dedicated children’s TV channel entitled Cúla4.

JJ Burke Peugeot, one of the West of Ireland’s leading Peugeot dealerships, have officially been announced as official car partner with Connemara based TG4. The Ballinrobe dealership are supplying three stunning Peugeot 3008 models to their outside broadcasting sports teams.

This year’s IFTA Film and Drama awards have welcomed thirteen nominations for TG4-funded films. The 18th Irish Film and Television Academy Awards recognise Irish creative talent working in film, drama, and television, and will take place in March. Ten of the TG4 nominations were received by An Cailín Ciúin alone. Foscadh received two nominations, and Doineann has one.

Transition Year students in Irish-medium schools are being offered a unique insight to journalism in an online course with some of Ireland’s finest television, radio and digital journalists and broadcasters. NUI Galway, Nuacht RTÉ and TG4 are running the week-long Iriseoirí an lae Amárach programme in conjunction with An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) and the Department of Education. Over 400 students registered for the inaugural course in 2021.

3.6m people or 81% of the population watched TG4 at some stage during 2021. The average viewing share for 2021 was 1.89%, up from 1.83% in 2020, and there was an increase in primetime share from 1.92% in 2020 to 2.05% in 2021. This increase is the first time TG4 has had over 2% share in primetime since 2013.

Construction is set to begin on a new innovation hub for creative technology startups and entrepreneurs at GMIT’s Cluain Mhuire campus in the second half of 2022, following the approval of planning permission for the project.

CREW, Creative Enterprise West, an initiative which supports the creative digital enterprise sector in the west of Ireland has developed a new programme to support creative digital entrepreneurs across their industries.

Galway and Rijeka in Croatia will pass the title of European Capital of Culture to Esch in Luxembourg, Kaunas in Lithuania and Novi Sad in Serbia, with a ceremony to be broadcast on TG4.