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Life’s not always fun and games. Here’s some stuff that’ll make you think…

» UNSETTLED:FROM TINKER TO TRAVELLER

Forty years ago two Californian anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch lived for one year in a barrel top wagon with travellers on a halting site in Dublin. Four decades later they have returned to Ireland with a huge archive of photographs to find the people they once knew to learn what has happened in their lives in the intervening years.

» Blood of the Travellers

Olympian Francie Barrett uncovers new information about the origins of the Irish Travelling Community by tracing their DNA…….

» The Music of What Happens

From Liam Clancy to Bob Geldof, Moya Brennan talks to internationally celebrated musicians about the rich diversity of Irish music…….

» U2, Pete Seeger, Sinead O'Connor

The Music of Ireland – Welcome Home,” a documentary featuring interviews and performances from U2, Pete Seeger, Sinead O’Connor and the Chieftans will debut on New York public television station WLIW on Feb. 17, then rollout to other PBS affiliates throughout March.

» The School

THE SCHOOL  (2010)
School, is a new land mark documentary series for RTÉ Television, following the students and teachers of St Peters College Dunboyne over one academic year.

» Meet the Neighbours

Meet The Neighbours gets to know the people and lives behind this story – creating a snapshot of a moment in time in Ireland’s multicultural journey, entering the human lives of migrants who have settled in Balbriggan as well as the lives of the native Irish that they have decided to live amongst.

» Behind Closed Doors

A rare opportunity to observe life inside an enclosed religious order.

» Prime Time Investigates: Not Seen, Not Heard

Award-winning landmark documentary about the state’s abandonment of young people afflicted by mental ill-health

» Mission Improbable

The experiences of Mormon missionaries to Northern Ireland reveal a story about faith, adventure, expectation, rejection and loneliness, as these young people learn to deal with an unknown culture, reluctant converts, slammed doors and many, many rules.

» PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES-Intellectual disability (RTE 2005)

Award winning documentary that looks at the States’ inability to deal effectively with children with intelectual disabilities such as autism.

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UNSETTLED:FROM TINKER TO TRAVELLER

Forty years ago two Californian anthropologists George and Sharon Gmelch lived for one year in a barrel top wagon with travellers on a halting site in Dublin. Four decades later they have returned to Ireland with a huge archive of photographs to find the people they once knew to learn what has happened in their lives in the intervening years.

Blood of the Travellers

Olympian Francie Barrett uncovers new information about the origins of the Irish Travelling Community by tracing their DNA…….

The Music of What Happens

From Liam Clancy to Bob Geldof, Moya Brennan talks to internationally celebrated musicians about the rich diversity of Irish music…….

The School – Nominated for Prix Europa

Between 16 and 23 October Europe’s largest competition for television, radio and emerging media will welcome the creatives of the media industry in Berlin. It has grown into the continent’s largest competition for television, radio and the emerging media, but has no commercial interest.

The School – Nominated for Japan Prize

The JAPAN PRIZE was established in 1965 by NHK as International Educational Program Contest with the aims of improving the quality of educational programs around the world…..