Why is Lyric based based in Limerick?

bobbyss

Does Marty go down to limerick every morning to do his programme? Or George Hamilton? I don't think so. So why is this channel based in limerick?

limnam

Didn't think it was. I thought only a few presenters present from there. Like the RTE studio in Cork

bobbyss

limnam wrote:

Didn't think it was. I thought only a few presenters present from there. Like the RTE studio in Cork

Yes this is what I thought. But what's the poiht of basing it in limerick if next to nothing is presented from there? Why headquarter it there?

Ursus Horribilis

No, it should all be based in Donnybrook, Dublin 4. Happy now?

PsychoPete

Its based there just to give limerick some sense of culture

bobbyss

PsychoPete wrote:

Its based there just to give limerick some sense of culture

This may be near the mark. But it's an empty gesture I think. Hopefully it's location isn't necessarily costing more than if based in Dublin.

bobbyss

Ursus Horribilis wrote:

No, it should all be based in Donnybrook, Dublin 4. Happy now?

Well someone got our of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

zell12

Limerick University fosters a broad arts programme and is currently home to the:
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Irish Chamber Orchestra - Ireland's leading international chamber orchestra
University Concert Hall

Oops69

why is the drivers licensing in shannon etc . etc , it was due to the policy of decentralisation of semi- states etc. a number of years ago and there's nothing wrong with it and Lyric has been working successfully out of Limerick for 20 years and why shouldn't it anyway ?isnt Lorcan Murray based in Limerick and a number of others I believe are nearer to Limerick than Dublin, we are a nation state after all and not a city- state .

ford fiesta

When Lyric started in 1999, the majority of programmes were broadcast from Limerick studios.

The daytime shows after Marty finishes, are broadcast from Limerick

Anteayer

Why does BBC have production outside London? Because they recognise that they're a national public service broadcaster perhaps?

In general RTE never made much of an effort to do any kind of regional broadcasting, except RTE Cork which they never developed into anything viable then shut down its independent output, when it could have been the basis for a full regional version of RTE.

Lyric FM was an attempt to decentralise some aspect of RTE to Limerick. TG4 being based in Galway was also a break from the Donnybrook only mentality.

There's no reason why RTE couldn't have developed a couple of regional versions other than historical notions about centralisation.

Expunge

This recent episode on Nationwide, if you have the time to look at it, will explain the folly of Lyric in Limerick.

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/nationwide/SI0000001172?epguid=IH000367885

It focuses on the story of two of the Limerick based producers who are married to each other and the lovely lifestyle the Licence Fee payer has provided for them in the Mid-West, complete with holiday snaps and all.

They also point out that they must travel to Dublin on at least on a weekly basis for programming reasons.

Judging by the Nationwide piece, the whole f**king thing looks like a waste of money being in Limerick.

And that's before we even consider how much of the schedule is given over to music that could never be considered suitable for the national classical and specialist music , state funded channel.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Expunge wrote: »

This recent episode on Nationwide, if you have the time to look at it, will explain the folly of Lyric in Limerick.

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/nationwide/SI0000001172?epguid=IH000367885

It focuses on the story of two of the Limerick based producers who are married to each other and the lovely lifestyle the Licence Fee payer has provided for them in the Mid-West, complete with holiday snaps and all.

They also point out that they must travel to Dublin on at least on a weekly basis for programming reasons.

Judging by the Nationwide piece, the whole f**king thing looks like a waste of money being in Limerick.

And that's before we even consider how much of the schedule is given over to music that could never be considered suitable for the national classical and specialist music , state funded channel.

Jesus, TWO people in ONE household in receipt of my licence fee!?! And wasting it spending in LIMERICK, no less?!?!?!?!

Outraged.

Everything should be based in Dublin. Because we've seen how well that's working out for everyone.

Expunge

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

Jesus, TWO people in ONE household in receipt of my licence fee!?! And wasting it spending in LIMERICK, no less?!?!?!?!

Outraged.

Everything should be based in Dublin. Because we've seen how well that's working out for everyone.

Did ya watch it?

Considering that probably 90 per cent of top level professional classical music events and musicians are based in the capital, Lyric should probably be based in the capital somewhere.

The two producers in the piece freely admitted that they needed to travel to Dublin at least on a weekly basis. How is that an efficient use of resources?

How many more of the staff there need to do this?
I'd like to see a year's worth of Travel claims from the place.