Madam, - Congratulations to Martin Mansergh TD on his support in the Dáil for RTÉ's Angelus bell (The Irish Times, October 10th… Madam, - Congratulations to Martin Mansergh TD on his support in the ...

Isn't modern life frantic ? It's rush, rush, rush from morning till night. I rise at seven each morning and, first off, I look at my 'list' of the long agenda of stuff to do that day. If I don't have ...

Followers of the 'Angelus' yesterday celebrated 60 years to the day since it was first broadcast in 1950. It wasn't until 12 years later that the minute-long pause for prayer appeared on television, ...

It was in 1950 that Radio Éireann – then the national Irish broadcaster for radio – began the tradition of broadcasting the angelus at 12 noon and 6 pm each day, and I grew up to the sonorous sounds ...

The head of religious programmes at RTÉ has said the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has ruled it is totally defensible to retain the 18 peals of the Angelus bell during the "moment of reflection", ...

Sir, – Since the Feast of the Assumption in 1950, the Angelus Bell has been broadcast daily on RTÉ Radio. Up to the mid-1970s, when RTÉ Radio relocated from Henry Street to Donnybrook, it was ...