EPISODE · Apr 5, 2009 · 49 MIN
DocArchive: Spreading the News
from Documentary on One Podcast · host RTÉ
The Irish News Agency was set up in 1949 to channel Irish news worldwide, particularly on the issue of partition. However, foreign editors would not buy what they perceived as government propaganda and the agency closed in 1957 (first broadcast 1988).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Irish News Agency was set up in 1949 to channel Irish news worldwide, particularly on the issue of partition. However, foreign editors would not buy what they perceived as government propaganda and the agency closed in 1957 (first broadcast 1988).
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