Ireland (Éire) is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George’s Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.
Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland (Éire), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. In 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.6 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.8 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
The two official languages of the Republic of Ireland are Irish (Gaeilge) and English. Each language has produced noteworthy literature. Irish, though now only the language of a minority, was the vernacular of the Irish people for over two thousand years.
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| RTÉ Radio is a division of the Irish national broadcasting organisation Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Radio broadcasts four analogue channels and five digital channels nationwide. | ||||||
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| RTÉ Radio 1 | RTÉ 2fm | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta | ||||
| RTÉ Radio 1 is the principal radio station of Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ. The station offers a wide spectrum of programming which is mainly speech-based though also includes a fair amount of music. | RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is an Irish radio station operated by RTÉ. The station specialises in current popular music and chart hits and is the second national radio station in Ireland. | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (RnaG), is the Irish-language radio service RTÉ. The station is available on FM in Ireland and via satellite and on the Internet. The station’s main-headquarters are in Casla, County Galway. | ||||
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| RTÉ Lyric FM | RTÉ 2XM | RTÉ Chill | ||||
| RTÉ Lyric FM is an Irish classical-music and arts radio station, owned by the public-service broadcaster RTÉ. The station, which is based in Limerick and is available on FM throughout Ireland (in some areas also on DAB). | RTÉ 2XM is a digital radio station of the Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ. RTÉ 2XM is a sister station to RTÉ 2fm and focuses on alternative and indie music. The station is due to close to save money. | RTÉ Chill is a digital radio station of the Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ. It broadcasts mostly chillout and ambient music as well as other low-tempo genres. The station is due to close to save money. | ||||
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| RTÉ Gold | RTÉjr Radio | RTÉ Pulse | ||||
| RTÉ Gold plays music from top-selling artists spanning the decades from the 1950s to the 1990s. The station is due to close to save money. | RTÉjr Radio is a children’s news digital radio station of the Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The station is due to close to save money. | RTÉ Pulse is an electronic dance music station from Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland’s national broadcaster. The station is due to close to save money. | ||||
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| RTÉ Radio 1Extra | ||||||
| RTÉ Radio 1Extra is one of five digital radio channels produced by the Irish public-service broadcasting service Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). | ||||||
