Pipe Dream that Isn’t a Pipe Dream

Groundbreaking mobile journalist Philip Bromwell shot “Pipe Dreams” in 2015 using an iPhone 6+. By today’s standards that phone is ancient technology.  Nevertheless, Bromwell filled the 2-minute RTÉ News report about the making of Uilleann Pipes with more than a score of cinematic images. This classic mobile video demonstrates that the filmmaker is more important…

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The Bus That Became a Food Truck

Alter ego stories are eternally popular. Examples includes Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Diana Prince & Wonder Woman, and  Clark Kent & Superman. Now RTÉ News reporter Gill Stedman adds to the list with a mini-doc about a yellow school bus.  No longer needed to transport American kids, the bus crossed the Atlantic where it…

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Orchids Make a Surprising Visit to Trinity College

Facts about Dublin’s Trinity College could fill a thick book. Founded in 1592, making it Ireland’s oldest university, Trinity is one of the seven ancient universities of Britain and Ireland, a distinction that includes St. John’s College in Cambridge and Oriel College in Oxford. Now there’s another cause for renown. Mobile journalist Philip Bromwell reports…

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Photographer Documents the Lives of Fellow Afghan Refugees

A year ago Afghan photojournalist Barialai Khoshhal fled his homeland and emigrated to Ireland. Now, on the anniversary of his uprooting, Khoshhal is showcasing his work in an exhibition at the Photo Museum Ireland. The images document the lives of his fellow Afghan refugees. In just 90 seconds, RTEnews mobile journalist Joseph Okoh takes us behind…

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DIY Tiny House Project has Big Ambitions

Like many places, Ireland has an affordable housing crisis. In response, an organization named Common Knowledge is teaching people how to construct tiny houses. The cofounder Harrison Gardner doesn’t claim that the DIY course will solve the entire problem. But for some people, building their own tiny houses is a way to achieve an affordable—if…

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Singing for Empathy

Singing has been employed for myriad purposes such as expressing love, conveying spiritual beliefs, selling products, and satirizing people (Tom Lehrer’s “Wernher Von Braun“). Now we can add developing empathy to the list. In “School Sings ‘Stefania,’” RTEnews mobile journalist Eleanor Mannion captures scores of students performing the Ukrainian song that won this year’s Eurovision…

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