Communications

Radio Telifis Éireann (RTÉ) is Ireland’s national state broadcaster, and has its main offices and studios in Donnybrook, Dublin. Fair City is the broadcasters’ capital based soap, located in the fictional suburb of Carraigstown. TV3 the state’s only private television broadcaster is also based in Dublin, though much of its programming is imported from the UK and the US. It generally aims to attract a young audience. The main infrastructure and offices of An Post and the former state telephone company Eircom, as well as Vodafone and O2 are located in the capital. The capital is also the headquarters of important national newspapers such as The Irish Times and Irish Independent, and commercial radio stations such as Today FM.