The BAI Sound and Vision fund has agreed on funding to 15 drama in the last 3 rounds. The announcement of the next round of funding is due in september. The fund is made up of money from the TV Licence Fee. The 15 dramas include RTÉ ONE's Taken Down and Women on the Verge and Virgin Media 1's Blood which all aired last season, along with TG4's feature film Finky which debut at the Galway Film Fleadh. Roddy Doyle's Rosie was also announced as part of the funding.

TG4 are looking for a new youth drama comedy. The series will be co-funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann and the Western Region Audiovisual Producers (WRAP) Fund. The series aims to be six to eight 30 minute episodes, with a budget of €1.2million. 3 projects will be selected for development with one going forward as a full series, with developmental funing of €25,000 each. Closing date for entries is the 16th of August, 2019, with the successful applicants announced in September.

Screen Northern Ireland,the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Canada Media Fund for Canadian/Irish Co-Productions schemes. The announcement was made at the Celtic Media Festival in Aviemore, Scotland, where Canada is guest country at a gathering of media industry leaders of the six Celtic nations.

The Irish Times have agreed to take control of Landmark media the owners of the Irish Examiner and BeatFM. This will be The Irish Times second entry into the radio market having founding 4fm in the mid-2000s, 4fm's parent company Bay Broadcasting are also due to take full control of Radio Nova, Dublin's Rock music service. The deal includes 2 radio serives based in the south-east, WLRfm (Waterford Local Radio) and Beat (the pop music service for the South East region). Local titles include Waterford Star and News, The Nationalist (Kildare and Laoise), Roscommon Hearld and Western People. Long with online services Recruit Ireland, Breaking News and Bench Warmers. The deal will have to go before The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the Minister for Communications and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) before the transaction is complete.

The producers of Red Rock have secured €300,000 for the 4 season of the TV3 show from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The BAI have agreed to fund 30 new episodes of TV3's Drama amid concerns that TV3 is ready to pull the plug on the show. The funding represents 20% of the total funding required for 30 more episodes, however producers have been working on a 2 part series finale to be shown next year.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has written to Communicorp following its decision to ban journalists from The Irish Times. Communicorp own 5 radio stations licensed by the Authority. Two national services, Newstalk FM and Today FM; two music-based services operating in Dublin city and county, 98FM and Spin 1038; and, a regional, music-driven service for the south-west, Spin South West. The BAI say they are concerned with the editorial independence of each station.