Funding: Own budget (4), Tech company (Google/GNI) (2), Tech company (OpenAI) (1), Public broadcaster / state media (1)
Advanced WAN-IFRA/OpenAI Newsroom AI Catalyst cohort (Oct.–Dec. 2025); deepening AI strategy to serve Irish audiences more meaningfully; building on existing BeyondWords AI audio article service (Irish-accented synthetic voices, 30,000+ articles voiced) and development of an AI-powered editorial archive intelligence search tool; 'a unique opportunity for us to learn, share and innovate with our peers' (The Irish…
Senior journalist suspended after admitting to using AI to fabricate quotes attributed to real named sources in published newsletter content; described as 'putting words in people's mouths' using AI software
Published "AI Principles in RTÉ" governance document (September 2024) — first formal AI policy for the public broadcaster; covers accountability, mandatory human oversight, EU AI Act compliance phased over 24 months; published in English and Irish
StyleCheck" — AI-driven tool to check article adherence to newsroom style guides and suggest copy-cleanup edits; developed as JournalismAI Fellowship project with AFP (France) and Novaya Gazeta Europe (Latvia)
TG4 video, text and sound archive used as primary corpus for "ArdIntleacht (AI) na Gaeilge" — a generative AI model capable of responding in Irish dialects to queries in any language, for public services and real-time speech; led by Údarás na Gaeltachta with ADAPT Centre and Foras na Gaeilge
AI-assisted translation of Irish-language (Gaeilge) articles to English using Claude; each translated article reviewed by journalist before publication; translated articles labeled with AI assistance disclosure; making Gaeilge journalism accessible to non-Irish speakers