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Latest News Glaoch – The President’s Call President Higgins invites the Irish at home and abroad to celebrate: “an Irishness of which we can all be proud…” Glaoch – The President’s Call RTE.ie, 9.30pm (GMT), St. Patrick’s Day 2013 If you missed it, catch it on the RTE player here On St. Patrick’s Day, in partnership with RTÉ and The Gathering Ireland 2013, President Higgins is inviting Irish people worldwide to share with him a celebration of an Irish culture of which we can all be proud. Through words and music, Glaoch – The President’s Call, celebrates Irishness, Irish creativity and its reach and impact across the world. Glaoch will be broadcast worldwide at 9:30 p.m. GMT on 17th March on RTE.ie, RTÉ News Now and RTÉ YouTube and on 18th March on RTÉ One, RTÉ Two and RTÉ Radio 1 Extra At the President’s invitation, some of Ireland’s and the world’s renowned writers, musicians and singers, as well as emerging artists, gathered at the home of the President of Ireland to make a special programme dedicated to Irish people worldwide. The performances of all the artists were filmed in Áras an Uachtaráin allowing viewers everywhere to experience the historic and beautiful home of the Presidents of Ireland. Speaking about the project, President Higgins said: “I am very grateful to all the artists who responded so positively to my invitation to be part of this worldwide call to Irish people to celebrate an Irishness of which we can all be proud. I am very pleased that RTÉ and The Gathering Ireland 2013 agreed to be partners in this important initiative. Throughout our history, literature, music and art have been a source of great strength, have helped us cope with adversity, have not only soothed the loss which they described so well but also opened the space for new possibilities of renewal and change and created joy. I hope the programme will encourage Irish people everywhere to engage with the valuable resource that is our culture, to look to our creative possibilities and to project our Irishness into the world in the positive way that has been the achievement of our artists and cultural workers.” The special programme features President Higgins in conversation with Bono, Séamus Heaney, Druid Theatre’s Garry Hynes and playwright Tom Murphy and Christy Moore. There are music performances from Steve Cooney, Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, Martin Hayes, Imelda May, Christy Moore, Róisín O, Iarla O Lionaird, Peadar O Riada, David Power and The Script. The programme also includes poetry and drama. Actress Marie Mullen performs the final scene of Tom Murphy’s play Famine; poet Louis de Paor reads ‘An Glaoch’ a bilingual poem he created for this project; Paula Meehan recites her poem ‘Home’; and in ‘Airspace’ Joseph O’Connor reflects on the richness and diversity of the Irish experience and perspective. © 2012 Áras an Uachtaráin
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Latest News Glaoch an Uachtaráin Iarrann an tUachtarán Ó hUiginn ar Éireannaigh thall is abhus a cheiliúradh: “Éireannachas ar féidir linn uilig a bheith bródúil as…” Glaoch an Uachtaráin RTE.ie, 9.30 (GMT), Lá ’le Pádraig 2013 If you missed it, catch it on the RTE player here Ar Lá ’le Pádraig, i gcomhpháirtíocht le RTÉ agus The Gathering Ireland 2013, iarrann an tUachtarán Ó hUiginn ar Éireannaigh timpeall an domhain a bheith páirteach leis i gceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar chultúr Éireannach is féidir linn uilig a bheith bródúil as. I bhfocail agus i gceol déanann Glaoch ánUachtaráin, an tÉireannachas agus an chruthaitheacht Éireannach agus leathnú agus tionchar an chéanna ar fud an domhain a cheiliúradh. Deanfar Glaoch a chraoladh timpeall an domhain ar 9.30 p.m. an 17 Márta ar RTE.ie, RTÉ News Now agus RTÉ You Tube agus ar an 18 Márta ar RTÉ One, RTÉ Two agus ar RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. Ar iarraidh ón Uachtarán rinne roinnt scríbhneoirí, ceoltóirí agus amhránaithe Éireannacha a bhfuil cáil orthu timpeall an domhain, agus ealaíontóirí nach bhfuil ach ag teacht chun cinn anois, a bhailiú i mbaile Uachtarán na hÉireann chun clár speisialta a dhéanamh a bheadh tiomnaithe d’Éireannaigh timpeall na cruinne. Rinneadh taibhiú na n-ealaíontóirí uilig a scannánú in Áras an Uachtaráin ionas go mbeidh sé ar a gcumas ag an lucht féachana teach álainn stairiúil Uachtaráin na hÉireann a bhraistint is cuma cén áit a bhfuil siad. Ag labhairt dó faoin tionscadal, dúirt an tUachtarán: ‘Tá mé buíoch de na healaíontóirí uilig a ghlac chomh dearfach sin le mo cuireadh le bheith páirteach sa ghairm domhanda seo d’Éireannaigh, chun an tÉireannachas sin ar féidir linn uilig a bheith bródúil as, a cheiliúradh. Tá mé an-sásta gur aontaigh RTÉ agus The Gathering Ireland 2013 a bheith páirteach sa tionscnamh tábhachtach seo. Síos tríd an stair seo ’gainne, bhí an litríocht, an ceol agus na healaíona ina fhoinse dhaingne dár sinsir; tháinig siad i gcabhair orainn dul i ngleic leis an angar; mhaolaigh siad an anachain ar a ndearna siad cur síos go críochnúil, ach ina theannta sin rinne siad spás a oscailt amach don athnuachan agus don athrú agus scaip siad suáilce.Tá mé ag súil go ndéanfaidh an clár Éireannaigh gach áita mhisniú le dul leis an acmhainn luachmhar seo arb é ár gcultúr é; féáchaint ar ár gcuid féidearachtaí cruthaitheacha agus ár Éireannachas a shaothrú timpeall an domhain ar mhódh dearfach mar a rinne ár n-ealaíontóirí agus ár saothróirí cultúir. Is cuid den chlár speisialta an tUachtarán Ó hUiginn i mbun comhrá le Bono, leis an bhfile Séamus Heaney, le Garry Hynes ón Druid Theatre, le Tom Murphy drámadóir, agus le Christy Moore. Tá ceol á sheinm ann ag Steve Cooney, Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, Martin Hayes, Imealda May, Christy Moore, Róisín Ó , Iarla Ó Lionaird, Peadar Ó Riada, David Power agus The Script. Ar áireamh sa chlár freisin tá filíocht agus dráma. Cuireann an ban-aisteoir Marie Mullen i láthair an radharc deireanach ó Famine, an dráma le Tom Murphy; léann Louis de Paor ‘An Glaoch’, ar dán dátheangach é a chum sé don tionscadal; aithrisíonn Paula Meehan a dán ‘Home’ agus in ‘Airspace’ smaoiníonn Joseph O’Connor ar shaibhreas agus ar éagsúlacht an eispéiris agus an dearcaidh Éireannaigh. © 2012 Áras an Uachtaráin