
Avril Hoare
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Journalist and editor of RTÉ’s children’s news programme @news2dayRTÉ Views are my own.
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Thanks so much to Barry Gallagher and RTÉ news2day for sharing all the fun! Macalla Teo Lámh

It's Organ Donor Awareness Week, a chance to learn about what exactly that is and how it can help people. Barry Gallagher was joined in studio by 10-year-old Birthday boy, Finn O'Shea, who was the recipient of an organ. Organ Donation Transplant Ireland Irish Kidney Association

Watch out news2day, Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School and Inchicore National School have come together to create Inchicore Children's Broadcasting. So Barry Gallagher went along to their very own studio to check out their first live broadcast.


A few weeks ago we asked you to send in your questions for our new Taoiseach, Simon Harris TD . Well the Taoiseach has taken time out of his busy schedule to answer lots of them. Tune in all this week at 4.20pm on RTE 2 or catch up on RTÉ Player RTÉjr


Our series where the new Taoiseach Simon Harris TD answers YOUR questions is still going strong. Today he talked about healthcare, his time in school, and being the youngest Taoiseach in history. Check out part 3 below.


Members of the European Parliament - or MEPs - are representatives of the 450 million people who live in the European Union - and are chosen by the people in elections held every five years. But what do they actually do? Here's all you need to know! Barry Gallagher

.Molly O’Connor is moving on from RTÉ news2day. Thank you for sharing stories from Ireland and around the world with the kids of Ireland. Here's a quick farewell Q&A! RTÉ News RTÉ Avril Hoare Anne-Marie Smyth Barry Gallagher Reem El-Hassany (ريم) rte.ie/kids/2024/0628… via RTÉ

Piglets, tractors, sun and puns - join Barry Gallagher at the “Costa del Soil” for #Ploughing2024 in County Laois. 🐷🚜 ☀️

Great explainer from Barry Gallagher and RTÉ news2day The news2day guide to Budget Day rte.ie/news/newslens/… via RTÉ

The 28th Baboró International Arts Festival for Children is up and running in Galway. There are over 50 events in the programme. The festival runs all until next Sunday. Teresa Mannion has the story!

The RTE #ThisIsArt Competition is calling on young people nationwide to get creative. And today Barry Gallagher was joined by a previous winner, the talented Maimoonah Syed 🎨 RTÉjr | Creative Ireland | rte.ie/thisisart/

A new project in Co. Limerick is transforming education for young Traveller boys by blending their love of boxing with art. It's a collaboration between local youth groups and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. Cathy Halloran has been finding out more. @LCETB_CE

There is less than a day to go until the Presidential Election in the United States of America. But what's it all about? Washington Correspondent seanwhelanRTE, gave us the United State of Affairs. Part 2 on tomorrow's show!

Millions of people in the US are currently voting to decide who will be their next President. And today RTÉ's Washington correspondent, seanwhelanRTE, told news2day about all things voting, how it works and what happens next.

Young people from all around Ireland gathered in the Mansion House today as part of the Comhairle na nÓg annual youth conference. So Florence Okojie went along to find out about the things that matter most to them.

