Archive for October, 2009

‘AFHANISTAN CIVILIAN DEATHS’ – Russia Today Report

[MEDIA not found]My news report for the international news channel Russia Today about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, where increasing numbers of civilians are getting caught up in the blood shed.

IGUAZU NATURAL WONDER

Swiss National Tv’s broadcast of my news report for the international news agency Associated Press Television News reporting on one of Latin America’s most renowned tourist destinations. Iguazu waterfall range is steeped in mystery and mythology, but its now coming of age as one of the proposed seven new natural wonders of the world.

BEEFING WITH ARGENTINE BEEF

An unvoiced news report by Paul Byrne for the international news agency the Associated Press Television News’s daily features and lifestyles bulletin, ‘Horizons’ reporting on reporting on how world food prices and internal political maneuverings are putting in doubt future stocks of the great Argentina steak.

PARAGUAY’S ANTI-MOSQUITO SHIRT- APTN

They are the bane of tourists the world over. As they flock eagerly to local landmarks, the resident mosquitoes size up the fresh visitors with lunch in mind. The pesky insect’s source of nutrition is found in the blood of animals and humans. But beside the itchy effects of their bite, mosquitoes are the most deadly disease transmitters known to man, killing millions…

A1 MOTOR SPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – PREVIEW

Back in 2005 just before the full launch of the new motor sport world championship I produced this commercial preview about the A1

The A1 GP is the brainchild of our interviewee Dubai-based Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum. He created a premier international single seater series in which participating teams each represent different nations, who fight for the World Cup of Motorsport’, a unique concept.

IRISH INFLUENCE FOUND IN ARGENTINEAN NEWSPAPER – EMIGRANT

The story’s headline reads: “Dreadful news from the South, invasions of Indians, danger in the pampas.”

Not the typical headline you would expect to see in an Irish-centric newspaper, even from one of its editions dating all the way back to the end of the 19thcentury. However this is no ordinary newspaper; it’s as far flung from the nation of its creator as it is long in years and practice.

The Southern Cross or “La Cruz del Sur” is…

LA PRESIDENTA – RTE’s World Report

Irish national broadcaster RTE Radio 1′s weekly look at events making headlines from around the World. My dispatch from Buenos Aires reports on how an ongoing protest by the country’s Agricultural sector is ebbing away at the support base of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner