Social & Cultural

ARGENTINA ADOPT A FROG – APTN

The National Geographic Channel’s broadcast of my news report for the APTN reporting on how an Argentine official in the small interior city of San Luis is suggesting people adopt mosquito-munching frogs—not chemicals—as a solution to an outbreak of the disease dengue fever, which is spread by the insects. Also went out in print on USA Today and a variety of other international broadcast, print and web outlets…..

ARGENTINA’S NO TO RELIGION – RTE 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 a movement spearheaded by a group of NGO’s and human rights organisations has sparked debate in Argentina by calling on people to officially renounce their religious affiliation

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.

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

IRISH ‘HABITAT’ VOLUNTEERS BUILD HOMES AND GOODWILL IN PARAGUAY – EMIGRANT

While the eyes of the world last week were fixed firmly on Beijing, Irish eyes might reason to shine on some other worthy delegates of the green white and gold who just touched down in a very different part of the world and for a very different reason.

The 15 members of the “Habitat for Humanity Ireland,” Paraguay team are set to build two family homes in an impoverished community in the South of the country all before they depart again…

FUTURO DO CUMBUCO – Brazil’s Pure Kitesurfers

Cumbuco in the North Eastern Brazilian province of Ceara has become one of the worlds most sought-out destinations for the increasingly popular watersport of Kitesurfing. Whilst its mecca status is bringing visitors from all over the world to the former fishing village its the local community that are most immersed in the high flying sport. Futuro do Cumbuco is a self developed initiative that supports the local youth in their passion for kitesurfing and the possibilities that may open whilst…