Ireland's Most Romantic Elderly Couple
EXHIBITION : VALENTINES DAY
About this Item
St Valentine's Day celebrations, the most romantic couple in Ireland and a protest for marriage equality by the support group Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender.
- Title St. Valentine’s Day Celebrations
- 1st Broadcast 14/02/2009
- ContributorAisling Bastable (Reporter)
- Clip Duration 00:01:32
- Material Type Video
- Series title RTÉ News
- Clip title Ireland's Most Romantic Elderly Couple
- Extended description
RTÉ News reports on St Valentine's Day. Agnes and Michael Doyle from Finglas Dublin are shown as they won a competition to be Ireland's most romantic elderly couple. They have been married for 55 years and are interviewed on the secret to a happy marriage.
This report also features a demonstration by Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) calling for marriage equality for all.
Paul Kelly of LGBT outlines the aim of the demonstration. - Information
A RTÉ News report broadcast on St Valentine's Day 14 February 2009.
- Local keywords Valentine's Day, Agnes Doyle, Michael Doyle, Romance, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Paul Kelly, Aisling Bastable
- Geographical coverage Ireland
- Genre News
- Topic National Holidays, Festivals, Anniversaries, Annual Events
- Publisher Broadcaster RTÉ
- First broadcast channel RTÉ One
- Production year 2009
- Country of production Ireland
- Original identifier BN09/045
- IPR restrictions Rights Reserved - Free Access
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- Item type part/extract
- Item colour Colour
- Item sound Mono
- Aspect ratio 16:9 (widescreen)
- Language used English (eng)
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