news2day

news2day is the RTÉ News service designed specifically for children.

The programme is aimed at young people between the ages of seven and 12 approximately and contains Irish and international news of interest to a young audience - including annual visits to the Young Scientist Exhibition and visits to Green Flag schools.

It is presented in an accessible and child-friendly manner and gives a voice to young people with substantial direct input from children themselves.

news2day transmits each weekday at 4.50pm.

The programme can be accessed on: www.rte.ie/news2day
and contacted by email at: news2day@rte.ie

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Presenters

Yvonne Redmond

Yvonne is 24 years old and comes from Carlow town. She speaks fluent Irish having attended gaelscoil and gaelcholaiste. She then studied journalism for four years in DCU.

Yvonne worked in newspapers in Carlow and Kildare and as a newsreader and reporter in local radio.

In 2007 she was chosen as the Carlow representative for the Rose of Tralee.

She loves to travel and one of her favourite places is California, where she spent a college semester on exchange. She also really wants to visit India, Africa and Egypt when she gets the chance.

Her hobbies include swimming, socialising with friends, reading and going to the cinema. She's also a huge Harry Potter fan and is addicted to both the movies and the books, as well as being swept up in the current Twilight trend.

She admits she's a disaster when it comes to anything sports- related, but loves trampolining in her back garden at home and once did a parachute out of a plane for a charity skydive.

Aidan Kelly

Aidan is 23 years old and comes from Edenderry in Co Offaly.

English was his favourite subject at school, so it's no surprise that he went on to study journalism in DCU for four years, which included a six month stay at a university in West Virginia in America.

Aidan joins the news2day team from the world of radio - he has been reading and reporting the news for the past two years. His favourite moment came when he got to interview lots of cool bands at Oxegen in 2008.

He has tried his hand at many sports over the years - football, soccer, hurling, even kickboxing - but admits he wasn't very good at any of them (even if he has a few lucky medals)

He enjoys swimming, however, and is a huge music fan. His favourite artists include Klaxons, Green Day and even Britney!

Aidan can usually be found hanging out with friends, at the cinema or reading books, and he says the Harry Potter series or anything by Dan Brown are his favourites.

He also loves to travel and his favourite TV programmes include The X Factor and 30 Rock.