The acquisition by Telecom Éireann of a 60 per cent shareholding in the cable TV company, Cablelink, has been approved by the Minister for Industry and Commerce. RTÉ will retain a 40 per cent holding.

Report shows Cablelink headquarters.

Satellite dish.

Telecom Éireann premises.

Graphics outlining how the new network will be managed.

Interview with Robert Gahan, Assistant Director General, RTÉ, on the sale.

RTÉ studio complex in Donnybrook, Dublin.

Photograph of Seán Barrett, Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD).

Photograph of Dick Spring, Labour TD.

Photograph of Pat Rabbitte, Workers' Party TD.

A meeting of the Independent Radio and Television (IRTC).

Windmill Lane studios in Dublin.

The reporter is Jeri Ward.

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