NATIONWIDE WEEK 44
MONDAY 3RD NOVEMBER
PRESENTER BLÁTHNAID NÍ CHOFAIGH
DUBLIN AIRPORT 85 YEARS
Nationwide celebrates 85 years of Dublin Airport, as Ireland's premier gateway to the world, it's a vital cog in Ireland’s economy and tourism. It may have started in 1940 with a solitary route to Liverpool, catering for one hundred thousand passengers a year, but now there are many people that pass through the airport on any single day. It’s also the place where memories are made, where adventures begin and where people are re-united with family and friends.
Website: www.dublinairport.com
WEDNESDAY 5TH NOVEMBER
PRESENTER ANNE CASSIN
DUBLIN CASTLE
Nationwide goes behind the scenes at Dublin Castle as it prepares for the 15th presidential inauguration in a tradition dating back to 1938 and the installation of Douglas Hyde as the first president of Ireland.
The symbolism of this important ceremony taking place in the former seat of power of British rule in Ireland is hard to miss, including the use a former throne made for Queen Victoria which has featured in the inaugurations from the very beginning.
Nationwide follows the reupholstering and careful conservation of the regilded throne, the painstaking cleaning of the massive chandeliers in St Patrick’s Hall which will be at the heart of the ceremony and the new display of presidential coats of arms, hand painted with the symbolic stories of past presidents, a select club which is soon to have its tenth member.
Website: www.dublincastle.ie
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER
NO NATIONWIDE – GAA ALL STARS
