RT all set to give it welly at Ploughing 2017
What do Fair City, Marty Whelan, Ray D'Arcy, Sean O'Rourke, Joe Duffy, Tracy Clifford, ine Lawlor, Marty Morrissey, Morning Ireland and The Sunday Game all have in common?
They're all supporting the 86th National Ploughing Championships from 19th 21st September as part of RT 's action-packed line-up over three full days at Screggan, Tullamore. With live radio and television broadcasts, a host of musical performances, live weather bulletins and exclusive events with well-known presenters, visitors to the RT set will have much to look forward to at the Ploughing 2017.
RT has announced some new additions to its Ploughing 2017 programme:
Both Tracy Clifford on RT 2FM and The Ray D'Arcy Show on RT Radio 1 will broadcast from Ploughing' for the first time, on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Among Tracy's guests will be Irish duo, Hudson Taylor who'll be performing live fresh from their Electric Picnic success, while Hermitage Green & Comedian, Colm O'Regan will among those joining Ray;
Also for the first time, on Tuesday RT will host a Fair City panel event, featuring two of its most popular stars, Niamh and Paul (Clelia Murphy and Tony Tormey) who'll be opening up to Brenda Donohue about their characters and the success of Ireland's favourite soap.
RT Director-General, Dee Forbes says "The National Ploughing Championships offer RT a wonderful opportunity to meet with our audiences and get their feedback, while also giving them an enjoyable and memorable experience. Once again, we've pulled out all the stops to put an exciting programme in place for this year's Ploughing and I hope that the thousands of people who visit our set enjoy another great RT experience."
RT at Ploughing 2017 has plenty more in store:
Aine Lawlor and Marty Morrissey will return to present The Ploughing Live every evening on RT One from 7.00-7.30pm;
Drivetime on RT Radio 1 will feature live reports daily, while RT One's, Six One Newswill also include live reports from Ploughing 2017;
RT Radio 1's Morning Ireland and Today with Sean O'Rourke will be live from Screggan on Tuesday morning;
Marty in the Morning on RT lyric fm will get things off to a positive start from 10am 12noon on Wednesday, with The Connor Mc Keon Band and Neven Maguire among Marty's guests. Marty will be followed by Countrywide live, presented by Damien O'Reilly;
The Sunday Game's live interactive panel event is back by popular demand at 4.45pm on Wednesday;
RT lyric fm Quartet will ease people into the day with a live performance from 9.00 11.00am on Thursday;
Joe Duffy will ensure laughs-a-plenty with Liveline Funny Thursday' from 1.45 3pm;
While the Irish language will be well represented with R n n agus Bl thnaid Beo ar RT Raidi na Gaeltachta from 4 5pm on Thursday.
Weather is always a popular topic of discussion at the Ploughing and RT Weather will be there in force with two live daily weather bulletins, while all those Weather Wannabees will get another chance to put their weather forecasting skills to the test in RT 's custom-built weather studio from 9am 12pm daily.
And if that wasn't enough, kids will have the chance to meet the gang from RT jr's Jolly Days,while visitors to the RT set will be able to be a cover star with their very own personalised RT Guide cover.
To help plan your trip, pick up next week's RT Guide for a special free Ploughing 2017 map and you can also stay up to date with RT on Twitter (@RTE) using #rteploughing, or on Facebook/Instagram (@Explorerte). There's also be a live tracker on rte.ie/ploughing bringing you all the important updates across the three days of Ploughing 2017.
RT 's television and radio coverage is sponsored by Tesco Ireland.
Notes:
The RT set is located on Block 2, Row 13, Stand No 292. We look forward to seeing you there! And if you're not going to don your wellies this time, then why not put on the kettle, tune in to all the excitement and latest news brought to you by RT across television, radio, online and mobile.
RT Programme of Events
Tuesday 19th September
07:00 Morning Ireland on RT Radio 1
09:00 Weather Wannabees
10:00 Today with Sean O'Rourke on RT Radio 1
13:00 Tracy Clifford on RT 2FM
13:20 RT Weather: Live bulletin on RT One
16:10 RT Weather: Live bulletin on RT One
16:30 Meet the stars from RT One's Fair City
19:00 Ploughing Live presented by ine Lawlor and Marty Morrissey on RT One
Wednesday 20th September
09:00 Weather Wannabees
10:00 Marty in the Morning on RT lyric fm
12:15 Countrywide on RT Radio 1
13:00 News at One on RT Radio 1
13:00 Meet the gang from Jolly Days on RT jr
13:20 RT Weather: Live bulletin on RT One
15:00 The Ray D'Arcy Show on RT Radio 1
15:55 RT Weather: Live bulletin on RT One
16:45 The Sunday Game, RT 2: Meet the Panel
19:00 Ploughing Live presented by ine Lawlor and Marty Morrissey on RT One
Thursday 21st September
09:00 Weather Wannabees
09:00 RT lyric fm Quartet
11:00 Meet the gang from Jolly Days on RT jr
13:20 RT Weather: Live bulletin on RT One
13:45 Liveline's Funny Thursday on RT Radio 1
16:00 R n n agus Bl thnaid Beo on RT Raidi na Gaeltachta
16:10 RT Weather: Live bulletin on RT One
19:00 Ploughing Live presented by ine Lawlor and Marty Morrissey on RT One
+ Daily activities include: Entertainment with RT jr; RT Guide Cover Star; RT Archives; RT Shop, and more.
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RT all set to give it welly at Ploughing 2017 
