London 2012: Winning Women after the Games – Athena Media radio documentary for Newstalk

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Irish women athletes made history at these Olympic Games. Not only did Katie Taylor win Gold but more women qualified and competed than ever before, and for the first time about half of the Irish team were women. Team Ireland made it the best Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956 and many in the team credit read more …

Athena Media produce online video of WMB’s annual Conference & Awards

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The Women Mean Business Conference & Awards 2012 took place in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin on October 1. The guest speakers were Prof. Susan Vinnicombe; entrepreneur and author Sharon Wright; enterpreneur and social innovator Dawn Gibbins. Athena Media produced a short online video documenting the read more …

Winning Women: New series for Newstalk on the female athletes competing at London 2012

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Over four weeks reporter Lisa Essuman and Chris Clarke have brought us behind the stories of Winning Women who are heading to the Olympic Games. This August, Team Ireland sent 65 athletes to the Olympic games, 27 of whom are women. Among the athletes covered in the series, there will be Sycerika Mcmahon; read more …

Death of an Empire shortlisted as finalist in the New York Radio Awards

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Death of an Empire, our recent radio series currently being repeated on RTÉ Choice every Tuesday at 6pm, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the History section at the New York Festival radio awards. The series, which is an Athena Media Production for RTÉ Radio 1 is presented by Seamus Martin, read more …