TG4

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Teilifís na Gaeilge is a public service broadcaster, and operates the Irish language television channels TG4 and Cúla 4. It was created on 1 April 2007 in order to independently manage the Irish language television station TG4, which had been managed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann since 1996 when broadcasting operations commenced. The corporation is managed by a board, which includes a chairperson (Cathaoirleach) and a director general (Ardstiúrthóir).


TG4 is managed by a board, appointments to which, as outlined in the Broadcasting Act of 2009, are made by the government on the nomination of the minister of a specified department. The responsibility is currently part of the portfolio for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, which is headed by Minister Catherine Martin, who appointed Anna Ní Ghallachair as Chairperson of the TG4 Board in late 2022.

Key Facts

Business FormState-funded
Legal FormIndependent Statutory Entity

Ownership

Individual Owner

Media Outlets

Other Media Outlets

Other TV Outlets
  • TG4
  • TG4 + 1
  • Cúla 4
Other Online Outlets
  • TG4 Live

Facts

Other Media BusinessesFilm Production
  • Cine4 100%
Founding Year2007
Employees120
ContactTG4, Baile na hAbhann
H91 X4T0 Co. Galway
+353 (0) 91 505050
www.TG4.ie
Tax / ID NumberN/A
RevenueMissing Data
Operating ProfitMissing Data
Advertising (in % of total funding)Missing Data
Executive Board
  • Anna Ní Ghallachair
    Chairperson - Anna Ní Ghallachair was appointed Chairperson of the TG4 Board in November 2022. She has a long history of work in Ireland and abroad with groups interested in the teaching and promotion of languages.
  • Alan Esslemont
    Director General In 1995, Alan Esslemont was appointed to the senior management group of Teilifís na Gaeilge which launched TnaG in October 1996 and was appointed Director of Television for TG4 in 2000. In December 2007 Alan moved to Scotland to help set up BBC ALBA, the Scots Gaelic television channel, where he was Head of Content for nine years. In October 2016 Alan came back to work in Ireland to undertake the chief executive role as Director General at TG4.
Non-Executive Board
  • Bríd Ní Fhachtna
    has been a member of the TG4 board of directors since 2015. She is the founder of Irishanguageteacher.com, and has previously worked as an Irish language instructor in the University of Newfoundland, and an Irish language officer in the department of education.
  • Frank Reidy
    is an Irish language author, broadcaster and researcher, who has been on the TG4 board since 2001.
  • Darach Ó Tuairisg
    is a stage and screen actor, who has been the managing director of the Irish language theatre company Fíbín since its foundation in 2003. He is the chairperson of the Celtic Neighbours Committee, and a board member of the UNESCO: International Theatre Institute Centre.
  • Siobhán Ní Ghadhra
    is a film and TV producer,who has worked across many types of projects including animation, live-action, and drama. Owner of Danú Media, a TV and Film Production Company which recently acquired the EoTeilifís Group, which has produced Ros na Rún for TG4 for over 25 years. She is a Chair of the Creative Europe Desk in Galway. She also sits on the board of the Blue Teapot Theatre Company, Galway Film Centre and the External Strategy Board for NUIG.
  • Mairéad Ní Nuadháín
    is the former Head of External Relations in RTÉ. Prior to that she was the Deputy Head of Television Programmes at RTÉ. She has been a member of the TG4 board since November 2017.
  • Róisín Ní Ráighne
    is the managing director of Dynamo Brand and Communications Agency. She joined the TG4 board in December 2022.
  • Seán Ó Cuirreáin
    spent over twenty years working as a journalist and broadcaster in English and Irish. In past years he has been active in public relations, radio presenting and producing, print journalism, television research and presenting, and lecturing in communications. He has been Managing Editor, Programmes and Deputy Head of Raidió na Gaeltachta, and was appointed Language Commissioner in 2004 on the advice of the Government and the Houses of the Oireachtas. He was re-appointed to that position in 2010 but resigned from office in Febraury, 2014 because he was dissatisfied with the lack of progress being made in the promotion of language rights in the Irish-language community and in the Gaeltacht. He has been a member of the TG4 board since December 2022.
  • Aedín O’Leary
    currently serves on the boards of Haven Green Investment Management Ltd, ASK Investment Funds ICAV, the Irish Youth Foundation and Charities Institute Ireland. She is current and past member of related Audit & Risk, Investment, Strategy & Fundraising Committees. Aedín chairs the ESG Working Group at the Irish Fund Directors Association (IFDA), which holds a seat at the Climate Risk & Sustainable Finance Forum established by the Central Bank of Ireland in 2022. She is also co-founder of the Green Team Network, a collaborative sustainability forum created for the Funds Industry.
  • Sonia Nic Giolla Easbuig
    is a producer / director, specialising in factual documentaries and short form dramas, in both the Irish and English language. She has been producing and directing TV programmes for over 25 years for RTÉ, BBC and TG4, and joined the TG4 board in February 2023.
  • Seán Ó Domhnaill
    is a Digital Transformation Manager at TG4. He has been a member of the TG4 board since May 2020.
Data Publicly Available
ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.
Meta DataEmployment figure taken from TG4 website.
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