The first ever Irish language children’s channel was launched today by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin at the TG4 headquarters in Co. Galway.
Cúla4 will air for 14 hours daily, from 6 o’clock every morning until 8 every evening on Saorview Channel 18, Channel 602 on Virgin Media, Sky 624 and Eir will all carry the young people’s channel. It will be also be available via the player at cula4.com and also the Cúla4 App.
The free to air children’s channel will include a wealth of entertainment, drama, a children’s news service, a mix of home produced content and acquired shows as well being a valuable source of educational Irish language content.
The new channel, aimed at 0-12 year olds will provide an entertaining and fun daily point of contact to the Irish language for children and will include newly commissioned content from the Independent production sector in Ireland, as well as acquired international animation, which are re-voiced to Irish by independent sector.
Cúla4 will have a six-minute news service from Tuesday to Friday at 1.30pm, produced by Fíbín Media and hosted by Aisling Ní Dhonnabháin and Seán Ó Maoilchiaráin. Schools will be able to tune in from their classrooms and keep up to date with the news of the day.
The channel will be anchored by presenters Seosamh Mac Seoin, (from Belfast) who wraps our morning slot from 6am, Síle Ní Chonghaile (from Galway) presents our educational zone from 9am and Niamh Ní Chróinín (from Dublin) has a fun packed slot in the afternoons from 3pm for the older age groups.
Cúla4 belongs to the children of Ireland and the future generations of Irish speakers. Here’s a taste of what to expect:
