RTÉ Radio Centre

The Radio Centre is RTÉ's main production and control centre for their national radio networks. The building is located on the RTÉ campus at Donnybrook on the Southside of Dublin. Construction of the building commenced in June 1969 and was completed in April 1971.HistorySince 1928 Irish radio,, had been housed in the GPO on O'Connell Street, in the centre of Dublin, in cramped and unsuitable accommodation. With the coming of television in 1960, a site was developed for television studios off the Stillorgan road, South of Dublin city centre . From the beginning it was the intention that the radio service should join television on a broadcasting campus at Donnybrook. However it was not until the late 1960s that the detailed planning and construction began that would accommodate on-site a new centre for radio production. Once construction of the building had finished in April 1971 the phased move from the GPO began, but it was not until September 1973 that the first live broadcast was made from the Radio Centre. By May 1974 all broadcasting from the GPO had ceased, and RTÉ radio had become firmly ensconced in its new purpose-built home at Donnybrook.