The GaelPro service was provided by Cogar until 2014. In conjunction with Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge and with support from Coimisiún na Meán, Raidió na Life agreed to relaunch the service as a digital platform for news stories and as an information resource for those broadcasting in Irish across the country. 

An tOireachtas commenced operation of the service on St Patrick’s Day 2020.

GaelPro is a partnership project between An tOireachtas and Coimisiún na Meán.

An tOireachtas
An tOireachtas is a lead organization in the Irish Language sector with responsibility for ‘Organising & Promoting Events as Gaeilge & Establishing Irish Language Networks. The annual calendar of events includes the Oireachtas Media Awards, Literary & Publishing

Competitions and a series of sporting, cultural and arts events. Oireachtas na Samhna, the national arts & culture festival is our annual showcase event and features the best of sean-nós (traditional old style) performing arts. An tOireachtas receives core-funding from Foras na Gaeilge.

Coimisiún na Meán
Coimisiún na Meán has been established further to the provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (“OSMR Act 2022”).The OSMR Act 2022 was enacted on 10 December 2022. The OSMR Act 2022 amended the Broadcasting Act 2009 to establish Coimisiún na Meán and dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”).

In addition to undertaking the functions of the BAI as the regulator for broadcasting in Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán is to establish a regulatory framework for online safety, update the regulation of television broadcasting and audiovisual on-demand services, and transpose the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive into Irish law.

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Every effort has been made to design and build this site so that it is to be accessible to all visitors regardless of ability. The site has been built to comply with the WCAG 2.0 AAA standard, an international accessibility standard issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

In order to benefit from the best possible user experience, it is recommended that you use a modern, recently-updated browser.

If you believe a portion of this website is not fully accessible, or that certain aspects of the user experience could be improved, we would appreciate it if you could share your opinion with us by sending an e-mail to raidio@gaelpro.ie.

GaelPro values your right to privacy. The privacy of those who use our web services is protected in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, and in line with the guidlines of the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland. GaelPro is not responsible for the privacy practices and safeguards of external websites which may accessed via links from the gaelpro.ie website. It is recommended that you inspect the relevant protocols as regards data protection and the use of cookies on any external websites you visit.

Types of data collected
You may use the gaelpro.ie website without providing identifiable personal information. Certain usage metrics are collected automatically with the aid of cookies while users browse the website. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer which allow a web application to monitor how the same application is being used. The types of data collected fall into the following categories:

• The IP address of the visitor's web client
• The type of web browser used by the website visitor
• Click path data that demonstrate user behaviour (i.e. pages opened and files downloaded)
• Actions taken to share certain pages with others (e.g. action to share pages via e-mail or social media)
• The amount of time the user spends on certain pages
• The user's scroll actions on certain pages (i.e. the percentage of the page viewed by the user)

How the collected data are used
The data collected on this website are used for statistical purposes and it is not permitted to use them in order to identify individual users of the website unless required by law to do so. The information collected is used to analyse and conduct research into the general profile of vistitors to the website and the usage patterns of those visitors, with the aim of improving the experience of all visitors to the website. It is possible that the general findings of this research may be published occassionally with regard to the privacy protections discussed in this statement. The statistics gathered help us to better understand the following aspects of website usage:

• The number of visitors to the website and the number of visits to the website
• Users' geographical locations — only the nearest population centre to the user is recorded
• Users' technology — an account of traffic from desktop machines versus mobile devices
• Traffic sources (direct visits, traffic from search engines, traffic from social media, etc.)
• Usage and interaction patterns (the most-opened and most-read pages, files downloaded most frequently, common search terms, etc.)

Data Controller
GaelPro Raidió
c/o An tOireachtas, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, D02 VH98
raidio@gaelpro.ie

Storage and processing of collected data
The Data Controller processes data relating to the users of this website in an appropriate manner and all relevant measures are taken to prevent unauthorised access to this information, as well as its dissemination or alteration.

In addition to the Data Controller, it may be the case, under certain circumstances, that persons involved in aspects of website administration (content management or technical maintenance of the website, for example) or external parties (e.g. providers of technical or hosting services) may be granted access to collected data provided they are authorised by the Data Controller.

Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). The information collected about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for GaelPro, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website and allowing cookies to remain enabled, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes as set out above.

Rights of users
Users are entitled to know, at any time, if their personal data has been stored as a result of using this website and they may consult the Data Controller in order to ascertain the content and sources of these data. Users wishing to obtain such information should send a request to the Data Controller at the contact details listed above.

Statement last updated: 19 January 2022