Northern Ireland’s only Irish language radio station is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Raidió Fáilte has gone from humble beginnings to broadcasting to the world from its base in west Belfast.
It started as a pirate radio station, and first broadcast on St Patrick’s Day in 1985.
The founders had big plans to provide a service to Belfast’s growing Irish language community, but had to do so without any official support or funding.
After decades in makeshift studios, seven years ago the station moved to new state of the art offices on Falls Road in Belfast’s Gaeltacht quarter.
Eoghan Ó Néill, one of the founders, said that with hindsight it was a good…