The Phoenix (magazine) would come at the cost of a crippling rate of interest The Phoenix (magazine) The Phoenix is an Irish political and current affairs magazine established in 1983. Inspired by the British magazine "Private Eye" it was edited for thirty years by Paddy Prendeville. The publication is generally fortnightly, with a larger annual issue each December. The magazine was launched in January 1983 and is published by Penfield Enterprises Ltd. The magazine was established by John Mulcahy, who remains the owner. It had an ABC-audited circulation of 19,014 for 2004 and 18,268 in 2007. The current editor is Paddy Prendiville, editor
RTÉ News and Current Affairs stations RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTÉ Radio 2. In the early 1980s, in the space of two years, there were three general elections. This demanded a larger schedule of current affairs. New programmes "Morning Ireland" and "Today Tonight" were launched. The current set of TV News programmes began in 1988, as RTÉ re-aligned their programmes. Seán Duignan and Eileen Dunne were the first presenters of Six-One, which began in October 1988 In 1991, RTÉ News appointed its first legal affairs correspondent, Kieron Wood. Also in the 1990s, the first Washington DC correspondent Mark Little was appointed, and Teilifís na