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Technological University Dublin ARROW@TU Dublin Reports Centre for Social and Educational Research 2009-09-01 Digital Radio for Ireland: Competing Options, Public Expectations Brian O'Neill Technological University Dublin, [email protected] Helen Shaw Athena Media Agata Olbrycht Athena Media Follow this and additional works at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cserrep Part of the Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, and the Communication Technology and New Media Commons Recommended Citation O’Neill, B. Shaw, H., Olbrycht, A.: Digital Radio for Ireland: Competing Options, Public Expectations. Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Dublin, 2009. http://www.bci.ie/documents/ digital_radio_final_report_2509.pdf This Technical Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Centre for Social and Educational Research at ARROW@TU Dublin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Reports by an authorized administrator of ARROW@TU Dublin. 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