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Irish Radio Transmitters Society
Radio News Bulletin
Sunday May 24th, 2026
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Important Notice from the IRTS Committee
The following important notice for all society members is being delivered through our regular news bulletin, in addition to email, the IRTS groups.io portal, as well as available via the IRTS website.
It has recently come to our attention that information contained in IRTS membership records has been exported by an individual member of the society to independently create a bespoke dataset containing personal data of IRTS members. This is referred to as the Unauthorised Dataset. The use of IRTS membership records for this purpose, and the creation of the Unauthorised Dataset, was not authorised by the IRTS committee and does not comply with our GDPR policy. The committee has reported the incident to the Data Protection Commission. We are currently obtaining legal advice in respect of our legal obligations and responsibilities towards our members.
The IRTS collects and processes the following personal information about its current members, and members who have recently allowed their membership to lapse: name, address, email address, and radio call sign. This is designated as IRTS Personal Data. IRTS Personal Data is used by the society to provide services to, and manage relationships with, members, and to undertake accounting and other record-keeping functions. IRTS Personal Data is only processed for these purposes. From time to time, this data may be disclosed to third parties who are agents of the society or authorised personnel acting on our directions.
We believe that the IRTS membership records containing IRTS Personal Data have been exported by an individual member of the IRTS to create the Unauthorised Dataset. We understand the individual member included additional personal data of some members in the Unauthorised Dataset, which we refer to as Additional Personal Data. The source of this Additional Personal Data is unknown, and we believe the Unauthorised Dataset has limited distribution. We wish to strongly emphasise that the official IRTS membership records do not contain Additional Personal Data, and that the IRTS does not collect or process Additional Personal Data. Furthermore, the incident does not indicate that the IRTS systems were attacked by a malicious threat actor.
The committee is continuing to investigate the incident. We are working to secure and destroy the Unauthorised Dataset, implement a full review of access rights of appropriate people who have access to the IRTS Membership Records, and design a full retraining programme in respect of collecting, processing, and securing IRTS Personal Data. The committee is disappointed by the incident, which occurred despite our ongoing commitment to data security. We will provide an update to members when more information becomes available.
If you have any information relating to the incident, please contact the society via email to irts_secretary@irts.ie
A full written version of this notice is available to view on the IRTS website and IRTS Groups.io page.
The IRTS committee would like to thank the membership for the outpouring of support since news of this has broken.
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Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate Exams
The IRTS extends its best wishes to all candidates who recently sat the amateur radio licence exam. Results will be reported directly via email in the coming days. Successful candidates should monitor their inbox for an invitation to register with ComRegs E-Licensing portal. Once registered, applicants can obtain their callsign upon payment of the required licensing fee. Be aware that ComReg-issued amateur radio licences require re-confirmation of licensee profile details every five years. Please consider setting a calendar reminder for this but you will get a notification from ComReg when this is due. Candidates who wish to re-sit the exam are encouraged to check the IRTS website irts.ie for details of upcoming exam dates.
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May 31st Deadline for the Summer Edition of Echo Ireland
The deadline for the summer edition of Echo Ireland is May 31st. If any member or club has news or reports for inclusion, please forward these to echoireland@irts.ie
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South Eastern Amateur Radio Group EI2WRC
The May meeting of the EI2WRC group will take place tomorrow Monday, May 25th at 8 p.m. sharp at the South East Technological University, Netlabs Research and Innovation Building, SETU West Campus, Carriganore, Waterford. The Eircode is X91 WR86. New members or anyone that has an interest in amateur radio or communications in general are very welcome to come along. SWLs are in particular very welcome to attend also. For more information about EI2WRC, their activities, and for contact details please see www.searg.ie
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Parks on the Air Rover Attempt by TOG Hackerspace
TOG Hackerspace is very excited to be teaming up with their friends in South Dublin Radio Club for their first Parks on the Air Rover attempt. On Sunday 31st May, the June Bank Holiday Sunday, they will be all over Dublin activating parks as EI0TOG. You are welcome to join them at one of the parks or catch them on the air. More details can be found at tog.ie/radio
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Kildare Amateur Radio Club AGM
Kildare Amateur Radio Club will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 27th May 2026 at 8 p.m. in Kill GAA Club.Having only been founded in late 2024, the club has gone from strength to strength and is now approaching thirty members. All members are requested to attend the AGM if at all possible. The club meets once a month in Kill GAA Club and membership is open to all. Visitkildarearc.comfor more details.
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Items for Inclusion in Next Week's Radio News
That is the news for this week. Thanks to everyone for sending items into the weekly IRTS radio news. They are very much appreciated and are a great way to update the rest of the community about activities. If you have any club events, activities, meetings, or other items of interest, you are very welcome to email the radio news editor Keith EI5IN via email to newsteam@irts.ie with the details. The deadline each week is midnight on Thursdays. Items intended for inclusion in Echo Ireland, which is the IRTS quarterly journal, should be sent to echoireland@irts.ie
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