{"id":1185,"date":"2024-12-11T12:48:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/national-archives.go-vip.net\/?page_id=1185"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:13:31","slug":"media-preview-of-state-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/engage-and-learn\/annual-release-of-records-of-state\/media-preview-of-state-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Media preview of State records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"block-block_e306a822880ce90994600202d3c98869\" class=\"landing-page-header-block title-width-default block-color-gold block-row-02-type-share block-row-02-share-position-bottom intro-full-width\" data-style=\"style-11\">    \n\n\t<div class=\"header \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"translation-notice\">\n        <div class=\"inner container\">\n            <p><strong>Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n ar f\u00e1il go luath<\/strong><\/p>\n            <p>\u00c1r leithsc\u00e9al as an m\u00edchaoithi\u00falacht. Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge ar an leathanach seo ar f\u00e1il go luath. Go raibh maith agat as do chuid foighneachta agus muid ag obair ar leagan uasd\u00e1taithe.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-0\">Media preview of State records<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- mobile -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-row-02\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share-button pulse fade-in\" data-js=\"share-button\">SHARE<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text h3\"><p>Each January, the National Archives releases records of Departments of State to the public. The previous month, representatives of newspapers and broadcasting organisations are invited to preview the records for release from Departments of State and scheduled bodies. Their stories appear on television and in the press in late December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t<span class=\"notification-top\" data-js=\"share-copied\">URL copied to clipboard<\/span>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-block_07193b71ac8e088a2a2009df6325ae07\" class=\"content-tile-block nai-block margin-top-small margin-bottom-none image_right text-regular text-black bg-white no-border-top smaller-heading\" data-layout=\"layout-1-2\">        \n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image\" data-image=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content cms-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>About the annual media preview<\/h2>\n<p>The media preview event is organised by the Archives and Government Services. Representatives of newspapers and broadcasting organisations are invited to attend the preview during the first full week of December. The Reading Room is closed to the public during this week.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Preparing State records for release<\/h3>\n<p>The National Archives team works year-round on preparing records due for release after 30 years (under the National Archives Act, 1986) and 20 years (under the National Archives (Amendment) Act, 2018). However, large transfers of records from Department of State typically arrive in October.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Media coverage<\/h3>\n<p>There is a strict embargo set before which it is not permitted to broadcast or publish stories from the new records for release. 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