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Milano Ventures Ltd and <\/strong>NEXUS-International Broadcasting Association (NEXUS-IBA)<\/a> present the Irish Radio Relay Service (IRRS)<\/strong>, a cultural radio link to Europe, reaching Irish abroad and people interested in Ireland and the Irish culture. We reach out on Shortwave radio and via streaming to the most remote areas in the world.<\/p>\n In 1987, a small group of idealistic and highly dedicated people with broadcasting experience of their own had the idea of starting the Italian Radio Relay Service (IRRS)<\/a>, initially with an FM and then a Shortwave radio station to link independent cultural program makers and the European Audience. The shortwave medium had been recognised for years as the most effective means of reaching the most significant number of Europeans by radio and for the high quality of its audience. The Italian Radio Relay Service (IRRS) on Shortwave, <\/strong>known on the air as the I-double-R-S,\u00a0<\/strong> went on the air in November 1988 and was an immediate success.<\/p>\n In 1990, the IRRS became part of the nonprofit NEXUS-IBA<\/a>, now operating through the facilities of Milano Ventures Ltd, based in Dublin, Ireland. The founders of NEXUS-IBA used their funds to finance the necessary equipment. Initially, they used the facility in their spare time on Saturdays and Sundays to broadcast music, discussion programs, topical presentations, old radio shows and plays. IRRS-Shortwave quickly became a unique part of the European shortwave scene and attracted a lot of publicity and interest. The experiment was so successful that inquiries poured in from other program producers who were also anxious to use Shortwave but could not afford the high rates for airtime charged by the established commercial stations.<\/p>\n Since 2001, we upgraded our broadcasting centre and started using higher powers of 50, 100, 150, 300 kW and beyond to reach the entire world on Shortwave. We now offer our members and clients a complete range of services, including highly reliable and globally distributed Internet audio and video streaming services, satellite radio & TV rebroadcasting, web presence and professional email using our cloud services at data centres in Europe, Asia and the USA.<\/p>\n And so, the NEXUS association and the IRRS idea grew. Soon afterwards, IRRS-Shortwave began airing the current affairs and cultural programs of leading international, intergovernmental agencies and special program services produced by other broadcasters. Thousands of listeners praised their content as being of quality and nature that was not available elsewhere. NEXUS-IBA is strictly non-denominational, open to members of all faiths, and carries all kinds of secular programming.<\/p>\nOur History<\/h2>\n