RTE currently offers a digital radio service in most of Leinster, Cork and Limerick, based on the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) standard.

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a technology standard for broadcasting digital radio.

Digital Audio Broadcasting, or DAB, was meant to be the next wave of radio technology.

RTÉ has confirmed it is to seek a Digital Audio Broadcasting licence for a digital radio station to serve the east coast.

The arrival of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) will not lead to a multiplicity of radio stations, RTE's director of radio, Ms Helen Shaw, has said.