[1] INN supplied copy and audio service from its central Dublin studios via satellite, in addition to hourly news and sport bulletins that were broadcast weeknights and weekends.
Adsat provided a turning point for ad agencies, which had previously relied on the railway system to courier tapes to radio stations.
INN/Adsat was principally funded by the sale and distribution of advertising copy and was of its time, as it preceded the boom of the internet and the ability to send data (including sound and video) through the web.
Irish Secretary of the National Union of Journalists Séamus Dooley said the closure was announced rather poorly, as it was being reported by other media before any of the staff was notified.
They have tolerated a pay freeze and the non-replacement of staff and their efforts are rewarded by this cavalier treatment.