 On 4 June 2008 The Irish Post reported that the channel would not in fact be named Diaspora TV and would keep the RTÉ International name, they also added that the channel may be operational ahead of the previously scheduled launch date of 17 March 2009.On 2 November 2008, RTÉ postponed the planned launch, citing straitened financial circumstances.The broadcaster wrote to Eamon Ryan during October claiming that it would be “unwise” for it to continue with the plan.