A new Irish television channel is to start broadcasting internationally from next month.

IrishTV says it will create 150 jobs, right around the country, with its headquarters in Westport, Co. Mayo.

The station's being funded by Irish-born, multi-millionaire John Griffin, who recently sold the UK's largest minicab company 'Addison Lee' for 360 million Euro.

CEO Pierce O'Reilly speaks about the channel: