‘My IP address reads as being in Croydon’: Sky customers blocked from RTÉ and other Irish channels
Some Sky users found themselves blocked from accessing streaming services geo-restricted to Ireland
Some Sky users found themselves blocked from accessing streaming services geo-restricted to Ireland
Experts on dyslexia in Irish education say the system is failing the estimated 10%-plus of children who have the learning disorder
Chair of board Terence O’Rourke says 2023 was ‘a difficult and damaging year’ for broadcaster
Voluntary hospitals also warn on cost of boosting cybersecurity and weight of accumulated deficits of more than €340m
September 15th-20th: From the origin story of child prodigy Mozart to Colin Farrell as the Penguin
Former RTÉ chairwoman on ‘vicious’ Dáil hearings, a missed opportunity to fund the national broadcaster and life after being in the public glare of the Montrose psychodrama
Television: The host of the RTÉ chatshow seems to be enjoying himself – which is not something that could be said of some earlier presenters
Rory McIlroy and John Bishop among guests on first episode of autumn season
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 surely captures the public mood of irritated bewilderment that the Apple windfall should be anything other than good news
Television: Neven Maguire just wants to get out in the air and see bits of Ireland, and the result is a treat
Even ‘the greatest human being on Earth’ couldn’t uplift Ireland against England
The sports journalist, author and host of RTE’s The Sunday Game says she gets ‘major anxiety’ in car parks
The future for racehorses after they stop racing? Racing's authorities must establish the scale of the issue before appropriate measures to address it are attempted
Radio: The Hard Shoulder and Liveline hear harrowing stories from former pupils while the Leinster House bike shed continues to exercise listeners
The presenter of RTÉ's The Late Late Show on his relationship with Ireland
Broadcaster publishes tender for online panel to respond to TV and radio programming
Television: New series exploring ‘spaces where we work, live, socialise’ occasionally lacks sensitivity in this housing crisis era
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Both Virgin Media Television and RTÉ are aiming for further digital growth via their players, already the main point of access to content for some viewers
Denis Walsh: Pitching for the package rights to six GAA championship games will be a stretch for TG4 but if they come looking for that package, they should get it
Television review: Despite a potentially intriguing premise, this adaptation of a Karen Perry novel is another failure by the national broadcaster to make a decent potboiler
News verification strand Clarity and natural history series Ireland’s Coast on the line-up as board approves more projects in wake of RTÉ's multi-year funding deal
Broadcaster set aside €21.7m to meet PRSI liabilities from bogus self-employment in the organisation, records show
Television: The defining tone is sadness in this moving programme as Traveller songs, folklore and historic footage are blended with present-day testimony
Television: Documentary chronicles the evil of the homes while respecting the victims by letting eyewitnesses speak for themselves
Average payment was €800 per person on flagship TV show, while average payment for guests on Today with Claire Byrne was €54
What I admired massively about Nell McCafferty was her writing. It was fast-paced, clear, conversational. She reported what it felt like down at ground level
Radio: Liveline callers paint a grim portrait of urban dystopia, while Nell McCafferty’s legacy is vividly remembered across the airwaves
Jim Jennings to leave head of content role at end of month following mediated process with support of Workplace Relations Commission
Television: ‘What I’m most looking forward to is doing this for my country as an International Rose. We’ve only had two New Zealand Roses. It means a lot to me’
John Saunders to become chairman with chief operating officer JJ Carter replacing him as president and chief executive
Irish-based subscription channel has attained the rights for Europa League and Uefa Conference League
Irish-owned station’s share of listening has nudged ahead of rivals FM104, Sunshine 106.8 and Spin 1038
Television: It’s the 63rd year of the contest that Father Ted paradied as the Lovely Girls Competition, and there’s no sign of it running out of steam
Budgetary constraints enforced during busy summer of sport behind decision made by RTÉ
Television: Contest has survived huge changes in society and remains popular – if controversial – part of national calendar
Allenwood mother who was brought onstage before 80,000 people still ‘trying to control the adrenaline’
Podcast review: The fabulist began with minor falsehoods in her childhood in England but ultimately preyed on the vulnerable
Television: Manchán Magan’s extremely watchable journey around the Continent is the first leg of a quest for atonement
Radio: The weight-loss expert is on Newstalk for a discussion of Ozempic and similar drugs. Prof Luke O’Neill, the guest host, needs to push back more
Pat Kenny’s listenership rises to fresh record on Newstalk as station claims its highest-ever market share
Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes
Television: Even narrator Jessie Buckley sounds as if she’s ready to check out. On a Monday night on RTÉ, this documentary is a bit of a snooze
Plus: Kneecap film flummoxes and impresses US critics; the falling rate for Fair City photos; and Helen McEntee promises to drain the swamp
The RTÉ presenter and debut novelist on achieving her goals, and being black and gay in the public eye in Ireland
Presenter welcomes 10% audience climb in his second quarter on Virgin Radio UK, as he surpasses his peak RTÉ listenership
Radio: The move towards calling out Musk and X, where far-right members have been able to gather large followings, is overdue
The GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ for media rights, potentially opening up the market for the likes of Virgin Media, TG4 or Sky
The debate needs to move on from the best way to fund a public-service broadcaster to the best way to fund public-service content
Chairman Terence O’Rourke described 2003 as a ‘difficult and damaging year’ in annual report
Radio: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman host awkward chats and gratuitous squabbles as Fiachna Ó Braonáin signs off with feeling
Broadcaster says in February and March 133 instances of external activities approved but it was prevented by Data Protection Commission from releasing exact details
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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