Government open to providing new cost-of-living supports as prices rise, Minister says
Thomas Byrne says Coalition ‘open to examining’ help for households and warns cost of food supplies could also increase
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RTÉ’s Tracy Clifford: ‘When IVF fails, you’re back on the treadmill again. Age is not on your side’
The 2FM radio presenter on candour, IVF and careers for women only beginning in their 40s
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
March 7th-13th highlights, including: All That Remains with Niall Breslin; A Woman of Substance; a new Claudia Winkleman show; and more
Garda to exhume body of Liam Farrell as part of review into ‘suspicious’ Co Leitrim death
Garda review ‘active and ongoing’ as Farrell family welcome the development
Ray D’Arcy: ‘I’ve lost my job and my mother. What’s going to happen next?’
The broadcaster says he thought ‘the sky would fall in’ if he left RTÉ, but his departure has been an ‘enforced liberation’
Claire Byrne is relaxed as she settles in to Newstalk, while Shane Coleman gets mad as hell at drivetime
Radio: Newstalk host is an ideal, unflustered presence when the you-know-what hits the fan
CMAT wins Choice Music Prize Album of the Year for Euro-Country
Singer thanks Bertie Ahern in her acceptance speech
Home heating oil and petrol price gougers combust like rocket fuel for the Dáil
What Opposition TD wouldn’t loathe the money-hungry gannets or love a chance to castigate the Government for not cracking down on them?
Growth of disinformation has made RTÉ role and funding vital, says Siptu
Potential for tensions to come to a head when feasibility study on outsourcing The Late Late Show and Fair City is delivered, union representative says
Home of the Year review: The late Hugh Wallace gives it socks in poignant return of this fun series
Television: In the wake of the unexpected death of the chummy and clubbable Wallace, it is wonderful to see the architect on screen one final time
Ireland has spent the last 70 years unsuccessfully trying to dethrone King Cattle
Mind-blowing documentary on RTÉ shows the parallel planet of Ireland’s cattle monarchy continues to exist
Ray D’Arcy to launch new daily podcast after leaving RTÉ
New show will begin next week and will be D’Arcy’s first project since leaving RTÉ last October
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
March 1st-6th highlights: including Goodman: Too Big to Fail; Home of the Year; Vladimir; and more
Minister for Housing expects rents to fall after recent reform of rules
James Browne said driving supply is ‘only way’ to make renting more affordable
Radio review: Oliver Callan has a solution to the longer airtime problem: doom radio
The Radio 1 host pads out his show in counterintuitive style
Event guide: RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Raye, and the other best things to see in the week ahead
February 28th-March 6th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
RTÉ receives €3m for 50% share of GAAGO
Gaelic games streaming service established as a joint venture by RTÉ and the GAA in 2014
PSNI and MI5 unlawfully obtained phone data of prominent Northern Ireland journalist, tribunal hears
Vincent Kearney was wrongly referred to as a ‘suspect’ in a criminal investigation, and the PSNI compiled a detailed profile of intelligence material on him
People thought I had a stroke or Alzheimer’s, Gisèle Pelicot tells RTÉ’s Prime Time
She says could not recall being raped by dozens of men for years as she had been drugged
Hiqa seeks orders compelling RTÉ to disclose nursing home footage
Broadcaster says it welcomes Hiqa decision to investigate issues highlighted in RTÉ Investigates programme
Britain’s King Charles should heed the lesson of the crumbling Irish Catholic Church
Abusers did not bring down the hierarchy here, it was down to the repeated cover-ups by bishops
Mice, rats, wasps: RTÉ spends more than €7,000 on pest control
Broadcaster battled infestations of rodents and insects in production stages, canteen and creche last year
Killiney treehouse at the centre of planning dispute remains in place – for now at least
Plus: a clarity correspondent at RTÉ, cyclists escape safety crackdown and basket-weaving courses expand overseas
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
February 21st-27th highlights: including Other Voices, the IFTA Awards and BAFTA Film Awards
Irish television has become a theme park of throwbacks and weird vibes
From How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to These Sacred Vows, too many series feel trapped in time
Anton Savage is incredulous as political peace breaks out
Radio: Newstalk Breakfast host displays sharp instincts, while a passionate denunciation of racism lights up Inside Sport
Horse manure piles up near Guinness Storehouse after change in Dublin council policy
Bags of waste from carriage horses no longer accepted at Liberties depot due to health and safety concerns
RTÉ crime drama Kin is coming back, and based on more recent offerings, it can’t come soon enough
Kin gave RTÉ of its biggest ratings hits since its previous big crime show, Love/Hate
RTÉ’s Siptu members vote overwhelmingly to reject management transformation plan
Strategy was unveiled in June 2024 by director general Kevin Bakhurst amid plummeting licence fee revenues
Prisons must not be a substitute for psychiatric care
The prison system lacks capacity for those needing inpatient treatment
Haunted buildings and the walking dead: are we watching the zombification of RTÉ?
The ghosts of Gay Byrne, Marian Finucane and Gerry Ryan wander the corridors, largely undisturbed by living souls
It was an era of body-moralising in Ireland, when obesity was a personal failure
In a culture that treats bodies as projects to be improved, the idea of simply caring for them feels almost radical
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
February 15th-19th highlights: including The Tony Blair Story, Yellowjackets, and 56 Days
Joe Mulholland obituary: Editor who helped reshape current affairs television
His body of work included a Stardust fire investigation that led to a tribunal
The shrinking of RTÉ: ‘It feels like an increasingly neutered organisation’
‘We’re not cutting the Six One or anything’ says director general Kevin Bakhurst, as some staff talk about the emergence of ‘two RTÉs’ and fear for the future
Books of revelation: Frank McNally on a surprise twist in the Drumcondra book skip saga
In sharing a photograph of the redbrick terrace, I unearthed a hitherto unknown family connection
Seamus Culleton’s Ice story gives Kieran Cuddihy his first real Liveline moment
Radio: Meanwhile, Miriam O’Callaghan hears few regrets from Ryan Tubridy
Too many people with mental health issues end up in prison
Our fellow human beings deserve better in a modern, wealthy European country
Garret FitzGerald had flaws but he also had something novel: a vision for Ireland
He badly mishandled the abortion referendum in 1983 and failed to oversee the legalisation of divorce in 1986, but what he always had was a vision
RTÉ Radio 1 dominates latest radio ratings amid ‘phenomenal’ rise for Brendan O’Connor
New JNLR data offers comfort for national broadcaster in wake of major programming overhaul
Brendan Courtney to complete Great House Revival filming after death of Hugh Wallace
RTÉ presenter and ‘dear friend’ of late architect will meet some homeowners who have completed restorations
‘Almost inconceivable’: Pastor tells of shock and horror at gun attack in Canadian school
‘The town is having a very difficult time to comprehend the whys of this tragedy,’ says George Rowe
Former RTÉ TV chief Joe Mulholland’s character and courage remembered at funeral
MacGill summer school founder was in his element ‘inspiring, facilitating and motivating’, friend Pat Cox tells mourners
Dancing with the Stars review: A blood-curdling end for Anne Cassin
If Fright Night lacks thrills and spills, at least the Nationwide presenter departs on an upbeat note
Protest targeting Bord Bia over chairman’s Brazilian beef imports ‘very disappointing’, Minister says
Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
February 8th-14th highlights, including Lord of the Flies, The Summit, and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
What’s happened to Claire Byrne? It’s as if she’s rocked up to work late with a bag of cans
The former RTÉ presenter quickly puts her stamp on her Newstalk show – and her reshuffled colleagues also play their cards right
RTÉ and Virgin Media offering ‘in-game’ advertising slots during Six Nations
ITV director claims new ‘picture-in-picture offering’ would help keep live sport on free-to-air television
ITV to screen ads during scrum breaks in Six Nations
Tonight’s Six Nations match between Ireland and France includes the option to air two split-screen adverts before a scrum is set
Kevin Bakhurst: ‘For many years the level of presenter pay at RTÉ got a little bit out of control’
Director general disagrees with Claire Byrne’s claim of ‘editorial nervousness’ at broadcaster
‘Let’s get to it!’ Claire Byrne wheels out the big guns for her first day back at Newstalk
Radio: Former RTÉ host anchors station’s rejig, Anton Savage brings faintly rakish charm to breakfast; The Hard Shoulder gives Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman welcome extra time
These Sacred Vows on RTÉ One: Unoriginal and illogical, this is White Lotus with a green tinge
Television: Despite Tom Vaughan-Lawlor heading up a sprawling cast, this is an underwhelming Irish take on the ‘rich-people-are-the-worst’ genre
Joe Mulholland, former RTÉ TV chief and founder of MacGill Summer School, dies
Producer and director credited with pulling broadcaster’s current affairs programming out of doldrums
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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