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December 29th-Jan 3rd – including The Traitors, Callan Kicks the Year, The Late Late NYE Show and Jools’ Annual Hootenanny

A year of change heralds a future of more of the same

Including The Traitors, The White Lotus, Zero Day, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Walsh Sisters and The Bear

Television: Much we think we know about the custodian of Slane Castle is conjured from thin air, as becomes clear in this absorbing documentary

Former congressman Bruce Morrison says Irish who overstayed holiday visa waivers lose right to a defence if new president takes aggressive approach on illegal immigration

Television: Brendan O’Carroll’s slapstick purgatory remains a Bacchanalia of single entendres and fnarr-fnarr gags

December 24th-27th: including new Christmas specials of Doctor Who, Outnumbered, Gavin & Stacey, and Wallace & Gromit

Tribunal found PSNI and Metropolitan Police carried out covert surveillance on Belfast reporters Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey

Coimisiún na Meán wants report to examine broadcasters’ 2024 performances

Ireland heard plenty of ‘eco rhetoric’ in 2024 but there was a clear sense that political leaders have not grasped the reality of the climate emergency

Chris Walley’s charismatic tearaway is still in prison on drug charges, leaving his best pal, the Knocknaheeny scamp Conor, flying solo

Radio 1 host clashes with airline boss over high airfares, while Ray D’Arcy captures a frazzled festive atmosphere

GAA confirm the media rights broadcasters for 2025 will remain unchanged

Patrick Freyne on the 2 Johnnies, Rivals, Say Nothing, Baby Reindeer and television trends of the past 12 months

Television: We all know Christmas can be tough but this film lays it on with a trowel

‘The Irish have a charm and ability to deceive while smiling, which will make this version rather special,’ says McSweeney

Broadcaster’s business editor to take up role just before bank’s annual results announced in March

Ghost of Christmas Past does overtime as broadcasters make viewers nostalgic for a time when nostalgia was a little less creaky

Plus: Michael H Burke not sweating it over Ailesbury Road house price, Politico takes aim at ‘Europa Experience’ centres, and Fontaines DC are doing just nicely

Youth work is not an optional extra, it is essential to our communities

Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger

The outgoing Green Party TD delivered on her predecessors’ promises to address Ireland’s woeful shortfall when it comes to supporting cultural activity

The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable

The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob

Employee seeks compensation for leave and holiday pay allegedly denied to him before being put on a contract in 2018

Work will include an audit of annual earnings of highest-paid presenters at the national broadcaster

Clonsilla girl had no idea she would be invited to US before she closed show with All I Want for Christmas is You

More than one in five live streams originates outside Ireland, with viewers in 139 countries

RTÉ Investigates programme to be aired on Monday examines illegitimate sales of weight loss drugs, despite some being labelled as ‘not for human use’

Plus: Keith Duffy in a falling out over knees, Enda Kenny artfully backs a winner, and it turns out RTÉ and Sinn Féin can feel at home with each other after all

Christmas kicks off with RTÉ's annual Late Late Toy Show, made up of 250 toy testers and performers from all around Ireland

Mariah Carey pops up with a video message as 150-minute show reaches the finish line with a group performance of All I Want For Christmas Is You

This year’s theme will be Home Alone, while new features include a parade of children from all 32 counties

Late Late Toy Show: The 1990 film Christmas film Home Alone will be theme for annual RTÉ broadcast and cultural phenomenon

Radio: The Liveline host gleefully performs the audio equivalent of nudges and winks after a general-election weekend that leaves him hoarse

Television: Handed a hit comedy by the BBC, RTÉ has once again fumbled its big punchline

Television: Sensitive and wrenching documentary series recounts the death of Savita Halappanavar after she suffered a miscarriage 17 weeks into her pregnancy

The Walsh Sisters, which is set to begin filming in 2025, has been billed as a ‘comedy about serious things’

Seen & Heard: Claire Byrne moves on from ‘super-agent’ Kelly; Conglomerates vie for Galway media outlets; Waterford Distillery founder vows to save business

Two long-serving journalists will depart the broadcaster after election coverage as number of shows is cut in half