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Christmas TV guide in Ireland: The best specials and pick of RTÉ schedule

December 20-26 Highlights: Including How to Cook Well at Christmas, Ireland’s Fittest Family Final, Keys to My Life Christmas special and Westlife 25 at the Royal Albert Hall

Rory McIlroy wins RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year

BBC and RTÉ double for Masters champion in career-defining year

Ryan Tubridy attempts to reinvent himself on YouTube. Will it work?

Will this be a step down for a personality who was once one of Ireland’s highest-paid broadcasters?

Planners back 510-apartment scheme for former RTÉ lands at Montrose

Homebuilder Cairn stripped out plans for build to rent units from previously approved 608-apartment scheme in latest €295m proposal

New Drivetime double act’s routine seems almost too good to be true

Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin are still getting to know each other on RTÉ’s current-affairs radio show

Minister defends decision to not disband Road Safety Authority despite review recommendation

Susan Gray of road safety and victim support group Parc says Government is not taking issue of road safety seriously

A smaller RTÉ does not mean a hollowed-out RTÉ

Contention that working with Ireland’s independent sector will result in a reduction in quality or scale of Ireland’s public service media is unfounded

Tusla took ‘unprecedented’ steps to accommodate minor it considered most vulnerable in the State

Judge directed the easing of stringent reporting restrictions in the proceedings, noting the significant public interest issues

Anton Savage is biggest winner to emerge from Newstalk’s schedule overhaul

Commercial station’s roster revamp moves proven presenters in logical fashion, setting it up as less risky alternative to RTÉ Radio 1

Lost Christmas: From TV guides to sending cards, some traditions fade while others endure

We do some things during the festive season because we always have – not because we enjoy them

Justin McCarthy: ‘There is a can’t-do attitude to the big problems we have in this country’

Newly announced RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland co-presenter on his strongest childhood memory and who would play him in a biopic

The seldom-seen Dee Forbes continues to influence RTÉ

Tumbleweed on a John Wayne scale is set to fall over Montrose

RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year: Rory McIlroy, Kate O’Connor and Troy Parrott among 12 nominees

Nominees chosen from across variety of disciplines in outstanding year for Irish sport

New data centres and their grid connections, and SuperValu exits getaway breaks

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Politicians cheer RTÉ ‘downsizing’ but miss bigger point

‘No one is immune from downsizing’ at broadcaster, Kevin Bakhurst tells committee

RTÉ will outsource Lotto draws in cost-saving drive, Kevin Bakhurst tells media committee

Director general says he expects 100 employee exits this year, with broadcaster on course to reduce staff by 400 in next five years

Siobhán McSweeney wants to see Bono and Enya on an Irish version of Celebrity Traitors

Siobhán McSweeney, who hosts Traitors Ireland, says show has revived the spectacle of live TV

President Connolly – How the Race Was Won: Striking reminder of botched presidential campaign

Television: Behold the idiot’s guide to running an idiotic campaign, brought to you by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

Latest Toy Show appeal has raised €4.6m for charity, RTÉ says

Donations can continue to be made until December 19th

Ryan Tubridy marries Clare Kambamettu in west of Ireland ceremony

Couple wed surrounded by ‘close friends and family’

Late Late Toy Show 2025 review: Patrick Kielty is far superior to previous hosts in at least one respect

Television: Kielty makes being green seem easy in a Grinch-themed show brimming with tear-jerker moments and celebrity cameos

As it happened: Late Late Toy Show: Surprise from CMAT and Roy Keane’s hard man image under threat

Patrick Kielty hosts The Late Late Toy Show 2025 tonight

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s Eurovision withdrawal: the contest has always been political

The song contest is an accurate reflection of a troubled and increasingly divided continent

Eurovision fallout over Israel entry potentially leads RTÉ down slippery slope

Broadcaster’s move raises questions as to whether Eurovision sets a precedent

One objection to revised €295m apartments plan for former RTÉ site in Donnybrook

Scheme by Cairn Homes envisages 510 units at the site in Dublin 4

‘Endearing and gregarious’ Hugh Wallace remembered as stars and friends gather for funeral

Architect and beloved RTÉ presenter shaped spaces for others but found his true home with husband, St Patrick’s Cathedral heard

Elevation to Six One slot makes Tommy Meskill a big winner in latest RTÉ rejig

RTÉ’s latest reshuffle finally resolves speculation about Sarah McInerney’s future on Radio 1

RTÉ shuffles presenter roles with Sarah McInerney moving to Morning Ireland

Former Drivetime host to be joined by Justin McCarthy in morning slot, while Tommy Meskill lands Six One News role

TV licence sales set to slump to record low this year

Almost 20,000 fewer licences purchased in year to end of November compared with same period in 2024

Late Late Toy Show: Patrick Kielty ‘now at the zen buddha stage’ in third year as host

Dr Seuss’s Christmas favourite The Grinch will be theme for the annual RTÉ broadcast

‘Removing a Jewish name is quite a big thing’: Kieran Cuddihy takes on the big debate

Radio: Liveline host tentatively covers Herzog Park controversy, while Pat Kenny remains entertainingly unguarded

The Irish Times view on public service media: struggling in a changing world

Coimisiún na Meán review outlines the familiar pressures on RTÉ

Ireland among four countries to boycott Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion

Meeting of European Broadcasting Union decided vote on Israel’s participation was not needed

Late Late Toy Show 2025: What time does it start, what’s the theme, how to watch from abroad

Television: Marking the official start of Christmas in Ireland, the toy show arrives this week shrouded in more secrecy than usual

Looming revenue pressure for RTÉ with 25% of people watching less than minute of TV weekly

Media regulator Coimisún na Meán’s review finds national broadcaster at ‘delicate juncture’

Them’s Fighting Words with Roddy Doyle review: A fun portrait of 21st-century teenage creativity

Television: The good work done by Fighting Words on the north side of Dublin is celebrated in this agreeable, if at times workmanlike, documentary

RTÉ ‘gets enough’ money from Government, says Minister for Media

State and licence-fee funding for broadcaster came to €222m last year

‘He was so kind, with such twinkly sparkly eyes’: Tributes paid to Hugh Wallace

The architect and TV host developed lasting friendships with many homeowners he worked with on the RTÉ show

RTÉ’s Morning Ireland needs a refresh

It would be easy to leave the State’s most popular radio programme untouched. But that would be a mistake

‘He performed a wonderful public service’: Hugh Wallace, architect and TV presenter, dies aged 68

The Dubliner presented RTÉ’s Home of the Year and the Great House Revival

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