TG4

No ghosts, vampires or mummies, RTÉ has told pitching producers. But as it plots its way out of its financial crisis, what type of stories is it bringing to viewers?

April 6th-12th: From Michael Douglas in Franklin to the big reveal in Home of the Year

Television: Irish landscape whisperer Magan addresses a singularly Irish subject – nobody does saintly relics like we do – with impressive gusto

Television review: TG4’s documentary rigorously tracks Finbar Cafferkey Cafferkey’s journey from Mayo to Bakhmut but fails to deliver any real sense of him as a person

Including Andrew Trimble: For Ulster and Ireland, High Road Low Road and more

Garda management have refused to compromise on the rigours of fitness test to join the force

Including the series finale of The Tourist, Chinook: Zulu Delta 576 and Selling Ireland’s Dream Homes

The TG4 series, Laochra Gael, which has become an invaluable archive of modern Gaelic games, will broadcast its 200th episode this March

State papers: Gerry Adams wrote to Irish and British governments about the TG4 issue in 2000, citing commitments in the Belfast Agreement

Television review: Parts of the documentary remind us of the sheer strangeness of Irish folklore

Obituary, Northern Lights, The Dry and Blue Lights brought a critical mass of quality to our screens in 2023, but future is far from certain

From new Dublin-based drama Northern Lights to Louis Theroux’s interview with reformed hellraiser Pete Doherty

From Liz Bonnin’s Caribbean adventure to the true story of an Irish serial killer in London

Powerscourt and Labour Party conference, Eoghan McCabe and interior design, TG4′s annual report, Stripe’s lobbying in Brussels, Fiona Muldoon’s UK roles and new festival of legal ideas

Disappointment in sector at additional allocation of €4.2 million in Budget 2024

Screen Ireland welcomes increase in expenditure cap to €125m amid ‘all-time high’ for film and TV budgets

It was a jaw-dropping moment that makes you wonder about the cultural diet of our political leaders. Never mind: here are some recommendations to get them back on track

From boozing Boris in Partygate to the treacherous tech-fuelled modern dating game in Fool for Love

TG4′s new venture promises to bring playhouses, water games and Nuacht for children through ‘fun and colourful experience’ on screen

Planet Business: Burger King’s Whopper lawsuit, an Australian central banker’s climate warning and industry-themed TV

Amid new season launches and off-camera drama, can the industry win over policymakers and viewers?

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Exuberant mood at Irish language broadcaster’s IFI event contrasts with more muted tone of RTÉ post-Tubridy

TG4 director general Alan Esslemont ‘not yet convinced’ of change in State’s thinking on Irish as broadcaster launches autumn slate

From new Star Wars fix Ahsoka to the Rose of Tralee

Live music, vivid history chronicles from Northern Ireland and Australia, and the welcome return of a cross-generational sleuthing team

Including Million Dollar Pigeons, Dial M for Middlesbrough, David Harewood on Blackface and the return of Good Omens

The broadcaster piddled away €2.2m on the Toy Show vanity project, while showing an increasingly obvious disdain for its cultural remit

Briscoe family say senior civil servant Peter Berry lied about attempts to help Jews fleeing Nazi persecution

In an industry where scale counts, relationships between broadcasters and producers in the nations and regions are more vital than ever

Alan Esslemont tells Celtic Media Festival that Government eyes have stopped rolling and he is hopeful ‘things can change’

Producers and executives are attending annual event being held in Ireland for the first time since 2016

Including White House Plumbers, Kevin Moran: Codebreaker, Bloom and more

From the world’s first social media trial in Depp V Heard to a retelling of the Troubles in Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

Fiona Kinsella is managing director of Jumper Productions and head of production at Tile Media

Seen & Heard: DAA judicial review, stock market stamp duty loss, RTÉ funding concerns and more

The activist also worked as a journalist with the Irish Press and was a former secretary of the board of Raidió na Lífe

‘Strategic choices’ lie ahead for the broadcaster, according to former TG4 chair and ex-Ardmore CEO now in Montrose hotseat

The TG4 Gradam Ceoil traditional singer of the year mentors young sean-nós singers on her new TV series, Bláth na hÓige

Including George Michael: Outed, Réaltaí na Gaeltachta, The Dry and more