RTÉ: Saints, Scholars and Scandals by Shane Ross - bringing a sharp eye to barter accounts and clandestine payments
There is an extended profile of Ryan Tubridy - 'RTÉ’s fallen hero' - but Ross reserves most criticism for Moya Doherty and Dee Forbes
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Israel through to Eurovision final after shouts of ‘stop the genocide’ during song
Noam Bettan will compete on Saturday night in the boycott-hit 70th year of the song contest, held in Vienna
A Traveller Family review: Quietly thoughtful insight into a proud community struggling with identity
Television: Alex Fegan’s documentary will hopefully go some way towards opening people’s eyes – it lets its subjects speak for themselves
Eurovision 2026: From boycotts to media blackouts, this is now a spectacle under pressure
It is an unprecedented moment in the Eurovision Song Contest’s history, and this year’s competition could have long-term consequences
Ambulance strike; guns ordered off the dark web; and falling overseas holiday bookings
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Coimisiún na Meán rejects complaint over nudity shown on Sunday television
RTÉ radio and television the most complained-about media platforms, regulator report finds
The roots of RTÉ’s scandal may lie in the past but its future is equally murky
Shane Ross’s new book about RTÉ fails to push questions about the broadcaster’s funding to their conclusion
‘You might end up on TV’: An Garda Síochána launches €345,000 recruitment drive
Dog handlers, frogmen and officers on horseback drafted into publicity campaign to attract officers
Consultants to oversee RTÉ Late Late Toy Show appeal funds distribution set to cost €855,000
Since 2020, the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal has raised more than €31m in public donations for charities and community groups across Ireland
Eurovision 2026: When is it on, who is boycotting and could Israel win?
Tensions and disunity haunt the song contest as it marks its 70th anniversary in Vienna
Colin Murphy: Online platforms are engines of outrage, but theatre is one of empathy
All of the playwright’s work is grounded in public life - mainly dramatisations of political events featuring real-life characters
‘They’re nice people but ...’: Is public funding of news media its saviour or threatening its freedom?
Funding by State’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, aims to address crisis that threatens liberal democracy
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
May 10th to 15th highlights, including a look at the 1926 Census, the Baftas, Mark Moriarty and the Eurovision
‘Doing it on my own’: FG MEP Maria Walsh announces pregnancy after fertility treatment
Mayo politician discussed decision and experience in radio interview
Eurovision 2026: Israel almost won in 2025. Could a new mass voting exercise see it triumph?
The final 20 minutes of last year’s final, in Basle, was excruciating. The same could happen in Vienna next week
Doireann Garrihy has many strengths. Byelection analysis is not one of them
The RTÉ music station’s makeover features returning hosts and bright spots, but familiar issues remain
Labour calls for Galway West byelection candidate Helen Ogbu to be included in RTÉ debate
Ogbu not chosen for six-person debate on Friday despite placing third in most recent opinion poll
Ireland ‘well prepared’ for any hantavirus cases, says infectious disease specialist
Outbreak on MV Hondius, with two Irish passengers on board, unlikely to spread beyond cruise ship, says consultant
Gerry Hutch’s comments on immigration described as ‘absolutely racist’ by Dublin Central candidate
‘I think they should be all interned, they should be put in the Curragh camp’, gangland figure said
Former RTÉ journalist Brendan O’Brien dies aged 82
O’Brien was a reporter with RTÉ from 1974 to 2002 and subsequently worked for Newstalk
Former Bosco presenter Gráinne Uí Mhaitiú dies aged 72
Uí Mhaitiú co-hosted the RTÉ children’s television programme in 1970s and 1980s
Time to put The Late Late Show out of its misery
In contrast, Tommy Tiernan’s talk show is currently the best of its kind on Irish television
How brilliantly cheeky of RTÉ to essentially launch their version of Who Do You Think You Are?
Review: The programme brings a satisfyingly human touch to our understanding of the 1926 census, showing the complicated lives behind the raw facts and figures
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
May 3rd-8th highlights, including Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spaces, Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure and Amandaland
Last night’s Late Late Show could have been Patrick Kielty’s last. Who needs the other more?
Television: With contract-renewal negotiations seemingly in limbo, there’s a chance the RTÉ host won’t be back next season
Rathwood: The unravelling of one of the most complained about companies in Ireland
The Carlow garden centre announced last weekend that it had gone into examinership
Kieran Cuddihy’s Liveline reveals ominous shifts in Ireland’s public mood
Radio: Gambling bodies adopt altruistic airs in Lottery row, while removal of Ukrainian supports draws ominous note of discontent
Road to perdition: Frank McNally on the strange, tragic fate of a Kerry historian in 1920s America
A new documentary tells the story of Patrick Foley, who left Dingle in 1909 and died violently in mysterious circumstances
Premier Sports and RTÉ retain Champions League rights to 2031
Disney+ secure rights in several European countries
Patrick Freyne: When the time comes, Dermot Bannon will visit us all
The architect uses his special constitutional powers to check out anybody’s home whenever he likes in Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spacers
Gordon Snell, children’s author and husband of Maeve Binchy, dies aged 93
Gordon Snell also wrote scripts for RTÉ, including the popular children’s show Wanderly Wagon
RTÉ needs renewed focus on public service broadcasting, union-backed paper states
‘Decline of public media has allowed space for the spread of disinformation’, document says
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