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?
TG4
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
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