Autumn Schedule on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 

The Autumn Schedule has begun on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, with a feast of music, entertainment, news and current affairs programmes as well as an interesting selection of drama and much more to be heard every day.

Jó Johnny Joe, a major new horror drama series, about musician Johnny Ó Dúill will begin on Sunday 14th September at 7.30pm. This work combines excellent live music with humour and sadness in a moving, entertaining and tense story, featuring the best of professional actors including: Darach Ó Dubháin, Sorcha Ní Chéide, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Ella Nic Dhomhnaill, Máire Eilís Ní Fhlatharta & Bríd Ní Neachtain and many others. Written by acclaimed playwright, Darach Mac Con Iomaire, this is a production by Stiúideo Cuan, in association with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and Coimisiún na Meán, funded by the TV licence fee.

A new series of the programme Cuan an Cheoil by Liam Ó Maonlaí will be heard every Thursday at 7pm from the 11th September. Liam talks to well-known musicians about their craft and their lives, and among the guests we will hear will be: Máire and Étáin Ní Churraoin, Doireann Ní Glacáin and Libby McCrohan, Cathal Ó Curráin and Megan Nic Fhionnghaile, Pauline Scanlon, John Spillane and many more. Videos of the programmes will also be featured on Youtube each week. This series is a Stiúideo Cuan production funded by the Media Commission under the Sound & Vision scheme.

Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill will be back with a new series of Pé Scéal É, which will be heard every Friday at 3pm from the 12th September. In this entertaining series, Máire Treasa will kick off the weekend with live music in the studio, interesting interviews, craic and conversation with the young Irish community, around the country and around the world. Whatever story is to be discussed, it will be on Whatever Story It is!

To kick off Culture Night on the 19th of September, Pé Scéal É will be broadcasting live from An Taibhdhearc, in the heart of Galway city from 3-5pm. The programme will feature a taste of the night’s sloppiness, with musicians, singers, actors, artists and much more.

A new series of An Cúinne Dána will be broadcast every Thursday at 2.05pm from 11th September. In this series, Tristan Rosenstock will take a look at the arts, including drama, literature, film and music. There will also be interviews with the country’s leading artists, reviews and much more.

There will also be a musical feast on the airwaves throughout the week. Gráinne Ní Dhomhnaill will be back with Nead na Fuiseoige every morning from 7am, and Eibhlín de Bhailís will have a break from the big stories of the day on Cwmni Ceoil every morning from Monday to Friday at 10.15am.

Dónal Mac Ruairi’s extensive selection of music on Coisir Cheoil will provide listeners with a refreshing lunch between 2.30-5pm from Monday to Thursday, while the flour of traditional musicians will be heard on Ceol Binn Ó na Beanna by Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha every Monday to Wednesday from 7-9pm. Seoda Foinn by renowned singer and Corn Uí Riada winner, Caitlín Ní Chualáin, will be back every Thursday at 8.30pm, with the best of sean-nós music from contemporary singers and the archive. Every Friday, from 7-9pm, renowned musician and composer Peadar Ó Riada will be in the chair with Invitation To Music.

An Taobh Tuathail, which is celebrating 26 years on the air, will be back every Monday from 11pm – 1am and every Tuesday to Friday from 10pm to midnight. Cian will discover the freshest and most exciting sounds on the surface of the globe – from brand new electronic records, psychedelic sounds, to new Irish and world music.

If your heart is in folk music, An Bóthar go Nashville by Jó Ní Chéide will take place every Monday from 9-11pm and Tequilla Tíre by Josie Ó Cualáin every Sunday from 9-11pm.

Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg will be exploring Gaeltacht, national and international stories on Adhmhaidin every morning from Monday to Friday from 8am, while Nuacht a hAon will be at 1pm with Fionnuala Ní Neachtain, Máirín Ní Ghadhra and Colm Mac Giolla Easpaig in the chair. Fachtna Ó Drisceoil will be discussing big news stories as he returns to Tús Áite, at 5pm on weekdays. On Saturday at 11am, major news and political stories will be explored on An tSeachtain with Máirín Ní Ghadhra. Current affairs events taking centre stage for RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta staff this Autumn include the Budget and the Presidential Election.

RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s sports team will be on the road with commentary, analysis and reporting on sports in the west, north, south and east throughout the year. The final competitions in the Gaeltacht counties will be broadcast live, the decisive rounds of the Club Championship and the inter-county games in the new year when the National League kicks off again. There will be plenty of discussion on the big sports stories here at home and further afield on Spórt an tSathairn, Spórt an Tráthnóna and Spórt an Lae every weekend.

A new series of music, a co-production between Raidió na Gaeltachta and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, presented by Dónal Mac Ruairí and Joy Dunlop, will be launched this winter, linking the music and songs of Ireland and Scotland. In November, Raidió na Gaeltachta will take centre stage with music, craic and special broadcasts, live from Oireachtas na Samhna 2025 in Belfast. More about these and many more programmes will be announced in due course.

The full schedule and further information can be found at www.rte.ie/rnag