Watch our promo: RTÉ Supporting the Arts | What’s on

This May, RTÉ is delighted to support Bealtaine Festival, Fastnet Film Festival, and Dublin Dance Festival, along with 25 other arts and cultural events all over Ireland spanning theatre, film, literature, music, opera, dance, festivals, exhibitions and more.

Bealtaine Festival, Ireland’s national celebration of the arts and creativity as we age, is celebrating 30 years with events across the month. Fastnet Film Festival will focus on the craft of filmmaking, hosting seminars, workshops and masterclasses with industry experts on all aspects of the film industry. Dublin Dance Festival will feature bold new performances from Irish artists and leading choreographic voices from around the world.

Arts and Minds, Maynooth University’s annual celebration of the best in Irish and international arts and culture events, will include performances by Irish National Opera and movie screenings with acclaimed directors. Writers, artists and poets will congregate in the beautiful heritage town of Listowe in County Kerry for Writers Week Literary Festival, while Cavan Arts Festival will present a diverse range of arts and cultural experiences in the heart of Cavan Town. The annual island-wide celebration of poetry, Poetry Day Ireland, will also take place on Thursday 1st May, with the theme May Day.

A host of music festivals will also take place across the country. In Tipperary, SCS Killaloe Music Festival will take place, in Offaly, Birr Festival of Music will host an array of classical music performances, and Galway Early Music Festival will host concerts, immersive musical journeys, workshops, and a multitude of local and international artists.

West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival and Marble City Music Festival in Kilkenny will present a diverse programme of concerts that is sure to delight audiences, and in Waterford, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival will present A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Music for Wexford Summer/Autumn Series will commence its annual series of recitals by both Irish and international musicians. Crash Ensemble and Chamber Choir Ireland will present: Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass in Limerick, Letterkenny and Dublin. In Cork, Cork International Choral Festival and Open Ear music festival will take place.

LOVESONG by Abi Morgan will take to the stage at The Gate Theatre, and Dublin International Piano Competition will bring the world’s top young pianists to Ireland to compete. There are also a range of exhibitions taking place, from Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone | The Art of Friendship in Dublin’s National Gallery, to Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe, Changing Ireland and Dead Zoo at Large, at the National Museum. IMMA Collection: Art as Agency also continues this month.

For more information about the events we are supporting this month, check out the websites listed below:

Dublin Dublin Dance Festival | www.dublindancefestival.ie

Dublin IMMA Collection: Art as Agency | www.imma.ie

Waterford Blackwater Valley Opera Festival | https://blackwatervalleyopera.ie

Wicklow West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival | https://www.westwicklowfestival.com/

Kilkenny Marble City Music Festival | www.marblecitymusicfestival.com

Dublin / International International Literature Festival Dublin | https://www.ilfdublin.com

Nationwide Bealtaine Festival | https://bealtaine.ie/

DublinMainie Jellett & Evie Hone: The Art of Friendship | https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/mainie-jellett-evie-hone-art-friendship

Dublin and Cork Forgotten Peoples | https://www.chamberchoirireland.com/events/forgotten-peoples/

Kildare Arts and Minds Festival | www.mu.ie/artsandmindsfestival

Nationwide Poetry Day Ireland | https://www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/

Cork Cork International Choral Festival | www.corkchoral.ie

Tipperary SCS Killaloe Music Festival | www.killaloemusicfestival.com

OffalyBirr Festival of Music | https://www.birrfestivalofmusic.com

Cork Open Ear | www.openear.ie

Cavan Cavan Arts Festival | www.cavanartsfestival.ie

Dublin Dublin International Piano Competition | https://dipc.ie

Wexford Music for Wexford Summer/Autumn Series | www.musicforwexford.ie

Kerry Writers Week Literary Festival | www.writersweek.ie

Galway Galway Early Music Festival | https://www.resurgam.ie/

Limerick, Letterkenny, Dún Laoghaire Crash Ensemble & Chamber Choir Ireland present: Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass | https://www.crashensemble.com/events/johann-johannssons-drone-mass—letterkenny

Dublin Lovesong at The Gate | https://gatetheatre.ie/production/lovesong-2025/

Dublin Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | www.museum.ie

Dublin Changing Ireland | www.museum.ie

Dublin Dead Zoo at Large | www.museum.ie

Cork Fastnet Film Festival | www.fastnetfilmfestival.com

Nationwide Irish National Opera | www.irishnationalopera.ie

Dublin Abbey Theatre | www.abbeytheatre.ie

Every year, RTÉ supports 170 arts and cultural events all over Ireland through the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme. Spanning film, music, dance, opera, festivals, literature, theatre and exhibitions, and with dedicated promotion on RTÉ’s television, radio and digital services, and extensive support across RTÉ’s social channels, the RTÉ Supporting the Arts scheme is a lifeline to Ireland’s creative and cultural sectors.

To find out more information about RTÉ Supporting the Arts and to apply visit 
About RTÉ Supporting the Arts – About RTÉ (rte.ie)

Find out what’s happening near you on www.rte.ie/culture

RTÉ Investigates reveals details of Christian Brothers who were senior leaders and managed congregation’s assets are now convicted jailed child sexual abusers

– Christian Brothers ran a total portfolio of over 800 properties since 1990
 
– In a change to schedules, this new RTÉ Investigates documentary will be broadcast tonight at 9.35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player

RTÉ Investigates: Christian Brothers – The Assets, The Abusers – YouTube

Details of two Christian Brothers who were senior leaders over the space of two decades, managing the congregation’s assets and are now convicted jailed child sexual abusers are revealed in a new RTÉ Investigates documentary to air tonight on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

Victims’ representatives say they are deeply concerned following discoveries by RTÉ Investigates that child abusers inside the religious congregation were at the heart of its leadership, managing its financial and business affairs in recent decades. The hour-long documentary by RTÉ Investigates reporter Rita O’Reilly also examines what the Christian Brothers order owns, how it’s handled property and school lands.

Br Martin O’Flaherty (73) was jailed for historical child sexual abuse in six successive trials over the last three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court —the latest, last month, when he was sentenced to five years on 15 counts of indecent assault on seven boys at Kilkenny CBS Primary School between 1976 and 1981.

O’Flaherty was a senior member of the Christian Brothers’ leadership for Ireland, England and Europe in the 12 years from 2002 to 2014. He was a founding member of the trustee company that manages the congregation’s assets and was a trustee of its English properties until December 2019, over a year after he was formally questioned by Gardaí, RTÉ Investigates has discovered.

He remains a trustee listed on the deeds of other congregation properties in Ireland, including Christian Brother retained lands at Monkstown CBC, where he was involved in a legal change to the property’s deed in 2022, over a year after he was charged with indecent assault.

After last year’s Scoping Inquiry predicted a vast scale of historical child sexual abuse in Irish schools, and recommended redress for victims, the Christian Brothers stood out, with the largest number of schools and the highest number of allegations.

As part of a wide-ranging investigation into Christian Brothers’ assets and abusers, RTÉ Investigates has uncovered hundreds of property transactions by trustees who hold assets in trust for the beneficial ownership of the congregation.

It has established that the Christian Brothers ran a total portfolio of over 800 properties since 1990. Senior Brothers, acting as trustees, held, sold, or transferred the 800 properties on behalf of the congregation over the past 35 years.

The Christian Brothers still own at least 270 properties, while the trustees sold or transferred some 530 other properties over those years.

Another senior Brother who was part of the leadership and involved in the trusteeship of congregation assets, has also been convicted for historical child sexual abuse. He cannot be named for legal reasons.
He controlled a project that received significant monies from a special Children at Risk fund established under the Department of Education as part of the response to revelations of clerical child sexual abuse in the 1990s.
He was also involved in decisions on the Christian Brothers’ approach to civil cases taken by child sexual abuse victims in the courts.

Child abuse survivor and victims’ advocate, Damian O’Farrell was at the forefront of a campaign in response to the Brothers’ leadership’s use of legal tactics against victims in the courts. In response to tonight’s findings said, “Now we know that there was two people in the leadership that have convictions. Were they behind some of that direction, you know, that disdain for victims”

To date, the state has funded the bulk of redress for abuse in residential industrial schools – many of them managed by the Christian Brothers – and for limited redress for survivors of Magdalen Laundries.

Dr James Gallen, Associate Professor at the School of Law & Government in Dublin City University, said the bill for redress for historical child sexual abuse in day and boarding schools is expected to be billions. He cited a Central Statistics Office survey estimating that when a Government-promised Commission of Inquiry is held, “there might be as much as 41,000 men and women, affected by sexual abuse in day schools.”

John Boland, one of a group of victims of a then Christian Brother teacher, Seán Drummond, at Creagh Lane CBS national school in the late 1960s, said that they believe the Christian Brothers “holds all the power” in the courts.

A survivor of Christian Brother abuse and victims’ advocate, Damian O’Farrell, who successfully campaigned for the Freedom of Drogheda granted to former Christian Brother leader Br Edmund Garvey in 1997 to be disregarded in 2023, said he believed the Christian Brothers has taken a step backwards since the Ryan Commission report into institutional child sexual abuse. “They haven’t moved, I would say they’re worse since the time of the Ryan Report and since the time of the industrial school redress scheme”, he said.

In response to tonight’s RTÉ Investigates documentary, the Christian Brothers said it reiterated “...our apology for the physical and sexual abuse that occurred in many former CBS schools” and stated that they “cannot comment on individuals, not least as some remain subject to ongoing legal processes”.

Watch RTÉ Investigates: Christian Brothers, The Assets, The Abusers tonight, Thursday, 01 May, 9.35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player

– ENDS –

Date: Thursday 1 May 2025

Note to Editors: Preview link available on request.

RTÉ Communications: Laura Fitzgerald

You’ve seen the headlines, now it’s time to go Behind the Story …

RTÉ News has today (Wednesday) launched a brand-new news podcast, Behind the Story, hosted by David McCullagh, Katie Hannon, and Fran McNulty. The podcast will take listeners deeper into the biggest stories of the day, looking at what’s happening and why, with insights and expert analysis.

Dropping three evenings each week, David, Katie and Fran will tease out key talking points, getting the inside track on stories, with engaging and thought-provoking analysis and insights.
As the world navigates unprecedented times, Behind the Story will offer factual, trusted analysis of the dominant news stories each week, from local, to national and international headlines.

Ahead of the first podcast, David McCullagh said: “I’m excited to be involved in this fresh way to look at the news, engaging audiences with topics that interest them, and giving added insight to what’s going on behind the story.”

Katie Hannon said: “I’m looking forward to getting back into the podcast studio with David and Fran to rake over the coals of the stories of the week and get the lowdown on what’s really happening from guests with the inside track.”

Fran McNulty said: “In an ever-changing media world, the podcast is a great opportunity to get into stories that interest people. For me, just getting into more detail, the why, the what could be, is interesting.

Behind the Story will allow us to expand on stories that interest people, talk about them and hear expertise and analysis which makes important stories more relatable to our audience”

The new podcast follows on from the popular Behind the Ballot ,the General Election 2024 podcast presented by David, Katie and Fran in the lead-up to and throughout General Election 2024.

Behind the Story is available Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, on RTÉ Radio Player or wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to the first episode now here
Date: April 30, 2025
RTÉ Communications: Jennifer O’Brien

Notes to Editor:
RTÉ committed to launching a new news podcast in 2025 as part of its New Direction strateg

– Nine major RTÉ dramas will be shot in 2025

– 142 hoursof high-quality, homegrown storytelling 

– International salessecured in 27 territories and regions worldwide 

– Investment in Irish talent, culture, and the broader creative economy

– Filming taking place across Ireland’s city streets and coastal towns, featuring the beauty of our native landscapes

RTÉ has announced an unprecedented slate of original Irish drama in production in 2025, which will deliver 142 hours of high-quality, homegrown storytelling across screens in Ireland and around the world, firmly placing great local Irish drama on the international stage.

Working with a number of national and international co production partners, this significant level of original RTÉ drama production represents a sizable investment in Irish talent, culture, and the broader creative economy. Nine major RTÉ dramas will be shot in 2025, all featuring emerging and established Irish acting talent with filming taking place across Ireland’s city streets and coastal towns, showcasing the range and reach of Irish storytelling and featuring the beauty of our native landscapes. Productions are also underway in international locations in Spain, Belgium, and Tenerife.

Together with our broadcast partners, currently in production areFair City,Hidden AssetsSeries 3(made by Saffron Moonfor RTÉin association withScreen Ireland/Acorn/DCD Rights),The Walsh Sisters(made by Cuba Pictures and Metropolitan Filmsfor RTÉinassociation withScreen Ireland/BBC/Cineflix),These Sacred Vows(made by Treasure Entertainmentfor RTÉin  association with Banijay Rights and Screen Ireland),The DrySeries 3(made by Element Picturesfor RTÉin association withITV/ Coimisiún na Meán/Screen Ireland),ObituarySeries 2(made byMagamediafor RTÉin association with APC, Screen Ireland, Hulu,Coimisiún na Méan, WRAP fund, Creative Europe MEDIA and AMC Spain)SisterSSeries 2(made by Pressurefor RTÉin association withAMC+/Shaftsbury/Fremantle)andfour newStorylandindividual dramas commissioned byRTÉ and Screen Ireland.And within weeks another brand new dramaand another comedy are set to be announced. The increase in volume means that RTÉ is able to deliver a real range and variety of productions featuring a compelling mix of returning favourites, new voices and diverse storytelling, while all reflecting the truth and reality of life in Ireland.
Collectively, these dramaswill employ over 1,800 people including scriptwriters, directors, producers, actors, hair and make-up teams, wardrobe and various other creative talents, underpinning RTÉ’s commitment to ongoing investment in the Irish creative economy and the independent production sector.
In addition to bringing powerful Irish stories to local audiences, RTÉ has already secured international sales for these productions in 27 territories and regions worldwide. This ensures reaching out to the Irish living abroad andcapturing an international audience, once again reinforcing the promotion of great local drama on an international stage.
Director of Video at RTÉ, Steve Carson,said;“Irish drama is making an impact on the world stage, and RTÉ is delighted to play our part in this surge of Irish creative talent. The range and quality of Irish drama in production this year is driven by ournew direction strategy, working with partners across the creative sector to develop and showcase the Irish stories for audiences at home and abroad.” 

All next week RTÉ Nationwide features Dublin Port, the largest freight and passenger port in Ireland with over €165 billion worth of trade flowing through it each year. Inextricably linked with the city, the port is over 300 years old and plays a critical role in our supply chain system as almost two thirds of the goods we use in our homes come through Dublin Port.

In the first programme of the Nationwide series beginning this Monday 28^th April at 7pm, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh discovers how this working port functions from day to day. She accompanies one of the pilots as he travels out to Dublin Bay to board a ship in order to help navigate it into port and visits Vessel Traffic Service known as VTS which is the marine equivalent of air traffic control. With an increase of freight coming from Europe, Bláthnaid witnesses one of the larger ships nicknamed as Brexit Busters, unload eight kilometres of containers and she visits Customs and Revenue to see a sniffer dog at work.

The second programme in the series at 7pm on Wednesday night focuses on the history and heritage of Dublin Port, as Anne Cassin discovers how the port is directly linked with the shaping and development of the city, both economically and physically. “Dublin” Jimmy Murray welcomes Anne on board the old Liffey Ferry as they head downriver from the original port side near wood quay to where the modern port is today. She walks the Great South Wall and the North Bull Wall with the port’s Heritage Director Lar Joye to hear how these great feats of engineering made Dublin Port safe. She visits Pigeon House Harbour to see one of the finest examples of our industrial heritage, the Pigeon House Power station; And in the Dublin Port Memory and Story Project, she hears some former port workers reminisce about working at Dublin Port.

The third programme on Friday evening examines Dublin Port’s part in the social heritage of the city, as traditionally generations of families from areas like East Wall and Ringsend would have worked at the port. Today the port continues to have close connections with local communities as they welcome over four thousand visitors a week to their new greenway. Through their community engagement programme the port also supports various clubs and community groups from Clontarf to Sandymount. Right in the midst of the working port Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh meets people on the Construction Skills Course run by St Andrews Resource Centre. This has been one of the big community success stories and to date 2,500 people been trained to work as general operatives on building sites. Inspired by real people and real stories from Dublin Port’s history, writer and theatre director Louise Lowe talks about some of her work she has produced and staged in the port itself including a play about an IRA unit of dock workers and a film about the women who worked at the Dublin Dockyard War Munitions Factory operating in the port during WW1.

Speaking ahead of the week long series of programmes, Nationwide presenter, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh said;‘’This bustling port is full of wonderment and great characters, this port that has been our eyes to the world, custodians of our island and the first friendly voice the sea farers of the world  will hear and yet it all grew from a small community of families and dockers in Dublin.’’

Nationwide presenter, Anne Cassin added; ‘’In Wednesday’s episode ofNationwide I delve into the history and heritage of Dublin City and Port and meet some fascinating people such as former dockers who describe Dublin Docks In olden days and look at ‘Dublin Port Memories’ where hundreds of retirees have been interviewed about their time working at the port. ‘’

WatchRTÉ Nationwide‘s special series on Dublin Port all next week, beginning Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player

-ENDS-

Friday 25^thApril 2025

RTÉ Communications: Tara O’Leary

Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!

Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald will join Patrick to discuss the disruptive beginning of this Dáil term. She will share her thoughts on the party’s performance in recent elections and look ahead to Sinn Féin’s priorities in opposition including their ongoing campaign for a united Ireland.

Acclaimed actor, screenwriter and producer, Simon Pegg—known for hits like Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run, as well as standout roles in Star Trek and Star Wars—will drop in to chat about his return as Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. He tells Patrick about stepping back into the action-packed role and shares stories from behind the scenes.

Global superstar, Paloma Faith will be in studio to discuss her pivot from pop to podcasting with her new show Mad, Sad and Bad. She’ll also be chatting about her Sunday Times bestselling book MILF, the myth of perfect motherhood and celebrating her birthday in Ireland.

Cork comedian, Chris Kent will sit down with Patrick ahead of his Irish tour Offline. Renowned for his storytelling and sharp wit, Chris discusses why unplugging from the digital world has become a central theme in his comedy. He also opens up about how fatherhood has shaped his material.

KhakiKid will also be in studio to perform his track Date Nite, bringing his signature style to The Late Late Show stage.

The Late Late Show is proudly sponsored by PTSB.

-ENDS- 

Thursday, 24 April 2025

RTÉ Communications:  Caoilinn Putti

Notes to Editor: 

For more updates follow The Late Late Show online:

Instagram @latelaterte
TikTok: tiktok.com/@latelaterte

Blue Sky: latelateshow.rte.ie
X: @rtelatelateshow
Facebook: facebook.com/thelatelateshow
YouTube: youtube.com/@rtelatelateshow

Episode one airs Sunday April 27th, 6.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player 

Watch: Kerry: Tides of Time  

Kerry: Tides of Time, a two-part series that tells the multi-dimensional story of the Kerry landscape, from its earliest origins, deep in the geological past, right up to the present day begins this Sunday April 27th at 6.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson, the story is revealed by biologists, historians, ecologists and archaeologists who spend their lives connected to this landscape providing personal and often emotional insight.

This brand-new natural history series celebrating our island, is part of RTÉ’s commitment in delivering a range of unique Irish content that informs, entertains and inspires. The series was produced and directed by Katrina Costello, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed series, The Burren: Heart of Stone. The backdrop against which these films are set includes some of Irelands most iconic landmarks; from the Skellig Islands to Corrán Tuathail – Ireland’s highest mountain, and the magnificent National Park in Killarney.

Episode one explores the deep history, geology, and human story of Kerry. Starting on an isolated stretch of rocky shoreline that reveals evidence of the very first vertebrate life on earth, it progresses to tell the fascinating story of human culture in the county. It is the story of constant struggle between our ancestors who sought to make a living among the woods, mountains and valleys, and the landscape itself.

A number of leading experts bring their knowledge and personal perspectives to the narrative, including the archaeologist Billy Mag Fhloinn, marine biologist Cormac McGinley, nature activist Mary Reynolds, ecologist Susan O Donohue and many more.

Episode two is the story of a single, magical, year as the seasons play out through and across the county’s varied habitats. It looks in detail at the lives of some of the area’s most charismatic and fascinating wild inhabitants. Beautifully and sensitively filmed, it is an immersive and compelling record of the natural history of Kerry.

Badgers, Red Deer, Hen Harrier and Puffins are among the cast of characters whose lives are followed through the year. Specialist camera equipment captures a rare glimpse into the secret world of a badger clan, and rare access to the Skellig Islands immerses us in the spectacle of Puffin breeding season.

Beyond the natural history behavioural sequences, the film provides an emotional overview of how ecosystems function within the annual cycle of life, death and renewal, and how the modern world is impacting the lives of some of county Kerry’s more vulnerable species.

In order to authentically tell the story of the natural history of Kerry, the narrative is driven by passionate and knowledgeable advocates for the landscape and its wildlife.

Episode one of Kerry: Tides of Time airs Sunday April 27th at 6.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. Episode two will air on Sunday May 4th.

Kerry: Tides of Time is produced by Silver Branch Films for RTÉ.

-ENDS-  

IMAGES: https://we.tl/t-nawkG9leiA  

Date: 24 April 2025

For More Information:  
Éadaoin Nic Giolla Chomhaill, RTÉ Communications Lead | eadaoin.nicgiolla@rte.ie

Notes to Editors:  

A preview of episodes one and two are available on request.

The music in this series was composed by Bradley Ayres and vocals were performed by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. The soundtrack album for Kerry: Tides of Time will also be released on Sunday April 27th, to coincide with episode one. Visit www.SilverBranch.ie for more information.

RTÉ will air live coverage on television, radio and online of the funeral of Pope Francis which takes place this Saturday, 26 April 2025.

Beginning at 8.30am on RTÉ One and RTE Player, David McCullagh and Sharon Ní Bheoláin will present a special programme featuring coverage of the funeral of Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Áine Lawlor and Fr Michael Collins will provide commentary of the ceremony.

On RTÉ Radio 1, special coverage of the funeral of the Pope will be presented by Dearbhail McDonald from 8.30am. Colm Ó Mongáin and Fr Thomas McCarthy will provide live radio commentary.

Detailed online news reporting, along with video and audio coverage will be available on the RTÉ News App and RTE.ie

The funeral is due to be attended by heads of state and international leaders including President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and An Tánaiste Simon Harris.

The RTÉ News channel will broadcast wider coverage of events from early morning.

Clúdach RTÉ ar Sochraid on Phápa Proinsias

Craolfaidh RTÉ craoladh beo ar an teilifís, ar an raidió agus ar líne ar shochraid an Phápa Proinsias a bheidh ar siúl an Satharn seo, an 26 Aibreán 2025.

Ag tosú ag 8.30am ar RTÉ One agus RTE Player, cuirfidh David McCullagh agus Sharon Ní Bheoláin clár speisialta i láthair ina mbeidh clúdach ar shochraid an Phápa Proinsias i Basilica Naomh Peadar sa Róimh. Beidh Áine Lawlor agus an tAthair Micheál Ó Coileáin ag tabhairt tráchtaireachta ar an searmanas.

Ar RTÉ Radio 1, cuirfidh Dearbhail McDonald clúdach speisialta ar shochraid an Phápa i láthair ó 8.30am. Beidh Colm Ó Mongáin agus an tAthair Thomas McCarthy ag cur tráchtaireacht raidió beo ar fáil.

Beidh tuairisciú mionsonraithe nuachta ar líne, chomh maith le clúdach físe agus fuaime ar fáil ar Aip Nuachta RTÉ agus ar RTE.ie

Beidh ceannairí stáit agus ceannairí idirnáisiúnta i láthair ag an tsochraid, lena n-áirítear Uachtarán na hÉireann, Micheál D. Ó hUigínn, an Taoiseach Micheál Martin agus an Tánaiste Simon Harris.

Craolfaidh cainéal nuachta RTÉ clúdach níos leithne ar imeachtaí go luath ar maidin.

– ENDS / CRÍOCH –

Date / Dáta: 23 April / Aibreán 2025

RTÉ Communications: Laura Fitzgerald

In an email to RTÉ staff today, RTÉ Director-General, Kevin Backhurst confirmed that RTÉ’s Voluntary Exit Programme (VEP) 2025 is open from today, Wednesday 23rd April.

This VEP comprises a Voluntary Severance (VS) and Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) scheme and is open to employees who will have completed at least two years’ continuous service on the date your employment ceases.

Applications will be accepted until 5pm on Friday 23rd May.

The email noted that:

All applications will go through a five-stage review process throughout the coming months, with final decisions on all applications being made by the Leadership Team and final oversight by the RTÉ Board’s Remuneration and Management Committee.

Applications will be approved only where a robust business case is made, and it is confirmed that the role can be suppressed or that equivalent savings can be made by suppressing an alternative post and/or redeploying an employee into that role.

Communication of final decisions will commence from 1st September, with exits of successful applicants taking place on 31st October, 30th November and 31st December.

A Steering Group is being put in place to oversee this Voluntary Exit Programme at all stages. This group includes a representative(s) from McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors who have been appointed to provide independent external oversight of the VEP.

Communication of final decisions to applications will take place from Monday 1st September.

ENDS