RTÉ Choice Music Prize  

In association with IMRO and IRMA 

Irish Song of the Year 2022 – Shortlist Announcement 

Irish Artist of the Year 2022 – Shortlist 

Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year 2022 – Shortlist  

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2022, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show.

The shortlist is as follows (alphabetical order): 

• Biig Piig- Kerosene
• CMAT – Nashville
• Cian Ducrot – All For You
• Dermot Kennedy – Something To Someone
• Fontaines D.C. – I Love You
• Lea Heart – Happier
• Moncrieff – Warm
• SELLÓ – No Love
• Welshy – All Day (feat Nonô)
• Ye Vagabonds – Blue is the Eye

To vote for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Irish Song of the Year 2022, visit www.rte.ie/2fm.

Votes are limited to one per person per day. Only votes cast in the Republic of Ireland will be counted. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 5th March.

The Irish Song of the Year 2022 will be announced by Tracy Clifford on the day of the live event on 9th March.  Tracy will also host the event that night.

The show in Vicar St will feature performances from some of the album-shortlisted acts.

A special RTÉ Choice Music Prize highlights programme will be broadcast on RTÉ2 television the following week presented by Bláthnaid Treacy.

Earlier in the week the shortlists for the new prizes were announced as follows:

Irish Artist of the Year 2022 

• CMAT
• Fontaines D.C.
• Dermot Kennedy
• SELLÓ
• Talos

Irish Breakthrough Artist 2022 

• Belters Only
• CMAT
• Cian Ducrot
• Lea Heart
• SELLÓ

Classic Irish Album  

The winning album will be announced on Monday 6th March, while the prize will be presented along with the other prizes at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event in Vicar Street.

Irish Album of the Year 2022 

http://www.choicemusicprize.ie/2022-irish-album-of-the-year/

The winners of the Irish Album of the Year, Irish Artist of the Year and Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year will all be announced at the live event from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM in a special show 7-11pm on Thursday 9th March. The show will feature performances from some of the shortlisted acts, further details on the line-up to be announced soon. Tickets are on sale now via https://www.ticketmaster.ie/choice-music-prize-tickets/artist/1541435.

The 18th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate the best in Irish recorded music.   The Prize has become one of the music-industry highlights of the year since its inception in 2005. The Irish Album of the Year award is chosen from a shortlist of ten albums by a panel of eleven Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The list of judges is listed on http://www.choicemusicprize.ie.

The winning Album of the Year act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.

RAAP, Culture Ireland, FMC and Minding Creative Minds are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.

Through its funding of the Music From Ireland programme, Culture Ireland’s support of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize will be directed towards shortlisted artists, as well as assisting the RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations”.

#rtechoiceprize

RTÉ Delivers 44 of the Top 50 Most Watched TV Programmes in Ireland in 2022 as Irish Content Beats International Competition

RTÉ Player has record breaking 2022 with 83.3 million streams

RTÉ Sport, Entertainment, News & Current Affairs, Drama, Factual programmes and documentaries among most watched

In 2022, Irish audiences continued to choose Irish content above international fare as the viewing figures for 2022 released by TAM Ireland/Nielsen Media demonstrate. 

49 of the Top 50 most watched TV programmes by Irish audiences were home-produced. ¹

RTÉ provided 44 of the 50 most watched TV programmes in 20221, as audiences engaged with live sport, entertainment, trusted news, gripping factual programmes, Irish documentaries and local drama.

Even with the increased availability of international streaming services, TAM Ireland research shows that the average Irish adult in a TV home watches 2 hours 35 mins of broadcaster content on a TV set every day, 85% of which is live and 15% watched as catch up.²

Looking at total viewing across all devices, 70% of the Irish audiences daily viewing is of broadcaster content, 11% with streaming services such as Netflix etc. and 19% with video sharing platforms such as YouTube and Tik-Tok.³

RTÉ’s mix of live and on-demand services have both proven hugely popular this year. RTÉ Player served a record breaking 83.3 million streams in 2022⁴  with a mix of sport, Irish and international drama, news, entertainment and factual programmes.

The Late Late Toy Show retained pole position at the top of the Irish TV viewing chart with over 1.5 million viewers enjoying the quintessentially live and Irish collective viewing experience.

2022 saw Irish viewers enthralled with national and international sport with nine of the top ten most watched programmes all free-to-air sport. The All-Ireland Senior Football Final (872,000) was the second most watched programme overall. RTÉ’s GAA Championship coverage saw our national games net 8 of the top 50 programmes, while The Saturday/Sunday Game Live attracted over 1.6 million streams on RTÉ Player during the year.

RTÉ Sport’s coverage of FIFA World Cup 2022 scored hugely with Irish fans with over 8.2 million streams of the tournament on RTÉ Player and 13 of the Top 50 most watched TV programmes of the year on TV. Argentina V Croatia (784,000) and Argentina v France (783,700) on RTÉ2 scored 5th and 6th place respectively on the most watched TV programmes table.

Irish audiences continued to love Irish local drama in 2022 with Fair City (482, 700) and Clare-based Smother (425,000) being the only drama to make the Top 50 most watched TV programmes. RTÉ Player saw audiences engage with a mix of the best of Irish and international drama, with drama programmes delivering 13 of the Top 25 most streamed programmes on the service.

2022 also saw Irish audiences come together for feelgood entertainment and heart-warming Irish stories with The Late Late Show (Jan 14, 567,000), NYE Countdown with Westlife (557,000), Dancing With The Stars (Jan 9, 544,000), Rose of Tralee (516,000), The Tommy Tiernan Show (Jan 8, 499,000), Ireland’s Fittest Family (Nov 11, 447,000), DIY SOS (Apr 3, 450,000), Reeling in the Years (Jan 4, 447,000) and Operation Transformation (Jan 26, 440,000) all scoring a place in the Top 50 most watched TV programmes.

Unique Irish stories captured Irish audiences’ attention with RTÉ programmes Quinn Country (29 November, 480,000), Crime and Confessions (Jan 24, 465,000) and RTÉ Investigates (Feb 14, 499,000) all making the most watched TV programmes of 2022.

The public continued to choose RTÉ for trusted News & Current Affairs in 2022 with the most watched news programme of the year on any channel being the RTÉ Six One News on January 21 with 655,000 viewers watching, as the Taoiseach announced the end of Covid restrictions from the following day. The RTÉ Nine O’Clock News on February 27 had 593,000 viewers as President Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces to be on alert on day four of the invasion of Ukraine. The two evening bulletins collectively also generated almost 4 million streams on the RTÉ Player throughout the year.

RTÉ Director of Content, Jim Jennings said, “RTÉ exists to serve Irish audiences and it’s heartening to see that Irish audiences chose Irish content above all else and that RTÉ’s content continues to score so highly. The audience is always top of mind for us when commissioning and creating programming whether that be sport, drama, documentaries or factual programming. We thank our partners in sport and in the independent production sector for working with us as we look forward to continuing to deliver a unique mix of Irish content in 2023”.

Notes to Editors:

1. Source: TAM Ireland/Nielsen- Top 50 Programmes 2022

Based on Individuals 4+, All Subscribing Channels, Averaging Option: Any Day, Any Time, Best Episode, Minimum Duration 10 Minutes. Please note: This list uses best episode of a series.

(ie. Top 50 Most Watched Programmes is based on best performing episode of programme or series ie. Each programme is only included once and the rating only refers to this single episode.

2. Source: TAM Ireland/Nielsen, Adults 15+, Total TV, Avg. Mins per person, consolidated, all day, 2022.

3. Source: TAM Ireland/Nielsen Total Video Panel – Jan – Oct 2022

4. Source: AT Internet

RTÉ’s first weekend of viewing for 2023 provided whopper entertainment and feel good vibes to boost the January blues. From a gorgeous cover of Sinéad O’Connor’s Mandinka in celebration of Nollaig na mBan on The Late Late Show, to a rare sit down with sporting icon Roy Keane on The Tommy Tiernan Show, viewers tuned in across Friday and Saturday night.

Dancing with the Stars made history on Sunday night when Queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss took to the floor which was followed by a brand new season of Room to Improve with architect maestro, Dermot Bannon. It was family entertainment at its best with something for everyone. 

The Late Late Show made it’s January return and featured Irish Rugby Seven’s Olympian and TV presenter Greg O’Shea, crime journalist Nicola Tallant and cystic fibrosis advocate Julian Benson and had an average audience of 429,300 (including RTÉ+1), a 40% share and a further 19,300 streams on the RTÉ Player. (*Live+VOSDAL)

The Tommy Tiernan Show, returning to RTÉ One for its 7^th series, featured interviews with Roy Keane, holistic sex educator Jenny Keane and a performance from Soda Blonde. It had 422,700 viewers (including RTÉ+1), a 37% share, with a further 68,300 streams on the RTÉ Player.

Dancing with the Stars returned on Sunday evening with all contestants taking to the floor. Irish Eurovision star Brooke Scullion topped the leader board with the highest score reached for a first dance in the show’s history, along with history making performance from the show’s first drag queen Panti Bliss and her dancing partner Denys, as well as Doireann Garrihy’s debut as the new co-presenter. The show had an average of 525,000 viewers (including RTÉ+1), and a 42% share, plus 17,200 streams on the RTÉ Player.

On Sunday evening, a dramatic offering of Fair City, during which Orla’s wedding day brought an unexpected surprise from Paul. The show
had an audience of 395,000 (including RTÉ+1) and a 28% share.

Room to Improve returning on Sunday evening for series 14 saw Dermot Bannon travel to Tullamore. Dermot and Quantity Surveyor, Claire helped a young couple in Tullamore renovate an old dwelling with special significance. Room to Improve drew in an average of 442,000 viewers (including RTÉ+1), and 34% share.

The acts will compete on The Late Late Eurosong 2023 Special in February

LISTEN TO THE TRACKS HERE

Ireland’s bid for glory at Eurovision 2023 launched today (Monday, January 9th), with the unveiling of the six acts who will battle it out to represent Ireland in Liverpool this May at the 67th Eurovision Song Contest.

The finalists selected will perform on a special Late Late Show on Friday, February 3rd, where the winner will be chosen by a combination of National Jury, International Jury, and Public vote. Liverpool will host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine, and the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will take place in the Liverpool Arena next to the River Mersey on Saturday May 13th , with Semi-Finals on Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th. The six songs were selected from hundreds of entries received by RTÉ following a callout for submissions last year.

Michael Kealy, RTÉ Eurovision Head of Delegation, said: “I am really impressed by the quality and standard of the six acts we have in our Eurosong final this year. The Eurovision Song Contest is a global phenomenon, and the competition is getting harder every year, but whichever of our six finalists gets to represent Ireland in Liverpool in May I’ve no doubt they will represent us brilliantly, winning new fans all over the world.”

1- Too Good for Your Love
Performer: ADGY

Too Good for Your Love was written by ADGY (Andrew Carr) as a piano ballad during the lockdown and is a collaboration with producer Boksay, The two artists worked together remotely in creating the final version of this song, which is described as “an upbeat high tempo dance track”. ADGY is a singer-songwriter from Co.Donegal, whose music career took off in 2020 when he signed a record deal for his release Like You Do with Universal Music Group. Since then, ADGY has released music that has accumulated over 10 million streams globally across streaming platforms and radio.

He says: “I’ve been a songwriter for as long as I can remember, and I’ve written for lots of artists, as well as myself. But it’s my dream to perform live on stage in front of a large audience and I hope to do more of that this year”

2- Midnight Summer Night
Permormer CONNOLLY

Midnight Summer Night is a track that was written one night during the pandemic when Leitir Meailláin’s Jennifer Connolly was just 17 years old. Currently in her 1st year of Creative Music Production in IADT / Sound Training College in Dublin, Jennifer says she has had a passion for music since she was a young child, and that this song plays with themes of nostalgia and the passing of time through her vocals.

“The song conveys confusion and overwhelming detachment, but overall. the song implies that nothing bad lasts forever, delivering a sense of hope. To be in with a chance to share my song on such a legendary platform as Eurovision is amazing. It would be nothing less than a dream come true to bring Eurovision back home for Ireland once again.”

3 – We are One
Performer: Wild Youth

Wild Youth are a four-piece band from Dublin, who have a string of top hits in Ireland, and have toured with names including Niall Horan, Lewis Capaldi, & Westlife. On top of their own sold-out tours of the UK and Ireland, Conor O’Donohoe from the band has also written a string of top hits for other artists, and co-written with Moncrief and The Script. We are One was written in Sweden with Grammy nominated songwriter Jörgen Elofsson.

Wild Youth say: “We are so delighted to be here. Eurovision is something we have always loved and would love to represent our country. We hope that everyone loves the song that we’ve written and believe we can be the band to represent Ireland this year.”

4- Wild
Performer: Leila Jane

Leila Jane is an Indie Pop singer-songwriter based in Dublin who was described as ‘’One to watch’’ by Late Date’s Cathal Murray. Imelda May selected her to be the recipient of the ‘Imelda May Scholarship’ at BIMM Institute Dublin, where she graduated with a first-class honours music degree.

“All Eurovision songs need a strong message and ‘Wild’ is an empowering song about the strength of a woman’s spirit,” Leila Jane says. ‘Wild’ represents my love of the creative freedom I have here in Ireland. It would be an absolute honour to show Eurovision what Ireland’s got!”

For the track, she teamed up with Liis Hainla, an Estonian songwriter, Finnish producer Arto Ruotsala, and British songwriter Aaron Sibley.

5- Down in the Rain
Performer: K Muni & ND (Kofi Appiah and Nevlonne Dampare)

Down in the Rain by Longford duo K Muni & ND is described by the artists as a testament to their determination. The song chronicles a difficult period in their careers when their music wasn’t getting the attention they believed it deserved. Through Down in the Rain, the artists encourage listeners to never give up on their aspirations no matter how tough the road may seem.

“It would mean the world to us to represent Ireland,” they say. “We remember watching Eurovision as kids with our families, so to think we could have the people of Ireland, our people, tuned in to cheer us and our country on is incredible.”

6 – Hawaii
Performer: Public Image Limited

Public Image Limited celebrated their 40 Anniversary in 2018 and are fronted by former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon. PiL’s music has earned them 5 UK Top 20 singles and 5 UK Top 20 albums. Hawaii is a love letter to John Lydon’s wife of nearly 5 decades, Nora, who is living with Alzheimer’s. Described as “a pensive, personal yet universal love song that will resonate with many”, the song sees John reflecting on one of their happiest moments together in Hawaii. According to the band, the emotional ballad is as close as John (whose mother was from Co Cork and father came from Galway), will ever come to bearing his soul. “It is dedicated to everyone going through tough times on the journey of life, with the person they care for the most,” John says. “It’s also a message of hope that ultimately love conquers all.”

Further details on The Late Late Show Eurosong 2023 Special will be announced in the coming weeks.

RTÉ Choice Music Prize

In association with IMRO and IRMA

Irish Album of the Year 2022 – Shortlist Announcement

Three new prizes and Irish Song of the Year announcements later this week on 2FM

Live in Vicar St, Dublin with an Exclusive RTÉ Broadcast – 9th March Tickets on Sale Now https://www.ticketmaster.ie/choice-music-prize-tickets/artist/1541435

The shortlist for this year’s RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2022, in association with IMRO & IRMA, was announced today on RTÉ 2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show.

The shortlist is as follows:

• Anna Mieke – Theatre (Anna Mieke under license to Nettwerk Music Group)
• Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector (Partisan Records)
• CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead (CMATBABY)
• Dermot Kennedy – Sonder (Island)
• Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia (Partisan Records)
• Just Mustard – Heart Under (Partisan Records)
• Pillow Queens – Leave the Light On (Royal Mountain Records)
• Sorcha Richardson – Smiling Like An Idiot (Faction Records)
• The Mary Wallopers – The Mary Wallopers (The Mary Wallopers)
• THUMPER – Delusions of Grandeur (Reckless Records)

As part of RTÉ’s continued commitment to promoting Irish music, 2FM again celebrates the announcement of the shortlist across its schedule today with All Irish All Day from 6am to Midnight.

2FM’s Tracy Clifford Show will broadcast a week of Choice Music Prize announcements and activities, including further details on the three new prizes and Irish Song of the Year :

• Irish Artist of the Year – shortlist Tuesday 10thJanuary
• Irish Breakthrough Artist – shortlist Wednesday 11th January
• Classic Irish Album – further details Thursday 12th January
• Irish Song of the Year – shortlist Friday 13th January

(the public vote for SOTY will open at the end of the week):

Commenting, Adam Fogarty, Head of Music, RTÉ 2FM, said: “It’s been another year of quality music from Irish artists which we’re looking forward to celebrating on 2FM. The new prizes, particularly Irish Artist of the Year and Irish Breakthrough Artist, along with Irish Song of the Year will ensure that we get to put an even bigger spotlight on incredible Irish artists and recognise their achievements over the last twelve months.”

The Irish Album of the Year 2022, along with the four prizes above, will be announced live from Vicar St on RTÉ 2FM in a special show 7-11pm on Thursday 9th March. The show will feature live performances from some of the shortlisted acts, further details on the line-up to be announced soon.

Tickets are on sale now via https://www.ticketmaster.ie/choice-music-prize-tickets/artist/1541435

The 18th annual RTÉ Choice Music Prize will once again celebrate the best in Irish recorded music. The Prize has become one of the music-industry highlights of the year since its inception in 2005. The Irish Album of the Year award is chosen from a shortlist of ten albums by a panel of eleven Irish music media professionals and industry experts. The list of judges is listed on http://www.choicemusicprize.ie

The winning AOTY act will receive €10,000, a prize fund which has been provided by The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). All shortlisted acts will receive a specially commissioned award.

RAAP, Culture Ireland, FMC and Minding Creative Minds are also official project partners of the RTE Choice Music Prize.

Through its funding of the Music From Ireland programme, Culture Ireland’s support of the RTÉ Choice Music Prize will be directed towards shortlisted artists, as well as assisting the RTÉ Choice Music Prize “Conversations”.

#rtechoiceprize

About the RTÉ Choice Music Prize

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize is organised by David Reid. Editor of RTÉ Brainstorm, Jim Carroll is the chairman of the judging panel for Irish Album of the Year. It is unique in that the judging of the Irish Album of the Year focuses simply and solely on the music (as opposed to sales or airplay). A new panel of judges has been put in place for each of the three new categories. The full list of all the judges will

be on the RTÉ Choice Music Prize website starting 9th January, and through the week as each shortlist is announced, along with some further details. This is the eighteenth year of the prize. Past winners can be found via http://www.choicemusicprize.ie/past-prizes/

Stay up-to-date with the latest RTÉ Choice Music Prize news by following @choiceprize, @rte2fm, @rte and @rte2 on Twitter and Facebook and @explorerte and @rte2fm on Instagram using #rtechoiceprize.

Further information can be found at:

• http://www.choicemusicprize.ie
• http://2fm.rte.ie/
• http://www.rte.ie/
• http://twitter.com/choiceprize

The new series of The Tommy Tiernan Show starts this Saturday night, 7 January 2023, on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 9.40pm.

Comedian Tommy Tiernan is back with his unique chat-show that’s full of surprises for him, and his viewers! A master of improvisation, Tommy thrives on the adrenaline of no preparation. The result is conversations full of adventure and surprise, with people from all walks of life, some well-known personalities and others less well-known.

With Tommy’s inquisitive nature, every conversation has the potential for great honesty and insight, humour and sometimes freewheeling wildness.

Speaking ahead of the seventh series, Tommy Tiernan said: “The show is in many ways so unpredictable that it’s impossible to tell people what to expect. It’s like going to a party and not knowing who’s going to be there. The only thing that I know for sure is that both myself and the guest are up for a conversation but where that conversation might go is anybody’s guess. There’s a studio audience there this year so how that extra energy in the room affects the chat will be interesting to see. I sincerely hope that whatever happens on the night will continue to be of interest and entertainment to the Irish public. Many thanks for watching so far…” 

Comedian Fred Cooke is compere for each episode in front of the live audience. Who the guests will be on the night is a surprise every week!

Don’t miss The Tommy Tiernan Show, Saturday nights on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player starting tomorrow 7 January at 9.40pm.

Mateo and the team return for series eight, as more hopefuls keen to find romance enter the First Dates restaurant

Don’t miss the Thursday night specials as the Restaurant of Romance reopens for a new season, serving up a mouth-watering smorgasbord of spice, sauce, sizzle and carefully selected delicacies from the sweet trolley.

Hungry for tasty new sensations, a fresh sitting of daters arrives to sample the food of love, but unlike last year, the tables are intimate and the masks are off.

On hand, as always, with warm welcomes, words of encouragement and matchmaking savoir faire are Maitre’D Mateo, table angels Alice and Pete, and cocktail maestro Neil.

First Dates Ireland – Series 8 – Episode 1: 5th January 2023, 9:30pm, RTÉ 2

Bursting through the door for the first episode in the new series are best friends and irrepressible personalities Aisling (25) and Naomi (26) ready for an unforgettable double date.

Self-confessed ‘girlo’ Aisling is matched with insurance underwriter Ross (30) from Dublin who can’t believe his luck.  While a few tables away, dancing queen Naomi unleashes her best moves on marketing executive Brodie (32) who grew up on a sheep farm in New Zealand.

Meanwhile old school romantic and multi-instrumentalist Garry (73) from Wexford makes sweet music with line dancer and marathon runner Mary (71) from Galway.

And it’s revs to the redline as professional auto detailer Colm (28) from Dublin accelerates from a standing start with petrolhead and ‘classy car girl’ Sorcha (25) from Donegal.

Doors open for a new season of First Dates at 9.30pm on 5th January 2023.

Your table awaits.

Julian Benson, Greg O’Shea, Operation Transformation 2023 leaders, Nicola Tallant, Nollaig Na mBan inspired performance and Toshín confirmed for this week’s Late Late Show

To Whom it Concerns, on this Friday night’s Late Late Show… 
 
Julian Benson will talk about finally buying a house for CF patients and their families to stay while they are receiving treatment in hospital (through monies raised through Julian Benson CF Foundation and money that was raised on The Late Late Show). Before opening the doors to this house, Julian has a big project ahead of him to renovate the house and will appeal to the public on the night for their support.
 
Olympian and winner of Love Island 2019 Greg O’Shea joins Ryan on the couch to chat about rising to fame, retiring from rugby and the impact the last three years have taken on his mental health.
 
As Operation Transformation returned to our screens earlier this week, we will welcome this year’s leaders Marie Clear, Andrea Daly, Lorraine Dempsey, Stephanie Bowden and Thomas Hynes as they embark on a health and wellness plan to kick-start a new chapter in their lives.
 
With the nation transfixed by the Regency Hotel murder trial, the Sunday World’s Nicola Tallant will join Ryan to discuss how the Kinahan gang rose to become one of the biggest crime cartels in the world and how it’s all come crashing down after they found themselves in the crosshairs of the US Authorities.
 
To mark Nollaig Na mBan, there will be a very special performance by some of Ireland’s best female singers and musicians including Niamh Farrell (Ham Sandwich), Pamela Connolly (Pillow Queens), Krea (Wyvern Lingo), Faye O’Rourke (Soda Blonde), Saibh Skelly and Susan O’Neill. They will perform Sinead O’Connor’s anthemic hit Mandinka with the Theodora Byrne choir and an all-female band.
 
And in the spirit of Nollaig na mBan, Toshín Bankole will perform a special version of the classic Respect.

Cosy up this Christmas with the RTÉ Player bumper selection box – there’s something for everyone, from must-see box sets and mini-series marathons to Christmas specials.

www.rte.ie/player

Mini-series Marathons

The First   

This gripping sci-fi series following the effort to send the first crewed mission to Mars stars Sean Penn and Natascha McElhone.

Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

The Little Drummer Girl  

Based on John le Carré’s novel, this passionate love story and deeply immersive thriller starring Florence Pugh explores the blurred lines between love and hate.

Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

Ridley Road

In 1960s Manchester, a young Jewish woman is drawn into a world of deceit and lies in a high-stakes fight against the far right. Based on a true story.

               Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

The Secret  

The true-crime story of a respectable dentist and pillar of the community, who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher. Starring James Nesbitt.

Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

The Teacher 

School teacher Jenna’s life begins to unravel after she’s accused of a sexual encounter with a pupil, but she has no memory of what happened that night.

            Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

Lie with Me 

A British woman and her husband seek a fresh start in Australia after infidelity in their marriage. The couple hire a young nanny, but she isn’t the innocent stranger she pretends to be.

Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

No Return 

An idyllic family holiday to Turkey turns into a nightmare when a teenage son is accused of a serious crime.

             Stream the complete mini-series on RTÉ Player

Christmas Crackers  

Crack into a feast of Christmas specials on RTÉ Player.

Ireland’s Fittest Family Celebrity Special

Mrs Brown’s Boys

Have Yourself A Mary Little Christmas

Love Yourself Today

The 2 Johnnies Christmas Spectacular

 Callan Kicks The Year

The Toy Shop

Christmas Food & Festivities  

Get top tips and tricks for festive entertaining and how to prepare the perfect Christmas dinner from some of Ireland’s top chefs.

Donal’s Christmas Eve 

Join Donal Skehan and his family for a cosy Christmas Eve, as they share some of their favourite Christmas traditions and recipes.

Off Duty Chef Christmas

Mark Moriarty is back with a double helping of Christmas episodes to get you through the festive season, designed with both first-timers attempting Christmas dinner and the seasoned pros in mind.

How to Cook Well at Christmas with Rory O’Connell 

Cork chef Rory’s festive special aims to increase the home cook’s skills, confidence and repertoire of recipes.

Neven’s Christmas At Muckross Traditional Farms

Chef Neven Maguire demonstrates a selection of festive recipes.

More on RTÉ Player 

In case you missed them, all the year’s biggest shows are available to stream now.

Quinn Country

Tommy Tiernan’s Epic West

Selling Ireland’s Dream Homes

Ireland’s Fittest Family

Build Your Own Home

Vicky