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What We Made
in 2018
RTÉ Investigates
The gold standard of RTÉ’s journalism,
in 2018 RTÉ Investigates again made
headlines with ground-breaking
RTÉ NEWS
reports. In April, it focused on the case
of three girls who were abused at a
foster home in Co. Galway. The case
& CURRENT
raised serious questions about how the
HSE responded to the initial reports of
abuse.
AFFAIRS
Troublemakers highlighted the adverse
experiences of some families who
raised concerns about loved ones in
long-term care. In some cases, it found
access to visiting their family member
had been restricted. Following the
programme, the HSE revealed it would
review the cases highlighted.
RTÉ News & Current Affairs got the year There was extensive coverage of the
off to a big start, as Keelin Shanley and referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment. A six-month undercover investigation
Caitriona Perry took over as main anchors RTÉ hosted two live television debates and, revealed the ever-increasing problem
on RTÉ’s flagship early evening news when polls closed, an exit poll showed that of illegal dumping and how councils
programme Six-One. Meanwhile, Ireland’s Ireland had voted two-to-one to remove the regulate and prosecute waste
only news service for children, news2day, constitutional ban on abortion. A second vote offenders.
welcomed first-time television presenter in October saw Michael D. Higgins returned as
Cillian Sherlock to the programme Uachtarán na hÉireann and blasphemy was RTÉ Investigates also examined the
following a call out to media and journalism removed from the constitution – both were marginalisation of Travellers, among
graduates across the country. Across the covered in-depth across television, radio, whom there is an 80% unemployment
year, RTÉ also welcomed a new Northern mobile and online. rate and a suicide rate that is six times
Correspondent and a new Political the national average. Travellers, Lives
Correspondent, while RTÉ Prime Time RTÉ and TG4 announced a new phase of on the Fringes revealed that 25% of
presenter David McCullagh joined a new partnership between the two public-service homeless children living in emergency
This Week team on RTÉ Radio 1. media organisations as the Nuacht RTÉ accommodation outside of Dublin are
bulletins on RTÉ One and RTÉ News Now Travellers.
Brexit dominated the global and local re-launched with a new look and feel. The new
headlines, and RTÉ News & Current Affairs brand, Nuacht RTÉ le TG4, acknowledged Land of Hope & Homeless examined
was on the ground in Brussels, Belfast, the partnership between the broadcasters Ireland’s housing crisis, showing how
London and Dublin as the story unfolded. on air. More than 420,000 viewers tuned in to residential land is not being developed
Europe Editor Tony Connelly won plaudits Nuacht programmes on RTÉ One or TG4 each near the scale required, while an eight-
for his reporting, while RTÉ also launched week. month investigation shone a light into
a podcast, Brexit Republic, as part of its the illegal trade in steroids in Ireland
digital-first strategy. RTÉ and BBC Northern RTÉ was the host broadcaster for the and how they’re now cheaper and more
Ireland teamed up for a special, live Brexit visit of Pope Francis to Ireland, providing accessible than ever before – with
programme, with Claire Byrne broadcasting comprehensive live coverage of every public potentially catastrophic side effects.
from Belfast and the BBC’s Stephen Nolan engagement, free to Irish, European and other
in Dublin. international broadcasters, as well as a range
of documentary, live and factual output.
While Brexit was a constant theme, the In December 2018, work began on a major
weather was a regular visitor too. RTÉ refurbishment and technical upgrade of RTÉ’s
News & Current Affairs provided essential main news studio. Studio 3 is the busiest Land of Hope
services to the nation as several major television studio in Ireland, broadcasting more
weather events brought the country to a than 1,700 news bulletins and programmes & Homeless
halt. RTÉ stayed on air – on radio, television each year, and this was the first refurbishment examined
and online – with critical updates and
developments from all over the country.
of the busy studio in 10 years.
Ireland’s housing
crisis, showing
how residential
land is not being
developed near
the scale required.
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What We Made
in 2018
FACTUAL
Documentary Unit coming together to form Some of our strongest performers in the slot
RTÉ One RTÉ Documentaries. This team has started were personal stories told by well-known
More than 20 series formed the to produce bespoke RTÉ Player original faces. In Philly McMahon’s Hardest Hit, the
mainstay of the popular factual output content and will work closely with the team in much-loved Dublin GAA star looked at the
on RTÉ One in 2018. Highlights included RTÉ Cork to deliver factual content across all current state of drug use and rehabilitation in
the ever-popular At Your Service, platforms. Ireland, sharing very personal memories of his
Operation Transformation, Daniel and older brother, who died prematurely from drug
Majella’s B&B Road Trip, Find Me a This new One RTÉ approach will bring renewal abuse. Baz Ashwamy looked at our growing
Home, Francis Brennan’s Grand Tour, to the schedule and offer audiences a greater and unhealthy relationship with gambling in
Lords and Ladles and Raised by the range of stories and ways to engage with RTÉ. All Bets Are Off and, in We Need to Talk About
Village, which explored whether the Most of all, it will offer consistency and quality Mam, Brendan Courtney tackled the issues of
influence of a village could change the across all of RTÉ’s schedules. planning for retirement with his own mother
outlook of troubled teens. who, like himself, never really made provision
In 2018, RTÉ continued to see for her life after work. All of these programmes
strong performances in peak-time took big social issues, but delivered bigger and
television. Highlights for the year included younger audiences by adopting a first-hand
RTÉ2 Whistleblower, a two-part telling of the approach and an accessible and engaged
Observational series The Rotunda Maurice and Lorraine McCabe story, which narrator.
proved a popular success with averaged a 42% share; and Orla Tinsley:
audiences, while the critically Warrior, which the Irish Kidney Association Keeping It Special
acclaimed two-part transgender credited for a surge in donor card uptake. The specialist slate continued to evolve in
documentary series My Trans Life – Elsewhere An Irish Solution? from the Would 2018, with a series of powerful, fresh projects
alongside popular youth offerings such You Believe team was credited by both complementing more familiar, returning titles.
as First Dates, Don’t Tell the Bride, Say sides of the abortion referendum debate as Among the highlights that debuted in 2018
Yes to the Dress and This Crowded handling the topic in a mature, compassionate were Stressed, My Broken Brain, School Life,
House – saw RTÉ2 focus consistently manner. Election 18 and Ireland After the Rising. My
on the needs and interests of younger Other Life, a documentary on youth mental
audiences. On radio, the Documentary on One team health made by a group of young film makers
continued its success with top-quality in Cork, was an impactful and strong one-off
documentaries on a wide range of subjects. In programme that played on RTÉ 2 in October.
In 2018, as part of One RTÉ, factual Shame, Love, In Shame told the story of Peggy
commissioning and in-house production McCarthy, an unmarried Listowel woman who In the year of Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland, The
were remodelled and brought together died in childbirth having been turned away John Pauls offered a charming and insightful
to form the new RTÉ Factual Group. On from two different hospitals. Other highlights portrait of how Ireland has changed since
the commissioning side, four new pillar included The Summer of Astral Weeks, which the last papal visit through the eyes of the
areas – documentaries and series, popular told how Van Morrison’s iconic album was generation named after John Paul II.
factual and factual entertainment, specialist recorded, and Notes on a Belfast Rape Trial,
factual, and religious programmes – were which featured interviews with barristers for
established. RTÉ’s in-house factual production the prosecution and defence.
was centralised with the RTÉ Radio 1
Documentary on One team and the television In commissioned programmes, Sundays The new One RTÉ
were characterised by big, entertaining approach will bring
series such as Room to Improve, Great
House Revival and Who Do You Think You
renewal to the
Are? These series delivered consistent schedule and offer
audience numbers at key scheduling points in audiences a greater
the year.
range of stories
and ways to engage
with RTÉ.
36
What We Made
in 2018 RTÉ Radio 1’s
Drama on One
employed 18 Irish
writers, 82 actors
and musicians, and
DRAMA AND broadcast 19 new
Irish radio plays.
COMEDY
Project Laughter
RTÉ’s support for homegrown talent, with RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ Player
Callan’s Kicks on radio and The Doireann RTÉ Radio 1’s Drama on One RTÉ commissioned five 20-minute
Project on RTÉ Player, combined with employed 18 Irish writers, 82 actors dramas for RTÉ Player under the
television partnerships here and overseas, and musicians, and broadcast 19 Storyland banner, which aims to find
saw our continued investment in shows new Irish radio plays. Four plays were new writers, producers, directors
such as Mrs Brown’s Boys and The Young commissioned as part of 100 Years of and actors from Ireland. As a result,
Offenders. Suffrage. more women are working as creative
producers and writers in RTÉ’s entry-
RTÉ’s commissioned scripted comedy output Drama on One productions were level commissions. Storyland was
continued to build in 2018. Finding Joy, Amy honoured with many awards, including co-financed by NI Screen, which has
Huberman’s scripted comedy series, was the prestigious Special Mention at the agreed to increase its investment in
funded by RTÉ, the BAI’s Sound & Vision Prix Italia for Stephen Jones’ From 2019.
scheme and Acorn Media Enterprises. Eden.
RTÉ Player originals take centre stage
The innovative The Tommy Tiernan Show Drama on One’s playwrighting on the new platform. Illustrator and
returned in 2018, as well as Can’t Cope Won’t competition, the PJ O’Connor Awards, comedic talent Aoife Dooley debuts
Cope, Bridget & Eamon and Hardy Bucks. attracted a great response, with Ma by her first animation series, Your One
Elaine Murphy the eventual winner. Nikita. We Run the World follows five
RTÉ co-commissioned with UKTV a new female athletes, including Nicci Daly,
scripted comedy series, Women on the Verge. Hockey World Cup silver medal winner;
Filmed in London and Dublin, it was co- Ireland on Screen Phil Healy, Ireland’s fastest woman;
created by Sharon Horgan and starred Kerry Illustrating how public financing can work and Sarah Carey from Limerick’s
Condon, Eileen Walsh and Nina Sosanya. easily alongside commercial investments, royal hurling family. Panti Bliss hits our
series two of Blinder Films’ Striking Out, screens in The Panti Monologues, as
Additionally, in 2018 the comedy team featuring Amy Huberman and Neil Morrissey, well as series from Roz Purcell, Carl
also developed scripted comedy pilots in was co-financed by RTÉ, DCD Rights, Acorn Mullan, Jennifer Zamparelli and many
partnership with Screen Ireland. Four pilots will Media, the BAI and Section 481 (Irish film and more.
be broadcast in 2019. television tax relief scheme). The series’ share
increased to 37.5%; it launched on Acorn in the
US and Canada, and on 5 Select in the UK, and
was sold to Sundance TV Global. Development and Co-production
For the first time, RTÉ launched several
RTÉ One screened Taken Down, a five-part television drama series co-developments
drama about sex trafficking set in the world with Screen Ireland and co-developed with a
of direct provision. The series, featuring Brian growing number of international broadcasters.
Gleeson and produced by Spiral Pictures,
was financed by RTÉ, Fremantle International,
Section 481, the BAI and ARTE. It has also
been sold to BBC.
Fair City gained a new, bigger set and HD
gallery, which meant RTÉ could broadcast the
show in HD.
38
What We Made
in 2018 RTÉ continued
our stewardship
of the RTÉ Choice
Music Awards,
which featured
ENTERTAINMENT prominently on 2fm
and RTÉ2.
AND MUSIC
Bringing People Together Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert
RTÉ continued to bring families and RTÉ One Orchestra played a new set of club classics in
communities together for shared viewing RTÉ’s popular Saturday-night game several locations around the country including
experiences with shows such as The Late Late show Winning Streak reached a Dublin, Cork and Galway. Part two of The
Show. In October, it broadcast from London milestone in 2018 as it rolled out the red Story of Hip Hop, featuring DJ Mo-K and the
for the first time in almost 40 years. The Late carpet for its 1,000th episode. One of orchestra, was performed at Longitude and
Late Toy Show was once again the most- Europe’s longest-running game shows, Electric Picnic.
watched programme of the year. The inclusion Winning Streak has featured 5,925
of participants who represented our audience players since the first episode was
in a way that truly reflected the nation’s broadcast on the 21 September 1990, RTÉ 2FM
diversity was one of the elements that made who have won a whopping €168 million The 2fm Rising stage at 2018’s
the show especially impactful. between them. Body&Soul festival in Ballinlough,
Co. Westmeath was dedicated to
Dancing with the Stars and Ireland’s Fittest championing new Irish artists. A
Family were both key in bringing families Our coverage of Other Voices continued to curated list of 12 artists and acts
and friends together for shared viewing showcase the best in Irish contemporary included Ships, Le Boom, Laoise,
experiences. Audiences were genuinely music. The special edition featuring The Lyra, Mango x Mathman, Fontaines
engaged with the challenge celebrities took Villagers, which was filmed in Ballina, was D.C., Search Party Animal and DAY_S.
up in Dancing with the Stars, while in Ireland’s a particular highlight. 2fm was given the 2fm Rising is an integral part of
Fittest Family they cheered for families like opportunity to bring 2fm Rising acts to Other 2fm’s role as a public-service media
themselves from all over Ireland. Voices in Ballina and Dingle. Both shows drew station for Irish youth, giving airplay to
big crowds to see a selection of new Irish emerging talent and making new music
On a weekly basis, The Late Late Show, acts. Based on these shows, four 2fm Rising discovery integral to the service.
The Ray D’Arcy Show and Brendan concerts are being scheduled for 2019.
O’Connor’s Cutting Edge delivered content
that was enjoyable, engaging and relevant New Music, New Voices
Digital Radio
to our audience’s life experiences. These RTÉ continued our stewardship of the
RTÉ Gold, which has been
programmes continued to provide a powerful RTÉ Choice Music Awards, which featured
broadcasting on RTÉ’s digital platforms
platform for new voices to be heard alongside prominently on 2fm and RTÉ2. This event –
for the past 10 years, firmly established
more established ones. and the lead up to it – provided support and
itself as Ireland’s premium digital-only
exposure to both established and upcoming
radio service in 2018. The daytime
The range of events featured in our output performers.
schedules were enhanced, featuring
during the year reflected the broad mix of
new presenter-led slots with Will Leahy,
interests amongst our audience. These Traditional music featured across our output
Rick O’Shea and, in early 2019, the
ranged from the IFTA Film and Drama Awards and was highlighted in our coverage of the
station welcomed the legendary Larry
to the Eurovision Song Contest and from the Fleadh Cheoil on RTÉ One.
Gogan.
Saint Patrick’s Festival to the Rose of Tralee.
2fm’s Play the Picnic gave bands the
RTÉ Pulse, Ireland’s only digital dance
opportunity to compete to play at Electric
music radio station, continued to reflect
Picnic. Twelve acts got to play at the festival,
the evolving dance music scene in
with the most popular going on to perform on
Ireland, broadcasting live from RTÉ’s
the Cosby Stage.
Digital Bunker. Featuring some of
Ireland’s leading and emerging DJs,
Niall Horan with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra,
including Niall Redmond, DJ Tom Lowe,
was a new collaboration between the Irish
Christian Homan and Dave Treacy, the
artist and the orchestra. It was broadcast on
service delivers a high octane mix of
RTÉ One and 2fm, and the audio recording
deep house, trance and techno.
was subsequently released commercially.
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What We Made
in 2018 The RTÉ Concert
Orchestra is moving
towards the centre of
RTÉ content, providing
a range of amazing
ARTS AND live and broadcast
performances of
CULTURE orchestral music across
many genres.
RTÉ aims to make work that is emotionally RTÉ commits to cherishing, protecting and The arts and culture group in RTÉ is a fully
enriching and inclusive, maximises audiences innovating Irish arts and culture; nurturing integrated content unit, with people working
and challenges perceptions and assumptions artists; recognising the regional; building future collaboratively – from television, radio, digital
around arts and culture. Using inventive archives; and supporting practitioners. and orchestras – to make great content that
approaches and collaborations, we bring arts gives the people of Ireland the best access to
and culture to the widest audience. arts and culture programming.
In October, RTÉ arts and culture delivered the
inaugural RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards in Vicar RTÉ Orchestras
Street, Dublin. This sold-out event honouring The RTÉ Concert Orchestra celebrated its 70th anniversary with a concert series at the
Irish artists and musicians was broadcast live National Concert Hall, in association with RTÉ lyric fm. In 2018, attendances at RTÉ CO
on RTÉ Radio 1 and made available on the performances increased by some 54,000 to 125,656.
RTÉ Player. It kicked off with a multimedia
campaign across television and radio, online Recording work included an album with Seán Keane and one featuring the voice of
and public participation to find Ireland’s Christie Hennessy; the music for the Fishamble play Before; the score to The Young
favourite folk song. Offenders Christmas special; and a previously unrecorded 19th-century march by an
Irish composer for RTÉ Radio 1’s Documentary on One.
In 2018 RTÉ began streaming arts events to
bring cultural content to as wide an audience Projects in support of emerging talent included the Feis Ceoil Orchestral Conducting
as possible, regardless of where they are. Competition, the RDS Rising Stars concert, a collaboration with Irish Opera Collective
For example, we streamed Il bravo from the and mentoring workshops.
International Wexford Opera Festival. We also
live streamed the RTÉ National Symphony Special events included a concert in St Patrick’s Cathedral to mark Remembrance
Orchestra’s Music in the Classroom initiative Weekend, a performance at the Clifden Arts Festival and anniversary celebrations for
from the National Concert Hall, bringing the University Concert Hall in Limerick and Setanta Choir, Dundalk.
event into the classrooms of Ireland to the
great delight of music teachers and pupils. The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra maintained its audience in 2018, with 82,555
people attending 74 performances.
During Culture Night, the RTÉ Concert
Orchestra performed in front of 10,000 people Principal guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann continued to attract full houses with
in the National Museum of Ireland at Collin’s international artists, including Alban Gerhardt, Vyasheslav Gryaznov, Ekatarina Siurina,
Barracks. More than 100,000 others accessed Gijs van der Linden, Leon Kosavic, Veronika Eberle and Ray Chen, who performed
the night of culture in Dublin through a live Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto in Dublin and Bucharest as part of the International Festival
radio broadcast, RTÉ’s social media and a live of Radio Orchestras, hosted by Radio Romania.
stream across RTÉ digital channels, including
the Arts and Culture digital channel RTE.ie/ International guest conductors in 2018 included Jaimé Martin, Robert Trevino, Stanislav
culture. Kochanovsky, Harry Bicket and Alexander Vedernikov. The summer season included
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin’s second and last performance with the orchestra before his
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is moving passing in November.
towards the centre of RTÉ content, providing
a range of amazing live and broadcast In a year of highlights that included the opening of the 2018/19 season with Mahler’s
performances of orchestral music across symphony no.2 “Resurrection” and celebrating Armistice 100 with Britten’s War Requiem
many genres. This will give people in Ireland conducted by David Brophy, RTÉ welcomed the recommendations of Helen Boaden’s
access to our music for their enjoyment and report “Ensuring a Sustainable Future”.
entertainment.
42What We Made
in 2018
RTÉ
SPORT
RTÉ Sport had a remarkable year in 2018, Also in 2018, the foundations were laid for
and included national moments for a national the 20x20 campaign around women’s sport,
audience on the national broadcaster. with not only a desire but a commitment from
key stakeholders to increase attendance,
The scale and scope of Irish sporting participation and media coverage by 20% by
excellence was unprecedented; the Women’s 2020.
hockey team made it to the World Cup final,
while the men’s rugby team beat the All Blacks Three timeless documentaries were
on Irish soil for the first time. The hockey commissioned to complement RTÉ’s live sport
team captured and thrilled a nation through output and in-house programming. Players of
dramatic penalty shootouts – and all with a the Faithful, from Loosehorse, told the story of
beaming smile across the faces of each and the Offaly football team that famously ended
every player. The victory over New Zealand Kerry’s bid to become the first county to win
capped an amazing year for the rugby five All-Ireland football titles in a row in 1982.
team, which saw them record the 6 Nations Jayo painted a portrait of the life and career
Grand Slam in the spring. All those magical of the first modern GAA superstar – Jason
moments were captured across RTÉ radio, Sherlock. And, for the first time, Katie Taylor,
television and online. the world’s greatest female boxer, allowed
unprecedented access to her life in Katie.
While Ireland had the world rugby player and
coach of the year in Johnny Sexton and Joe
Schmidt, and the world rowing coach of the
year in Dominic Casey, never before has Irish
female sporting talent reached the heights
of 2018. Sanita Pušpure, Ellen Keane, Kellie
Harrington and Katie Taylor excelled at world
level, each providing thrilling moments and
inspiring future generations of female athletes.
Domestically, the summer of hurling scaled
new heights of skill, speed and raw emotion
as Limerick laid to rest a 45-year famine and
Dublin’s footballers equalled the great Kerry
team with four All-Ireland titles in a row.
The Dublin ladies football team continued
their dominance, as did the Cork camogie
team, with the former winning the Brendan
Murphy Cup in front of the largest crowd in RTÉ Sport had
Europe for a live female sporting event. a remarkable
year in 2018, and
included national
moments for a
national audience
on the national
broadcaster.
44What We Made
in 2018
YOUNG
PEOPLE’S
In 2018, RTÉjr and TRTÉ focused on great RTÉ’s involvement with the EBU drama
quality content that was always available, scheme went from strength to strength.
helping children to laugh, create and explore. All in Good Time, Dyehouse Film’s 2018
A key innovation in 2018 was the Kids Mode on comic fantasy about two children’s ability to
the RTÉ Player, which offers a curated library communicate through time, really resonated
of all the best home-produced and acquired with festival audiences worldwide. Dyehouse
content under one roof. It provides a one-stop won first prize from the Children’s Jury at
shop for kids to watch content when and the Chicago Children’s festival, second prize
where they want. in The Children’s day festival in Boulder
Colorado and best international short film at
RTÉjr made a focused move into family the 2Annas ISFF in Riga.
entertainment in 2018. Leading the charge
was rugby legend Donncha O’Callaghan. January 2019 had a strong start with a brand-
Donncha’s Two Talented, produced by Adare new series, RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the
Productions, saw kids mentor their parent or Stars. We will continue to enhance our offering
grandparent to perform a duet in a bid to wow across all age demographics and all platforms
our live audience. in our efforts to meet our audience, wherever
they are.
In 2018, for the first time ever, the stars of
RTÉjr came together to put on our Christmas
panto spectacular, Vision Independent
Productions’ The Greatest Show… That
Never Was! Think snowstorms, Christmas
chaos and show-stopping singalongs with
all your favourite RTÉjr faces. Premiering on
RTÉ 1 in December, it proved a hit with family
audiences.
It was also a strong year for Irish animation on
RTÉjr. Ground-breaking series Pablo enjoyed
a second 26-part run in spring 2018 with
its unique depiction of a five-year-old boy’s
autistic imagination. New pre-school series
Mya Go lit up the summer schedule, featuring
the enthusiastic Mya as she discovers the
world around her. Peek Zoo brought Irish
writer/illustrator Kevin Waldron’s books to
life in a brand-new animation series, which
featured the daily adventures of zookeeper Mr We will continue
Peek and his kids, Tommy and Violet. to enhance our
In 2018, RTÉ actively pursued a strategy of
offering across all
opening up the commissioning of drama for age demographics
our 8–12-year-old audience. In Tailored Films’ and all platforms
Mini Moguls, we meet our hero Grace, an
entirely ordinary 14-year-old, who finds herself in our efforts to
caught up in a dastardly plan by a super tech meet our audience,
company to take over the world, one teenager
wherever they are.
46 at a time.What We Made
in 2018 14 half hours of
popular diverse
content were
broadcast on RTÉ
One television and
IRISH made available on
RTÉ Player.
LANGUAGE
RTÉ Cláracha Gaeilge brought new and including a number of Gaeltacht-based
returning series in 2018. In total, 14 half hours companies. Productions included Phil Lynott –
of popular diverse content were broadcast Scéalta ón Old Town; Cosáin Cheoil, a six-part
on RTÉ One television and made available co-production with BBC Alba; and Slán leis an
on RTÉ Player. Many were subsequently gCeol.
broadcast on TG4 as part of RTÉ’s statutory
supply of content to the Irish-language New Partnership
broadcaster. RTÉ and NUI Galway launched two new
partnerships in 2018. A national Irish-language
Cloch le Carn looked at the lives of Martin audience research project, Fíos Físe, in
McGuinness and Jimmy McGee, while in the conjunction with TG4 will investigate the
very personal Lig Liom, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh reach, satisfaction levels and listening habits
refused to make excuses anymore for being of Irish speakers on the island of Ireland. A new
an Irish speaker. MA programme combines online academic
modules with significant periods of practice-
Scannal returned with three new episodes, based work experience in RTÉ in journalism,
recalling the notorious criminal Martin Cahill, broadcasting and content creation for radio,
aka The General; the controversial 1996 television and online platforms.
Meath v Mayo All-Ireland Football Final replay;
and the 1975 Miami Showband massacre. The
series attracted an average 20.39% audience Raidió na Gaeltachta
share and a summer repeat broadcast Significant changes were made to RTÉ
garnered 26.88% share. Raidió na Gaeltachta’s schedules, with
new, live and expanded programming
Good Evening Europe agus Anois… an on Saturday and Sundays, and further
Eurovision! provided a nostalgic look at Irish news bulletins. Bláthnaid Libh was
Eurovisions from 1971, when we first hosted extended and An tSeachtain le Máirín
the contest, to the seventh and last time more Ní Ghadhra is now live and longer.
than 20 years ago. Cormac Ó hEadhra presents Nuacht
a hAon, while Michelle Nic Grianna
The Trip to Tipp in the early 1990s has gone presents the drivetime programme Tús
down in Irish music folklore for all the best Áite. News bulletins returned to the
reasons. Féile – an Turas go Tipp captured evening schedule at 8pm and 10pm,
some of that magic on the eve of the remake. Monday to Friday.
The Geansaí returned with stories that Traditional music has always been
captured the spirit of Ireland’s diverse sporting a huge part of RnaG’s identity and
communities – rugby in the Gaeltacht, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, the renowned
baseball and boxing. singer and flute player, and Caoimhín
Ó Sé, flute player and aficionado of
Ar Son na Poblachta returned with a traditional music, joined the highly
three-part series addressing the War of respected team.
Independence, bringing some fresh insights
and narratives of real people.
RTÉ complemented its in-house output with
a broad range of projects commissioned from
independent companies throughout Ireland,
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