Based on the novel by John McGahern and set in Ireland in the 1950s, the series tells the story of Moran and his children. Especially the girls find it difficult to get away from the influence of their despotic father and start living their own lives.
At an Irish wedding in Tenerife, guests juggle personal crises and sun-soaked good times, each of them hiding a secret and a vow to keep.
Car dealer Frank Mallon (Adam Fergus, Being Erica) is watching his life fall apart around him. His wife has left, his cars aren't selling, and his teenage daughter is out of control. Desperate for a solution, Frank devises a plan to fix his money problems while also getting revenge on the people who make his life miserable.
Colm Meaney presents a celebration of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Dublin family the Rabbittes and the film adaptations of the books, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van.
Each episode looks back at the news and events of a particular year, using news archive footage, along with subtitles as the means of narration, to recount notable Irish and international events of the time.
A three-part documentary series that journeys to the heart of Ireland's coast, revealing its fascinating origins, rich biodiversity and magnetic charm.
People try to lose weight and get fit with the expert help of a personal dietician, fitness instructor and psychologist. As an added incentive, the participants' houses and fridges are fitted with webcams to catch them out if they slip back into bad habits.
Presented by Nicky Byrne, with Pop Panelists Nadine Coyle, Samantha Mumba and Joey Fatone, Last Singer Standing sees contestants requiring tactics as well as singing talent as they battle it out against one another in a bid to make it to the grand final and win €25,000.
Popstars is an Irish reality television series, broadcast and produced by RTÉ One, which ran from 2001 to 2002.
Set in rural Ireland of the 1930s, the story begins when 19-year-old Elizabeth has a brief fling with an actor and falls pregnant. Community pressure forces her to marry a dull middle-aged man, but maybe there is hope on the horizon.
Follow two unique board-gaming friends meandering through leafy suburban life, charting a story about Judo, ancient Rome, first loves, and the expansion of the Universe.
Go behind the scenes at Dublin's Phoenix Park zoo and get closer to the animals and its zookeepers. Set in 70 acres, The Zoo welcomes nearly a million visitors a year and is home to more than 600 exotic animals,
A French actress returns to her Irish roots during the last summer before World War II. While there, she must come to grips with her family and the love of two men. Television adaptation of Kate O'Brien's 1943 novel of the same name.
As a group of young multi-national relief workers struggle to deliver medical aid on the front lines of civil war in South Sudan, natural and human catastrophes lead to escalating conflict and famine. Tension becomes unbearable as larger and larger civilian populations are displaced.
Climate change is real. It’s happening now. Big policy, implemented properly and urgently, is needed to change our world … but some people are quietly doing amazing things to make our island a better place. Heated tells their stories. Heated is a new 6-part series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player dealing with climate change.
Agnes Brown - a widow living in Ireland - runs her home with an iron fist as she manages her sons, daughter Kathy and best friend Winnie. Add elderly Grandad, various in-laws and grandchildren to the mix and Mrs Brown usually has her hands full. Funny, outspoken and never at a loss for words (especially profanity), she gets through life and the daily grind with a caustic remark and a loving wink. What makes the show different is that the "fourth wall" is broken often leaving in the bloopers.
The story of reunited Dublin friends – Carmel, Gerry and Marie. Three very different worlds, three very different women - but everything in common. Upbeat and optimistic, BitterSweet celebrates their lives and loves. Everything’s looking rosy - until reality bites…
The show follows the Walshes, a tight-knit family living in the fictional West Dublin suburb of Strollinstown.
Nora, Kate, and Stevie have made it into their thirties, they live in Dublin, and they are all aware that the new Millennium has hurtled past, nothing much has changed, and it's about time they got a life. They have a combined age of 99. Between them they have slept with 47 men, broken 11 hearts, drunk approximately 5,000 pints, bought one house, buried two parents, failed one marriage, and produced one baby. They've been friends long enough to think they always will be...
A powerful fictional drama, made in the style of a documentary, which explores some of the possible scenarios in the event of an accident occurring in the nuclear reprocessing plant, Sellafield.
