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Patrick Freyne: Where does Love in the Country find its taciturn Irishmen? I thought they had gone from this isle, like elk and shame
Anna Geary is such a good host that she’d probably want to help rural romantics find the partner of their dreams even if RTÉ wasn’t filming it
Anna Geary: ‘Losing a sibling is not talked about a lot. They are meant to be there with you when your parents aren’t’
Camogie made Anna Geary a star but her media career has blossomed in the past decade. Despite great personal hardship in recent times, she’s embracing the future
Seven spouses for seven culchies: Love stories, the rural Ireland way
Patrick Freyne: Anna Geary sweeps into the lives of lovelorn farmers being warmly inquisitive. We see a montage in which farmers hold lambs and say things like: ‘My dream is to have two donkeys’
Love in the Country: ‘Anyone working in rural Ireland – it is quite difficult to meet someone’
Television: The gentle pacing sets RTÉ’s new dating show apart, with presenter Anna Geary pivoting with ease from the sports field to mainstream entertainment
Lisa O’Rourke and Amy Broadhurst on brink of becoming world champions
Irish boxing duo both win their semi-final bouts at World Championships
Surge in demand for Erasmus places among Irish students is welcome news
Covid badly disrupted the student experience. Many are keen to make up for it abroad
TV View: Limerick give us a half fit to grace the annals of hurling
The pre-game talk surrounded the champions’ power - there was more to it than that
Why don’t you turn off Love Island and go play some sport instead?
TV review: Cork camogie star Anna Geary tries to assemble an underage ladies football team
Marty in the Shed: Flirty rascal Marty Morrissey steams up the RTÉ Player
At some points in Marty Morrissey’s online chatshow you just don’t know where to look
Kieran Donaghy calls for GAA to shut down fans’ forums
Former Kerry star says players suffering unnecessary abuse on negative platforms
Who hasn’t pushed their family to the mental limits with one visit?
Patrick Freyne: Ireland’s Fittest Family a far cry from country’s typical household
TV View: Weather warning fails to dampen camogie excitement
Just when you think you’ve it figured, Kerry and Westmeath go and win camogie titles
Operation Transformation: Leo Varadkar – 40-year-old meat-free gym bunny – is actually 53
Review: The Taoiseach takes a metabolic age test, but questions the science behind the result
The best healthy breaks and holidays
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Health Board: Upcoming conferences, talks, campaigns and events
Sports stars come out to hurl for cancer research, a walk for night nurses and a new initiative to donate hospital parking spaces
The Game – The Story of Hurling: epic clash of history and hype at the speed of a sliotar
Review: With so much ground to cover, an epic three-part documentary on hurling moves at breakneck pace
Marty Morrissey: The most famous man in GAA
Patrick Freyne spends a day with the commentator who went from being a 'Yank' blow-in in Co Clare to one of the most loved characters in Irish sport
Why is Copper Face Jacks so popular? ‘A one-eyed hunchback could score in this pub’
The ‘big, sweaty’ Dublin nightclub is successful because it ‘doesn’t have notions’
Almost €100,000 raised for youth paralysed during Storm Emma
Family of injured 19-year-old Jack O’Driscoll expresses gratitude to public for generosity
Dancing with the Stars: who’s going to win?
Anna Geary, Jake Carter and Deirdre O’Kane will tango it out in Sunday’s final
TV this weekend: Anthony Scaramucci on the Ray D’Arcy show
Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville on the Late Late Show and the finale of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars: Erin McGregor’s ‘man-eating tango’
Deirdre O’Kane is ‘not smooth enough’ and Rob Heffernan’s footwork let him down
Dancing with the Stars: hair flicks and swinging hips fail to save Alannah Beirne
Britain’s Next Top Model finalist Alannah Beirne voted off by judges
Dancing with the Stars: Marty Morrissey is a national treasure but he ain’t no dancer
The Marty Party comes crashing down as judges send RTÉ GAA commentator home
Dancing With The Stars: 'The plastic surgery around here is fantastic'
Behind the scenes of the RTÉ hit show, from the nervy celebs to the team that delivers the slick production
Dancing with the Stars: Series flagging as Dreaded Dance Off looms
No eliminations this week, it was partner switch-up night, or ‘like going on a Tinder date’
Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menu
An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown
Food file: The kitchen is now open (for you to sneak a peek)
A food business incubator in Cork, an open kitchen in Kilkenny and making a wedding cake
Food File: a Ballymaloe course, a cookbook and an electric spiraliser
A celebration of island produce from vegetables to dairy, and from Ireland to Ibiza
The women breaking down barriers in Irish sports media
These three broadcasters prove sports journalism is no longer the preserve of men
Cork’s camogie corporal hoping to keep county on the march
Gemma O’Connor seeking seventh winners’ medal but wants more support from GAA
Camogie, cookery and country music lined up for Irish TV
The diaspora-targeting channel says its brand awareness is on the rise
Cork camogie captain Anna Geary backs establishment of Women’s Gaelic Players Association
Milford player says WGPA will help address the increasing demands of camogie and women’s football
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