If RTÉ feels it is under pressure then it should look at what is happening across Europe
Public broadcasters are under scrutiny like never before and even their legitimacy is being questioned
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Lynley on BBC One: Ken Loach does Agatha Christie on the creepy Norfolk coast, but it’s fun
Television: The class distinctions will quickly bore Irish viewers, but the mystery is at least compelling
TV guide: The best new shows to watch, starting tonight including Dancing with the Stars
Jan 3rd-9th highlights: RTÉ favourites like Room to Improve return, BBC crime dramas reboot and streaming giants unleash big-budget programmes
The Night Manager on BBC One review: Dark TV for dark times - with compelling results
Television: Suave sleuth Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) emanates movie star glamour, but the world he inhabits is notably murkier than before
Media in 2025: the shadow of Trump hangs over everything
There is a sense of being caught between outdated structures and increasingly unstable new realities
2026 on TV: Dancing with the Stars, The Night Manager and 18 other new and returning shows to catch
Including Industry, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Tip Toe, Lord of the Flies and Grown Ups
Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan awarded MBE in new year honours list
Pommel horse specialist won Ireland’s first gymnastics gold medal
I had the flu recently, and it taught me the power of terrestrial daytime TV
When ill with the flu, I craved quizzes, recovering animals and countryside homes
Warning: These 2025 TV shows and films contain scenes of a workplace nature
I’m taking a break from the ‘gradual erosion of self-worth’ and staying firmly in outie mode
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: The studio audience sound as if they are being held hostage
Television: Oh, for a gag about breaking wind or a well-deployed single entendre to interrupt the monotony
Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan feature in first Peaky Blinders movie teaser trailer
Irish actors to appear alongside new series cast members Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth
Christmas TV guide: What to watch on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and St Stephen’s Day
Be it animated adventures, a ghost story, comedy or music, there’s plenty to see on the festive entertainment roster
AI blunders in 2025: From false news alerts to non-existent court cases
Few industries have escaped our hapless misuse of this troubling technology
Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley: ‘There was an undeniable energy and chemistry between us’
The stars of Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-tipped film, talk Shakespeare, acting and growing up in different Irelands
Is Strictly Come Dancing nearing its last waltz?
The clue is in the title: this BBC show moves people
2025 in culture politics: Arts Council’s IT crisis, RTÉ’s financial strain and Trump’s assault on the BBC
One of the many negative effects of the housing crisis is making Ireland a cold place for culture in all its forms
Rory McIlroy wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the first time
Northern Irishman becomes first golfer to win award since 1989
How strong is Donald Trump’s defamation case against the BBC?
US president accuse British broadcaster of splicing two parts of speech ahead of 2021 US Capitol riot
Donald Trump sues BBC for $10 billion over Panorama speech edit
Organisation accused of broadcasting a ‘false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump’
‘Badly done, Emma!’ Jane Austen needed only a picnic to torment her readers
As film and TV adaptations prove, there has never been a more excruciating group outing than the one in Emma
Rory McIlroy nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Luke Littler, Chloe Kelly and Lando Norris among the nominees
Nigel Farage hits out at broadcasters as racism allegations continue to mount
Reform UK leader lashes out at BBC and ITV as more former classmates come forward with accounts of racist behaviour from his school years
What’s the Monarchy for? on BBC One: You can’t help but think, better them than us
Television: David Dimbleby’s rambling survey of the British crown is a free shot of smugness, served just before bedtime
Irish band Florence Road among artists on BBC’s Sound of 2026
The group performed a sell-out show in the Academy in Dublin on Sunday night
RTÉ’s Morning Ireland needs a refresh
It would be easy to leave the State’s most popular radio programme untouched. But that would be a mistake
Three sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on television
Your guide to the best sport on television (Monday – Sunday, Dec 1st–7th)
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today: an enjoyable if uneven read on our technology-driven information crisis
Naomi Alderman’s casual tone is such a contrast to the more incisive narrative voice in her fiction that this book doesn’t feel as if it was written by the same person
Annie Mac: ‘Growing up in London, my sons feel a lot less innocent than their Irish cousins’
Author, DJ, podcaster – the roles may change, but the pre-Christmas pilgrimage to west Kerry is non-negotiable
BBC presenter Nuala McGovern: ‘You don’t want to get notions above your station’
The Dublin-born presenter of Woman’s Hour on missing the spontaneity of going out dancing, her strongest childhood memory, and her biggest career regret
The Kate Clanchy affair: Was the ‘posh do-gooder’ ever really cancelled?
The still-bubbling controversy around Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me is the subject of a fine BBC podcast
Strictly Come Dancing star ‘arrested on suspicion of rape’
Continuing inquiries in relation to incident that happened last year, police say
Line Of Duty: New series to start filming in Belfast next year, says BBC
New six-part series will see return of Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar
Risk of stretched tech stocks, and affordable housing while earning six figures
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Hugh Linehan: Is the BBC controversy a right-wing plot?
Will Donald Trump sue? And is public service broadcasting doomed?
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