TG4 will have exclusive free-to-air rights in Ireland to broadcast URC matches after reaching a four-year agreement with the tournament organisers. RTÉ will no longer have that facility, a blow to the national broadcaster, who have screened live matches up to and including this season. URC released a statement outlining the broad brushstrokes of the … Read more
TG4 to become only place to watch URC for free in Ireland · The 42 … Source link
TV reviews Gráinne Seoige, Síomha Ní Ruairc and James Kavanagh on ‘Grá ar an Trá’ Remember when there used to be other things on TV apart from reality dating shows? No, me neither. From Love Island and Naked Attraction to Married at First Sight and Love is Blind, the airwaves are positively under occupation these days … Read more
TG4’s Laochra Gael (TG4, Thursday) has quietly become one of the best documentary series on Irish television. Each week, it tells the story of a high-profile GAA athlete – chronicling the highs and lows of their life on and off the pitch. In the case of Cork football star Bríd Stack, those peaks and troughs … Read more
My maternal family is from Cúil Aodha in the Múscraí Gaeltacht, but I was brought up in Clontarf in north Dublin. I’m a native Irish speaker; I have a BA, MA and PhD and I’ve never done a single day’s education through English. My mother was extremely passionate about the Irish language and it was … Read more
8 games live on TV-streaming in this week’s GAA schedule · The 42 … Source link
‘Fatal Crossing’ was an all-too-predictable Scandinoir Scandinoir thrillers tend to fall into the “seen one, seen ‘em all” category. Fatal Crossing (Channel 4, Monday, 12.05am) was no different in that respect. A disgraced journalist called Nora Sand goes back to her home town on the Danish island of Zealand and begins to investigate the case … Read more
‘Fatal Crossing’ was an all-too-predictable Scandinoir Scandinoir thrillers tend to fall into the “seen one, seen ‘em all” category. Fatal Crossing (Channel 4, Monday, 12.05am) was no different in that respect. A disgraced journalist called Nora Sand goes back to her home town on the Danish island of Zealand and begins to investigate the case … Read more
Cork hurling fans will be brushing up on their cúpla focal this weekend after it was confirmed that TG4 are seeking to show the Rebels’ Division 1 clash with Limerick. It emerged today that RTÉ and Cork GAA had failed to reach an agreement that would have allowed the game to be shown live by … Read more
It has become voguish to portray 1980s Ireland as a God-fearing hellscape, and while the decade undoubtedly had its grimmer moments, the caricature doesn’t tell the entire story. Yes, there were moving statues, Garret FitzGerald and Charles Haughey playing pass the parcel with the office of taoiseach, and an ongoing economic implosion that reduced much … Read more