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With a colourful cast of characters contesting the 2011 Presidential Election the Race to the Áras was always likely to be a blockbuster. But few could have predicted the fascinating twists and turns that would unfold as the plot revealed itself. The Naked Presidential Election revisits the highlights and lowlights that decorated the month long [...]

In 2003, the four-part documentary series The Rod Squad followed the adventures of Irish football manager Roddy Collins at the helm of English club, Carlisle United. The story ended in tears but the documentary series was warmly received and won an IFTA award later that year. Ten years later, the sequel was finally filmed, as [...]

Bringing four exciting new faces to the Irish screen for the very first time, Small World is a new travel documentary series that tells international stories with an Irish twist. The films, created by some of Ireland’s most acclaimed directors, unearths fascinating people and places that have unlikely and unmistakable links to Ireland.

Everyone in Ireland says they live on an island. But for the people of Cape Clear and Inis Meáin, this claim has a very different meaning. RTÉ's new four part series, Ar an Oileán, which begins on Monday the 12th of November at 7.30pm on RTÉ One, will explore as Gaeilge what it means to [...]

Balbriggan was once a sleepy fishing village. But in the space of less than five years, its population increased by over 50% and many of newly arrived residents have come from foreign shores. No town in Ireland has seen a greater percentage population increase between the last two censuses than the ethnically diverse town of [...]