RTE's Ryan Tubridy says Ireland is gripped by the 'relentless, horrible' story of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier's death.
Tubridy has watched a new programme by filmmaker Jim Sheridan, the director of a Sky five-part documentary on Sophie’s death, Murder At The Cottage.
Frenchwoman Sophie was murdered 25 years ago on the night of December 23, 1996.
Detectives have never had a fingerprint or DNA match with the forensic evidence found at the scene.
The 38-year-old beauty was murdered after her head was brutally bashed with a concrete block on her driveway, 100 yards from the front door of her holiday home.
A second documentary made by Netflix named Sophie: A Murder in West Cork premieres on the streaming service on Wednesday, June 30.
Ryan Tubridy said: "The Sophie Toscan Du Plantier murder case has got so much interest in the last month or so because there are two massive documentaries happening on it.
"One is on the Sky platform which is called Murder At The Cottage from Jim Sheridan.
"I watched the first one yesterday (Sunday) and the second one is coming onto Netflix this week at some point.
"It's always odd how they are landing at the same time, the same crime and the same story.
"I presume the same background and what have you."
Ryan added to listeners on his RTE Radio One programme on Monday morning that he felt there was so much interest because the case has never been resolved.
He said: "I had listened to West Cork which is this podcast all about the case as well.
"I'm sure the people of Schull and west Cork are exhausted, looking at and hearing and seeing.
"I suppose it is because it is one of the biggest crime stories the country has ever witnessed.
"There is no resolution to it.
"There is a cast of characters in it that make for very compelling reading and viewing.
"That is why it continues to capture the imagination albeit in a macabre and grisly way.
"People like me will watch it, read it and listen to it.
"It's one of those stories."
Jim Sheridan has worked on the project for almost a decade and followed the case over the past 25 years.
Director Sheridan takes viewers on a journey as he pieces together original evidence, never-before-seen footage, archive material and new interviews with those closest to the case.
Ryan Tubridy originally wasn't keen on watching the programme because of how tough the story is.
He said: "I wasn't going to watch the Murder At The Cottage on Sky because I felt it is quite relentless, it is a horrible story.
"But I found Jim Sheridan's telling of it was very compelling.
"The way he speaks is so lyrical and the way he writes his script.
"I would recommend it if that story captures your imagination.
"I thought it was very well made."
