RTE News

Bob Vylan take on Irish national broadcaster in defamation row over Glastonbury chants
‘Proceedings arise from a broadcast aired by RTE News following Bob Vylan’s performance at Glastonbury Festival,’ says the band’s legal representatives
The Independent UK 3 min read
RTE opens call for new presenters
RTE is searching for two new radio presenters and is seeking applications for potential on-air television roles.
Evening Standard 2 min read
‘The new face of Irish athletics’: Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke goes for gold at Paris Olympics
Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke will represent Ireland at the Paris Olympics in the 400m athletics events from August 5. The national athletics record holder has suffered a torrent of racial abuse online. But this has not discouraged her from aiming to become the first Irish woman athlete to secure a gold…
France 24 9 min read
More than 100 staff protest at RTE: 'There shouldn't be any special people in this organisation'
Chair of the RTE Trade Union Group, Stuart Masterson, said anyone who had involvement in the undisclosed payments had to appear before the Oireachtas committees
Irish Mirror 5 min read
RTE staff call for ‘root and branch reform’ during protest
The Government has ordered an external review into governance and culture at the broadcaster.
The Independent UK 4 min read
Ancient fortress hidden by trees found in park - and it's thousands of years old
The 440 acre bronze age fortress was discovered by archaeologist Michael Gibbons in 2020 and would have housed hundreds of people, and is thought to be 3,200 years old
Daily Mirror 3 min read
Barry Keoghan promises to drop in to old Dublin school after BAFTA win as students call him 'inspirational'
The Dublin actor's former teacher said that there is a sense of "great pride" at O’Connell Secondary School following his BAFTA win
Dublin Live 3 min read
Giving reading at Benedict XVI funeral ‘an honour’, says Donegal woman
Mary Maguire, from Letterkenny, said she got ‘such a shock’ after being asked to take part in the former pope’s requiem Mass.
The Independent UK 2 min read
The story behind iconic RTE News clip of mystery 'man who slipped on the ice'
There was one person who witnessed the infamous fall when it happened
Irish Mirror 3 min read
List of replacements for retired RTE newsreader Eileen Dunne revealed with familiar names in the running
A host of familiar faces are in the running
Irish Mirror 3 min read