TV
# tv - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Love/Hate parody Twitter accounts: Your essential guide
All the way down to Aido’s dead budgie.
# tv - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Latest round of European rugby talks end in stalemate
Chairman Jean-Pierre Lux called the latest impasse ‘extremely disappointing’.
Open thread: what do you think of the GAA coverage on telly?
The Dublin GAA chief says fans are being ‘short-changed’ by RTÉ.
# tv - Monday 10 December, 2012
Love/Hate to air on American online video service HULU
RTÉ has announced that the hit drama will be now available to audiences in the United States.
New editor named for RTÉ Investigations Unit
Paul Maguire, who won awards for his Prime Time Investigates reports, is to take over new section.
Last night’s Love/Hate: Hair loss, love hearts and Jägerbombs
Plus, why gardaà are like The Wire. Everything we learned from last night’s episode.
# tv - Sunday 9 December, 2012
Marmion puts hero-worship to one side as he trumps Yachvili
The 20-year-old scrum-half was instrumental in Connacht’s 22-14 win over Biarritz.
# tv - Monday 3 December, 2012
Bishops claim Mario Rosenstock sketch is “grossly offensive”
The Catholic Communications Office said that a recent sketch “is grossly offensive to all Catholics” as it shows a man spitting into a bucket before receiving Holy Communion.
Here’s what’s on RTÉ this Christmas…
… and New Year.
Last night’s Love/Hate: Sexting, mammies and topless tapping
And when will Darren get the ride? Everything we learned from last night’s horrorshow.
# tv - Sunday 2 December, 2012
PLAY: The Unofficial Love/Hate Drinking* Game
*For use with minerals or tea. We’ve all got work in the morning.
# tv - Friday 30 November, 2012
‘Spectacular performance’ to open this year’s Toy Show
And the theme of this year’s show has been revealed…
# tv - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
WATCH: Booze, boobs and buttocks in the new Tallafornia
They’ve all gone to Santa Ponsa… and it’s trashier than ever.
# tv - Monday 26 November, 2012
Internet TV service YouView being sued over name
The venture has suffered yet another set back and is now being sued or trademark infringement over its name.
“This is the right decision”: Norah Casey to leave Dragons’ Den
The businesswoman said she had enjoyed her time as a Dragon, but is leaving because of her media and other commitments.
# tv - Saturday 24 November, 2012
‘Dallas’ star Larry Hagman dies in Texas
The actor, who played the notorious TV villain JR Ewing for more than a decade, has passed away in Texas at the age of 81.
# tv - Saturday 17 November, 2012
And we think our reality TV stars are bonkers…
This woman became a television sensation in 1950…
What media could you not do without?
A university experiment put students on a 48-hour “fast” from all types of media.
# tv - Thursday 15 November, 2012
TV RECAP: 26 best bits from the Ultimate Debutante Finale
In which the hotel soup gets its own segment.
# tv - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
TV3′s Ben Frow to be new programmes director at Channel 5
The TV3 director of programming is moving back to the UK in the new year.
# tv - Monday 12 November, 2012
Last night’s Love/Hate… in diggers, kegs and tweets
Did you watch last night? Are you still a bit shook? (Minor Spoiler Alert)
# tv - Friday 9 November, 2012
UPC signs on-demand film deals with Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox
The deal will see films from the companies feature on UPC’s on-demand service.
# tv - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
VIDEO: South Park takes on doping… and charity bracelets*
The best satire on TV had its say on the biggest issue in sport this week. *May contain spoilers and/or sacrilege.
# tv - Sunday 4 November, 2012
How holy ‘apparitions’ pressed pause on War of Independence
Visitations of the Virgin Mary to a teenage boy and ‘bleeding’ statues in Templemore, Co Tipperary seized the country – even causing Michael Collins to get involved in the mysterious case.
# tv - Friday 2 November, 2012
TV guide: here’s the live GAA action coming up on TG4 this weekend
Baby, it’s cold outside…
# tv - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
15 memories from the good old days of analogue TV
All changed, changed utterly.
# tv - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
PHOTO: Criminals, meet Robogarda
“The future of rural law enforcement.”
# tv - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Explainer: What is Saorview, and what do you need to do about it?
The analogue TV series is being turned off on Wednesday. Are you one of the 100,000 households who hasn’t switched yet?
‘Wahey!’ – Rozanna Purcell trains in bikini for Celebrity Bainisteoir
But how did her team feel about it?
# tv - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
7 reasons why next year’s Golden Globes will be bloody brilliant
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. That’s why. I want to go to there.
# tv - Monday 15 October, 2012
SPOILER ALERT: Why Twitter wept over last night’s Downton Abbey
If you don’t watch Downton Abbey, there are also come cute pictures of baby animals.
# tv - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Why was a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed in desert?
Experiment for Discovery Channel aims to understand what it takes to survive an air crash.
# tv - Friday 12 October, 2012
New rules on advertising of ‘unhealthy’ food and drink to children
Foods high in fat, salt, or sugar will fall under the new regulations – but cheese products won’t.
Don’t touch that dial… here’s the sport on TV this weekend
Get your feet up, sports fan. You (possibly) deserve it.
Prime Time was “fair, impartial” on Quinn family
BAI publishes its reasons for rejecting Quinns’ allegations of bias and factual inaccuracy against RTÉ current affairs show.
# tv - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Some 100,000 still to make the switch to Saorview with just two weeks to go
With the switchover deadline just 14 days away, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has urged the public not to wait until the last minute.
# tv - Monday 8 October, 2012
Irish TV series gets third season on BBC…
…and animation company behind it hopes to create 60 new jobs.
# tv - Friday 5 October, 2012
The Morning Score: Friday
Kilkenny hurlers are not done with hurling yet, Sligo Rovers close in on league glory and Rory Best loves to power water into his parched mouth.
# tv - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
Big Fat Gypsy Wedding ads “offensive”, says UK watchdog
Two out of four Channel 4 poster ads were slammed by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority, which described them as “offensive and irresponsible”.
# tv - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…






















































