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Poet Paula Meehan features in the first episode of the new series of The Works Presents on RTÉ One

The Works Presents returns with poet Paula Meehan

The Works Presents returns to RTÉ One on Thursday 7th November with a new five-part series in which John Kelly meets five women in Irish culture, all working at the height of their powers.

the works presents • 06 Nov 19

Watch: Suzanne Savage & the RTÉ CO celebrate Leonard Cohen

On The Ray D'Arcy Show on RTÉ One, vocalist Suzanne Savage and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform Leonard Cohen's classic Dance Me to the End of Love.

Music • 26 Feb 20

Watch: David Gray and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra Perform Babylon

Music • 08 Oct 19

Paul Carrack and RTÉ's Cór Linn Perform 'The Living Years'

RTÉ's newest youth choir, RTÉ Cór Linn, join backing singer, composer and all-round rock star Paul Carrack on his classic Mike & The Mechanics hit The Living Years.

Music • 04 Oct 19

Brendan Grace's final days - inside the remarkable new series

Brian Reddin writes for Culture about his remarkable new RTÉ series Thanks For The Memories, documenting the final months of Brendan Grace's life as he prepared to put on the biggest party in town...

RTÉ One • 07 Oct 19

Watch: Sinead O'Connor sings Rainy Night In Soho on The Late Late

Sinead O'Connor made a splash on the first Late Late of the new season with a candid interview and a pair of stunning musical performances with the Irish Chamber Orchestra...

Music • 07 Sep 19

Terence "Sambo" McNaughton crafts a hurley. Yes, we call it a hurley where we come from.

Extra time for The Game, the best TV show ever about hurling

Michael Moynihan on how the acclaimed RTÉ TV series captures a game "as multifaceted as a diamond"

The Game • 14 Aug 19

Exhibitionists: Abigail O'Brien on why The RHA matters

Abigail O'Brien, acclaimed contemporary artist and President of The Royal Hibernian Academy, writes for Culture about 'The Annual' and the important part the RHA plays in championing new Irish artists.

visual arts • 27 Jun 19

Ireland's Favourite Folk Song - catch up with the latest episode

Footballer Niall Quinn champions a song celebrating London's Irish community, while comedian Eilish O'Carroll and artist Mark O'Dea discuss a song associated with the Easter Rising.

Irelands Favourite Folk Song • 08 May 19

Engineer Peter Rice, the subject of 'An Engineer Imagines'

An Engineer Imagines - inside the stunning new RTÉ documentary

Director and cameraman Marcus Robinson writes for Culture about his film Peter Rice: An Engineer Imagines, a portrait of the legendary engineer, which receives its Irish TV premiere on RTÉ One on May 9th at 10.15pm.

Documentaries • 08 May 19

"Derry is feisty, beautiful, struggling and brokenhearted"

Following the death of Lyra McKee, journalist Susan McKay has made a special film about her hometown of Derry for Claire Byrne Live.

Lyra McKee • 08 May 19

Fr Patrick Peyton, the subject of the new documentary Guns & Rosaries

Guns & Rosaries - the true tale of a spiritual superstar

Fr Patrick Peyton was a Mayo-born priest, who became an improbable media mogul and friend of the stars and an even more unlikely CIA secret agent during the Cold War. Now he's the subject of a remarkable new RTÉ documentary, Guns & Rosaries.

Film • 21 Mar 19

An iconic image by Stanley Machett, taken in Derry on Bloody Sunday

Shooting the Darkness - putting the Troubles in the frame

Producer Thomas Kelly writes for Culture about Shooting the Darkness, a new RTÉ documentary looking at the experience of the brave photographers who recorded events during the Troubles.

Documentaries • 13 Feb 19

Simone Kirby and Brian Gleeson star in Resistance

Resistance - meet the makers of RTÉ's epic new drama

You've already met the cast of RTÉ's epic new period drama Resistance - now it's time to meet the talent behind the cameras, and enjoy a peek behind the scenes...

Culture • 07 Jan 19

Brian Gleeson stars in RTÉ's new historical drama Resistance

Resistance - meet the stars of RTÉ's epic new drama

From the team that brought you Rebellion, RTÉ's new drama Resistance unfolds at the height of what became known as the War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history.

RTÉ One • 03 Jan 19

Taken Down - how we made the explosive new series

New RTÉ drama Taken Down comes to us from the creative team behind Love/Hate, and the action centres around a Direct Provision Centre.

RTÉ One • 06 Nov 18

Directors of the Abbey Theatre Neil Murray and Graham McLaren

Riot Squad - inside the new Abbey Theatre documentary

Filmmaker Maurice O'Brien writes for Culture about his new documentary, The Abbey: A Riot of Their Own, which airs on RTÉ One on Tuesday, October 30th at 10.15pm.

Documentaries • 31 Oct 18

Hurls on film - making The Game

Director Gerry Nelson writes for Culture about the making of the acclaimed RTÉ hurling series The Game, which continues this Monday at 9.35pm.

The Game • 03 Aug 18

The Game - how we made RTÉ's epic GAA series

Colm O'Callaghan, Head of Specialist Factual Programmes at RTÉ, writes about the inspiration behind RTÉ's epic new series The Game, celebrating the sport of hurling, which begins on RTÉ One this Monday at 9.35pm.

Sport • 13 Aug 18

Watch: Nora Twomey talks to The Works Presents

In the last episode of the current series of The Works Presents, John Kelly talks to the Oscar-nominated director of The Breadwinner, animator Nora Twomey.

the works presents • 23 May 18

Watch: John O'Conor talks to The Works Presents

Pianist John O' Conor speaks to John Kelly about his extraordinary career The Works Presents.

the works presents • 17 May 18

The National Treasures team, including Dr. Roisin Higgins (third from right)

National Treasures: the emotion and rhythms of Ireland's past

Ahead of the National Treasures season finale this weekend on RTÉ 1, history expert Dr. Roisín Higgins writes about her experiences as part of the NT team.

National Treasures • 28 Apr 18

Ireland's Deep Atlantic: Ken O'Sullivan on his incredible new doc

Ken O'Sullivan writes for Culture about his remarkable new documentary series, Ireland's Deep Atlantic, which begins on RTÉ One on April 22nd.

Ireland's Deep Atlantic • 24 Apr 18

Lovely girls gather - from a classic Clancy Brothers &Tommy Makem album sleeve

National Treasures: Ruth Griffin on Ireland's style history

National Treasures looks at history through a sporting, social, political, design and fashion lens. From Currachs to Crolly Dolls, bottles of Blue Nun to black mourning veils all of Irish life is reflected in its many guises.

National Treasures • 05 Apr 18

National Treasures - creating a people's history of Ireland

Dr Richard McElligot, one of the curators of the National Treasures project, introduces the series (which premieres on RTÉ this April) and talks about his passion for those moments where 'Irish sport and politics collide'.

National Treasures • 28 Mar 18