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Maura Derrane will step into the coveted RTÉ Radio One slot from Monday

Derrane to present RTÉ Radio One 9am slot for two weeks

The Today Show presenter Maura Derrane will present the 9am-10am slot on RTÉ Radio One for the next two weeks, starting Monday 11 September.

Radio • 09 Sep 23

Head of RTÉ Cork, Colm Crowley, Dáithi Ó Sé, Maura Derrane and Tánaiste Micheál Martin

Tánaiste Michéal Martin appears on RTÉ's Today show

Tánaiste Michéal Martin TD has visited the RTÉ Cork studio to join in the celebrations marking the Today show's tenth year broadcasting Leeside.

Television • 15 May 23

Maura Derrane, Dáithí Ó Sé and Sinead Kennedy are back to kickstart afternoons as the autumn evenings draw in [All images: Ger McCarthy]

It's back! Today returns to RTÉ One for 11th season

RTÉ One's much-loved afternoon talk show, Today, is set to return for its 11th season on Monday, September 26.

Television • 25 Sep 22

Chris de Burgh on the joy of being a grandfather

Chris de Burgh has spoken about the joy of being a grandfather, joking that it's "mayhem" when his young grandchildren come to visit.

Music • 16 Feb 22

Fair City star was taught acting by co-star's father

Fair City's Enda Oates has told RTÉ One's Today show that he was taught acting by his co-star Aisling O'Neill's father, the late Riordans actor Chris O'Neill.

Soaps • 15 Jan 22

Deirdre O'Kane on the challenges of making her new show

Deirdre O'Kane has said the journey to bring her new Sky comedy show to the small screen was rocky but she is relieved Irish comedians finally have the opportunity to show off their talents "across the water".

Television • 04 Nov 21

Fair City's Aisling O'Neill auditioned for another role

Fair City star Aisling O'Neill has told Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé on RTÉ One's Today that she originally auditioned for another character before being cast in her iconic Carrigstown role as Carol Foley.

Soaps • 13 Oct 21

Christy Dignam tells us to count our blessings

Christy Dignam gives Today the life lesson he treasures

Aslan's Christy Dignam once again displayed his national treasure status on RTÉ One's Today on Friday as he shared the wisdom that gets him through the day: "There's always somebody worse off than you are."

Music • 31 May 21

Dáithí Ó Sé - Getting ready for a busy May with his co-presenters as they look forward to the summer Photo: Miki Barlok

Dáithí Ó Sé's Today co-hosts for May are announced

Dáithí Ó Sé will be joined by guest presenters Eunice Power, Emer O'Neill, Nuala Carey, Stefanie Preissner and Trishauna Archer on RTÉ One's Today in May.

Television • 29 Apr 21

Dáithí Ó Sé - Co-presents RTÉ One's Today from Monday to Friday

Dáithí Ó Sé joined by Today guest hosts in April

Dáithí Ó Sé will be joined by guest presenters on RTÉ One's Today in April.

Television • 29 Mar 21

Kevin McGahern - "It is the best feeling in the world, I have to say"

Kevin McGahern bleary-eyed but blissful as new dad

Comedian Kevin McGahern and his wife Siobhán Cassidy are celebrating the arrival of their first child, a baby girl called Wallis, with the bleary-eyed-but-blissful dad telling RTÉ's Today show: "I wasn't prepared for the amount of work that goes in."

Television • 07 Jan 21

Fair City stars have a laugh on Today

Fair City stars Neilí Conroy (Sharon) and Tina Kellegher (Ger) were in good form when they joined Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé on Today on RTÉ One on Friday.

Television • 13 Dec 20

The stars of Dead Still have a laugh on Today

Aidan O'Hare and Norma Sheahan tell Today's Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé about the strangeness and fun of the Victorian black comedy-thriller series.

Television • 12 Nov 20

Ryan O'Shaughnessy performs new track on Today

Ryan O'Shaughnessy was Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé's guest on Today on RTÉ One on Friday, performing his new single, Holding My Breath, and taking a trip down memory lane to his time on Fair City.

Music • 25 Oct 20

Dermot Bannon laughs off Room to Improve shade

Dermot Bannon laughed it off when Today host Dáithí Ó Sé told him that he had met two engineers whose hearts are broken because every client now wants what they have seen on Room to Improve.

Television • 25 Oct 20

Amanda Byram on life lessons learned

Presenter Amanda Byram tells Today's Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé about her new book, The Switch, and sharing the life lessons she has learned with others.

Television • 09 Oct 20

Dáithí O'Sé, Maura Derrane and Sinéad Kennedy

Sinéad Kennedy joining Maura and Dáithí on Today

Sinéad Kennedy will be joining Maura Derrane and Dáithí O'Sé to co-host the Today show on RTÉ One.

today • 12 Sep 20

Maura and Dáithí a "bit of normality" during Lockdown

Today with Maura and Dáithí offered a "bit of normality" during lockdown, says co-host Dáithí Ó Sé.

Television • 01 Sep 20

Today with Maura and Dáithí will now air until June 5

Today with Maura and Dáithí is extended for two weeks

The eighth season of Today with Maura and Dáithí has been extended for two weeks and will now remain on air on RTÉ One until Friday, June 5.

Television • 19 May 20

What's on? TV highlights for Monday September 23

There are Emmy highlights, Maura and Dáithí are back, as is Strictly it Takes Two - and there's the season finale of Seth Lets Flats . . .

Television • 23 Sep 19

Maura and Dáithí return to our screens this week

Today with Maura and Dáithí returns for 8th season

Today with Maura and Dáithí is returning to our screens this week with a new set, new reporters and an €8,000 giveaway in the first week.

Television • 24 Sep 19

Maura Derrane gearing up for return of Today show

Maura Derrane has said she's gearing up for the return of Today With Maura and Dáithí in September, saying "you have to get your head in that zone again".

Television • 25 Aug 19

Today with Maura and Dáithí to get extended run

RTÉ has announced that Today with Maura and Dáithí will be extended by four weeks and remain on air until May 25.

Television • 22 Mar 18

First Dates Ireland's Mateo is to become a dad

First Dates Ireland's Mateo reveals he is to be a dad

First Dates Ireland's much-loved maitre d' Mateo Saina has revealed that he and his partner are expecting their first baby together.

First Dates • 31 Jan 18

Doireann Garrihy doing her Pippa O'Connor impersonation

Doireann Garrihy says doing impressions is 'scary'

Doireann Garrihy, who is known for her uncanny impressions of well-known Irish personalities, has admitted that it's getting "scarier and scarier" to do them.

Doireann Garrihy • 21 Jan 18