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What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's the last-ever episode of Smother, the final of Dancing on Ice, the fairytale-themed semi-final of Dancing with the Stars, and brand-new David Attenborough nature series Wild Isles . . .

Television • 15 Mar 23

Smother is nominated for an RTS Ireland Television Award

Smother and Free Gaff among RTS awards nominees

Smother, Gogglebox Ireland and Free Gaff are among the nominees for this year's RTS Ireland Television Awards.

Television • 06 Mar 23

DWTS hosts Jennifer Zamparelli and Doireann Garrihy

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

It's Orchestra Week on Dancing with the Stars, there's a shocking discovery on Smother, filmmaker Ben Zand investigates the dark world of incels, and Liz Bonnin wraps Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs . . .

Television • 28 Feb 23

Ryan Turbidy talks to Smother stars Fionnula Flanagan, Dean Fagan and Gemma-Leah Devereaux

Fionnula Flanagan talks dogs and Angela Lansbury

Irish acting royalty Fionnula Flanagan charmed The Late Late Show audience as she appeared on Friday's show with a very special pal - her pet dog Betty.

the late late show • 25 Feb 23

It could be a big Bafta night for Martin McDonagh

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's a potential big Irish night at the British Academy Film Awards, more bother on Smother, another elimination on Dancing with the Stars, Secrets of the Jurassic Dinosaurs - and vintage Robin Hood!

Television • 19 Feb 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

The Gold is a new crime drama starring Hugh Bonneville, there's a wedding on Call the Midwife, England host Italy in the Six Nations and there's a bombshell dropping on Smother . . .

Television • 12 Feb 23

My TV: Smother's Justine Mitchell talks telly

You know her as Elaine Lynch in Smother. But IRL Justine Mitchell is just as likely as the rest of us to be glued to the gogglebox on a Sunday night, waiting to see how Elaine, Val and family are doing. Here, she tells us about her favourite telly.

Television • 10 Feb 23

Exclusive Watch! Smother cast on their characters and season 3

Smother returns to RTÉ One tonight for the third and final season of the thriller drama series and the cast had some very interesting things to say about their characters and what's in store for them!

Teleivsion • 05 Feb 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Smother is back for a third and final run, Happy Valley reaches a dramatic conclusion, and there's Top Gun: Maverick, a Pavarotti night on the Beeb, Brian Friel and Dancing with the Stars . . .

Television • 05 Feb 23

KIN star wins Best Newcomer at RTS Ireland Awards

KIN star Yazmin Seky was among the winners at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Ireland Awards this week, taking home the Best Newcomer prize for her role as Nikita in the RTÉ crime-drama.

Television • 14 Apr 22

Angeline Ball and Cathy Belton in RTÉ's Hidden Assets, which has been nominated for an RTS Award

Hidden Assets, Smother nominated for RTS Awards

RTÉ dramas Hidden Assets and Smother are among the nominees for the RTS Ireland Television Awards 2022.

Television • 23 Mar 22

KIN, Love/Hate, Hidden Assets, Smother and Normal People are our top picks of Irish dramas on RTÉ Player

5 great Irish dramas to watch on RTÉ Player

To celebrate the day that's in it, we've rounded up our favourite Irish dramas that are available to watch on RTÉ Player right now! Time to get binging.

Television • 17 Mar 22

Alanna and Val face off in an epic showdown that leaves the whole family reeling. Photography Credit: Martin Maguire

Family showdown in tonight's Smother season finale

After weeks of tightly wound tension and intrigue, things really come to a head in tonight's season finale of Smother when Alanna and Val face off in an epic showdown that leaves the whole family reeling.

Television • 13 Feb 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

There's a new BBC drama called Chloe, Val tries to figure who can be trusted on Smother, Angela Scanlon returns with Your Garden Made Perfect, and there's the final episode of The Green Planet . . .

Television • 06 Feb 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

It's all going pear-shaped for Elaine on Smother, another celeb gets the boot on Dancing with the Stars, Celebrity Hunted returns, and it's au revoir to Around the World in 80 Days . . .

Television • 30 Jan 22

Smother's Elaine has 'just unmoored completely'

It looks like Elaine's world is literally crashing in around her on tonight's episode of Smother on RTÉ One.

Television • 30 Jan 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Tonight's Dancing with the Stars sees the first celebrity elimination, things begin to escalate in Smother, a heatwave strikes in Call the Midwife, and there's the final part of Sue Perkins' Big American Road Trip . . .

Television • 23 Jan 22

Dean Fagan as the mysterious and magnetic Finn in Smother

Gunplay sees Smother take another dark twist tonight

Former Coronation Street star Dean Fagan continues to take centre stage in tonight's episode of family drama Smother as he fights to discover who really killed his father.

Television • 23 Jan 22

Dervla Kirwan discusses her Michael Collins connections

Dervla Kirwan, who stars as scheming matriarch Val Ahern in RTÉ drama Smother, has revealed that she and her family are planning to correct an error on the gravestone of her great grand uncle Michael Collins' to mark the centenary of his death.

Television • 15 Jan 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

It's a big big telly night as Dancing with the Stars returns after a two-year break, there's the season two opener of drama Smother, David Attenborough presents The Green Planet, and Robin Wright's directorial debut Land . . .

Television • 09 Jan 22

Dervla Kirwan shares a big lesson she has learned at 50

Smother star Dervla Kirwan spoke candidly about her life and career ahead of the second series of the hit RTÉ drama returning on Sunday night, saying her "perseverance" has been a essential quality as she navigated the acting business.

Television • 07 Jan 22

Can Denis' estranged son Finn break up the family Val has fought so hard to protect?

Sneak peek at season 2 of top Irish drama Smother

Still picking up the pieces after the death of Denis and the cover-up that followed, Val Ahern's world is rocked once again when a stranger turns up on her doorstep

Television • 26 Dec 21

Aidan Gillen and Keith McErlean in Irish crime drama Kin

Watch! RTÉ gives another taste of new season of drama

RTÉ has given viewers another glimpse of what's in store in the season ahead, with almost 40 hours of brand-new drama coming to screens between September 2021 and summer 2022.

Television • 31 Aug 21

Kirwan ditches 'the drudge' with Smother character

Dervla Kirwan, who plays the "tricky" matriarch at the centre of the hit RTÉ drama Smother, has said she relishes playing a complex, attractive older woman that isn't often depicted on screen.

Television • 24 Aug 21

Another Smother? The Lahinch mob are back...

It was one of the breakout TV drama hits of the year - a whodunit that kept everyone guessing to the very end and now the cast of Smother are promising even more twists and turns for season two.

Television • 20 Aug 21