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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2023.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

  • 4 May – Caitríona Perry announces that she will be leaving RTÉ after almost 16 years to take up a new international role as chief presenter with the BBC based in Washington.[22][23]
  • 7 May – The 19th Irish Film & Television Awards take place in Dublin with highlights of the ceremony shown on 8 May on RTÉ One.[24]
  • 9 May – Ireland's Wild Youth are eliminated from the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest at the event's first semi-final in Liverpool.[25]
  • 20 May – RTÉ announces that Patrick Kielty will succeed Ryan Tubridy as presenter of The Late Late Show.[26]
  • 24 May – TG4 announces that it is hiring new weather presenters and continuity announces. No experience is required, apart from a written and spoken knowledge of the Irish language.[27]
  • 26 May –
    • Catriona Perry co-presents her final edition of RTÉ One's Six One News.[28]
    • Ryan Tubridy presents his final edition of The Late Late Show.[29][30]

June[edit]

  • 21 June – Dee Forbes, Director General of RTÉ, is suspended from her employment by the RTÉ Board, and later issues a statement defending her record.[31]
  • 22 June –
    • RTÉ admits that it paid its top presenter Ryan Tubridy €345,000 more than publicly declared between 2017 and 2022, in what the chair of its board says was a "serious breach of trust with the public".[32]
    • Adrian Lynch, RTÉ Director of Channels & Marketing, is appointed to the position of Deputy Director General of RTÉ.[33]
  • 23 June – Ryan Tubridy issues a statement in which he says he had "no responsibility for the corporate governance in RTÉ or how or what they publish in their accounts", but that he should have questioned the figures when they were published.[34]
  • 26 June – Dee Forbes resigns as Director-General of RTÉ with immediate effect, following ongoing controversy over undisclosed payments to broadcaster Ryan Tubridy.[35]

July[edit]

  • 4 July – Media Minister Catherine Martin announces an independent "root and branch examination" into RTÉ.[36]
  • 6 July – During a hearing of the Oireachtas Media Committee, Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin accuses RTÉ of running a slush fund, including a payment of €5,000 on flip-flops.[37]
  • 10 July – New RTÉ Director-General Kevin Bakhurst stands down the RTÉ Board, and appoints a new temporary leadership team.[38]
  • 11 July – Ryan Tubridy speaks for the first time about the RTÉ pay controversy, saying that he has become "the face of a national scandal".[39]
  • 28 July – The media regulator Coimisiún na Meán signs a new ten year national free-to-air Television Programme Service Contract with Virgin Media Television Limited.[40]

August[edit]

  • 3 August – A report by the UK's media watchdog Ofcom indicates Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls was the most watched programme in Northern Ireland during 2022.[41]
  • 4 August – UTV presenter Pamela Ballantine reveals to the Belfast Telegraph that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022 and has undergone successful chemotherapy, and urges women to have breast screening tests.[42]
  • 11 August – RTÉ Director-General Kevin Bakhurst confirms that legal firm McCann Fitzgerald has begun a review into voluntary redundancy schemes at the broadcaster in 2017 and 2021.[43]
  • 17 August – In an email to staff, RTÉ Director-General Kevin Bakhurst says there are no plans for Ryan Tubridy to return to the broadcaster "for now" after he was taken off air in June following controversy over his salary.[44]
  • 22 August – RTÉ One airs the 2023 Rose of Tralee, which draws a peak audience of 576,000. Those figures combined with views on RTÉ Player give the contest more than a million views.[45]
  • 25 August – The deadline expires for potential sponsorship bids for The Late Late Show after Renault ended their eight year sponsorship of the show in May.[46]

September[edit]

October[edit]

  • 6 October – The annual The Late Late Show Country Music Special returns with Patrick Kielty presenting his first edition. The show is pre-recorded unlike in previous years.[56]
  • 7 October – Virgin Media One provides coverage of Ireland's Rugby World Cup match against Scotland, which is subsequently described by RTÉ's Oliver Callan as "dull" and "like watching a very dry business meeting" and "four men at a funeral".[57]
  • 8 October –
  • 12 October – RTÉ teletext service RTÉ Aertel closes after 36 years in operation.[60]
  • 14 October – Virgin Media Television achieves the highest audience of its 25 year history after the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter final match between Ireland and New Zealand, aired on Virgin Media One, is watched by 1.378 million viewers.[61]
  • 20 October – Virgin Media Television announces the appointment of Áine Ní Chaoindealbháin as its next managing director. She will replace Paul Farrell, who steps down from the role in December.[62]
  • 23 October – RTÉ One's Upfront with Katie Hannon broadcasts a lengthy debate about cannabis after the Citizens' Assembly recommended the government adopts a health led approach to drugs use.[63]

November[edit]

  • 6 November – RTÉ One airs the first in a two-part docudrama, The Nobody Zone – Interview with an Irish Serial Killer, which tells the story of suspected serial killer Kieran Patrick Kelly, who confessed to a dozen murders when arrested by police in London in 1983.[64]
  • 12 November – The Sunday World reports that Derry couple Carla and James "Shez" Sherry are the first couple to have married after meeting on First Dates following their marriage in June 2023. They are also the first couple from the show to become parents after Carla Sherry gave birth to a daughter in September.[65]
  • 14 November – Publication of the document A New Direction for RTÉ in which the broadcaster announces cost-cutting plans. They include a voluntary redundancy scheme to reduce their staff by 400 by 2028, and the closure of their timeshift channels, as well as an upgrade to RTÉ Player. The Irish Government has also signed off a deal to provide the broadcaster with an additional annual €56m.[66][67]
  • 15 November – RTÉ One airs Tomorrow Tonight, a scripted docu-drama set in 2050 and focusing on the effects of climate change. It is presented by Mark Little and Carla O'Brien.[68]
  • 24 November – Patrick Kielty presents his first edition of The Late Late Toy Show on RTÉ One.[69]
  • 28 November – Closure date for people to respond to the survey on RTÉ's plans announced on 14 November.[67]

Debuts[edit]

  • 30 January – Upfront with Katie Hannon on RTÉ One[70]
  • 2 October – Love in the Country on RTÉ Two[71]
  • TBD – High Road, Low Road on RTÉ One
  • 9 February – Lady Gregory, Ireland's First Social Influencer, on RTÉ One[72]
  • 30 March – Sisters on RTÉ One.
  • 2 April – Ireland's Smartest on RTÉ One[73]
  • 14 May – Clean Sweep on RTÉ One[74]
  • TBD – Page Turners on RTÉ Two
  • TBD – Neven’s Greenway Food Trails on RTÉ One
  • 1 October – The Money List on RTÉ One[75]
  • 19 October – The 2 Johnnies’ Late Night Lock In on RTÉ Two.[76]

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