RTÉ Documentaries

Documentary telling the story of how the journalist went from a small town in Co Kerry to become a household name at CNN after his reporting on the attack on the US Capitol

Featuring interviews with writers and scholars including Eimear McBride, Paul Muldoon, John McCourt and Margaret O Callaghan, illuminative archive film and photographs, newly commissioned art works by Jess Tobin, Brian Lalor and Holly Pereira and a beautiful original score by Natasa Paulberg, 100 Years of Ulysses promises to brings viewers on an enlightening journey into the heart of one of the most inspiring and influential novels and reveals how it remains as relevant today as it ever was.

A report on a scam involving an Irish businesswoman well known in sporting circles, with the aim of defrauding homeowners around Ireland out of hundreds of thousands of euros.

Broadcaster and gay activist Bill Hughes documents his friendship with the radio and TV star, Vincent Hanley, revealing the story of his life and his death from an AIDS-related illness in 1987.

The story of Marian Finucane’s life and career as recounted by John Clarke, her husband and confidant. Raw and eloquent, Clarke takes us behind her public persona, painting an intimate portrait of their 40-year life together.

Filmed over eight years, this observational documentary explores the world of nonverbal autistic writer and poet, Fiacre Ryan from Castlebar. It is a coming of age story scripted by Fiacre himself.

The rise of German supermarkets in Ireland, going behind the scenes with staff at Lidl stores on Moore Street in Dublin and in Tipperary Town as they worked during the pandemic.

Ardal O’Hanlon - Tomb Raider explores a 1930s quest to find the First Irish men and women using archaeology, and answers Ardal’s deepest questions about what it means to be Irish.

Documentary following the veteran journalist and his wife Claire as they dealt with the implications of his diagnosis with motor neurone disease in October 2021.

The nation’s favourite mother and son made this programme in January 2020 pre pandemic exploring the morbid but also strangely uplifting business of editing your life’s final chapter. An entertaining sideways glance into the one inevitability for all of us (besides taxes) – delivered in a candid style with heartwarming & heartbreaking moments by the mother and son.

Former State Pathologist, Dr. Marie Cassidy leads a brand new investigation into the killing of revolutionary, soldier and politician Michael Collins in August 1922, an event that ignited acrimonious arguments that have endured ever since.

Two decades after Ireland's organ retention scandal, Aoife Hegarty reports on failings in the post-mortem process for bereaved parents

This documentary looks at the big live outdoor music shows held in Ireland during the 1980s, from Siamsa Cois Laoí through Slane, Self Aid and U2 at Croke Park to Féile 1990.

Explore the bustling world of 'dogfluencers', the puppies with more followers than most of us. Aside from being something cute to ooh and ahh over together, dogs are also proven to lift the spirits, thanks to their endless reserves of charm and licks.