RTÉ Documentaries

As Ireland celebrates its first public holiday dedicated to a woman, Siobhán McSweeney, of Derry Girls’ fame, goes in search of the real St. Brigid.

Michael Portillo explores the UK's role in the conflict, looking at secret military reports, cabinet memos, private correspondence and diaries that reveal a Faustian pact.

Two months before his death, the central figure of "The Guildford Four" Gerry Conlon recounts his remarkable life, from being falsely imprisoned to world-famous human rights activist.

Seamus Murphy's curious camera roams the deep terrain of cult Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby's unique world and his relationship with his beloved Dublin.

Ireland 100: An Old Song Re-Sung commemorates, in performance, song, music, dance, and spoken word, the hundred years from 1923 - 2023 through the lens of Irish culture.

A one-hour documentary for RTÉ One, made in partnership with Science Foundation Ireland for Science Week 2023. This documentary sees journalist Anne-Marie Tomchak take a look at how this technology is transforming human experience and how we need to adapt to cope with AI’s increasing power and influence on our lives. Demonstrating how AI can be used for good, Professors Patricia Maguire and Fionnuala Ní Áinle showcase their maternity project AI_PREMie, which will help save the lives of mothers and their babies.

The story of how one man’s abduction from his Belfast home in December 1973 resulted in decades of mental and emotional trauma for generations of his family, with tragic consequences. Face Down follows the last remaining relatives of Thomas Neidermayer, granddaughters Tanya and Rachel, as they uncover the shocking truth behind the tragic events of 50 years ago that still haunt their family to this day. Thomas Niedermayer was a German-born businessman who, with his wife Ingeborg and two young daughters Gabriele and Renate, made Belfast their home in 1960. But in 1973 the IRA kidnapped Thomas; the plan was reportedly to exchange his release for the transfer of Republican prisoners Dolours and Marian Price from jail in England to one in Northern Ireland. Within days of his kidnap Thomas was dead – understood to have been killed by the IRA when he tried to escape. They secretly buried his body and denied any involvement. The mental and emotional turmoil for his wife Ingeborg, and daughters

Exploring Sean's collection of 23,000 photographs, examining some of the images as artifacts in a historical context and discussing the highlights of his collection. He explains how he has been promoting female photographers over the years, such as reuniting the 19th century photographer Lady Augusta Crofton's albums over the decades.

A feature length special docu-music programme recreating the magic and mystery of the music of Dolores Keane and the Keane family, drawing from the deep and rich well of music that lies within the walls of the original family home of Carragh Cottage.