A few times a year, RTÉ produces an excellent documentary and last week we got another one. Gallipoli – Ireland’s Forgotten Heroes (RTÉ One) was a personal journey for presenter David Davin-Power, whose grandfather fought in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign of World War I. The film benefited from this personal touch and, in fact, the…

Future of Christianity shown under threat in the land of its birth and heritage

Last Thursday’s episode of The Simpsons on RTÉ 2 was imaginative, topical and religious

Better Call Saul is so character-driven, it’s as if it was adapted from the stage

My quest for a good laugh was not in vain last week

Last week I was complaining about media bias. This week it’ll have to be media numeracy. On Wednesday night of last week, I was curious to see how the media would report on the media bias protest outside Dáil Éireann. RTÉ News that night gave it a littlecoverage and estimated the turnout at around 1,500.…

TV and Radio with Brendan O’Regan

TV and Radio with Brendan O’Regan

I thought I detected a faint distaste on the scriptwriter’s part towards the nuns and religious life.

There was a revolting hoopla surrounding the release of the film at the weekend