RTÉ has released its annual report for the financial year ending 31 December. 860,000 people tuned in to watch Daniel and Majella O’Donnell get their home done up by Demot Bannon on Room to Improve in February last year. As is often the case, the Late Late Toy Show was the highest viewed programme of […]

7 years ago

They were forced to close their doors for three days during the Papal Visit. Dublin Zoo has said the visit of Pope Francis to Dublin in the summer of 2018 contributed to a drop of almost 100,000 in visitor numbers this year. According to RTÉ, Director Leo Oosterweghel claimed the pontiff “pulled the rug” from […]

7 years ago

Turnout was far lower than expected. Bad weather and the comprehensive coverage by RTÉ of the visit are the reasons cited for a poor turnout at the Pope’s Mass in August. Prior to the visit, it was expected that as many as 500,000 people would attend the mass in Phoenix Park, but the figure ended […]

8 years ago

“A desperate attempt by a Minister completely out of her depth, to try and regain a grain of personal and political credibility.” The Tuam Home Survivors Network has criticised Katherine Zappone for the letter she delivered to Pope Francis during his visit, claiming that her act was “nothing more than a publicity stunt.” The Minister […]

8 years ago

Ireland’s Catholics aren’t Catholic anymore. The international media treated last weekend’s Papal visit as one of enormous gravity. The New York Times sent out an email to their mailing list to let everyone know the Pope had landed in Dublin. CNN kept picture-in-picture coverage of the visit going while it discussed the death of Senator […]

8 years ago

His visit took over the whole weekend. More than one million people tuned into RTÉ One at some point during the Papal Mass, figures have revealed. The national broadcaster also said an average of 535,000 viewers saw the full Mass from start to finish. The programme coverage reached an audience of 1.1 million viewers who tuned […]

8 years ago