‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor boosts RTÉ commercial arm’s profits

The top-rated RTÉ documentary charting Conor McGregor’s rise as a UFC fighter helped RTÉ’s commercial arm to pre-tax profits of €4.4m and increased revenues in 2015, figures show.

Fianna Fáil finance spokesman, Michael McGrath

The six-part series The Notorious was RTÉ’s biggest overseas hit last year when it was sold to seven territories around the world.

The series, which was produced by McGregor and Motive Television for RTÉ, charts McGregor’s rise, in just three years, from working as an apprentice plumber on Dublin’s building sites to becoming an internationally recognised fighter.