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Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh has never shied away from uncomfortable topics but she tells Helen O’Callaghan that as a woman in her 40s, it’s an uphill battle to get the right platforms.

In an interview this morning on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Grace Dyas said that misuse of power was an open secret in Irish public life.

It’s only day two in Galway and already the temperatures and the celebrity count are rising as fast as wallets are emptying.

RTÉ are selling the field, and the Bull won't stand for it.

This is a thing now.

Maia Dunphy examines our concepts of beauty in the concluding episode of her series What Women Want on RTÉ2 on Thursday.

It was very good.

Republic of Telly took on popular Netflix prison show, ’Orange is the New Black’ last night with a parody entitled ’Ginger is the New Black’.

Republic of Telly is back on our screens from Monday, November 3 at 10pm.

There is no country in the world where women have equal status or influence to men, a study shows.

Colm Herron owner of the Hillgrove Hotel with Norah Casey on the new series of ‘The Takeover’, beginning on RTÉ Two on Thursday.

WHEN Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh’s son, Comhghal, made his First Holy Communion, he wanted to look like James Bond.

If I imagined my work was not my life, I could not do what I do.

While international film stars will be thin on the ground at tonight’s Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin’s Convention Centre, a huge turnout of Irish stars and celebrities is expected at what is regarded by some as Ireland’s answer to the Oscars.

Norah Casey has quit Dragons’ Den before the filming of a new series of the popular show due to her other media and business commitments.

SATURDAY

Norah Casey says her nurse’s training stands to her during stressful work situations.

Pic 1: Enka Nunkhuu and Ugi Gantsog at the launch of Irish designer Peter O’Brien’s third collection for Arnotts in Dublin.

RTÉ has 114 home-produced series and programmes lined up for its upcoming television season.

While the vast Irish contingent was raising the decibel level at London’s ExCel Arena yesterday, RTÉ’s stars were roaring Katie Taylor on to glory at the launch of the station’s autumn schedule.

Television star Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh recently underwent major abdominal surgery and has described it as a “hellish experience”.

The search is on for Ireland’s number one mum.

IRELAND’s number one mum, Fionnuala Marston, is described as “the daughter I never had” by her mother-in-law who nominated her for the title.

UP to 40,000 teenagers are expected to take part in a nationwide campaign next week aimed at stamping out homophobic bullying at school and persuading the Government to address the problem with urgency.

Traditional Irish set dancing group Cosa Beoga, representing the West, are the 11/4 favourites with Paddy Power to win this year’s 'All Ireland Talent Show'.

PROUD redheads are set to paint a seaside town red at a special convention celebrating ginger locks next week.

HANDS up everyone who is looking forward to Pat Kenny hosting another Late Late Show this autumn.

ANDREA ROCHE swept to victory last night as the Most Stylish Woman at the Peter Mark VIP Style awards.

CONVICTED Holocaust-denier David Irving dodged a small but noisy protest outside RTÉ studios in Dublin ahead of his Late Late Show appearance last night.

CHRISTMAS ‘ho ho ho’ is very much a feature of RTÉ television fare this holiday season with a new edition of Killinaskully as well as many other light-hearted family programmes.

More than €7.5m was raised by the Irish public during the RTE People in Need Telethon, it was announced today.

Anna Nolan is to quit RTE’s The Afternoon Show.

STAFF in all 87 Tesco branches throughout the country pledged yesterday to raise over €1 million for a good cause.