Sport and news dominate Ireland's most watched TV programmes for 2021

There was an average audience of 944k tuning in to see if Mayo could break their 70-year Sam Maguire duck in the All-Ireland defeat to Tyrone. Photo: INPHO/James Crombie

Ireland's reputation as a nation of sports and news lovers grew throughout 2021, in newly released figures for the most watched television programmes of the year.

Sports dominated the country’s viewing habits with more than half of highest viewed shows featuring live sporting events.