Culture on RTÉ

24/11/2025

Looking for a good movie to watch tonight? Right now, you can stream a variety of Irish screen classics old and new via the RTÉ Player and TG4 Player - and they're all free!

19/11/2025

A major new photography award was announced in Dublin today with the launch of the Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize 2026:

A major new photography award was announced in Dublin today with the launch of the Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize 2026.

17/11/2025

Choice cultural picks from Fair City star Roxanna Nic Liam, coming to the Abbey Theatre this November in Dublin Gothic:

Actor Roxanna Nic Liam is known to RTÉ TV viewers for her role of Erica Allen in Fair City...

25/10/2025

A "subtle, sensitive and quietly powerful" story of domestic tension, Witness by Lynda McCarthy has been announced as the winning story in this year's RTÉ Short Story Competition 2025 in honour of Francis MacManus:

A "subtle, sensitive and quietly powerful" story of domestic tension, Witness by Lynda McCarthy has been announced as the winning story in this year's RTÉ Short Story Competition 2025 in honour of Francis MacManus.

13/10/2025

In a new series, screenwriter Ray Lawlor - creator of RTÉ's popular black comedy series Obituary, returning to RTÉ 1 this month - offers some tips for the budding TV writer...

Ever dreamed of writing a TV show but didn't know where to start? Now's the perfect time to pick up your pen (or keyboard) and dive in - no experience needed, just your imagination.

03/10/2025

Remembering the late, great Manchán Magan - choice conversations from the RTÉ archives:

Writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan, who has died aged 55, was a man who often described himself as having 'one foot in the other world'.

30/09/2025

The 74th Wexford Festival Opera will light up the National Opera House from 17th October, and the festival will once again join forces with Culture on RTÉ and RTÉ lyric fm to bring a taste of that operatic magic to audiences at home and abroad...

Wexford Festival Opera and RTÉ are set to bring a taste of the magic of Wexford Festival Opera to audiences across Ireland and the globe this October.

29/09/2025

Our latest Book Of The Week comes from poet Jessica Traynor:

One of the most remarkable things about Jessica Traynor's New Arcana is how successfully it manages to evoke the expansive honesty at the heart of John Berryman's 1969 masterwork The Dream Songs.

22/09/2025

Art can shape the future! In this thought-provoking talk recorded at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, Dr. Cissie Fu explores how art inspires action, nurtures imagination, and creates the conditions for change:

Art can shape the future. In this thought-provoking talk recorded at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, Dr. Cissie Fu explores how art inspires action, nurtures imagination, and creates the conditions for change...

19/09/2025

For Culture Night 2025, we asked Guest Editor Belinda McKeon to select some highlights from the hundreds of interviews and performances hosted by Séan Rocks for RTÉ Arena over the years:

For Culture Night 2025, we asked Guest Editor Belinda McKeon to select some highlights from the hundreds of interviews and performances hosted by Sean Rocks for RTÉ Arena over the years...

17/09/2025

For Culture Night 2025 on Friday, September 19th, Culture on RTÉ will be edited for the day by novelist, short story writer and playwright Belinda McKeon.

Welcome to Culture Night 2025 - taking a trip into the mystic with Guest Editor Belinda McKeon

16/09/2025

With the release of acclaimed second albums by For Those I Love, M(h)aol, and Far Caspian, plus others to come from Sprints and NewDad this month, RTÉ 2fm's Dan Hegarty looks at other sophomore releases by Irish acts from years past...

With the release of second albums by For Those I Love, M(h)aol, and Far Caspian, plus others to come from Sprints and NewDad this month, 2fm's Dan Hegarty looks at other sophomore releases by Irish acts from years past...