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Broadcasting group enjoys stronger performance overall in 2023, a year when it reached its highest ever audience

Government’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while tax credits talk is rarely too far away

Sinn Féin leader in mourning following her father’s recent death but her husband Martin Lanigan’s prognosis is now positive

Both Virgin Media Television and RTÉ are aiming for further digital growth via their players, already the main point of access to content for some viewers

Television: Colin Bateman adaptation of his Border-based play Bag For Life offers everything you need from a bit of Monday night nonsense

The Tonight Show host on why Carrickmines is her favourite place, being a middle child and her feelings about keyboard warriors

Revenge thriller Dead & Buried, the return of Gogglebox Ireland and Grá ar an Trá, and new series Life Actually among shows on Virgin’s autumn line-up

Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes

The GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ for media rights, potentially opening up the market for the likes of Virgin Media, TG4 or Sky

Existing licence fee payers will be affected by this deal if RTÉ is obliged to make further programme cuts as a result

Telecoms company expects fault to be repaired by 1pm

Television: The drama is piled high with unpleasant protagonists and wallows in nastiness simply for the sake of it

Virgin Media Wholesale has no entitlement to ask fishing be modified by reason of cable laying, scallop fishers say

Dispute over internal disciplinary proceedings has been settled following mediation

Pricewatch: For some people, losing the ability to save programmes for later is a source of much frustration

Gogglebox Ireland maker will produce Irish version of hit French interview format featuring well-known personalities

Judge says Paul Byrne’s High Court action against broadcaster can be adjourned for a month

Seen & Heard: Offshore energy giant settles with fisherman; Amazon’s take on Irish data centre discussion; Hines’s latest student housing play; Virgin Media’s losses

Hostel-booking group plans to repay remaining €7.5m balance on a AIB loan by end of June, two years ahead of schedule

Paul Byrne claims he was suspended after information he gave in a broadcast turned out to be inaccurate