Irish tv in the uk

Hi

attempt to get irish tv for my mum and dad who live in the uk is this possible, if so how

Don’t think it is unless you live in the west coast where you could receive Saorsat 9e ka band.

I know N.Ireland viewers on Sky and Virgin Media have RTE 1, RTE 2 and TG4 on their EPG

Didn't we use to get RTE on UK Sky before. I seem to remember that in 2007/8. My mind might be playing tricks on me on this one idk.

To be brutal - you are not missing much on Irish television, especially with the Virgin Media channels who simply air the bulk of ITV from Emmerdale, Corrie, Saturday Night Takeaway, This Morning, Dancing on Ice - the list goes on

From what I can remember Irish tv seems old fashioned with a very safe approach RTE had big sports desk on outside broadcast which is what BBC Sport did back in the mid 90s.

If your willing to pay a couple of pound a month for it, TVMucho is great. You can get all the irish channels and UK channels for about £7 a month (i think).

Old fashioned is the key words for RTE, which is probably why they are tanking in their finances at the moment - they have been forced to sell acres of land at their complex, and it looks like their own fantastic radio centre will be sold off, with RTE moving their radio stations to a smaller part of the complex in a few years time.

This works well if nothing else does. Large Parts of Irish TV aren't great, but RTE 1 and TG4 are worth the effort. RTE News and Documentaries are as good as any in the UK, Plus the sports coverage is pretty good and for years was considered by many working in the UK broadcast industry as good as the UK product (even with a shoestring budget) Their Football coverage and panelists were miles ahead of UK ones, with real opinions offered.

Virgin Media Television is terrible however, and outside of some sports analysis and Champions league Football has little to offer.

For anyone in the UK here is what the three main channels in Ireland offer for this Saturday prime time of Sat Feb 29th 2020:

RTE ONE:

6.35pm Film, The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
8.10pm Winning Streak (Lotto Game Show)
9.10pm RTE News and Weather
9.40pm The Tommy Tiernan Show (where Tommy interviews guests who he is not told will be appearing that night on the show, he only finds out when the announcer introduces each guest)
10.45pm The Keith Barry Experience, Ireland's version of Derren Brown
11.15pm Film, Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

RTE TWO

6.00pm The Hunt
7.00pm Live GAA, Tyrone Vs Dublin
9.15pm Film, Oceans Thirteen (2007)
11.30pm Homeland

VIRGIN MEDIA ONE

6.00pm Little Big Shots (Dawn French hosted ITV show from 2016)
7.00pm Simulcast of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
8.35pm Simulcast of The Voice UK
9.55pm Film, Cardboard Gangsters (2017)

So, you are really not missing much

I don't know where TVMucho are sourcing their Irish channels from, but the French and UK channels are sourced from Zattoo Switzerland.

To answer the OP, RTÉ and TG4 are available in Northern Ireland only (Sky, VM, and Freeview mini mux) but not GB.

Since the demise of Tara TV, RTÉ have talked from time to time about an international channel but aren’t currently presuing that. There is a cut down version of the RTÉ Player available internationally that contains the programmes RTÉ hold worldwide rights to.