2025 in Irish television

September

• 11 September – RTÉ says it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest "if the participation of Israel goes ahead".
• 23 September – Vanessa Ogbonna wins series 1 of The Traitors Ireland.
• 24 September – Mary Wilson and Aine Lawlor make their final appearances as presenters on Morning Ireland. Wilson officially retires from RTÉ, whereas Lawlor has announced she is stepping back from the show, but will continue to present The Week in Politics.
• 25 September – Head judge Loraine Barry announces her departure from Dancing with the Stars after eight years on the panel.
• 29 September – The three candidates in the 2025 Irish presidential election take part in their first presidential debate on Virgin Media One's The Tonight Show.

October

• 1 October – RTÉ confirms that Dancing with the Stars will return for its ninth series, with former Strictly Come Dancing professional, Oti Mabuse taking over the role as Head Judge. It is also announced that RTÉ 2fm presenter and Season 7 runner-up, Laura Fox will fill in for Doireann Garrihy while she is on maternity leave.
• 5 October – The presidential candidates participate in the second televised debate of the campaign on RTÉ One's The Week in Politics.
• 9 October – RTÉ announces that broadcaster Ray D'Arcy has been fired.
• 21 October – The final televised presidential debate is held on RTÉ One's Prime Time.

November

• 11 November – Christine Lampard hosts the 10th Royal Television Society Northern Ireland Awards at Titanic Belfast.
• 23 November – It is announced that Denys Samson, Salome Chachua and Simone Arena will not return for the ninth series of Dancing with the Stars, and that they will be replaced by Arianna Favaro, James Cutler and Leonardo Lini. It is also announced that Kylee Vincent will return to the show having taken the previous season off to give birth.
• 28 November – Virgin Media More is quietly closed down and replaced by a barker channel on Virgin Media channel 100.

December

• 4 December – RTÉ announces that it will not broadcast, nor will Ireland participate in, the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest because the European Broadcasting Union have permitted Israel to take part. Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia make similar announcements.
• 5 December –
• RTÉ announce Tommy Meskill as David McCullagh's replacement as co-presenter of RTÉ News: Six One, alongside Sharon Tobin.
• The Late Late Toy Show is shown on RTÉ 1 and themed around the Christmas movie The Grinch with the opening of the show narrated by Liam Neeson. The show was RTÉ's most watched programme of 2025, with an average television audience of 1.7 million people watching over the weekend.
• 21 December – The McKenna family from Monaghan, coached by Andrew Trimble, win Series 13 of Ireland's Fittest Family.
• 31 December – RTÉ One's New Year's Eve celebrations include a special edition of The Late Late Show from 10.25pm presented by Patrick Kielty with performances from David Gray, Lyra, Garron Noone and Sharon Shannon, and a live countdown from Dublin Castle with a performance from Inhaler. Irish athlete Kate O'Connor, Olympic rower Fintan McCarthy, architect Dermot Bannon and cast members from The Traitors Ireland also appear on the show.

Debuts

1990s

• Would You Believe (1990s–present)
• Winning Streak (1990–present)
• Prime Time (1992–present)
• Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
• Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
• Reeling In the Years (1999–present)
• Ros na Rún (1996–present)
• Virgin Media News (1998–present)
• Ireland AM (1999–present)
• Telly Bingo (1999–present)

2000s

• Nationwide (2000–present)
• Virgin Media News (2001–present) – now known as the 5.30
• Against the Head (2003–present)
• news2day (2003–present)
• Other Voices (2003–present)
• The Week in Politics (2006–present)
• At Your Service (2008–present)
• Two Tube (2009–present)

2010s

• Room to Improve (2007–present)
• Jack Taylor (2010–present)
• Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011–present)
• MasterChef Ireland (2011–present)
• Today (2012–present)
• The Works (2012–present)
• Second Captains Live (2013–present)
• Ireland's Fittest Family (2014–present)
• The Restaurant (2015–present)
• Red Rock (2015–present)
• First Dates (2016–present)
• Dancing with the Stars (2017–2020, 2022–present)
• The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017–present)

2020s

• The Style Counsellors (2020–present)
• The 2 Johnnies' Late Night Lock In (2023–present)

Ending this year

• 26 May- Upfront with Katie Hannon (2023–2025)

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