RT celebrates sport with exciting line up this Christmas season
Celebrate 2024's top Irish sporting stars with RT Sport Awards live from RT Studios on RT One and RT Player
A packed live sporting schedule including Investec Champions Cup, Racing from Leopardstown and Champions League Live on RT 2, RT Player and RT Radio 1
Marty Morrissey presents the All-Ireland Quiz on RT Radio 1
Documentaries paying tribute to Miche l Muircheartaigh, celebrating Steve Collins' One Night in Millstreet and What Daire Did Next featuring J rgen Klopp
This Christmas, RT is serving up the best of sporting action for all fans across video, audio and online. From a wide selection of live sport which promises to have you on the edge of your seat to documentaries paying tribute to the late, great Miche l Muircheartaigh, reminiscing Steve Collins' biggest fight of his career in One night in Millstreet and the heart-warming story of Daire O'Gorman meeting his hero, J rgen Klopp. There's something for everyone. 2024 was a big year for sport with Six Nations, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, GAA championship and the Euros to name a few. Each year, RT celebrates the achievements of Irish sports men and women, and this year there is plenty to celebrate! On December 15, Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney and Jacqui Hurley will be live from Studio 4 to present the RT Sport Awards to honour all their achievements. Over on RT Radio 1, Marty Morrisey will host the All Ireland Quiz while Jacqui Hurley will share the story of Ireland's most memorable moments from this years Olympic Games in Paris. Let RT bring some sparkle to your sport this festive season.
Live Action
Investec Champions Cup
There's a double-header of live Investec Champions Cup action on RT 2, RT Player and RT Radio 1 this Christmas with Munster taking on Stade Francais in Thomond Park this Saturday 7th December, KO 5.30pm while on Saturday 14 December Leinster face Clermont Auvergne at the Aviva Stadium Clare MacNamara will be alongside Fiona Coghlan Jamie Heaslip for these crucial Champions Cup games on RT 2 and RT Player with Michael Corcoran on commentary on RT Radio 1.
URC Live
The feast of festive Rugby continues with the Interpros taking centre stage in the URC. Leinster face Connacht at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 21 December and Connacht take on Ulster on Saturday 28 December. Clare MacNamara will be joined by Bernard Jackman, Jamie Heaslip and Darren Cave as the Irish provinces go head-to-head in the traditional Christmas inter-provincial games with Michael Corcoran on radio commentary.
The RT Sport Awards 2024
Joanne Cantwell, Darragh Maloney and Jacqui Hurley present the RT Sport Awards 2024 on Sunday 15 December on RT One and RT Player. After a stellar year for Irish sport, the stars gather in Studio 4 in RT to celebrate the achievements of Irish sportsmen and women this year. The Awards being handed out on the night include RT Sport Sportsperson of the Year, RT Sport Team of the Year, RT Sport Manager of the Year and RT Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year. The nominees for this year's RT Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year will be announced today, Thursday 5 December by Jacqui Hurley, live on news2day - RT 2 and RT Player at 4.20pm.
Racing from Leopardstown
The festive tradition that is the Leopardstown Christmas Festival begins on St Stephen's Day with four days of action live on RT 2, RT Player and RT Radio 1. Hugh Cahill, Jane Mangan, Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty and Lisa O'Neill alongside reporters Brian Gleeson and Katie Walsh will bring viewers all the action from one of the highlights of Christmas.
Champions League Live
The UEFA Champions League continues live on RT 2 and RT Player with Darragh Maloney presenting coverage of Juventus v Manchester City alongside Stephen Kelly on match day 6, Wednesday December 11.
Inspiring Stories
What Daire Did Next
Heart-warming documentary following Irish Liverpool fan Daire Gorman (12) after his meeting with Jurgen Klopp in December 2023 went viral last Christmas. In this documentary, Liverpool fan Daire Gorman, who made headlines last Christmas after a visit to Anfield, takes us into his extraordinary world during a whirlwind six months. Over the duration of the documentary Daire says goodbye to primary school, competes in an international powerchair football tournament in Paris, gets fitted with a state-of-the-art robotic arm, undergoes challenging surgery and becomes a teenager - all while coming to terms with the news that his hero J rgen Klopp is stepping down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season. Watch on RT One and RT Player, Sunday 29 December
Cloch le Carn, MICHE L
An intimate portrait about the GAA legend whose energy for life was there for all of his 93 years. Dl th-l argas ar shaol laoich an CLG, n r chaill a mhisneach riamh le linn an 93 bliain a bh s ar an bhf d. How do you create a portrait of a man who for 93 years never stopped, getting the most he could out of every day. Miche l Muircheartaigh was the voice of the nation, the king of commentators, who travelled the world promoting the game he loved. But he was also a family man who took his 8 kids and his loving wife Helena along for the rollercoaster ride that was his life. Watch on RT One and RT Player on New Year's Eve.
One Night in Millstreet
The story of Ireland in 1995, a snapshot of a country told through a high stakes prize fight in Millstreet, Cork between the then unknown underdog Steve The Celtic Warrior' Collins and the larger-than-life champion Chris Simply the Best' Eubank. Featuring interviews with Steve Collins and Chris Eubank, along with Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan, Chris Eubank's former manager Barry Hearn, writer Paul Howard, and Tony Quinn, Steve Collin
Most recent headlines
11/12/2025
Dalet, a leading provider of cloud-native, end-to-end media workflow solutions, ...
20/11/2025
15 March 2012
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Cinegy and Vericom are pleased to announce the recent deployment of Cinegy Archive for production and as...
20/11/2025
6 September 2012
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
FIC Turkey supplies media content to Pay TV under Fox TV Channel brands in Turkey.
At the start of s...
20/11/2025
25 June 2014
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Last month VIVA finalized its Cinegy installation in order to produce and broadcast the World Cup Brazil ...
20/11/2025
1 October 2014
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
With 5 locations spread out around Baden-W rttemberg, Schw bisch Media required a scalable end to end s...
20/11/2025
27 April 2015
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Cinegy, which develops and produces media asset management products that are used in flagship production...
20/11/2025
12 August 2015
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany, 26 October 2015 - Cinegy, which develops and produces software technology for digital ...
20/11/2025
5 November 2015
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany 3 November 2015 - Cinegy, which develops and produces software technology for digital ...
20/11/2025
12 February 2016
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany 9 February 2016 - Cinegy, which develops and produces software technology for digital...
20/11/2025
22 June 2016
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany 21 June 2016 - Cinegy today announced that ABS BROADCAST, one of the largest independentl...
20/11/2025
10 January 2017
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Find us on page 12 of the Program Guide 2016
Tags
NewBay Media Awards , Program Guide 2016 , broadc...
20/11/2025
15 March 2017
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany 15 March 2017 - Cinegy today announced that Thailand's Next Step direct-to-home Free...
20/11/2025
12 December 2017
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany 13 December 2017 - Cinegy today announced that it is making its Cinegy Air Cloud Pack...
20/11/2025
25 June 2018
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich 25th June 2018 - Cinegy today announced that Canada-based Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) has implemen...
20/11/2025
27 May 2019
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
The best quality live video from the worst networks - Haivision
Although DVB and the World Wide Web are...
20/11/2025
24 November 2020
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
ATV Expand and Increase their Playout and Editing Capabilities using Cinegy Software
Munich, Germany...
20/11/2025
1 September 2021
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany, 1st September 2021:
Cinegy GmbH, the premier provider of software technology for di...
20/11/2025
20 September 2021
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
ElectronicVerve continues a strong history of supporting Cinegy customers in India
Munich, Germany,...
20/11/2025
1 November 2022
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Munich, Germany, 01 November 2022: Cinegy, a premier provider of software technology for digital video...
20/11/2025
31 October 2023
SHARE Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email
Britt Broadcast at TBC...
20/11/2025
CINCINNATI Oklahoma Community Television (OCT) has selected GatesAir and Triveni Digital as key technology partners in an ATSC 3.0 deployment that establishes a...
20/11/2025
WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission has opened a wide-ranging inquiry into the relations between broadcast networks and their affiliates that could...
20/11/2025
NEW YORK Ad spend in the creator economy has more than doubled since 2021 from $13.9B to $29.5B in 2024 and that amount is projected to reach $37 billion in 202...
20/11/2025
Graduate Spotlight: Krysta Mirsik DePuy The educator from Hackettstown, New Jersey, shares how it took her 11 years to find the right graduate program for her...
20/11/2025
LONDON The winners of the Rise Awards 2025, which recognize women and companies whose achievements have stood out in the media technology industry, have been an...
20/11/2025
SANTA MONICA & NEW YORK Lionsgate's Worldwide Television Distribution Group and Debmar-Mercury have launched MovieSphere Gold in more than 30 million homes....
20/11/2025
ALAMEDA, Calif. Clear-Com has introduced its four-channel HelixNet beltpack, a next-generation advancement of its widely used two-channel model, and anticipates...
20/11/2025
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. Streaming technology and services provider Kiswe has launched Kiswe Core, a next-generation cloud-based platform designed to simplify the s...
20/11/2025
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Dolby Laboratories has signed on as an official signature partner of the Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC) for the 2026 Super Bowl and the we...
20/11/2025
STUTTGART, Germany 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) has announced that the Canadian multiservice operator Telus has launched its Telus TV+ entertainment platform on Sam...
20/11/2025
Major League Baseball has announced deals with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix covering 2026-2028 that make ESPN the exclusive distributor for MLB.TV, put regula...
20/11/2025
Berklee Presents Holiday Extravaganza: Duke Ellingtons The Nutcracker Suite and ...
20/11/2025
It's the Late Late Toy Show BIG BIG Ticket Giveaway day!
It's the Late ...
20/11/2025
Editor's note: This post is part of Into the Omniverse, a series focused on how developers, 3D practitioners and enterprises can transform their workflows u...
20/11/2025
The How To Gael pocast gals, comedian Chris Kent and quizzer Darragh Ennis drop by for the fifth episode of The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In
In the penultimat...
20/11/2025
Tonight on RT Prime Time, Marie Crowe on how a Reading School changed her son&#...
20/11/2025
The NVIDIA Blackwell RTX upgrade is nearing the finish line, letting GeForce NOW Ultimate members across the globe experience true next-generation cloud gaming ...
20/11/2025
Tanya Berger-Wolf's first computational biology project started as a bet wit...
19/11/2025
Sphere Sound Kicks Up Its Heels at Radio City Music HallUltra-immersive system from the singular Las Vegas venue is also ready for sportsBy Dan Daley, Audio Edi...
19/11/2025
The Future of Stadium and Arena Video Control Rooms: Tech Leaders Talk 4K, IP, a...
19/11/2025
One Year at Intuit Dome: Walking Through the Stunning Arena's Advanced Video...
19/11/2025
SVG Sit-Down: IMG's Francois Westcombe Goes Inside IMG's Annual Digital ...
19/11/2025
Inside Brighton & Hove Albion's fan-first media machine By George Bevir
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 10:10
Print This Story
Brighton & Hove Albion'...
19/11/2025
Rock Chalk Rebuild, Part 1: Kansas Athletics Brings New Production Power to Rebu...
19/11/2025
Rock Chalk Rebuild, Part 2: A Pro's Guide to Kansas Athletics' New Video...
19/11/2025
MLB Media Rights Shakeup: NBC Inks Three-Year Deal for Sunday Night Baseball, Pe...
19/11/2025
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade attends the premiere of Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival at Egyptian Theatre on January 26, 2025, in Pa...
19/11/2025
Awards season is heating up, and the International Documentary Association just ...
19/11/2025
Aerojet Rocketdyne President Ken Bedingfield and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders were joined by state and local officials to celebrate the groundbreaking o...
RT celebrates sport with exciting line up this Christmas season 
