Nominees Announced for RTS Ireland Television Awards 2023
Posted: 6th March 2023
RTS Ireland has announced nominations in 10 categories for this year’s RTS Ireland Television Awards. Juries considered over 130 entries from across the industry.
Hosted by presenters Caitlín Nic Aoidh and Cormac Ó hEadhra, this year's RTS awards will take place on Tuesday, 28th March 2023 at The Galmont Hotel, Galway. Special guests include Bláth na hÓige and Mick Flannery & Susan O’ Neill.
Speaking at the announcement of this year’s nominees, RTS Ireland Awards Chairperson Lís Ní Dhálaigh said:
TG4 is delighted to host the RTS awards this year, and we look forward to welcoming producers and programme teams to Galway, a thriving hub for the screen industry in Ireland.
The full list of RTS Ireland Television Award nominees for 2023 are as follows:
Drama | with thanks to Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
- Doineann, DoubleBand Films (TG4)
- Every Five Miles, Vico Films (RTÉ)
- Holding, Happy Prince, Port Pictures (Virgin Media)
- Redemption, Metropolitan Films (Virgin Media)
- Smother, Treasure Entertainment (RTÉ)
Entertainment | with thanks to Piranha Bar
- Callan Kicks the Year, Wonky Chair Media, (RTÉ)
- Cumasc: Seisiúin sa Black Gate, Black Gate Productions (TG4)
- Dancing with the Stars, ShinAwiL (RTÉ)
- Free Gaff, Green Inc Film & Television (RTÉ)
- The Ultimate Irish Playlist, ShinAwiL (RTÉ)
Factual Series | with thanks to Egg Post Production
- Cois Móire, Cormorant Films (TG4)
- Crimes and Confessions (RTÉ)
- An Diabhal Inti, Lagan Media Productions (TG4)
- Great Lighthouses of Ireland, Inproduction TV (RTÉ)
Factual Single | with thanks to Nemeton TV
- Cyril Cusack: Lár An Stáitse, Dearg Films (TG4)
- Speechless, Firebrand Productions (RTÉ)
- The Ghost of Richard Harris, Bright Yellow Films, Samson Films, Groove International (Sky Arts)
- Young Plato, Soilsiu Films, Aisling Productions, Clin d'Oeil Films and Zadig Productions (RTÉ)
Sport | with thanks to TVM
- Anton O'Toole - Finscéal de Shaol GAA, Bankos Tales Productions (TG4)
- The Connacht Way, Motherland (RTÉ)
- Laochra Gael - Terence McNaughton, Nemeton TV (TG4)
- Munster Vs South Africa A (Virgin Media Television)
- Saipan - Rebel without a Ball, (RTÉ)
News & Current Affairs | with thanks to Camerakit.ie
- The Accountant, the Con, the Lies (RTÉ)
- The Death of Ashling Murphy (Virgin Media News)
- Eden Heaslip (RTÉ)
- RTÉ Investigates: Missing Pieces (RTÉ)
- Tragedy in Creeslough (Sky News)
Animation | with thanks to Windmill Lane
- Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese, Kavaleer Productions, Watch Next Media, Cloud Co (RTÉ)
- Fia's Fairies, Little Moon Animation (RTÉjr)
- The Ghastly Ghoul, Dream Logic Animation Studios and Lupus Films (RTÉ)
- Kiva Can Do, Kavaleer Productions (RTÉ)
- The Presenter, Cardel Entertainment (RTÉ)
Specialist Factual | with thanks to Ardán
- An Buachaill Gealgháireach, Imagine Media (TG4)
- Francis Bacon, The Outsider, Mount Venus Productions (RTÉ)
- Ireland's Dirty Laundry, New Decade TV (RTÉ & ARTE)
- Maeve Binchy: The Magic of the Ordinary (RTÉ)
- A Note for Nature, Crossing the Line Films (RTÉ)
Children's Programme | with thanks to IMRO
- Blast from the Past, Firebrand Productions (RTÉ)
- Dizzy Deliveries, Macalla Teoranta (RTÉ)
- Ireland's Future is Mine, Tamber Media & Reverist (RTÉ)
- The Imagination Machine, Firebrand Productions (RTÉ)
- Storybud, Kite Entertainment (RTÉ)
Factual Entertainment | with thanks to Screenscene
- Bagatelle - Ómós do Liam Reilly, Four Quadrant Films (TG4)
- Generation Dating, Coco Content (Virgin Media)
- Gogglebox Ireland, Kite Entertainment (Virgin Media)
- Lucy Investigates, ADARE Productions (Virgin Media One)
- Secrets from the Showroom (RTÉ)
About the RTS Ireland Awards
Originally founded in London as the Television Society in 1927, the Irish centre was launched in 1995. Gradaim RTS / RTS Ireland Television Awards seek to recognise Irish productions and international co-productions which are considered by peer jury members to have made a positive contribution worthy of acclaim by the industry and Irish viewers. RTS Awards are one of the international gold standard awards for the TV industry and an important showcase of the extraordinary talent evident across the country’s television industry. The awards are supported by Irish broadcasters TG4, Virgin Media, Sky and RTÉ and are kindly sponsored by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Screen Producers Ireland.
For more information please visit: https://rts.org.uk/region/republic-ireland