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The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 2014.

Events

January

6 January – TV3 announces the shortlist of production companies contending to make the broadcaster's first soap opara or condinuing drama.^[1]^[2]
7 January – The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) will not proceed with a licensing process for commercial digital terrestrial television, while a report commissioned by the regulator has suggested that without expansion, Saorview would become economically nonviable by the 2020s.^[3]^[4]
12 January – The Irish Independent reports that TV3 has sold Tallafornia to the UK's Channel 5 for broadcast in that country.^[5]
12 January – The Sunday Times reports that TV3 have "voiced grave concerns" to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland about UTV's plans to establish a TV channel in the Republic of Ireland, amid concerns it would not be subject to the same obligations as RTÉ and TV3.^[6]
15 January – Ryanair launch their "thank you for flying" ad campaign on TV3, with plans to treble their advertising budget in 2014.^[7]^[8]
15 January – Dermot Horan is appointed Director of Production and Acquisitions at RTÉ. Michelle Spillane becomes Director of RTÉ Global.^[9]
19 January – Debut of RTÉ's four part crime drama, Amber.^[10] The series was filmed in 2011 and originally scheduled for broadcast in Autumn 2012, but postponed due to financial concerns.^[11]
26 January – Following Sky's introduction of personalised adverts in the UK, the Irish Independent reports that the broadcaster hopes to bring the technology to Ireland by 2015.^[12]
30 January – Figures from Television Audience Measurement Ireland indicate viewers in Ireland watched an average of 3.5 hours of television per day in 2013.^[13]
30 January – The Scottish Football Association agrees a new four year deal with Sky Sports to show its matches in the UK and Ireland.^[14]
31 January – Figures from Sky show that over 3,000 viewers are accessing catch up services through Sky+HD on a weekly basis.^[15]

February

6 February – BAI confirms its intention to enter into negotiations with UTV Ireland Limited for a television content provision contract.^[16]
7 February – The Data Protection Commissioner launches an investigation after revelations that An Post has been making people disclose their bank account details if they wish to pay their television license by direct debit.^[17]
14 February – Figures released by UPC Ireland show an 11% growth in broadband subscribers to 338,300 over the past 12 months, but a 4% fall in its overall TV subscribers to 427,000.^[18]
22 February – RTÉ airs the Rugby Union match between the Irish women’s team and England from Twickenham.^[19]
26 February – A third series of the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street, axed by the broadcaster in 2013, will be produced in Ireland by Amazon for its video on-demand service.^[20]^[21]
27 February – UTV Ireland signs a ten year contract with BAI to provide a general entertainment channel based in Dublin that will go on air from 2015.^[22]

March

3 March – A technical glitch during RTÉ's Primetime current affairs show leads to a small portion of an interview with Maxim Peshkov, Russia's ambassador to Ireland, playing on a loop for several minutes. The phrase "Irish Ukrainians not Russians" is heard for around fifteen minutes, with the clip quickly becoming popular on Twitter.^[23]
3 March – TV3 names Ireland's Element Pictures and Britain's Company Pictures as its preferred partners in plans to launch a new soap.^[24]
4 March – John Yorke, a former executive producer of EastEnders, will oversee production of TV3's new soap, it is announced.^[25]
8 March – RTÉ creates a video tribute to former Irish rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll imagining how he might be remembered in forty years from now, as an old man recalls the player's career to his awestruck grandson.^[26]
27 March – Sky announce details of a scholarship for students taking the Broadcast Production MA offered by Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology's National Film School. The Sky Academy TV Scholarship will be available from September.^[27]

April

1 April – The GAA announce a new three year broadcasting rights deal that will see RTÉ air 31 games of the All-Ireland Championships, with a further 14 games being shown via subscription on Sky Sports.^[28] The decision will bring Gaelic football to a wider audience outside Ireland, but prompts concerns among fans and some players that the deal could lead to the game losing its amateur status.^[29]
2 April – RTÉ Two announces the launch of The RTÉ Two New Voices Award, in conjunction with the National Student Media Awards, which will give students an opportunity to compete for a summer work placement at the station.^[30]
27 April – Brendan McCahey wins the third series of The Voice of Ireland.^[31]
29 April – Mary Curtis is appointed as head of UTV Ireland.^[32]

May

1 May – Launch of Irish TV, a free-to-air international channel for the Irish diaspora, broadcasting in Ireland, Europe and the United States.^[33]
7 May – TV3 confirms its new soap will be set in a police precinct in a fictional harbour town, and has the working title Red Rock. It will employ around 100 people, and is expected to begin airing in January 2015. The series is part of a schedule that will see the channel spending more on home made content than imports for the first time, with it airing up to 100 hours of homegrown content per week. TV3 also have the broadcast rights for the 2015 series of The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and Downton Abbey, as well as exclusive coverage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The channel also announces plans to produce an Irish version of the UK television series Gogglebox.^[34]^[35]
12 May – TV3 executives Daragh Byrne, Joanne King, Paula McCarthy, David McMunn and Daragh O’Halloran have been recruited by UTV Ireland, the new broadcaster has announced. They are among nine people recruited to senior positions at the upcoming channel.^[36]^[37]
24 May – The Irish Independent reports the dramatic departure of two producers from TV3's Tonight with Vincent Browne, an event occurring only days after the channel lost five of its senior executives.^[38]

June

9 June – Broadcaster Vincent Browne reveals that he recently suffered a bout of pneumonia but continued to work during his illness. Details of his condition are disclosed following his absence from the evening's edition of his Tonight programme and reports that he had spent the previous weekend in hospital.^[39] Tonight with Vincent Browne is presented by Tom McGurk in Browne's absence.^[40]
16 June – Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte announces a review of television coverage of the designated sporting and other events to determine what content should be free-to-air.^[41]
19 June – UTV Ireland unveils its new logo at a press conference in Dublin's Croke Park.^[42]

July

13 July – Veteran RTE sportscaster Bill O'Herlihy presents his final sports broadcast for the network after 50 years, with coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.^[43]
16 July – TV3 announces the establishment of a Public Affairs Documentary Unit, and that its Wednesday night current affairs programme Midweek is being axed to make way for progammes produced by the new department. A current affairs series similar to RTE's Primetime is also planned for 2015.^[44]

August

3 August – The Sunday Independent reports that advertising agencies are frustrated by the lack of information about UTV Ireland, which is producing a lack of enthusiasm about advertising on the new channel.^[45]
5 August – TV3 announce that casting will shortly begin for its new soap, Red Rock.^[46]
6 August – Setanta Sports launches its 2014–15 Premier League coverage with an offer to new subscribers to sign up for just €1 a month.^[47]
17 August – UTV Ireland announces that it has signed Alison Comyn to anchor its news bulletins.^[48]
19 August – UTV Ireland has signed Pat Kenny to present a weekly show on the channel, it is announced.^[49]
20 August – TV3 has retained the broadcast rights for The X Factor.^[50]
20 August – Veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne expresses his concern that the 2015 arrival of UTV Ireland has the potential to threaten the future of TV3.^[51]
27 August – Adam Weafer, Jane McGrath and Paul Roe are confirmed as the first three cast members of Red Rock.^[52]

September

4 September – Speaking to The Evening Herald's Laura Butler, TV3 boss Jeff Ford outlines the channel's strategy for competing with UTV Ireland when it launches next year. This includes a greater emphasis on homegrown content, including Red Rock, a soap set in a Garda station, and an Irish version of Blind Date, fronted by Lucy Kennedy.^[53]
8 September – TV3's entertainment series, Xposé, unveils a new studio set as it begins airing live. Previously pre-recorded, the show has been extended to an hour in length with an interactive element, and will follow a similar format to the US entertainment series, E! News. The programme is co-presented by Peter O'Riordan and Karen Koster.^[54]
11 September – RTÉ Two reveals its new schedule, and confirms a rebranding back to its original name of 'RTÉ 2'.^[55]
16 September – The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland awards €800,000 of funding to TV3's new soap, Red Rock, as part of its Sound and Vision scheme.^[56]
22 September – RTE2's rebranding takes effect. New programming includes a revamped news programme, News Feed, presented by Carla O'Brien.^[57]
24 September – Vincent Browne apologises to viewers after making a joke about beheadings during a discussion with guests on his Tonight show.^[58]

October

6 October – Una Foden and Rachel Stevens are confirmed as coaches on The Voice of Ireland, replacing Jamelia and Dolores O'Riordan when the series returns in January 2015.^[59]
10 October – TV3 confirms that its news presenter Claire Brock will move to UTV Ireland after she was signed up by the broadcaster.^[60]
17 October – UTV Ireland has appointed RTE broadcaster Paul Colgan as its Economics Editor.^[61]
21 October – UTV Ireland confirms that Newstalk breakfast show presenter Chris Donoghue has been signed up to anchor news bulletins for the channel alongside Alison Comyn.^[62]
30 October – The Guarantee, a film exploring the Irish banking crisis, debuts in Irish cinemas. It is produced by John Kelleher Media in association with the BAI, the Irish Film Board and TV3.^[63]

November

3 November – Production begins on TV3's new soap, Red Rock.^[64] The full cast is also unveiled, with Richard Flood taking the lead role as Garda Supt James McKay.^[65]
5 November – RTÉ announce the axing of their morning news programme, Morning Edition, which the broadcaster says will not return to the schedules in the New Year.^[66]
23 November – The Sunday Independent reports that RTE are planning to launch an online service that would allow its own content, along with that from TV3, TG4 and UTV, to be accessed by internet users on a free-to-air basis. The service would be similar to that provided by Freeview Connect in the UK.^[67]
28 November – UTV Ireland finally confirms that Claire Brock will be joining its news team. The appointment of two other female journalists is also announced. Former Newstalk head of news and sport Sinéad O’Donnell will join the new channel along with Sarah O'Connor, a reporter with North West Radio.^[68]
29 November – TV3 Group launches its #NewDawn campaign which is part of its rebrand and new schedule for 2015. The campaign kicks off with a 90 second and 60 second TV3 Promo airing at 19:45 on TV3.^[69] An advert promoting their newly produced drama series Red Rock is also revealed.^[70]

December

1 December – UTV Ireland, due to launch next year, is granted Public Service Status by Minister for Communications, Alex White, TD, allowing it to appear on Saorview.^[71]
2 December – TV3 launches the timeshift channel TV3 +1 on UPC Ireland Channel 119.^[72]
7 December – TV3 announce details of its new soap, Red Rock.^[73]
11 December – UTV Ireland's new headquarters are opened in Dublin by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who promises that ministers from his government will appear on its current affairs programmes.^[74]
11 December – Digital Spy reports that TV3 is to launch an ad campaign for its new soap, Red Rock. The first trailer for the soap will appear in a commercial break during an episode Coronation Street.^[75]
14 December – TV3 has signed up former Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter to appear in the next series of The Restaurant, it is reported.^[76]
21 December – UTV Ireland has signed RTE and TV3 presenter Jenny Buckley as its main weather presenter.^[77]^[78]
22 December – Irish singer and model, and recent I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestant, Nadia Forde, guests hosts TV3's Xposé.^[79]
26 December – The James Bond film Skyfall makes its Irish television debut on RTÉ One.^[80]
30 December – Figures reveal that Mrs. Brown's Boys was the most watched programme in Ireland on Christmas Day for the fourth year in a row, achieving an audience of 703,100.^[81]

Debuts

RTÉ

19 January – Amber on RTÉ One
16 February – Quirke on RTÉ One
6 March – The Walshes on RTÉ One
10 March – Soccer Republic on RTÉ Two

TV3

17 February – The Lie
5 March – The People's Debate with Vincent Browne
28 March – Crossfire^[82]
31 March – Prison Families^[83]

Ongoing television programmes

1960s

RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock (1961–present)
RTÉ News: Six One (1962–present)
The Late Late Show (1962–present)

1970s

The Late Late Toy Show (1975–present)
RTÉ News on Two (1978–present)
The Sunday Game (1979–present)

1980s

Fair City (1989–present)
RTÉ News: One O'Clock (1989–present)

1990s

Winning Streak (1990–present)
Prime Time (1992–present)
Nuacht RTÉ (1995–present)
Nuacht TG4 (1996–present)
Ros na Rún (1996–present)
TV3 News (1998–present)
Ireland AM (1999–present)
Telly Bingo (1999–present)

2000s

Nationwide (2000–present)
TV3 News at 5.30 (2001–present) – now known as the 5.30
Against the Head (2003–present)
Other Voices (2003–present)
Saturday Night with Miriam (2005–present)
Capital D (2005–present)
Would You Believe (2005–present)
Activity Breaks (2006–present)
Aifric (2006–present)
Anonymous (2006–present)
One to One (2006–present)
The Week in Politics (2006–present)
Tonight with Vincent Browne (2007–present)
Xposé (2007–present)
At Your Service (2008–present)
Bog Stop (2008–present)
Championship Live (2008–present) – Now rebranded as GAA on 3
Midday (2008–present)
Monday Night Soccer (2008–present)
news2day (2008–present)
Operation Transformation (2008–present)
Raw (2008–present)
The Big Money Game (2008–present)
3e News (2009–present)
Dragons' Den (2009–present)
Midweek (2009–present)
The Morning Show with Sybil & Martin (2009–present)
Republic of Telly (2009–present)
Traffic Blues (2009–present)
Two Tube (2009–present)

2010s

The Daily Show (2010–present)
Do the Right Thing (2010–present)
Fade Street (2010–present)
Four Live (2010–present)
Irish Pictorial Weekly (2012–present)
Jack Taylor (2010–present)
Love/Hate (2010–present)
Mission Beach USA (2010–present)
The Saturday Night Show (2010–present)
Take Me Out (2010–present)
Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011–present)
Come Dine with Me (2011–present)
The Committee Room (2011–present)
The GAA Show (2011–present)
MasterChef Ireland (2011–present)
Paul Connolly Investigates (2011–present)
Craig Doyle Live (2011–present)
Put 'Em Under Pressure (2011–present)
The Social (2011–present)
Celebrity Come Dine with Me (2012–present)
Celebrity Mastermnd (2012–present)
Championship Matters (2008–2010)
Family Fortunes (2012–present)
Today (2012–present)
The Mario Rosenstock Show (2012–present)
The Voice of Ireland (2012–present)
The Works (2012–present)
Deception (2013–present)
The Fall (2013–present)
The Great Irish Bake Off (2013–present)
The Hit (2013–present)
Celebrity MasterChef Ireland (2013–present)
Second Captains Live (2013–present)

Ending this year

22 January – Amber (2014)
28 May – Midweek (2009)
28 November – Morning Edition (2013)

Deaths

28 January – Ted Nealon, 84; former journalist, broadcaster, and Fine Gael TD for Sligo–Leitrim, illness.^[84]
11 February – Ronnie Masterson, 87; actress.^[85]
10 March – Eileen Colgan, 80; actress.^[86]
21 March – Oliver Maloney, 77, former Director-General of RTÉ^[87]
22 July – Louis Lentin, 80: theatre, film and television director^[88]
10 August – Ann Rowan, 85, actress (The Riordans, Father Ted).^[89]
13 October – Gabrielle Reidy, 54, actress^[90]
19 October – Gerard Parkes, 90, actor.^[91]
10 November – Brian Farrell, 85, political broadcaster and academic^[92]
13 November – Paddy MacHugh, first Telefís Éireann weather forecaster^[93]
26 November – Anita Notaro, author and former television director^[94]
30 December – Desmond Fisher, 94, journalist, broadcaster and former head of current affairs with RTÉ^[95]

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-*3 November – Production begins on TV3's new soap, ''Red Rock''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sarah |last=Luoma |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a607647/production-gets-underway-on-tv3s-irish-soap-opera-red-rock.html#~p4sylbKGrcwoup |title=Production gets underway on TV3's Irish soap opera Red Rock |publisher=Digital Spy |date=4 November 2014 |accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref> The full cast is also unveiled, with [[Richard Flood]] taking the lead role as Garda Supt James McKay.<ref>http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/richard-flood-is-lead-man-in-tv3s-garda-soap-red-rock-30712257.html</ref>
+*3 November – Production begins on TV3's new soap, ''Red Rock''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sarah |last=Luoma |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a607647/production-gets-underway-on-tv3s-irish-soap-opera-red-rock.html#~p4sylbKGrcwoup |title=Production gets underway on TV3's Irish soap opera Red Rock |publisher=Digital Spy |date=4 November 2014 |accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref> The full cast is also unveiled, with [[Richard Flood]] taking the lead role as Garda Supt James McKay.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCahill |first=Elaine |url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/richard-flood-is-lead-man-in-tv3s-garda-soap-red-rock-30712257.html |title=Richard Flood is lead man in TV3's garda soap Red Rock |publisher=Independent News and Media |newsaper=The Evening Herald |date=3 November 2014 |accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
 *5 November – RTÉ announce the axing of their morning news programme, ''[[Morning Edition (RTÉ)|Morning Edition]]'', which the broadcaster says will not return to the schedules in the New Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/shock-as-rte-axes-current-affairs-programme-morning-edition-30721069.html |title=Shock as RTE axes current affairs programme Morning Edition |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Irish Independent |date=5 November 2014 |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>
 *23 November – ''[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|The Sunday Independent]]'' reports that RTE are planning to launch an online service that would allow its own content, along with that from TV3, [[TG4]] and UTV, to be accessed by internet users on a [[free-to-air]] basis. The service would be similar to that provided by Freeview Connect in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sarah |last=McCabe |url=http://www.independent.ie/business/media/rte-plans-for-online-viewing-to-take-on-upc-and-sky-30764576.html |title=RTE plans for online viewing to take on UPC and Sky |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Sunday Independent |date=23 November 2014 |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>
-*28 November – UTV Ireland finally confirms that Claire Brock will be joining its news team. The appointment of two other female journalists is also announced. Former Newstalk head of news and sport [[Sinéad O’Donnell]] will join the new channel along with [[Sarah O'Connor]], a reporter with [[North West Radio]].<ref>http://radiotoday.ie/2014/11/utv-ireland-announce-appointment-of-news-reporters/</ref>
+*28 November – UTV Ireland finally confirms that Claire Brock will be joining its news team. The appointment of two other female journalists is also announced. Former Newstalk head of news and sport [[Sinéad O’Donnell]] will join the new channel along with [[Sarah O'Connor]], a reporter with [[North West Radio]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://radiotoday.ie/2014/11/utv-ireland-announce-appointment-of-news-reporters/ |title=UTV Ireland announce appointment of News reporters |publisher=Radio Today Ireland |date=28 November 2014 |accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
 *29 November – TV3 Group launches its #NewDawn campaign which is part of its rebrand and new schedule for 2015. The campaign kicks off with a 90 second and 60 second TV3 Promo airing at 19:45 on TV3.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.813&article=152347 |title=TV3 welcomes New Dawn for 2015! |work=TV3 Xposé Entertainment |publisher=TV3 |date=29 November 2014 |accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref> An advert promoting their newly produced drama series ''[[Red Rock (TV series)|Red Rock]]'' is also revealed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.813&article=152285 |title=TV3 launches Red Rock teaser campaign with on air promo |work=TV3 Xposé Entertainment |publisher=TV3 |date=28 November 2014 |accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref>
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 *11 December – UTV Ireland's new headquarters are opened in Dublin by Taoiseach [[Enda Kenny]], who promises that ministers from [[Government of the 31st Dáil|his government]] will appear on its current affairs programmes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/taoiseach-enda-kenny-launches-utv-ireland-hq-30825733.html |title=Taoiseach Enda Kenny launches UTV Ireland HQ |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Irish Independent |date=12 December 2014 |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>
 *11 December – ''[[Digital Spy]]'' reports that TV3 is to launch an ad campaign for its new soap, ''Red Rock''. The first trailer for the soap will appear in a commercial break during an episode ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sophie |last=Dainey |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a615902/new-irish-soap-red-rock-to-begin-advertising-campaign.html#~p4swEfAvC9c2Eu |title=New Irish soap Red Rock to begin advertising campaign |publisher=Digital Spy |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>
-*14 December – TV3 has signed up former [[Minister for Justice and Equality]] [[Alan Shatter]] to appear in the next series of ''[[The Restaurant (Irish TV series)|The Restaurant]]'', it is reported.<ref>http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/former-justice-mnister-alan-shatter-gets-ready-to-go-into-tv3s-kitchen-30833524.html</ref>
+*14 December – TV3 has signed up former [[Minister for Justice and Equality]] [[Alan Shatter]] to appear in the next series of ''[[The Restaurant (Irish TV series)|The Restaurant]]'', it is reported.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nick |last=Webb |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/former-justice-mnister-alan-shatter-gets-ready-to-go-into-tv3s-kitchen-30833524.html |title=Former Justice Mnister Alan Shatter gets ready to go into TV3's kitchen |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Sunday Independent |date=14 December 2014 |accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
 *21 December – UTV Ireland has signed RTE and TV3 presenter [[Jenny Buckley]] as its main weather presenter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://utv.ie/Press/2014/12/21/Jenny-Buckley-unveiled-as-weather-presenter-25729 |title=Jenny Buckley unveiled as weather presenter |publisher=UTV Ireland |date=21 December 2014 |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Elaine |last=McCahill |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/rtes-jenny-buckley-snapped-up-as-weather-girl-for-new-utv-ireland-channel-30855083.html |title=RTE's Jenny Buckley snapped up as weather girl for new UTV Ireland channel |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Evening Herald |date=22 December 2014 |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>
 *22 December – Irish singer and model, and recent ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]'' contestant, [[Nadia Forde]], guests hosts TV3's ''Xposé''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Aoife |last=Kelly |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/nadia-forde-to-join-team-at-tv3s-xpose-30856028.html |title=Nadia Forde to join team at TV3's Xpose |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Irish Independent |date=22 December 2014 |accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref>
 *26 December – The [[James Bond in film|James Bond film]] ''[[Skyfall]]'' makes its Irish television debut on RTÉ One.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/filmandtv/what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-303461.html |title=What to watch on TV this week |newspaper=Irish Examiner |publisher=Landmark Media Investments |date=20 December 2014 |accessdate=4 February 2015}}</ref>
-*30 December – Figures reveal that ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'' was the most watched programme in Ireland on Christmas Day for the fourth year in a row, achieving an audience of 703,100.<ref>http://www.herald.ie/news/mrs-brown-and-fair-city-special-tops-for-festive-tv-30868904.html</ref>
+*30 December – Figures reveal that ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'' was the most watched programme in Ireland on Christmas Day for the fourth year in a row, achieving an audience of 703,100.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCahill |first=Elaine |url=http://www.herald.ie/news/mrs-brown-and-fair-city-special-tops-for-festive-tv-30868904.html |title=Mrs Brown and Fair City special tops for festive TV |publisher=Independent News and Media |newspaper=The Evening Herald |date=30 December 2014 |accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
 ==Debuts==