RTÉ News

RTÉ News is the news service of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's national public-service broadcaster. It provides television, radio, and online coverage of Irish and international affairs and is one of the country's most widely used sources of news. As a public broadcaster, it operates under a public-service remit.

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RTÉ News at a glance

Country: Ireland
Region: Northern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Public broadcaster
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 1926
Ownership: A statutory public broadcaster
Published from: Dublin
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How Crosswire groups RTÉ News

Crosswire groups RTÉ News as Centrist for comparisons within Ireland's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Ireland, The Irish Times and The Journal are listed as Left-leaning, while Irish Independent is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open RTÉ News beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings. This profile does not include an individual assessment citation. Page updated 2026-09-28; this is a content-change date, not a fresh fact-check of the outlet. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Where RTÉ News sits in Ireland's press

RTÉ News was founded in 1926, is published from Dublin and is a statutory public broadcaster. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Ireland and the only public broadcaster tracked there. By outlets tracked, Ireland ranks ninth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 27 of the 59 public broadcasters in the directory. The nearest counterparts to RTÉ News outside Ireland, starting with Northern Europe, are NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark), Yle News (Finland) and ERR (Estonia). Opening one of them beside RTÉ News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.