Saturday 4 April – Holy Saturday
2300-0030 Solemn celebration of the Easter Vigil Mass from the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Rathdowney, Co. Laois. Celebrant: Fr. Martin Delaney PP; Liturgical Music from the Combined Choirs of Rathdowney and Errill, directed by Maureen Gilfoyle. (Simulcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ Radio 1 LW252 / 1 Extra / digital platforms.)
Sunday 5 April – Easter Sunday
0915-1100 Mass for Easter Sunday celebrated by Pope Francis, in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, with live commentary and translation by Fr Thomas McCarthy, OP. (RTÉ One) Followed directly by…
1100-1130 Urbi et Orbi: Pope Francis’ Easter Message to the world, also with commentary by Fr Thomas McCarthy, OP. (RTÉ One)
1130-1215 Easter Sunday Service Service of the Word for Easter Sunday with a gathered congregation from Hillhall Presbyterian Church, Lisburn,Co. Antrim. The Reverend Paul Jamieson will lead the Service. Musical Director Jonathan Arnold. (RTÉ One) This service can also be heard on RTÉ Radio 1 LW252/1 Extra/Digital Platforms at 11.45am.)
2235-2330 Passion – a Would You Believe? Special. In 2014, the residents of Nicker and Pallas Green, a small community in rural Co. Limerick, staged Ireland’s first 24-hour Passion play. A drama without script, performed by amateurs, it demanded that its cast dig deep, not only into their understanding of the 2000 year old Easter story, but deep into themselves. In doing so, they discovered passion in the fullest sense, producing a profoundly moving, even life-changing work of dramatic art that transcended its participants’ ideas of religion and left many who saw it stunned. This remarkable documentary captures all that PASSION. (RTÉ One)