With the RTÉ Short Story Competition live event – an RTÉ Radio 1 Arena Special – less than three weeks away, RTÉ has released the broadcast schedule for all 10 shortlisted short stories which will be read by an ensemble of Irish actors on RTÉ Radio 1’s Late Date from Monday 13th October.
All ten stories will also be published on RTÉ Culture (www.rte.ie/culture) on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October.
In advance of the RTÉ Short Story Competition final the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, at 7pm on Friday 24th October and live on Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, shortlisted stories and their writers will feature regularly on the programme.
RTÉ RADIO1 BROADCAST SCHEDULE – RTÉ SHORT STORY COMPETITION SHORTLIST
Monday 13 October
Witness, by Lynda McCarthy, read by Eileen Walsh
Tuesday 14 October
It Must Have Come First, by Sage Omar, read by Marty Breen
Wednesday 15 October
Feeding Time, by Sinèad Troy, read by Andrew Bennett
Thursday 16 October
Wolves by Peter McCauley, read by Paul Mallon
Friday 17 October
Corrán Na Maidine, by Niall Ó Siadhail, read by Brídín Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
***No story Saturday 18 Oct
Sunday 19 October
Labels by Mary O’Rourke, read by Clare Barrett
Monday 20 October
Kazakhstan, by Kevin McDermott, read by John Olohan
Tuesday 21 October
A Spectrum of Sorrow, by Angela Finn, read by Janet Moran
Wednesday 22 October
Pool Story, by Jill Kenny, read by Naoise Dunbar
Thursday 23 October
Auntie and Anto and Ivy and Ava, by Ian Feighery, read by Ebby O’Toole-Acheampong
Friday 24th October
RTÉ Short Story Competition Arena Special, live awards night hosted by Rick O’Shea, the judges, shortlisted writers and special guests in the Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire and broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1.
Tickets available at www.paviliontheatre.ie.
For more on the writers and the short stories: https://about.rte.ie/2025/09/19/rte-short-story-competition-2025-shortlist-announced/
