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What to watch on RTÉ Player this week? The RTÉ Player team share their top picks to watch on RTÉ Player this week.   What’s Trending? RTÉ Investigates – Nightmare to Let RTÉ Investigates spent six months examining standards in the private rental sector.  Undercover researchers found dangerously overcrowded accommodation and sub-standard buildings with multiple fire safety breaches. Three multiple occupancy buildings with […]
SPORT ON RTÉ2 Week 45 Live coverage of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Final between holders Cork City and Dundalk is this week's sporting highlight on RTÉ2
IRELAND’S FITTEST FAMILY Our final six families take on the tunnels! The slowest families face the gruelling eliminator. Two families are eliminated and the four successful teams join last week’s winning families at coach selection. Davy, Donncha, Anna and Derval must pick the teams they want to work with from the remaining eight.
KNOW THE SCORE Joining Jacqui, Ruby and Shane on episode two are former world boxing champion, Barry McGuigan and Irish soccer’s goal scoring hero Ray Houghton. 
FAIR CITY WEEK 45 The Brennans cause chaos in Vinos, Decco unwittingly throws Kerri-Ann and Mondo together, Dr. Oakley sets his sights on Doug and Robbie hits out at his family.
PAT SHORTT’S MUSIC FROM D’TELLY This week's programme includes Carole King, The Pogues, Christy Moore, Jackson Browne, Phil Coulter and Luke Kelly.
THE NATHAN CARTER SHOW ***NEW SERIES*** In the first show in his brand new series, Nathan Carter belts out lots of great songs, welcomes guests including Shane Filan, Roisin O, Hayseed Dixie and Johnny McEvoy, and spends hours in make-up to disguise himself as an elderly lady to prank some fans.
SHETLAND ***NEW*** With a murderer on the loose, D.I. Jimmy Perez is determined to protect the people of his beloved Shetland Islands from harm.
Ireland’s Greatest Sporting Moment kicks-off on RTÉ2 this Thursday with Eamon Dunphy, Joe Brolly and Sonia O’Sullivan debating the greatest Irish sporting moment of a momentous decade, the 1980s. Presented by Des Cahill and Evanne Ni Chuilinn, the series kicks-off this Thursday 9 November with Eamon Dunphy, Joe Brolly and Sonia O’Sullivan debating the 1980s.
SAY YES TO THE DRESS In the fourth episode of Say Yes To The Dress Ireland Franc meets a bride who's had to reschedule her wedding twice, a bride who's tried on 80 dresses in five shops in two countries and a bride who feels she's older and is unsure of what to wear.