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THE REMOTE IS our weekly look at upcoming TV highlights.
Across TV and streaming services, we bring you some suggestions for your week’s viewing, based on quality, intrigue, and the simple likelihood that something might end up sparking an interesting discussion. Here’s what you should watch out for this week.
This week sees the arrival of Nothing Compares, a documentary on the life and times of Irish musician Sinéad O’Connor, to Now TV.
For anyone who missed it while it was in theatres, Kathryn Ferguson’s documentary picked up stellar reviews and currently holds a 99% rating on movie review website Rotten Tomatoes.
O’Connor’s life has been the subject of fascination to many on this island and the world over since she made her debut in the late 1980s and became an unignorable force, challenging Catholic tradition, human rights abuses and abuse of children, and the structures of success she found herself within.
Speaking to The Journal when the film was first released last year, Belfaster Ferguson said: “To have this radical icon from our island be treated the way she was, I honestly can say that that’s where the seeds for the film were really sown, because it just had a huge effect, a profound effect.”
The movie features “interviews and insights from contemporary artists, musicians and social commentators who introduce broader themes of Irish history, politics, and global activism”. It’s a heart-rending watch that will make you question the way O’Connor has been treated throughout her career, and think about her place in the pantheon of Irish cultural icons.
The docu-film will be available on Sky Documentaries and NOW TV from 29 July.
On RTÉ One this Thursday at 9.35pm, Prime Time will run an exposé on landlords who are exploiting the sorry state of Ireland’s housing market to obtain sex from prospective renters.
The show will reveal footage of undercover journalism exposing landlords asking for sex “twice a week” from desperate renters and highlight the lack of protections available for vulnerable people in Ireland. The 30-second snippet below gives an insight into just how explosive these revelations might be.
RTÉ Investigates has gone undercover to meet landlords seeking sex in exchange for providing accommodation.
— RTÉ Prime Time (@RTE_PrimeTime) July 24, 2023
Watch the full report on Thursday on Prime Time at 9.35pm.#rtept | #rteinvestigates | @RTENews pic.twitter.com/XNRIMre5ia
Documentaries about cults are certainly having a moment these days, and Netflix look set to further capitalise on that interest with their new factual series How To Become A Cult Leader, which looks at the rise of six notorious cult leaders in recent history. This lands on Friday 28 July.
And, as if you need reminding, Ireland will play their second fixture of the FIFA Women’s World Cup at 1pm Ireland time on Wednesday on RTÉ 2.
It’s do-or-die for the girls in green. Canada’s nil-all draw with Nigeria means Vera Pauw’s women are still in with a solid chance of qualifying from Group B, but that will almost certainly require at least a draw against Canada on Wednesday morning, if not a win.
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The French ATC workers should not be Allowed to hold us to ransom, they’ve caused chaos in the past. French strikes have caused chaos in Calais recently too. There should be a euro wide ATC service and an end to ATC ruining holidays and costing businesses millions.
At least the French (and Germans, and Spanish, and Italians….well pretty much every other European country out there) has the balls to drop tools and protest when they are being royally shafted unlike us piss wimpy Irish who bend over and take it with glee!
I agree, but how many people are EU sceptics (including me) demanding return of soverinty, but when is covinient then people demans more integration, such as the example of an Euro ATC which would take control of our sovereign skies, which one is it, integration or back to the EEA?
No doubt the French Air Traffic Controllers take the pi$$ but if Mick in Ryanair had his way we would all be working for tuppence halfpenny an hour…
There must be a middle ground…
French ATC workers are extremely well paid and just flex their muscles every now and then…generally to get even more. Greedy people who don’t give a monkey’s for anyone else.
As for Danish civil servants being banned from using Ryanair…..presume that is forbbusiness, or does their employer dictate how they can spend their own cash?
Why dont they get bilderbergs to help squash the People’s rights to strike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bobby, don’t be daft most EU states have legislation that prevents critical services from striking Spain, Germany, Italy and Ireland included!!
It makes sense that critical services are available
Unions wreaking Europe 24/7
The French in general are bad B******* 2when it comes to industrial relations with police standing idly by while fires rage on train tracks, lorries are invaded by foreign nationals and their government sit on their hands and do SFA frankly. It’s an annual beano insofar as the airlines are concerned but no one gives a toss . They need sorted out !
Michael forget those troublesome Danes go speak with Kim e yung of North Korea just opened a new airport and no fear of strikes there.
If it was not for strike then Employers would take advantage of employees.Already employees are being taken advantage of by employers because of the state of the economy.Everyone should have the right to strike and the French air traffic controllers have that right like anyone else.In France if the rail go on strike then the union tells the air traffic controllers to go on strike too on their behalf so it is not necessarily the Controllers on all those occasions with the issues
As for Michael O Leary he treats his own staff terribly yet people in Ireland think he’s great and admire his business ideas, yet those business ideas rids employees of any rights, treats them like s**t, pays them the lowest of what he can get away with while he has brought down flight costs he devalues the customers rights,and treats passengers like crap too
I agree.
Why doesn’t Michael publish the contracts and terms and conditions of these zero hour contract employees.
He’s great for shouting about the great terms and conditions of those who work for him but is very secretive about publishing the contracts.
Why the secrecy?
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