{"id":402633,"date":"2026-04-17T01:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402633\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:55:11","slug":"the-walsh-sisters-and-traitors-ireland-among-rts-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/402633\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walsh Sisters and Traitors Ireland among RTS winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Walsh Sisters, The Traitors Ireland and Obituary Season 2 were among the big winners at the 2026 RTS Ireland Awards in Dublin on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by RT\u00c9 at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre, the annual awards recognised work across Irish television, from drama and entertainment to sport, journalism and factual programming.<\/p>\n<p>Louise Duffy and Aisling Bonner presented the ceremony in front of around 400 guests from across the industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Walsh Sisters won the Audience Choice Award, while Obituary Season 2 took the Scripted prize and The Traitors Ireland won in the Entertainment category.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arthur Gourounlian and Eric Roberts \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/00243c20-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nEric Roberts and Arthur Gourounlian<\/p>\n<p>There were also wins for NORAID: Irish America &amp; The IRA in Factual Series, Ransom &#8217;79 in Factual Single and DJ Carey: Hero to Zero in Current Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In sport, RT\u00c9\u2019s coverage of the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025 won Live Sport Coverage, while Camogie: Inside the Championship took the award for Sports Documentary.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marty Morrissey, Katja Mia and Brian Dowling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/00243c1f-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nMarty Morrissey, Katja Mia and Brian Dowling<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Maddie + Triggs won Children&#8217;s Programming, Housewife of the Year took Specialist Factual and Uncharted With Ray Goggins won Factual Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Roberts received the Breakthrough Talent Award, while writer and broadcaster Manch\u00e1n Magan was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution Award.<\/p>\n<p>Full list of winners<\/p>\n<p>Audience Choice Award<br \/>The Walsh Sisters<\/p>\n<p>Scripted \/ R\u00e9amhscriptithe<br \/>Obituary Season 2 | Magamedia &amp; APC | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Entertainment \/ Siamsa\u00edocht<br \/>The Traitors Ireland | Kite Entertainment | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Factual Series \/ Sraith Fh\u00edorasach<br \/>NORAID: Irish America &amp; The IRA | Up and Away Media | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Factual Single \/ Cl\u00e1r F\u00edorasach Aonair<br \/>Ransom \u201979 | John Kelleher Media | Virgin Media Television<\/p>\n<p>Live Sport Coverage \/ Sp\u00f3rt Beo<br \/>Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025 | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>News Broadcaster of the Year \/ Craolt\u00f3ir Nuachta na Bliana<br \/>RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Programming \/ Cl\u00e1racha do Leana\u00ed<br \/>Maddie + Triggs | Turnip + Duck | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Specialist Factual \/ Sainchl\u00e1r F\u00edorasach<br \/>Housewife of the Year | Little Wing Films | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Factual Entertainment \/ Siamsa\u00edocht Fh\u00edorasach<br \/>Uncharted With Ray Goggins | Diffusion Media | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Current Affairs \/ C\u00farsa\u00ed Reatha<br \/>DJ Carey: Hero to Zero | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Sports Documentary \/ Cl\u00e1r Faisn\u00e9ise Sp\u00f3irt<br \/>Camogie: Inside the Championship | Kite Entertainment &amp; True Films | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Short Film \/ Gearrscann\u00e1in<br \/>Grace | Invisible Thread | RT\u00c9<\/p>\n<p>Breakthrough Talent Award<br \/>Eric Roberts<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding Contribution Award \/ An Gradam Comaoine<br \/>Manch\u00e1n Magan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Walsh Sisters, The Traitors Ireland and Obituary Season 2 were among the big winners at the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-402633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}