{"id":403915,"date":"2026-04-17T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403915\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:53:10","slug":"eric-roberts-scoops-tv-breakthrough-talent-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403915\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Roberts scoops TV Breakthrough Talent award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TV Presenter Eric Roberts has won a prestigious title in the 2026 Royal Television Society (RTS) Ireland Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Downings man won the Breakthrough Talent Award, one of two special awards on the night.<\/p>\n<p>This award is decided by the RTS ROI Committee and recognises new and emerging professional excellence in the role of presenter, journalist, show host, interviewer, commentator or cast member.<\/p>\n<p>Eric has ticked all the boxes in his meteoric rise in the media world. From TikTokker to Ireland AM presenter, his hard work is paying off in dividends.<\/p>\n<p>His career has taken him to glittering (and sequin-filled) heights, including reaching the final of Dancing with the Stars Ireland this year.<\/p>\n<p>Eric had a dual role at the glamorous RTS awards last night, as he was also a presenter of the Factual Series \/ Sraith Fh\u00edorasach award, which went to \u00a0Irish America &amp; The IRA \u2013 Up and Away Media.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Royal Television Society (RTS) Ireland Awards were held in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre with 400 guests in attendance from across Ireland\u2019s television industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV Presenter Eric Roberts has won a prestigious title in the 2026 Royal Television Society (RTS) Ireland Awards.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-403915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403915","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=403915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}