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Season 2021

  • S2021E01 COVID-19 – The Third Wave

    • February 9, 2001

    A look inside the heart of Tallaght University Hospital, where once again frontline staff face enormous challenges during the latest surge of Covid-19.

  • S2021E02 Ireland's Illegal Adoptions: Part 1

    • March 4, 2021

    A report on the thousands of children who have been illegally adopted in Ireland, and how decades later, they are still battling bureaucracy to find their true identities. Viewer discretion is advised for this show

  • S2021E03 Stuck in the Rough

    • January 18, 2021

    RTÉ Investigates follows the lives of rough sleepers and homeless hostel users, examining the challenges they face and the difficulties in getting off the streets.

  • S2021E04 Belturbet, A Bomb That Time Forgot

    • May 11, 2021

    Three days after Christmas 1972 a car bomb was driven into Belturbet, Co Cavan; a forgotten atrocity that claimed the lives of two teenagers. RTÉ Investigates revisits a case.

  • S2021E05 Claims, Planes and Automobiles

    • August 13, 2021

    RTÉ Investigates reveals how a lack of oversight of County Councillors expense claims is leading to significant overclaiming with the taxpayer left to pick up the tab.

  • S2021E06 Crack and the Community

    • July 20, 2021

    RTÉ Investigates reveals undercover filming of the steep rise in open drug dealing in one community in the capital, where crack cocaine use is on the increase. Over several weeks, Fran McNulty has delved into the drug addictio...

  • S2021E07 Room to Improve

    • April 1, 2021

    An RTÉ Investigates report looks at value for money in the Office of Public Works and speaks to one former senior employee who says he raised red flags while working there.

  • S2021E08 The Department, The Data & The Disclosure

    • March 25, 2021

    RTÉ Investigates reports on how the Department of Health has secretly used information from private doctor consultations to build dossiers on children with autism who were involved in legal actions against the State.

  • S2021E09 Wardship -The Decision Makers

    • November 9, 2021

    RTÉ Investigates examines Ireland's complicated and largely unknown Wards of Court System and the impact it has on the lives of more than 2000 wards here.

  • S2021E10 A Patient's Nightmare

    • September 23, 2021

    A report from RTÉ Investigates on suspected sexual assault of unconscious patients in an Irish hospital.

Season 2022

  • S2022E01 Ireland's Illegal Adoptions: Part 2

    • March 16, 2022

    A year on from its initial documentary, RTÉ Investigates again turns the spotlight on Ireland's illegal adoptees revealing how 12 months later many are still searching for answers and struggling to discover their true identities.

  • S2022E02 The Accountant, the Con, the Lies

    • February 14, 2022

    A report on a scam involving an Irish businesswoman well known in sporting circles, with the aim of defrauding homeowners around Ireland out of hundreds of thousands of euros.

Season 2023

  • S2023E01 Ireland's Unregulated Psychologists

    • March 7, 2023
    • RTÉ One

    RTÉ Investigates the lack of regulation of psychologists in the private sector where families of young children are forced to seek help because of long public waiting lists. Reporter Barry O’Kelly shows how easy it is to call yourself a psychologist in Ireland today.

  • S2023E02 Dairy's Dirty Secret

    • July 10, 2023
    • RTÉ One

    Fran McNulty investigates the underside of Ireland's dairy boom where the success of a multi-billion euro industry often comes at the expense of animal welfare.

  • S2023E03 The Planning Trap

    • December 4, 2023
    • RTÉ One

    RTÉ Investigates reporter Barry O'Kelly reveals planning appeals made against residential and industrial developments which are later withdrawn in return for cash payoffs.

Season 2024

  • S2024E01 Horses - Making a Killing

    • June 12, 2024
    • RTÉ One

    RTÉ Investigates goes deep inside the equine industry to show what happens to horses after they leave the spotlight.

  • S2024E02 Girls in Green

    • July 7, 2024
    • RTÉ One

    A major new joint investigation into widespread allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by women against Irish male soccer coaches.

  • S2024E03 Inside the Protests

    • September 19, 2024
    • RTÉ One

    As anti-immigration public protests reached boiling point this summer, RTÉ Investigates was on the ground to capture the events that sent shockwaves through the political system.

  • S2024E04 Ireland's Abortion Services

    • January 15, 2024
    • RTÉ One

    RTÉ Investigates the realities of Ireland's current abortion services and gaps in the system of care which continue to cause heartache for affected women.

Season 2025

  • S2025E01 Christian Brothers, The Assets, The Abusers

    • April 23, 2025
    • RTÉ One

    RTÉ Investigates examines the Christian Brothers handling of their wealth and assets, as they continue to fail victims of abuse in a brand new documentary to air this Wednesday night.

  • S2025E02 Inside Ireland's Nursing Homes

    • June 4, 2025
    • RTÉ One

    An undercover documentary examining standards of care in several residential facilities owned by Ireland's leading provider of private nursing homes.

  • S2025E03 Forced Fashion

    • September 24, 2025
    • RTÉ One

    Could forced labour cotton be in your clothes? Reporter Joe Galvin follows the threads back to China's Xinjiang province.

  • S2025E04 First Conviction

    • November 12, 2025
    • RTÉ One

    A major investigation into the conviction and imprisonment of a couple for a crime that didn’t happen, and the ongoing and far-reaching consequences for the Irish system.