Irish & UK TV channels online
Domestic Irish television and the UK channels most households here actually want, in one lineup with a seven-day guide. No aerial, no dish, no separate subscription for each side of the Irish Sea.
What you can already get free
Before paying for anything, it's worth knowing what Ireland already provides at no cost. Saorview is the free-to-air digital terrestrial service — it needs an aerial and a compatible television or box, and it carries the main Irish national channels with no subscription at all. RTÉ Player streams a good deal of Irish content free over the internet.
If Irish national television is all you watch, those cover most of it, and we'd rather say so than sell you something you don't need.
The gap for most Irish households is elsewhere: UK channels, which aren't part of Saorview and whose own streaming apps are geo-restricted to the United Kingdom; the wider entertainment, documentary and international channels that sit outside free-to-air; and having everything in a single guide rather than switching between an aerial, three apps and a browser.
| What you want | Free option | What it needs | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish national TV | Saorview | Aerial + compatible TV | Reception varies; no UK channels |
| Irish catch-up | RTÉ Player | Internet, Irish IP address | RTÉ content only |
| UK channels | None in Ireland | — | Not carried on Saorview; UK apps geo-restricted |
| Everything in one guide | None | — | Aerial plus several separate apps |
Both sides of the Irish Sea
Six categories cover what Irish households watch most. All of them sit in the same guide, on the same subscription, with no tier or add-on between them.
Irish general
The national channels Irish households watch daily — news, drama, current affairs and the evening schedule. The staples, without needing an aerial or worrying about reception.
Irish language
Gaeilge programming including news, sport and children's content. Particularly valued in Gaeltacht areas and by families raising children with the language at home.
UK entertainment
Drama, comedy, soaps and reality from the British channels most Irish viewers grew up with. The clearest single gap in what's available free here, and the usual reason people look for IPTV.
News & current affairs
Irish, UK and international rolling news in one place. Useful when a story is being covered differently on each side and you want to see both.
Documentary & factual
History, nature, science and true-story channels, many of them carrying 4K where the source provides it. The category that benefits most visibly from ultra-HD.
Children's
Irish and UK children's channels across age groups, including Irish-language kids' programming. Sits in the same guide so it's easy to find and easy to keep separate.
Cross-border viewing
In Louth, Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal, watching television from both jurisdictions has always been ordinary — households near the border have picked up northern signals for decades, with reception depending entirely on where the house sits.
Streaming removes that geography. Whether a house is in Dundalk, Drogheda or the middle of Dublin, the same lineup arrives over broadband rather than over the air — no aerial alignment, no dependence on terrain, and no difference between a good reception spot and a poor one.
Everything in one place
The practical difference isn't only which channels exist — it's not having to switch between an aerial input, three separate apps and a browser to find what's on.
| Feature | What it does | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| 7-day EPG | Full programme guide, a week ahead, across every channel | Set the time zone to Europe – Dublin or it reads an hour out |
| Catch-up | Rewind recent programming on channels that carry it | Availability varies by channel and region |
| Favourites | Build your own channel list and hide the rest | Worth doing — the full lineup is large |
| Search | Find a programme across all channels at once | Better in TiviMate than most other players |
One lineup, one price
Irish channels, UK channels and international are all in the same subscription. There's no regional package and no second payment for the other side of the Irish Sea.
Every plan includes a 7-day money-back guarantee and no automatic renewal. See all eight plans →
Channel questions
No. Everything arrives over your broadband connection, so there is no aerial to align, no dish to install and no dependence on terrain or reception. All you need is a device that streams and a connection of at least 10 Mbps.
Yes, to a large extent. Saorview provides free-to-air Irish national television with an aerial and a compatible set, and RTÉ Player streams a good deal of Irish content free. If Irish national television is all you watch, those may be enough.
UK broadcaster apps are geo-restricted to the United Kingdom and generally will not play from an Irish connection. UK channels are also not part of Saorview, which is why they are the clearest gap in what is freely available here.
Yes. Gaeilge channels are part of the standard lineup, including news, sport and children's programming, at no extra cost. They appear in the same guide as everything else rather than in a separate section.
Request a 24-hour free trial and browse the full lineup on your own connection. Because broadcasting rights move between providers, this is more reliable than any published list, and no card details are required.
Almost always a time-zone setting rather than a data fault. Set your player to GMT or Europe – Dublin, and check the television's own clock settings too, since some apps inherit the system time zone rather than using their own.
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Browse it yourself
Take a 24-hour trial and look through the full channel list on your own television. It's the only reliable way to confirm the specific channels you want.
What we supply. IPTV Ireland provides subscription access and playlist credentials. Player applications such as TiviMate and IPTV Smarters Pro are third-party software made by other companies — our guides show you how to configure them, and support covers anything server-side. Channel categories and numbers shown on this page are illustrative; lineups are updated daily and the free trial is the reliable way to confirm current coverage. Saorview, RTÉ Player and all broadcaster names are the trademarks of their respective owners, referred to here descriptively. We are not affiliated with any broadcaster.