Paris 2024: RTE to air 250 hours of live Olympics coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player

RTÉ presenters Joanne Cantwell, Peter Collins, Darragh Maloney and Evanne Ní Chuilinn pictured in RTE’s studio ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games (Pic: Marc O’Sullivan)

RTÉ will deliver over 250 hours of live action from France across RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, with three live daily programmes, live coverage of the main events on RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2FM and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta as well as a brand new RTÉ Olympic Podcast series.

Paris 2024 will see the largest ever Irish contingent travel to the Olympics, with 133 athletes competing across a wider array of sports than ever before, RTE said.

Group head of RTÉ Sport Declan McBennett said: “Rarely from an Irish perspective have we had such a level of anticipation and expectation heading into an Olympic games.

“RTÉ Sport will be there for the key events, the reactions and hopefully the medal moments as the best athletes we have across so many disciplines not only take on, but match and better the best in the world.”

Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ secured broadcast rights to Paris 2024  through Warner Bros. Discovery.

Viewers will be able to watch 14 hours a day of coverage across three daily TV programmes on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, featuring an array of expertise on Olympic sports including athletics, swimming, boxing, rowing, gymnastics, badminton, and rugby sevens.

Evanne Ní Chuilinn will present Paris Olympics 2024: AM as the action begins in Paris each morning. Peter Collins will be at the helm for Paris Olympics 2024: Today in the afternoons, and Paris Olympics: 2024 Tonight will be presented by Darragh Maloney and Joanne Cantwell.

RTÉ’s line-up of studio experts include Andrew Bree and Gráinne Murphy (Swimming), Derval O’Rourke, Rob Heffernan and Sonia O’Sullivan, (Athletics) Bernard Dunne and Kenny Egan (Boxing), Johnny Bell (Hockey), Mairéad Kavanagh (Gymnastics), Scott Evans (Badminton) and Annalise Murphy (Sailing) amongst a host of others.