Ireland Entertainment News API

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            "title": "RTÉ chief defends extra payments to Patrick Kielty and says he'd 'love' to keep him at Late Late Show",
            "description": "Kevin Bakhurst also said he would like to see a deal around his own pay ‘sorted’.",
            "content": "RTÉ’S DIRECTOR GENERAL has said he would “love” to keep Patrick Kielty as the host of the Late Late Show, as he defended extra payments to the star.\nKielty, who recently came to the end of a contract to host the Late Late Show, was paid an additional... [4400 chars]",
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            "title": "Leinster House abuzz over RTÉ spending, payments circus",
            "description": "Leinster House was abuzz today as it looked like that the RTÉ spending and payment circus was returning to town, writes Political Correspondent Mícheál Lehane.",
            "content": "Leinster House was all abuzz.\nThe RTÉ spending and payment circus looked like it was returning to town.\nNo, it was not quite as febrile as July 2023, but there was a feeling that a new scandal was gathering steam.\nThe tent had already been pitched do... [1393 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0519/1574218-rte-politics-analysis/",
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            "title": "Police appeal after MAFS UK rape allegations",
            "description": "British police have urged potential victims of sexual assault on the reality TV show Married at First Sight UK to contact them, after women made allegations of rape and sexual misconduct.",
            "content": "British police have urged potential victims of sexual assault on the reality TV show Married at First Sight UK to contact them, after women made allegations of rape and sexual misconduct.\nThe appeal comes after a BBC Panorama documentary in which Sho... [1716 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0519/1574209-police-appeal-after-mafs-uk-rape-allegations/",
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