IPTV and TV guide times in Ireland

IPTV Complete Forum editorial desk

2026-11-13

Use the listing for the broadcaster that carried the programme

For an RTÉ programme, its dated television listing gives you a channel and time to work from. For a TG4 programme, use TG4’s programme and accessibility information. Preserve the fada in a name like Ros na Rún when you compare the results. Search without accents only as a second way to find the same title.

For captions, TG4 describes English, Irish and hard-of-hearing options. Its help distinguishes optional tracks from older material with subtitles embedded in the picture. That explains why the same subtitle button can produce a different result on two editions. Compare like for like before deciding a player has lost the captions.

An Irish-language programme with two available editions

Imagine that an evening airing shows English subtitles on screen while a replay offers a selectable Irish track. Save the episode title, date, broadcaster and mode for each. Open the caption selector during the replay, record which tracks the player offers and play enough of the same scene to verify the selected track.

Give the next reader enough to replay the case

Use a short report such as Ros na Rún, TG4 Player catch-up, English track available, Irish track missing on my television app. Add the app version and the date you tried it. If the browser offers the desired track on the same edition, include that result. It helps separate a particular device’s controls from the options available for that programme.

🇮🇪 Ireland · IE

Use the local programme and station ID together. The catalogue records Cula4 as Cula4.ie in Ireland.

Check the local source in Ireland

RTÉ provides dated television listings. Use the broadcaster and channel listed in the grid when looking up a specific Irish broadcast.

If an Irish-language programme is missing, search the title in its original spelling and match the correct channel column before comparing a replay or an episode title.

Identify the exact station in the guide

For Cula4, check dub, episode and local schedule. If your source uses a different identifier from Cula4.ie, use the source’s actual channel field for the mapping.

Convert a programme to the source clock

The same 20:00 wall clock in Europe/Dublin gives different UTC times in January and July. It is 15 Jan 2025 · 20:00 UTC in January and 15 Jul 2025 · 19:00 UTC in July.

Audio and captions

Save the accents in the original title. Confirm the intended audio and captions in the broadcaster's player.

Which device and account details should you check?

1. Use the broadcaster's own market listing for Ireland when checking a current app, subscription or rights question.
2. Look up the app publisher and exact TV or box model in the local device store. Check live versus replay features and separate app charges.
3. For a schedule issue, save the exact channel ID, programme title, local date and time zone without sharing account or playlist details.

Browse channel references for Ireland

Channel references to check

• Cork Community TV
• Cula4
• Dublin Community Television
• F1 Channel
• MTV
• Oireachtas TV
• Premier Sports 1

Find the exact local station

The channel finder contains 10 station records for Ireland in this edition. Each result opens the catalogue ID and local guide example for that feed.

• F1 Channel F1Channel.ie Sports
• Cork Community TV CorkCommunityTV.ie General
• MTV MTV.ie Entertainment
• Cula4 Cula4.ie Kids
• Oireachtas TV OireachtasTV.ie Legislative

Search this market in the channel finder