This is the moment actor Paul Mescal realised he was being interviewed live on RTÉ’s Six One News. Our Arts and Media Correspondent Evelyn O’Rourke was chatting to actor Jessie Buckley at the Irish premiere of Chloé Zhao’s historical drama, Hamnet, when the Academy Award nominee literally skipped into the conversation. 📲#rténews #paulmescal #jessiebuckley #hamnet | RTÉ News

12K views · 111 reactions | Live theatre is returning around the country. In Cork a production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is due to begin a sell-out run tomorrow for one week | https://bit.ly/3k13pMz | RTÉ News | Facebook

19K views · 73 reactions | The Government is "minded" to go with "significant restrictions" on the hospitality sector before New Year's Eve, the Taoiseach has said. Micheál Martin said the Government would decide when the Cabinet meets on Tuesday. | Read more: bit.ly/3h1D0Oc | RTÉ News | Facebook

49K views · 409 reactions | The Government has signalled that there will be no easing of Level Five restrictions next week ¦ Read more: bit.ly/3ixOHwU | RTÉ News | Facebook

11K views · 61 reactions | The latest data on Covid in schools shows a lower positivity rate among close contacts tested, compared to the national rate. The HSE has widened the number of students deemed close contacts of cases in second-level classrooms, in an attempt to assess the impact of new variants of the virus. | https://bit.ly/3eKnS8X | RTÉ News | Facebook