Local Irish Channels — all the home channels, plus 19,000 more.

Yes — RTÉ One, RTÉ2, Virgin Media One to Four, TG4, RTÉ News, RTÉjr and the wider Irish kids' line-up are all on the channel list, grouped together in an Irish folder. The +1 timeshift versions are there too. Specific channels can be confirmed on WhatsApp before you start.

Yes — every Irish national channel is carried in Full HD (1080p) where the broadcaster transmits it that way, with HD as the standard fallback. RTÉ One, RTÉ2, the Virgin Media channels, TG4 and RTÉ News all run in FHD or HD, and you'll see the channel quality marked in the EPG. The player automatically delivers the best version your line can handle.

Saorview is brilliant if you only want Irish national channels at home, over the air, for free. OwlIPTV's value is having those same channels in the same app as 19,000+ from around the world, on any device, anywhere with internet. Many Irish households keep Saorview as a backup and use OwlIPTV as their everyday option.

Yes — wherever you have a solid internet connection, your login works. This is what makes OwlIPTV popular with Irish emigrants, students abroad and people on long trips. The Six One News, the Late Late, the All-Ireland final, all available on the laptop or phone in another country.

If you have a television or device capable of receiving a broadcast signal at home in Ireland, the €160 TV licence applies — same as with cable, satellite or an aerial. It's separate from your IPTV subscription and is between you and An Post. More on the Is IPTV legal in Ireland? page.

Yes — most TG4 programming is subtitled in English by default, so you don't need fluent Gaeilge to follow the drama, GAA commentary or documentaries. The Irish-language audio is there if you want it, and the subtitles can be toggled in your player settings.

Yes — RTÉ One +1, TG4 +1 and the Virgin Media +1 channels are on the list, sitting next to their main feeds in the Irish folder. Useful for catching the Six One an hour later or shifting prime-time without recording.

That's exactly what anti-freeze streaming is built for. Load-balanced servers and a global CDN absorb the spike when everyone in the country tunes in for the same thing. The 99.9% uptime target is set with those exact moments in mind.

Yes — most players (TiviMate, IPTV Smarters Pro) support catch-up and recording across the Irish channels. Set a recording in advance or rewind a programme you missed within the catch-up window. Details on the catch-up & recording page.