RTÉ Player is an on demand video service provided by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) for programmes broadcast on RTÉ Television. RTÉ Player is available in two formats; one for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and another format for international audiences. The service provides news, current affairs, entertainment, sport, local and international dramas.

On 2 September 2011, RTÉ announced they would launch a similar platform of their digital radio stations under the name RTÉ Radio Player.

The service allows viewers to watch programmes from 7 to 21 days after they are broadcast. It was launched on 21 April 2009.

RTÉ Player was made available to UPC Ireland customers through their televisions from 25 May 2012.

More than 200 hours of programmes from all categories of RTÉ broadcast schedule are available on RTÉ Player, most of which are not available to web users outside the island of Ireland. But in January 2010, news, sport and flagship entertainment programming were released to world-wide audiences. According to RTÉ, it is "one of the first broadcasters in the world to launch a comprehensive international online TV catch-up service."

Pat Shortt (born 12 December 1966) is an actor, comedian and entertainer. His role in the 2007 film Garage led to him receiving the IFTA for Best Actor.

Shortt starred alongside Jon Kenny in three series of D'Unbelievables: the first, entitled "D'Video", was a live random sketch show; the second, entitled "D'Telly", featured Shortt and Kenny playing various characters (albeit primarily two brothers who run a shop together); the final series, entitled "D'Mother", in which Kenny's character oversaw the running of a public house alongside his "mother" (who was later revealed to be his father, in a role played by Shortt). One character played by Shortt was Dan Clancy, known for telling "his stories". He later appeared as one of the main characters in the spin-off Killinascully.

Shortt played the role of Tom, a crazy man, in Father Ted. His character maintained a unibrow and was attired in a shirt bearing the slogan "I shot JR".

He starred in the 2007 film Garage, directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Shortt won the Best Actor award at the 2008 IFTAs for his performance in this fillum. In 2008, An Post issued a postage stamp featuring Pat Shortt, as Josie, in the film Garage.

The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice. The programme began in 2005 and is currently on series eight.

Candidates are listed alphabetically by series; individual candidate information is accessed by clicking on their name below.

Where a date of birth is not provided, the age given is as of the time the relevant series aired.

Dermot Whelan is an Irish comedian.

A native of Limerick, Whelan is a regular contributor on RTÉ's The Panel, he is also the host of Republic of Telly and has performed at major comedy festivals, including the Kilkenny Cat's Laugh Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Whelan was a co-host of the 98FM Morning Crew radio show in Dublin, along side Cheesey Dave and Siobhan o'Connor. Now himself and Dave are part of the afternoon line-up and are co-creators of the multi-platinum selling comedy characters, The Toll Trolls. Whelan also worked for Dublin City FM in his early career.

Other television credits include The Soccer Show on TV3 and appearances on The Property Game on the same station. He is currently presenting the Republic of Telly on RTÉ Two.

He currently holds the Guinness World Record of 03.14 seconds for keeping a Malteser suspended in the air by blowing and has also played the role of a taste bud in a biscuit ad. Dermot lists Newcastle striker Demba Ba among his many celebrity friends and is a regular attendee and executive patron of the North Dublin Sumo Society . Whelan regularly speaks openly on the radio about his love for cats. He owns over 10 but lists his favourites as his North America Shorthair and Japanese Bobtail named Steve and Ryan Tubridy's Face respectively. He also owns two goldfish and a swan.

Patrick "Pat" Kenny (born 29 January 1948) is an Irish broadcaster and former disc jockey and continuity announcer. He is employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and is their highest paid presenter. He presents Today with Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between 10:00 and midday. He has presented the RTÉ One current affairs programme, The Frontline, each Monday night since the demise of its predecessor Questions and Answers. He hosted The Late Late Show on RTÉ One from 1999 until 2009 when he submitted his resignation to those in a higher position of authority via a live on-air announcement.

Kenny had a past career as a lecturer and has academic degrees in the fields of chemical engineering. As well as his ten-year stint as host of The Late Late Show during the 2000s, he has co-hosted Eurovision Song Contest 1988, as well as numerous other television shows, including Today Tonight, The Pat Kenny Show, Saturday Live and Kenny Live, and has worked for both RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ 2fm, sometimes simultaneously, in a career that has spanned four decades. He is the holder of a Jacob's Award and is perennially cited as the highest paid employee in RTÉ's possession. He was named 23rd most influential person of 2009 by the magazine Village.