Figures from RTÉ show 3.4 million tuned into Olympics Games coverage, with finals involving Kellie Harrington and Rhasidat Adeleke the most viewed events.
On RTÉ Player, there were 7.2 million streams of the Olympic Games from July 24th to August 11th, with the top five streams coming in for Kellie Harrington’s gold medal win, Rashidat Adeleke’s 400m final, Daniel Wiffin’s bronze in the 1500m, Rhys McClenegan’s gold win, and the 400m women’s relay respectively.
On RTÉ2, the top three most-watched events were: Other TV highlights for viewers in Ireland across the Games included Mona McSharry's bronze medal swim on Monday, July 29th, which peaked at 621,000 viewers on RTÉ 2, while Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan's back-to-back Olympic-winning performance in the lightweight rowing on Friday, August 2nd, was seen by a peak audience of 429,000.
On Saturday, August 3rd, a peak audience of 629,000 tuned in as gymnast Rhys McClenaghan secured gold on the pommel horse. Sunday, August 4th, saw Daniel Wiffin add to his gold in the 800m Freestyle swimming with a bronze in the 1,500m Freestyle watched by a peak of 790,000.