‘The Elections 2024 was like watching Attenborough report on the discovery of a new species of sea urchin’

Television reviews

Fran McNulty and studio guests on Monday night's 'Prime Time'

Eilis O'Hanlon

With electronic voting, results could be known within moments of the polls closing. But where’s the fun in that? Journalists and pundits on Elections 2024 (RTÉ One, Sunday, 9.35pm) were like children on Christmas Eve as they waited with eager anticipation for each fresh count to come in.

With perfect timing, Fran ­McNulty even got to begin Prime Time Election Special (RTÉ One, Monday, 9.35pm) on ­Monday by cutting straight to the live announcement of results of the first count in the Dublin constituency for the European Parliament.