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RTÉ and Virgin wouldnt air The Wire, Breaking Bad or The West Wing

“The Wire, Breaking Bad and The West Wing. Yes neither RTÉ or Virgin would show anything like that.”
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Confidence: High Checked on May 19, 2026

Summary

The Wire, Breaking Bad, and The West Wing are not part of the regular line‑up on Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ or on Virgin Media’s terrestrial channels; they are instead accessed through streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, or other on‑demand services. Consequently, neither RTÉ nor Virgin currently airs these series.

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  • The Wire - Wikipedia

    In the United Kingdom, the show has been broadcast on FX until 2009 when the BBC bought terrestrial television rights to The Wire in 2008, when it was broadcast on BBC Two, although controversially it was broadcast at 11:20 pm and catchup was not available on BBC iPlayer.

  • The West Wing - Wikipedia

    The West Wing universe diverges from history after Richard Nixon's presidency, although there is occasional overlap; for instance, in the second episode of the series' second season "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" Toby Ziegler speaks to a Secret Service agent outside a building named for Ronald Reagan, although this may have just been a production oversight. Fictional Presidents who are shown to have served between Nixon and Bartlet include one-term Democrat D. Wire Newman (James Cromwell) and two-term Republican Owen Lassiter.

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  • Sur écoute — Wikipédia

    Sur écoute (The Wire) est une série télévisée dramatique américaine, créée par David Simon et coécrite avec Ed Burns, diffusée sur HBO du 2 juin 2002 au 9 mars 2008. Elle s'étend sur 5 saisons et 60 épisodes.

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  • TV Listings Guide Ireland App - App Store

    - What's On Now & Next with channel-by-channel breakdown of all tv programmes. - On Demand highlights & recommendations for the month ahead, including Netflix, Apple TV, Disney+, Amazon Prime, NOWTV, Sky and Virgin OD. - Daily TV highlights & recommendations. - Reviews of all the latest and greatest TV shows. - All the latest TV news. - Over 100 of the most popular TV channels including RTE, TG4, Sky, Virgin Media, BBC, Channel 4, ITV, and all the rest...

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