This year-long investigation exposed the inside story behind NAMA's sale of its Northern Ireland portfolio. Spotlight revealed the political machinations behind the deal and produced explosive new evidence; secret recordings that tied a NAMA advisor, “a man with lofty political and business connections,"" to a secret offshore stash of money .

RTÉ One's Claire Byrne Live hosted the largest ever Irish general election live television debate from the University of Limerick, ten days before the polls opened. Claire Byrne skillfully moderated the informative debate between leaders from seven political parties in front of a live audience of over 300 people.

The People's Debate was an experiment in democracy television. The programme travelled to each of Ireland's 40 constituencies, where voters were given the opportunity to meet and question their elected representatives and contesting candidates in front of live audience.

This groundbreaking RTÉ Investigates programme which examined hundreds of thousands of documents, revealed the failure of almost 40% of public representatives in Ireland to comply with ethics legislation. Using undercover filming the programme also revealed how some individuals sought personal rewards to carry out their work as a public representative.