Dublin Murders beating Virgin Media's Darklands in the TV ratings

The RTE show, featuring Love/Hate stars Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Killian Scott, blew ratings out of the park during the two-hour special on Wednesday.

An RTE spokesperson told the Irish Mirror: “We are overwhelmed by the reaction, it has been brilliant. Long may it last.” They also revealed the feature-length opener, which was episode one and two together, was watched by an average of 240,000 – with a total reach of 650,000 on the night. On Virgin Media new drama Darklands, which launched the week before, reported a total viewership of 409,000 on all platforms over seven days.Virgin Media’s director of content Bill Malone said he is happy with the figure and revealed it was the most-watched programme on the station’s Player last week.

He added: “Darklands was one of four new Irish dramas announced at our recent Upfronts and it is great to see it being watched in such large numbers. It will get its premiere in the UK next month.”Our Irish Mirror Sports page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports account is @MirrorSportIE.The Apprentice star Alan Sugar tweeted: “Any one know what the Dublin Murders is about? Plot too complicated.

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