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The Panel is a humorous weekly chat show that airs on the Irish television network RTÉ Two, usually on a Monday evening but occasionally on other nights also. Until 2006 it was hosted by Dara Ó Briain, although as of Autumn 2007 there is no longer a single regular host, but is presented by one of Ó'Briain, Neil Delamere, or Colin Murphy. The show used to be recorded in The Helix but has since moved to the Draoicht Theatre in Blanchardstown in 2005. The show, which has run from September 2003 to the present day, has five panellists who change from week to week. They discuss current events, interspersed with celebrity interviews (3 per show originally, and then reduced to 2). It is one of RTÉ's most popular shows, and its sudden apparent cancellation in December 2005 annoyed many of the programme's fans but it returned with a largely unchanged format in October 2006. The format was derived from an Australian show of the same name.

The show features "Waterfall" by The Stone Roses as its theme song.

As of November 2006, it is possible to watch past episodes of The Panel on RTÉ's website. Rogue clips from the unedited version of the show have been known to appear on Youtube, though these appear to have stopped in the wake of intervention by the show's producers. In the 2006-2007 season Dara Ó Briain did not present every episode – four episodes were hosted by Colin Murphy instead. In the third of these episodes, Dara Ó Briain appeared as a panellist rather than the presenter for the first time, as he only arrived in time for the second half of the recording.

The 2006-2007 season ended on 29 January 2007. Special episodes of the show were aired from 2 May 2007 on Wednesdays at 22:00, under the title The Panel - The People Decide to conside with the 2007 Irish general election. They were presented by Colin Murphy, and ended on 30 May. The programme began its 2007-2008 season [1] in September 2007.

The show was performed live in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin from 11-13 September 2007 as part of the Bulmers Comedy Festival. These shows, following the format of the television show but a longer running time and stronger language, were chaired by Neil Delamere and were not recorded for television.

• Colin Murphy (presenter). Since Ó Briain ceased to be a regular, Murphy is the only panelist who appears in (almost) every episode.
• Neil Delamere (presenter)
• Ed Byrne
• Andrew Maxwell

• Dara Ó Briain. The shows former regular presenter, he has only appeared on one show of the 2007-2008 season, although he hosted the episode on which he appeared.
• Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin
• Karl Spain
• Fiona Looney
• Anna Nolan
• Mairéad Farrell
• Pauline McLynn
• Gráinne Seoige
• Silé Seoige
• Aoife Ní Thuairisg
• Geri Maye
• Brendan Courtney
• George Hook
• Kathryn Thomas
• David Corbet
• Jimmy Carr
• Edith Bowman
• Tommy Tiernan
• Jenny Huston
• Dermot Whelan
• Pamela Flood

• The Panel at the Internet Movie Database
• The Panel on RTÉ's website