Network 2 recorded its highest audience so far this year for the final episode of hit US sitcom Friends.
RTÉ said more than 600,000 viewers, representing an audience share of 42 per cent, tuned in for the birth of Monica and Chandler's baby and a make-or-break love decision for Ross and Rachel
It is estimated that 77 per cent of all 15 to 24-year-olds were watching television at the time of the screening.
RTÉ was the first broadcaster in Europe to transmit the final episodes of the sitcom. Friendshas been on the air for ten years.
