Hugh Linehan: Is the BBC controversy a right-wing plot?
Will Donald Trump sue? And is public service broadcasting doomed?
What is wrong with Ireland’s housing and planning system?
Is John Collison’s view of Ireland’s housing problems correct or ‘naive’?
Is the newspaper arts review dying or could it be rescued by subscribers?
If one culprit looms behind these shifts, it is the early digital consensus that everything should be free
How is Catherine Connolly viewed in Europe?
Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated as Ireland's 10th president on Tuesday
Ivan Yates controversy shows why media must take conflicts of interest seriously
Ireland’s media and political elites remain too entangled, which can erode trust
Enshittification: the word that sums up how we live now
It seems to convey a sense of promises broken, not just in technology but in culture and politics too
Why would anyone run for president when the path to the Áras is paved with such bile?
We claim to want a non-political figure, then recoil when that person turns out to have had a normal, flawed life
Catherine Connolly has clearly won the digital media battle in the presidential election
A cautious party insider facing off against a confident outsider who thrives on digital media
Presidential election: How do I vote tactically?
The election takes place on October 24th, but how is it all going to work?
After last week’s radio reshuffle, what is the difference now between RTÉ and Newstalk?
The departure of Ray D’Arcy led to a cascade of announcements, including Kieran Cuddihy succeeding Joe Duffy on Liveline
Presidential election: A short history of controversies and kerfuffles
Some presidential controversies have been faintly comic, others more serious
The days when the budget was a shared national event in Ireland are over
People now receive budget news as a series of personalised bullet points delivered through whatever channel they prefer
Avoiding the temptation to replace journalists with AI is crucial for news media
Publishers are feeding press releases into large language models that churn out hundreds of finished stories
Why we should worry about the Government getting into the journalism business
Media regulator’s funding of journalism is one of several areas that need broader clarification
Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is a ratcheting-up of Donald Trump’s attack on free speech
US media panics can seem mildly exotic and slightly incomprehensible, but this one matters








