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Private treasures of Betty Ann Norton to be auctioned
Drama teacher was an avid collector, and sale includes jewellery, clothing and furniture
Fintan O’Toole: Fine Gael’s virtuous self-image is at odds with reality
Party’s self-perception as the paragon of propriety actually encourages bad behaviour
RTÉ’s McInerney and Ó hEadhra to present Drivetime
Reshuffle moves Mary Wilson to Morning Ireland and Bryan Dobson to News at One
Schools begin sending calculated Leaving Cert grades
Concern over difficulties getting grades for students taking subjects outside school
Theatre-training legend Betty Ann Norton dies in Dublin
Co-director of the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School helped to launch many acting careers
Minister outlines task to reopen schools in time for September
Comments dampen call from National Parents’ Council Primary for partial June reopening
Joe Duffy is in his element as Liveline callers pile into each other
The conversation turns ugly the moment the post-election Liveline opens
Deaths of Larry Gogan and Marian Finucane leave Montrose reeling
Radio review: In a sad week, RTÉ presenters pull together to remember broadcasting legends
Big Week on the Farm: Shameless sheep sex rams home rural Ireland's beautiful ways
Patrick Freyne: Baz Ashmawy would starve to death in minutes without the people of rural Ireland
Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s answer to St Francis of Assisi canvasses in Waterford
Heartwarming tale of a starling, a hedgehog, a badger and the local election candidate
St Brigid’s Day: Irish women to be celebrated around the world
Events celebrating female talent to take place from London to Warsaw to Washington
Miriam Lord: Michael D will not be spared in an election bloodbath
But which of the chasers can take advantage of chinks in the presidential armour?
Ivan Yates overtakes Pat Kenny on Newstalk as most radio shows gain listeners
Communicorp station reaches highest market share, while Radio 1 reverses recent slip
Seven of the best TV shows to watch this week
Anthony Hopkins plays Lear, Gay Byrne takes a trip down memory lane and Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope comes to a friendship-wrecking close
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Alison Spittle is on a quest to find out exactly what makes a culchie while Lost in Space offers an entirely different sort of quest
RTÉ Radio 1 adds weekend listeners, Today FM slips at lunchtime
Sports shows and Marian Finucane among the main winners in radio ratings
RTÉ Radio 1 adds Sarah McInerney and Fionnuala Sweeney to new daily roster
Richard Crowley, former presenter of the News at One, has left RTÉ
Noel Whelan: Britain distracted as Irish relationship faces strain
We are about to see first public divergence by governments on North since Belfast Agreement
Console phone bill had not been paid for 12 months
Services would have ‘fallen over’ without staff who worked unpaid, says David Hall
Radio: Aine Lawlor gives women’s voices a rare sporting chance
Review: ‘Marian Finucane’, ‘Off the Ball’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’
Radio: Hidden horror stories of gangland crimewave
On-air analysis of killings prefers sensation to perspective, as Joe Duffy and Aine Lawlor hear
Radio 1 builds recovery as Today FM slides - JNLR survey
Sean O’Rourke, ‘News at One’, Claire Byrne and ‘Drivetime’ among shows adding listeners
Radio: Freewheeling Pat Kenny takes off in awkward directions
Review: The Newstalk presenter tries an invigorating new way into work, but embarrassing old habits emerge when discussing sensitive topics
Miriam Lord: It’s no surprise that Averil Power has resigned from Fianna Fáil
There were tears on the plinth at Leinster House after the FF lads had their laugh in Kilkenny
Róisín Meets: Sinead Burke on life as a little person
‘Minnie Mélange’, aka the Alternative Miss Ireland, inspired by her impressive mother
RTÉ to take over O’Connell St for ‘Road to the Rising’ event
Main road will be closed to traffic on Easter Monday for recreation of life in 1915
Radio: Tortoise Tubridy takes victory. Can Ray D’Arcy follow suit?
Review: A good year for Ryan Tubridy, Pat Kenny and Sean O’Rourke. But where are all the women presenters?
Radio: Presenters playing the World Cup for laughs are scoring an own goal
It’s bad enough that the soccer agnostics complain incessantly about the soccer tournament, but do we need so many wacky items on air?
Commissions and creepy crawlies as RTÉjr turns one
Sheila de Courcy, head of children’s content for RTÉ, on her plans for the channel
Radio: Everybody’s getting tangled up by the Garda tapes story
Confused commentators were tied in knots trying to unravel the Garda controversy. Maybe RTÉ’s new science series could help make sense of it all
Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs
Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor category
Business to Arts brings the best of both worlds
It will be lucky for some as Allianz prepares for 13th year at the helm
Television: Two faces of composure – one defying cancer, the other denying the past
The ‘Morning Ireland’ presenter Áine Lawlor kept cool in ‘Facing Cancer’, but ‘The Disappeared’, about victims of the IRA, had some genuinely chilling moments
Television: The bloodsucker, the barrister and the boil-encrusted bodies
There’s good reason to revamp the vampire story, and a barrister has plenty of bloodcurdling moments
Radio review: 1913 Lockout documentary was a hit and myth affair
The documentary was weighed down by detail, but ‘Liveline’ brought the cult of Jim Larkin to life
O’Rourke ‘excited’ at prospect of taking over Pat Kenny slot
Veteran broadcaster to anchor station’s main mid-morning radio show
‘Disrespectful, inappropriate but time to move on’, says Collins
Cork North-West TD insists lapgate incident was not typical of Leinster House
Robinson and McGuinness try to lift the gloom
Opinion: Maybe we should cut our politicians a little slack while holding them to account
International circus, dance and drama for Galway Arts Festival
Macnas promises street spectacle later in year
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