Andrea Gilligan listens intently but is powerless to help parents dogged by back-to-school guilt
Radio: On Newstalk, Andrea Gilligan moves easily from light to shade, imbuing her folksy style with compassion and honesty
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Radio review: Flustered Eamon Ryan and harried Pearse Doherty grilled by Drivetime’s forbidding interrogators
Radio: RTÉ Drivetime hosts Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra give their current-affairs magazine zip and snap
Kieran Cuddihy is far better at landing punches than punchlines, which is bad news for Stephen Donnelly
Radio: Newstalk presenter mercifully ditches the flat gags, subjecting the Minister for Health to an onslaught
The 2 Johnnies might act like jokers, but they’re laughing all the way to the bank
Radio: 2FM’s drivetime duo, who turn raucous rural references into ratings, know their listeners – and the value of their brand
Oliver Callan doesn’t sound totally at home with lifestyle-oriented conversations that have traditionally filled 9am slot
Radio: RTÉ's Claire Byrne shows she can get riled with the best of them as she urges her guest Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary to stop the ‘personal insults’
Andrea Gilligan might not pose the toughest questions, but she knows how to dodge a bullet
Radio: The Lunchtime Live host opts for friendly inquiry rather than wilful baiting, but she needs to stay alert all the same
‘Money might not buy happiness but definitely provides a sense of security’
Me & My Money: Andrea Gilligan, broadcaster
Ryan Tubridy finally gets his pitch right after a below-par start to his post-Late Late career
Radio 1 presenter struggles to find the right tone after his ‘crazy and beautiful’ goodbye to Late Late show
Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman are a panto act. All that’s missing is Pat Kenny as Widow Twankey
Radio: Sparks fly when Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly discuss open fires, but Adrian Kennedy arrives on Newstalk without his old shock-jock energy
Joe Duffy is going round in circles. He seems to do little else these days
Radio: Liveline host revisits old maths lessons in giddy fashion, while Andrea Gilligan shows her practical side in conversations about racism and cancer
‘I actually was a bit spooked’: Andrea Gilligan, usually unflappable, sounds shaken by her online harassment
Radio: The Newstalk presenter reveals her own experiences during a discussion of abusive online behaviour
Pat Kenny’s bad news diet: ‘There’s only so much you can take’
Radio Review: Newstalk host tackles tricky topics in characteristic fashion
Matt Cooper doesn’t like good news, but he cheers up when it turns bad
Radio review: The Today FM host refuses to get carried away by bad news or good
Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show
Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners
Claire Byrne is radio’s prefect, Cormac Ó hEadhra and Sarah McInerney its maverick cops
Radio in 2021: Radio 1’s new guard found their voice, Newstalk stayed scrappy
Ryan Tubridy now has the second biggest weekday radio programme in Ireland
Newstalk’s Pat Kenny and Today FM’s Dermot & Dave among JNLR ratings winners
Pat Kenny grills Eoin Ó Broin on Newstalk. RTÉ goes easy on Leo Varadkar
Radio: Sinn Féin’s defence that it was merely following the example of others is true
Andrea Gilligan: A kindly voice among the macho men of Newstalk
Radio: Beside strutting colleagues, empathetic host sounds as saintly as Mother Teresa
Claire Byrne isn’t easily silenced. But this left her lost for words
Radio: The RTÉ host heard from Erin and James McClean about their anti-Irish abuse
Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra have transformed Drivetime into compelling radio
Ó hEadhra’s focused outrage and McInerney’s cooler tenaciousness has rejuvenated one of RTÉ Radio's flagship shows
Ciara Kelly hits radio gold as health expert suggests postponing Christmas
Newstalk host sounds sceptical as Trinity College professor floats a novel idea to delay festivities
Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath upstaged by creche worker on Claire Byrne show
Claire Byrne's first post-budget phone-in is a disappointment as she fails to pin down ministers
'Dermot and Dave's Dermot Whelan's meditation tool
Capering presenter discusses mindfulness as Andrea Gilligan hits a groove on her show
Newstalk’s new drivetime host Kieran Cuddihy tries too hard at taking it easy
Overeagerness aside, Cuddihy can make a success of his show, as can Andrea Gilligan
Soothing Shay Byrne strikes right tone for graveyard slot
Review: The presenter even makes the awful front-page news seem somehow okay
First forensic, then cringemaking: Pat Kenny lays down the law
Presenter by turns forensic and toe-curling, while Seán Moncrieff’s ironic style hits a wall
Newstalk rejigs weekend schedule as George Hook returns
Kieran Cuddihy, Jess Kelly and Andrea Gilligan to present new shows
Judge criticises media for attacking prison sentences instead of addressing rehabilitation issue
Judge David Riordan says prison is least visible part of criminal justice system
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