Radio: Liveline’s TV drama makes for great listening

Joe Duffy uses pensioner’s account of satellite dish court case to tell a broader tale while Sean Moncrieff sets the airwaves ablaze

Radio: Anton Savage makes all the right zounds

Review: ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘The Right Hook’, ‘Morning Ireland’ and Johnny Lyons

Radio: D’arcy’s room for improvement lies outside his comfort zone

Ray D’Arcy’s show lacks fizz but motor enthusiast Anton Savage is heading in the right direction

Radio: Varadkar bombshell about as irrelevant as an elephant in the room

Review: The airwaves were full of an issue that refuses to shed its significance

Tributes paid to Brian Farrell, the ‘authoritative voice’ on Irish politics

‘Pioneer of political science’ also remembered as inspiring lecturer

Radio: Sinn Féin circles the wagons as Maíria Cahill case turns up the heat on Gerry Adams

Review: Party TDs stay on message in the IRA sex-abuse controversy, but others are less reticent during a week of compelling radio

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?

SF prepares for government where compromises await

Analysis: party will gain seats in next election, although perhaps fewer than polls suggest

Radio: Shatter provokes a slip from Adams and pining from Wallace

Sympathy for the former minister comes from unexpected corners and water charges remain stubbornly opaque

Blanket coverage risks putting listeners to sleep, and Duncan Stewart loses his cool

RTE’s coverage of State visit may be a good omen for Anglo-Irish relations but it was bad news for listeners

Latest data adds to optimism on economy

CSO figures show positive trend as IMF chief criticises how banks were bailed out

Radio: The claws are out for a week of bitchy chat and baby talk

It was weird hearing Ryan Tubridy using the B-word in a discussion about women, but at least he showed a little bite. Elsewhere on RTÉ, ‘Pregnant on My Lunchbreak’ was an enlightening documentary about artificial insemination

Drinks industry strategy relies on recruiting young drinkers to their brand

The aim of sponsorship is to ‘piggyback’ on sport’s positive images

Robinson and McGuinness try to lift the gloom

Opinion: Maybe we should cut our politicians a little slack while holding them to account

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