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Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
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Doireann Garrihy to leave RTÉ 2FM breakfast show after five years
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Patrick Freyne: Frequently it seems as if those ‘duped’ by Doireann Garrihy, Carl Mullan and Donncha O’Callaghan are playing along, much as you would indulge the tomfoolery of a child
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Magician Dynamo hasn’t the power to excite an ice cool Roy Keane in the Sky Sports studio
Sonia O’Sullivan: Getting inside the enduring success of Ireland’s Fittest Family
This may be one show that truly brings families together
Big personalities, small talk: 2FM parties on as RTÉ sinks
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Jennifer Zamparelli is one of the few people in RTÉ with reasons to be cheerful
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Patrick Freyne on Ireland’s Fittest Family: Screaming at people to be better used to be known as parenting
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