Ian Dempsey

2023 in radio: Tubridy fallout lingers over RTÉ as rival stations look like safer options

Radio 1 and 2FM are shaken but still standing after the Montrose payments scandal as Pat Kenny’s strong Newstalk performance symbolises changed landscape

Sat Dec 23 2023 - 05:15

Ian Dempsey and Dave Moore lay on a welcome five hours away from the woes of the world

Radio: Today FM morning hosts’ shows segue seamlessly into each other as Moore shows there’s plenty of life in him now that he has left the Dermot & Dave double act behind

Fri Dec 01 2023 - 05:00

What will Ryan Tubridy’s exit mean for his fellow RTÉ presenters?

A significant drop in earnings is on the cards under a new regime that holds all the cards

Thu Aug 17 2023 - 20:53

Normality bites: falling audiences and stagnant schedules challenge post-pandemic radio

Radio review of 2022: RTÉ stations lost listenership as lockdown eased and interests fractured, while Today FM and Newstalk were stable without being stagnant

Sat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00

Ian Dempsey is in his usual irrepressibly good cheer. Then he drops the H-bomb

Radio: It’s a shock to hear the habitually buoyant Today FM presenter express hatred on Wednesday morning’s breakfast show

Fri Nov 04 2022 - 05:00

Breakfast radio makes gains but Ray D’Arcy and Liveline lose listeners

Radio 1 Morning Ireland stretches lead as most-listened-to programme on Irish radio

Thu Jul 28 2022 - 12:06

Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show

Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 12:03

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

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 12:00

Stephen Donnelly gives unconvincing National Maternity Hospital performance

Radio: Minister for Health is smooth on the Delta variant but rattled by the hospital saga

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00

Ray D’Arcy has the solution to all our problems

This is mightily flimsy stuff, more suited to local radio. But, against the odds, it works

Fri Jan 08 2021 - 07:31

Ray D’Arcy: ‘My dad was in the Army, had nine kids and drank a lot’

The broadcaster says his working-class roots make him crave security and fear failure

Sat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00

Covid-19 crisis prompted huge surge in radio listenership, first figures show

Morning Ireland, Liveline and Sunday with Miriam among shows securing massive gains

Thu Nov 05 2020 - 12:00

Marian Finucane added listeners in last months on air

Audience data shows late broadcaster helped RTÉ Radio 1 make gains in fourth quarter

Thu Feb 06 2020 - 12:01

Radio review of 2019: As RTÉ mourned Gaybo, it was tearing itself apart

The contrast between RTÉ’s obvious disdain for Lyric and indulgent attitude toward 2fm sent out a deeply negative signal

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Greta Thunberg derangement syndrome claims another victim: Pat Kenny

The condition is triggered by exposure to a Swedish girl who doesn’t want the world to end

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 06:00

Ivan Yates and Ryan Tubridy add listeners, but Pat Kenny’s audience slips

2fm has ‘soft’ quarter amid revamp, while Muireann O’Connell gains listeners at Today FM

Thu Aug 01 2019 - 12:00

If Today FM was any more lifeless, you’d need to call 999

Dermot and Dave’s show is good-natured, aimless and generic, like Today FM itself

Sat May 18 2019 - 05:00

Radio ratings: Marian Finucane, Matt Cooper the main winners

RTÉ 2fm signals big changes as Today FM toasts breakfast and drivetime gains

Thu May 02 2019 - 12:06

Jenny Greene returns and Doireann Garrihy joins as 2fm pivots to talk

New phone-in show and evening bid to chase younger podcast listeners from June

Thu May 02 2019 - 12:01

Doireann Garrihy: 'I know people who have barely been outside Dublin'

Broadcaster’s new podcast, The Laughs of Your Life, has topped the charts since March

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00

‘I wouldn’t be waving a flag for the Catholic Church but I believe in God’

Laura O’Mahony on faith, family and feminism, and why her style of comedy has international appeal

Fri Apr 19 2019 - 06:00

Ivan Yates and Ian Dempsey are the main winners in latest radio ratings

Newstalk’s market share reached a new record high, industry figures show

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 12:08

Ciara Kelly brings fresh perspective to male-dominated Newstalk

Year in Culture Review: The news station proved a raucous alternative to staid formulaic radio

Sat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00

Ireland football is where Ireland rugby was 20 years ago: in the doldrums

Sideline Cut: On a night in November 1997, two Ireland teams set off on wildly different paths

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 10:00

Mario Rosenstock and Denis Desmond in six-figure tax-defaulter deals

Comedian and promoter make settlements with Revenue worth €118,663 and €701,025

Tue Sept 11 2018 - 15:32

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

Thu Jul 26 2018 - 12:00

Today FM adds Mario Rosenstock to Sunday schedule

Sunday Business Show to run for last time this weekend

Wed Jun 27 2018 - 16:30

RTÉ Radio 1 adds weekend listeners, Today FM slips at lunchtime

Sports shows and Marian Finucane among the main winners in radio ratings

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 12:00

2fm has more daily listeners than Today FM for first time in seven years

Communicorp stations make audience gains, while Radio 1 is hit by summer slump

Thu Oct 26 2017 - 12:04

RTÉ’s 2fm adds listeners as Today FM slips back

Pat Kenny crosses 150,000 mark, while Radio 1 signals ‘pacier’ ‘Morning Ireland’

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 12:00

Radio 1’s Sean O’Rourke takes listenership to record high

RTÉ’s choice of replacement for Pat Kenny continues to pay off, new figures show

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 12:00

Al Porter could become ‘a real star of Irish radio’

Radio review: Porter’s show sounds footloose and carefree. By comparison, Matt Cooper seems out of touch

Fri Feb 17 2017 - 05:00

Orchestral manoeuvres get credit for helping 2fm to stem decline

Mixed picture for Today FM and strong figures at RTÉ Radio 1 in JNLR update

Thu Feb 02 2017 - 12:09

Rural development campaigners criticise EU Leader fund plan

Move to bring €250m bursary under control of councils is ‘bonkers’, committee hears

Wed Oct 12 2016 - 15:22

Radio at crossroads between apps and the milking parlour

Smartphones are our new listening devices, but the tradition is not quite FM

Tue Oct 11 2016 - 06:00

Radio: No pain, no gain as Ian Dempsey looks to create a buzz

Review: Today FM host endures tattooist’s needle as a troubled friendship plays out on 'Off the Ball'

Fri Sept 30 2016 - 16:17

All in the chemistry as Irish radio hopes for sparks

Toxic partnerships behind the mic can be fatal, but rapport is a joy listeners can share

Tue Aug 02 2016 - 13:34

Radio: Brenda Donohue finds the sunny sound of the suburbs

Review: ‘Like Family’, ‘Inside Culture’, ‘Neil Delamare’s Sunday Best’, ‘The Ian Dempsey Show’

Fri Jul 08 2016 - 16:00

Television: True crime’s more gripping than the fake stuff

Review: ‘The Murder Detectives ’, ‘The Mario Rosenstock Show’, ‘What in the World?’, ‘Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas’

Fri Dec 04 2015 - 14:00

Radio: Joe Duffy keeps his head as ‘Liveline’ goes dead

Joe Duffy’s bad studio day underlines his calming persona while Ray D’Arcy forsakes balance for indignation in abortion report

Sat Jun 13 2015 - 04:00

U2 play tribute at funeral of radio DJ Tony Fenton

Band perform ‘Ordinary Love’ as who’s who of broadcasting world attend service

Mon Mar 16 2015 - 13:23

An extra 51,000 radio listeners have joined Alison Curtis for breakfast

Today FM’s Saturday morning presenter increases audience by 60% in 12 months

Thu Feb 12 2015 - 01:15

Radio: Blessed are the meek? Not when it comes to bossing the airwaves

Review: Anton Savage, on Today FM, and Rick O’Shea, on RTÉ 2FM, get off to slow, uncertain starts in their new slots

Sat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00

Anton Savage takes Ray D’Arcy’s Today FM morning slot

Presenter will now compete with Ryan Tubridy, Pat Kenny and Sean O’Rourke

Thu Jan 15 2015 - 15:25

Media and Marketing in 2014: The A to Z

It was the year Bono said ‘oops’, nobody died at Today FM and Insomnia served coffee on ‘tap’

Thu Dec 18 2014 - 01:45

Radio 1 audience slips as Tubridy, Newstalk Breakfast grow

JNLR figures show fall in numbers tuning in to RTÉ’s Liveline, Mooney and Drivetime

Thu Nov 06 2014 - 19:23

Hard truths and hot faces in creative writing

Having given up my legal career in Dublin to pursue a master’s in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, now I am faced with the realities of my new path

Fri Aug 08 2014 - 01:00