When Claire Byrne confronts Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary on RTÉ, the atmosphere is seriously tetchy
Radio 1 host clashes with airline boss over high airfares, while Ray D’Arcy captures a frazzled festive atmosphere
Kieran Cuddihy
Newstalk’s interview with Gerry Hutch is an anticlimax after Kevin Myers’s inflammatory opinions fill the air
Radio: The Hard Shoulder host Kieran Cuddihy gives his guest’s talent for inflammatory opinions full rein – all while discussing his favourite books
Sage Bertie Ahern, wry Joe Duffy and stoned-sounding Irish Maga fan: Radio reactions to Trump’s US election win
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
Plodding Jack Chambers makes Paschal Donohoe sound like an unhinged Donald Trump
Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves
Sickening but essential listening as victims tell radio shows about sexual abuse at religious-run schools
Radio: The Hard Shoulder and Liveline hear harrowing stories from former pupils while the Leinster House bike shed continues to exercise listeners
Dr Eva Orsmond isn’t mincing her words. Where are we? Back in 1952?
Radio: The weight-loss expert is on Newstalk for a discussion of Ozempic and similar drugs. Prof Luke O’Neill, the guest host, needs to push back more
Claire Byrne shows you don’t have to spice things up to have some bite
RTÉ host’s low-key approach is quietly effective, while Kieran Cuddihy is left speechless by Gazan horrors
Pat Kenny’s conversation with Michael O’Leary turns the air sulphuric
Radio: As one of Ireland’s most experienced interviewers, Pat Kenny is forensic in his questioning. But not, seemingly, with Michael O’Leary this week
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
Newstalk host Kieran Cuddihy isn’t easily silenced, even when his mouth is full
Radio: Newstalk host tucks into burgers while taking on bigger issues, as Ray D’Arcy earns dad rock cachet
Pat Kenny goes from dropping clangers to a raw conversation about a distressing subject
Radio: The Newstalk host draws out detail rather than showily sympathising when he speaks to Mary about her experience of reporting historical abuse
Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy is on top form but not everything that comes out of his mouth is palatable
Radio: ‘If I was walking the dog, no one around, I’d hock up a big spit and fire it into the air,’ he announces
Kieran Cuddihy searches for festive joy, Pat Kenny warns of Christmas tree surprises
Radio: Anti-immigrant attitudes worry Hard Shoulder host, while his Newstalk colleague is wary of seasonal speedbumps
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
‘Say that again?’ Katie Hannon can’t believe what she hears in budget brouhaha
Radio: Liveline’s stand-in host hears foster parents speak of strain, while Pat Kenny shows his wonky side
‘Is it a little bit of a dog whistle?’ Newstalk Breakfast hosts swap conversations for clickbait
Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly half-heartedly stir the pot, while Kieran Cuddihy enjoys some senatorial skirmishing
Joe Duffy needles Up the ’Ra songwriter about the ‘brutal’ song that made him ‘a bit rich’
Radio: Argument about chant from the Wolfe Tones song Celtic Symphony feels unsatisfying all around
‘Ireland damaged a lot of its children and she was one of them’: Sinéad O’Connor’s death casts sense of shock across the airwaves
Radio: Normally wry Newstalk presenter captures disbelief over singer’s death, in a week of disturbing news at home and abroad
Kieran Cuddihy asks if ‘Ireland is full’, a phrase now seemingly normalised on Newstalk
Cuddihy’s showy spirit runs through the Hard Shoulder: no sacred cow is safe
Claire Byrne seems stuck in neutral. Her show needs a kick-start
Radio: The Today host’s calm and professional approach is very admirable but an airless atmosphere often pervades the programme
Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy a psychopath? He’s far too easygoing and disarmingly informal
Hard Shoulder host brings an easygoing manner to Holly Cairns interview and Northern Ireland coverage
Nose picking, pimple squeezing and expectorating: Newstalk’s stomach-turning breakfast radio
Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman test their listeners’ appetites, but their theatrical chalk-and-cheese act is strangely comforting
‘Compare the cowardice of Harry Kane and his chums to the Iranian team they played against’
Radio: The England soccer team’s abortive armband protest in Qatar exercises the Newstalk host Kieran Cuddihy
Anton Savage always sounded incongruous on Today FM. He’s found his voice on Newstalk
Radio: The Saturday morning host provides an agreeable start to the weekend
Newstalk’s petrol price debate loses perspective – there is a war going on
Radio: Rising fuel costs receive extensive coverage on Kieran Cuddihy’s show
Seán Fleming drops the petrol can. Sarah McInerney hands him a match
Radio review: Minister’s tone-deaf interview on cost of living gains instant notoriety
Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show
Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners
Baz Ashmawy, the manic student teacher covering for sensible history master Ryan Tubridy
The stand-in presenter wings it with breathless enthusiasm and cheeky charm
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
Tony Holohan’s best is not quite good enough for Ciara Kelly
Radio: The Newstalk host presses the chief medical officer on his pandemic response
Why Ray D’Arcy should have kept his mouth shut
Radio: Only a vindictive soul would wish D’Arcy silenced in so cruel a way
Paschal Donohoe waffles, Claire Byrne yawns, Catherine Martin bristles
Radio: The lifting of Covid restrictions runs a distant second to the Katherine Zappone controversy
Go ahead, make my day: Pat Kenny gets all Dirty Harry about street ‘yobs’
Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of ‘urban terrorism’ on the streets of Dublin
‘Well-intended groups’ encouraging homeless to live in tents, says Dublin CEO
Owen Keegan claims there is an ‘abundance’ of homeless accommodation available
Unflattering optics as defensive Government offers same excuse twice
Ministers in hiding around Zappone appointment and Varadkar presence at hotel
Affable, no-waffle Katie Hannon is a natural in the Liveline seat
Radio review: Hannon is more comfortable than any of Duffy’s other replacements
Stephen Donnelly gives unconvincing National Maternity Hospital performance
Radio: Minister for Health is smooth on the Delta variant but rattled by the hospital saga
Declan Ganley, Michael Healy-Rae and Joe Brolly are the spice of Newstalk
Radio: They’re not to everyone’s taste, but they add flavour to Kieran Cuddihy’s show
A PC Brendan O’Connor? The RTÉ thought police must have got to him too
Radio: The RTÉ Radio 1 host can be smart and sharp but also thoughtful and even empathetic
Ryan Tubridy proves his lockdown life is as boring as everyone else’s
Radio: The RTÉ presenter shows his everyman side but could do with more substantial material
The ghost of Ivan Yates haunts Kieran Cuddihy’s Hard Shoulder
Radio: Cuddihy is skilled and energetic, yet his Newstalk show seldom hits the mark
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
Miriam O’Callaghan’s ‘forever sorry’ apology puts her usual touchy-feeliness in the shade
She expresses her sorrow with uncharacteristic trepidation. Then it’s on with the show
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
Rising Time’s Shay Byrne is so glum he makes Morning Ireland seem cheerful
... while chirpy Ryan Tubridy leads listeners into lockdown with head-boy earnestness
Sam McConkey’s Spinal Tap moment takes the restrictions debate to Level 10
The professor’s conversation with Pat Kenny on Newstalk is unintentionally hilarious
Stephen Donnelly dodges the questions as Matt Cooper mercilessly pursues the answers
Radio review: Matt Cooper has a good day at the office. The health minister not so much
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
‘Get the eff out of this country’: Irish racism, as heard on Liveline
Radio review: Joe Duffy sounds at a loss; Newstalk has snapshots from a US in turmoil
Ciara Kelly, Covid-19 patient and self-isolation advocate, changes her mind
Radio: The presenter’s questions are less urgent health queries than audience clickbait
Ciara Kelly tries to stir the autism controversy without offending anyone. She fails
Radio review: Ray D’Arcy shows all politics is personal, while Ciara Kelly ties herself in knots
Ciara Kelly’s Newstalk show has lost its zing
Review: Every radio show has filler, but Ciara Kelly has had the trowel out a lot recently
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
Breast cancer: ‘I’d had the warning; you still don’t think it will happen to you’
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