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
Ray D’Arcy
Ray D’Arcy offers an intriguing glimpse into a dirty industry
Radio: When the RTÉ host talks to Pat and Aisling Ryan, it’s an intriguing glimpse into an unseen and unglamorous yet vital industry
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
Ray D’Arcy reveals sharp political eye and skewers Government on €13bn Apple case
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 surely captures the public mood of irritated bewilderment that the Apple windfall should be anything other than good news
‘If I’m intimidated, that’s a problem’: Fireworks fly as Joe Duffy hears tales of teenage delinquency
Radio: Liveline callers paint a grim portrait of urban dystopia, while Nell McCafferty’s legacy is vividly remembered across the airwaves
RTÉ reports €9.1m deficit last year as Liveline host Joe Duffy highest paid with €351,000 package
Chairman Terence O’Rourke described 2003 as a ‘difficult and damaging year’ in annual report
Rory Gallagher guitar auction causes Liveline listeners to cry blasphemy
Katie Hannon deftly oversees a lively discussion that would surely cause the famously low-key Irish rock star to blush
Joe Duffy’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s Stardust apology somehow captures the wider mood
Radio review: the Liveline host’s snap judgment on Simon Harris’s State apology somehow captures the wider mood
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
Barely a month into his talkshow, Oliver Callan’s nearly asleep at the wheel
The presenter’s RTÉ Radio 1 morning show is beginning to follow a definite pattern, though at this early stage it’s hard to say if it’s a groove or a rut
Ireland’s Eurovision entry: The six songs on the Late Late Eurogong vying to represent Ireland
We haven’t reached the final since 2018. The stakes have never been higher as Ireland prepares to choose its song for Eurovision 2024
When Ray D’Arcy tackles knotty topics, he comes into his own
Radio: D’Arcy’s spikily affable yet naturally inquiring persona make him a versatile broadcaster, but his talents can seem underutilised
There have been more road deaths so far this year than in all of 2022. Something’s badly wrong
The Road Safety Authority previously relied on the late broadcaster Gay Byrne’s ability to cut through to the public - now it needs to look beyond traditional media
Mickey Mouse topics and bullsh*t conversations: Some RTÉ shows haven’t read the public-service memo
Radio: Oliver Callan, on The Nine O’Clock Show, and The Ray D’Arcy Show take divergent approaches to the same material
Oliver Callan fires a clean shot at Ryan Tubridy that any hitman would be proud of
Radio: On The Nine O’Clock Show, the stand-in host has a jag at the self-exculpatory impulses that scuppered his predecessor’s planned return
RTÉ crisis: Tubridy beginning to resemble the hapless spark that set off a wildfire
Radio: Radio 1 coverage highlights admirable relentlessness with which presenters and reporters have pursued payments scandal
When Ray D’Arcy’s on song, he is worth listening to
Radio: The RTÉ host is perfectly suited to Eurovision coverage, even surviving the chaos of an interview with his old colleague Dustin the Turkey
RTÉ Radio 1 and 2FM make modest gains in listenership
Today with Claire Byrne, Morning Ireland and Drivetime among the shows adding listeners
RTÉ cuts top presenter pay by 15% as Ryan Tubridy, Ray D’Arcy and Miriam O’Callaghan see earnings drop
Claire Byrne and Brendan O’Connor receive pay rises after inheriting key Radio 1 shows, list of top 10 on-air fees and salaries confirms
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
Pat Kenny’s bad news diet: ‘There’s only so much you can take’
Radio Review: Newstalk host tackles tricky topics in characteristic fashion
Joe Duffy, ever passionate, achieves maximum emotional impact
Radio: From Liveline to Drivetime, war eyewitnesses convey moral clarity and mortal danger
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
Nothing says festive warmth like The Muppets, Home Alone and some psychological horror
Emer McLysaght: Netflix knows all too well that I am a divil for a Christmas comfort film
Brendan O’Connor sharpens the skewers, helped by a hapless Conor Lenihan
Radio: RTÉ host does a good line in disdain when proceedings threaten to get too cosy
‘The right surname, school and rugby club’: Newstalk’s women tackle the old boys’ network
Radio: Andrea Gilligan is Newstalk’s only solo female weekday presenter
More than 115 RTÉ staff take home over €100,000 in 2020
Figures published by national broadcaster show average pay almost €61,000 in 2020
Joe Duffy calls out Gemma O’Doherty, Dee Wall, Ben Gilroy and their anti-vaccine theories
Radio: The Liveline host sounds furious at the ‘hijacking’ of Nicole Cahill’s death
Lost at sea: The August night paddleboarders Sara Feeney and Ellen Glynn were swept away
Radio: The young women’s ordeal last year gets a superbly vivid, tense retelling from Lorna Siggins
Stephen Donnelly gives unconvincing National Maternity Hospital performance
Radio: Minister for Health is smooth on the Delta variant but rattled by the hospital saga
RTÉ’s marauding army of zombies? It’s fake news, folks
Radio: The national broadcaster's Truth Matters podcast seeks to unpick fact from fiction
Joe Duffy company registers profits of €483,000
Liveline presenter employed by RTÉ as a contractor via his firm Claddaghgreen Ltd
Drivetime now has the zippiest news coverage on Irish radio
Radio: Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra combine rigorous interviews with light relief
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
Tubridy remains highest paid presenter at RTÉ
State broadcaster releases pay bill for 2019 and says it has since cut top 10 fees by 15%
Shopping and fussing: Retail reopening brings out Claire Byrne’s stern side
Her RTÉ show can stray towards sounding a bit judgy, no matter how sensible its advice
Joe Duffy’s rapping is as shocking as anything on the airwaves this year
Duffy’s unfunny rhymes make Dustin the Turkey sound like Wu-Tang Clan
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
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
Missing Donegal dentist found dead after extensive garda search
Ann O’Donoghue (68) was last heard from on Tuesday having left unusual text message
Daughter of missing retired dentist issues an appeal for her safe return
Ann O’Donoghue’s disappearance has ‘bamboozled’ and alarmed her family
Quizmasters: ‘It’s not about being the smartest person in the room’
Quizzes have had a renaissance during the lockdown, but for some people they were always a way of life
The strain is starting to tell on Brendan O’Connor
Radio review: The coronavirus crisis has dulled his once-sparky morning programme
One night in Paris: Henry’s stray hand, the 33rd team and the great Fifa shakedown
Sporting Controversies: Reverberations from 2009 World Cup playoff still rattle Irish football
Coronavirus: Finding joy in cooking, eating and, yes, even shopping
The rituals of the kitchen are a comfort, but this sourdough thing won’t end well
Ryan Tubridy’s absence due to Covid-19 was oddly disconcerting
The RTÉ star sounds uncharacteristically elegiac after his coronavirus experience
Operation Covid Nation: ‘What the actual f**k?’
RTÉ is right to make a show about coping with coronavirus. But scrap the trivialising name
Ryan Tubridy ponders positives to the crisis, a ‘corona bounce’ as he puts it
He assures us he can broadcast from home. Some may not see that as an upside
Accumulated profit falls at Joe Duffy’s media company
Liveline anchor’s Claddaghgreen Ltd shows accumulated profit of €486,911 last year
Brendan O’Connor is back in the RTÉ big league
But retaining Marian Finucane’s Radio 1 audience won’t be easy
Marian Finucane added listeners in last months on air
Audience data shows late broadcaster helped RTÉ Radio 1 make gains in fourth quarter
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
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