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Horse manure piles up near Guinness Storehouse after change in Dublin council policy

Bags of waste from carriage horses no longer accepted at Liberties depot due to health and safety concerns

RTÉ crime drama Kin is coming back, and based on more recent offerings, it can’t come soon enough

Kin gave RTÉ of its biggest ratings hits since its previous big crime show, Love/Hate

RTÉ’s Siptu members vote overwhelmingly to reject management transformation plan

Strategy was unveiled in June 2024 by director general Kevin Bakhurst amid plummeting licence fee revenues

Prisons must not be a substitute for psychiatric care

The prison system lacks capacity for those needing inpatient treatment

Haunted buildings and the walking dead: are we watching the zombification of RTÉ?

The ghosts of Gay Byrne, Marian Finucane and Gerry Ryan wander the corridors, largely undisturbed by living souls

It was an era of body-moralising in Ireland, when obesity was a personal failure

In a culture that treats bodies as projects to be improved, the idea of simply caring for them feels almost radical

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight

February 15th-19th highlights: including The Tony Blair Story, Yellowjackets, and 56 Days

Joe Mulholland obituary: Editor who helped reshape current affairs television

His body of work included a Stardust fire investigation that led to a tribunal

The shrinking of RTÉ: ‘It feels like an increasingly neutered organisation’

‘We’re not cutting the Six One or anything’ says director general Kevin Bakhurst, as some staff talk about the emergence of ‘two RTÉs’ and fear for the future

Books of revelation: Frank McNally on a surprise twist in the Drumcondra book skip saga

In sharing a photograph of the redbrick terrace, I unearthed a hitherto unknown family connection

Seamus Culleton’s Ice story gives Kieran Cuddihy his first real Liveline moment

Radio: Meanwhile, Miriam O’Callaghan hears few regrets from Ryan Tubridy

Too many people with mental health issues end up in prison

Our fellow human beings deserve better in a modern, wealthy European country

Garret FitzGerald had flaws but he also had something novel: a vision for Ireland

He badly mishandled the abortion referendum in 1983 and failed to oversee the legalisation of divorce in 1986, but what he always had was a vision

RTÉ Radio 1 dominates latest radio ratings amid ‘phenomenal’ rise for Brendan O’Connor

New JNLR data offers comfort for national broadcaster in wake of major programming overhaul

Brendan Courtney to complete Great House Revival filming after death of Hugh Wallace

RTÉ presenter and ‘dear friend’ of late architect will meet some homeowners who have completed restorations

‘Almost inconceivable’: Pastor tells of shock and horror at gun attack in Canadian school

‘The town is having a very difficult time to comprehend the whys of this tragedy,’ says George Rowe

Let’s have no more ‘pushback’ against creeping Americanisms

Long live Latin

Former RTÉ TV chief Joe Mulholland’s character and courage remembered at funeral

MacGill summer school founder was in his element ‘inspiring, facilitating and motivating’, friend Pat Cox tells mourners

Dancing with the Stars review: A blood-curdling end for Anne Cassin

If Fright Night lacks thrills and spills, at least the Nationwide presenter departs on an upbeat note

Protest targeting Bord Bia over chairman’s Brazilian beef imports ‘very disappointing’, Minister says

Hildegarde Naughton: farming lobby protests ‘potentially very damaging’ to agri-food sector

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight

February 8th-14th highlights, including Lord of the Flies, The Summit, and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

What’s happened to Claire Byrne? It’s as if she’s rocked up to work late with a bag of cans

The former RTÉ presenter quickly puts her stamp on her Newstalk show – and her reshuffled colleagues also play their cards right

RTÉ and Virgin Media offering ‘in-game’ advertising slots during Six Nations

ITV director claims new ‘picture-in-picture offering’ would help keep live sport on free-to-air television

ITV to screen ads during scrum breaks in Six Nations

Tonight’s Six Nations match between Ireland and France includes the option to air two split-screen adverts before a scrum is set

Kevin Bakhurst: ‘For many years the level of presenter pay at RTÉ got a little bit out of control’

Director general disagrees with Claire Byrne’s claim of ‘editorial nervousness’ at broadcaster

‘Let’s get to it!’ Claire Byrne wheels out the big guns for her first day back at Newstalk

Radio: Former RTÉ host anchors station’s rejig, Anton Savage brings faintly rakish charm to breakfast; The Hard Shoulder gives Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman welcome extra time

These Sacred Vows on RTÉ One: Unoriginal and illogical, this is White Lotus with a green tinge

Television: Despite Tom Vaughan-Lawlor heading up a sprawling cast, this is an underwhelming Irish take on the ‘rich-people-are-the-worst’ genre

Joe Mulholland, former RTÉ TV chief and founder of MacGill Summer School, dies

Producer and director credited with pulling broadcaster’s current affairs programming out of doldrums

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor admits the time was right to give Ireland a break from Nidge

Versatile actor is back on RTÉ for the first time in over a decade, portraying a priest in ‘These Sacred Vows’

Jim McGuinness can sniff out disrespect in an instant, but chasing Kerry matters above all

Fallout from All-Ireland final no-show adds to significance of Sunday’s league game against champions

Anton Savage: ‘I was Tubridy’s stand-in. My father got appointed chairman of RTÉ, and that ended’

The Newstalk presenter on old wounds, new plans and stepping down from The Communications Clinic

‘To be honest I’m a bit overwhelmed’: Pat Kenny signs off after more than four decades of daily radio

Radio: Vetaran broadcaster is flooded with messages from wellwishers as he leaves his weekday slot on Newstalk

John Bishop: ‘I went into a mad depression because I realised I was a man being told what to do by another man’

The Liverpudlian comedian on inspiring Bradley Cooper’s new film Is This Thing On?

‘I’m not going anywhere,’ says gloriously cranky Pat Kenny as he prepares to move on

Radio: On Newstalk, the veteran host’s coverage of flooding is as thorough and idiosyncratic as ever

First Dates Ireland: Toe-curling banter that’s both unwatchable and heartwarming

Television: With three confirmed marriages over its 10 years, solid ratings suggest RTÉ and First Dates are not sick of each other yet

‘He wasn’t a nine-to-five man’: Paddy Clancy’s passion for news remembered at funeral

Ringing phones, piles of papers and the sound of radio and TV were ever-present for broadcaster’s family

Yes, but could Matheus Cunha operate a camera on a rainy afternoon in Semple Stadium?

Mayo survive a storming Galway fightback before Roy Keane reins in Michael Carrick praise

Paddy Clancy: journalist and It Says in the Papers presenter on RTÉ dies

Sligo native’s career spanned more than six decades and included work for the Sligo Champion and the Sun

Motherland star Philippa Dunne: ‘People love Anne, and it really touches me’

Mayo-born actor on her new play at the Gate Theatre, getting a ‘cringey’ photo with Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders, and coming from a long line of women who ‘live into their 100s’

John Quinn obituary: One of Ireland’s most perceptive and sensitive radio broadcasters

Award-winning documentaries brought him recognition at home and internationally

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