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Television: With three gimmicks in the latest UK series, the makers seem terrified of the blueprint going stale

Kidnapping the Strictly Come Dancing star for Dancing with the Stars has been a mixed blessing for Montrose

Some Lizzy veterans must have worried they’d slipped into the next world

Public broadcasters are under scrutiny like never before and even their legitimacy is being questioned

Television: Celebrity dancers have much to improve on, but this new season will clearly be entertaining

Jan 3rd-9th highlights: RTÉ favourites like Room to Improve return, BBC crime dramas reboot and streaming giants unleash big-budget programmes

A highly regarded figure in Irish media and literature, he had a distinguished 25-year career with RTÉ

For the RTÉ show’s new series, the architect and QS Claire Irwin renovated the Dublin home of Norita and Louis O’Donoghue

Radio: Guest host on Today show brings authority and solidity to Radio 1’s ragtag seasonal schedule

Television: Patrick Kielty exudes positivity in the face of impossible odds and vapid banter

On January 1st, 1926, Douglas Hyde opened 2RN above a small post office on Little Denmark Street in Dublin

There is a sense of being caught between outdated structures and increasingly unstable new realities

Everything you need to know about the glitzy RTÉ series as it returns to screens

Including Industry, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Tip Toe, Lord of the Flies and Grown Ups

When ill with the flu, I craved quizzes, recovering animals and countryside homes

You have to credit McIlroy for possessing something all too rare in professional sport: a moral compass

Ming Ming and Ping Ping drew 400,000 visitors over 100-day visit in 1986 – but Chinese officials declined Late Late appearance

President met former Chilean dictator on controversial 1995 South American tour

The biggest show of the year, Adolescence, became so huge that it fuelled a moral panic, but the best stuff was on the little-watched Apple TV

After a seismic year of poaching presenters and refreshing rosters, Ireland’s revamped stations can’t ignore the shift online

Television: Oh, for a gag about breaking wind or a well-deployed single entendre to interrupt the monotony

Be it animated adventures, a ghost story, comedy or music, there’s plenty to see on the festive entertainment roster

In the News podcast: Pop culture dished up the most talked about moments in entertainment

The Gaybo Christmas call was a necessary national ritual, one that turned private pain into public joy

The top 10 best Christmas TV specials for worth watching again (and again)

December 20-26 Highlights: Including How to Cook Well at Christmas, Ireland’s Fittest Family Final, Keys to My Life Christmas special and Westlife 25 at the Royal Albert Hall

BBC and RTÉ double for Masters champion in career-defining year

Will this be a step down for a personality who was once one of Ireland’s highest-paid broadcasters?

Homebuilder Cairn stripped out plans for build to rent units from previously approved 608-apartment scheme in latest €295m proposal

Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin are still getting to know each other on RTÉ’s current-affairs radio show

Susan Gray of road safety and victim support group Parc says Government is not taking issue of road safety seriously

Contention that working with Ireland’s independent sector will result in a reduction in quality or scale of Ireland’s public service media is unfounded

Judge directed the easing of stringent reporting restrictions in the proceedings, noting the significant public interest issues

Commercial station’s roster revamp moves proven presenters in logical fashion, setting it up as less risky alternative to RTÉ Radio 1

We do some things during the festive season because we always have – not because we enjoy them

Newly announced RTÉ Radio 1 Morning Ireland co-presenter on his strongest childhood memory and who would play him in a biopic

Tumbleweed on a John Wayne scale is set to fall over Montrose

Nominees chosen from across variety of disciplines in outstanding year for Irish sport

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

‘No one is immune from downsizing’ at broadcaster, Kevin Bakhurst tells committee