How Senator Aubrey McCarthy befriended notorious murderer the Black Widow
Plus: Still waiting for Shane Ross to dish the dirt on RTÉ; ex-Ireland player’s country house plans hit a brick wall and team Trump take aim at an Irish ‘DEI musical’
Ryan Tubridy
Podcasts of 2024: 10 of the best shows from the past year, from Keep It Tight to Who Trolled Amber?
The sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War, the true story of the Free Willy orca and a conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne also feature
2024 in radio: chaotic exodus of Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and the 2 Johnnies hangs over 2FM
Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
Public funds used for Eoghan Murphy’s UK book launch at Irish Embassy
Irish Embassy in London hosted the UK launch of former minister for housing’s memoir, Running From Office
RTÉ puts out to tender €990,000 external audit contract
Work will include an audit of annual earnings of highest-paid presenters at the national broadcaster
Taoiseach briefed on changes to Roald Dahl book before appearing on Ryan Tubridy podcast
Staff at Department of the Taoiseach prepared four-page primer, including notes on Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot at request of Simon Harris
Late Late Toy Show review: Patrick Kielty is fuelled by enough raw adrenaline to power Santa’s reindeer
Mariah Carey pops up with a video message as 150-minute show reaches the finish line with a group performance of All I Want For Christmas Is You
Is this the final chapter for Books at One as Dublin and Cork shops close?
Plus: How Gerard Hutch got his nickname ‘The Monk’, Fair City actor’s house sale, and AI guru Allan Beechinor’s court troubles
Ryan Tubridy’s media company returns to profit
Chat show host moved to London’s Virgin Radio UK last year in the wake of RTÉ’s payments controversy
The Late Late Country Music Special: Not quite up there with the Toy Show but in the same ballpark
Television: Evening reaches a high when Daniel O’Donnell and Shona McGarty perform Kris Kristofferson’s Me and Bobby McGee as host Patrick Kielty looks relieved
Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy
Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels
Siún Ní Raghallaigh, seven months after RTÉ affair: the Oireachtas hearings were ‘vicious. People were unfairly treated, as if they had no rights’
Former RTÉ chairwoman on ‘vicious’ Dáil hearings, a missed opportunity to fund the national broadcaster and life after being in the public glare of the Montrose psychodrama
Graham Norton: ‘Angry people want you to lose rights. I hope young gay people are up for the fight’
As he prepares to publish his fifth novel, a low-key Norton reflects on fame, growing up in west Cork and the Ryan Tubridy debate
RTÉ faces rising tax bill to settle status of hundreds of workers
Broadcaster set aside €21.7m to meet PRSI liabilities from bogus self-employment in the organisation, records show
Oliver Callan now has more listeners on Radio 1 than Ryan Tubridy did a year ago
Pat Kenny’s listenership rises to fresh record on Newstalk as station claims its highest-ever market share
Ryan Tubridy’s UK radio show pulls in more than half a million listeners
Presenter welcomes 10% audience climb in his second quarter on Virgin Radio UK, as he surpasses his peak RTÉ listenership
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
Keeping RTÉ licence fee would be ‘deeply disappointing’ - Ní Raghallaigh
Ireland has highest evasion rate in Europe for ‘inequitable tax’ on television set owners, former RTÉ board chairwoman says
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is not just a concert, it’s a love story - and Dublin said yes
No dud moments and no time for toilet breaks as 50,000 fans - including Róisín Ingle - scream and whoop through the hits
Taylor Swift in the Aviva review: ‘You know this but nobody does it like you Dublin’
The exhilarating and riveting three hour-plus concert in Dublin 4 thrillingly confirms the US singer as an artist who comes along just once in an era
RTÉ's Late Late Show and Fair City to be produced off Montrose site under new strategy
Government agrees to release first tranche of €20 million in interim funding following reform programme
Oliver Callan: ‘I should have got the same as Ryan Tubridy was being offered’
The broadcaster and satirist on political pressure, suffering ‘five years of horrific coercive control’, and replacing Tubridy
TV licence sales continue to plunge, leaving €6.7m shortfall in RTÉ funding
Sales of TV licences in first four months of 2024 are 15 per cent down on same period last year - leading to €6.7m shortfall
RTÉ funding options a source of conflict with no clear resolution in sight
Detailed reports may frame broadcaster’s dysfunction, scandal and flawed board but do not map way ahead for a Coalition divided over financing directly by exchequer, household levies, taxation or some hybrid
RTÉ funding by hybrid model may be ‘worst of both worlds’, Catherine Martin says
Three reports outline litany of operational and management flaws at Montrose
RTÉ controversies: Broadcaster ‘lost’ records relating to three years’ transactions in barter account, says report
Barter account system ‘hiding in plain sight’, according to one of three reports into HR, governance and finance published on Tuesday
Larry Masterson obituary: RTÉ producer and social justice campaigner
At Montrose he worked on The Live Mike and guided The Late Late Show through its difficult transition out of the Gay Byrne era
Good timing pays off again for Cecelia Ahern
Paul McGinley pitches up in Ballsbridge; BBC Northern Ireland journalists get good gigs; Sharon Horgan enjoys literary success; and Fianna Fail decides to run new and not so new names
Angela Scanlon to take over Graham Norton’s weekend Virgin Radio UK show
Meath native joins Ryan Tubridy on station’s roster of Irish presenters
‘I’d like a break from being abused all the time’, says TV licence inspector in wake of RTÉ crisis
Bill O’Sullivan says situation at doors of homes got ‘hot and heavy’ last July when scandal relating to Ryan Tubridy’s pay first came to light
The Bookshelf: Ryan Tubridy’s new podcast may be the best vehicle to date for this one-time Jack of all RTÉ
Podcast review: The former RTÉ broadcaster’s new show plays to his strengths – but it’ll need to push him out of his comfort zone
Ryan Tubridy’s new books podcast to launch next week
Former RTÉ 1 presenter will speak to international guests about their life stories through the prism of books
RTÉ board members discussed concerns around potential of ‘reckless trading’ at broadcaster
Then-chair of the RTÉ board Siún Ní Raghallaigh confirmed that she had placed the issue ‘on record’ with the Department
‘Ireland is crying’: Saoírse Ruane’s funeral takes place in Co Galway
Girl (12), who captured hearts during Late Late Toy Show appearance, was ‘far too special for this life’, mother says
Forget the broadcasters, accountants are now centre stage at RTÉ
The latest arrival on the RTÉ carousel is former KPMG chief Terence O’Rourke, with more accountants set to come to Montrose
Saoírse Ruane, who inspired Late Late Toy Show appeal, dies aged 12
Galway girl appeared on RTÉ after having leg amputated due to rare form of bone cancer
RTÉ files suggest bid to ‘circumvent’ regulations, report finds as Taoiseach defends Minister’s handling of scandals
PAC concludes there was an attempt to ‘conceal’ RTÉ’s commitment to underwrite undisclosed payments to Ryan Tubridy
RTÉ must now show it is no longer the same organisation outlined in the PAC report
Report’s real value is in holding the massive amount of evidence on RTÉ scandal in single document
Dee Forbes given chance to submit written account of her role in RTÉ scandals
Former director general has been unable to attend previous Oireachtas committee hearings due to ill health
RTÉ saga prompts turf war between Oireachtas committees
‘The idea witnesses would come in today before one committee and another tomorrow to answer the same questions is patently ridiculous’
Recent RTÉ controversy is of Bakhurst’s own making
The last thing Government wants is to have to find someone else to run RTÉ
RTÉ’s former chief financial officer was paid €450,000 as part of controversial exit package
Breda O’Keeffe’s payout signed off by former director general Dee Forbes but not brought to executive board before approval
RTÉ board ‘should have asked more questions’ on Toy Show the Musical, chair to tell Oireachtas
Director general to appear before media committee in wake of reports on loss-making Toy Show the Musical and on staff exit packages
RTÉ Radio 1′s 9am show sees listeners slip but audience remains higher than a year ago
Pat Kenny’s Newstalk slot sets fresh record, lifting station to its highest ever market share, while Morning Ireland surges again
RTÉ agreed new deal with Deloitte despite auditors finding no ‘control deficiencies’ in broadcaster three months before payments scandal broke
Two-year agreement was reached in October as RTÉ battled crisis of public and political confidence
Oliver Callan doesn’t sound totally at home with lifestyle-oriented conversations that have traditionally filled 9am slot
Radio: RTÉ's Claire Byrne shows she can get riled with the best of them as she urges her guest Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary to stop the ‘personal insults’
RTÉ pay controversy: PAC to request former director general Dee Forbes attend final hearings
Committee chair says two latest reports into broadcaster’s voluntary exit programmes highlighted ‘urgency of Ms Forbes attending’
Ryan Tubridy’s London dilemma: what to do with the Irishness?
It would be far too easy to make his nationality central to his shtick, but that’s not how London works
Oliver Callan’s first day on his new RTÉ Radio 1 show: Presenter will need to do more to make a big impression
Radio: Despite occasional barbs, the impressionist turned presenter plays it safe as he begins his new programme in Ryan Tubridy’s old slot
RTÉ’s top earners: Tubridy, Duffy and Byrne highest paid in 2022
Latest figures show Ryan Tubridy was paid €515,000, Joe Duffy earned €351,000 and Claire Byrne made €320,833
RTÉ seeks sponsor for Oliver Callan’s ‘sharp hour of entertainment’ on Radio 1
Broadcaster says new presenter of station’s 9am weekday slot will offer ‘wickedly fresh take on hot button topics’
RTÉ expert advisory committee members to earn up to €66,000 each for 110 days of work
Two panels totalling six people will advise on corporate governance and culture of broadcaster in wake of scandal-hit year of 2023
‘Whole new world’ for Radio 1 but can Oliver Callan help RTÉ reach whole new audience?
‘Establishment radio station’ enjoys solid market share of 20%, but still needs an influx of younger listeners
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