Bernard O’Shea and the ‘did you leave the immersion on?’ school of Irish comedy
TV review: Bernard’s Working Comics seldom ventures beyond surface-level laughs
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
Think Normal People is erotic? You haven’t watched Marty & Bernard: On the Road Again
TV review: And it’s not Bernard’s fault he is but mortal while Marty’s an earthbound angel
Marty Morrissey helpless mirth gets trumped by melancholy
Radio review: RTÉ’s preview of 2020 turns unexpectedly sombre, as Second Captains get more sport from a determined diplomat
Jenny Greene returns and Doireann Garrihy joins as 2fm pivots to talk
New phone-in show and evening bid to chase younger podcast listeners from June
Marty Morrissey is heroically unembarrassable in Marty and Bernard’s Big Adventure
Review: This buddy-comedy-meets-makeover-show eventually takes the joke too far
Eoghan McDermott: ‘I just didn’t like myself when I was drunk’
Radio review: With one exception, 2FM’s drink awareness chat sounds like nightclub banter
‘My greatest fear is failure. What we do is so public’
In Conversation: Karl Spain and Bernard O’Shea on life, death and phone books
Bright lights, big issues for RTÉ
Analysis: Broadcaster bids for balance of past and present in new season of shows
Crap, cackles and pop: Listening to Ireland’s breakfast radio
Early morning offerings run a narrow gamut from hectic to lightweight
Dancing with the Stars: who’s going to win?
Anna Geary, Jake Carter and Deirdre O’Kane will tango it out in Sunday’s final
Dancing With The Stars: 'The plastic surgery around here is fantastic'
Behind the scenes of the RTÉ hit show, from the nervy celebs to the team that delivers the slick production
Dancing with the Stars: Series flagging as Dreaded Dance Off looms
No eliminations this week, it was partner switch-up night, or ‘like going on a Tinder date’
Dancing with the Stars: Marty Morrissey’s erotic energy is frightening
Patrick Freyne: This is where the experiment in democratic self-governance has led
Dancing with the Stars 2018: Everything you need to know
The hit show from last year is back with a cast of new ‘celebrities’ ready for murder on the dancefloor
Alison Spittle: ‘If you’re friends with a mad bastard, that’s your cross to bear’
The comedian on her new TV show 'Nowhere Fast', a sitcom about women, friendship, and where the men are little more than love interests
RTÉ’s 2fm adds listeners as Today FM slips back
Pat Kenny crosses 150,000 mark, while Radio 1 signals ‘pacier’ ‘Morning Ireland’
Breakfast Republic presenters serve up menu of witless drivel
2FM's morning show is a joyless exercise, but the station has more appealing presenters waiting in the wings
Dacia Ireland gets behind the wheel of ‘Breakfast Republic’
Car brand will sponsor the 2fm radio show for the next 12 months
Bridget and Eamon: a show with notions above the TV Midlands
Luridly kitsch design can’t cover up the lack of fresh material in this second season
All in the chemistry as Irish radio hopes for sparks
Toxic partnerships behind the mic can be fatal, but rapport is a joy listeners can share
‘Fair City’ and ‘Bridget & Eamon’ in RTÉ’s brochure for TV fair
Soap and sitcom among the series RTÉ hopes to sell to international buyers in Cannes
RTÉ 2fm rebrands for era of ‘visual’ radio
‘We may be at that 1979 moment again,’ says the head of RTÉ station, Dan Healy
Television: Bilingual rebellion in Irish teens’ big-time dreams
Review: ‘Eipic’, ‘Life Before the Rising’, ‘Bridget & Eamon’
RTÉ2 takes aim at 15-34 year-olds with new shows
Line-up features Rubberbandits on 1916 and ‘strong and articulate’ women presenters
Radio: Tortoise Tubridy takes victory. Can Ray D’Arcy follow suit?
Review: A good year for Ryan Tubridy, Pat Kenny and Sean O’Rourke. But where are all the women presenters?
Radio: Would you look at that bull. What a beautiful pelvis
Review: While Sean O’Rourke, on RTÉ, and Pat Kenny, on Newstalk, get stuck in at the National Ploughing Championships, ‘Breakfast Republic’, on 2FM, tries a different furrow
Radio: 2FM serves up another unappetising breakfast
‘Breakfast Republic’, the RTÉ station’s new morning show, is as forced as it is unfunny. Its presenters, Bernard O’Shea, Jennifer Maguire and Keith Walsh, could learn a thing or two from Pat Kenny, who’s showing that an old hand can thrive in new places
2fm ‘Breakfast Republic’ gets Berocca boost
Multivitamin brand’s ‘Performance’ product will sponsor new show targeting young urban audience
Former Westlife singer Byrne to replace Hayes on 2fm
New controller of radio station believes vocalist will appeal to a younger audience
Republic of Telly stars to present RTÉ 2fm breakfast show
Bernard O’Shea and Jennifer Maguire to take on Hector Ó hEochagáin’s slot
Can ‘Republic of Radio’ drag 2fm out of a midlife crisis?
The station is tasked with justifying its existence, placing big pressure on its new line-up of presenters
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