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The Achilles heel of generative AI is its pervasive tendency to spoof. This is giving rise to mind-bending legal issues - along with complaints from authors and artists
RTÉ's Dave Fanning initiates defamation case after his photo appeared in article about sexual misconduct trial of different broadcaster
Lawyers for Mr Fanning say article marks ‘new frontier of libel law’ and suspect artificial intelligence (AI) was being used to aggregate news articles
RTÉ crisis: Nine key moments from this week’s contentious Oireachtas hearings
RTÉ executives push back on assertions made by Tubridy and Kelly; DG says he was surprised to hear former chief financial officer had availed of exit package
‘I was wrong’: Dave Fanning apologises for ‘bad’ comments about Christy Dignam
Dave Fanning admits remarks on RTÉ radio about recently deceased Aslan singer were ‘incredibly ill-timed’
Dave Fanning missed the point about Aslan. Fans loved the fact that they were underdogs
People loved Aslan. Theirs wasn’t a rags-to-riches story. It was more compelling than that
For all Dave Fanning’s on-air energy, his glory days as influential tastemaker had long receded
Championing an early U2 gave the DJ a reputation as a kingmaker. That he left without fanfare seems symptomatic of how much his beloved station has changed
Ian Dempsey is in his usual irrepressibly good cheer. Then he drops the H-bomb
Radio: It’s a shock to hear the habitually buoyant Today FM presenter express hatred on Wednesday morning’s breakfast show
Live music on TV more precious than ever in time of broken audience connections
Funding scheme for music broadcasting should be repeated as restrictions return
Pricewatch: Twenty things our kids don’t recognise or even know existed
Buttons on TVs, ashtrays, phone boxes, milk bottles, VCRs, typewriters... the list goes on
Musical talent search among broadcasting projects awarded State funding
TV and radio projects including Virgin drama Redemption share €7.2m funding
Stano: Anthology review – a true blue maverick who never got his due
Irish music in the 1980s wasn’t all U2, as this collection of improvised electronica proves
Pat Critchley: ‘You teach or coach the person first and the subject or the game second’
A lifetime in the classroom and on the sidelines has brought rich dividends for Laois man
Larry Gogan obituary: ‘He was the greatest ... Simple as that’
The radio DJ with a voice ‘as smooth as a billiard ball’ will live long in the collective memory
The Atrix: Legends back from the wasteland
Cult new wave national treasures The Atrix return with a gig, a CD and new material
Lost Irish musical genius finally getting recognition
Michael O’Shea, a talented experimental musician who died in 1991, was the definition of enigmatic
Vox fanzine: Dark dispatches from Dublin’s post-punk scene
The cult Dublin fanzine celebrated a grim, golden age of originality and ambition
Larry Gogan leaves 2FM: Ageless DJ’s golden hour is over
The much-loved, open-minded broadcaster moves to RTÉ Gold at the end of January
What to expect from U2’s Irish shows: the political and the personal
The band’s Experience + Innocence tour is deeply nostalgic yet very plugged in
‘I devoted years to making mixtapes for girls I imagined would fall in love with me’
Conor Pope: The Boomtown Rats, Bowie, Toasted Heretic, Shakira, Cyndi Lauper and, ahem, Gary Glitter
Rolling Stones, Ireland, 1982: ‘The Hells Angels ate Choc-Ices’
From the Archive. Memories of Rolling Stones Irish gigs in 1982 and 2007
Dolores O’Riordan: an artist searching for her stable self
Dave Fanning’s interviews reveal a person who understood fame, depression and grief
Pat Kenny’s number crunching would drive you to drink
Drink driving coverage is illuminating and spirit-crushingly tedious
Ray D’Arcy and Dave Fanning’s masterclasses in inane chatter
Radio Review: Pointless conversations are not the wished-for antidote to horrific news
Ian Wilson on why RTÉ needs to ‘take chances, be ahead of the curve, be a leader'
He steered Dave Fanning and Gerry Ryan to fame and helped devise ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’, but as he prepares to leave RTÉ, producer Ian Wilson chides the national broadcaster for being risk-averse
'You can't afford to take their word for it. The church has tentacles everywhere'
Radio review: ‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Linehan, talking to Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff, is clear on his opposition to the nuns owning the National Maternity Hospital
Jennifer O’Connell: Third-baby broodiness is a slippery beast
It waits in the wings and creeps up on you, just when you thought you were done with nappies
Leonard Cohen captured ‘essence of human life’, President says
Lissadell co-owner says 2010 concerts made up ‘one of most incredible weekends in my life’
Happy birthday ‘Drukqs’: the Aphex Twin album turns 15
Famed for being a confrontational listening experience, it still sounds dazzlingly fresh
Radio: No pain, no gain as Ian Dempsey looks to create a buzz
Review: Today FM host endures tattooist’s needle as a troubled friendship plays out on 'Off the Ball'
Radio: Oh no, Steve – Liveline caller gets a lesson in social manners
Review: Irish radio this week shows the perils and the pearls to be found in social-media stories
Wogan was ‘consummate broadcaster’
Byrne, Tubridy, Balfe, Murphy among those paying tributes to late Limerick man
David Bowie gets short shrift on 2FM as Eurovision glory beckons
Radio review: Lyric’s schedule is not for moving, while 2FM trumpets Eurovision star Nicky Byrne
Seven times David Bowie played Ireland
From half-hearted applause to total starman: David Bowie’s biggest Irish gigs remembered
Laura Slattery: Diary of a despairing, caffeine-dependent hack
A year of ‘Poldark’, paranoia and seeing off a threat from Pixie Pickle Pants
Geldof offers to house four migrant families
Singer says Europe’s response to crisis has been shameful
Old-school radio presenter known for his golden voice
Tony Fenton: March 25th, 1961 - March 12th, 2015
U2 play tribute at funeral of radio DJ Tony Fenton
Band perform ‘Ordinary Love’ as who’s who of broadcasting world attend service
Astronaut Chris Hadfield receives gold medal from Trinity
Hadfield in Dublin to promote book featuring 150 photos taken from space
TV producer and novelist characterised by her generosity to colleagues
Anita Notaro: September 14th, 1955 - November 26th, 2014
Bono defends controversial iTunes album release
U2 singer claims ‘real deliberate misunderstanding of this relationship with Apple’
Hosing down vomit, taking out the trash: J1 summers remembered
Since the J1 visa programme began, nearly 50 years ago, more than 150,000 Irish students have spent a summer in the US. As the US embassy hosts an event about the programme, some of its alumni look back on their long-ago summers
US embassy invites all JI visa holders to special open day
It is estimated that as many as 150,000 Irish people have availed of the visa
Radio: All that he can’t leave behind – U2 nostalga isn’t what it used to be
The band’s free album prompts cosy memories on ‘Liveline’, but Ray D’Arcy takes a more jaded view
Bob Dylan fans celebrate musician at Donegal festival
Hundreds of visitors descend on the shores of Lough Foyle to pay tribute to Dylan
Rumours of 2fm's demise are ‘greatly exaggerated’
Station chief says he expects station’s turnaround would start from a low base
Fassbender and stars attend ‘Frank’ opening in Dublin
Film inspired by Jon Ronson memoir depicts both joyous creativity and mental collapse
Radio: If you’re going to run off at the mouth, do it like Dave: with flair and perception
He may talk a mile a minute, but Dave Fanning’s quickfire chat is always entertaining
Mid-morning radio battle has only just begun
The latest listenership figures are tentatively encouraging for both Radio 1 and Newstalk
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