Jennifer Zamparelli

Television: Olympians Jack Woolley and Rhys McClenaghan are clear front-runners as RTÉ’s dance competition returns for its 2025 season

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

‘Exciting plan’ for new schedule in early 2025, says RTÉ, while news programmes on Radio 1, Newstalk and Today FM look forward to general election boost

Overheard: 2FM seeks replacements for departed stars; O’Malley clan’s new pirate queen; cricket club on a sticky wicket; OPW advertises for art collectors

Cathal Haughey’s second run for a council seat; the Irish man with a prominent view of Trump’s conviction; and Daithí Doolan’s spot-the-difference posters

New presenters come in wake of several departures from radio station

There’s a new regime at RTÉ, but also some vacancies. Is it time to conscript Generation Z for presenter duties?

The station needs to stop trying to import the latest quick-fix from a podcast or Instagram or TikTok

RTÉ effectively gave presenters a choice: you can work for us or you can work for yourself, but you can’t do both. When you look at the numbers, it’s no surprise which option they’re choosing

RTÉ station, hit by four presenter departures, must start over in its bid to reach the ears of 15-34s

Radio: If losing one big-name broadcaster from RTÉ’s second station can be regarded as misfortune and two as carelessness, what does four count as?

Paralympian Jason Smyth and pro-dance partner Karen Byrne lift the glitterball trophy after ‘a lesson of what you can do in life’

Television review: The jockey falls at the final hurdle in this season’s Dancing with the Stars semi-final

Television: ‘I kind of feel numb right now. It’s a memory I won’t forget’, says Katja Mia on exit from show

Television Review: “Oh the mum guilt, it gets ya!” quips host Jennifer Zamparelli as former Miss World is latest celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing with the Stars

Television: Former RTÉ news reader says she ‘enjoyed every moment’ on the show

Television: Blu Hydrangea has what it takes to win after excelling with a Paso Doble to RuPaul’s Sissy That Walk during Dedicated Dance Week

Television review: Dancing with the Stars takes a sour turn as Virgin Media presenter Katja Mia reveals she was subjected to online abuse

Television: Dancing with the Stars often takes its time to achieve lift-off. Four weeks in, this season is at last coming together

Rory Cowan is the obvious candidate for an early exit, but he’s pushed all the way by jockey Davy Russell

Television: Davy Russell disaster follows pro-dancers falling ill on week two of DWTS 2024

Television: There’s an early front-runner and some stumbles in the enjoyable season opener that is full of the traditional sweat and spice

Highlights include Dancing with the Stars and a new series of Room to Improve with Dermot Bannon

RTÉ will breathe a sigh of relief at the return of Dancing with the Stars - here is everything you need to know

We asked a range of people – including refuseniks – to tell us about the moments that make their season bright

Radio: The music station is as loud and buzzy as ever, despite questions about its future

Patrick Kielty, Brendan O’Connor and Jennifer Zamparelli would be decent picks, but one season of revolving presenters could be amazing

The 2FM personality comes out on top ahead of bookies’ favourite Brooke Scullion and early frontrunners Suzanne Jackson and Damian McGinty

Television: comedian Kevin McGahern loses out to Suzanne Jackson, as she joins Brooke Scullion, Damian McGinty and dark horse Carl Mullan in the final

It’s a long walk into the twilight for drag queen Panti Bliss who, with Samson, created history as the first same-sex couple on the show

TV: It’s a bittersweet sign-off from the rugby player – comic relief through most of the series – after his American smooth scores a not-at-all shabby 22

Radio: Punchy approach of Jennifer Zamparelli and feelgood mood of the 2FM Breakfast team bucks the trend for falling ratings

Paul Brogan may have just been voted off the show – but he sounds like the happiest person under the disco ball

Dancing with the Stars does a useful service for the households of grumpy das, distracting them much as one might use colourful mobiles with babies

The dancing juggernaut returns under a cloud about its future – not that you could tell from the performances of the celebrities

Television: Get ready for some serious glitz and glam to light up Sunday nights as 11 celebrities battle it out to be crowned the champion dancer

Radio review of 2022: RTÉ stations lost listenership as lockdown eased and interests fractured, while Today FM and Newstalk were stable without being stagnant

Beware of clinics selling ‘pioneering’ cancer treatments, writes David Robert Grimes

A new season has yet to be green-lit. The judges, though, are keen to return

RTÉ station wants the Tipperary podcast duo to help it recover from a pandemic slump