Pat Kenny goes from dropping clangers to a raw conversation about a distressing subject
Radio: The Newstalk host draws out detail rather than showily sympathising when he speaks to Mary about her experience of reporting historical abuse
Richard Curran
Seán Fleming drops the petrol can. Sarah McInerney hands him a match
Radio review: Minister’s tone-deaf interview on cost of living gains instant notoriety
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor’s like, ‘Dad, can I leave school?’ I’m there ‘I don’t see why not’
‘They talk about the Collison brothers, but those chaps have got nothing on you, Honor’
‘Believing his penis to be haunted, he streamlined his factories and made a billion’
Patrick Freyne: I get why people want to be a bit rich: poverty sucks. But why Rich-List rich?
RTÉ underspends its way to balancing the books
Last year’s light schedule might not be quite the ingenious solution it seems
Covid-19 crisis prompted huge surge in radio listenership, first figures show
Morning Ireland, Liveline and Sunday with Miriam among shows securing massive gains
Warning green list may lead to confusion as non-essential travel advisory to remain
People will not be covered if they travel to countries on safe list, insurers warn
Coronavirus: Two further deaths and 21 new cases reported
Spain, Portugal and France ‘not at safe level’ to be on travel ‘green list’
Varadkar ‘doesn’t fully trust’ banks amid profiteering claims
Ministers to meet chief executives of banks next week over Covid-19 mortgage breaks
Miriam O’Callaghan runs close to caricature of herself
Review: By the end of a compelling interview, O’Callaghan positively embraces her self-parodying side
Donohoe listening to Honohan’s warning on corporation tax
Ex-Central Bank chief cautions that billions could disappear like a ‘supernova explosion’
Gayle Killilea professes ignorance in US court over property sale
Sean Dunne’s wife tells civil trial she does not know what a notary stamp looks like
Jarring monologues and baffling trivia: Derek Mooney is a caricature of a daytime radio jock
Radio review: RTÉ presenter’s nature programme marred by uneven tone, while Sean Moncrieff hears queasy animal tales
Joe Duffy lets callers express their inner Trump
Review: ‘Liveline’, ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’, ‘The Business’ and ‘High Noon’
Radio: Ryan Tubridy puts Joe Rooney through the emotional wringer
Review: ‘The Ryan Tubridy Show’, ‘Down to Business’, ‘Moncrieff’
Drones deliver for ‘Irish Times’ reporter who picks up award
Mark Hilliard named technology reporter of the year at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Business Journalist Awards
Kerry TD calls for specialised rural policy in future programme for government
Independent Tom Fleming warns about the continuing decline of rural Ireland
Simon Coveney: Death of rural Ireland greatly exaggerated
Demise of cultural linchpin rings hollow when it comes to farming, says Minister
Croke Park director admits Garth Brooks plans ‘excessive’
‘I think looking to have five concerts in a row was just too much and I think we got caught up in the exuberance of that’
Nama in legal battle with journalist over meaning of ‘including’
Economic forecasts ‘rubbish’, economist tells media conference
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