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‘Removing a Jewish name is quite a big thing’: Kieran Cuddihy takes on the big debate

Radio: Liveline host tentatively covers Herzog Park controversy, while Pat Kenny remains entertainingly unguarded

The Irish Times view on public service media: struggling in a changing world

Coimisiún na Meán review outlines the familiar pressures on RTÉ

Ireland among four countries to boycott Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion

Meeting of European Broadcasting Union decided vote on Israel’s participation was not needed

Late Late Toy Show 2025: What time does it start, what’s the theme, how to watch from abroad

Television: Marking the official start of Christmas in Ireland, the toy show arrives this week shrouded in more secrecy than usual

Looming revenue pressure for RTÉ with 25% of people watching less than minute of TV weekly

Media regulator Coimisún na Meán’s review finds national broadcaster at ‘delicate juncture’

Them’s Fighting Words with Roddy Doyle review: A fun portrait of 21st-century teenage creativity

Television: The good work done by Fighting Words on the north side of Dublin is celebrated in this agreeable, if at times workmanlike, documentary

RTÉ ‘gets enough’ money from Government, says Minister for Media

State and licence-fee funding for broadcaster came to €222m last year

‘He was so kind, with such twinkly sparkly eyes’: Tributes paid to Hugh Wallace

The architect and TV host developed lasting friendships with many homeowners he worked with on the RTÉ show

RTÉ’s Morning Ireland needs a refresh

It would be easy to leave the State’s most popular radio programme untouched. But that would be a mistake

‘He performed a wonderful public service’: Hugh Wallace, architect and TV presenter, dies aged 68

The Dubliner presented RTÉ’s Home of the Year and the Great House Revival

Hugh Wallace radiated sheer joy on the screen. His death leaves a huge gulf

Architect Hugh Wallace had battled career and personal challenges but his ‘second chance’ with Home of the Year made him a low-key national treasure

‘I stepped away from a lucrative career to start writing. It was my biggest gamble’

Me & My Money: Mary Fox, co-writer of season three of Hidden Assets

Three sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on television

Your guide to the best sport on television (Monday – Sunday, Dec 1st–7th)

TV guide: the best shows to watch this week, starting tonight

Highlights Nov 29-Dec 5

Dublin Marathon entry ballot creates some rage against the winning numbers

Application fees, record demand and no-shows a far cry from race’s origins as RTÉ publicity event

David Hanly was ‘unique’ broadcaster and man of ‘integrity’, memorial service told

Morning Ireland presenter ‘sought to see news stories in a broader context’, former colleague says

Traitors Ireland winner Vanessa Ogbonna: ‘When you grow up with not a lot of money, you make sure you’re never stuck’

Me & My Money: Vanessa Ogbonna, winner of The Traitors Ireland

An Irish Diary on the Jacobs Awards and Gabriel Byrne’s service to sheep farmers

Awards were sponsored by a biscuit bakery and presided over by broadcaster and agony aunt Frankie Byrne

David Hanly: Broadcaster’s richly rasping tones ensured RTÉ’s Morning Ireland hit its stride

Former radio host started as a writer, but changed the way Irish listeners consumed news

Kathryn Thomas: ‘I was 21 and on TV, in a bikini, not having to deal with toxic scrutiny’

The broadcaster on getting her start, navigating her career and starting her new podcast

Paschal Donohoe’s worst sin: being ‘a wee bit scabby on nights out’

On RTÉ Radio 1, Oliver Callan mourns the departure of the minister for finance in winning style

Obituary: Geraldine O’Grady, the first woman leader of the national symphony orchestra

Described as inspirational for many musicians, the Dublin-born violinist performed as a soloist and with several orchestras

Onus on broadcasters to be ‘transparent’ about pundits’ interests, says media regulator

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Media to hear from Ivan Yates

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight

November 16th-21st highlights: including Michael D Higgins: Ireland’s Ninth President, The Death of Bunny Munro, and Daddy Issues

Are younger listeners really tuning in to so much radio?

Contrary to received logic, JNLRs reveal popularity of live radio among younger audience members

‘Overrun with racist comments’: On Liveline, a rueful Kieran Cuddihy hits his stride

RTÉ’s phone-in show comes under most scrutiny as Radio 1’s revamped schedule begins

Skellig Michael vulnerable to climate change and Atlantic weather extremes, report shows

Document outlines measures taken by OPW such as installation of ‘crash decks’ which help to reduce risks to the ancient monastic site

‘It was all the time on my mind’: Mother of missing teenager Philip Cairns dies

Alice Cairns said in 2016, 30 years after her son disappeared, that she had only recently started to accept he would not be coming back

BBC’s near permacrisis is a cautionary tale for RTÉ about what can happen if editorial oversight starts to drift

Montrose can learn from the crisis in London, as Trump lawsuit threat and febrile political climate show how any mistake can be seized upon

The Ivan Yates affair is a symptom of a wider problem in the Irish media

When the news and PR sectors intersect to the degree that they do in Ireland, it becomes fair to ask whose interests the news ultimately serves

Miriam O’Callaghan: ‘I’m lucky to have eight children after suffering secondary infertility’

Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan

The Irish Times view on public service media: a principle worth defending

To dismantle the BBC would constitute an act of extraordinary self-harm

RTÉ’s Radio 1 revamp: Who impresses most on day one – David McCullagh, Kieran Cuddihy or Katie Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin?

RTÉ Radio 1 has seen its biggest shake-up in decades. Its new presenters face a marathon, not a sprint

Hidden Assets review: Bilbao setting a welcome upgrade to this thumpingly generic crime drama

Television: Less hysterical than the likes of Love Hate and Kin, this is spectacularly average and on a random Sunday in November, that will do just fine

RTÉ management on collision course with staff

Broadcaster has axed its TV documentary unit, with more cuts to come

Fr Dermod McCarthy obituary: Former head of RTÉ religious programming who survived a brush with Archbishop McQuaid

Creator of Would You Believe series filmed what is believed to be the first televised programme about famine

TV guide: The best new shows to watch, starting tonight

November 9th-14th: Trespasses, Hidden Assets, 10 Things to Know About, Futureville Ireland and Palm Royale

RTÉ’s Radio 1 reboot: ‘We weren’t aware that this level of a shake-up was on the cards’

It’s the biggest change to the station’s weekday line-up since 1999. But what does that really mean?

Flying columnist – Frank McNally on a lightning visit to Leeside

He studied me a second, as if trying to assess if I was a Dublin jackeen out to make a feck of him

Media regulator, PR experts invited to address Oireachtas committee on transparency issues

Move follows controversy over former minister Ivan Yates providing coaching to Jim Gavin while broadcasting on political matters

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