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The RTÉ music station’s makeover features returning hosts and bright spots, but familiar issues remain
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Labour calls for Galway West byelection candidate Helen Ogbu to be included in RTÉ debate
Ogbu not chosen for six-person debate on Friday despite placing third in most recent opinion poll
Ireland ‘well prepared’ for any hantavirus cases, says infectious disease specialist
Outbreak on MV Hondius, with two Irish passengers on board, unlikely to spread beyond cruise ship, says consultant
Gerry Hutch’s comments on immigration described as ‘absolutely racist’ by Dublin Central candidate
‘I think they should be all interned, they should be put in the Curragh camp’, gangland figure said
Former RTÉ journalist Brendan O’Brien dies aged 82
O’Brien was a reporter with RTÉ from 1974 to 2002 and subsequently worked for Newstalk
Former Bosco presenter Gráinne Uí Mhaitiú dies aged 72
Uí Mhaitiú co-hosted the RTÉ children’s television programme in 1970s and 1980s
Time to put The Late Late Show out of its misery
In contrast, Tommy Tiernan’s talk show is currently the best of its kind on Irish television
How brilliantly cheeky of RTÉ to essentially launch their version of Who Do You Think You Are?
Review: The programme brings a satisfyingly human touch to our understanding of the 1926 census, showing the complicated lives behind the raw facts and figures
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
May 3rd-8th highlights, including Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spaces, Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure and Amandaland
Last night’s Late Late Show could have been Patrick Kielty’s last. Who needs the other more?
Television: With contract-renewal negotiations seemingly in limbo, there’s a chance the RTÉ host won’t be back next season
Rathwood: The unravelling of one of the most complained about companies in Ireland
The Carlow garden centre announced last weekend that it had gone into examinership
Kieran Cuddihy’s Liveline reveals ominous shifts in Ireland’s public mood
Radio: Gambling bodies adopt altruistic airs in Lottery row, while removal of Ukrainian supports draws ominous note of discontent
Road to perdition: Frank McNally on the strange, tragic fate of a Kerry historian in 1920s America
A new documentary tells the story of Patrick Foley, who left Dingle in 1909 and died violently in mysterious circumstances
Premier Sports and RTÉ retain Champions League rights to 2031
Disney+ secure rights in several European countries
Patrick Freyne: When the time comes, Dermot Bannon will visit us all
The architect uses his special constitutional powers to check out anybody’s home whenever he likes in Dermot Bannon’s Celebrity Super Spacers
Gordon Snell, children’s author and husband of Maeve Binchy, dies aged 93
Gordon Snell also wrote scripts for RTÉ, including the popular children’s show Wanderly Wagon
RTÉ needs renewed focus on public service broadcasting, union-backed paper states
‘Decline of public media has allowed space for the spread of disinformation’, document says
The comfort of signature tunes on a Sunday morning
It remains to be seen if RTÉ Radio’s shift in direction was a sound choice
Late Late Show: Uncertainty over renewal of Patrick Kielty’s contract
RTÉ declines to comment on the renewal of the presenter’s contract
Lower growth but no recession says Bank of Ireland, and RTE’s new radio jingles
The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Why RTÉ scrapping Sunday Miscellany’s trumpet sounds such a bum note
Oliver Callan observed that his own show’s new music made him feel like he was ‘presenting Euronews’ at 3am
Tributes paid to TG4 journalist Barraí Mescall following death in Cork
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris praise broadcaster’s contribution to journalism and Irish language
Liam Rosenior was focused on his message, but top coaches manage results
Mike Vrabel’s scandal with Dianna Russini was damaging, but he turned New England Patriots into a winning team so they stood by him
High Court rebuke erodes central bank authority as its powers grow
Many in the financial industry would argue that the pendulum has swung too hard towards the regulator
‘I’ve lost my career’: The executive at the centre of a flawed Central Bank investigation
Funds manager says he has been mostly unable to work for six years
Could Ireland face a period of worker discontent after the fuel protests?
Package for sectors hit by high diesel costs noted by some who believe militant response is needed in relation to rising cost of living
Erasing memories
I couldn’t believe it when it was announced that RTÉ’s Sunday Miscellany intro music has changed. Just like the 46a, gone
Is it too early to say that Claire Byrne is slaying it on Newstalk?
Radio: The presenter is showing a refreshing new side to her on-air persona
The Dry on RTÉ One review: Wry and relentless, this series has matured into an earnestly funny dramedy
Television: The Dry accurately captures the travails of well-to-do Dubliners with property who have found lots of other things to be unhappy about
Sunday Miscellany theme change prompts complaints to RTÉ
Correspondents say new signature tune lacks cultural resonance
Use of fake character references for children’s care home staff ‘extremely disturbing’, says Taoiseach
Ivana Bacik says RTÉ documentary ‘highlights shocking State failing’
Retired RTÉ staff welcome rejection of broadcaster’s bid to transfer pension scheme costs
Patrick O’Donovan’s decision a ‘good day for occupational pensioners’, says retired-staff association
Patrick O’Donovan is no Viktor Orbán, but he does have role to play in nation’s media
Intervention in fuel protests coverage highlights uneasy relationship between State and news outlets
Sundays will never be the same with RTÉ sonic makeover
When will people learn to leave what is wonderful alone
Demolition man: Gerard McCann on Fanum House, said to be one of Belfast’s ugliest buildings
The building just across the road from the loyalist Sandy Row area housed offices of RTÉ, Sky and The Irish Times
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
April 18th-24th highlights, including Mint, Super Garden, The Neighbourhood and Unchosen
Ivana Bacik would not have made Viktor Orbán jibe ‘if I was a woman’, says Patrick O’Donovan
Labour leader had criticised Minister over his comments on media coverage of fuel protest
Patrick O’Donovan admits making ‘hames’ of comments on fuel protests coverage
Minister was accused of ‘sinister’ intervention on coverage of fuel blockades
Unions threaten industrial action as they accuse Government of prioritising business
Workers’ living standards squeezed, Ictu chief says, with Coalition listening to ‘those who shout the loudest’
Samantha Barry profile: The Cork woman who went from RTÉ to highest level of US publishing
Cork native is stepping down as editor of Glamour, as publishing giant Condé Nast announces shift in business strategy
David McCullagh is a drawler whose sensitivity training needs a tweak, but it works
Radio: Oliver Callan indicates listeners are not the only ones discombobulated by the sonic makeover at RTÉ Radio 1
Cork woman Samantha Barry steps down as editor-in-chief at Glamour magazine
Journalist who worked at RTÉ, BBC and CNN is leaving the magazine’s parent company Condé Nast
RTÉ radio wanted more modern jingles. Now it sounds like an illegal rave circa 1989
Ultimate verdict, in the end, rests with us, the listeners
Siptu to ballot RTÉ members to safeguard against potential outsourcing
Intention to signal to management that further unconsulted outsourcing could lead to industrial action
Law does not appear to give Minister power to direct review of media coverage of protests
Seeking to direct the holding of such a review would be contrary to spirit of European law, according to academic
The Irish Times view on Patrick O’Donovan: overstepping his mark
Minister must acknowledge his intention to direct Coimisiún na Meán to scrutinise media coverage was wrong
Patrick O’Donovan not seeking media coverage review of fuel protests despite suggestion he would
Tánaiste says no need for ‘any sort of formal review’ into RTÉ’s coverage as party colleague comes in for criticism
WRC rejects €360,000 employment rights claim by ‘go-to’ RTÉ video editor
Broadcaster’s lawyers said commission had no jurisdiction to rule on case due to time limits in Workplace Relations Act
O’Donovan’s comments on media coverage of fuel protest ‘sinister and deeply disturbing’, NUJ says
Minister for Media suggests RTÉ report used to encourage protesters to Whitegate refinery
Young Forever: The Death of Ageing? on RTÉ One: An unflinching – even gory – look into the anti-ageing industry
Television: Kathryn Thomas’s thought-provoking documentary explores man and medicine’s quest to delay the ageing process
Michael Healy-Rae, the Minister who sympathises with protesters, has his cake and eats it
Radio: John Cooke keeps the peace amid an on-air cacophony while, on The Hard Shoulder, Shane Coleman warns of anarchy
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