‘It was as if Louis Stewart and James Joyce were kindred spirits’
JoyceNotes was the great Irish guitarist’s only fully self-composed large-scale project. It’s finally being released, four decades after its first performance
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March 28th-April 3rd highlights, including Grace, Race Across the World, and Your Friends & Neighbors
My friend Michael Lyster met life on his own terms
Michael met life on his own terms, often swept up in the lightness of story telling without taking himself seriously
‘Magic in human form’: Michael Lyster funeral hears of a devoted family man
Former presenter of RTÉ’s The Sunday Game remembered as ‘one of the great broadcasters and one of the great people’
Seán Moran: GAA embraces new age of streaming as ‘biggest step change’ in match coverage
GAA+ has transformed viewing possibilities in little over an at-times-turbulent decade
Cheap European Homes on RTÉ One: A rare property show that doesn’t feel out of touch
Television: Maggie Molloy is down-to-earth and seems to appreciate that she is helping people meet a basic need in their life
Kate O’Connor wore a bit of a ‘meh’ expression after winning bronze, but we jumped for joy
Plus: We probably saw more of Michael Lyster in summer than we did our own families
Michael Lyster, long-time presenter of The Sunday Game, dies aged 71
Taoiseach Micheál Martin pays tribute to ’a moderniser of sport broadcasting’
Troy Parrott gets a shoutout during Zohran Mamdani’s St Patrick’s Day ‘hijack’
Visionary leader sought for Ireland’s AI office; RTÉ cranks up the hyperbole for Jessie Buckley; hairdressing classes for ‘warehoused’ prisoners
Francis Brennan: ‘I’ll die in Kerry – I’m not leaving Kerry’
The hotelier and TV star on 10 years with Dunnes Stores, life after The Park, and having no regrets
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
March 21st-27th highlights, including Crookhaven, Cheap European Homes, and Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
Welcome to Moore Street on RTÉ One: Unflinching documentary raises questions on how Dublin is administered
Television: Shuttered stalls, plunging footfall, drug addiction and lawlessness – it’s a wonder this wasn’t called Farewell to Moore Street
Patrick Freyne: From Fargo to The Den, these reboots were made for gawking
Everything gets a reboot these days, but it’s still surprising how many of them make for good telly
The difficult choices that could dramatically increase housing supply in Dublin
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Pat Kenny is refreshingly candid about his shift to weekends on Newstalk
Just as interesting are his views on the broader radio landscape and the role of what he calls ‘the talent’
Glenroe, Bosco, Mrs Brown’s Boys: The best and worst Irish TV shows ever made
Put your feet up as we bring you the best of Irish television – and then take a deep breath as we run through the worst
Six Nation rugby listening’s winners and losers
Man of the match for commentary has to go to Michael Corcoran
‘She just snapped out of it’: How recordings of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh are helping dementia patients
The Replay archive makes his All-Ireland senior finals commentary from 1985 to 2010 available online
Mark FitzGerald on housing crisis: Move Dublin Port and build 1,500 cost-rental apartments at RTÉ
Solving Dublin’s housing challenge will require difficult but unavoidable choices about public investment and land use
TV guide: the 10 best new shows to watch, starting tonight
March 14th-20th highlights: including Turbulence: The Story of Ryanair, The Other Bennet Sister and the Oscars
I’m adopted. My brother is someone I’ve greatly looked up to and admired
Traffic reporter and independent producer Hugh Hick on his agreeability, what he expects to happen when he dies, and his hyper-fixation
Rick O’Shea appointed as new presenter of RTÉ’s arts and culture show Arena
O’Shea has been interim presenter since July 2025
Whether grilling guests or praising fried food, David McCullagh’s delivery is proper order
RTÉ Radio 1 host brings droll authority to his daily show, while Pat Kenny effortlessly moves to weekends
Iron Ladies: Gripping insight into Cold War and pursuit of justice by Irish Jewish women
Television: Slice-of-life memories a stark reminder of arbitrary cruelty of former Soviet Union
Man who punched Brendan Courtney came forward to gardaí after Dublin assault, court hears
Ross Deegan, 22, admits punching RTÉ broadcaster Brendan Courtney
Gerry Adams case: Berets and woolly geansaí in focus as Reeling in the Years graces London court
Three men injured in IRA attacks suing former Sinn Féin president, alleging he was in group and sat on army council
Ray D’Arcy will need to do more than ponder aimlessly to draw listeners to his daily podcast
The former RTÉ Radio 1 host is excited to begin his new show, but so far it sounds ill suited to the online sphere
Government open to providing new cost-of-living supports as prices rise, Minister says
Thomas Byrne says Coalition ‘open to examining’ help for households and warns cost of food supplies could also increase
RTÉ’s Tracy Clifford: ‘When IVF fails, you’re back on the treadmill again. Age is not on your side’
The 2FM radio presenter on candour, IVF and careers for women only beginning in their 40s
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
March 7th-13th highlights, including: All That Remains with Niall Breslin; A Woman of Substance; a new Claudia Winkleman show; and more
Garda to exhume body of Liam Farrell as part of review into ‘suspicious’ Co Leitrim death
Garda review ‘active and ongoing’ as Farrell family welcome the development
Ray D’Arcy: ‘I’ve lost my job and my mother. What’s going to happen next?’
The broadcaster says he thought ‘the sky would fall in’ if he left RTÉ, but his departure has been an ‘enforced liberation’
Claire Byrne is relaxed as she settles in to Newstalk, while Shane Coleman gets mad as hell at drivetime
Radio: Newstalk host is an ideal, unflustered presence when the you-know-what hits the fan
CMAT wins Choice Music Prize Album of the Year for Euro-Country
Singer thanks Bertie Ahern in her acceptance speech
Home heating oil and petrol price gougers combust like rocket fuel for the Dáil
What Opposition TD wouldn’t loathe the money-hungry gannets or love a chance to castigate the Government for not cracking down on them?
Growth of disinformation has made RTÉ role and funding vital, says Siptu
Potential for tensions to come to a head when feasibility study on outsourcing The Late Late Show and Fair City is delivered, union representative says
Home of the Year review: The late Hugh Wallace gives it socks in poignant return of this fun series
Television: In the wake of the unexpected death of the chummy and clubbable Wallace, it is wonderful to see the architect on screen one final time
Ireland has spent the last 70 years unsuccessfully trying to dethrone King Cattle
Mind-blowing documentary on RTÉ shows the parallel planet of Ireland’s cattle monarchy continues to exist
Ray D’Arcy to launch new daily podcast after leaving RTÉ
New show will begin next week and will be D’Arcy’s first project since leaving RTÉ last October
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
March 1st-6th highlights: including Goodman: Too Big to Fail; Home of the Year; Vladimir; and more
Minister for Housing expects rents to fall after recent reform of rules
James Browne said driving supply is ‘only way’ to make renting more affordable
Radio review: Oliver Callan has a solution to the longer airtime problem: doom radio
The Radio 1 host pads out his show in counterintuitive style
Event guide: RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Raye, and the other best things to see in the week ahead
February 28th-March 6th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
RTÉ receives €3m for 50% share of GAAGO
Gaelic games streaming service established as a joint venture by RTÉ and the GAA in 2014
PSNI and MI5 unlawfully obtained phone data of prominent Northern Ireland journalist, tribunal hears
Vincent Kearney was wrongly referred to as a ‘suspect’ in a criminal investigation, and the PSNI compiled a detailed profile of intelligence material on him
People thought I had a stroke or Alzheimer’s, Gisèle Pelicot tells RTÉ’s Prime Time
She says could not recall being raped by dozens of men for years as she had been drugged
Hiqa seeks orders compelling RTÉ to disclose nursing home footage
Broadcaster says it welcomes Hiqa decision to investigate issues highlighted in RTÉ Investigates programme
Britain’s King Charles should heed the lesson of the crumbling Irish Catholic Church
Abusers did not bring down the hierarchy here, it was down to the repeated cover-ups by bishops
Mice, rats, wasps: RTÉ spends more than €7,000 on pest control
Broadcaster battled infestations of rodents and insects in production stages, canteen and creche last year
Killiney treehouse at the centre of planning dispute remains in place – for now at least
Plus: a clarity correspondent at RTÉ, cyclists escape safety crackdown and basket-weaving courses expand overseas
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
February 21st-27th highlights: including Other Voices, the IFTA Awards and BAFTA Film Awards
Irish television has become a theme park of throwbacks and weird vibes
From How to Get to Heaven from Belfast to These Sacred Vows, too many series feel trapped in time
Anton Savage is incredulous as political peace breaks out
Radio: Newstalk Breakfast host displays sharp instincts, while a passionate denunciation of racism lights up Inside Sport
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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