Public sector strike may be difficult to avert at this stage, Minister admits
Preparations are under way for the strike, which will see more than 300,000 public sector workers undertake a work stoppage
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Orange Order legal challenge to Garvaghy Road parade ban adjourned to Monday
Chris Bryant uses power to intervene and quash Parades Commission decision
Income from ‘broken’ television licence fee down €5.7m in first nine months
Projected 715,401 television licences to be sold for the year likely to generate about €114.46m, down €8.5m on last year
Coimisiún na Meán has no business taking sides in RTÉ funding row
The regulator should not be acting as an advocacy organisation for the entities it regulates
‘They were all sick of each other by then’: Inside the Government rooms where the budget was made
Fraught last-minute haggling in back rooms dominated the final days of negotiations as spending Minister Jack Chambers dug in
‘Pablo doesn’t patronise’: The Irish animated show with an autistic star
Eleven-year-old Alexander Myles, from Co Antrim, takes over the main role for Pablo: Next Level, as the protagonist wrestles with the move to secondary school
The Irish Times view on the budget process: flawed and short-termist
The system’s shortcomings have been laid bare by the absurd contortions over funding for RTÉ
Tributes paid to former Irish Times journalist Dick Hogan, who has died aged 76
‘His career in journalism reflected his strong values and his many talents,’ says former editor Conor Brady
Government should apply transparency standards to themselves and their bike sheds
Or is accountability something best demanded of others, like RTÉ?
RTÉ likely to get back €20m lost in Budget 2027 ‘if it proves reforms are on track’
Taoiseach and Tánaiste’s offices intervene with Patrick O’Donovan ahead of crunch meeting with broadcaster’s leadership
Lethal Katie Hannon dismantles the budget and dismisses Jack Chambers
Radio: RTÉ host’s precision-guided dismantling of Government’s thinly spread profligacy is arguably more lethal than the brickbats of Opposition TDs
The Lion, the Witch and the Ulsterman on RTÉ: Andrew Trimble takes on the thorny issue of CS Lewis’s Irishness
Television: Lewis is a beloved but polarising figure, which may explain his exclusion from the pantheon of significant Irish literary figures
Last-minute €20m funding cut for RTÉ could have messy consequences
Broadcaster is unlikely to touch its big tent poles, but the breadth of its offering could suffer and some shows could be delayed
RTÉ DG says he has confidence in Minister after ‘constructive’ meeting on funding
Broadcaster’s managing director and chairman Terence O’Rourke met Patrick O’Donovan for just over an hour
Inside the unexpected Budget 2027 move that has shocked RTÉ
In the News podcast: Jack Horgan-Jones has the latest on a Budget 2027 row
Irish Government was warned last year that RTÉ funding was too low
Coimisiún na Meán said broadcaster would face ‘particularly acute’ cash flow issues in 2027
Does Patrick O’Donovan’s explanation for €20m RTÉ funding cut add up?
Row between Minister and State broadcaster raises questions about who knew what in Government about decision
Most skirmishes before and after the budget featured Patrick O’Donovan
Inside Politics: Minister has central role in row over the ‘culture card’ and his decision to cut State subvention to RTÉ by €20 million
Minister signalled Government was set to ‘renege’ on RTÉ deal in budget talks
Minister told Jack Chambers broadcaster’s €260m allocation could not be maintained without more funding for his department
TG4 and Screen Ireland budget funding amounts to ‘cut’ in real terms, industry warns
Concern for independent production sector after €20m reduction in State funding for RTÉ
RTÉ ‘caught off-guard’ by €20m cut in funding in Budget 2027
Patrick O’Donovan said he was not happy with progress to date on broadcaster’s transition ‘more agile, smaller’ organisation
Former RTÉ finance chief Mari Hurley in line for Ires Reit shares worth €325,000
Hurley moved to Ireland’s biggest landlord earlier this year following a stint with national broadcaster
RTÉ set to run up four-year €960,000 Dublin hotels bill for contributors and celebrity guests
No alcoholic drinks can be charged to broadcaster at four- and five-star lodgings
Doing business with Olive: The sports star, the fitness guru and the minister
Kavanagh boasted of his connections with Tánaiste Simon Harris and proposed hosting a podcast with him
The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In review: A turkey with all the trimmings. End this craic attack
Television: The chicken fillet roll has gone cold, the immersion has indeed been left on all night and Mammy is reaching for the wooden spoon
Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman strive for balance on Drumcree. But it’s a strain
Radio: On Newstalk, the Hard Shoulder host strains for balance during grim events in the North, while Andrea Gilligan hears an unorthodox voice on Lunchtime Live
RTÉ’s new Listen app tells us some things about its future direction but keeps others hidden
Should the national broadcaster be offering its listeners’ data as part of its sales pitch to advertisers?
World feed man avoids main talking points as Ireland beat Israel with stripped down TV coverage
Our world feed man had the touch of the Comical Alis about him, chaos, turmoil, hostility and rage all looking over his shoulder
Budget 2027 will not be able to address ‘all of the challenges’ facing Ireland, Minister says
Dara Calleary expects ‘targeted investment where people are feeling the pinch most at the moment’
The Foggy Dew: Frank McNally on the Rising ballad’s confused origins and contested lyrics
Legend has it the song’s genesis can be traced to the first Dáil, but facts prove otherwise
A hushed Brendan O’Connor amplifies Nikita Hand’s traumatic testimony
Radio: Radio 1 host deftly gauges his guests’ moods, while Kieran Cuddihy uncovers ominous undercurrents beneath fuel unrest
Christy Kinahan snr may have to settle for living in Iran, says Minister for Justice
O’Callaghan suggests Christy Kinahan snr could seek shelter in Iran after being ‘run out’ of Ireland and Spain and having UAE visa cancelled
Netherlands to abandon its boycott of Eurovision, but Ireland will continue to stay away
Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Iceland and Slovenia did not take part in last year’s song contest due to Israel’s participation
The Traitors Ireland: What makes this intoxicating show so utterly gripping?
The Traitors Ireland plays shamelessly into our deepest fantasy about human nature: that we can work out what other people really think
Traitors winner to use €22,925 prize to fund IVF treatment
Anna Murphy, a postal worker from Dublin, will share €45,850 prize pot with co-winner Diego Rodrigues Caixeta
The Traitors Ireland finale: Final betrayal barely registers as second season fizzles out
A show that announced itself in a blaze of melodrama a year ago has a stonking case of difficult-second-season syndrome
FAI should do its job and cancel the Ireland-Israel football matches
We will not sing in Eurovision because of Israel, but we will play them at football
Traitors Ireland: It’s all gone insane in Slane. Finally a ding-dong shouting match
Television: Traitors acting like Faithfuls, Faithfuls acting like Traitors – there is plenty of time for one final twist
Siptu ‘guardedly welcomes’ RTÉ’s stripped-back coverage of Ireland-Israel games
Broadcaster will not run ads or studio presentation during Nations League meetings between Republic of Ireland and Israel
Gurriers singer Dan Hoff: ‘I try to talk about my mental-health issues the same as a common cold’
Postpunk band are upfront about having accumulated hard-won wisdom since they formed in 2020 before lockdown
Mark Little: ‘Protests against data centres is the biggest wave of civic activism since the 1960s’
The broadcaster turned entrepreneur on messianic tech billionaires, and his new book tracking his journey from tech-optimism to disillusionment to a new cautious hope
The Late Late Show: An institution with a perpetual crisis of identity
The return of RTÉ’s long-running chatshow is a reminder of its wildly fluctuating tone
RTÉ pulls Garda whistleblower investigation programme from its streaming service
The Gardaí: Full Disclosure is temporarily removed following request from DPP
Gavin Cooney: Why I won’t be joining media boycott of Ireland’s games against Israel
Staging of these games is wrong but there is nothing additional to be gained by the media refusing to cover them
Dark mutterings in the Dáil: things move very fast around here
Dáil Sketch: At Leaders’ Questions, recriminations over RTÉ Investigates programme reach full volume
Urbanite David McCullagh’s baptism of fire at the National Ploughing Championships
Radio: Radio 1 host’s broadcasting mettle is tested by his visit to farming jamboree, while Anton Savage shows his bite
Serious Garda allegations amplified by RTÉ Investigates – what happens next?
Though much of detail not new, links to murder of Det Colm Horkan may spin out of control
The Random Driving Test on RTÉ One: An unlikely but fun show about a very Irish rite of passage
Few of us seem willing to suffer through the trauma of the driving test again, even with PJ Gallagher’s big bag of loot as a sweetener
Senior member of Garda whistleblower unit ‘broken’ by management’s treatment of him
RTÉ Investigates heard serious allegations from people with key roles in managing and investigating protected disclosures made by gardaí
RTÉ confirms it will not take part in or broadcast Eurovision 2027
Broadcaster says it will not participate given the ‘appalling and ongoing loss of lives in Gaza’
Garda whistleblowers are being ‘penalised and even purged’, Dáil told
The claim that senior personnel handling protected disclosures were met with hostility by senior Garda management is perhaps the most serious new allegation
Sinn Féin warns British government not to block Border poll
Party leaders sign memorandum in Cardiff declaring ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end’
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