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
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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
Fuel price protesters say they will continue blockades despite claiming to have secured meeting
Nationwide disruption continues as petrol station forecourts run low on supply due to ongoing blockades
Intinní Áille – Beautiful Minds: A thoughtful RTÉ documentary on adult neurodivergence
Róisín Ní Thomáin explores whether she may be neurodivergent and hears from parents seeking support for autistic children
GAA: RTÉ to televise 35 live championship games this season
Championship coverage to begin with Armagh v Tyrone in the Ulster championship
RTÉ’s Kate McDonald: ‘At the moment, life and death feel quite close together’
RTÉ’s Clarity Correspondent on pregnancy, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and losing her wedding outfit
New National Concert Hall boss: ‘I hope to be here for the grand reopening’
New chief executive Nigel Flegg hopes the NCH’s long-planned redevelopment will start in 2028 and transform it into a ‘cultural mother ship’
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
April 5th-10th highlights, including Other Voices presents Foo Fighters; Intinní Áille – Beautiful Minds; Tracks & Trails and The Testaments
The Young Offenders on BBC One: Lowbrow gags sitting neatly between Benny Hill and Mrs Brown’s Boys
Television: The cast is outstanding, Cork looks great – what a tragedy this can’t aspire to more than old-school British sitcom in a Cork jersey
Irish-language Bluey actor had never heard of hit show before its turn as Gaeilge
Global smash Australian kids show to begin airing in Irish next week
Spending a penny has become very expensive indeed: Drivetime investigates €6m loos
Radio: Newstalk host Andrea Gilligan discusses a topic rarely aired in public, which is surely illuminating for male listeners
Tracy Clifford dropped from 2FM slot after 10-year run to make way for new line-up
In a statement, RTÉ said new schedule ‘reinforces 2FM’s position as the original and collective voice of young Ireland’
‘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
TV guide: The best new shows to watch, starting tonight
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
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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