Mick Heaney

Mick Heaney

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Mick Heaney is a radio columnist for The Irish Times and a regular contributor of Culture articles

Claire Byrne, now free of TV, delivers deft radio

Radio review: When a prime time RTÉ slot becomes vacant, Katie Hannon is ready for it

Ray D’Arcy dives into a particularly piddling subject, even by his standards

Radio review: The RTÉ host needn’t sweat the wee stuff given visits by the A-listers Jessie Buckley and Marian Keyes

Joe Duffy sounds wounded after Liveline’s transgender discussion. Selflessness or a self-inflicted injury?

Radio review: Joe Duffy courts controversy but sounds wounded as contentious discussion draws fire

The Jackie Healy-Rae way to liven up a three-hour radio show

Radio review: Newstalk presenter sometimes hits the wall in his lengthy show, while Pat Kenny can still go the distance

Dublin Airport delays: ‘Major catastrophe’ or ‘first-world problem’?

Cormac Ó hEadhra grilled guests and Joe Duffy calmed listeners on radio this week

With Joe Duffy frequently absent, Katie Hannon sounds increasingly at home on Liveline

Radio: Liveline’s guest host dissects the aftermath of the Texas school shooting

Pat Kenny’s bad news diet: ‘There’s only so much you can take’

Radio Review: Newstalk host tackles tricky topics in characteristic fashion

Today with Claire Byrne can sound more like a Dáil committee than a flagship radio show

Radio: She’s an assured interrogator of current affairs, but a certain stolidity creeps in

Stephen Donnelly and Simon Harris get a breakfast grilling on Morning Ireland

Radio: The Ministers are unconvincing despite – or because of – their detailed explanations

Lucy Kennedy and Colm Hayes don’t sound like they miss RTÉ at all

Radio: The hard-working Classic Hits duo are just different enough to create on-air chemistry

Anton Savage always sounded incongruous on Today FM. He’s found his voice on Newstalk

Radio: The Saturday morning host provides an agreeable start to the weekend

Katie Hannon, alert and empathetic, knows what makes Irish life tick

Radio Review: As Joe Duffy’s default Liveline stand-in, she never gets bogged down

Ryan Tubridy drops the politeness and gets blunt: ‘This is a horrible thing to have to share’

Radio: The host is unabashed in his repugnance for Putin and admiration of Zelenskiy

Ciara ‘don’t call me Ciara’ Kelly and Shane ‘call me Shane’ Coleman hone their double act

Radio review: The Newstalk Breakfast duo provide diversion as well as information

Matt Cooper doesn’t like good news, but he cheers up when it turns bad

Radio review: The Today FM host refuses to get carried away by bad news or good