0 of 6Radio stations have to be “destroyed” before they can be rebuilt, head of 2fm Dan Healy tells the RadioDays international industry conference in March. Photograph: Conor McCabe Ray D’Arcy with the Today FM microphone, which he finished the year by giving up. After 14 years at the station, bought by Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp in 2007, D’Arcy is “coming home” to RTÉ. Photograph: Gareth Chaney, Collins Dublin. A year in which Ryanair trebled its advertising budget began with Michael O’Leary’s “thank you for flying” message to consumers. The airline chief executive poses here at TV3 in Ballymount. Photograph: Brian McEvoy Disney’s Frozen, featuring Elsa (pictured), was released late last year, but it was in 2014 that its young fanbase just couldn’t let it go. Ex-RTÉ executive Mary Curtis got the call from UTV and in April was appointed to UTV Ireland’s most senior position, head of channel. The company was in talent-poaching mode for much of the year. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw. Classified information: It was another year of decline for print circulation, but some old customs were in vogue as actor Benedict Cumberbatch announced his engagement in the marriage section of The Times. Photograph: PA Wire.