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Katie Hannon: versatile and personal

Katie Hannon gets personal as abortion arguments turn nasty

Mick Heaney
July 13, 2019, 06:00

Presenter brings her own experiences to charged exchanges on Liveline, while Ciara Kelly shows her bedside manner in bleak conversation

Murphy said more houses are required so people can ‘rent with sustainability’. Or, to put it another way, not be made homeless. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Eoghan Murphy on the housing crisis is like a talking Ken doll repeating himself

Mick Heaney
July 6, 2019, 05:45

Minister is defensive on housing crisis with Today FM, as Morning Ireland debates definitions of disaster

Ryan Tubridy: at his best he is entertaining on-air company

Ryan Tubridy brings a whole new meaning to ‘summer nonsense’

Mick Heaney
June 29, 2019, 07:45

He hits the right note for early silly season. At his best he is entertaining on-air company

Majella Moynihan pictured in the grounds of RTE. Majella spoke on RTÉ’s Documentary on One about being investigated by gardaí when she became pregnant by a male member of the force. Photograph: RTÉ

Majella Moynihan: ‘They portrayed me as an easy woman’

Mick Heaney
June 22, 2019, 05:00

Radio review: Her tale of forced adoption sounds like the stuff of fiction but is all too real

Liveline host Joe Duffy’s investigative skills make for interesting listening

Has Joe Duffy ever considered becoming a private detective?

Mick Heaney
June 15, 2019, 05:00

Radio review: The presenter shows off his digging skills over a racist incident on the train

Jennifer Zamparelli. ‘She has a monotone delivery, pitched somewhere between manic and sarcastic’

Jennifer Zamparelli: A sarky presenter of little wit or charm

Mick Heaney
June 8, 2019, 12:28

Radio Review: Host’s new show grates but Garrihy, McDermott zing up morning

Maria Bailey appeared on Sean O’Rourke’s show on Monday to discuss the withdrawn ‘swing’ case.

Sean O’Rourke gave Maria Bailey a generous length of rope, then yanked it sharply

Mick Heaney
June 1, 2019, 05:00

Radio review: When O’Rourke finishes the interview, it’s an act of mercy to his guest

Gerry Ryan: natural broadcaster, but would he still be a star today? Photograph: Mark Read

The Ryan Line is open: Gerry Ryan burns up the airwaves one more time

Mick Heaney
May 31, 2019, 14:36

To mark 40 years of 2FM, RTÉ resurrected the broadcaster in electrifying fashion

Marian Finucane: ‘But you’re not denying, are you, the consequences of global warming?’

Marian Finucane sounds as though an unruly guest has gatecrashed her brunch party

Mick Heaney
May 25, 2019, 05:00

The atmosphere on the usually staid show turns both hotter and frostier, a bit like climate change

Seizing on every passing factoid: Today FM’s Dermot and Dave. Photograph: Today FM

If Today FM was any more lifeless, you’d need to call 999

Mick Heaney
May 18, 2019, 05:00

Dermot and Dave’s show is good-natured, aimless and generic, like Today FM itself

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