Bertie Ahern’s talent for mangling everyday phrases is undimmed
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2024 in radio: chaotic exodus of Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and the 2 Johnnies hangs over 2FM
Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
2023 in radio: Tubridy fallout lingers over RTÉ as rival stations look like safer options
Radio 1 and 2FM are shaken but still standing after the Montrose payments scandal as Pat Kenny’s strong Newstalk performance symbolises changed landscape
Ian Dempsey and Dave Moore lay on a welcome five hours away from the woes of the world
Radio: Today FM morning hosts’ shows segue seamlessly into each other as Moore shows there’s plenty of life in him now that he has left the Dermot & Dave double act behind
What will Ryan Tubridy’s exit mean for his fellow RTÉ presenters?
A significant drop in earnings is on the cards under a new regime that holds all the cards
Normality bites: falling audiences and stagnant schedules challenge post-pandemic radio
Radio review of 2022: RTÉ stations lost listenership as lockdown eased and interests fractured, while Today FM and Newstalk were stable without being stagnant
Ian Dempsey is in his usual irrepressibly good cheer. Then he drops the H-bomb
Radio: It’s a shock to hear the habitually buoyant Today FM presenter express hatred on Wednesday morning’s breakfast show
Breakfast radio makes gains but Ray D’Arcy and Liveline lose listeners
Radio 1 Morning Ireland stretches lead as most-listened-to programme on Irish radio
Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show
Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners
Ryan Tubridy now has the second biggest weekday radio programme in Ireland
Newstalk’s Pat Kenny and Today FM’s Dermot & Dave among JNLR ratings winners
Stephen Donnelly gives unconvincing National Maternity Hospital performance
Radio: Minister for Health is smooth on the Delta variant but rattled by the hospital saga
Ray D’Arcy has the solution to all our problems
This is mightily flimsy stuff, more suited to local radio. But, against the odds, it works
Ray D’Arcy: ‘My dad was in the Army, had nine kids and drank a lot’
The broadcaster says his working-class roots make him crave security and fear failure
Covid-19 crisis prompted huge surge in radio listenership, first figures show
Morning Ireland, Liveline and Sunday with Miriam among shows securing massive gains
Marian Finucane added listeners in last months on air
Audience data shows late broadcaster helped RTÉ Radio 1 make gains in fourth quarter
Radio review of 2019: As RTÉ mourned Gaybo, it was tearing itself apart
The contrast between RTÉ’s obvious disdain for Lyric and indulgent attitude toward 2fm sent out a deeply negative signal
Greta Thunberg derangement syndrome claims another victim: Pat Kenny
The condition is triggered by exposure to a Swedish girl who doesn’t want the world to end
Ivan Yates and Ryan Tubridy add listeners, but Pat Kenny’s audience slips
2fm has ‘soft’ quarter amid revamp, while Muireann O’Connell gains listeners at Today FM
If Today FM was any more lifeless, you’d need to call 999
Dermot and Dave’s show is good-natured, aimless and generic, like Today FM itself
Radio ratings: Marian Finucane, Matt Cooper the main winners
RTÉ 2fm signals big changes as Today FM toasts breakfast and drivetime gains
Jenny Greene returns and Doireann Garrihy joins as 2fm pivots to talk
New phone-in show and evening bid to chase younger podcast listeners from June
Doireann Garrihy: 'I know people who have barely been outside Dublin'
Broadcaster’s new podcast, The Laughs of Your Life, has topped the charts since March
‘I wouldn’t be waving a flag for the Catholic Church but I believe in God’
Laura O’Mahony on faith, family and feminism, and why her style of comedy has international appeal
Ivan Yates and Ian Dempsey are the main winners in latest radio ratings
Newstalk’s market share reached a new record high, industry figures show
Ciara Kelly brings fresh perspective to male-dominated Newstalk
Year in Culture Review: The news station proved a raucous alternative to staid formulaic radio
Ireland football is where Ireland rugby was 20 years ago: in the doldrums
Sideline Cut: On a night in November 1997, two Ireland teams set off on wildly different paths
Mario Rosenstock and Denis Desmond in six-figure tax-defaulter deals
Comedian and promoter make settlements with Revenue worth €118,663 and €701,025
Ivan Yates overtakes Pat Kenny on Newstalk as most radio shows gain listeners
Communicorp station reaches highest market share, while Radio 1 reverses recent slip
Today FM adds Mario Rosenstock to Sunday schedule
Sunday Business Show to run for last time this weekend
RTÉ Radio 1 adds weekend listeners, Today FM slips at lunchtime
Sports shows and Marian Finucane among the main winners in radio ratings
2fm has more daily listeners than Today FM for first time in seven years
Communicorp stations make audience gains, while Radio 1 is hit by summer slump
RTÉ’s 2fm adds listeners as Today FM slips back
Pat Kenny crosses 150,000 mark, while Radio 1 signals ‘pacier’ ‘Morning Ireland’
Radio 1’s Sean O’Rourke takes listenership to record high
RTÉ’s choice of replacement for Pat Kenny continues to pay off, new figures show
Al Porter could become ‘a real star of Irish radio’
Radio review: Porter’s show sounds footloose and carefree. By comparison, Matt Cooper seems out of touch
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