Could Independent Ireland grow on back of fuel price protests?
Party with four TDs, an MEP and 24 councillors draws support from conservative, traditionalist and right-leaning voters, polling indicates
Niall Boylan
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
Joe Duffy’s Liveline conversation seems designed to play on men’s worst fears
Radio: If the Liveline conversation seems designed to play on men’s worst fears, it ultimately eschews sensationalism in favour of salutary advice
Roaring rural TDs came looking for Dáil insults and Simon Harris didn’t let them down
The Roaring Independents are the unwhipped cream of Irish politics, proudly refusing to take orders from anybody
European election results: Who is still in line for a seat and where will the transfers flow?
Slow race towards European Parliament restarts this morning as counts in Dublin, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South resume
Mary Lou McDonald is the chief mourner at RDS as local elections throw up an unexpected result
Local and European elections: Taoiseach Simon Harris does lap of honour at count centre as Sunday’s tale of two parties came with an ending neither was expecting
At least €423,000 spent on online advertising for political parties and candidates in lead-up to polling day
Sinn Féin spent €166,800 with Meta and Google, with Fine Gael’s online advertising costing €75,900 and Fianna Fáil spending €74,900 over three months
Election results: The candidates and constituencies to watch and what the main parties are hoping for
The only certainty is uncertainty, but here are the key bellwethers and battlegrounds in the European and local elections
What’s on the line for voters in the European elections on Friday?
Stakes are higher as far right surge predicted to push European Parliament towards greater instability
Niall Boylan: The ‘shock jock’ aiming to produce a shock in the European elections in Dublin
Former Classic Hits radio presenter is striking a chord with working-class voters in Dublin with a hardline stance on migration
BAI rejects complaint over Boylan’s ‘satanic’ rosary remark
Broadcasting watchdog says presenter is well-known for airing personal views
Banned anti-gay preacher says someone coming to Ireland in his place
Steven Anderson ‘not unhappy’ at Minister’s move as it has drawn attention to his views
Radio: Joe Duffy polls the nation, with murky results
Review: ‘Liveline’, ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’, ‘The Niall Boylan Show’, ‘The Right Hook’
Radio: Varadkar bombshell about as irrelevant as an elephant in the room
Review: The airwaves were full of an issue that refuses to shed its significance
Radio: A shock jock who’s not inured to the horrors of the past
Niall Boylan of 4FM has a personal angle on the Tuam scandal while John Bowman revisits an anti-jazz campaign
Radio: Rahoo, rahoo, rahoo – Hector bows out of breakfast radio
The ‘commander of the dawn’ Hector Ó hEochagáin signed off in bolshie fashion
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