Neil Prendeville

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Ana Kriégel. Photograph courtesy of RTÉ News
Journalist and radio station fined over naming Ana Kriégel killer

A journalist has been fined €2,500 by a Central Criminal Court judge after he named one of the boys convicted of Ana Kriégel’s murder during a live ra(...)

A court order is in place to protect the identity of the two boys who were convicted of murdering Anna Kriégel.
Kriégel case: No complaint to gardaí over accidental naming of convicted boy on radio

Gardaí in Cork have received no complaint about an accidental naming of one of the boys convicted of the murder of Ana Kriégel during a discussion on (...)

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has a torrid time on Damien Tiernan’s Déise Today show in his first week as host. Photograph: North West Newspix
Local hero Damien Tiernan brings Waterford into focus

It may well be that all politics is local, as the late US congressman Tip O’Neill’s well-burnished chestnut claims, but the national broadcaster doesn(...)

A concerned parent contacted the Neil Prendeville show on Cork’s Red FM to say a list left in the toilets at Davis College (above) in Mallow, Co Cork, stated the girl “with the most ticks will get raped”. File photograph: Google Street View
Cork secondary school investigates ‘rape list’ found in boys’ toilets

A secondary school in Mallow, Co Cork is investigating the circumstances surrounding the posting of what was described as a “rape list” in the boys’ t(...)

George Hook’s show was less sit-in than nod-off. Photograph: The Irish Times
Snooze talk: George Hook’s Saturday morning show falls flat

Broadcaster George Hook returned to radio on Saturday morning for the first time since being dropped last September from his weekday talk show on News(...)

Ephie Fitzgerald celebrates his side’s victory at Croke Park. Photograph: Sportsfile
Cork manager told by the LGFA that there will be no replay

Sunday’s All-Ireland senior football final will not be replayed according to Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald. His team overcame Dublin by one point to(...)

Red FM chief executive Diarmuid O’Leary: ‘It is about delivering a national standard at a local level.’
Prendeville drives shift to Red FM in Cork

The last set of radio ratings, courtesy of the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) survey, confirm a big shift has taken place in the Cork mar(...)

The HSE issued a statement confirming a senior psychiatrist had contacted the girl’s mother on Thursday to discuss a number of assessment options.
Psychiatrist available to assess suicidal autistic girl, says HSE

The Health Service Executive has confirmed it had made a psychiatrist available to assess a 16-year-old suicidal autistic girl after she left an em(...)

Radio presenter Neil Prendeville pictured, with flowers from supporters, leaving the studios of 96FM following his return on the airwaves after an incident in 2010. Photograph: Daragh McSweeney/Provision
Controversial Cork radio presenter leaves 96FM for rival

Controversial Cork radio presenter Neil Prendeville has quit Cork’s main commercial radio station the UTV-owned 96FM to join its main rival, Re(...)

The Second Captains team, from left: Simon Hick, Ciaran Murphy, Ken Early, Eoin McDevitt and Mark Horgan, Malachy Logan, sports editor of The Irish Times (centre left) and Malachy Clerkin, sports reporter (extreme right). The team’s sudden departure from Newstalk’s Off the Ball programme was one the biggest talking points in Irish radio this year. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Radio: Sudden exits and welcome returns mark a year of change

In a year when Irish radio went through more upheaval than in the previous three combined, one sudden exit stands out, one that left a station bereft (...)