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Sean O’Rourke was Radio 1’s strongest performer.
Radio review of 2019: As RTÉ mourned Gaybo, it was tearing itself apart

In a year when Irish radio, like so much traditional media, continued to face online competition and shrinking finances, the experience of two station(...)

What drama: Ireland’s Fittest Family host Mairead Ronan (centre) with coaches (from left); Derval O’Rouke, Donnacha O’Callaghan, Anna Geary and Davy Fitzgerald.
Who hasn’t pushed their family to the mental limits with one visit?

Ireland’s Fittest Family (RTÉ1, Sunday) begins with 15 families of exactly four members each striding confidently into the future as though animated b(...)

RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland studio. The latest figures show the breakfast news programme has 429,000 listeners.
Morning Ireland extends lead in radio ratings

Morning Ireland has extended its lead as Ireland’s most popular radio programme. The Radio 1 breakfast programme now has a listenership of 429,000, ad(...)

Joe Duffy: for better or worse, Liveline has been triple-stitched into the fabric of Irish society
Like the angelus and spice bags, I’ve given up trying to comprehend Liveline

While Today FM has just come through their latest deck reshuffle (more of this below), it’s fair to say that Joe Duffy’s Liveline (RTÉ Radio 1, weekda(...)

Ivan Yates now has 183,000 listeners on Newstalk, up 30,000 over the past year. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Ivan Yates and Ryan Tubridy add listeners, but Pat Kenny’s audience slips

RTÉ Radio 1, Newstalk and Today FM have all gained market share in the Irish radio market, but 2fm’s performance slipped in a “soft” quarter, accordin(...)

Lack of spark: Dancing with the Stars co-hosts Jennifer Zamparelli and Nicky Byrne. Photographs: Kyran O'Brien
Dancing With The Stars 2019: Jennifer Zamparelli and Nicky Byrne’s zero chemistry a turn-off

So Dancing With The Stars has foxtrotted into the sunset for another year. It has been a season of highs, lows and in-betweens (you can debate among y(...)

Mairead Ronan and John Nolan with the Gtitterball Trophy after winning this year's Dancing with the Stars. Photograph: Kyran O'Brien
Mairéad Ronan is this year's winner of Dancing with the Stars

After 12 weeks, one blackout, and enough Nicky Byrne one-liners to keep us ticking over for the rest of our lives, Mairéad Ronan has been crowned winn(...)

Cliona Hagan and Robert Rowinski got the top score of 21 on week two of Dancing With The Stars. Photograph: Kyran O’Brien
Dancing with the Stars: ‘Nah nah’ from judges leaves 18-year-old Demi Isaac Oviawe in tears

Tears, twirls and tangos all make an appearance as week two of Dancing with the Stars sees the female contestants competing in earnest for the first t(...)

Climb Croagh Patrick, whichever way you want. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
The ultimate Irish bucket list: Croagh Patrick, the Gaeltacht, soda bread

Any list of things you must do before you die runs the risk of sounding bossy, pompous or just plain exhausting. But the world is vast, and our time o(...)