Dan Healy
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2fm needs more than an encore from RTÉ orchestra and DJ
- Media & Marketing
- November 1, 2016, 05:00
At the tail end of the summer, RTÉ scored a hit it is now fond of recalling – both on-air and at a corporate level. It involved a tent, but no bakin(...)

Joe Duffy’s ‘Liveline’ overtakes Marian Finucane in radio ratings
- Media & Marketing
- October 26, 2016, 19:33
Joe Duffy’s Liveline has overtaken Marian Finucane to become the second most-listened to radio programme in Ireland, the latest audience figures show.(...)

Aisling Daly: ‘I want to make the sport better for everybody’
- Other Sports
- October 6, 2016, 01:00
Almost a year has passed since Aisling Daly’s victory at UFC Dublin. She had designs on getting back in the octagon since then but the intervention of(...)

All in the chemistry as Irish radio hopes for sparks
- Media & Marketing
- August 2, 2016, 06:30
Chemistry between radio presenters is one of those hard-to-define, know-it-when-you-hear-it, know-it-when-it’s-missing things. Bad chemistry in the st(...)

RTÉ 2fm and Today FM continue to shed listeners
- Media & Marketing
- July 27, 2016, 19:47
Listeners continue to drift away from RTÉ 2fm and Today FM, the latest survey of radio ratings shows. 2fm has lost 58,000 listeners over the past yea(...)

Colm Hayes leaves 2fm after a decade on air
- Media & Marketing
- July 26, 2016, 13:03
2fm presenter Colm Hayes is leaving RTÉ after a decade at the broadcaster. Hayes, who became one of RTÉ’s highest-paid presenters, has most recently (...)

Today FM, Newstalk and 2fm see listeners switch off
- Media & Marketing
- April 27, 2016, 18:48
Listeners have switched off from Today FM, Newstalk and 2fm, while Radio 1 has added to its recent audience gains, the latest radio ratings show. All(...)

Study shows MMA fighters suffer brain injury in one third of bouts
- Sport
- April 12, 2016, 16:52
The death of MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter Joao Carvalho from a traumatic brain injury underscores the serious dangers inherent in the sport. We k(...)

Neurologist raises concerns over Dublin MMA event
- Other Sports
- March 25, 2016, 13:31
A consultant neurologist has raised concerns about the level of medical supervision at a mixed martial arts (MMA) event in Dublin and warned of the po(...)

RTÉ 2fm rebrands for era of ‘visual’ radio
- Media & Marketing
- February 19, 2016, 07:00
When Dan Healy, head of 2fm, first saw the station’s new logo he thought of a Brigid’s cross - a symbol RTÉ used prominently in decades past. “We wer(...)