RTÉ’s former chief financial officer was paid €450,000 as part of controversial exit packageBreda O’Keeffe’s payout signed off by former director general Dee Forbes but not brought to executive board before approvalWed Feb 14 2024 - 18:31
RTÉ media committee hearing: Former chief financial officer Breda O’Keeffe was paid €450,000 to leave, Bakhurst saysAs it happened: Broadcaster’s executives and board members questioned after reports on Toy Show the Musical and voluntary exit scheme paymentsWed Feb 14 2024 - 17:31
It’s an Irish ‘cultural phenomenon’ – but Irish TV can’t afford to show it yetNo joke: The BBC has begun publicising the next series of The Young Offenders, but RTÉ has deferred its broadcast of the comedy until 2025Tue Feb 13 2024 - 06:15
RTÉ content cuts ‘a concern’ for advertisers, says marketing group CoreAdvertising investment will increase 4.1% this year but television and print revenues are forecast to decline againSat Feb 10 2024 - 07:00
Super Bowl turns into Swift Bowl as Taylor’s fans adopt Kansas City ChiefsPlanet Business: Tech earnings takeaways, McDonald’s Middle East troubles and a former pop star at the Pop Con launchSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:15
Flipping inflation: Cost of pancakes rising, says Central Statistics OfficeConsumers have been battered by higher food bills. So how do pancake prices stack up?Fri Feb 09 2024 - 13:24
No ‘seismic surge’ in Dublin spending before Christmas as US tourist custom disappointsAfter a bumper third quarter, US tourism expenditure in the capital contracted sharply near the end of last yearFri Feb 09 2024 - 06:00
European shares edge lower despite strong earnings from Unilever and KeringSmurfit Kappa advances in Dublin, while Disney gains on Wall StreetThu Feb 08 2024 - 18:43
RTÉ Radio 1′s 9am show sees listeners slip but audience remains higher than a year agoPat Kenny’s Newstalk slot sets fresh record, lifting station to its highest ever market share, while Morning Ireland surges againThu Feb 08 2024 - 12:00
John Trainor, founder of sponsorship company Onside, dies aged 52Chief executive of Dublin-based consultancy was an influential and highly respected authority in his industryWed Feb 07 2024 - 16:26
Laura Slattery: ‘Parallel universe’ haunts RTÉ as its North Star remains elusive for a reasonExecutives dragged back into the Oireachtas orbit as a consultation confirms widespread disaffection among staffTue Feb 06 2024 - 06:00
Soak up the sun: Japan’s Slim survives shady lunar landing – until night fallsPlanet Business: Spain’s economic surge; the UK’s corruption ‘wake-up call’; and the petition to switch the extra leap year day to June 31stSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:15
European shares flat after rate cut hopes are dashed by US jobs dataAirlines and tech stocks advance in final trading session of the weekFri Feb 02 2024 - 19:15
Irish radio advertising revenues grow 4% to €164mRadio outperformed the Irish ad market in 2023, figures from Radiocentre Ireland showFri Feb 02 2024 - 06:00
Venture capital investment in Irish companies declined by a third in 2023Annual VC funds fell to 2019 levels amid investor caution, KPMG report findsFri Feb 02 2024 - 05:45
Foreign visitors spent an estimated €515m in Republic in December – CSOAverage of €1,156 spent on trips during the month, with the average stay lasting 10 nightsWed Jan 31 2024 - 14:25
Toy Show the Musical mystery: Why did nobody in RTÉ listen to the concerns of Person 6?One individual with industry knowledge warned that nine out of 10 musicals do not make their money back, but that didn’t seem to worry RTÉTue Jan 30 2024 - 06:05
Los Angeles Times layoffs mark brutal start to the media yearPlanet Business: Kay Burley’s ministerial grillings, Netflix’s viewing stats and the Irish contestant on the next series of The ApprenticeSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:15
RTÉ scraps set of Toy Show the Musical Stage show set had been in storage at stated cost of €8,000 a year but disposal and recycling now ‘underway’Sat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Marriages registered by people aged 60 and over ‘more than double over past decade’Number of people in State aged 65-plus has risen 40%, it saidFri Jan 26 2024 - 15:49
Toy Show the Musical: Damning report lays bare culture of dysfunction among RTÉ managementAnalysis: Report reveals how RTÉ presented the stage show flop as a ‘fait accompli’ to its own boardThu Jan 25 2024 - 17:52
RTÉ seeks sponsor for Oliver Callan’s ‘sharp hour of entertainment’ on Radio 1Broadcaster says new presenter of station’s 9am weekday slot will offer ‘wickedly fresh take on hot button topics’Thu Jan 25 2024 - 06:00
Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy’s next film leads Screen Ireland’s 2024 production slate‘Wonderful time for Irish filmmaking,’ says Murphy as agency reports production spending of €322m in 2023Wed Jan 24 2024 - 06:05
Oscars 2024: How Dublin’s Element Pictures has set new records for Irish filmAnalysis: Relationships with director Yorgos Lanthimos and Disney-owned backer Searchlight Pictures have been key to Irish production company’s successTue Jan 23 2024 - 18:17
Oscars 2024: best actor frontrunner Cillian Murphy secures first nominationPoor Things puts in a strong showing with 11 nods as Oppenheimer leads race with 13, but there’s no luck for other Irish acting talentTue Jan 23 2024 - 15:55
‘Whole new world’ for Radio 1 but can Oliver Callan help RTÉ reach whole new audience?‘Establishment radio station’ enjoys solid market share of 20%, but still needs an influx of younger listenersTue Jan 23 2024 - 06:15
Why Decathlon’s arrival on O’Connell Street is about much more than just one shopNews that the sporting goods retailer is coming to Clerys Quarter is the morsel of positivity O’Connell Street needsSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:30
Point of snow return nears for Republicans as Donald Trump’s re-election campaign gets off to a flyerPlanet Business: Uniqlo sues Shein over ‘imitation’ bags, Premier League financial rules threaten chaos and Fujitsu’s boss gets a Davos doorstepSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:15
BoyleSports extends sponsorship deal with Horse Racing Ireland RacecoursesBoyleSports' three-year agreement with HRI Racecourses broadens partnership from Irish Grand National to races at Leopardstown, Tipperary and NavanThu Jan 18 2024 - 06:00
News industry group calls for ‘serious harm’ test to be applied in all defamation casesOireachtas media committee hears of ‘chilling effect’ on journalism posed by legal threatsWed Jan 17 2024 - 18:59
Make TV licence fee reform ‘priority’, Screen Producers Ireland urges GovernmentDecision on public media funding must be agreed ‘without delay’, says chief executive Susan KirbyWed Jan 17 2024 - 17:03
TV and film producers worldwide unite to call for ‘financial contribution’ from streamersGovernments urged to take action to protect local content and the intellectual property of independent production companiesWed Jan 17 2024 - 13:00
Irish version of hit reality TV series The Traitors in developmentKite Entertainment has optioned the Dutch format and is in talks with RTÉ about making the show in IrelandWed Jan 17 2024 - 06:15
Where’s that television? Welcome to the era of transparent TVsMagic boxes: See-through models by LG and Samsung could change the status of television in our homes — againTue Jan 16 2024 - 06:00
Susan McKay: ‘There’s a lot of loose anger in this country at the moment’Amid financial strains and a tenser media climate, Ireland’s third press ombudsman is on a mission to make as many people as possible know her office existsSun Jan 14 2024 - 06:00
One small step for man, one giant leap too far for Peregrine Mission OnePlanet Business: end of Tiger Woods’s partnership with Nike, Consumer Electronics Show highlights, and the physics teacher who found Boeing’s blown-out door plug in his back gardenSat Jan 13 2024 - 06:15
Last One Laughing Ireland: Behind the scenes with Graham Norton and Aisling Bea on the new Irish comedy showHow do you stop yourself from laughing, or even smiling, and what does it do to your psyche if you do? A new Prime Video series sees 10 Irish comics strive to keep a straight faceSat Jan 13 2024 - 06:00
Late Late Toy Show tops most-watched TV list in year dominated by rugbyRTÉ coverage of Dublin riot secures biggest news viewership of 2023, with 9pm bulletin on November 23rd the 11th most-watched programmeThu Jan 11 2024 - 10:57
The Traitors is arbitrary and brutal, like January – give me more of itThe cliffhanger-loving BBC reality show is an addictive new year distraction that makes its viewers waitTue Jan 09 2024 - 06:00
Corporate insolvencies will occur at rate of almost three per day this year, forecasts PwCWave of 229 insolvencies in fourth quarter brought total for 2023 to a ‘higher than expected’ total of 717Mon Jan 08 2024 - 06:00
Newstalk owner Bauer lobbies Catherine Martin about keeping licensed radio stations ‘easy to find’ in carsMove comes amid concerns car manufacturers are ditching radio receivers, while rise of smart speakers has given tech companies greater power over audio industryMon Jan 08 2024 - 05:45
Asking prices for homes rise 4.1% in 2023, says MyHome.ieSupply shortages continue to affect the market, according to the property websiteMon Jan 08 2024 - 05:30
Bright lights, big equities, as Wall Street eyes 2024 sequel for the Magnificent SevenPlanet Business: Steamboat Willie, the first female centibillionaire and this year’s tipped holiday destinationsSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:15
European shares recoup losses but JD Sports shares plunge after profit warningRyanair arrests its slide with airline gaining 0.4% on Dublin listingThu Jan 04 2024 - 18:16
Corporate insolvencies reach highest level in five years after 25% rise in 2023Total of 663 insolvencies last year, with numbers in hospitality and construction jumping 62%, according to Deloitte IrelandThu Jan 04 2024 - 06:00
Planet Business: ‘Yes, the salary is enormous’ and other quotes of the yearApologies, denials, deadly cocktails and some good old-fashioned warnings of imminent doom: 2023 had many lines to rememberSun Dec 31 2023 - 06:20
Planet Business: A $1 billion mega-tour and other numbers of the yearFrom flight cancellation misery and forfeited pay to corporation tax hauls and obesity drug bonanzas, everything in 2023 had either a value or a costSat Dec 30 2023 - 06:15
Fridays bring unique ‘surge’ in broadband activity from about 2pm, says Vodafone IrelandIncreased demand for streaming sees rise in mobile and broadband usage in 2023, though number of voice calls fallsThu Dec 28 2023 - 05:45
Irish advertising market will grow 3.2% in 2024 but print and TV revenue will fall, says GroupMDigital, radio, out-of-home and cinema advertising all forecast to increase next yearWed Dec 27 2023 - 21:00
European shares edge higher as trading resumes after Christmas breakWall Street’s main indexes struggle for direction in the absence of any major catalystWed Dec 27 2023 - 17:48
