RTÉ's Oliver Callan ‘insults everybody equally’ as his rapid-fire jokes fall flat
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 host sounds like neither the satirical impressionist he is nor the chatshow host he has become. Instead he resembles a stand-up comic flailing around for quick laughs
Ray D’Arcy reveals sharp political eye and skewers Government on €13bn Apple case
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 surely captures the public mood of irritated bewilderment that the Apple windfall should be anything other than good news
Manchán Magan on living with cancer: ‘Death is something I’ve always been very comfortable with’
The presenter and self-described ‘oddball loner’ is bursting with energy despite his ‘more serious than normal’ prostate cancer
Sickening but essential listening as victims tell radio shows about sexual abuse at religious-run schools
Radio: The Hard Shoulder and Liveline hear harrowing stories from former pupils while the Leinster House bike shed continues to exercise listeners
Andrea Gilligan listens intently but is powerless to help parents dogged by back-to-school guilt
Radio: On Newstalk, Andrea Gilligan moves easily from light to shade, imbuing her folksy style with compassion and honesty
‘If I’m intimidated, that’s a problem’: Fireworks fly as Joe Duffy hears tales of teenage delinquency
Radio: Liveline callers paint a grim portrait of urban dystopia, while Nell McCafferty’s legacy is vividly remembered across the airwaves
Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly left floundering as cohost Shane Coleman sidesteps Olympics duty
Radio: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman host awkward chats and gratuitous squabbles as Fiachna Ó Braonáin signs off with feeling
Radio review: Flustered Eamon Ryan and harried Pearse Doherty grilled by Drivetime’s forbidding interrogators
Radio: RTÉ Drivetime hosts Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra give their current-affairs magazine zip and snap
Pat Kenny keeps his cool as spluttering reporter is doused in pepper spray
Radio: Henry McKean’s raw account of ‘really ugly scenes’ in Coolock captures how quickly an anti-immigration protest descends into chaos
Rory Gallagher guitar auction causes Liveline listeners to cry blasphemy
Katie Hannon deftly oversees a lively discussion that would surely cause the famously low-key Irish rock star to blush
Oliver Callan swaps the laughs for a harrowing tale with a powerful message
Radio review: Comic-turned-presenter shows his serious side during powerful interview with rape survivor Bláthnaid Raleigh
Claire Byrne shows you don’t have to spice things up to have some bite
RTÉ host’s low-key approach is quietly effective, while Kieran Cuddihy is left speechless by Gazan horrors
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
Claire Byrne and Mary Lou McDonald come unexpectedly close to a shouting match
Radio review: The reliably poised RTÉ Radio One presenter gets into tetchy exchange with Sinn Féin leader. On Today FM, Matt Cooper swaps ballot-box coverage for indignation
Kieran Cuddihy is far better at landing punches than punchlines, which is bad news for Stephen Donnelly
Radio: Newstalk presenter mercifully ditches the flat gags, subjecting the Minister for Health to an onslaught