2024 in radio: chaotic exodus of Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and the 2 Johnnies hangs over 2FM
Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
At Newstalk, Ciara Kelly gets righteously annoyed
The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob
A darkly farcical incident on Liveline ends up exposing a hot-button issue
Radio: The Liveline host gleefully performs the audio equivalent of nudges and winks after a general-election weekend that leaves him hoarse
Newstalk’s interview with Gerry Hutch is an anticlimax after Kevin Myers’s inflammatory opinions fill the air
Radio: The Hard Shoulder host Kieran Cuddihy gives his guest’s talent for inflammatory opinions full rein – all while discussing his favourite books
Ray D’Arcy offers an intriguing glimpse into a dirty industry
Radio: When the RTÉ host talks to Pat and Aisling Ryan, it’s an intriguing glimpse into an unseen and unglamorous yet vital industry
Tempers rise over immigration debate as Matt Cooper scolds warring politicians
Radio: Today FM host bemoans uneventful general election, as Pat Kenny hears two sides of the charged migrant issue
Sage Bertie Ahern, wry Joe Duffy and stoned-sounding Irish Maga fan: Radio reactions to Trump’s US election win
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
Being interviewed on national radio is hard, especially when the host is RTÉ Drivetime’s Cormac Ó hEadhra
Radio: The combative RTÉ host is good-naturedly determined to come out on top in a grilling about Dutch dairy produce in Irish schools
Joe Duffy’s Liveline can sound unmoored when not anchored by weighty subjects
RTÉ presenter hears rambling nostalgia and minor gripes, while Myles Dungan keeps history fresh
‘Your phone’s probably bugged’: how a joke became a life-changing nightmare for Trevor Birney
Journalist, who also produced Kneecap and RTÉ's Seán Quinn documentary, has written a book on a decade of delving into the 1994 Loughinisland massacre
Savaged by Anton: Easy questions for Seán O’Rourke, gentle inquisition for Lynn Boylan
Radio: The former RTÉ presenter joins Anton Savage on Newstalk. Sinn Féin is under fire everywhere
Pat Kenny stokes fears of dystopian Dublin with accounts of rampant criminality
Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of urban crime. Over on Today FM, Matt Cooper has a more upbeat take on the capital’s future
Plodding Jack Chambers makes Paschal Donohoe sound like an unhinged Donald Trump
Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves
Listening to Seán Moncrieff would chip away at your national pride
Radio: There are a few queasy moments in what turns out to be an oddly digestible smorgasbord from the Newstalk host
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