Anne Doyle

Former RTE broadcaster Anne Doyle

Michael D Higgins’s dogs, Cillian Murphy’s blue eyes and Enya’s voice: Patrick Freyne’s 30 real Irish icons

Forget national heroes, martyrs and rank celebs. These are the certifiable emblems of our small but great nation

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00

Anne Doyle: ‘I was very lucky many times that the mic was not on live before broadcasts’

The former newsreader says she will never write a memoir - her new book is a rather more surprising collection of Irish ghost stories

Sat Sept 30 2023 - 05:00

Refugee joins Irish relief effort to help Ukrainians flee

Tour guides fly to Polish border with help of newly arrived translator

Fri Apr 29 2022 - 01:00

Ger Canning interview: still immersed in the job 40 years on

‘Do you speak Irish?’ RTÉ commentator remembers phone call that opened the door

Thu Jul 22 2021 - 06:00

Anne Doyle: ‘Depression? I know what it is, and it’s a b*tch’

The former RTÉ newsreader on her popularity, perks of retirement and not enjoying lockdown life

Sat Aug 15 2020 - 06:00

Anne Doyle reveals her dry humour, bird statues and celebrity-kissing history

TV review: In Keys to My Life the former newsreader visited her former homes

Mon Mar 30 2020 - 14:41

Alcohol a factor in more than half of all fatal fires in Irish homes

Study examined 101 domestic fires between 2014 and 2016 that resulted in 106 fatalities

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 11:29

Celebrities and sports stars tog out for annual hurling fundraiser

Hurling for Cancer Research brings more than 6,000 fans to St Conleth’s Park

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 21:21

Philomena Lynott ‘a force of nature’, funeral hears

‘Phyllis was not only beautiful on the outside she was also a beautiful soul’, recalls brother

Mon Jun 17 2019 - 20:08

Has Joe Duffy ever considered becoming a private detective?

Radio review: The presenter shows off his digging skills over a racist incident on the train

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00

Second Wind – Frank McNally on a weather-delayed world premiere

An Irishman's Diary on a resurfacing victim of the 'Beast from the East'

Thu Sept 20 2018 - 18:15

The Irish woman leading the Glamour stakes in New York

Samantha Barry, the recently appointed editor of US ‘Glamour’ magazine, was inspired by Veronica Guerin

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 00:00

Miriam Lord’s Week: FF gets the broadband back together

Katherine Zappone says yes to the dress as Mattie McGrath plays the self-blame game

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 01:00

Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’

‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 17:45

The Late Late Toy Show: ‘You can’t explain it to non-Irish people’

The popular RTÉ programme is an institution for Irish families at home and abroad

Thu Dec 01 2016 - 15:44

Skerries’ army of volunteers basks in Tidy Towns glory

Area exudes sense of place, a success story of community buy-in and council dedication

Mon Sept 26 2016 - 20:28

Shopping spraoi: Blackrock

With two shopping centres holding mega retailers, the main street has most of the little charmers

Fri Mar 18 2016 - 11:00

RTÉ rising to challenge with 1916 programming

Four-part in-house series ‘Ireland’s Rising’ begins commemoration programming

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 10:30

Poets and fans gather for WB Yeats celebrations in Sligo

‘Absolutely Fabulous’ actor Joanna Lumley declares Sligo has stolen her heart

Sun Jun 14 2015 - 13:43

RTÉ’s hugely popular ‘man of all the talents’

Derek Davis: April 26th, 1948 - May 13th, 2015

Sat May 23 2015 - 01:00

Tributes paid to Derek Davis at humanist ceremony

Seán Davis speaks of ‘overwhelming sense of love’ for father

Mon May 18 2015 - 23:38

Derek Davis: ‘Everybody comes off a little bit scarred by RTÉ’

Patrick Freyne remembers a happy few hours spent with the broadcaster in 2008

Wed May 13 2015 - 13:37

‘Hypnotic mesmerism’ of singer Jim McCann is recalled at funeral in Dublin

Balladeer was ‘effervescent . . . bubbling over with good humour’

Tue Mar 10 2015 - 01:00

Panti Bliss says memoir reflects ‘a changing Ireland’

Former news anchor Anne Doyle launches gay rights activist Rory O'Neill's book

Fri Oct 31 2014 - 00:14

10 ways to be Grand – The Irish woman’s guide

‘The Secret’ will tell you that you can manifest whatever you want. Well, Irish women know that you can’t

Fri Oct 17 2014 - 15:36

Radio: Scandalous tales from the past point back to the present

Despite a misfiring narrator, ‘The Scandal of Mrs Leeson, Lyric FM’s documentary about a madam in Georgian Dublin, is compelling fare. And after a year of finding his feet, Sean O’Rourke’s future looks good

Sat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00

Trust in I, Keano and BOD, says 3 boss Finnegan

Fri Jul 25 2014 - 02:00

Mary Fitzpatrick likely to seek FF nomination for European elections

Party figures believe councillor would be favourite to win nomination for Dublin

Thu Jan 02 2014 - 01:00

Television: Supernanny fragilistic: the weak link in the Mary Poppins legend

It’s a part of PL Travers’s life that Hollywood glossed over: when the author adopted a baby in Ireland

Sat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00

Katie was nowhere to be seen but Ronnie’s poetry kind of made up for it

Punch and jab on Twitter’s isn’t much good when you don’t know who’s doing it

Mon Dec 02 2013 - 06:17

Television: Keeping up with Kerry’s Kardashians, and Sinn Féin’s supermarket sweep

Documentaries on the Healy Rae dynasty and the Sinn Féin leadership shed scant light on either subject

Sat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00

Ex-RTÉ newsreader spurns FF approach to run for Europe

Anne Doyle is among several prominent individuals to have been considered by Fianna Fáil

Tue Nov 19 2013 - 21:42

Anne Doyle: ‘Do I miss RTÉ? It sounds kind of rude to say no’

Almost two years after leaving our screens, the former newsreader is returning to host a new quiz show. What else has she been up to since she left the RTÉ newsroom?

Tue Nov 19 2013 - 01:00

Ronan O’Gara returns to Cork for testimonial dinner

Record Heineken Cup points scorer says he would love to coach Munster some day

Fri Oct 25 2013 - 10:07