With Elvis Costello, Elizabeth Strout and surging audiences, Brendan O’Connor is riding high
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 host shows his interview skills, while Pirate Predator recounts the horrific crimes of paedophile Eamon Cooke
Brendan O’Connor
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It’s hard to work up any outrage about yet another grubby payments controversy at RTÉ
As lesser-known politicians prepare for their daytime TV glow-up at the Oireachtas committee hearing, licence-fee payers have other things to worry about
Spending a penny has become very expensive indeed: Drivetime investigates €6m loos
Radio: Newstalk host Andrea Gilligan discusses a topic rarely aired in public, which is surely illuminating for male listeners
Whether grilling guests or praising fried food, David McCullagh’s delivery is proper order
RTÉ Radio 1 host brings droll authority to his daily show, while Pat Kenny effortlessly moves to weekends
Radio review: Oliver Callan has a solution to the longer airtime problem: doom radio
The Radio 1 host pads out his show in counterintuitive style
RTÉ Radio 1 dominates latest radio ratings amid ‘phenomenal’ rise for Brendan O’Connor
New JNLR data offers comfort for national broadcaster in wake of major programming overhaul
2025 in radio: RTÉ and Newstalk’s tit-for-tat talent raids only add to an uncertain future
After a seismic year of poaching presenters and refreshing rosters, Ireland’s revamped stations can’t ignore the shift online
Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people?
Number of trans people in Irish society is tiny – and each one is a human being
Brendan O’Connor wears his RTÉ Radio 1 crown lightly as the new pretenders arrive
Popular yet provocative host is RTÉ Radio 1’s big performer
Jim Gavin omnishambles: Jack Chambers ducks responsibility, Éamon Ó Cuív twists the knife
RTÉ Drivetime and Newstalk Breakfast propel a week of political theatre as Fianna Fáil’s presidential race implodes
Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter
Maria Steen: The Iona Institute barrister hoping to become president of Ireland
Iona Institute barrister was group’s foremost debater during marriage equality and abortion referendums
RTÉ host Colm Ó Mongáin goes nuclear on rudderless Liveline
Radio: Fabled phone-in show is drifting despite talents of guest host, while Brendan O’Connor underlines his interview skills
RTÉ spends €360k on TV and radio guest fees in a year
More than a third of the cash was spent on Patrick Kielty’s Late Late Show
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