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
Doireann Garrihy
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‘I just wanted to fade away’: Baker Una Leonard on her recovery from disordered eating
The baker and entrepreneur talks about past trauma, opening her new business in Mullingar and caring for her mother
MetroLink job vacancy: could this fixed-term contract become a job for life?
Plus: death of a behind-the-scenes Irish music legend; Enoch Burke sees out a second principal; and Doireann Garrihy loses ground
Dancing with the Stars finale: Rhys McClenaghan is ‘in another world’ as he beats Jack Woolley to 2025 Glitterball trophy
Television: Jack Woolley also receives two rounds of perfect scores, despite ripping his trousers
RTÉ 2FM’s new weekend presenters start today. Who are they and can they re-energise the station?
The RTÉ station has a new weekend line-up to complement its refreshed weekday one. But can any combination of presenters improve its fortunes?
Dancing with the Stars finale: When is it on, who are the front-runners, what dances will feature and more
Television: The DWTS final will see four celebrities battle it out for the Glitterball Trophy this weekend - here is everything you need to know
Dancing with the Stars: ‘I’ve had the best time of my life. I feel super fit,’ chef Kevin Dundon says as he is voted off show
Television: Former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede is landed with her third dance-off in four weeks. What's up?
Carl, Roz & Aisling’s on-air vibes trump cookie-cutter formulas on 2FM’s new breakfast show
Radio: The new presenters get off to the good start the station needs after the calamity of its biggest stars leaving in a single week
Doireann Garrihy restores some celeb lustre to troubled 2FM with larky verve
Radio: The host, who quit the RTÉ station nine months ago, triggering an exodus, is back in the drivetime seat
Dancing with the Stars: Gearóid Farrelly hit by nerves during dance-off but Kevin Dundon somehow lives on
‘I screwed up and never recovered,’ says Farrelly as judges hand him a collective thumbs down on orchestra night
Dancing with the Stars: Audience boos judge Arthur Gourounlian after his comments about Rhys McClenaghan
Judge Arthur Gourounlian looks stunned when his critique of Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan and Laura Nolan earns a prominent boo from the audience
Dancing with the Stars: dark and stormy end for Joanna Donnelly as meteorologist loses dance-off
‘I’ve had the time of my life,’ says Joanna Donnelly after judges save former Miss Universe Ireland Aishah Akorede
Dancing with the Stars judges and Kellie Harrington in tears after Jack Woolley’s emotional dance
Television:Taekwondo Olympian Jack Woolley recalls how Kellie Harrington was there for him after he was viciously attacked in Dublin: ‘I needed plastic surgery ... she was the first person that turned out’
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