Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy
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Safeguards needed to ensure landlords don’t use retrofitting to end tenancies - Threshold
Residential Tenancies Board told Oireachtas committee that it could be a ‘problem’
Landlords could use retrofitting scheme to end tenancies, says tenancies board
500,000 homes to be retrofitted by 2030 under plans to boost home energy efficiency
Jarlath Regan’s Spotify playlist: ‘I cry easily. I’m a big wet’
Check out the comedian and podcaster’s playlist of songs he’s been listening to lately
Philip Boucher-Hayes trips over his own intellect
Radio: The erudite, thoughtful presenter is sometimes too keen to show off his learning
That thing you did: remembering Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne
The prolific power-pop songwriter died with Covid-19 a year ago this week
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Finding the fabulous: How to be glamorous in lockdown
From kitchen dance parties to bright clothing and getting ready for cocktail hour
Ivan Yates allows ancient rivalries provide respite from new menace
Sombre Newstalk host rediscovers irreverent persona for on-air prank, while Morning Ireland highlights the perils of shopping
Gig of the Week: Féile ’19 at Semple Stadium
Horslips, Sinéad O’Connor, and hot tubs await punters making the Trip to Tipp
Soothing Shay Byrne strikes right tone for graveyard slot
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Five summer meetings for horse racing fans
Bellewstown festival in Meath could provide ideal warm up for Galway Races extravaganza
Ryan Tubridy brings a whole new meaning to ‘summer nonsense’
He hits the right note for early silly season. At his best he is entertaining on-air company
Why does Irish music on the radio seem to begin and end with Hozier?
PlayIrish, a new digital radio station, aims to get small Irish acts the recognition they deserve
Patronising Ivan Yates sounds like a 1970s soccer player
The ex-government minister and businessman tackles his radio guests like a tough midfielder
Joe Duffy: ‘If Nigel Farage found an Irish granny he could become an Irish citizen’
Duffy hears from hunters of Irish passports who are ‘basically embarrassed to be British’
Is that Ivan Yates or an ostrich with its head in the sand?
The Newstalk presenter is in jocular mood about wild animals being wiped out
Sean O’Rourke boxes clever as Brexit rematch turns bitter
Presenter proves hell hath no fury like an economist scorned, as Volt fails to impress Moncrieff
Radio review: Listening to Pat Kenny talking about LSD is a trip
Kenny describes attending a festival in the 1970s with “a dopehead” who had taken acid
Curmudgeon Vincent Browne Vs Ray D'Arcy - it's radio gold
Vincent grumbles to Ray, while Muireann O’Connell is the new safe pair of hands in Al Porter's former Today FM slot
Former bank building is named Ireland’s best bar
Liquor Rooms mixologist makes spirited play for best cocktail bartender title
Former newspaper couple celebrate a year in the food business
Indian cafe celebrated its first birthday, Audrey McDonald hits the road again, seaweed snacks, special interest breaks at Kelly’s and a swanky afternoon tea
Historian warns of limits on freedom of expression in universities
Former senator Prof John A Murphy has bust unveiled at UCC for 90th birthday
Irish music muses: Meet the Galway Girl, Úna Bhán and Nancy Spain
Gerry Hanberry’s book, ‘On Raglan Road’, tells the story of the women who inspired great Irish love songs by Mick Hanly, Christy Moore, Percy French, Mundy and Phil Lynnott
Taboo or not taboo: listening to stories of domestic violence
Radio Review: Ryan Tubridy, incensed by what he hears, and Tom Dunne, as Peter Hook talks about Caroline Aherne, handle the topic sensitively
Rocky restart for Newstalk as hosts struggle to land a punch
Radio review: ‘Breakfast’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’, ‘High Noon’, ‘Newstalk Drive’ and ‘Sean Moncrieff’
Electric Picnic stage times: Electric Arena, Cosby, Little Big, Theatre of Food and more
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Historians aiding centenaries want no involvement in NI politics
Maurice Manning says advisory committee refused State request to involve peace process
Rocking lullabies: No more ‘Twinkle Twinkle’
Is there an alternative to cloying lullabies? And what do musicians sing to their kids?
Radio: Unexpected buzz as Ray D’Arcy rediscovers his mojo
Review: ‘The Ray D’Arcy Show’, ‘Moncrieff’ and ‘Breakfast’ (Newstalk)
Radio: Hidden horror stories of gangland crimewave
On-air analysis of killings prefers sensation to perspective, as Joe Duffy and Aine Lawlor hear
Choice Music Prize Shortlist announced
Girl Band, Villagers and Róisín Murphy among the shortlist for the Irish album of the year prize
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