Radio: Newstalk host tucks into burgers while taking on bigger issues, as Ray D’Arcy earns dad rock cachet
Kieran Cuddihy
Radio: The Newstalk host draws out detail rather than showily sympathising when he speaks to Mary about her experience of reporting historical abuse
Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy is on top form but not everything that comes out of his mouth is palatable
Radio: ‘If I was walking the dog, no one around, I’d hock up a big spit and fire it into the air,’ he announces
Radio: Anti-immigrant attitudes worry Hard Shoulder host, while his Newstalk colleague is wary of seasonal speedbumps
Radio: The Lunchtime Live host opts for friendly inquiry rather than wilful baiting, but she needs to stay alert all the same
Radio: Liveline’s stand-in host hears foster parents speak of strain, while Pat Kenny shows his wonky side
Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly half-heartedly stir the pot, while Kieran Cuddihy enjoys some senatorial skirmishing
Radio: Argument about chant from the Wolfe Tones song Celtic Symphony feels unsatisfying all around
Radio: Normally wry Newstalk presenter captures disbelief over singer’s death, in a week of disturbing news at home and abroad
Cuddihy’s showy spirit runs through the Hard Shoulder: no sacred cow is safe
Radio: The Today host’s calm and professional approach is very admirable but an airless atmosphere often pervades the programme
Hard Shoulder host brings an easygoing manner to Holly Cairns interview and Northern Ireland coverage
Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman test their listeners’ appetites, but their theatrical chalk-and-cheese act is strangely comforting
Radio: The England soccer team’s abortive armband protest in Qatar exercises the Newstalk host Kieran Cuddihy
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