Joe Duffy’s Liveline can sound unmoored when not anchored by weighty subjects
RTÉ presenter hears rambling nostalgia and minor gripes, while Myles Dungan keeps history fresh
‘Your phone’s probably bugged’: how a joke became a life-changing nightmare for Trevor Birney
Journalist, who also produced Kneecap and RTÉ's Seán Quinn documentary, has written a book on a decade of delving into the 1994 Loughinisland massacre
Savaged by Anton: Easy questions for Seán O’Rourke, gentle inquisition for Lynn Boylan
Radio: The former RTÉ presenter joins Anton Savage on Newstalk. Sinn Féin is under fire everywhere
Pat Kenny stokes fears of dystopian Dublin with accounts of rampant criminality
Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of urban crime. Over on Today FM, Matt Cooper has a more upbeat take on the capital’s future
Plodding Jack Chambers makes Paschal Donohoe sound like an unhinged Donald Trump
Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves
Listening to Seán Moncrieff would chip away at your national pride
Radio: There are a few queasy moments in what turns out to be an oddly digestible smorgasbord from the Newstalk host
RTÉ's Oliver Callan ‘insults everybody equally’ as his rapid-fire jokes fall flat
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 host sounds like neither the satirical impressionist he is nor the chatshow host he has become. Instead he resembles a stand-up comic flailing around for quick laughs
Ray D’Arcy reveals sharp political eye and skewers Government on €13bn Apple case
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 surely captures the public mood of irritated bewilderment that the Apple windfall should be anything other than good news
Manchán Magan on living with cancer: ‘Death is something I’ve always been very comfortable with’
The presenter and self-described ‘oddball loner’ is bursting with energy despite his ‘more serious than normal’ prostate cancer
Sickening but essential listening as victims tell radio shows about sexual abuse at religious-run schools
Radio: The Hard Shoulder and Liveline hear harrowing stories from former pupils while the Leinster House bike shed continues to exercise listeners
Andrea Gilligan listens intently but is powerless to help parents dogged by back-to-school guilt
Radio: On Newstalk, Andrea Gilligan moves easily from light to shade, imbuing her folksy style with compassion and honesty
‘If I’m intimidated, that’s a problem’: Fireworks fly as Joe Duffy hears tales of teenage delinquency
Radio: Liveline callers paint a grim portrait of urban dystopia, while Nell McCafferty’s legacy is vividly remembered across the airwaves
Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly left floundering as cohost Shane Coleman sidesteps Olympics duty
Radio: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman host awkward chats and gratuitous squabbles as Fiachna Ó Braonáin signs off with feeling
Radio review: Flustered Eamon Ryan and harried Pearse Doherty grilled by Drivetime’s forbidding interrogators
Radio: RTÉ Drivetime hosts Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra give their current-affairs magazine zip and snap
Pat Kenny keeps his cool as spluttering reporter is doused in pepper spray
Radio: Henry McKean’s raw account of ‘really ugly scenes’ in Coolock captures how quickly an anti-immigration protest descends into chaos