Brendan O’Carroll: ‘However funny you are, people can tire of you’The comedian, who receives a lifetime-achievement Ifta next week, is finally doing ‘very, very well’. But his life and work have been defined by financial insecuritySat Oct 17 2015 - 11:45
Radio: Noonan and Howlin don’t budget for ungrateful callersReview: ‘Today With Sean O’Rourke’, ‘The Right Hook’, ‘Off the Ball’Fri Oct 16 2015 - 13:00
Radio: Combative guests – and a host – lay down the law on rural crimeReview: ‘Marian Finucane’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’Fri Oct 09 2015 - 16:00
DTF review | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : Dazzling spectacle plus simple story is a winning equationThe acclaimed drama of a gifted but different teen’s family investigations yields startling theatrical fireworksThu Oct 08 2015 - 11:13
DTF review | The Cherry Orchard: Stimulating the senses keeps the Chekhovian canon aliveAn innovative Belgian production of The Cherry Orchard prioritises performance over text to absorbing effectThu Oct 08 2015 - 11:11
Radio: Liveline’s TV drama makes for great listeningJoe Duffy uses pensioner’s account of satellite dish court case to tell a broader tale while Sean Moncrieff sets the airwaves ablazeFri Oct 02 2015 - 16:00
Radio: Wide-eyed wonder as Derek Mooney breaks his (very) short silenceReview: The Mooney Show, Today With Sean O’Rourke , Nature On One: Ireland’s Wild PeopleFri Sept 25 2015 - 16:00
Radio: Ray D’Arcy’s cultural exchange raises tricky questionsRadio 1 presenter shows his populist touch in his exploration of an anti-Muslim assaultFri Sept 18 2015 - 16:00
Review Beneath the Bone Moon: A shocking horror picture show | Tiger Dublin FringeStylised drama aims for transgressive subversion but is let down by earnestness and a queasy sadismWed Sept 16 2015 - 18:00
Breda’s Way review: Solo show is ambitious if uneven, but buoyed by performer and paceBreda’s Way review: Solo show is ambitious if uneven, but buoyed by performer and paceSat Sept 12 2015 - 13:41
Mick Heaney: My father’s famous last wordsSeamus Heaney’s son writes about his father’s final message to his family: ‘Noli timere’Sat Sept 12 2015 - 01:00
Radio: Wily Terry Wogan trumps Ryan Tubridy’s returnReview: ‘The Ryan Tubridy Show’, ‘Liveline’, ‘Moncrieff’Fri Sept 11 2015 - 16:00
Rebel Rebel review: Vigorous two-hander about 1916 | Tiger Dublin FringeAn overlooked story of actors who joined the rebellionWed Sept 09 2015 - 14:17
The Matador review: A magnetic performance | Tiger Dublin FringeA striking show by writer and star Shane O’ReillyWed Sept 09 2015 - 14:13
Jellyfish review | Tiger Dublin FringeAlice Malseed’s show about an alienated young woman is familiar but has a distinctive literary and regional twistWed Sept 09 2015 - 14:10
He’s home and he’s safe: Ryan Tubridy settles back into Radio 1Mick Heaney’s review: Anyone seeking edgy radio will be disappointed, but Ryan Tubridy sounds eager, concerned and engaged with his subjectsMon Sept 07 2015 - 13:11
Radio: Sean O’Rourke’s the wrong man in the write placeReview: ‘Today With Sean O’Rourke’, ‘The Documentary Hour: The Sandhogs’, ‘The Ray D’Arcy Show’Fri Sept 04 2015 - 16:00
Radio: No regrets as Conor Lenihan wrecks the partyReview: ‘The Last Word’, ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Culture File Weekly’Fri Aug 28 2015 - 16:00
Radio: Anton Savage makes all the right zoundsReview: ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘The Right Hook’, ‘Morning Ireland’ and Johnny LyonsFri Aug 21 2015 - 16:00
Radio review: Grim tales darken Joe Duffy’s sunny moodHomelessness clouds the ‘Liveline’ air, while Pat Kenny tackles the issue with calm effectivenessFri Aug 14 2015 - 16:00
Radio review: Dave Fanning struggles in stopgap summer schedule jobThe 2FM veteran sounds out of place in his temporary Radio 1 slot while Colette Fitzpatrick brings a welcome female presence to NewstalkFri Aug 07 2015 - 16:00
Radio: Neil Delamare swaps good jokes for bad behaviourReview: ‘Neil Delamare’s Sunday Best’, ‘Today With Sean O’Rourke’, ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Daybreak’Fri Jul 31 2015 - 16:00
Radio: Freewheeling Pat Kenny takes off in awkward directionsReview: The Newstalk presenter tries an invigorating new way into work, but embarrassing old habits emerge when discussing sensitive topicsFri Jul 24 2015 - 16:00
Radio: Tommy Tiernan’s dangerous comedy is no laughing matterThe comic’s 2FM chat show has high ambitions but low wit, while Germaine Greer is wicked company for Miriam O’CallaghanSat Jul 18 2015 - 09:47
‘Once’ brings it all back home | Musical reviewThe hit stage version of the cult film takes on new life in the city where it is setWed Jul 15 2015 - 16:25
Radio: George Hook comes clean about his dirty booksReview: Newstalk host’s literary venture sets pulses racing, as Anton Savage revels in silly season stories on Today FMFri Jul 10 2015 - 14:00
Radio: Sean O’Rourke sinks teeth into Tánaiste, John Murray bids farewellReview: ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’, Brendan O’Connor on ‘Marian Finucane’Fri Jul 03 2015 - 10:45
Radio: The old-fashioned worries of modern parentingReview: ‘Documentary on One: Seven Years and Nine Months’, ‘Breakfast’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’, ‘Tubridy’Sat Jun 20 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Joe Duffy keeps his head as ‘Liveline’ goes deadJoe Duffy’s bad studio day underlines his calming persona while Ray D’Arcy forsakes balance for indignation in abortion reportSat Jun 13 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Can money map out a new dawn at Today FM?Evergreen talents of Matt Cooper and Ian Dempsey take second place to cash prizes, but Dermot and Dave make light of mattersSun Jun 07 2015 - 13:56
Radio: Sean Moncrieff drops his wry air during Averil Power’s emotional interviewReview: Sean Moncrieff, Today With Sean O’Rourke, Bright Sparks and The Pat Kenny ShowSat May 30 2015 - 04:00
Radio: In the week that Prince Charles visits Mullaghmore, humour brings light relief from the heavy hand of historyReview: ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Today With Sean O’Rourke’, ‘Drivetime’, ‘Marian Finucane’, ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’Sat May 23 2015 - 04:00
Radio: John Murray’s light fare has echoes of Celtic tiger eraReview: The John Murray Show, The Last WordSat May 16 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Is the same-sex marriage referendum getting too much airtime or too little?Review: ‘Liveline’, ‘The Sunday Show’, ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘The Right Hook’ and ‘Drivetime’Sat May 09 2015 - 04:00
Radio: A bit of fine tuning and Iarla Ó Lionáird will hit all the right notes‘Vocal Chords’, ‘Voices’ podcast, ‘The Ray D’Arcy Show’ and ‘Today With Sean O’Rourke’Sat May 02 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Newstalk big beasts Ivan Yates and Pat Kenny stay on the ball, but Joe Duffy takes his eye off itReview: ‘Breakfast’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’, ‘Liveline’Sat Apr 25 2015 - 04:00
Radio: In a bleak week, the tragic tale of April Jones tests our emotional mettleReview: ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Ryan Tubridy’, ‘The Anton Savage Show’Sat Apr 18 2015 - 04:00
Radio: The night is not Derek Mooney’s natural habitatReview: ‘Mooney Goes Wild’, ‘Drama on One: Deep’, ‘The Right Hook’ and ‘The Tom Dunne Show’Sat Apr 11 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Lugubrious Duffy uneasy with recent grim news talesLiveline host happier with more familiar gripes, as John Murray is bowled over by kid’s fighting talkSat Apr 04 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Brendan O’Connor misplaces his broadcaster’s instinctsReview: ‘The John Murray Show’, ‘The Last Word’, ‘Sunday With Miriam’Sat Mar 28 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Silence is golden for Pat Kenny – but still painful for Terence FlanaganReview: ‘Playback’, ‘Drivetime’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’ and ‘Down to Business’Sat Mar 21 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Can Norman Tebbit, the Tory terminator, stop the Miriam O’Callaghan juggernaut?Review: ‘Sunday With Miriam’, ‘Breakfast’, ‘The Right Hook’, and remembering Tony FentonSat Mar 14 2015 - 04:00
Theatre review: The Good FatherThe sharp dialogue and narrative energy of this drama of unintended pregnancy mask the timelessness of its core themesFri Mar 13 2015 - 16:08
Radio presenter Tony Fenton dies, aged 53Tributes paid to Today FM broadcaster who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010Thu Mar 12 2015 - 16:52
Radio: Making a moral case for the elephant in the courtroomReview: Animal rights provoke debate on ‘Life Matters’, but it’s Niamh Cosgrave’s horrific story that makes presenter Sean O’Rourke sobSat Mar 07 2015 - 04:00
Radio: D’arcy’s room for improvement lies outside his comfort zoneRay D’Arcy’s show lacks fizz but motor enthusiast Anton Savage is heading in the right directionSat Feb 28 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Pat Kenny – formidable on the one hand, a bit like Alan Partridge on the otherThe Newstalk presenter’s waning pulling power is leading to an odd mixture of blandness and dramatic asidesSat Feb 21 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Ryan Tubridy feels the love, George Hook feels the heatReview: On 2FM, being laid back yields an attractive mix of froth and reflection. On Newstalk, the host’s anger rebounds on himSat Feb 14 2015 - 04:00
Radio: Ray D’Arcy’s old habits are a ray of sunshine on play-it-safe RTÉReview: Radio 1’s new presenter voices his opinions to bracing effect. The rebooted ‘Media Show’ could learn from such candourSat Feb 07 2015 - 04:00
Ray D’Arcy sticks with the tried and trusted on new RTÉ showTopics range from the frivolous to profound on new incarnation of radio programmeMon Feb 02 2015 - 21:51