Sean O’Rourke and the judge who is ‘a law unto himself’Radio Review: Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan explains his window breakingSat Jan 19 2019 - 05:00
Just as Larry Gogan leaves 2FM, he turns up on LivelineReview: The most poignant moment is when Gogan reminds us he will still be broadcastingSat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00
Larry Gogan leaves 2FM: Ageless DJ’s golden hour is overThe much-loved, open-minded broadcaster moves to RTÉ Gold at the end of JanuaryTue Jan 8 2019 - 09:24
Baz Ashmawy: ‘I can’t be around people who don’t drink. There’s zero crack’The stand-in wide-eyed RTÉ presenter reveals a lot about himself - but forgets to mention his nameSat Jan 5 2019 - 05:00
Don't have a cow, man: Shane Coleman's festive fare causes uproarNewstalk hosts discuss Christmas menus while Mary Wilson uncovers the facts of evictionSat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
‘Gnashing of teeth’ as Ryan Tubridy grills Gerry AdamsRadio review: Tubridy’s stern interview with Adams is perplexing, but unintentionally revealingSat Dec 15 2018 - 05:00
Snow White panto review: Gleefully naughty, infectious entertainmentAlan Hughes’s long-running pantomime uses raucous humour to winning effectThu Dec 13 2018 - 15:06
Ciara Kelly brings fresh perspective to male-dominated NewstalkYear in Culture Review: The news station proved a raucous alternative to staid formulaic radioSat Dec 8 2018 - 05:00
Pat vs ex-pats: Kenny wonders if emigrants have paid their duesNewstalk host is at his most logical during spirited encounter, while Vicky Phelan tells her story to the world in BBC documentarySat Dec 8 2018 - 05:00
Callous courtroom tactics against women put on trial by Marian FinucaneRadio Review: Presenter finds her old fire over sex assault cases as terms gender gap emergesSat Dec 1 2018 - 05:00
Paddy Jackson’s lawyer explains courtroom tactics in Belfast rape trialReview: Airing of explicit detail in this documentary risks voyeurism, but is justifiedSat Nov 24 2018 - 15:00
For whom the bell tolls: Ray D'Arcy tires of the AngelusRadio Review: Presenter’s irritation at religious slot brings him to life, while Sean O’Rourke needs time to reflect on his show’s adversarial approachSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
Goodbye George Hook. You should have stuck to your plan and quit in 2016Mick Heaney: The attention-loving shock-jock has announced his retirement. It’s overdueThu Nov 22 2018 - 17:45
Joe Duffy and Myles Dungan make hidden history a thing of the pastRadio Review: RTÉ presenters look at historical events from different angles but both bring welcome perspectivesSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
Commuter ‘hell’: €3,500 a year for packed, delayed trainsRadio review: Newstalk’s Henry McKean reports from inside ‘a sardine can on wheels’Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00
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 outSat Nov 3 2018 - 07:00
Morbid fascination: Ciara Kelly talks life and death in Tuam homeNewstalk presenter uses her medical background to telling effect, while Sean O’Rourke sticks to the grim factsSat Oct 27 2018 - 05:00
Joe Duffy’s Educate Together spat is pure Liveline pantoReview: Duffy is getting his practice in for his role in the upcoming Snow White pantoSat Oct 20 2018 - 05:00
I can’t help feeling that George Lee relishes breaking bad newsRadio: The environment editor’s voice dips more than usual as he relays the imminent ArmageddonSat Oct 13 2018 - 05:00
Huffing and puffing Bobby Kerr, a magic dragon for lazy SundaysThe Dragon not running for president brings a genial appeal to his Newstalk showSun Oct 7 2018 - 09:39
Mining Stories review: Innovative, resonant take on a dam-burst disasterDublin Theatre Festival: Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere bring a light touch to their weighty materialMon Oct 1 2018 - 10:17
Sean O’Rourke boxes clever as Brexit rematch turns bitterPresenter proves hell hath no fury like an economist scorned, as Volt fails to impress MoncrieffSat Sep 29 2018 - 05:00
Serial series 3: A modest show with much to be modest aboutReview: The long-form US crime podcast has gone back to basics. A little too basic, actuallyWed Sep 26 2018 - 00:04
Peaches Christ Superstar review: Cult singer’s rock opera triumphDublin Fringe Festival: Transgressive electro artist brings bravura spirit to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musicalMon Sep 24 2018 - 11:55
2FM: A frenetic world of squawky voices and auto-tuned popThe home of Nicky Byrne, Jenny Greene and Eoghan McDermott has some unlikely fansSat Sep 22 2018 - 05:00
My Dad’s Blind review: Singular vision of a life marred by blindnessDublin Fringe Festival: Two-hander is marked by visual flair and dark comedyThu Sep 20 2018 - 13:09
Robert Ballagh: ‘Betty was really good at assessing things. I don’t have that any more’The artist and political activist has written his ‘reluctant memoir’ at 75. It’s dominated by one major absence: his wife and artistic compass, Betty, who died in 2011Sat Sep 15 2018 - 05:00
Newstalk’s Captain Sensible and Sid Vicious bicker onIt can be easy to forget that Shane Coleman and Paul Williams have formidable news pedigreesSat Sep 15 2018 - 05:00
Running + Walking In The Phoenix Park review: Offbeat jogging show runs out of breathDublin Fringe: Multimedia drama on traversing Dublin’s municipal space has absorbing elements but eventually wears thinFri Sep 14 2018 - 11:15
Ireland's Call review: A stark anthem to life on the marginsDublin Fringe Festival: John Connors lends a charismatic presence to his polemical portrait of urban deprivationThu Sep 13 2018 - 11:30
Brendan Galileo for Europe review: A frenetically enjoyable one-man showDublin Fringe Festival: Fionn Foley is irresistible as an anti-establishment politicianWed Sep 12 2018 - 10:37
Agony uncle Ray D'Arcy gives relatively good adviceD’Arcy doles out the advice while admirably brisk Mary Wilson is baffled by midlife crisesSat Sep 8 2018 - 05:00
Miriam O’Callaghan’s unrelenting grilling of ‘posh’ Eoghan MurphyO’Callaghan shows a different kind of class in her inteview with Jastine Valdez’s parentsSat Sep 1 2018 - 05:00
Could happen to a bishop: Excruciating seconds of dead airRadio review: Presenter Gavin Jennings asserts his authority on ‘Morning Ireland’Sat Aug 25 2018 - 05:00
Katie Hopkins’s only talent: being tiresome and repellentRadio: 4FM’s Niall Boylan invites Hopkins on to discuss race relations. It’s shock-jock overkillSun Aug 19 2018 - 16:21
Aretha Franklin: When she sang, nothing else matteredMick Heaney: Her impact went far beyond music – she changed the world around herThu Aug 16 2018 - 15:44
No contest as majestic Miriam O’Callaghan wears her crown lightlyPresenter brings overlooked strengths to ‘Today’ show, while Liveline has unlikely glowSat Jul 28 2018 - 05:00
Pat Kenny pushes cocaine line to surreal limitsRadio review:Pat Kenny proves stimulating company while Jordan Peterson interview breathes life into Marian Finucane’s showSat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
Come On Home: A tale of sexual repression and provincial suffocationReview: Phillip McMahon's story of a returning emigrant offers few innovations but vivid performances and resonant dialogueWed Jul 18 2018 - 11:20
Mario Rosenstock finds that being himself is a tricky actRadio Review: Rosenstock’s wit, invention and observation are absent from his radio showSat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
Tinnitus: ‘Like stormtroopers marching on gravel’Radio Review: A compelling documentary about the hearing condition; Lyric uses sound to re-create visionsSat Jul 7 2018 - 05:00
Ivan Yates complains about people who complain all the timeRadio review: “Do people ever stop bitching?” asks Yates. Has he met Mr Pot and Mr Kettle?Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
Alcoholidays: Drunken tales from planes, trains and automobilesRadio review: Joe Duffy listeners share stomach-churning stories of abusive passengersSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Radio review: Listening to Pat Kenny talking about LSD is a tripKenny describes attending a festival in the 1970s with “a dopehead” who had taken acidSat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
Red nose, White House: when Ryan Tubridy met Bill ClintonMeanwhile, Muireann O’Connell is unembarrassed on Today FMSat Jun 9 2018 - 05:00
No Joe as Philip Boucher-Hayes puts positive stamp on ‘Liveline’Stand-in host brings distinctive spin to adoption and referendum issues, but Gay Byrne remains the old masterSat Jun 2 2018 - 05:00
A jolting glimpse into the whirrings of Pat Kenny’s mindRadio Review: Pat Kenny – being Pat Kenny – goes off on a bizarre tangent on Jastine Valdez’ migration statusSat May 26 2018 - 05:00
Ronan Farrow interview shows Sean O’Rourke at his bestRadio review: Sean O’Rourke discusses Trump’s America with Maureen Dowd and Ronan FarrowSat May 19 2018 - 05:00
A livid John McGuirk has all the nuance of a grenade attackRadio review: Presenter Matt Cooper has fractious exchanges with anti-abortion campaignerSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
RTÉ presenters keep cervical screening on the air as authorities fail the testJoe Duffy, Ray D’Arcy and Mary Wilson highlight different aspects of the controversySat May 5 2018 - 05:00