Andrea Gilligan

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

Fri Aug 30 2024 - 05:00

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

Fri Jul 26 2024 - 05:00

Kieran Cuddihy is far better at landing punches than punchlines, which is bad news for Stephen Donnelly

Radio: Newstalk presenter mercifully ditches the flat gags, subjecting the Minister for Health to an onslaught

Fri May 31 2024 - 05:00

The 2 Johnnies might act like jokers, but they’re laughing all the way to the bank

Radio: 2FM’s drivetime duo, who turn raucous rural references into ratings, know their listeners – and the value of their brand

Fri Apr 05 2024 - 05:00

Oliver Callan doesn’t sound totally at home with lifestyle-oriented conversations that have traditionally filled 9am slot

Radio: RTÉ's Claire Byrne shows she can get riled with the best of them as she urges her guest Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary to stop the ‘personal insults’

Fri Feb 02 2024 - 07:33

Andrea Gilligan might not pose the toughest questions, but she knows how to dodge a bullet

Radio: The Lunchtime Live host opts for friendly inquiry rather than wilful baiting, but she needs to stay alert all the same

Fri Oct 27 2023 - 05:15

‘Money might not buy happiness but definitely provides a sense of security’

Me & My Money: Andrea Gilligan, broadcaster

Mon Jul 10 2023 - 06:00

Ryan Tubridy finally gets his pitch right after a below-par start to his post-Late Late career

Radio 1 presenter struggles to find the right tone after his ‘crazy and beautiful’ goodbye to Late Late show

Fri Jun 09 2023 - 05:52

Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman are a panto act. All that’s missing is Pat Kenny as Widow Twankey

Radio: Sparks fly when Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly discuss open fires, but Adrian Kennedy arrives on Newstalk without his old shock-jock energy

Fri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00

Joe Duffy is going round in circles. He seems to do little else these days

Radio: Liveline host revisits old maths lessons in giddy fashion, while Andrea Gilligan shows her practical side in conversations about racism and cancer

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00

‘I actually was a bit spooked’: Andrea Gilligan, usually unflappable, sounds shaken by her online harassment

Radio: The Newstalk presenter reveals her own experiences during a discussion of abusive online behaviour

Fri Feb 03 2023 - 05:00

Pat Kenny’s bad news diet: ‘There’s only so much you can take’

Radio Review: Newstalk host tackles tricky topics in characteristic fashion

Fri May 20 2022 - 05:00

Matt Cooper doesn’t like good news, but he cheers up when it turns bad

Radio review: The Today FM host refuses to get carried away by bad news or good

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00

Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show

Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 12:03

Claire Byrne is radio’s prefect, Cormac Ó hEadhra and Sarah McInerney its maverick cops

Radio in 2021: Radio 1’s new guard found their voice, Newstalk stayed scrappy

Sun Dec 19 2021 - 05:00

Ryan Tubridy now has the second biggest weekday radio programme in Ireland

Newstalk’s Pat Kenny and Today FM’s Dermot & Dave among JNLR ratings winners

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 12:00

Pat Kenny grills Eoin Ó Broin on Newstalk. RTÉ goes easy on Leo Varadkar

Radio: Sinn Féin’s defence that it was merely following the example of others is true

Fri Jun 11 2021 - 05:00

Andrea Gilligan: A kindly voice among the macho men of Newstalk

Radio: Beside strutting colleagues, empathetic host sounds as saintly as Mother Teresa

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 05:00

Claire Byrne isn’t easily silenced. But this left her lost for words

Radio: The RTÉ host heard from Erin and James McClean about their anti-Irish abuse

Fri Feb 19 2021 - 05:00

Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra have transformed Drivetime into compelling radio

Ó hEadhra’s focused outrage and McInerney’s cooler tenaciousness has rejuvenated one of RTÉ Radio's flagship shows

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 12:37

Ciara Kelly hits radio gold as health expert suggests postponing Christmas

Newstalk host sounds sceptical as Trinity College professor floats a novel idea to delay festivities

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 06:26

Paschal Donohoe and Michael McGrath upstaged by creche worker on Claire Byrne show

Claire Byrne's first post-budget phone-in is a disappointment as she fails to pin down ministers

Fri Oct 16 2020 - 09:02

'Dermot and Dave's Dermot Whelan's meditation tool

Capering presenter discusses mindfulness as Andrea Gilligan hits a groove on her show

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 05:00

Newstalk’s new drivetime host Kieran Cuddihy tries too hard at taking it easy

Overeagerness aside, Cuddihy can make a success of his show, as can Andrea Gilligan

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 05:45

Soothing Shay Byrne strikes right tone for graveyard slot

Review: The presenter even makes the awful front-page news seem somehow okay

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 17:26

First forensic, then cringemaking: Pat Kenny lays down the law

Presenter by turns forensic and toe-curling, while Seán Moncrieff’s ironic style hits a wall

Sat May 04 2019 - 05:00

Newstalk rejigs weekend schedule as George Hook returns

Kieran Cuddihy, Jess Kelly and Andrea Gilligan to present new shows

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 16:15

Judge criticises media for attacking prison sentences instead of addressing rehabilitation issue

Judge David Riordan says prison is least visible part of criminal justice system

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 09:52

Radio: Kinahan-Hutch coverage heats up as reporters descend on murder scene

Review: ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Moncrieff’, ‘Liveline’, ‘The Anton Savage Show’

Fri May 27 2016 - 17:04