The Irish Times

Jail for bicycle thief who assaulted former RTÉ journalist

Cathal Mac Coille was hit over head with a bolt cutter after trying to help bike’s owner

Wed Dec 18 2019 - 16:27

Activists criticise NTA for failing to put fadas on Leap cards

Transport body is blaming ‘technical limitations’ over commuters’ missing characters

Mon Jan 21 2019 - 00:01

GAA set for formal review of All-Ireland and provincial championships

Currently, inter-county championships in both football and hurling are being played under an experimental format

Fri Jun 08 2018 - 15:49

‘Morning Ireland’ to ramp up business news coverage

RTÉ Radio 1 to add new bulletin after 8.30am to capture market reactions

Fri Sept 15 2017 - 06:55

Cathal Mac Coille retires from Morning Ireland after 16 years

Fellow RTÉ presenter Rachael English praises Mac Coille’s ‘decency and kindness’

Fri Jul 28 2017 - 14:59

RTÉ’s 2fm adds listeners as Today FM slips back

Pat Kenny crosses 150,000 mark, while Radio 1 signals ‘pacier’ ‘Morning Ireland’

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 12:00

Irish presenters handle Manchester news with admirable calm

Radio review: RTÉ and Newstalk reports get across the full horror without histrionics

Fri May 26 2017 - 12:00

Matt Cooper dethrones Des Cahill from top of Twitter influence list

PR firm Murray ranks journalists’ clout on followers, retweets, likes and tweets per day

Wed Mar 29 2017 - 05:55

Sporting cliches abound as Trump’s election kicks off a whole new ball game

Radio Review: ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’, ‘Documentary on One: Sin-é – Jeff Buckley’s Irish Odyssey’, ‘The Ray D’Arcy Show’

Fri Nov 18 2016 - 14:00

Nama’s blowback against the C&AG is unprecedented

Inside Politics: Nama challenges finding by watchdog of ‘probable loss of value to State of up to £190 million’

Thu Sept 15 2016 - 16:27

Cabinet scorecards: Simon Coveney most impressive so far

Part two of our rundown of how Ministers performed over Government’s first 100 days

Fri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00

Radio: Grim week has tempers rising on ‘Liveline’

Review: ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Today with Sean O’Rourke’, ‘Liveline’, ‘Drama on One: 100’

Fri Mar 25 2016 - 16:00

Una Mullally: Why I have tuned out of #GE16

‘I’m allergic to their voices, their butchering of language, their PR’d answers, their deflection, their evasiveness’

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 12:46

David Bowie gets short shrift on 2FM as Eurovision glory beckons

Radio review: Lyric’s schedule is not for moving, while 2FM trumpets Eurovision star Nicky Byrne

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 16:00

Radio: Liveline’s TV drama makes for great listening

Joe Duffy uses pensioner’s account of satellite dish court case to tell a broader tale while Sean Moncrieff sets the airwaves ablaze

Fri Oct 02 2015 - 16:00

Radio: Anton Savage makes all the right zounds

Review: ‘The Anton Savage Show’, ‘The Right Hook’, ‘Morning Ireland’ and Johnny Lyons

Fri Aug 21 2015 - 16:00

Radio: D’arcy’s room for improvement lies outside his comfort zone

Ray D’Arcy’s show lacks fizz but motor enthusiast Anton Savage is heading in the right direction

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 04:00

Radio: Varadkar bombshell about as irrelevant as an elephant in the room

Review: The airwaves were full of an issue that refuses to shed its significance

Sat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00

Tributes paid to Brian Farrell, the ‘authoritative voice’ on Irish politics

‘Pioneer of political science’ also remembered as inspiring lecturer

Tue Nov 11 2014 - 09:21

Radio: Sinn Féin circles the wagons as Maíria Cahill case turns up the heat on Gerry Adams

Review: Party TDs stay on message in the IRA sex-abuse controversy, but others are less reticent during a week of compelling radio

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00

Radio: Presenters playing the World Cup for laughs are scoring an own goal

It’s bad enough that the soccer agnostics complain incessantly about the soccer tournament, but do we need so many wacky items on air?

Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:00

SF prepares for government where compromises await

Analysis: party will gain seats in next election, although perhaps fewer than polls suggest

Mon Jun 23 2014 - 15:53

Radio: Shatter provokes a slip from Adams and pining from Wallace

Sympathy for the former minister comes from unexpected corners and water charges remain stubbornly opaque

Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00

Blanket coverage risks putting listeners to sleep, and Duncan Stewart loses his cool

RTE’s coverage of State visit may be a good omen for Anglo-Irish relations but it was bad news for listeners

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00

Latest data adds to optimism on economy

CSO figures show positive trend as IMF chief criticises how banks were bailed out

Fri Dec 20 2013 - 00:46

Radio: The claws are out for a week of bitchy chat and baby talk

It was weird hearing Ryan Tubridy using the B-word in a discussion about women, but at least he showed a little bite. Elsewhere on RTÉ, ‘Pregnant on My Lunchbreak’ was an enlightening documentary about artificial insemination

Sat Nov 16 2013 - 01:00

Drinks industry strategy relies on recruiting young drinkers to their brand

The aim of sponsorship is to ‘piggyback’ on sport’s positive images

Sun Jun 30 2013 - 01:00

Robinson and McGuinness try to lift the gloom

Opinion: Maybe we should cut our politicians a little slack while holding them to account

Thu May 30 2013 - 12:00