Cormac Ó hEadhra

Ray D’Arcy offers an intriguing glimpse into a dirty industry

Radio: When the RTÉ host talks to Pat and Aisling Ryan, it’s an intriguing glimpse into an unseen and unglamorous yet vital industry

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 05:00

Being interviewed on national radio is hard, especially when the host is RTÉ Drivetime’s Cormac Ó hEadhra

Radio: The combative RTÉ host is good-naturedly determined to come out on top in a grilling about Dutch dairy produce in Irish schools

Fri Nov 01 2024 - 05:00

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

Fri Sept 27 2024 - 05:00

Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy

Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels

Sun Sept 22 2024 - 06:00

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

Fri Sept 13 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

Oliver Callan swaps the laughs for a harrowing tale with a powerful message

Radio review: Comic-turned-presenter shows his serious side during powerful interview with rape survivor Bláthnaid Raleigh

Fri Jul 05 2024 - 05:00

Joe Duffy’s Liveline conversation seems designed to play on men’s worst fears

Radio: If the Liveline conversation seems designed to play on men’s worst fears, it ultimately eschews sensationalism in favour of salutary advice

Fri Jun 14 2024 - 05:00

Grumpy boomer bingo: Cliches abound as Pat Kenny plays to stereotype

Radio review: Unfortunately, the Newstalk host stops short of mentioning ‘snowflakes’, so denying listeners a full house

Fri May 17 2024 - 05:00

Claire Byrne’s question about happiness seems particularly pertinent right now

Radio: Today with Claire Byrne, Drivetime and Liveline all hear why so many people voted against the Government’s proposed changes to the Constitution

Fri Mar 15 2024 - 05:00

‘It’s the talk of the country’: Joe Duffy aims at radio rivals’ cash cow

Radio: There’s a frisson of payback as Liveline host’s concerns about Bauer Media’s Cash Machine game are shared by the Drivetime team

Fri Jan 12 2024 - 05:00

An incredulous Pat Kenny keeps his cool at Israeli ambassador’s ‘hollow-sounding’ concern for Palestinians

Radio: The Newstalk host is perplexed by the diplomat’s unbending stance on a conflict that also dominates RTÉ Radio 1′s Drivetime

Fri Nov 10 2023 - 05:15

Claire Byrne’s grim cocktail leaves a bitter taste

Radio: The RTÉ presenter discusses crises big and small, from Libya and Morocco to RTÉ and dodgy Greek hooch

Fri Sept 15 2023 - 05:15

RTÉ crisis: Tubridy beginning to resemble the hapless spark that set off a wildfire

Radio: Radio 1 coverage highlights admirable relentlessness with which presenters and reporters have pursued payments scandal

Fri Jul 07 2023 - 05:45

‘Make it stop,’ pleads Sarah McInerney as Cormac Ó hEadhra gets a ‘warm tingle deep down’

Drivetime duo lower the volume and quietly mock online ASMR craze

Fri May 26 2023 - 05:00

Seán Moncrieff the war correspondent? Bet you didn’t see that one coming

Radio: The Newstalk host’s offbeat dispatches from Kyiv show the surreality of war as well as bearing witness to Putin’s savagery

Fri Feb 24 2023 - 05:00

Cormac Ó hEadhra’s mad scientist comes out to play on Drivetime

Radio: The Drivetime host is enjoyably giddy presenting solo this week, but a special zing returns when he’s side by side with his cohost Sarah McInerney

Fri Dec 16 2022 - 05:00

Ciara ‘don’t call me Ciara’ Kelly and Shane ‘call me Shane’ Coleman hone their double act

Radio review: The Newstalk Breakfast duo provide diversion as well as information

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00

Pierre Zakrzewski, my old classmate, was charismatic, selfless and loyal

Radio review: Tributes to the late Irish journalist had a personal resonance for Mick Heaney

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

Joe Duffy, ever passionate, achieves maximum emotional impact

Radio: From Liveline to Drivetime, war eyewitnesses convey moral clarity and mortal danger

Fri Mar 04 2022 - 05:00

‘I make mistakes all the time but I just speak away. Beatha teanga í a labhairt!’

Cormac Ó hEadhra, Sene Naoupu and Séaghan Ó Súilleabháin named as Seachtain na Gaeilge ambassadors

Tue Feb 15 2022 - 19:53

Seán Fleming drops the petrol can. Sarah McInerney hands him a match

Radio review: Minister’s tone-deaf interview on cost of living gains instant notoriety

Fri Feb 11 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

Bad blood between Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman on Newstalk

Radio: The presenters argue over restriction. It is a welcome diversion

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00

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

‘Sobering’ Covid restrictions and a ‘dog’s dinner’ redress scheme. Only Ray D’Arcy had a good week

Radio: Disappointment at the mother and baby home redress scheme is unmistakable

Fri Nov 19 2021 - 05:00

Ryan Tubridy for once appears winded, uncertain how to proceed

Radio: His naturally upbeat manner plays a crucial role in a poignant conversation

Fri Oct 22 2021 - 05:00

Cormac Ó hEadhra and Sarah McInerney air their dirty laundry in public

Radio: The ostensibly mismatched Drivetime hosts are a year into their on-air partnership

Fri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00

Dublin man (82) is united with sister he did not know existed until weeks ago

Paddy Delaney had been searching for surviving family members for almost 20 years

Mon Aug 23 2021 - 21:30

Go ahead, make my day: Pat Kenny gets all Dirty Harry about street ‘yobs’

Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of ‘urban terrorism’ on the streets of Dublin

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 06:00

Claire Byrne applies the pressure, and Eamon Ryan snaps

Radio: The interview underscores how quickly the optimistic mood has disappeared

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 05:00

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

Declan Ganley, Michael Healy-Rae and Joe Brolly are the spice of Newstalk

Radio: They’re not to everyone’s taste, but they add flavour to Kieran Cuddihy’s show

Fri Apr 30 2021 - 05:00

Cormac Ó hEadhra, usually an irresistible force, is stopped by an immovable bureaucrat

Radio: RTÉ’s Drivetime host is frustrated by a spokesman’s stance on Covid vaccines

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00