The Irish Times

High moral ground – Frank McNally on taking to the pulpit

An Irishman’s Diary

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 19:01

Pricewatch: Twenty things our kids don’t recognise or even know existed

Buttons on TVs, ashtrays, phone boxes, milk bottles, VCRs, typewriters... the list goes on

Mon Aug 02 2021 - 07:00

TV Honan: If silence really is golden Waterford will mine nuggets on Sunday

There’s a quiet confidence in Liam Cahill’s side delivering another Liam MacCarthy

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 06:32

Paul Howard: My top 20 Larry David Moments

My lockdown project has been to catalogue my experiences of excruciating embarrassment

Sun Aug 30 2020 - 06:00

I Useta Love Her: How the song that rhymed Mass and ass became an Irish anthem

The Saw Doctors song, released 30 years ago, went on to conquer all before it

Mon Jul 27 2020 - 06:00

Marian Finucane added listeners in last months on air

Audience data shows late broadcaster helped RTÉ Radio 1 make gains in fourth quarter

Thu Feb 06 2020 - 12:01

Deaths of Larry Gogan and Marian Finucane leave Montrose reeling

Radio review: In a sad week, RTÉ presenters pull together to remember broadcasting legends

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00

Irish Times view on the passing of radio stars: Voices from a golden age

There is great virtue in having some things about which a nation can largely agree

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 19:45

Larry Gogan, ‘the greatest DJ of them all’, laid to rest in Dublin

RTÉ DJ was the ‘coolest Dad and Grandad’ who brought happiness wherever he went

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 15:33

Larry Gogan funeral to take place in Dublin on Friday

Former RTÉ radio presenter died at care centre on Tuesday following recent illness

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 13:06

President leads tributes to RTÉ broadcaster Larry Gogan

Radio DJ worked in broadcasting for almost six decades including 40 years at 2FM

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 20:33

Marian Finucane funeral: ‘The only thing I can give you are my tears’

Public and private Marian remembered at funeral mass for veteran RTÉ broadcaster

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 18:45

Larry Gogan: The man who made Ireland swing

The 2FM broadcaster, who has died at 85, was one of our first and best radio DJs

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 12:47

Radio review of 2019: As RTÉ mourned Gaybo, it was tearing itself apart

The contrast between RTÉ’s obvious disdain for Lyric and indulgent attitude toward 2fm sent out a deeply negative signal

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Gay Byrne’s legacy gets presenters talking... about themselves

Broadcaster’s death prompts on-air eulogies from colleagues, plus some self-revelation

Sat Nov 09 2019 - 06:00

In a lot of ways, RTÉ's Twink tribute depicts her as a whistleblower

Patrick Freyne: Twink seems to have her own studio audience in her house

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 08:45

Airports are designed to get our cash. Here’s how they do it

Massage chairs, the ‘golden hour’, boarding passes – and why is Toblerone a thing?

Mon Jun 10 2019 - 02:06

Music scouting tool Andrson closes seed-funding round

Majority of funding will go into development, which has been outsourced until now

Mon May 06 2019 - 05:32

Give it a lash: 100 questions to test your Irishness

Win a €250 Kenny’s hamper, delivered anywhere in the world. Ah, go on, go on, go on ....

Sat Mar 16 2019 - 06:00

Ivan Yates and Ian Dempsey are the main winners in latest radio ratings

Newstalk’s market share reached a new record high, industry figures show

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 12:08

Just as Larry Gogan leaves 2FM, he turns up on Liveline

Review: The most poignant moment is when Gogan reminds us he will still be broadcasting

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00

Larry Gogan leaves 2FM: Ageless DJ’s golden hour is over

The much-loved, open-minded broadcaster moves to RTÉ Gold at the end of January

Tue Jan 08 2019 - 09:24

‘I devoted years to making mixtapes for girls I imagined would fall in love with me’

Conor Pope: The Boomtown Rats, Bowie, Toasted Heretic, Shakira, Cyndi Lauper and, ahem, Gary Glitter

Wed Sept 05 2018 - 06:00

DJ Larry Gogan’s son backs AI to find the next U2

Former EMI exec joins A&R startup Andrson, which connects unsigned artists with labels

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 05:00

2fm has more daily listeners than Today FM for first time in seven years

Communicorp stations make audience gains, while Radio 1 is hit by summer slump

Thu Oct 26 2017 - 12:04

Jimmy Magee was truly ‘a different class’, son tells funeral

‘Memory Man may be dead but his memory will live forever,’ says Fr Brian D’Arcy

Fri Sept 22 2017 - 17:32

Top of the Pops was the perfect pop show: its return should be a triumph

The BBC is to launch a new Top of the Pops-style show. Here’s why the original was more than just a music programme

Fri Jul 21 2017 - 12:48

Ian Wilson on why RTÉ needs to ‘take chances, be ahead of the curve, be a leader'

He steered Dave Fanning and Gerry Ryan to fame and helped devise ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’, but as he prepares to leave RTÉ, producer Ian Wilson chides the national broadcaster for being risk-averse

Sat Apr 29 2017 - 05:00

In praise of Chris de Burgh, musical genius

The singer’s finest songs demolish the caricature that he’s just a Daniel O’Donnell for Dart users. Indeed, if ever an artist was ripe for rehabilitation it is de Burgh

Sat Apr 15 2017 - 06:00