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The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Kevin Bakhurst says it won’t do anything to jeopardise either programme amid plans to move them away from Montrose. But that hasn’t eased fears among sceptical, frustrated staff
Catherine Martin says Government will decide before end of month on future financial model for RTE
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
With flagship shows headed out of Montrose, Kielty and RTÉ are expected to retain important say
At Montrose he worked on The Live Mike and guided The Late Late Show through its difficult transition out of the Gay Byrne era
Television: TG4 has delivered a nice cameo moment in an otherwise wild show
Varadkar, who resigned last month, declined to be drawn on whether he would run in the next general election
‘The expression he used always say to me was, “Unto yourself be true” and it’s always been, and always will be, my mantra’
Masterson was in television for over 40 years, working on flagship programmes including The Late Late Show
Girl (12), who captured hearts during Late Late Toy Show appearance, was ‘far too special for this life’, mother says
Galway girl appeared on RTÉ after having leg amputated due to rare form of bone cancer
Plus Michael Lynn and the missing penthouse, is James Dyson moving to Waterford, and the value of Artist Hughie O’Donoghue’s Original Sin paintings
Hugh Linehan: The desperate far right thinks a witchy nonbinary performer might offer them an opportunity
Television: This year’s Eurovision line-up was mould-breaking, daring and a bit scary as winner Bambie Thug's sugar-and-spice mix of pop and industrial metal will undoubtedly land with a splash in Sweden
From Celtic metal to rap to a Louis Walsh boyband, the Late Late audience will have a wide range of options on Friday night
The Late Late Show is hosting its annual Eurosong special this Friday where Ireland’s Eurovision act will be chosen
Hugh Linehan: With the scourging of the broadcaster well under way, one of its recent successes could help it reinvent itself
Television: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishing
Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year
Laura Slattery: relief all round at Montrose as Toy Show remains an audience phenomenon in post-Tubridy era
Presenter’s debut eclipsed audience for Ireland’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final
Patrick Kielty offers a quieter start to Christmas as he slowly, yet steadily, puts his own stamp on the programme
Television: What’s in store for the 2023 edition with first-time host Patrick Kielty
Host promises an Elf-themed show and says the preparations are ‘pretty all-consuming’
Late Late Show’s new host is about to present the biggest show of the season – and has to do it amid reports of tensions behind the scenes
Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock
Hugh Linehan: Does RTÉ have the resources, the technical firepower or, most of all, the guests to make the new format work?
Donald Clarke: In reality, this supposedly prevalent partitionist mindset seems to be largely the stuff of comedy
Broadcaster's dispirited employees say they are bearing the brunt of both management missteps and political hostility
Television: Some things just can’t be faked. Kielty’s delight when welcoming Declan Nerney and Philomena Begley is 100 per cent genuine
Jane Murphy has decided to leave the programme, staff have been told
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices