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Radio: Commercial station’s longest-serving presenters take contrasting approaches to warm spell, with equally positive results
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Leo Varadkar comments on rural Ireland to be raised by angry TDs at Fine Gael meeting
Former taoiseach sparked backlash after saying people of urban Ireland were ‘paying all the bills’
Matt Cooper defends Ozempic users: ‘I was one of the very early adopters’
Radio: Last Word host shares his experiences to good effect, but on Drivetime the new hosts have yet to click
2025 in radio: RTÉ and Newstalk’s tit-for-tat talent raids only add to an uncertain future
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Irish investors left in lurch as opportunity flogged on Ivan Yates podcast seeks ‘chance to breathe’
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Ivan Yates ‘deliberately’ didn’t tell Matt Cooper about Jim Gavin training
Pundit addresses Oireachtas committee after it emerged he provided media training Jim Gavin during presidential election
Dynasty by Matt Cooper: A warts-and-all group portrait of the Dunne dynasty
‘The story of Dunnes Stores is simply better than any other business saga in the history of the Irish State’
Brendan O’Connor wears his RTÉ Radio 1 crown lightly as the new pretenders arrive
Popular yet provocative host is RTÉ Radio 1’s big performer
Anti-woke Ivan Yates must have seemed the obvious choice to toughen Jim Gavin up
Men such as Yates are indulged because they get to play the bombastic, slightly shocking counterpoint to their snowflake partner
Ivan Yates controversy shows why media must take conflicts of interest seriously
Ireland’s media and political elites remain too entangled, which can erode trust
Ivan Yates work on Gavin campaign sparks political and media fallout
Ex-minister’s role as Path to Power podcast co-presenter with Matt Cooper ended after emergence of role coaching Fianna Fáil candidate
Ivan Yates’s role on Path to Power podcast ends following presidential campaign revelations
Undeclared involvement with Fianna Fáil candidate caused difficulties for podcast creators and co-host Matt Cooper
Matt Cooper on the Dunnes dynasty: ‘It’s a great story about Ireland and how we’ve changed’
Broadcaster and journalist on writing about the Dunne dynasty, his podcast with Ivan Yates and his future at Today FM
Matt Cooper’s acerbic presidential election remark pays off
Radio: The Today FM host is dependably thorough when he interviews Catherine Connolly and, at last, Heather Humphreys
Ed Moloney: Secret historian of the IRA and one of Ireland’s ‘most brilliant’ journalists
Author and co-author of several groundbreaking books, including the exceptionally detailed A Secret History of the IRA
‘A vicious, unrelenting scam’: David McWilliams on the fraudsters using him in fake ads
Radio: Newstalk host Pat Kenny urges listeners to be cautious, while Simon Harris sounds the alarm about violent threats on Morning Ireland
RTÉ’s Liveline listenership dipped by 8,000 before Joe Duffy departed
Almost four million people tune into Irish radio a week, industry figures show
Only children: ‘I have great colleagues, some are as close to me as any family members I could wish for’
With one-child families becoming the new normal, what is the effect of growing up without siblings?
Matt Cooper glugging wine and playing cards on air: who’d have thought?
Radio: The Last Word host reveals his knowledge of wine and talent for fortune telling
Bertie Ahern’s talent for mangling everyday phrases is undimmed
Radio: The former taoiseach joins former tánaiste Simon Coveney to analyse the turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s tariffs
From the 2 Johnnies to Vogue & Amber and The Rest is History: Why two podcast presenters are better than one
Double-header podcasts are topping the charts in Ireland and Britain. It’s no mystery why Irish audiences – and advertisers – love them so much
As Claire Byrne gets caught up in the Leinster House chaos, Richard Boyd Barrett almost chokes on his outrage
Radio: Reporter Barry Lenihan colourfully describes the political spectacle as having ‘descended into scenes more akin to Camden Street at 2am on a Saturday night’
Matt Cooper: I’m an only child. I’ve always been conscious of not having brothers or sisters
The journalist and broadcaster on his middle name Raphael, visiting Belfast in the 1970s and his experience as an only child
Tempers rise over immigration debate as Matt Cooper scolds warring politicians
Radio: Today FM host bemoans uneventful general election, as Pat Kenny hears two sides of the charged migrant issue
RTÉ 2FM loses listeners after string of presenter exits
‘Exciting plan’ for new schedule in early 2025, says RTÉ, while news programmes on Radio 1, Newstalk and Today FM look forward to general election boost
Pat Kenny stokes fears of dystopian Dublin with accounts of rampant criminality
Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of urban crime. Over on Today FM, Matt Cooper has a more upbeat take on the capital’s future
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
Pat Kenny keeps his cool as spluttering reporter is doused in pepper spray
Radio: Henry McKean’s raw account of ‘really ugly scenes’ in Coolock captures how quickly an anti-immigration protest descends into chaos
Matt Cooper on the Leaving Cert: ‘I still have nightmares about it’
The broadcaster and author loved English and struggled with Irish before going on to study commerce at UCC
Claire Byrne and Mary Lou McDonald come unexpectedly close to a shouting match
Radio review: The reliably poised RTÉ Radio One presenter gets into tetchy exchange with Sinn Féin leader. On Today FM, Matt Cooper swaps ballot-box coverage for indignation
A sense of foreboding descends on Liveline. Then Joe Duffy takes an unexpected turn
Radio: Talk of saints and babies has the RTÉ broadcaster in flighty mood. Over on Today FM, Matt Cooper has the better show
‘We’re so middle class’: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman don’t hide their familiarity with bourgie lifestyle cliches
Radio review: In being themselves, the Newstalk Breakfast hosts leave a distinctive stamp on their morning show
2023 in radio: Tubridy fallout lingers over RTÉ as rival stations look like safer options
Radio 1 and 2FM are shaken but still standing after the Montrose payments scandal as Pat Kenny’s strong Newstalk performance symbolises changed landscape
Ian Dempsey and Dave Moore lay on a welcome five hours away from the woes of the world
Radio: Today FM morning hosts’ shows segue seamlessly into each other as Moore shows there’s plenty of life in him now that he has left the Dermot & Dave double act behind
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