Manifesto media pledges — ‘Netflix levy’, legal reform in 100 days and €500m a year for RTÉ
Election 2024: Sinn Féin eyes Coimisiún na Meán and other things gleaned from the parties’ media policies
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Is this the final chapter for Books at One as Dublin and Cork shops close?
Plus: How Gerard Hutch got his nickname ‘The Monk’, Fair City actor’s house sale, and AI guru Allan Beechinor’s court troubles
The Irish Times view on Sinn Féin’s RTÉ review: A dangerous proposal
It is not clear why exactly Sinn Féin believes such a review is required. It doesn’t appear to know itself
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
Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars review – Innovative look at the tumultuousness of Irish history
Television: The podcaster and author taps into the sense of haunting weirdness that runs through Irish history
Journalists’ union expresses ‘grave concern’ over Sinn Féin plan to review RTÉ objectivity on Gaza
Séamus Dooley said he would write to Mary Lou McDonald over ‘implied criticism’ of broadcaster
Ryan Tubridy’s media company returns to profit
Chat show host moved to London’s Virgin Radio UK last year in the wake of RTÉ’s payments controversy
Sinn Féin plan to review RTÉ’s objectivity ‘extraordinarily concerning’ – Harris
Party says it will ‘peer review’ RTÉ's objectivity in coverage of international conflicts, including ‘the Israeli genocide in Gaza’
Leaders’ debate review: Were all the participants tranquillised en route to the studio?
Television: Occasional sparks insufficient to draw viewers out of their pre-election stupor
TV View: Roy Keane watches future son-in-law score against Ireland, for better or worse
Green shoots could be seen for Ireland against England at Wembley until everything went to muck
Could Michael D topple Christy from the top of the album charts?
President Michael D Higgins records an LP; the Oireachtas spends more taxpayers’ cash on something it’s not clear we need; and an ex-rugby star encounters some unwanted wingers
RTÈ to spend €200k on property consultants as it considers potential disposals
Move reflects sales and acquisitions plan outlined in recent five-year strategy, RTÉ: A New Direction
RTÉ redundancy scheme sign-off delay ‘incredibly frustrating’ and costing millions, says Bakhurst
Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform has yet to give approval for a scheme that was meant to see 40 voluntary departures this year
Kathleen Watkins obituary: broadcaster, author and one half of the original power couple
She loved how their friends teased her husband, Late Late Show host Gay Byrne, and she would laughingly tell them to “leave my Gaysie alone”
Kathleen Watkins: Funeral Mass remembers a woman whose life was a ‘hymn of love’
Broadcaster and wife of Gay Byrne was immensely talented and beloved by many people, her funeral mass was told
Parties clash on future of Help to Buy scheme which Sinn Féin plans to abolish
Labour and Sinn Féin claim scheme has inflationary effect, increasing price of housing for first time buyers
Crá review: Quality noir thriller puts both Donegal and the Irish language to beautiful use
Television: It takes a while to get going and is not without flaws, but this show is good enough to almost convince us our native tongue is in everyday use
Rose of Tralee festival beset by financial problems and legal actions
Plus: Brian Ormond’s shoe business missteps, Peadar Tóibín’s distaste for government funding of media, and effing drama in the Dáil
David Davin-Power obituary: A trusted and impartial political correspondent for RTÉ during a golden era in broadcasting
As Northern editor of RTÉ during the 1990s he had a ringside seat at the evolving peace process that culminated in the Belfast Agreement
Róisín Ingle on Kathleen Watkins: She loved life, poetry and Gaybo. Conversation flowed from her like music
Kathleen Watkins was one of the most enthusiastic people I’ve ever met
Sage Bertie Ahern, wry Joe Duffy and stoned-sounding Irish Maga fan: Radio reactions to Trump’s US election win
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
RTÉ editor says ‘bogus’ contractor deals cost her €238,000
WRC gives worker more time to consider retrospective benefits deal already tabled by broadcaster
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
Late Late Toy Show: ticket lottery opens for December 6th programme
Broadcaster warns demand far exceeds number of seats available and that tickets will be allocated by random selection
The 100 Archive: ‘The Irish design diaspora is truly global, yet their work is rarely recognised as Irish’
Irish Design Week 2024: Leading designers created the 100 Archive website to chart the past, present and future of the creative work that’s all around us
Christy Brown: Self Portrait - commendable attempt at disentangling man from Daniel Day-Lewis movie
Television: Artist largely remembered as a posthumous muse in Oscar-winning My Left Foot
Former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power ‘showed bravery to the bitter end’, son tells funeral Mass
Former RTÉ northern editor and political correspondent died last weekend after short illness
ECHR to examine case of Irishman Oisín Osborn, shot dead by Hamburg police in May 2019
Osborn family believe killing of son resulted from excessive police force
Funeral of David Davin-Power to take place in Marino
Former RTÉ broadcaster will lie in repose at his home on Monday and a requiem mass will take place on Tuesday
Broadcast moratorium made no sense and had to go
Original motivation for the regulator’s now-scrapped guidance reveals just how outdated it had become
Bryan Dobson: David Davin-Power was a natural storyteller in both professional and personal life
Veteran broadcaster had a way of bringing people together, a talent for analysis and a deep respect for the importance of language
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
David Davin-Power, former RTÉ correspondent, dies aged 72
Dublin-born broadcaster was presenter on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland and served as Northern Ireland editor
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