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Television: Manchán Magan’s latest documentary is set against the backdrop of his stage four cancer diagnosis
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Seán Gallagher says he will not be entering presidential election race
Businessman, who finished second in 2011 campaign, had recently been seen speaking to Independent TDs in Leinster House
Sinéad O’Connor’s father: ‘I visit her grave every week. We have a conversation or I bring her up to date’
Seán O’Connor remembers Sinéad as sometimes cranky and on the edge, but he always had compassion for her
Dozens of reforms recommended to RTÉ in wake of pay controversy have been delayed
Report monitoring implementation of two reviews of the broadcaster have been given to Cabinet
Desmond Fennell and Michael McDowell: not exactly ideological bedfellows, yet they share a few things in common
Reviewed: The Radical Thinking of Desmond Fennell; and The Definite Article: Collected Writings of Michael McDowell
Let’s give Dublin back its Champs-Élysées and turn the GPO into apartments
Do not treat it as Ireland’s ‘good room’. We need people to live on O’Connell Street
What did you do if you were young, Irish and idealistic 60 years ago? Join the missions
Unthinkable: Irish missionaries have left an example of positive evangelisation, even if we are seeing the last of them
Dave Fanning: ‘I felt very sorry for Ryan Tubridy. He was vilified’
Fanning talks about being on air seven days a week, his movie-a-night habit, Ryan Tubridy and Yoko Ono
Joe Duffy goes from public service broadcaster to private detective
Plus: The great Eileen Dunne; Ireland’s biggest stud retires; and Roderic O’Gorman won’t stand for the Phoenix Park being trampled on
Witnesses supply new information on 1976 killers of Elizabeth Plunkett
Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw travelled to Ireland from the UK in 1976 with the intention of raping and murdering Irish women
Proposed defamation law reforms fall short of addressing free-speech concerns, say campaigners
Thirty organisations including RTÉ, NUJ and Council for Civil Liberties urge Seanad to amend Bill
RTÉ’s Noraid: Irish America and the IRA leans towards the Che Guevara version of history
Television: First of two episodes leans ever so subtly towards Che Guevara version of history – never mind the body count; look at the cool poster we got out of it
Boss of care home group in RTÉ Investigates says his ‘resignation’ was mistakenly filed with Companies Office
He wants High Court to rectify record incorrectly stating he had stepped down as a director
RTÉ creche’s kitchen and staff canteen had to close temporarily after food safety inspection
‘Significant’ rodent droppings posed ‘grave, immediate danger’, hygiene inspector said
‘Awful’ morale at RTÉ will worsen if programme production is outsourced, committee hears
TDs and Senators told ‘Netflix levy’ would increase costs for Irish streamers such as GAA+ and LOITV
‘Outsourcing’ RTÉ shows will put licence payers’ money in private hands, committee to hear
RTÉ group of unions to criticise ‘closure’ of religious affairs programming department
‘Ireland’s first serial killer’ John Shaw could be freed from prison in early 2026
Murderer is applying for parole and could be freed from Dublin prison early next year, 50 years after the murders of Elizabeth Plunkett and Mary Duffy
TV View: Hurling’s Bruce Springsteen sings Cork’s praises before Tipperary’s glory day
Liam Sheedy’s jacket pays glowing tribute to everyone
Public funds for commercial broadcasters in limbo over EU state aid concerns
Some €6m was set aside in Budget 2025 to be shared between Virgin Media Television and commercial radio stations
Elizabeth Plunkett: How murdered woman’s family discovered they were not ‘relevant victims’ in serial killer case
Ireland’s longest-serving prisoner, who confessed to kidnapping and killing a 23-year-old Dublin woman in 1976, was never convicted of her murder
FAI board holds unscheduled board meeting after standoff with Oireachtas sport committee
FAI was due to appear before committee next Wednesday
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
The Phone Box Babies review: Hugely moving account from Ireland’s Handmaid’s Tale era
Television: The RTÉ documentary on three siblings abandoned as babies in the 1960s is grim and fascinating
Referrals made to gardaí after RTÉ documentary uncovered ‘appalling’ treatment of residents at nursing homes
Since the programme was broadcast, Hiqa has carried out a number of inspections
1923 review: Yellowstone prequel is a well-put-together drama apart from Helen Mirren’s Irish accent
Television: More about mood than plot, this violent melodrama is filled with hard-bitten tales of inexpressive men bending the world to their will
Kerry woman who swapped RTÉ for Bordeaux: ‘Their way of life is not just about making money – they work to live and have family time’
Wild Geese: Sinead Harrington’s husband is leading rugby coach Noel McNamara, whose career has taken the family to New Zealand, South Africa and France
The days of families huddling around the Late Late Show or Glenroe are gone - and that’s no bad thing
TV standouts such as Adolescence or Squid Game only underline a sense that the era of truly popular culture is slipping away
Joe Duffy’s last Liveline: A rare acerbic shot at the Taoiseach, then the fabled phone-in show goes full end-of-pier
Radio: Saying goodbye with cabaret comedy rather than concerned callers, the departing host’s valedictory variety show is oddly apposite
RTÉ HR manager denies newsroom worker had to ‘misrepresent himself to Revenue’ to get shifts with broadcaster
Employee tells WRC he was denied the statutory entitlements to paid leave and Sunday premium pay
Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman excel at jaded on-air grumbling
Radio: Newstalk Breakfast duo adopt a resigned air while Joe Duffy celebrates his retirement with grim nostalgia
O’Donovan has ‘no notion’ of abolishing TV licence fee or replacing it with tax on tech companies
Numbers paying licence fee dropped from 950,000 in 2022 to 790,000 in 2024, Dáil hears
Natasha review: Moving insight into brutal personal experience that became a national lightning rod
Television: Documentary about assault of Natasha O’Brien and her subsequent fight for justice makes for sober viewing
RTÉ staff vote to accept pay rise of 6% over 2.5 years
Anyone earning less than €50,000 next year to get extra 0.5% on top
‘Dublin city centre is turning into an unadulterated kip’: Joe Duffy’s Liveline highlights
The veteran presenter was always adept at tapping into his audience’s concerns. People talked to Joe, after all
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