RTÉ must ‘ensure targets are met’ as Minister considers €20m in withheld funding
Public Accounts Committee to seek further details on any links between broadcaster performance and financing
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RTÉ Radio 1 dominates airwaves but Newstalk’s market share is up, JNLR listenership survey figures indicate
Virgin Media TV remained in profit last year despite falling advertising revenues
Revenues at Liberty Global-owned broadcaster fell by 3.4%
Is there an identity crisis in Fine Gael?
Grassroots motion calling for party to affirm its centre-right credentials rejected as Democrats’ US midterm victory creates fresh questions for Ireland
Empathy in public service broadcasting on show in Ciara Mageean coverage
RTÉ presenters and commentators eloquently reflected how we are all feeling
RTÉ to seek further Government funding as licence fee revenue to continue decline
Director general says surprise €20m budget day funding cut was never discussed in advance
Calls for RTÉ to clarify recruitment of ex-Newstalk hosts Ger Gilroy and Kieran Cuddihy
RTÉ’s sports department was ‘not happy’ with the appointment of Gilroy, Oireachtas committee hears
Regulator last year recommended that Government should give RTÉ additional €35m in 2027
Figures appear in documents sent to Oireachtas committee in advance of broadcaster’s appearance
On the Air and Sounding Ireland: Radio histories offer absorbing education in ‘the new confessional’
Clíona Ní Anluain and Rosemary Day’s thoroughly researched works coincide with centenary of RTÉ Radio forerunner’s founding
TV guide: The best new shows to watch, starting tonight
November 1st-6th TV highlights, including Ireland’s Fittest Family, Crá and Blue Planet III
Irish comedian Catherine Bohart: ‘I’m surprised my following is bigger in the US and UK than it is here’
The Irish comedian, who is on her Borrowing Trouble tour, has been playing her biggest rooms, watching ‘smut’ and ‘winning the nerd Olympics’
Broadcaster Hector Ó hEochagáin underwent ‘frightening’ brain surgery over the summer
Presenter described the TSH-secreting adenoma he had as ‘quite rare’, affecting one in every two or three million people
If Patrick O’Donovan’s behaviour was ill-judged, Simon Harris’s has been plain peculiar
Controversy between Simon Harris and Patrick O’Donovan was a badly handled storm in a teacup
Star Trek’s Kate Mulgrew: ‘I need to return to Ireland regularly to reinforce everything that’s good in myself’
The actor’s Star Trek role made her globally famous. Now she brings her no-nonsense attitude to The Galway Bay Murders, a new RTÉ crime drama
Pat Kenny injects touch of venom into take on Charles Haughey’s kickback-funded lifestyle
Radio: As veteran presenter assesses late taoiseach with Vincent Browne, Brendan O’Connor’s James McClean interview is another captivating encounter
Dr Marie Cassidy brings a deep sense of justice to documentary on Ireland’s Last Witch Trial
Television: The former State Pathologist presents in a sober style and uses her expertise well to convey the severe punishment suffered by the accused
Harris says ‘hurtful’ anonymous comments questioning O’Donovan’s performance should never recur
Tánaiste refuses to be drawn on details of phone call to Minister for Communications
Ger Gilroy brings maverick spirit to new RTÉ podcast Howler
Former Off the Ball presenter sounds accomplished in his new venture for the national network, but faces challenges
Tired pilots fear retribution and the €130,000 loan that became a €455,000 debt
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RTÉ and BBC are both hanging on decisions on their futures. Which one is being handled better?
Most of the so-called State bailout of RTÉ is simply the cost of reluctance to grasp a political nettle
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
October 25th-30th highlights: including Dr Marie Cassidy Investigates Ireland’s Last Witch Trial, the Celebrity Traitors finale, and The Handel Scandal
Podcaster Ger Gilroy on moving to RTÉ, his upstart attitude and starting over: ‘Your job is to win, right?’
After 24 years at the helm of Off the Ball on Newstalk, Gilroy has jumped to RTÉ to present a new daily sports podcast, Howler
Christy Moore pays tribute to ‘best man and dear friend’ Dónal Lunny
Childhood friends had a transformational impact on Irish folk music and supported various political and social causes
Ruth Kelly Walsh obituary: Fashion writer who lived life to the full
She was famously gregarious, hosting lunches and dinners in her various homes and in hotels around Dublin
‘It’s been a slow-motion car crash’: Ireland’s postmortems crisis under scrutiny on RTÉ’s Drivetime
Radio: Colm Ó Mongáin and Katie Hannon favour sober reporting, as Oliver Callan hears lurid revelations
More market disruption ahead as streamers go after live sports
Netflix last week announced it had acquired Spanish rights to 2030 World Cup
Cutting Palestine flag necklace from Cheap Irish Homes episode a ‘mistake’, says RTÉ
Show participant wearing necklace was not informed of edit prior to broadcast and lodged complaint with Coimisiún na Meán
Patrick O’Donovan will continue in Cabinet when he recovers from illness, Harris says
Minister for Communications, hospitalised following medical emergency, had faced speculation about his future in Government
Celebrity Traitors: Is James Acaster the worst Traitor in the history of the show?
Television: This tepid second season needs to find a way to raise the temperature in the time remaining
Reward TV licence-fee payers by allowing them to skip ads on RTÉ Listen app
Readers agree with Kathy Sheridan’s annoyance about automated commercials ruining listening pleasure
RTÉ’s Kieran Cuddihy calls out cocaine-use hypocrisy after Waterford murders
Radio review: tetchy exchanges on Liveline; Claire Byrne opts for less contentious coverage
GAA+ reports 25% surge in profits in the year before RTÉ sold its stake
GAA acquired national broadcaster’s shares for €3m in February
Waterford family ‘murdered by gang in arson attack over €20,000 drug debt’, son says
Violent dealers are chief suspects after petrol bombing killed man, his wife and two of their children
I have paid my TV licence long after I needed to. But RTÉ is testing my patience
When it comes to RTÉ, we are paying, we are the product and it has the platform to advocate for itself
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