Sarah McInerney

Listening to Seán Moncrieff would chip away at your national pride

Radio: There are a few queasy moments in what turns out to be an oddly digestible smorgasbord from the Newstalk host

Fri Sept 27 2024 - 05:00

Radio review: Flustered Eamon Ryan and harried Pearse Doherty grilled by Drivetime’s forbidding interrogators

Radio: RTÉ Drivetime hosts Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra give their current-affairs magazine zip and snap

Fri Jul 26 2024 - 05:00

Oliver Callan swaps the laughs for a harrowing tale with a powerful message

Radio review: Comic-turned-presenter shows his serious side during powerful interview with rape survivor Bláthnaid Raleigh

Fri Jul 05 2024 - 05:00

Sarah McInerney: ‘If you look up middle-child syndrome in the dictionary, you’ll find a picture of me’

The journalist who presents Drivetime on RTÉ Radio 1 and Prime Time on RTÉ One sees Ryan Reynolds playing her in a movie

Sun May 19 2024 - 06:00

TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight

March 17th-22nd: From St Patrick’s Day frolics to the rich people’s playground of Palm Royale

Sun Mar 17 2024 - 05:00

Sarah McInerney’s lethally loaded question leaves her guest flummoxed for an answer

Radio review: Drivetime host’s approach is tested by Gazan horrors, while Stephen Rea is a sinister presence on Drama On One

Fri Feb 16 2024 - 05:00

An incredulous Pat Kenny keeps his cool at Israeli ambassador’s ‘hollow-sounding’ concern for Palestinians

Radio: The Newstalk host is perplexed by the diplomat’s unbending stance on a conflict that also dominates RTÉ Radio 1′s Drivetime

Fri Nov 10 2023 - 05:15

Claire Byrne’s grim cocktail leaves a bitter taste

Radio: The RTÉ presenter discusses crises big and small, from Libya and Morocco to RTÉ and dodgy Greek hooch

Fri Sept 15 2023 - 05:15

RTÉ crisis: Tubridy beginning to resemble the hapless spark that set off a wildfire

Radio: Radio 1 coverage highlights admirable relentlessness with which presenters and reporters have pursued payments scandal

Fri Jul 07 2023 - 05:45

‘Make it stop,’ pleads Sarah McInerney as Cormac Ó hEadhra gets a ‘warm tingle deep down’

Drivetime duo lower the volume and quietly mock online ASMR craze

Fri May 26 2023 - 05:00

‘After years saying ‘This eejit again’, your Da is clearly the best person for The Late Late Show’

Patrick Freyne: Yes, this was always Gay Byrne’s show, but I do have some thoughts as to who the next host should be

Tue May 09 2023 - 16:39

Laura Slattery: What the Late Late needs now is the total chaos of guest hosts

Patrick Kielty, Brendan O’Connor and Jennifer Zamparelli would be decent picks, but one season of revolving presenters could be amazing

Tue May 09 2023 - 06:00

Sarah McInerney rules herself out of Late Late Show job

Broadcaster says on Twitter she wanted to remain at centre of RTÉ's political coverage

Fri May 05 2023 - 12:41

Claire Byrne has ruled herself out. Does anybody actually want to present the Late Late?

Flagship RTÉ chatshow demands ‘huge commitment’ from its presenter – so who will succeed Ryan Tubridy now?

Thu May 04 2023 - 18:39

Claire Byrne rules herself out of running to be next Late Late Show host

Radio host says new presenter to succeed Ryan Tubridy should be ‘someone who can give it the time and dedication that it deserves’

Thu May 04 2023 - 16:51

Seán Moncrieff the war correspondent? Bet you didn’t see that one coming

Radio: The Newstalk host’s offbeat dispatches from Kyiv show the surreality of war as well as bearing witness to Putin’s savagery

Fri Feb 24 2023 - 05:00

HSE’s head of digital innovation resigns citing ‘frustrations’

Martin Curley likened reforming HSE to climbing Mount Everest

Mon Jan 16 2023 - 19:23

Cormac Ó hEadhra’s mad scientist comes out to play on Drivetime

Radio: The Drivetime host is enjoyably giddy presenting solo this week, but a special zing returns when he’s side by side with his cohost Sarah McInerney

Fri Dec 16 2022 - 05:00

Russian ambassador says Irish subjected to ‘propaganda warfare’ on Ukraine

‘You would want to open your eyes to another source of information,’ Yury Filatov says

Wed Apr 27 2022 - 21:06

The happiest time of my life… by Sarah McInerney, John Boyne, Marian Keyes and more

It’s world happiness day on Sunday. We asked some people when they have been happiest

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 10:15

Seán Fleming drops the petrol can. Sarah McInerney hands him a match

Radio review: Minister’s tone-deaf interview on cost of living gains instant notoriety

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00

Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show

Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 12:03

Plans to increase Carbon Tax defended by Taoiseach

Remarks by Seán Fleming described in Dáil as ‘callous and indifferent’

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 14:24

As the saying in politics goes: if you’re explaining, you’re losing

Inside Politics: Opposition smells blood after ‘shop around’ remarks by Minister

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 07:22

Bad blood between Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman on Newstalk

Radio: The presenters argue over restriction. It is a welcome diversion

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00

Businesses with super profits don’t need taxpayer help

Caveat: Supermac’s Holdings shows some were entitled to subsidies while doing well

Thu Dec 23 2021 - 15:34

Claire Byrne is radio’s prefect, Cormac Ó hEadhra and Sarah McInerney its maverick cops

Radio in 2021: Radio 1’s new guard found their voice, Newstalk stayed scrappy

Sun Dec 19 2021 - 05:00

RTÉ got it right with Brendan O’Connor, JNLR figures suggest

Succeeding Marian Finucane on Radio 1’s weekend slots came with risks attached

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 05:37

BAI partially upholds complaint over Drivetime Galway Harbour segment

Authority says there is an expectation that news discussions will not be one-sided

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 13:20

Cormac Ó hEadhra and Sarah McInerney air their dirty laundry in public

Radio: The ostensibly mismatched Drivetime hosts are a year into their on-air partnership

Fri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00

Claire Byrne applies the pressure, and Eamon Ryan snaps

Radio: The interview underscores how quickly the optimistic mood has disappeared

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 05:00

Sarah McInerney on the Leaving Cert: ‘I found it impossible to care about how the boiler works’

My Leaving: RTÉ presenter recalls her exam highs and lows

Wed Jun 09 2021 - 17:30

Sarah McInerney and Fran McNulty are solid, but Prime Time has gone gaudy

TV review: RTÉ made a song and dance about the show’s makeover and ‘super high tech’ studio

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 00:11

RTÉ Prime Time bids to hold on to 100,000 new viewers with revamp

Editor Richard Downes hopes refreshed show can keep Covid audience ‘dividend’

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 04:58