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Lisa Murphy obituary: Former model, TV star and businesswoman who ‘left people feeling happier’

Despite her glamorous image and camera-ready smile, she was a reserved person, who was so shy she was unable to read aloud in secondary school

Fri Feb 16 2024 - 05:30

Virgin Media parent agrees €1.5bn digital platform deal with Infosys

Indian software services giant will use ‘AI first’ technology to ‘evolve and scale’ Liberty Global’s set-top boxes

Tue Aug 15 2023 - 13:31

From Twitter to X – and other brand changes that still bother us

Here at The Irish Times, we like things to stay the same and look back fondly to a time of Marathon bars, Telecom Éireann and Windscale

Sat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00

RTÉ is struggling to square commercial and public interests. Full State funding may be the answer

Public service media does not have to mean a diet of worthy but dull programming. Think of Normal People

Thu Jul 13 2023 - 06:15

McRedmond no longer interested in RTÉ role, says speculation over director general appointment ‘damaging’

An Post chief executive confirms he has ‘no further interest’ in a job at the broadcaster

Sun Apr 16 2023 - 19:04

RTÉ, Shamrock Rovers and the struggle for live coverage

St Patrick’s Athletic v CSKA Sofia to be broadcast live on News Now channel

Tue Aug 09 2022 - 06:00

Rugby partners RTÉ and Virgin should unite for more than just balls

More pragmatic alliances may soon be needed to cope with streaming competition

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 15:25

Catalonia to pardon up to 1,000 people accused of witchcraft

Hundreds were condemned during witch-hunts that persisted into 18th century

Thu Jan 27 2022 - 07:20

RTÉ and Virgin’s Six Nations deal: ‘We put a call into Dee and she was up for it’

First-time sports rights partnership helps rivals ‘make the maths work’, says RTÉ chief

Thu Jan 20 2022 - 05:55

Former Apprentice star splits from business co-founded with fellow contestant

Will McCreevey sells stake in National Beauty Distribution and is made redundant

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 05:02

Kin maker: ‘There’s nobody in this that bears any resemblance to the Kinahans’

Writer Peter McKenna’s gangland drama ‘must be successful in the US’ or be axed

Sun Oct 03 2021 - 06:00

Virgin TV targets 2019 revenues as it vies to keep Love Island audience all year round

MD Paul Farrell on The Big Deal, daytime changes and sharing Six Nations with RTÉ

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 05:54

Fine Gael councillor apologises for ‘inappropriate’ past tweets

Varadkar constituency ally Ted Leddy acknowledges posts as ‘insensitive’

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 22:37

Miriam Lord: Shock as Minister for Housing fails to dig himself into a hole

Darragh O’Brien huffed and puffed and finally got a shovelful of dirt – disappointing

Sat May 15 2021 - 01:00

Why are women more hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine?

Experts cite fertility concerns, ‘conspirituality’ and distrust of the Irish health system

Sat May 08 2021 - 01:00

Ní Chaoindealbháin appointed deputy MD at Virgin Media Television

Experienced broadcasting executive will be first to hold newly created role

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 16:01

Former Virgin boss Pat Kiely targets unscripted TV in new venture Bigger Stage

‘Terrific opportunity’ to make Ireland hub for factual, lifestyle and studio shows

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 05:50

Publishing body Local Ireland appoints Bob Hughes as executive director

Newspaper industry faces ‘serious systemic challenges’ and needs support, says Hughes

Thu Jan 07 2021 - 19:11

Could Government’s epic media Bill spark a blizzard of ads?

EU’s revised directive allows broadcasters to concentrate ads in peak viewing times

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 06:15

Claire Byrne says she still suffers Covid-19 after-effects

An ‘early adopter’ of Covid-19 in March, she continued to broadcast through the illness

Sat Nov 14 2020 - 21:22

We need Saturday night TV now more than ever

With audiences stuck at home, every break from contagious anxiety helps

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 05:15

Ivan Yates – embodiment of Newstalk’s iconoclastic self-image – hangs up his mic

At home on radio, Yates was provocative without tipping into gratuitous offence

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 06:00

Virgin Media News’s next task is to hold on to its younger viewers

TikTok and Instagram in Virgin’s sights as TV bulletins receive Covid-19 surge

Tue Jun 16 2020 - 04:52

Quizmasters: ‘It’s not about being the smartest person in the room’

Quizzes have had a renaissance during the lockdown, but for some people they were always a way of life

Sat May 30 2020 - 06:00

The Johnny Ronan coronavirus videos show an Ireland that never went away

Jennifer O’Connell: The footage is unsettling when juxtaposed with closure of Bewley’s

Sat May 09 2020 - 01:00

Paul Farrell is the new managing director of Virgin Media Television

Virgin Media Ireland executive will succeed Pat Kiely, who is leaving broadcaster in July

Wed May 06 2020 - 11:02

Advertising tax credit could make tomorrow’s bread today

You might not have to take the horse to France to get consumers to spend again

Tue May 05 2020 - 05:15

Pat Kiely steps down as MD of Virgin Media Television

TV boss ‘excited’ to move on to ‘next chapter’ after 22 years at former TV3 group

Fri Apr 24 2020 - 14:49

Time to ditch costly TV packages and get a better deal

TV, once cheaper than a night out, now comes with a hefty monthly bill

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 05:25

‘Rested’ X Factor is struggling for its ‘why’ factor

Prize of guaranteed stardom has long eluded winners of the one-time TV juggernaut

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 06:00

Fear and loathing at Virgin Media Ireland as strike action looms

Company that is seeking redundancies says wellbeing of staff ‘foremost’ in process

Mon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00

Ministers reluctantly realise they will have to help RTÉ

Public service broadcasting is necessary for politics and a healthy public life

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00

Virgin Media staff to ballot for strike action over redundancy plans

Unions accuse management of failing to consult over decision to lay off up to 65 staff

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 21:35

Rise in price of stamp saved An Post from ‘examinership’

Postal company chief confirms he was unsuccessful applicant for RTÉ’s top job

Sat Nov 02 2019 - 14:36

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