Live and let try: Maggie Doyle trolls Ryan Tubridy's heroesStand-in presenter shows her strengths while spinning out sparse material, as Jonathan Healy hears of heroic resistance to a hellish situationSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
No laughing matter as Miriam O'Callaghan gets the balance rightPresenter helms discussions on drugs and Boris Johnson, as Ivan Yates gets crash course on cocaineSat Jul 27 2019 - 05:00
Katie Hannon gets personal as abortion arguments turn nastyPresenter brings her own experiences to charged exchanges on Liveline, while Ciara Kelly shows her bedside manner in bleak conversationSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
Eoghan Murphy on the housing crisis is like a talking Ken doll repeating himselfMinister is defensive on housing crisis with Today FM, as Morning Ireland debates definitions of disasterSat Jul 06 2019 - 05:45
Ryan Tubridy brings a whole new meaning to ‘summer nonsense’He hits the right note for early silly season. At his best he is entertaining on-air companySat Jun 29 2019 - 07:45
Majella Moynihan: ‘They portrayed me as an easy woman’Radio review: Her tale of forced adoption sounds like the stuff of fiction but is all too realSat Jun 22 2019 - 05:00
Has Joe Duffy ever considered becoming a private detective?Radio review: The presenter shows off his digging skills over a racist incident on the trainSat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00
Jennifer Zamparelli: A sarky presenter of little wit or charmRadio Review: Host’s new show grates but Garrihy, McDermott zing up morningSat Jun 08 2019 - 12:28
Sean O’Rourke gave Maria Bailey a generous length of rope, then yanked it sharplyRadio review: When O’Rourke finishes the interview, it’s an act of mercy to his guestSat Jun 01 2019 - 05:00
The Ryan Line is open: Gerry Ryan burns up the airwaves one more timeTo mark 40 years of 2FM, RTÉ resurrected the broadcaster in electrifying fashionFri May 31 2019 - 14:36
Marian Finucane sounds as though an unruly guest has gatecrashed her brunch partyThe atmosphere on the usually staid show turns both hotter and frostier, a bit like climate changeSat May 25 2019 - 05:00
Neil Hannon: ‘It’s like whistling a happy tune as the ship goes down’As The Divine Comedy releases a bleak new album, the singer thinks it may be the end of the world, but feels fineSat May 25 2019 - 05:00
If Today FM was any more lifeless, you’d need to call 999Dermot and Dave’s show is good-natured, aimless and generic, like Today FM itselfSat May 18 2019 - 05:00
Sean O'Rourke recreates past battles for referendum phoney warPresenter’s attempt at sparking divorce debate allows for rigorous, if alarming, critique of contemporary societySat May 11 2019 - 05:00
First forensic, then cringemaking: Pat Kenny lays down the lawPresenter by turns forensic and toe-curling, while Seán Moncrieff’s ironic style hits a wallSat May 04 2019 - 05:00
‘A minefield’: John Boyne talks transgender language with TubridyNovelist opens up on ‘cis privilege’ irk while the host issues a plea for educationSat Apr 27 2019 - 05:00
Pop, politics and the past: From Three Day Week to Taylor SwiftA new compilation is a compelling journey through musical moments of 1970s BritainSat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00
Silent treatment as Paddy Cosgrave taxes the patience of Philip Boucher-HayesTech entrepreneur’s prickly on-air performances muddy his message about Ireland’s corporate regimeSat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00
Louise McSharry makes 2FM a safe space for icky storiesIn her temporary mid-morning tenure, she proves you don’t have to be un-PC to entertainSat Apr 13 2019 - 05:00
No meat, two veg: Ray D’Arcy serves up bland fareSpud rant and Jasper Carrott interview are like a diet of root vegetables: filling but dullSat Apr 06 2019 - 05:00
‘People died so we could watch Irish celebrities on Dancing with the Stars?’Radio review: Kieran Cuddihy and Shane Coleman bring fresh energy to Newstalk BreakfastSat Mar 30 2019 - 05:00
Joe Duffy draws out another harrowing tale, knowing it is radio goldRadio Review: After initial gruffness, Duffy grows genuinely concerned for his guestSat Mar 23 2019 - 05:00
Borderline gloom as Pat Kenny gets northern exposureRadio review: Newstalk host throws himself into Derry visit, while Mary Wilson hears a warning from historySat Mar 16 2019 - 05:00
Patronising Ivan Yates sounds like a 1970s soccer playerThe ex-government minister and businessman tackles his radio guests like a tough midfielderSat Mar 09 2019 - 05:00
Jarring monologues and baffling trivia: Derek Mooney is a caricature of a daytime radio jockRadio review: RTÉ presenter’s nature programme marred by uneven tone, while Sean Moncrieff hears queasy animal talesSat Mar 02 2019 - 05:00
Eoghan McDermott: ‘I just didn’t like myself when I was drunk’Radio review: With one exception, 2FM’s drink awareness chat sounds like nightclub banterSat Feb 23 2019 - 05:00
Nothing settled as Peter Casey meets Travellers on NewstalkFormer presidential candidate sticks to his guns as radio reporting debut falls flatSat Feb 16 2019 - 05:00
Local hero Damien Tiernan brings Waterford into focusRadio Review: The ex-RTÉ outheast correspondent illustrates the strengths of regional radioSat Feb 09 2019 - 05:00
Joe Duffy: ‘If Nigel Farage found an Irish granny he could become an Irish citizen’Duffy hears from hunters of Irish passports who are ‘basically embarrassed to be British’Sat Feb 02 2019 - 05:00
Last Train to Hilversum review: detail and trivia tuned to magic of radioCharlie Connelly celebrates radio culture as a means of reaching out to a bigger worldSat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00
Ryan Tubridy’s affection for the pint of plain can reach alarming levelsRadio Review: More Proustian than Behanesque, Tubridy is a stout believer in simple pleasuresSat Jan 26 2019 - 05:00
Sean O’Rourke and the judge who is ‘a law unto himself’Radio Review: Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan explains his window breakingSat Jan 19 2019 - 05:00
Just as Larry Gogan leaves 2FM, he turns up on LivelineReview: The most poignant moment is when Gogan reminds us he will still be broadcastingSat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00
Larry Gogan leaves 2FM: Ageless DJ’s golden hour is overThe much-loved, open-minded broadcaster moves to RTÉ Gold at the end of JanuaryTue Jan 08 2019 - 09:24
Baz Ashmawy: ‘I can’t be around people who don’t drink. There’s zero crack’The stand-in wide-eyed RTÉ presenter reveals a lot about himself - but forgets to mention his nameSat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00
Don't have a cow, man: Shane Coleman's festive fare causes uproarNewstalk hosts discuss Christmas menus while Mary Wilson uncovers the facts of evictionSat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
‘Gnashing of teeth’ as Ryan Tubridy grills Gerry AdamsRadio review: Tubridy’s stern interview with Adams is perplexing, but unintentionally revealingSat Dec 15 2018 - 05:00
Snow White panto review: Gleefully naughty, infectious entertainmentAlan Hughes’s long-running pantomime uses raucous humour to winning effectThu Dec 13 2018 - 15:06
Pat vs ex-pats: Kenny wonders if emigrants have paid their duesNewstalk host is at his most logical during spirited encounter, while Vicky Phelan tells her story to the world in BBC documentarySat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Ciara Kelly brings fresh perspective to male-dominated NewstalkYear in Culture Review: The news station proved a raucous alternative to staid formulaic radioSat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Callous courtroom tactics against women put on trial by Marian FinucaneRadio Review: Presenter finds her old fire over sex assault cases as terms gender gap emergesSat Dec 01 2018 - 05:00
Paddy Jackson’s lawyer explains courtroom tactics in Belfast rape trialReview: Airing of explicit detail in this documentary risks voyeurism, but is justifiedSat Nov 24 2018 - 15:00
For whom the bell tolls: Ray D'Arcy tires of the AngelusRadio Review: Presenter’s irritation at religious slot brings him to life, while Sean O’Rourke needs time to reflect on his show’s adversarial approachSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
Goodbye George Hook. You should have stuck to your plan and quit in 2016Mick Heaney: The attention-loving shock-jock has announced his retirement. It’s overdueThu Nov 22 2018 - 17:45
Joe Duffy and Myles Dungan make hidden history a thing of the pastRadio Review: RTÉ presenters look at historical events from different angles but both bring welcome perspectivesSat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00
Commuter ‘hell’: €3,500 a year for packed, delayed trainsRadio review: Newstalk’s Henry McKean reports from inside ‘a sardine can on wheels’Sat Nov 10 2018 - 05:00
Is that Ivan Yates or an ostrich with its head in the sand?The Newstalk presenter is in jocular mood about wild animals being wiped outSat Nov 03 2018 - 07:00
Morbid fascination: Ciara Kelly talks life and death in Tuam homeNewstalk presenter uses her medical background to telling effect, while Sean O’Rourke sticks to the grim factsSat Oct 27 2018 - 05:00
Joe Duffy’s Educate Together spat is pure Liveline pantoReview: Duffy is getting his practice in for his role in the upcoming Snow White pantoSat Oct 20 2018 - 05:00
I can’t help feeling that George Lee relishes breaking bad newsRadio: The environment editor’s voice dips more than usual as he relays the imminent ArmageddonSat Oct 13 2018 - 05:00
