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Direct and licence fee funding still options for RTÉ, Minister insists

Catherine Martin says Government will decide before end of month on future financial model for RTE

RTÉ knows nostalgia will not save it, but the Government must also acknowledge this

Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences

RTÉ knows nostalgia will not save it, but the Government must also acknowledge this

Broadcaster needs to serve its audiences but the shift to further privatisation may have worrying consequences

UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition

Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt

‘It’s very easy to move’: Independent production companies consider Late Late’s future

With flagship shows headed out of Montrose, Kielty and RTÉ are expected to retain important say

Larry Masterson obituary: RTÉ producer and social justice campaigner

At Montrose he worked on The Live Mike and guided The Late Late Show through its difficult transition out of the Gay Byrne era

Conan O’Brien on Ros na Rún review: Comedian finds his niche as a disappointed Irish-American balloon-seller

Television: TG4 has delivered a nice cameo moment in an otherwise wild show

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar raises concerns about racism in Late Late Show interview

Varadkar, who resigned last month, declined to be drawn on whether he would run in the next general election

Friends, colleagues and family bid farewell to the late, great Larry Masterson

‘The expression he used always say to me was, “Unto yourself be true” and it’s always been, and always will be, my mantra’

Veteran RTÉ producer Larry Masterson dies aged 73

Masterson was in television for over 40 years, working on flagship programmes including The Late Late Show

‘Ireland is crying’: Saoírse Ruane’s funeral takes place in Co Galway

Girl (12), who captured hearts during Late Late Toy Show appearance, was ‘far too special for this life’, mother says

Saoírse Ruane, who inspired Late Late Toy Show appeal, dies aged 12

Galway girl appeared on RTÉ after having leg amputated due to rare form of bone cancer

Mike Murphy’s D4 pad, Eamon Ryan’s TV crew and keeping Barry Keoghan’s clothes on

Plus Michael Lynn and the missing penthouse, is James Dyson moving to Waterford, and the value of Artist Hughie O’Donoghue’s Original Sin paintings

Do your Eurovision duty and get behind Bambie Thug. Irish democracy depends on it

Hugh Linehan: The desperate far right thinks a witchy nonbinary performer might offer them an opportunity

Late Late Show’s Eurosong special review: Bambie Thug wins as Patrick Kielty avoids any cringe moments

Television: This year’s Eurovision line-up was mould-breaking, daring and a bit scary as winner Bambie Thug's sugar-and-spice mix of pop and industrial metal will undoubtedly land with a splash in Sweden

Late Late Eurosong contenders aim to shake up Ireland’s Eurovision entry with black talons and exploding toilets

From Celtic metal to rap to a Louis Walsh boyband, the Late Late audience will have a wide range of options on Friday night

The Late Late Show’s Eurosong special: Everything you need to know

The Late Late Show is hosting its annual Eurosong special this Friday where Ireland’s Eurovision act will be chosen

No whooping audience, no stupid competitions: What RTÉ could learn from The Tommy Tiernan Show

Hugh Linehan: With the scourging of the broadcaster well under way, one of its recent successes could help it reinvent itself

Late Late Show New Year’s special review: Patrick Kielty is tigerishly buoyant as a TV anticlimax unfolds

Television: RTÉ’s rehashed Hootenanny is at least full of New Year vim – and Kielty’s Buddy the Elf enthusiasm shows no sign of diminishing

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Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year

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