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Radio: Newstalk hosts take contrasting approaches but both strive to hear different voices

Today with Claire Byrne, Morning Ireland and Drivetime among the shows adding listeners

Radio: Sparks fly when Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly discuss open fires, but Adrian Kennedy arrives on Newstalk without his old shock-jock energy

Radio: The Today host’s calm and professional approach is very admirable but an airless atmosphere often pervades the programme

Radio: Liveline host revisits old maths lessons in giddy fashion, while Andrea Gilligan shows her practical side in conversations about racism and cancer

Fine Gael senator questions whether public should foot the bill for gardaí policing concerts organised by private companies

Radio: Flagship show has been struggling lately but its old formula proves perfect for addressing the consequences of lifting of the evictions ban

Any Other Business: Apple’s Irish activities, Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation scales back, greener fuel and the odds on David McRedmond being RTE’s next DG

Hard Shoulder host brings an easygoing manner to Holly Cairns interview and Northern Ireland coverage

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

Radio industry’s Joint National Listenership Research survey shows market share gains for Today FM, Newstalk, RTÉ 2FM and others

Group supporting diversity accuse far-right of spreading misinformation as counter-demonstration marches on media organisations

The former Laois player has built his own GAA podcast from scratch and a year in, it’s going from strength to strength

Radio: The Newstalk presenter reveals her own experiences during a discussion of abusive online behaviour

Radio: Newstalk’s seasoned broadcaster was probably kicking himself for an uncharacteristic misfiring over Paschal Donohoe’s election expenses

Roderic O’Gorman says finding accommodation for single adults could be impossible

Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman test their listeners’ appetites, but their theatrical chalk-and-cheese act is strangely comforting

As Ronan Collins prepares for his final regular weekday show on Radio 1, Montrose management has been solving the succession question

Radio: The England soccer team’s abortive armband protest in Qatar exercises the Newstalk host Kieran Cuddihy

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Ray Foley adds listeners on Today FM but Ray D’Arcy drops to a new low on RTÉ Radio 1

New five-year broadcast deal also sees BBC expand its live coverage to include games involving Ulster teams

Radio: On Liveline, the midweek downpours bring out Duffy’s inner stand-up, as he showers listeners with permachuckling bonhomie

Radio review: The celebrations of the Republic of Ireland women’s soccer team reverberated across Newstalk’s programmes this week

Radio: The retired presenter divides opinion, as always, but he brings a palpable lift to Newstalk Breakfast

Radio: Are questions about pay, in an item about pay, too much to expect? Pat Kenny and Claire Byrne both struggle to ask them

Radio 1 Morning Ireland stretches lead as most-listened-to programme on Irish radio

Fianna Fáil’s Darragh O’Brien says country is three-and-a-half years away from an election

Damage to mental health and economy may rival damage caused by virus itself

Department of Health has received the HSE’s report on the matter but it has not yet been published

Finance officials considered special tax increase on funds buying up Irish property

Martin agrees attending sports, post-match pints and going to weddings should be possible by end of 2021

New system should help speed up the rollout, WHO special envoy on Covid-19 says

Variant strain and ‘symptomless spread’ suggest threat has become more significant

Cork Chamber fears airport closure without further Government aid

Lorraine McCabe says everything today was ‘wonderful’ but family had gone through ‘ten years of hell’

High Court makes direction on request of businessman’s solicitor

Former chief executive concerned his personal data was accessed in 2014

INM not appealing High Court green light for ODCE

Issue of payment for the data interrogation to be investigated as well