Ray D’Arcy conjures up a Storm Éowyn image that would leave anyone feeling disconcerted
Radio: At least the RTÉ host is doing his bit to help out. Government Ministers seem caught in the headlights
Oliver Callan
Winter wedge issue: On Oliver Callan, icy weather is one of Ireland’s ever-growing urban-rural divides
Radio: ‘I can tell you Dublin is getting off very lightly in the cold snap so far,’ Oliver Callan notes on Tuesday’s show, ‘much to our relief here’
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
December 29th-Jan 3rd – including The Traitors, Callan Kicks the Year, The Late Late NYE Show and Jools’ Annual Hootenanny
2024 in radio: chaotic exodus of Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli and the 2 Johnnies hangs over 2FM
Many presenters left RTÉ's pop station but Radio 1 had a much more stable year and Newstalk sailed serenely on. The online sphere and the threat of podcasts looms ever larger
RTÉ's Oliver Callan ‘insults everybody equally’ as his rapid-fire jokes fall flat
Radio: RTÉ Radio 1 host sounds like neither the satirical impressionist he is nor the chatshow host he has become. Instead he resembles a stand-up comic flailing around for quick laughs
Adele fan from Co Kildare ‘still floating on a fluffy cloud’ after sharing stage with idol
Allenwood mother who was brought onstage before 80,000 people still ‘trying to control the adrenaline’
Oliver Callan now has more listeners on Radio 1 than Ryan Tubridy did a year ago
Pat Kenny’s listenership rises to fresh record on Newstalk as station claims its highest-ever market share
Oliver Callan says absence from airwaves due to skin cancer surgery
RTÉ broadcaster says he was affected by a basal cell carcinoma ‘like thousands of us out there with our Irish skin’
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
Oliver Callan: ‘I should have got the same as Ryan Tubridy was being offered’
The broadcaster and satirist on political pressure, suffering ‘five years of horrific coercive control’, and replacing Tubridy
Pat Kenny’s ‘last great spin on the roundabout’ is a slow-burn success story for Irish radio
It takes time to build an audience for a radio show – and time to understand exactly how a new one is faring
Pat Kenny adds 55,000 listeners, making his Newstalk show biggest on commercial radio
Oliver Callan’s slot is among those to lose listeners on RTÉ Radio 1, though station maintains its market share
No news is bad news: Morning Ireland proves daunting but necessary
Radio: Radio 1 flagship dutifully covers the RTÉ crisis as Colm Ó Mongáin and Oliver Callan give cause for optimism
Barely a month into his talkshow, Oliver Callan’s nearly asleep at the wheel
The presenter’s RTÉ Radio 1 morning show is beginning to follow a definite pattern, though at this early stage it’s hard to say if it’s a groove or a rut
RTÉ Radio 1′s 9am show sees listeners slip but audience remains higher than a year ago
Pat Kenny’s Newstalk slot sets fresh record, lifting station to its highest ever market share, while Morning Ireland surges again
Oliver Callan doesn’t sound totally at home with lifestyle-oriented conversations that have traditionally filled 9am slot
Radio: RTÉ's Claire Byrne shows she can get riled with the best of them as she urges her guest Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary to stop the ‘personal insults’
Oliver Callan’s first day on his new RTÉ Radio 1 show: Presenter will need to do more to make a big impression
Radio: Despite occasional barbs, the impressionist turned presenter plays it safe as he begins his new programme in Ryan Tubridy’s old slot
RTÉ seeks sponsor for Oliver Callan’s ‘sharp hour of entertainment’ on Radio 1
Broadcaster says new presenter of station’s 9am weekday slot will offer ‘wickedly fresh take on hot button topics’
‘Whole new world’ for Radio 1 but can Oliver Callan help RTÉ reach whole new audience?
‘Establishment radio station’ enjoys solid market share of 20%, but still needs an influx of younger listeners
Oliver Callan: ‘Accidental presenter’ now fulltime in Ryan Tubridy’s old slot needs to reinvent show
As he takes over the RTÉ Radio 1 morning show the comedian and mimic faces new challenges as a chat show host
Oliver Callan to take over Ryan Tubridy’s former RTÉ radio slot for €150,000 a year
Satirist will continue his weekly comedy programme in addition to new role
Paul Murray wins Novel of the Year for The Bee Sting at the An Post Irish Book Awards
Other winners include Mark Moriarty for Cookbook of the Year, and Katriona O’Sullivan for Biography of the Year and Listener’s Choice Award
Pat Kenny sees biggest listener gain at 9am after summer shakeup on Irish radio
RTÉ Radio 1 and Today FM record higher audiences in crucial time slot, but Kenny’s Newstalk show emerges as main beneficiary of upheaval
Mickey Mouse topics and bullsh*t conversations: Some RTÉ shows haven’t read the public-service memo
Radio: Oliver Callan, on The Nine O’Clock Show, and The Ray D’Arcy Show take divergent approaches to the same material
Oliver Callan fires a clean shot at Ryan Tubridy that any hitman would be proud of
Radio: On The Nine O’Clock Show, the stand-in host has a jag at the self-exculpatory impulses that scuppered his predecessor’s planned return
Oliver Callan talks of ‘sense of wrong’ as Tubridy RTÉ show rebranded
Caretaker host says it is ‘firmly’ the end of an era as he fills in for ousted presenter
There’s one show that breaks through RTÉ Radio 1’s diet of grim news and light chat
Seán Rocks’s adventurous Arena arts show is is a welcome diversion in an earlier time slot that nudges it into prime time
Today’s Ryan Tubridy Show is about to begin. Then a deathly silence fills the airwaves
Oliver Callan stands in for the first post-Tubs Ryan Tubridy Show, there is a sense of an embattled institution circling the drain and picking up speed
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
Katie Hannon, alert and empathetic, knows what makes Irish life tick
Radio Review: As Joe Duffy’s default Liveline stand-in, she never gets bogged down
Home of the Year 2022: A Wicklow farmhouse wins the title – but one judge is unconvinced
The home wins for its intangible qualities: ‘The feeling of family, the fun, the memories’
Oliver Callan’s even better at meaningless fluff than Ryan Tubridy
Radio: The talented mimic is adept at filling airtime but oddly reserved when talking to others
Eoghan Murphy: Influential figure who was still deemed a ‘rising prospect’
Resignation comes as a shock as few thought bruising spell in housing would be last time in cabinet
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