Seán Rocks to be laid to rest following Mass in his native Monaghan town
RTÉ broadcaster died at St Vincent’s hospital on Wednesday following short illness
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‘They ruined me’: Natalie Ennis, tortured in Dublin flat, still awaits psychiatric support
Natalie Ennis was beaten with metal poles, burned with makeshift blowtorch and cut with knife
Football Families review: Affecting behind-the-scenes tale of what it takes to get to the top
Television: Insight into Dublin club’s underage academies doubles as a picture of its imperial phase under erstwhile manager Damien Duff
‘I loved every day I worked with Seán and will miss him’: tributes paid to beloved RTÉ presenter Seán Rocks
Donal Ryan, Elaine Feeney, Sinéad Gleeson and more pay tribute to the Arena broadcaster and presenter
Challenges for young Irish players trying to make it explored in RTÉ documentary
Shelbourne’s academy features on Football Families, which continually comes back to lack of funding
Seán Rocks, presenter of RTÉ radio’s culture show Arena, dies aged 64
Tributes are paid to the Monaghan man who was a celebrated actor before moving into broadcasting
Seán Rocks: Ireland has lost one of its great cultural champions
Late broadcaster’s easy wit and big-hearted spirit belied a lifelong devotion to our rich culture
How a controlling cult and a strangling Catholicism ruined lives in Britain and in Navan
Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army, on the BBC, and Pray for Our Sinners, on RTÉ, document the grip of religions
Sisters of rapist Richard Brennan want witnesses in trials to get paid leave from work
One said she was told she would have to take holiday or unpaid time off work to give evidence in court
RTÉ investigating potential cyber security incident
National Cyber Security Centre made contact with broadcaster in recent days
The show mustn’t go on for RTÉ underperformers, say RTÉ news staff
Plus: Fungus inspired by octopus; and what hens behind bars tell us about Mountjoy Prison
TV guide: the best new shows to watch in the coming week
Shows to watch this week including Impact: The Anatomy of a Crash; Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army; and Jason Mamoa’s Chief of War
Pat Kenny gets curious, angry and finally jaundiced; an explosively argumentative Drivetime
Radio: If Kenny’s attitude to splashy Government spending plans is jaded, he sounds sickened by the horrors in Gaza
Landmark ruling against RTÉ as tribunal finds Fair City photographer was not a freelancer
Alleged misclassification of media workers by RTÉ is a major legacy issue
Mrs Robinson review: Ireland’s first woman president deserves better than this often plodding film
Story of Mary Robinson is flattened out into a functional feel-good watch
‘Upset, frustrated, angry’: Woman criticises sentence given to late father’s wife over his unlawful killing
Judge noted that Olesja Hertova (49) ‘lost her temper’ and pushed James ‘Shey’ Ryan (69) who banged his head and later died
Decision to remove Eamonn Casey’s remains came in response to furore over documentary last year
The explanation given for the action by Galway’s diocesan authorities was rather obscure
Liveline contenders: ‘Crazy levels of speculation’ about who will step in to replace Joe Duffy
Candidates remain tight-lipped, but sources suggest there could be an overhaul of radio show and RTÉ’s afternoon schedule
Might cuts reduce RTÉ to a newsdesk with a few commissioning editors attached?
Many planned reforms to be implemented once Broadcasting Bill becomes law
Remove statute of limitations to encourage churches and orders to pay sex-abuse redress - expert
It is in the interest of religious organisations to contribute to schemes as way of reducing costs, says Prof Conor O’Mahony of Child Law Clinic
Oliver Callan gets acidic about the Orange Order
Radio: The Radio 1 presenter is in jolly form during outside broadcasts, while Ray D’Arcy shows his serious side
Listen to the Land Speak review: A meandering love letter to a half-forgotten Ireland
Television: Manchán Magan’s latest documentary is set against the backdrop of his stage four cancer diagnosis
Seán Gallagher says he will not be entering presidential election race
Businessman, who finished second in 2011 campaign, had recently been seen speaking to Independent TDs in Leinster House
Sinéad O’Connor’s father: ‘I visit her grave every week. We have a conversation or I bring her up to date’
Seán O’Connor remembers Sinéad as sometimes cranky and on the edge, but he always had compassion for her
Dozens of reforms recommended to RTÉ in wake of pay controversy have been delayed
Report monitoring implementation of two reviews of the broadcaster have been given to Cabinet
Desmond Fennell and Michael McDowell: not exactly ideological bedfellows, yet they share a few things in common
Reviewed: The Radical Thinking of Desmond Fennell; and The Definite Article: Collected Writings of Michael McDowell
Let’s give Dublin back its Champs-Élysées and turn the GPO into apartments
Do not treat it as Ireland’s ‘good room’. We need people to live on O’Connell Street
What did you do if you were young, Irish and idealistic 60 years ago? Join the missions
Unthinkable: Irish missionaries have left an example of positive evangelisation, even if we are seeing the last of them
Dave Fanning: ‘I felt very sorry for Ryan Tubridy. He was vilified’
Fanning talks about being on air seven days a week, his movie-a-night habit, Ryan Tubridy and Yoko Ono
Joe Duffy goes from public service broadcaster to private detective
Plus: The great Eileen Dunne; Ireland’s biggest stud retires; and Roderic O’Gorman won’t stand for the Phoenix Park being trampled on
Witnesses supply new information on 1976 killers of Elizabeth Plunkett
Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw travelled to Ireland from the UK in 1976 with the intention of raping and murdering Irish women
Proposed defamation law reforms fall short of addressing free-speech concerns, say campaigners
Thirty organisations including RTÉ, NUJ and Council for Civil Liberties urge Seanad to amend Bill
RTÉ’s Noraid: Irish America and the IRA leans towards the Che Guevara version of history
Television: First of two episodes leans ever so subtly towards Che Guevara version of history – never mind the body count; look at the cool poster we got out of it
Boss of care home group in RTÉ Investigates says his ‘resignation’ was mistakenly filed with Companies Office
He wants High Court to rectify record incorrectly stating he had stepped down as a director
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