Shane Coleman

Skorts: Newstalk’s Andrea Gilligan gives the Camogie Association’s pig-headedness short shrift

Radio: The Newstalk host covers the camogie controversy in her signature style

Fri May 09 2025 - 05:30

In an unhinged world, Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman are sane company. Even Ivan Yates seems sensible

Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly remain reassuringly sensible presenters, while Ivan Yates plays puckish guest host

Fri Mar 21 2025 - 05:00

‘If the asteroid hits Dublin, everything is gone’: A chastened Kieran Cuddihy hears about the end of the world

Radio review: Odds of its hitting Earth turn out to be far shorter than those of winning Newstalk’s Cash Machine contest

Fri Feb 14 2025 - 05:10

At Newstalk, Ciara Kelly gets righteously annoyed

The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob

Fri Dec 13 2024 - 05:00

Ray D’Arcy offers an intriguing glimpse into a dirty industry

Radio: When the RTÉ host talks to Pat and Aisling Ryan, it’s an intriguing glimpse into an unseen and unglamorous yet vital industry

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 05:00

Plodding Jack Chambers makes Paschal Donohoe sound like an unhinged Donald Trump

Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves

Fri Oct 04 2024 - 05:00

Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly left floundering as cohost Shane Coleman sidesteps Olympics duty

Radio: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman host awkward chats and gratuitous squabbles as Fiachna Ó Braonáin signs off with feeling

Fri Aug 02 2024 - 05:00

Wake-up call on Newstalk Breakfast as inflammatory language on immigration goes mainstream

Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly run the gamut from children’s sleepovers to John McGuirk’s bellicose language

Fri Apr 19 2024 - 05:00

‘We’re so middle class’: Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman don’t hide their familiarity with bourgie lifestyle cliches

Radio review: In being themselves, the Newstalk Breakfast hosts leave a distinctive stamp on their morning show

Fri Feb 23 2024 - 05:30

Newstalk Breakfast duo preside over fractious debate as Shane MacGowan’s widow shares fond memories on RTÉ

Radio review: Fault lines trump fairy tales as Newstalk Breakfast duo do their own thing

Fri Dec 08 2023 - 05:00

‘Is it a little bit of a dog whistle?’ Newstalk Breakfast hosts swap conversations for clickbait

Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly half-heartedly stir the pot, while Kieran Cuddihy enjoys some senatorial skirmishing

Fri Sept 29 2023 - 05:15

‘There’s so many things I could tell you’: Pat Kenny mixes sympathy for Tubridy with a flurry of zingers

Radio: Newstalk host keen to tackle other matters but Ryan Tubridy’s committee speech grabs all the attention

Fri Jul 14 2023 - 05:45

Brendan O’Connor tries not to take sides, but fails to hide his feelings

RTÉ presenter tries not to take sides, though he doesn’t hide his views during defence debate

Fri Jun 23 2023 - 05:00

Newstalk’s Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman are a panto act. All that’s missing is Pat Kenny as Widow Twankey

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

Fri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00

Nose picking, pimple squeezing and expectorating: Newstalk’s stomach-turning breakfast radio

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

Fri Jan 13 2023 - 05:00

Ciara ‘don’t call me Ciara’ Kelly and Shane ‘call me Shane’ Coleman hone their double act

Radio review: The Newstalk Breakfast duo provide diversion as well as information

Fri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00

Ryan Tubridy’s ‘nice little distraction’ now number two Irish radio show

Claire Byrne, Matt Cooper and Pat Kenny among ratings winners

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 12:03

Bad blood between Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman on Newstalk

Radio: The presenters argue over restriction. It is a welcome diversion

Fri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00

Claire Byrne is radio’s prefect, Cormac Ó hEadhra and Sarah McInerney its maverick cops

Radio in 2021: Radio 1’s new guard found their voice, Newstalk stayed scrappy

Sun Dec 19 2021 - 05:00

Ryan Tubridy now has the second biggest weekday radio programme in Ireland

Newstalk’s Pat Kenny and Today FM’s Dermot & Dave among JNLR ratings winners

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 12:00

Tony Holohan’s best is not quite good enough for Ciara Kelly

Radio: The Newstalk host presses the chief medical officer on his pandemic response

Fri Nov 26 2021 - 05:00

A Covid bonus? Pat Kenny can’t hide his irritation

Radio: The Newstalk host also disapproves of sloppy attire and sloppy thinking

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 05:00

Stephen Donnelly gives unconvincing National Maternity Hospital performance

Radio: Minister for Health is smooth on the Delta variant but rattled by the hospital saga

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 05:00

Cormac Ó hEadhra, usually an irresistible force, is stopped by an immovable bureaucrat

Radio: RTÉ’s Drivetime host is frustrated by a spokesman’s stance on Covid vaccines

Fri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00

Claire Byrne and Matt Cooper flog the dead horse

Radio: Meanwhile serious public issues, like the Central Bank’s €4.1m fine of Davy, got little airtime

Fri Mar 05 2021 - 05:00

The ghost of Ivan Yates haunts Kieran Cuddihy’s Hard Shoulder

Radio: Cuddihy is skilled and energetic, yet his Newstalk show seldom hits the mark

Fri Feb 05 2021 - 05:00

Ciara Kelly hits radio gold as health expert suggests postponing Christmas

Newstalk host sounds sceptical as Trinity College professor floats a novel idea to delay festivities

Fri Nov 13 2020 - 06:26

Newstalk’s new drivetime host Kieran Cuddihy tries too hard at taking it easy

Overeagerness aside, Cuddihy can make a success of his show, as can Andrea Gilligan

Fri Sept 04 2020 - 05:45

Ciara Kelly tries to stir the autism controversy without offending anyone. She fails

Radio review: Ray D’Arcy shows all politics is personal, while Ciara Kelly ties herself in knots

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00

Political parties rule out student loans to fund third level

Debate hears government gives more State funding to ‘horses than students’

Tue Jan 28 2020 - 18:35

Ciara Kelly’s Newstalk show has lost its zing

Review: Every radio show has filler, but Ciara Kelly has had the trowel out a lot recently

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 06:00

Radio review of 2019: As RTÉ mourned Gaybo, it was tearing itself apart

The contrast between RTÉ’s obvious disdain for Lyric and indulgent attitude toward 2fm sent out a deeply negative signal

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Shane Coleman gets hot ticket to Brexit pantomime

Radio Review: Newstalk Breakfast presenter captures the charged atmosphere in London, while Ray D’Arcy looks at problems closer to home

Sat Sept 07 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 train

Sat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00