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Declan Lynch: It’s as simple as the old Sesame Street song – ‘one of these things is not like the other’
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Think you could be the new Joe Duffy? RTÉ has just advertised his job
Radio
Declan Lynch: Katie Hannon should be the successor to Joe Duffy – and I can take much of the credit
Radio
Shane Coleman on Golfgate: ‘Do you remember the insanity of that story? Everyone went ballistic. Five years later, I look back and think: Mob hysteria’

Sarah Carey: Radio can engage us but JNLR figures will never be a true measure of its success
Sat 07 Jun 2025 at 03:30
Declan Lynch: ‘Invisible money gives us a false sense of how much of it we really have’
Thu 05 Jun 2025 at 15:30
Declan Lynch on radio: The Kerryman who massacred a tribe
Thu 29 May 2025 at 15:30
Podcast reviews: Busting ADHD myths, using mosquitoes for good and the psychology in our everyday decisions
Wed 28 May 2025 at 15:30
Declan Lynch: ‘Time was, a “farming” programme would feature mainly men without double-barrelled names, rattling off the cattle prices’
Thu 22 May 2025 at 15:30
Anton Savage a front-runner in race for Joe Duffy’s ‘Liveline’ slot as listenership figures on his Newstalk show soar
Sat 17 May 2025 at 03:30
Declan Lynch on Radio: ‘Tom McCaughren’s story would do your heart good – and there’s not much of that going round’
Thu 15 May 2025 at 15:30
JNLRs: Slight drop for Joe Duffy’s ‘Liveline’ as RTÉ breaks from tradition and issues casting call for successor
Thu 15 May 2025 at 13:02
'And what would you see in a porno movie, Mary?' – the most memorable moments from Joe Duffy’s Liveline
Fri 09 May 2025 at 15:38
'I can’t see the show surviving' : What next for Liveline? Joe Duffy doesn’t have an obvious rival – never mind a successor
Fri 09 May 2025 at 08:59

Radio

Declan Lynch: It’s as simple as the old Sesame Street song – ‘one of these things is not like the other’

Think you could be the new Joe Duffy? RTÉ has just advertised his job

Declan Lynch: Katie Hannon should be the successor to Joe Duffy – and I can take much of the credit

Shane Coleman on Golfgate: ‘Do you remember the insanity of that story? Everyone went ballistic. Five years later, I look back and think: Mob hysteria’

Sarah Carey: Radio can engage us but JNLR figures will never be a true measure of its success

Declan Lynch: ‘Invisible money gives us a false sense of how much of it we really have’

Declan Lynch on radio: The Kerryman who massacred a tribe

Podcast reviews: Busting ADHD myths, using mosquitoes for good and the psychology in our everyday decisions

Declan Lynch: ‘Time was, a “farming” programme would feature mainly men without double-barrelled names, rattling off the cattle prices’

Anton Savage a front-runner in race for Joe Duffy’s ‘Liveline’ slot as listenership figures on his Newstalk show soar

Declan Lynch on Radio: ‘Tom McCaughren’s story would do your heart good – and there’s not much of that going round’

JNLRs: Slight drop for Joe Duffy’s ‘Liveline’ as RTÉ breaks from tradition and issues casting call for successor

'And what would you see in a porno movie, Mary?' – the most memorable moments from Joe Duffy’s Liveline

'I can’t see the show surviving' : What next for Liveline? Joe Duffy doesn’t have an obvious rival – never mind a successor

Rumours of shake-up no surprise at RTÉ as Joe Duffy hangs up mic after 37 years

RTÉ’s tough call on Liveline: Joe Duffy’s exit and his ‘ready-made replacement’

Declan Lynch on radio: Skorts belong to Gaelic games’ Soviet Union phase

Podcast reviews: The origin story of the pygmy shrew and the travails of travelling swallows

Declan Lynch on radio: ‘It’s fair to say we are less diminished by some deaths than by others’

Podcast reviews: Eavesdrop on these scintillating chats with comics, clerics and character actors

The Indo Daily: Fifteen years gone: how Gerry Ryan changed Irish airwaves – and life

John Meagher: RTÉ still has a Gerry Ryan-shaped hole – and social media stars have failed to fill the void

Declan Lynch on radio: ‘The foods we call delicacies are obviously disgusting but nobody can admit it’

Podcast reviews: Black trailblazers, Britpop myths and legends and melancholic queens in a musical trio

Declan Lynch: Fears of a Rory McIlroy bandwagon derailing us all were quelled by wisdom on Off the Ball

Declan Lynch on radio: When it comes to calling out Donald Trump, Pat Kenny is still the grown-up in the room

Declan Lynch: ‘If Horslips had been formed about a hundred years ago, would the poet Patrick Kavanagh ever have come to Dublin?’

Declan Lynch on radio: ‘Terrible things are happening in the world, while in Ireland it’s all about how to deal with Michael Lowry’

Declan Lynch on radio: Colm Tóibín did not make the terrible mistake of pretending he was above analysing the lyrics of a Taylor Swift album

Lucy White on podcasts: Birdsong, biodiversity and butterflies in three blooming great nature shows

Eilis O’Hanlon on Cheltenham: ‘There’s nothing more Irish than a cute hoor. If only they’d admit that’s what it’s about’

Declan Lynch on Newstalk Breakfast: ‘By leaving the lawnmower in the shed we are making a meaningful contribution to the universe’

Jack Keating: ‘You always want to be more or as successful as your parents - in my case, it’s going to be pretty difficult’

Declan Lynch on Drivetime: I feared every ‘common sense’ TD would be invited to get stuck into Hugh Wallace on behalf of the real people

'Newstalk's Kieran Cuddihy understood there was one main story here – and it wasn’t about this waste of taxpayers’ money'

‘It does make the time together more special’ – Today FM host Louise Cantillon on living apart from GAA husband Declan Hannon

‘It gave me real purpose’ – Colm Hayes says health challenge made him stronger for his wife as she undergoes cancer treatment

Liveline review: At some point RTÉ could run a competition where listeners are asked to guess what this caller was talking about

Obituary: Claire Prior, RTÉ radio producer and broadcaster known and loved for her wit, kindness and courage

Morning Ireland review: Perhaps you needed to be consuming psychedelic mushrooms to connect with the report on Ireland’s Eurovision furore

Declan Lynch on Liveline: Callers complained about constant drinking – as if they’d gone to a rugby game and found themselves stuck in the middle of a drinking competition

Top broadcasters hit listenership highs as ‘talk radio’ becomes king

‘If you’d asked me to do this before I had kids, I’d have said ‘not on your nelly’’ – Kathryn Thomas on new early morning radio show

Advertising rate sought for Doireann Garrihy’s 2FM return revealed to be among most expensive at RTÉ

Radio reviews: ‘The outlaw culture of The Band was based on something real and true – unlike Kid Rock’

Radio reviews: ‘McDonald’s had apparently become the glue holding Irish life together, everyone’s favourite Last Supper’

Podcast reviews: Pearls of wit and wisdom in these quality new chat shows with Dara Ó Briain and Hilary Rose

Witch-hunts and reputational damage – RTÉ’s fears over publication of staff ‘nixers’ laid bare

Radio reviews: ‘We are facing horrendous moral dilemmas, so it’s nice to be asked: Are films just too long?’

Radio reviews: ‘The language of The Shipping Forecast is evocative and rhythmic, but it also saves lives’

Podcast reviews: Three uplifting shows to put a new year’s spring in your step

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