Tastemaker ‘I crave order and organisation. I would like to embrace the chaos a little more’ – Louise DuffyLouise Duffy, radio presenter, on her approach to domesticity and good advice for what to do in a crisis
Media Irish radio outperforms other media sectors with €158.1m advertising revenues in 2022Revenues rose 9 per cent across radio last year, ahead of the overall advertising market, according to a new report
Appetite for Distraction What to watch this week: Family solidarity and fortitude put to the testTeams face strength and endurance tests with the help of sporting mentors in popular RTÉ show
Media Willie O’Reilly: Ever wanted your own radio station? Now’s your chance More than a dozen local radio licences will soon be up for grabs, but getting yourself one of them could be an expensive business
Media After years of silence, we now know how the financials of Irish radio. The results are revealingFor many years, radio stations made sure to keep their financial figures under wraps, but the arrival of Ciaran Cunningham’s Radiocentre Ireland has changed all that
Audio review Radio and podcast review: An audio journey through the 20th century’s greatest novel To mark the 100th anniversary of James Joyce’s Ulysses, listeners can appreciate the work through essays, lectures and a full RTÉ dramatisation dating from 1982
Ray Foley interview: ‘Keeping people company is the most important thing’The new presenter of Today FM’s 2pm-4.30pm show credits the late Gerry Ryan with igniting his love for radio and reflects on the highs and lows of his own career behind the microphone so far
Radio and theatre: Fifty years on, the events of Bloody Sunday still resonateAn Abbey Theatre reading of Richard Norton-Taylor’s powerful reaction to the the Saville Inquiry in 2010 illustrates the human suffering and the long wait for justice
Willie O’Reilly: Internet won’t kill radio, but lack of funding mightThe popularity of both local and national stations soared during the pandemic, but their survival depends on more than just love
Radio and theatre: Seasonal thrills with spooky RTÉ podcastsRTÉ Radio enters the Halloween spirit with scary stories for children, as well as some vintage Dracula coverage and a short story that’s definitely not for the faint-hearted
Radio review: Pinning down ‘the most dangerous woman in New York’The strange – and, these days, strangely topical – tale of Typhoid Mary was retold in Sarah Blake’s Documentary On One
Radio review: Politics on the podium as Olympics reach their climaxRTÉ’s Drivetime analysed how the Games in Tokyo have witnessed a slew of political gestures made by athletes
Radio review: Haig’s comfort read taps into history’s wisdom to solve today’s illsMatt Haig, the bestselling author, chatted with Jonathan Healy on Newstalk about mental illness and gratitude
Radio review: Taking a closer look at silly-season fluffOn Newstalk’s Moncrieff, John Dempsey attempted to delve beneath the glossily vacuous surface of Love Island
Radio: How our bodies shape our world and how we take them for granted Sinéad Gleeson and Sarah Perry are guests on Guide Books, a radio programme about how books can help us navigate life
Radio review: Hot town, summer in the city – but who cleans up the mess?The unsightly scenes in Dublin city centre last weekend gave rise to several days of breast-beating on the national airwaves
Radio review: Duffy delves into a Tale as old as timeMargaret Atwood’s feminist classic The Handmaid’s Tale, which some teachers want removed from the Leaving Cert English curriculum, was the hot topic on last week’s Liveline
Theatre and Radio: A curse on all our houses as Celtic Tiger troubles continueAs the housing crisis continues, those running the Irish economy seem destined to make the same mistakes over and over. Even the resourceful Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is unable to get us out of this one
Radio Review: Radio goes gaga over end of lockdownThere was giddiness all round in the reporting of the longed-for reopening of services after a hard winter and spring
Radio: How ‘the ratline’ could turn Donegal into a valley of the squinting windowsTwo radio programmes look at the county’s new hotline for reporting Covid breaches – and its social repercussions
