Declan Lynch: Is ‘Today With David McCullagh’ really the place to debate dishwasher etiquette?
Radio reviews RTÉ Radio 1 presenter David McCullagh It’s the big one, isn’t it? It’s the one that…
Declan Lynch: When it comes to Donald Trump, just give it to us Strait – we’re well able to handle it
Radio reviews President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the White House. Photo: AP Sanewashing is a word…
Declan Lynch: Liveline heard that one woman built a log cabin but was informed by the council she would have to tear it down
Radio reviews Broadcaster Kieran Cuddihy photographed for ‘People & Culture’ in 2025. Photo: Steve Humphreys The front page…
Declan Lynch: Liveline is on the case of the woman and the Prague tickets that never were
Radio reviews Troy Parrott after scoring the winner against Hungary last November. Photo: Getty Everyone hates a scammer.…
Declan Lynch: Just announced as host of Arena, Rick O’Shea could have claimed squatter’s rights to that hot seat
Radio reviews Rick O’Shea is the perfect host. Photo: Steve Humphreys When you boil it down to its…
Declan Lynch: It was peculiar that Liveline didn’t kick off Monday’s or Tuesday’s show with an update on the Seamus Culleton story which had changed over the weekend
Whither the tale of Seamus Culleton? Liveline host Kieran Cuddihy. Photo: Steve Humphreys The latest radio listenership figures…
Declan Lynch: Saving Private Ryan, Tubridy’s media operation starting to resemble the D-Day landings
Radio review Ryan Tubridy has been doing the media rounds. Photo: PA The Liveline (RTÉ1, weekdays, 1.45pm) interview…
Declan Lynch: Minister Thomas Byrne gets 13 minutes of ‘studs’ at the hands of Colm Ó Mongáin
Radio reviews RTÉ presenter Colm Ó Mongáin has no fear of confrontation In a recent feature by Niamh…
Declan Lynch: There are whispers about John Creedon running for president – a terrible thing to inflict on a man who has done us no harm
Radio reviews RTÉ broadcaster John Creedon. Photo: Don MacMonagle A hundred years ago on January 1, the Irish…
Declan Lynch’s year in radio: Pat Kenny leaves midweek, and the great RTÉ ‘refresh’ manages to leave Brendan Courtney without a permanent spot
Pat Kenny is a balm for the soul. Photo: Steve Humphreys Radio, like nature itself, can play cruel…
Declan Lynch: ‘Could Liveline not have nailed down a new theme tune… or keep the one that worked perfectly well for 40 bleeding years?’
Radio reviews Kieran Cuddihy tackled a tough subject on ‘Liveline’ Responding to an Irish Independent query, an RTÉ…
Declan Lynch: Maria Steen’s tremendous irony, Marty Morrissey does his best with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Johnny Cash in the dancehalls
Radio reviews Maria Steen was discussing the lack of choice. Photo: Collins You could argue that the spoilt…