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Amy Mulvaney: 2FM may pride itself on appealing to younger listeners - but it still has a long way to go 

It looks like 2fm has cracked the formula for success - at least according to station boss Dan Healy.

'I hit rock bottom' - Baz Ashmawy opens up for the first time about arrest for drink driving 

Baz Ashmawy has spoken for the first time about his arrest for drink driving six years ago.

BAI rules Marian Finucane was 'playful, not offensive' on show discussing Castro 

A complaint that Marian Finucane made a remark that was "offensive" and "totally unprofessional" during a programme has been rejected by the...

Interview with Bin Laden's killer gets SEAL of approval 

God bless you, Pat Hickey. As outlined here before, sports scandals like the one involving the former Olympic Council of Ireland president serve a valuable public function.

'Nothing off limits' as Baz Ashmawy gets own show five years after 2fm axe 

Baz Ashmawy will be back with a new slot on RTE Radio next week, five years after his 2fm Breakfast Show was shelved.

'No wonder you can't meet a girl' - Ryan Tubridy's letter to his 16-year-old self 

Radio listeners were treated to an exclusive insight to Ryan Tubridy’s teenage years yesterday - and it's heartbreakingly sweet.

Shaun Doherty leaving Highland radio after 27 years hosting mid morning show 

Popular broadcaster Shaun Doherty has announced he is leaving Highland Radio.

Beoga's bodhrán player sounds like he had the best night ever after Glasonbury headline set with Ed Sheeran 

Irish trad band Beoga took to the stage with Ed Sheeran for part of his headline Glastonbury set...

Radio: Is there life on Mars? We might soon find out 

'No, I don't agree at all." The first thing said by Tory MP John Redwood to stand-in Cormac Ó hEadhra on Today with Sean O'Rourke (Radio 1, Mon-Fri 10am) - and it set the tone for a...

Radio: I avoided the news today, oh boy... and it was great 

News is such a massive presence nowadays, especially in media, that it's almost impossible to escape. Whether politics, war, sport, entertainment, crime or whatever else, news is...

A big thank you from all Dublin - Joe Duffy gets highest honour 

RTÉ presenter Joe Duffy was among those honoured last night for their contribution to Irish society.

'How Bono's peahen terrorised Dalkey' is Joe Duffy's favourite Liveline story ever 

Joe Duffy has revealed one of his favourite Liveline shows was the one in which Bono's neighbours complained about his noisy pet bird.

Radio: A lesson for our neighbours on identity politics 

So, after a shaky start, Leo wins the day in the Fine Gael leadership death match - I'd put it as a 3-1 or 4-1 victory, in soccer terms. And the most remarkable thing about it, in radio terms, was...

'Something had to give' - DJ Nikki Hayes quits Spin 1038 

DJ Nikki Hayes has handed in her notice at Spin 1038 after deciding to move on to other projects.

Joe Duffy: 'Liveline on TV is the best thing I've ever done' 

Joe Duffy will bring his hit radio show to the small screen next week and reckons it's the "best thing I've ever done".

Lambo Days: remembering the original shock jock 

'If there's any blood coming out of that lamb I'd advise you to drink it." With those words, 30 years ago, an obscure nightshift DJ became Public Enemy Number One and set out on a path that would...

Radio: Hard right or hard left, a pox on both your houses 

This week, on Inside Culture (Radio 1, Mon 10pm), writer and academic Angela Nagle did something that is depressingly uncommon in all media. She talked about social and political shifts to the...

Former 2FM star Colm Hayes joins Radio Nova 

Broadcaster Colm Hayes has signed a three-year deal as programme director with Dublin-based station Radio Nova.

Radio: Talk is just noise as the nightmare happens yet again 

I was going to concentrate this column on Simon and Leo's race for Fine Gael leadership. Maybe a bit about Enda Kenny, too, one of those retrospectives running at the weekend.

Song branding Theresa May a 'liar' hits Number 10 in iTunes download charts but radio stations refuse to play it 

A song branding British Prime Minister Theresa May a liar has hit number 10 in the iTunes download...

Dublin mental health nurse aiming to be among first to ever set foot in North Pole of Inaccessibility 

A mental health nurse from Dublin is hoping to be one of the first people to ever set foot on the North Pole of Inaccessibility.

Katie Hopkins' colleagues burst into 'applause' when it was announced she is leaving LBC 

Controversial broadcaster Katie Hopkins and LBC have agreed that she will leave the radio station "immediately", LBC has said.

Radio: 'White people' nonsense makes me Wanna Cry 

Oh, this is just getting ridiculous. The amazingly prophetic powers of this column are now seemingly being proven on a weekly basis.

Meet Zak, the Kurd with hurling in his heart 

'Fifty percent Kurdish, 50pc Irish… 100pc Thomas Davis (GAA club)." So said Shane Coleman of his guest, Zak Moradi, on Newstalk Breakfast (Mon-Fri 6.30am). He added, "It's a great story, an...

Radio: God grant me the serenity to ignore this nonsense 

Well, am I the Nostradamus of radio columnists or what?

'It's a fraction of what my predecessor was paid' - RTE's Sean O'Rourke on €290,000 salary 

RTE stalwart Sean O'Rourke has revealed his large salary is not something he pursued.

Derek Mooney's Dawn Chorus may be ousting God Save the Queen from BBC Radio 4 

The Mooney Goes Wild Dawn Chorus may be ousting God Save the Queen from the airwaves on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday night.

Radio: Singing the blues with these unsung heroes of music 

The first Blue Nile gig had an audience of…two. Which is less than the band itself.

John Cleese seriously can't work out Theresa May 

He “doesn’t dislike” the Conservative Prime Minister

JNLR results: Sean O'Rourke sees biggest jump in listeners as 2FM increases across all shows 

Sean O’Rourke is celebrating the biggest win in the latest JNLR radio listenership ratings survey.

BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw forced to apologise after Orlando Bloom says 'pikey' 

BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw has apologised after Orlando Bloom used the word "pikey" on his breakfast show.

BAI rejects 15 complaints against Newstalk, RTE and TodayFM 

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has rejected seven complaints against Newstalk, seven complaints against RTE Radio 1 and one complaint against TodayFM.

BBC apologise and remove content after Tommy Tiernan's 'inappropriate' Arlene Foster joke 

The BBC has apologised and taken down content after Tommy Tiernan made a joke about Arlene Foster.

'Not everyone in Today FM loved me and I didn't love everyone' - Mairead Ronan 

Broadcaster Mairead Ronan, who announced last week that she was leaving Today FM, has admitted she won't miss all of her former radio colleagues.

'Newstalk's flying, but I hope to get back on TV3' - Ivan Yates 

Ivan Yates has revealed he is hoping to return to the small screen on TV3 in the future.

Radio: Let's yank the plug on obsession with America 

Newstalk is running, until the end of April, a series of special reports on "100 Days of Trump" (there is, of course, a hashtag: #Trump100). And I'm afraid my first reaction, on hearing this, was:...

Radio: George wins the argument, Hook line and sinker 

Ivan Yates is back on Newstalk, with a new Sunday show going - to quote that deranged cowboy in Doctor Strangelove - "toe-to-toe in nook-ular combat" with Marian Finucane.

BBC veteran host Brian Mattew dies aged 88 - after broadcaster wrongly announced his death earlier this week 

BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Brian Matthew has died, his family has said.

'There's a lot of seat-of-the-pants stuff' - Alison Comyn on filling Joe Duffy's slot on Liveline 

Former UTV Ireland presenter Alison Comyn has said she would relish the opportunity to do more work for RTE.

Ronan Keating announced as new co-presenter of early morning breakfast radio show 

Singer and actor Ronan Keating will soon add 'radio presenter' to his list of credentials with a brand new morning breakfast show.