Podcast Corner: The best Irish shows of 2023 

Episode with Richie Sadlier was our overall podcast of the year. Here are some more shows from Ireland that impressed in 2023

Some of Eoghan O'Sullivan's podcast picks: Eoin McGee (left); Alfie Hudson Taylor (right); and the suspect in the Death By Rooster case (centre) - fowl play suspected

Finding Samantha: From the RTÉ Doc on One team, who have skin in the podcast game through acclaimed series such as The Nobody Zone and GunPlot, released this seven-part series in the first half of the year, and it’s one that stuck with us since as it sought to unravel the wild world of Samantha Azzopardi, the ‘GPO girl’.

How to Break an Artist: Co-hosted by Alfie Hudson-Taylor and up-and-coming Cork artist Fionnán Barrett aka Finscéalta, this show is refreshing in its honest look behind the curtain at the ever-changing music industry. Hudson Taylor, the band of which Alfie was one half with his brother Harry, split in 2022 - it sounds like it was a long-time coming as we hear the reasons why. At a time when it seems ever harder to ‘make it’, let alone make a career in music, this show dispells myths and proves an eye-opener.