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Happy 100th birthday to Irish public broadcasting. A century on, we're still talking to each other
On New Year's Day 1926, an experiment in nationhood began with the birth of 2RN. And public service radio remains a vital place where Ireland goes for argument and debate

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

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S Terry Prone: I am desperately envious, but I am also smart, so I play the odds on where I might compete
My sister is a pain the arse at the most mundane of times, but she comes into her own over Christmas

Mon, 29 Dec, 2025

Coimisiún na Meán is investigating social media firms. We found out how and why
Coimisiún na Meán is investigating social media firms. We found out how and why
With new Irish and EU laws in place, Twitter/X, Tiktok, and Linkedin are being investigated by Coimisiún na Meán. Its digital services commissioner John Evans explains how and why

Fri, 26 Dec, 2025

George Best in Cork: New documentary goes behind the scenes of the superstar's stint on Leeside
George Best in Cork: New documentary goes behind the scenes of the superstar's stint on Leeside
George Best i gCorcaigh on TG4 looks back on the troubled player's brief sojourn at Cork Celtic in 1975 

Tue, 23 Dec, 2025

Lizzie le Blond, the pioneering Alpinist, rises again
Lizzie le Blond, the pioneering Alpinist, rises again
Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Clodagh Finn reports on a documentary that puts the Irish woman back in the spotlight

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

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Colin Sheridan: Why actors’ round tables have become awards season’s strangest performance
Awards-season round tables have turned artistic admiration into ritualised excess, where praise replaces honesty and performance eclipses genuine criticism

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

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Shein's childlike sex dolls: French bid to ban illicit trade rejected by court
French consumer regulator found five other platforms — AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, Joom, and Temu — were also selling illicit goods

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

'The Late Show with Ryan Tubridy': Presenter to host new YouTube series in 2026
'The Late Show with Ryan Tubridy': Presenter to host new YouTube series in 2026
2026 will also see Ryan Tubridy develop a new show for talkSPORT and host a new weekend show for a number of Onic-owned Irish radio stations 

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

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Facebook operator Meta granted permission by High Court to challenge possible €430m fine
Complaint was made in July 2018 by a Facebook user regarding access to personal data held by Meta in a digital warehouse 

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

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Irish creative agency announces €1.1m production hub investment
It's the Brill Building's first investment in a physical space since it was founded in 2019 by Roisin Keown

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Australia's Social Media Ban for Children Under 16
Fake AI-generated ads are on the rise, and TikTok is helping to create them
Despite the company's own policies to combat deception and misinformation, quickly made, AI-generated adverts promoting fake health products remain rampant on TikTok

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Social media rage bait — and why we're compelled to click on the angriest posts online 
Social media rage bait — and why we're compelled to click on the angriest posts online 
As Oxford University Press names ‘rage bait’ its word of the year, Jonathan Este examines the strange addiction to links that anger us

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

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Colin Sheridan: Ah sure don't mind elections — let's choose who runs the country at random
Governing should be assigned to us all by lottery like jury duty. Surely it couldn't be worse than what we endure from elected governments?

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

Irish culture needs public service broadcasting to survive
Irish culture needs public service broadcasting to survive
A functioning public media institution is not a luxury is part of the basic infrastructure that supports a democratic society, writes Eileen Culloty

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Eurovision 2024
Eurovision: ‘Israel doesn’t care’ about Irish exit. 'You have not sent a decent song in 25 years'
Former Israeli delegate says Ireland could 'return stronger' after RTÉ decides to pull out of next year's Eurovision in light of the humanitarian crisis in Palestine

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

General Stock - Newspapers
Ireland joins EU initiative to counter disinformation and safeguard democratic resilience
Ireland supports the European Democracy Shield, a new framework to protect reliable news, independent media, and democratic resilience

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025

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Rebel nuns who fled care home and broke into convent can stay — if they give up social media
Catholic authorities in Austria say three nuns in their 80s who broke out of care home can remain in their Salzburg convent 

Tue, 02 Dec, 2025

UK's media habits
Media watchdog launches TikTok and LinkedIn investigations over illegal content reporting concerns
Ireland’s media regulator says TikTok and LinkedIn may be using deceptive design that hinders users from properly reporting illegal content

Tue, 02 Dec, 2025

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RTÉ at critical turning point but TG4 has 'adapted effectively' minister to tell Cabinet
Coimisiún na Meán has recommended increases in funding to help both organisations meet their public service obligations

Tue, 02 Dec, 2025

Colin Sheridan: DJ Carey’s wrongdoing not the only unsettling part of 'The Dodger' documentary
Colin Sheridan: DJ Carey’s wrongdoing not the only unsettling part of 'The Dodger' documentary
The RTÉ documentary raises questions about who benefits from such coverage, writes Colin Sheridan

Sun, 30 Nov, 2025

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Meta hits out at EU investigations over 'aberrant' requests for information
Facebook and WhatsApp-owner said the issue was whether there is a limit to regulators' power and if there was effective judicial check on them

Wed, 26 Nov, 2025

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Authoritarian states are sculpting an alternative reality in our news feeds
Disinformation today is more about the subtle sculpting of how we see the world. Over time, it might make us doubt the very value of democracy itself, writes Aiden Hoyle

Wed, 26 Nov, 2025

Mick Clifford: Ivan Yates plays the victim while stamping on integrity of the media
S Mick Clifford: Ivan Yates plays the victim while stamping on integrity of the media
Really, nobody should be surprised that Ivan Yates doesn’t appear to give a fig about whether his blatant conflict of interest did damage

Sun, 23 Nov, 2025

Buried alive: TG4 to screen film about Mick Meaney's 61-day feat — and what happened next
Buried alive: TG4 to screen film about Mick Meaney's 61-day feat — and what happened next
Mick Meaney, from Ballyporeen in Tipperary, and later of Mitchelstown Co Cork, made global headlines in 1968 when he spent 61 days buried alive

Sun, 23 Nov, 2025

Terry Prone: David Hanly was 'Mr Morning Ireland', ready to take on anyone
Terry Prone: David Hanly was 'Mr Morning Ireland', ready to take on anyone
RTÉ Morning Ireland's David Hanly argued that the most fundamental human need is to be listened to. He did that, and much more, writes Terry Prone

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Ivan Yates appearing before media committee
Ivan Yates accused of engaging in 'modern version of the Galway tent'
Former Fine Gael minister and radio host denied his work as a property developer, providing media training to the housing minister and chairing housing conferences, caused conflicts of interest

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025

Ivan Yates to take aim at podcast co-host Matt Cooper at Oireachtas committee today
Ivan Yates to take aim at podcast co-host Matt Cooper at Oireachtas committee today
Former Fine Gael minister was dropped from a podcast after previously-undisclosed role in presidential election was revealed

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025

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Safety charity urges parents to be cautious when buying smart devices for children
Devices can expose children to risks such as scams, grooming and sexual content, warns CyberSafeKids

Mon, 17 Nov, 2025

Tim Davie resigns
Enda Brady: Panorama’s Trump clip sparks BBC’s biggest crisis in decades — and a call for radical reform
The Panorama editing scandal has triggered a leadership collapse, a Trump lawsuit, and a reckoning for a broadcaster long seen as untouchable

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025

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S Gareth O'Callaghan: The enduring magic of radio as RTÉ unveils new presenters and a new era
RTÉ’s new schedule prompts veteran broadcaster Gareth O'Callaghan to reflect on why radio remains a timeless, intimate companion woven into Irish daily life

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025

Could this be a sexual revolution? No, it's RTÉ Radio 1's new schedule
S Could this be a sexual revolution? No, it's RTÉ Radio 1's new schedule
Launching a schedule of such magnitude on Ireland’s most-listened-to station is a huge gamble, but the early signs are encouraging, writes Gareth O'Callaghan.

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Presidential election faced online threats amid sustained attacks on democracy worldwide
Presidential election faced online threats amid sustained attacks on democracy worldwide
Unwary voters could easily be incited to act on the basis of plausible misinformation spread online via social media, write Ciarán O’Connor and Edel McGinley

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Muslims in Ireland 'living in fear of far-right extremists'
Muslims in Ireland 'living in fear of far-right extremists'
Government 'must act on hatred' as gardaí increase focus on extremism amid alleged intention by a violent right-wing group to bomb a mosque

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

My Wedding Day with Orla Ní Fhinneadha: 'The ceremony was as Gaeilge and my local priest married us'
S My Wedding Day with Orla Ní Fhinneadha: 'The ceremony was as Gaeilge and my local priest married us'
'We got married on February 21, 2020 — just about three weeks before the covid lockdowns'

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025

Ivan Yates and the great 'podgate' row is a distraction from the real issues facing us
Ivan Yates and the great 'podgate' row is a distraction from the real issues facing us
The breakup between Ivan Yates and Matt Cooper is a standard 'dead cat bounce' — what are they distracting us from now, asks PR guru Paul Allen 

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Fury in Fianna Fáil over Ivan Yates' involvement in presidential campaign
Fury in Fianna Fáil over Ivan Yates' involvement in presidential campaign
Party refuses to answer questions about hiring Ivan Yates to provide training to its presidential candidate, Jim Gavin

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

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Data Protection Commission beware: Poachers aren't always the best gamekeepers
The Public Appointment Service's decision to hire a Meta defector creates a lot of pitfalls, argues Cianan Brennan

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Big Tech defector Niamh Sweeney may be a vital asset for Data Protection Commission
Big Tech defector Niamh Sweeney may be a vital asset for Data Protection Commission
Despite the Irish Council for Civil Liberties' complaint, a former colleague writes that the former Facebook/Meta executive could be a powerful asset for the regulator

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

Technology Stock - Social Media
Mick Clifford: Simon Harris should weigh his words about immigration more carefully
In the social media age we must speak carefully on topics about which a flood of misinformation is already being used to stir up outrage

Sun, 02 Nov, 2025

Halloween lets us get scared in a safe sort of way
Halloween lets us get scared in a safe sort of way
Halloween presents lots of commercial opportunities — and there is massive demand for a bit of a scare 

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

Oireachtas committee
No presenter in RTÉ will earn over €250k a year by January 1, director general vows
Kevin Bakhurst argued salaries of over €500k have already been brought 'down to under the level of what the director general earns'

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

Last Tango in Parish: Marlon Brando's Cork movie could finally be released 30 years on
Last Tango in Parish: Marlon Brando's Cork movie could finally be released 30 years on
Nearly 30 years after Divine Rapture collapsed in Ballycotton, producer Barry Navidi plans to resurrect the Marlon Brando film that bankrupted him

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025

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'Dodgy box' sellers face paying damages of hundreds of thousands of euro following court hearing 
Three people fail to appear in court where judge granted permanent injunctions that they cease all copyright infringing activities 

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

WhatsApp fined 225 million euro by Irish data protection commissioner
'Outrage' as former tech giant lobbyist appointed to Data Protection Commission 
Privacy experts and digital wellbeing activists say appointment 'reflects a concerning level of disregard for EU law'

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

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