You don’t have to be an avid camogie follower to know of the growing friction between Cork and Kilkenny.

Unlike his first hustings, Leo didn’t read straight from his script, addressing the audience directly and lobbing in a few sly jabs at Simon, writes Lisa Hand

Fear of an election on all sides has enabled the minority government to get this far but Enda Kenny’s days as Taoiseach are coming to an end, writes Daniel McConnell

Independent broadcasters have said they are nearing a time where they can no longer afford to produce news, sports and current affairs programming.

Éamon de Valera vomiting, and a joke about Thomas Clarke’s genitalia were the cause of two of the latest complaints considered by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). Its latest Broadcasting Complaint Decisions report details the findings of 11 submissions to the authority, only one of which was upheld.

An Irish woman is among a BBC team expelled from North Korea for what is been described as "disrespectful reporting".

 ‘I could not believe what I was looking at. I still believe that there is no game like hurling’

The Tánaiste has defended a Labour minister who stormed out of a radio debate as pressure continues to grow on the party.

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Actor Gabriel Byrne has added his voice to a campaign opposing the development of a hard surface on the grassy towpath along the River Barrow which has been used as an amenity for generations.

Dissenting Fianna Fáil TDs have been urged to “stay off the public airwaves” if they want to protect the party’s future, a senior frontbencher has claimed.

The hurlers of IT Carlow and Limerick IT face three games in five days in their bid to annex hurling’s Fitzgibbon Cup.

Fine Gael's John Paul Phelan has confirmed that he will not be a candidate in the European elections.

Opportunities to compete to operate a radio station are set to become available across the country next year as a number of the current batch of radio licences expires in 2014.

ON Nov 10, the Fine Gael-Labour Coalition will ask the public to approve a referendum to insert dedicated children’s rights into the Constitution.

The Environment Minister Phil Hogan says he resents and regrets claims against him of discrimination.

IT was a contented Nickey Brennan that greeted the media in the foyer of Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt Hotel the Monday morning after Ireland’s emphatic first Test win over Australia.

Newspaper reports confirming the retirement of three inter-county hurlers - Waterford's Tony Browne and Kilkenny duo Michael Kavanagh and James Ryall - have been rubbished by official sources.

CABINET heavyweights moved to shore up Brian Cowen’s leadership of Fianna Fáil as he faced another wave of criticism from backbenchers.

There has been further criticism of the Taoiseach's Cabinet reshuffle from the Fianna Fáil back benches.

FIANNA Fáil backbenchers are holding policy meetings without the involvement of the Taoiseach or senior ministers in a move that further undermines Brian Cowen’s authority.

Former Junior Minister John McGuinness has called on Brian Cowen to consider his position as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach.

THE Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin James Moriarty is one of 17 senior bishops who served in the Archdiocese of Dublin during the period investigated by the Murphy Commission.

Dublin: Newstalk has won the temporary contract to offer a news and sport service to a number of radio stations affected by the closure of Independent Network News.

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore fired back at outgoing Fine Gael MEP Avril Doyle yesterday after she questioned the credentials of one of his party’s European election candidates.

BRIAN COWEN “made a bags” of the October budget, one of his own ministers yesterday insisted.

THE sales process surrounding five regional radio stations that have been on the market for much of the year could finally be concluded before the end of September.

CHRIS Ward was busy revising for the Leaving Certificate over the bank holiday weekend — but still found time for his part-time job at his local radio station.

The local radio station serving Carlow and Kildare has closed down. CKR FM stopped broadcasting at 3pm.

A MAJOR part of the south-east faces a local radio blackout from tonight as one of the country’s most successful community station goes off the air.

ANOTHER row has developed between a radio station which has lost its licence and the Broadcast Commission of Ireland (BCI).

A RADIO station, which has been given a two-month extension to its licence, said it will go off the air in just over a week, rather than comply with some of the conditions set out by the Broadcast Commission of Ireland (BCI).

A COMMUNITY radio station which lost its licence to a consortium after 12 years on the air has failed in its High Court challenge to stay on the air.

THE DIRECTORS of a community radio station ordered to go off the air next year have launched a three-pronged campaign to retain their licence.