Sixty years on, and dozens of roses, frocks and party pieces later, the Rose of Tralee International Festival has returned to the Kingdom writes Jess Casey. Love it or loathe it, the annual festival has seen both its ups and downs through its long history, including a televised proposal, financial woes, a gatecrashing priest and a potential boycott.

The latest radio listenership figures made good reading for RTÉ stalwart Marian Finucane, who is among those celebrating an increase in listeners in the latest JNLR results.

Ray D’Arcy can’t do without his morning jog – and now he’s on a mission to get his listeners running too. ‘Run With Ray’ comes to Cork on Monday, the first of five live radio shows the radio presenter is hosting across the country. Try it and you’ll be hooked, he tells

Marian Finucane was the big winner in the latest radio listenership figures with her total audience for the weekend rising by 75,000.

Kerry's famous Bat Family will also be in the studio for a very special performance of their latest viral video, the Triangle Dance - Kerry Shtyle.

Balancing the highs and lows of John Delaney's tenure as FAI CEO.

RTÉ have confirmed broadcaster Arthur Murphy, best known for the series Mailbag has died aged 90.

A mystery RTÉ presenter has joined stars Ryan Tubridy, Joe Duffy, and Ray D’Arcy in earning more than €300,000 a year from the station in the first salary figures revealed by the State broadcaster in three years.

A young Mayo artist has been named the overall winner of this year's 64th Texaco Children's Art Competition.

The year-long stalemate in the North and the absence of the Stormont assembly is “highly disappointing”, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said.

Rory Cowan has revealed on this afternoon’s Ray D’Arcy show that he will be returning to the Olympia Panto to play Dame Polly at the end of the year.

Some of RTÉ Radio 1 and Newstalk’s flagship morning shows were the biggest losers in the latest radio listenership figures, as 2FM continues to go from strength to strength.

'I looked like the most patriotic flyer ever. I sat on the plane singing our national anthem, Amhrán Na bhFiann, for eleven hours straight,”

Bill Linnane hails the wonders and the blunders of the inimitable Kerry show

RTÉ’s top 10 highest-paid presenters earned almost €3m between them in 2015.

RTÉ 2 FM were the big winners in the latest radio listenership figures with big gains for its peak weekday shows.

"It's going to be a bit of fun talking about life, happiness and what's going on, it's going to be great."

“‘Hi guys, I’ll just have what I had yesterday’”.

“Nobody knew that he was in there and I felt so bad for all the school kids walking by”.

Laura O’Mahony is from Glanmire, Co Cork, but currently lives in Ballycotton, with husband, Shane, and daughter, Polly. She is on tour with comedy group, Cccahoots. They play Whelan’s, in Dublin, tomorrow.

Finally, Ray’s Lip-Sync battle will be making a return with Fair City’s Jenny Dixon and RTÉ sports broadcaster legend Michael Lyster.

From bull fighting to Austin Powers he has undeniably stole the show on RTÉs Dancing with Stars.

Theresa Lowe will be re-reacting the famous Irish quiz show, Where in the World.

Following weeks of upheaval with the departure of Anton Savage and news Al Porter is to join its ranks, Today FM’s latest JNLR listenership figures show a mixed bag.

Now for the small matter of collecting the cash.

A wave of nostalgia for the Irish kids’ TV of yore greeted the news that RTÉ will outsource all its TV programming for young people to independent production companies. 

There has been a mixed reaction to the news that RTÉ is outsourcing all of its TV programming for young people to independent production companies.

“I just want to live a normal life”. That’s the simple wish of publican Gerard Cahill from Mallow, Co Cork, who weighs almost 27 stone. He is one of 18 people hoping to become to an Operation Transformation leader.

The latest radio listenership figures have thrown up a mixed bag of results for the national stations, with RTÉ Radio 1 enjoying a good set of figures but RTÉ 2FM and Today FM suffering losses.

TV gold.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Older women are asking for Botox, not as a vain attempt to turn back time, but as a tool to prolong their careers, writes Deirdre Reynolds.

A Norwegian family are floating on air after finding “treasure” in the mountains — a note attached to balloons released in West Cork a full six months earlier promising the bearer a host of prizes, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

A Norwegian family are floating on air after finding “treasure” in the mountains — a note attached to balloons released in West Cork a full six months earlier promising the bearer a host of prizes.

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The country’s broadcasting watchdog has upheld a complaint against The Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ radio involving an interview conducted by the host on the subject of abortion.

After Leicester winning the English Premier League in recent weeks, our world has taken a different shape and now I’m “absolutely sure” the following will happen in the next 12 months:

The latest listenership figures make happy reading for RTÉ Radio 1 with all but one of its flagship shows making significant audience gains.