RTÉ star Kathryn Thomas wants to see a celebrity version of health show Operation Transformation to drive home the message that weight issues can affect anyone at any stage in their lives.

Thought you were free to make your own decisions? Think again. Diana Kitt speaks to three people who decide what we eat, wear and listen to.

Paddy Power have installed Jennifer Maguire as their 5/1 favourite to replace Dermot Whelan as the Republic of Telly’s main presenter.

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Today FM presenter Ray Foley is to leave the station to take over the breakfast show on 98FM.

2FM is facing a battle to hold on to listeners after suffering further drops in audiences for its prime time programmes.

RAY FOLEY

Newstalk, Today FM and RTÉ’s Marian Finucane and Liveline are the big radio winners with new figures showing significant listenership gains.

I was a pretty quiet child.

HIS listenership is up but yesterday Ray D’Arcy’s audience got the chop — or some of them, at least.

2FM is battling to hold on to listeners following the death of the station’s top presenter Gerry Ryan last April after new figures show thousands of fans are continuing to switch off RTÉ’s pop station.

LAST year ended on a sour note for Neil Prendeville, and now 2011 could be starting with a Gooseberry.

THE fact that Ray Foley is a Twitter quitter just might start a trend.

TV3 is aiming to cement its position as the country’s second favourite TV channel and close the gap on RTÉ 1 with a new autumn schedule which sees a record number of home-produced programmes by the station.

IARNRÓD Éireann has again been urged to drop car parking charges along a busy commuter route after it emerged the company received €8,201,878 in development levies from Cork County Council.

RTÉ Radio last night paid tribute to the late Gerry Ryan as the latest listenership figures showed he remained a popular host even though his audience fell below 300,000 for the first time in many years.

Irish rockers U2, 'Poker Face' star Lady Gaga and chart-toppers Westlife are being hotly tipped to clean up at this year’s Meteor Music Awards.

RTÉ maintained its dominance of the national airwaves during 2009 according to the latest Joint National Listenership Research results, although its pop station 2FM continues to lose audiences.

RTÉ broadcasters have again emerged as the big winners in the battle of the airwaves as the latest Joint National Listenership Research results reveal Radio 1 remains the country’s favourite station.

AFTER a day spent celebrating our Irishness, international and homegrown stars flocked to the RDS last night to pay tribute to the big names in Irish music.

RTÉ has gained an upper hand over its main rivals in the battle of the airwaves, according to the latest Joint National Listenership Research figures.

RTÉ Radio presenters have turned in a strong performance in the latest Joint National Listenership Research figures with many of the station’s broadcasters growing audiences in the face of strong competition from independent stations.

Westlife walked away with the Best Irish Pop Act for the eighth year in a row at the Meteor Irish Music Awards in Dublin.

Westlife walked away with the Best Irish Pop Act for the eighth year in a row at tonight’s Meteor Irish Music Awards in Dublin.

RTÉ stars are fighting back in the battle for radio listeners, although their main rivals, Today FM and Newstalk, continue to perform strongly.

A YOUNG father died days before Christmas, and was found slumped against a train station wall, killed by a cocktail of rohypnol, drink and heroin, an inquest heard yesterday.