Tubridy has not hosted his show since June after becoming embroiled in the RTÉ secret payment scandal. Ryan Tubridy’s radio show has seen a drop in its listenership since the host was taken off the air. According to Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures back in May of this year, 335,000 people tuned into The […]

2 years ago

RTE’s interim Deputy Director General said it is “impossible” for Ryan Tubridy to return to his RTÉ Radio 1 show. Adrian Lynch told the Oireachtas Media Committee that Ryan Tubridy won’t return to his popular radio show due to “editorial reasons”. He said: “At the moment for editorial reasons, it is impossible for Ryan Tubridy […]

2 years ago

The end of an era. It has been announced that RTÉ Radio 1 will cease broadcasting on Long Wave 252 (LW 252) from Friday, 14 April 2023. The term long wave refers to parts of the radio spectrum with longer wavelengths. As such, the LW version of Radio 1, which launched in 2004, is able […]

3 years ago

“There is a sense that this emergency has ended and, in fact, it hasn’t.” As it stands, Ireland is set to lift all remaining Covid-19 restrictions next Friday (22 October). However, there is concern amongst senior Government officials over a continued rise in the number of Covid cases reported on a daily basis. The National […]

4 years ago

A heated exchange. Taoiseach Micheál Martin responded to queries related to Simon Coveney’s texting habits, noting that he himself only conducts government business in-person or via phone call. On Tuesday evening, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence noted at a meeting that he routinely deletes text messages for storage space reasons. Coveney was addressing […]

4 years ago

“The whole process seems to be once you’ve filled in the paperwork – go away, and don’t annoy us until you get your bags back.” An Irish emigrant travelling to Ballymena in order to scatter the ashes of his father and mother has found himself in limbo after the bags containing his parents’ remains were […]

7 years ago