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Full coverage: Media

“I’m really looking forward to getting back to more writing, interviewing interesting people, and telling their stories”

Alan English, former editor of The Sunday Independent and a bestselling author, is joining The Currency as Associate Editor, bringing decades of experience and expertise.

Francesca Comyn
3rd Oct, 2025 - 2 min read

Digital first, but not digital only: Mediahuis Ireland’s new CEO on subscriptions, AI, and print

Sheena Peirse has built her career in digital media, not newspapers. Now she wants to lead Ireland’s largest publishing group through the next stage of transformation – with subscriptions, local news, and podcasts at the heart of the strategy.

Ian Kehoe
2nd Oct, 2025 - 12 min read

Willie O’Reilly: With room for new voices, RTÉ is embracing change

With a new schedule finally emerging from retirements and the ashes of the pay scandal, Montrose hasn’t been this exciting since the Public Accounts Committee hearings.

Willie O'Reilly
2nd Oct, 2025 - 3 min read

“Film and TV production is full of people who don’t take no for an answer”

Louise Murray, the head of production at London-based TV and film producer Minnow Films, speaks to The Currency about Ireland's "powerhouse" industry, the rise of AI, and bringing Bill Nighy to Dingle.

Michael Cogley
30th Sep, 2025 - 10 min read

Oireachtas TV launches new €8m broadcast tender process amid worker and TD complaints

A Belfast company has won the contract to televise parliamentary debates twice in the past decade. As it comes up for renewal, employment conditions have come to the fore following a staff protest and criticism by TDs and senators.

Alice Chambers
16th Sep, 2025 - 6 min read

Thomas Hubert: Dublin’s transparency U-turn on homeless payments to landlords is welcome if overdue

Having resisted media efforts to report on the destination of vast public spending to tackle homelessness for the past decade, authorities are slowly changing tack.

Thomas Hubert
31st Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

Willie O’Reilly: Who would fill the hole left by BBC NI in a united Ireland?

It is hard to fathom the breadth and complexity of questions raised by the prospect of Irish unity. A narrow focus on broadcasting illustrates the trip wires and land mines laid across identity, institutions and public finances.

Willie O'Reilly
28th Jul, 2025 - 4 min read

“You have to be a destination”: Mediahuis Ireland CEO on subscription and paywalls

Just five years after acquiring a struggling INM, Mediahuis Ireland has surpassed 100,000 digital subscribers. CEO Peter Vandermeersch explains how the company did it - and what is coming next.

Tom Lyons
13th Jun, 2025 - 7 min read

Books and battlegrounds in Borris: “I think patience is the most useful business tool that there is”

What began as a quiet cultural experiment in a small Carlow village has grown in step with Ireland’s literary renaissance. Hugo Jellett, the co-founder of the Festival of Writing & Ideas, reflects on timing, trust, and the magic of doing things differently.

Rosaleen McMeel
6th Jun, 2025 - 7 min read

RTÉ’s Oireachtas gigs: A new band – but the song remains the same

A renewed media committee quizzed the broadcaster’s equally refreshed leadership line-up one year on from the Ryan Tubridy-fronted payments controversy, but still ignored the crucial commercial aspect of its model.

Willie O'Reilly
30th May, 2025 - 4 min read
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