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Full coverage: Media

Crunching the numbers behind RTÉ’s €260m new direction

The broadcaster has set a new strategy that involves downsizing, moving away from Montrose and a shift to external production. But will it have the finances to match the ambition?

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
28th Jun, 2024 - 5 min read

Tommie Gorman: RTÉ deserves a new funding model but the best election coverage was on local radio

As the Government continues to agonise on a replacement for the Licence Fee, a Sligo station’s coverage of count centres shows that local radio is public service broadcasting, too.

Tommie Gorman
22nd Jun, 2024 - 9 min read

2FM’s uncertain future: Are Doireann Garrihy, Jennifer Zamparelli, and The 2 Johnnies leaving a sinking ship?

Last year’s RTÉ pay scandal has resulted in closer scrutiny of presenters’ private commercial interests but 2FM can’t survive without broadcasters who generate their own audience online.

Willie O'Reilly
24th May, 2024 - 5 min read

Sam Smyth on Tony O’Reilly: Did a State-backed bank really need to bankrupt him?

Tony O’Reilly, whose funeral is taking place today, was a supreme sportsman, businessman, media owner and international entrepreneur. He deserved better than the way he was treated in the end.

Sam Smyth
23rd May, 2024 - 9 min read

“In different circumstances, I think Gerry Adams would have got the Nobel Prize”

After witnessing some of the worst horrors of the Troubles, veteran journalist Eamonn Mallie is optimistic about Northern Ireland's new leadership. He discusses his newly published memoir on an hour-long podcast.

Dion Fanning
18th Mar, 2024 - 5 min read

The legacy of Charlie Bird to business journalism

The late Charlie Bird broke one of the biggest business stories in decades. The fact he spent six years defending its fallout in the courts at an estimated cost of €4 million says much about the State's real view of journalism.

Tom Lyons
16th Mar, 2024 - 3 min read

The government has neglected RTÉ for decades. The new chair of the broadcaster must force radical change

The new chair of RTÉ Terence O’Rourke, the former managing partner of KPMG, faces many challenges. His biggest one will be to take on a political system that has neglected the State broadcaster for too long.

Fintan Drury
9th Mar, 2024 - 9 min read

How Mediahuis Ireland’s audio arm has grown to target €1m in revenue in 2024

Peter Vandermeersch runs Ireland’s largest private media company. Podcasts are a growing part of its plan for a world after print, including a new daily sports offering. What is its audio strategy?

Tom Lyons
28th Feb, 2024 - 9 min read

“Tacit” approval and “very disappointing” sales: Who said what on Toy Show the Musical?

A new version of the Grant Thornton report into RTÉ’s failed stage show reveals the names of key protagonists – and former chair Moya Doherty’s unwavering faith in its success.

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
13th Feb, 2024 - 5 min read

Informal procedures, overstated accounts and unrealistic forecasts: Behind the curtain of Toy Show the Musical

The latest Grant Thornton report sheds light on oversight, or lack thereof, at RTÉ over the decision to go ahead with the failed production.

N. Sargent and T. Hubert
25th Jan, 2024 - 8 min read
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