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Health bits: Walk your dog for a good cause

Monday February 08 2010

RTE stars Marty Whelan and Mary Kennedy are asking people to take their dog for a walk as part of a drive to raise funds for 161,000 carers.

A ho-ho-hum as RTE's 'cracking' festive schedule is a real turkey

Friday December 04 2009

LAST night I dreamt that TV3's Christmas highlight would be a panto featuring Bill Cullen as Scrooge, Jackie Lavin as the Widow Twanky and Vincent Browne as the Wicked Curmudgeon of the West, with TG4 showcasing Daithi O Se as Puss in Boots along with a chorus line of minority-language weather babes -- both of which sounds more fun than the "cracking Christmas schedule" just announced by RTE.

This was a rant just waiting to happen

Saturday November 14 2009

Alan O'Brien's tirade from the audience on last Monday's edition of The Frontline (RTE1) was an outburst waiting to happen, and I'm only surprised such an expression of fury at the salaries of top broadcasters hadn't occurred sooner -- on Pat Kenny's morning radio programme, say, or the Marian Finucane Show or Joe Duffy's Liveline: three formats that invite people to speak their minds.

Pulling viewers' strings

Saturday November 07 2009

It's 20 years since Dustin the Turkey first sidled on to The Den, having been won by Zag as a booby prize in a golf tournament. Zig and Zag were unimpressed with the talkative and ghoulish-looking bird, and intended to eat him for their Christmas dinner. But for better or worse Dustin survived, after a helpful guest pointed out that he was part vulture and as such unfit for consumption. And as the TV seasons passed, the insidious bird moved to centre stage.

Same old voices and choices as RTE plays it safe

Sunday August 23 2009

There was not a bikini-clad model in sight. Maybe that is why Joe Duffy was also absent. No scandal. Unless you count the new profile of Radio 2FM, which is abandoning 15-34 year olds as recession bites. It will cater instead to listeners aged 25-44, a move criticised last Thursday by its competitors.

Rose of Tralee host Ray D'Arcy poses with this year's contestants at the introduction of the 50 Roses at RTE HQ in Donnybrook, Dublin.

Ghost of Gaybo terrifies Rose host Ray

Wednesday August 19 2009

GOOD boy, well done. Rose of Tralee host Ray D'Arcy is hoping that legendary broadcaster Gay Byrne's familiar refrain will be ringing in his ears when he steps down from the stage after presenting the event's anniversary special next week.

Gerry Ryan and Gay Byrne give Miriam O'Callaghan a peck on the cheek yesterday as RTE unveiled its autumn radio schedule. Photo: STEVE HUMPHREYS

Why Miriam is primed to do more on radio

Tuesday August 18 2009

SHE is the glamorous face of RTE's flagship current affairs television show but Miriam O'Callaghan has hinted she feels more at home on radio.

Morah Ryan proves there’s life after Gerry

Sunday July 26 2009

‘It's important to hang in there. It gets better." They were the brave words from Morah Ryan as she spoke openly for the first time about getting over her split from husband of 26 years Gerry Ryan.