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Declan Lynch Opinion Premier League is back, and we are at peace again

If I’m being honest, it’s been a difficult time. I’m not gonna lie, our ancient rhythms have been severely disrupted. And though we rejoice at the start of the Premier League this weekend, we can never forget that this was the summer when they stole the World Cup from us.

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Sinn Féin TD cooks up dinner party democracy

The Hard Shoulder Newstalk, weekdays, 4pm

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Declan Lynch Opinion When fascism rears its ugly head, that’s the time to stamp it out

How did so many German people, members of an advanced civilisation, accept the rise of Hitler and live with the evil he embodied? It’s a question that is asked almost ad nauseam — perhaps because it’s never answered to anyone’s satisfaction.

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Radio reviews: Sin City residencies not so madcap in a world of crazy

Today with Philip Boucher-Hayes RTÉ1, weekdays, 10am

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Declan Lynch Opinion All of that Brexity badness has finally broken the spirit

Liz Truss was among the worst of the candidates for the leadership of the Tory Party. She will certainly be the worst possible prime minister for Britain and, of course, for Ireland. But she is “sound” on the Brexit question, and for the Tory members that is all that matters.

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Is risk assessment in sport heading for an own goal?

Newstalk Breakfast Newstalk, Weekdays, 7am

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Declan Lynch Opinion Golf gaining an edge for a head-to-head with hurling today

Now that the GAA has decided to have the All-Ireland hurling final in July, today’s renewal has presented some of the aficionados with a choice they never thought they would have to make.

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How the Rolling Stones were outplayed by Horslips on the LP cover front

Today with Claire Byrne RTÉ1, Weekdays, 10am

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Radio review: Liveline – teaching the TV women how to stand properly

Of the many public services supplied by Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1, one of the biggest is the warning it brings that the world is stranger than you think – that people are walking around out there with ideas in their heads that you would never imagine, if you just passed them in the street.

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Declan Lynch Opinion After Roe, the religious right spills over with malevolence – its time come around again

Larry Donnelly, the NUIG law lecturer who is RTÉ’s go-to guy on American matters, was on Today with Claire Byrne talking about the abortion debate, which he said had “tortured” American society.

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James O’Brien is freed from dead hand of ‘impartiality’

Wimbledon BBC Radio 5 Live, Daily

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Nothing is certain but Covid, alcoholism and Marty’s dulcet tones

Today with Claire Byrne RTÉ 1, Weekdays, 10am

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Declan Lynch Opinion Straight-talking rail union boss proves he’s no puppet

I have often noted my friends on the Left tend to place a tremendous value on being right. When a candidate such as Jeremy Corbyn is defeated, for months or even years afterwards they will point to various issues on which Corbs had called it so right, and has now been vindicated.

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Declan Lynch Opinion Trump this: the stories of the plot to seize the White House make me gasp

Last Sunday it seemed reasonable to state that many of the stories which are being told in the January 6 committee hearings in the US are already known.

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GAA dials down the razzmatazz with a pleasingly dour draw

Morning Ireland RTE1, Weekdays, 7am

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Declan Lynch Opinion Against the right, where is the anger of the righteous?

There are people in this country who probably think it doesn’t really matter what happens in America with these January 6 Committee Hearings. That it’s none of our concern really if Trump gets away with that attempted coup, and the world’s most influential democracy becomes a dystopian dictatorship, with his victory in 2024.

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Paul Harrington is still on song for a new twist on musical picks

The Marty Morrissey Show RTÉ 1, Monday, 9am

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Declan Lynch Opinion When Cool Britannia held artistic crown

There is something odd about this Platinum Jubilee in Old Blighty — apart from all the usual odd things. It is at once a celebration of the queen, and a celebration of everything that is wrong with the queen.

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When our ‘outraged!’ lives simply become one long Liveline

Liveline RTÉ1, Weekdays, 1.45pm

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Declan Lynch Opinion We give in far too easily to the bad guys

Just about now, we should be looking forward to the World Cup. We should be deciding which wall-chart we will select from the many on offer — but we are not doing that, because Qatar, in collusion with Fifa, bought the World Cup and moved it to Christmas.

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Broadcasters spot-on in remembering Cathal Coughlan

Arena RTÉ1, weekdays, 7pm

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Declan Lynch Opinion When you just can’t watch this great Liverpool team

Millions will be watching the last games of the season’s Premier League this afternoon, but some of us will be watching less of it than others.

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Radio reviews: Boris Johnson lacks the credibility of The 2 Johnnies

News at One RTÉ1, weekdays, 1pm

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Declan Lynch Opinion Belgium takes a punt in bid to curtail Big Gambling

He is called Vincent Van Quickenborne, which is a good start. In fact, this minister of justice in Belgium has been quicker than his counterparts in other jurisdictions in cracking down on gambling advertising.

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Radio reviews: The almighty links between Roe vs Wade and our National Maternity Hospital

This Week RTÉ1, Sundays, 1pm

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Declan Lynch Opinion We can clearly see that America is not ‘divided’ – it is under attack

The 20th century — the ‘American century’ as they called it — finally came to an end last week in the country which gave it that name.

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Radio reviews: Keep calm and don’t start with Armageddon

The Pat Kenny Show Newstalk, weekdays, 9am

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Declan Lynch Opinion Kay Burley is second to none on her geography

When Ireland was in a much worse state than it is today, the late John Kelly TD noted our leaders were fond of declaring that we were “second to none”.

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Declan Lynch Opinion Was Gerry Ryan the only one who was really worth the money?

Gerry Ryan made many invaluable contributions to Irish life — but one in particular comes to mind at this time when we’re trying to figure out how much the ‘top people’ should be paid.

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Radio reviews: Can someone please give Patrick McCabe his own music show!

Brendan O’Connor RTÉ1, weekends, 11am