# Newstalk

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# decisions

Poll: Will you tune in to see Pat Kenny on TV3?

Kenny and Colette Fitzpatrick are set to front a brand new current affairs show.

25.4k

Sep 1st 2016, 11:42 AM

# Investigation

Pat Hickey's family 'terrified about being chased down the street'

A solicitor for the family of Pat Hickey said his family are struggling with the case.

49.7k

Aug 29th 2016, 12:02 PM

# Radiohead

Off The Ball's 5-a-side team just got a lot better as Kevin Kilbane joins staff

The former Ireland defender has built a strong reputation as a pundit.

7.5k

Aug 9th 2016, 7:35 PM

# Tune in

It's a bumper GAA weekend - here's all the radio and TV coverage

Plenty to get stuck into this weekend.

13.5k

Aug 5th 2016, 10:35 AM

# factcheck

FactCheck: Who got it right on "abortion up to birth" - Cora Sherlock or Ivana Bacik?

FactCheck settles a heated dispute about late-term abortions that took place over the airwaves last week.

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Aug 3rd 2016, 8:42 PM

# Tune in

McGeeney's pundit debut and 3 live senior provincial finals - this weekend's GAA TV and radio coverage

There’s plenty to get stuck into.

7.9k

Jul 14th 2016, 8:17 PM

# Ivan Yates

How do you replace one of Irish broadcasting's big beasts? This man has a plan

Ivan Yates is off on his ‘gap year’ – but Newstalk’s boss has a plan to take on Morning Ireland.

23.6k

Jul 2nd 2016, 7:45 AM

# Yexit

Farewell to breakfast radio's odd couple

Newstalk’s Chris Donoghue and Ivan Yates have signed off on their breakfast show.

42.7k

Jul 1st 2016, 12:08 PM

# the new hooks

"We're not going to try and be George - we're not going to go on air and, kind of ... rant"

Chris Donoghue and Sarah McInerney on taking over George Hook’s Newstalk slot.

38.9k

Jun 28th 2016, 7:30 PM

# the new hook

Chris Donoghue is moving to George Hook's slot on Newstalk

Hook is moving to an earlier slot – and there’s an entire new breakfast lineup.

45.0k

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Jun 28th 2016, 11:32 AM

# The Right Hook

BAI rejects complaint that George Hook fuelled anti-Islamic hate speech

A woman complained about a show in which he discussed Muslim students and also the New Years sex attacks in Germany.

16.9k

May 28th 2016, 8:00 AM

# On a jet plane

Ivan Yates is leaving Newstalk

The station now has a big gap in its important breakfast slot.

95.3k

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Apr 6th 2016, 10:59 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

The first Leaders' Debate of the 2016 general election

Not a bit of fiscal space to be found.

61.5k

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Feb 11th 2016, 10:00 PM

# AK-47

Alan Kelly is astonished at claims he verbally attacked Newstalk presenter

“I don’t think that’s a fair question. No, obviously not.”

45.1k

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Feb 5th 2016, 4:54 PM

# sponsored by newstalk

6 sure-fire signs that it's election time in Ireland

Brace yourself. Canvassers are coming.

19.0k

Feb 1st 2016, 6:14 PM

# pretend outrage

George Hook on 'implied consent' and why he's never liked interviewing Ivana Bacik

The outspoken broadcaster landed in the headlines last summer after an interview with the Labour senator. We asked him about it this week.

30.5k

Jan 24th 2016, 7:45 AM

# first stab

George Hook has a publisher for his erotic novel about a radio boss and a billionaire

The veteran broadcaster unleashed his idea for the page-turner last summer. He won’t let go of it, it seems.

11.8k

Jan 23rd 2016, 11:15 AM

# Ireland's first surfer

Meet the man who made Ireland's very first surfboard back in the 1940s

Joe Roddy is the subject of a Newstalk documentary this morning.

13.5k

Jan 23rd 2016, 6:30 AM

# Tough Call

Making a Murderer's Jerry Buting on the 'possible reason' why Steven Avery didn't take the stand

The lawyer was speaking to Ivan Yates on Newstalk Breakfast.

35.9k

Jan 22nd 2016, 10:05 AM

# mystery adviser

Whatever happened to George Hook's Dáil bid?

Remember his mooted Dun Laoghaire run under the ‘Michael Collins Fine Gael’ banner?

15.1k

Jan 21st 2016, 6:01 AM

# hoverbort

Pat Kenny riding a hoverboard is the meme Ireland needs right now

<3 Pat's hoverboard.

4.7k

Dec 23rd 2015, 10:54 AM

# Dismissed

Newstalk taking legal action over report claiming Pat Kenny will be axed

Kenny’s mid-morning radio slot is not being scrapped in the new year.

32.5k

Dec 22nd 2015, 4:05 PM

# back to the mothership

Will Pat Kenny ever return to RTÉ?

It looks like a possibility.

27.9k

Dec 20th 2015, 8:00 PM

# pragmatic baptism

Archbishop: 'Baptising children simply to be able to attend a specific school is an abuse of baptism'

Former Minister for Education and current Labour TD Ruairí Quinn spoke this morning of the urgent need for reform in the area.

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Dec 8th 2015, 9:50 AM

# from the flames

The former boss of Phantom wants the station back - and he's taking on Communicorp

Simon Maher left the station now known as TXFM in 2011 after Communicorp came on board.

16.7k

Dec 2nd 2015, 1:19 PM

# Hate Mail

"Stay in bed you freak": This is the kind of hate mail George Hook receives

Hook says that the mail “gets to him”.

25.0k

Nov 23rd 2015, 4:09 PM

# streets of dublin

"You wonder - why are you on the street?": Pat Kenny spent a night examining the homelessness crisis

“It’s an extraordinary experience seeing the city like this.”

26.1k

Nov 23rd 2015, 7:30 AM

# sean moncrieff

"I see myself as 90% Irish...with some Brit bits"

Sean Moncrieff’s new book is about the Irish Paradox.

22.5k

Nov 14th 2015, 6:00 PM

# fair and balanced

George Hook - and other hosts - will have to be careful about tweets during the election campaign

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has released guidelines for broadcasters during next year’s election.

12.3k

Nov 9th 2015, 4:30 PM

# get yourself checked

Bobby Kerr to take break from Newstalk after cancer diagnosis

The businessman told listeners of his Saturday morning radio show that the disease has been caught early.

32.4k

Nov 7th 2015, 2:31 PM

# Not clever

"When the drink is in, that's it" - drink driving is still going on in Ireland's rural areas

“Irish people live on risks – they don’t think before they act.”

18.4k

Oct 29th 2015, 2:14 PM

# Election 2016

George Hook is considering a Dáil bid as the 'Michael Collins Fine Gael' candidate

The Newstalk broadcaster and rugby analyst could run in Dún Laoghaire.

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Oct 26th 2015, 10:11 AM

# Marriage

Bob Geldof says proposing to his girlfriend after the death of his daughter Peaches 'let some light in'

“I thought I can’t ask her to marry me now, it’s wildly inappropriate, I’ll wait. But then I thought no, you need to.”

25.7k

Oct 14th 2015, 8:15 PM

# changing roles

Chris Donoghue quits position as UTV Ireland Live anchor

The Newstalk Breakfast presenter will be leaving his position in December.

39.1k

Oct 5th 2015, 8:21 PM

# BIG GUNS

The radio licences held by Newstalk and TXFM will be up for grabs next year

The two stations are likely to re-apply to stay on the air.

14.6k

Oct 2nd 2015, 10:58 AM

# Election 201?

Ivan Yates thinks the general election is less than two months away

But Enda is willing to bet otherwise.

20.5k

Sep 29th 2015, 8:30 PM

# clash of the ash

The names are in - here are the Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year nominees

All-Ireland U-21 hurling champs Limerick unsurprisingly have the most nominations.

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Sep 23rd 2015, 5:35 PM

# by the horns

Newstalk are in trouble over an ad that called competitors "bulls**tters"

One person was worried it would offend tourists.

15.6k

Sep 22nd 2015, 11:50 AM

# living the dream

The man behind the mic - Inside the world of one of Ireland's best sports commentators

Sports commentator Dave McIntyre has a job that many of us can only dream about.

15.6k

Aug 8th 2015, 9:00 AM

# Tune in

It’s a bumper GAA weekend and here’s all your TV and Radio coverage

There’s plenty to get stuck in to this weekend.

9.1k

Aug 7th 2015, 6:15 AM