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# The Right Hook

Last year
2022
RTÉ have Champions Cup rugby back but can it ever be the same as it was?
As Champions Cup rugby returns to the channel after a seven-year absence former pundit George Hook relives an era when it was one of the biggest shows in town.
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Dec 11th 2022, 7:00 AM
All time
George Hook is leaving the Independent for a 3-year-old sports website
The announcement was made by the Cork-based startup, which launched in 2013.
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Jun 2nd 2016, 1:44 PM
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.
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May 28th 2016, 8:00 AM
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.
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Jan 24th 2016, 7:45 AM
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
'Outrageous accusation': George Hook says he isn't controversial just to wind people up
“Everything I say is what I believe.”
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Aug 5th 2015, 3:03 PM
Poll: Would you listen to a Pat Rabbitte-hosted radio show?
The Left Hook, anyone?
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Jul 7th 2015, 8:30 PM
An essential history of George Hook’s career as an erotic novelist
Ireland is not ready for this, George.
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Jun 26th 2015, 9:30 PM
An essential history of George Hook's career as an erotic novelist
Ireland is not ready for this, George.
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Jun 26th 2015, 10:08 AM
George Hook's powerful response to a hateful letter is going viral worldwide
“George, nobody likes you, not even yourself.”
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Mar 26th 2015, 9:07 AM
George Hook cancels retirement plans under threat of being kicked out of his home...
… by his wife.
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Feb 13th 2015, 7:28 PM
George Hook announces he's set to leave radio and television
He posted on Twitter that his Newstalk programme will end in 2016.
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Jan 6th 2014, 5:51 PM
"Pensioners should pay for their TV licences and travel" - Michael O'Leary
The Ryanair chief said that elderly people “don’t need” the concessions they get from the State.
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Oct 9th 2013, 9:31 PM
Psychic Readings Live top broadcasting complaints list
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld four complaints and resolved one complaint.
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Dec 21st 2012, 3:27 PM
Tubs still losing listeners as D'Arcy's figures rise
The latest listenership figures show that while RTE favourites Morning Ireland and Marian Finucance fared well, Ryan Tubridy and Derek Mooney suffered losses.
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May 4th 2012, 1:16 PM