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EEntertainment Read More Today FM presenter Matt Cooper: ‘People who don’t know me make a lot of assumptions based on social media’November 19, 2025 The broadcaster on working too much, his dislike of dishonesty and people telling him he is intimidating Matt…
EEntertainment Read More Kieran Cuddihy’s The Hard Shoulder, Pat Kenny Show and Liveline lose listeners in latest survey – The JournalNovember 6, 2025 Kieran Cuddihy’s The Hard Shoulder, Pat Kenny Show and Liveline lose listeners in latest survey The JournalBrendan O’Connor leads…
HHeadlines Read More Matt Cooper learns on-air that TD Niall Collins also received media training from Ivan YatesNovember 4, 2025 We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us…
EEntertainment Read More ‘It’s a great story about Ireland and how we’ve changed’ – The Irish TimesNovember 1, 2025 The unreliable AI-generated interview transcript on my phone thinks Matt Cooper’s new book Dynasty is about Dull Stories,…
TTechnology Read More ‘I wanted to know was there another way of managing stress, other than pints and cigarettes’ – Dermot WhelanOctober 30, 2025 The broadcaster on balancing his nervous system with meditation, quitting radio, and his new RTÉ show Broadcaster, author…
EEntertainment Read More Ray D’Arcy ‘hugely disappointed’ with how RTÉ handled his departure – The Irish TimesOctober 9, 2025 Broadcaster Ray D’Arcy has left RTÉ after 11 years, saying he was “hugely disappointed” with how his departure…