I listen to the radio; RTE1 in the morning with “Moaning Ireland”, I used to listen to NewsTalk the odd time but the woman who presents it is just too stupid to listen to. In the evening I move between Matt Cooper and RTE1, again I used to listen to NewsTalk but George Hook is far too fond of his own voice and allows this to overwhelm the natural human tendency not to offer a strong opinion on subjects about which he knows absolutely nothing.
The bad production values on the 9 o’clock RTE TV news put me off watching it (ok, Ann Doyle’s neck had a bit to do with it as well) but Question Time, Prime Rime and The Week in Politics are all very good. I have high hopes for Pat Kenny’s new show as I have always found him to be excellent on hard current affairs topics.
Vincent Browns is so shamelessly biased that his show has little currency.
IMHO the Channel 4 news (which I sometimes just about get to see on C4+1) is superb. I haven’t been home in time to see the 6.01 news on RTE1 in about 15 years.
I get most of my news on line from the websites of the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, the New York Times, The Guardian and the Washington Post.