When 2RN took to the airwaves on January 1 st 1926, two stations now operated on the island with 2BE broadcasting from Belfast. As soon a...

For decades Rule 42 of the GAA [1] rulebook forbid the playing of what was seen as British sports, like soccer, rugby and cricket at GAA gr...

  Some time ago, I wrote extensively on the use of illegal FM transmitters by the Catholic Church across Ireland. The call then was for a be...

A century of Irish radio has delivered wonderful entertainment, social change and political upheaval.  In 1926 the first official radio stat...

There has been much in the press in recent weeks on the 'Black Lives Matter' campaign, with protests in many Irish cities and town...

Ireland has produced a huge number of radio personalities who have departed the island and entertained millions across the world.   The live...

In January 1932 on a small uninhabited island in Lough Beg, seventy six year old pensioner George McErlain reversed the trend and bu...

On July 18th 1938, at Baldonnel Aerodrome, outside Dublin, a small aircraft landed without any advance warning. On board was a solo...