‘Let’s get to it!’ Claire Byrne wheels out the big guns for her first day back at Newstalk – The Irish Times

After months of anticipation, Newstalk has launched its new schedule, with the freshly arrived Claire Byrne taking centre stage in typically solid fashion. Other changes are afoot, with new presenters taking over on both Newstalk Breakfast and The Hard Shoulder, but the presence of Byrne, whose unexpected defection from RTÉ last year sparked a flurry … Read more

Claire Byrne wants to be 'your friend' on her new show, she's banking on the familiar to get there – The Journal

Claire Byrne wants to be ‘your friend’ on her new show, she’s banking on the familiar to get there  The Journal ‘Let’s get to it!’ Claire Byrne wheels out the big guns for her first day back at Newstalk  The Irish Times Declan Lynch: Claire Byrne’s Newstalk return promised us ‘fun’, ‘personality’ and ‘opinion’. We got Micheál … Read more

Claire Byrne is back on the mic at Newstalk today as the station's new schedule kicks in – The Journal

Claire Byrne is back on the mic at Newstalk today as the station’s new schedule kicks in  The Journal ‘It’s a really exciting time’ – says Newstalk’s Andrea Gilligan as Claire Byrne set to begin slot on Tuesday  The Irish Independent Exciting new weekday schedule kicks off as Claire Byrne joins  Newstalk Claire Byrne: RTÉ is scared of … Read more

Claire Byrne on leaving RTÉ: It felt like the organisation was wagging its finger at me, saying ‘you’ve been a bad person – you need to have a pay cap to stop your gallop’

As her Newstalk début looms, the presenter tells Niamh Horan why she left the state broadcaster, a place she reckons has lost its backbone Claire Byrne pictured in the intercontinental Hotel, Dublin. Photo: Gerry Mooney Claire Byrne knows the pressure is on. It’s Wednesday afternoon and the broadcaster is enjoying the final days of a … Read more

Newstalk’s Claire Byrne all set to begin on-air rivalry with RTÉ Radio 1’s David McCullagh

After poaching the broadcaster from RTÉ, Newstalk has overhauled its schedule. As her on-air rivalry with McCullagh begins next week, Byrne faces the challenge of her career in pushing loyal listeners to ‘move the dial’ and attract hard-to-reach under-24s Claire Byrne will be going head to head with David McCullagh in the mid-morning battle for … Read more

Claire Byrne promises 'more personality and more opinions' on new Newstalk show – The Journal

Claire Byrne promises ‘more personality and more opinions’ on new Newstalk show  The Journal ‘I’m looking forward to letting loose’ – Claire Byrne on her new Newstalk show  Newstalk Ask Me Everything… with Claire Byrne!  Newstalk Coming next week… The Claire Byrne Show  Newstalk Source link

‘I’m not going anywhere,’ says gloriously cranky Pat Kenny as he prepares to move on – The Irish Times

As Pat Kenny (Newstalk, weekdays) finishes in the weekday midmorning slot that he’s occupied, in various iterations and on different stations, for nearly four decades, the arrival of Storm Chandra ensures that, whatever about dry eyes in the house, everything else is drenched. Characteristically, there’s little teary sentiment as the veteran presenter sees out the … Read more

Claire Byrne said turning 50 and RTÉ pay cuts were factors in Newstalk move – The Journal

Claire Byrne said turning 50 and RTÉ pay cuts were factors in Newstalk move  The Journal Claire Byrne: ‘I turned 50 and wanted a change’  RTE.ie ‘I nearly ran over David McCullagh this week,’ Claire Byrne says as she relishes airwaves battle with RTÉ  The Irish Independent Claire Byrne tells RTÉ to ‘bring it on’ as she vows … Read more

Even dependable, phlegmatic Claire Byrne is alarmed by ‘adolescent brain’ – The Irish Times

The kids are all right? Whatever the case when The Who originally made the claim, in the swinging London of 1965, it seems a dubious assertion in Ireland 60 years later. “Irish teenagers are succeeding in school but struggling in life,” the reporter Kate Carolan baldly declares on Morning Ireland (RTÉ Radio 1, weekdays), summing … Read more