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A hushed Brendan OâConnor amplifies Nikita Handâs traumatic testimony (opens the original)
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If the key to success at poker is knowing when to hold and when to fold, so a crucial part of being a winning talkshow host is an awareness of when to hush and when to push. As with an aptitude for card games, gauging the appropriate time for silent encouragement or vocal intervention during a conversation isnât an exact science, but getting it right can yield rich rewards, as Brendan OâConnor (RTÃ Radio 1, weekends) ably demonstrates. Over a course of compelling interviews on Saturday, Oâ
Urbanite David McCullaghâs baptism of fire at the National Ploughing Championships (opens the original)
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He has hosted crunch general-election debates, gone toe to toe with Russian ambassadors and tangled with taoisigh on a regular basis. But as seasoned a broadcaster as David McCullagh is, little can have prepared him for the blistering baptism of fire that is helming a live chatshow at the National Ploughing Championships. Presenting Wednesdayâs edition of Today with David McCullagh (RTÃ Radio 1, weekdays) from the annual agricultural jamboree in Screggan, Co Offaly, the host is as wry and inq
Oliver Callan shows his acerbic side with short sharp shot at GAA âgobshiteryâ (opens the original)
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Itâs a curious thing, but even as Oliver Callan (RTÃ Radio 1, weekdays) gains more airtime, he sounds less acerbic. Since his programme was expanded by an hour and moved to a later morning slot, Callan has embraced the role of glintingly charming chatshow host with gusto, but, at least in the absence of his satirical sketch series Callanâs Kicks, his sardonic impulses are confined to the odd droll aside. Sometimes, however, a target proves too tempting to resist. On Wednesday, the resignati
Claire Byrne prepares to go on Celebrity Gogglebox: âWe need fizzy jellies and quality crispsâ (opens the original)
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One of the most noticeable aspects of The Claire Byrne Show (Newstalk, weekdays) is how relaxed the host sounds in comparison to the slightly strait-laced persona of her years on RTÃ Radio 1. Welcome as this development is, Byrne now appears to have gone one further by going bats. And itâs not just because Byrne, long the epitome of the unperturbable broadcast professional, announces on Wednesday that sheâs joining the cast of the reality television show Celebrity Gogglebox, the refuge of m
Good cheer breaks out on Today with David McCullagh. Should we panic? (opens the original)
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Returning to work after his holiday break, David McCullagh sounds incongruously, if sincerely, upbeat. âGreat to be back,â he chirps while opening Mondayâs Today with David McCullagh (RTÃ Radio 1, weekdays), to the mild discombobulation of listeners who have come to savour his doleful demeanour. Thereâs no need to panic about this outbreak of good cheer, however. Pleasantries dispensed with, McCullagh duly covers topics in his customarily dry fashion, which seems particularly appropriat
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