Latest news about RTÉ Lyric FM

Claudia Boyle to host weekends on RTÉ lyric fm

Opera singer Claudia Boyle is the new host of Weekend Classics on RTÉ lyric fm.

RTÉ lyric fm celebrates 25 years of broadcasting

RTÉ lyric fm celebrates 25 years of broadcasting today with a gala concert in Limerick tonight.

Simon Delaney to host new Sunday afternoon show on RTÉ lyric fm

Stage and screen actor Simon Delaney is to host a new Sunday afternoon show on RTÉ lyric fm.

JNLR: Over 3.3 million adults now listen to the radio every weekday

Brendan O’Connor, Pamela Joyce, Pat Kenny, Ian Dempsey, and the 2 Johnnies are amongst those celebrating the latest radio listening figures, published today. They’ve all increased their numbers during quarter 2, which sees all radio grow by a further 65,000 listeners...

RTÉ lyric fm returns to the Phoenix Park with Bord Bia Bloom

RTÉ lyric fm is back in the Phoenix Park with Bord Bia Bloom this year. Marty Whelan will kick off Bord Bia Bloom 2023 on the main stage with live music, chat and special guests from 10-12 noon on Thursday 1st June. On Saturday’s Movies and Musicals...

Kevin Bakhurst appointed as the next Director General at RTÉ

RTÉ has appointed Kevin Bakhurst as its next Director General in place of Dee Forbes. Kevin, who was previously Managing Director of News & Current Affairs, will start in July 2023. Commenting on his appointment, Kevin Bakhurst said: “I am honoured and delighted to take up the role of Director General...

New shows for RTÉ lyric fm plus the return of the Lyric Feature

Some schedule changes at RTÉ lyric fm this month sees the return of The Lyric Feature and new shows for Seán Rocks and Aedín Gormley. The station also continues to celebrate Black History Month. Every day this month, listeners will hear prominent musical figures honouring the lives of Black musicians...

RTÉ radio stations return to The National Ploughing Championships

RTÉ is attending The National Ploughing Championships once again this year with live coverage planned across Radio 1, 2FM, RnaG and lyric fm. The Ploughing will return to Ratheniska, Co Laois, from Tuesday 20th September to Thursday 22nd September and RTÉ will be there over three full days with an action-packed schedule of live programmes, live musical performances...

RTÉ teams up with UK radio stations for the Celtic Dawn Chorus

RTÉ Radio 1 and Lyric fm have teamed up with radio stations in the UK for its annual live broadcast of the Dawn Chorus on May 1st. Live from BirdWatch Ireland’s Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve in County Cork, Derek Mooney will present a celebration of birdsong with Niall Hatch, Jim Wilson, Éanna Ní Lamhna and Terry Flanagan, plus expert contributors from across the Celtic nations of Europe...

RTÉ to celebrate 100 years of Ulysses on Radio 1 and lyric fm

RTÉ is planning on marking 100 years since the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses next month. There will be special prgrammes on Radio 1 and lyric fm, and across television and online. One hundred years ago, on February 2nd, 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, would transform our culture and literary world...