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Morning Ireland still remains the most listened to programme despite the drop off.

RTÉ previously sought closer to €300,000 for a year-long sponsor for the programme

On a weekday, RTÉ Radio One has 905,000 people tuning in, an increase of 66,000 year-on-year.

Latest JNLR figures - collated in the three months to November 2023 - show a surge in listeners Radio One shows, including Morning Ireland, Brendan O’Connor and the Business

Radio: RTÉ's Claire Byrne Byrne shows she can get riled with the best of them as she urges her guest Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary to stop the ‘personal insults’

We suspected it at the time, but we did it anyway. The moment this column declared Brendan Courtney seemed the ideal candidate to take over from Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ1’s The Nine O’Clock Show (RTÉ1, weekdays, 9am) was probably the moment Oliver Callan was home and hosed. Perhaps subconsciously it was our way of ensuring Callan got the job, revealing that deep down he was the one we wanted.

Radio: Despite occasional barbs, the impressionist turned presenter plays it safe as he begins his new programme in Ryan Tubridy’s old slot

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Broadcaster says new presenter of station’s 9am weekday slot will offer ‘wickedly fresh take on hot button topics’

Ryan Tubridy caught up with his new colleague Graham Norton today, revealing that the pair exchanged some “intriguing views” over lunch.