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GIVEN ALL THE coverage Pat Kenny and Seán O’Rourke got today, the other big change to Irish radio slipped quietly under the radar.
Former Morning Ireland stalwart Áine Lawlor today began presenting RTÉ Radio One’s News at One programme, one of the most popular radio slots in the country. She will be sharing presenting duties with Richard Crowley, who had already been presenting the Friday afternoon edition.
An estimated 365,000 people listen to News at One every day, making it the third most popular radio programme in the country behind Liveline and Morning Ireland on the same station.
Before her first show today, Lawlor had spoken about how lucky she felt to be given the role. She had taken time off from Morning Ireland in late 2011 to undergo treatment for breast cancer, returning to the station last summer.
She began today’s show discussing the crisis in Syria with RTE’s Europe editor Tony Connolly.
Over the course of the 45-minute show, she covered an interview with Ivan Yates about how he dealt with his bankruptcy, Seamus Heaney’s funeral, and, in a slightly meta moment, the new Pat Kenny show on Newstalk and how it compared to Seán O’Rourke taking the reins at the rival 10am slot on RTE Radio One.
The News at One website has not yet been updated to take note of its new presenter, but people on social media welcomed the change:
Did you listen to any of the new shows today? What did you think of them?
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Good onya AINE…
Pat Kenny took a poo at 4.23pm today
Who bleedin cares? I was in work today as well! Jesus wept.
Not Again with this rubbish.
I like the way one form of media spends so much time discussing a different form of media…
Can we move out of silly season please? And leave the Pat Kenny articles where you found them.
I have always liked Aine’s velvet voice and razor sharp journalist intelligent questioning, continued success !
Where is the story on Claire Byrne ?? She started a new Radio job too today – Morning Ireland – the most listened to show or so they say !! Everybody else has got a story…. Pat,Sean & Aine
Heard M.I and taught she did a good job !!!!
Can’t listen to Rachel English these days…Claire Byrne on the other hand (mountraths finest export) is a class act
Some game. Most seemed to have not bothered.
RTE is serving us well at the moment! Aine did a brilliant job!
The comments are practically absurd.
And yours failed to change the average level of absurdity in this thread (nor is my reply to yours likely to have any effect either)
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