Dublin's 98FM

Dublin's 98FM tries to be everything at once - news, pop, talk - and mostly pulls it off. The morning slot drags a bit with too many ads, but the mid-morning talk segments hit hard. It's the kind of radio you'd hear in a Dublin taxi, and that's a good thing. When you listen to Dublin's 98FM live, you get real-time news updates that actually matter for Ireland. Not just headlines from abroad. The pop music breaks feel programmed by committee, but then a deep cut by an Irish band like The Coronas sneaks in and you remember why local radio matters. For news radio Ireland listeners, this is a soli…