The following are the Irish radio stations on air as of 2004.

Bold text==National stations==

RTÉ (national state broadcaster)

• RTÉ Radio 1 (formerly Radio Éireann – mainly news and current affairs)
• 2FM (formerly Radio 2 – mainly pop and rock music)
• RTÉ Lyric FM
• Raidió na Gaeltachta

Independent

• Today FM (formerly Radio Ireland)
• Community Radio – 18 non-profit stations licensed for geographical or communities of interest.
• NEAR FM 101.6 FM
• http://www.westlimerick102.ie west limerick radio
• Newstalk 106-108 fm

Independent Local Radio

Their are 25 commercial stations (Independent Local Radio - ILR) licensed on a regional franchise basis. Often several counties of Ireland are covered by one station only, but Dublin and Cork have several:

Dublin ILRs

• 98FM
• FM104
• Q102
• Country FM

Supervision

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland supervises all stations not under the RTÉ umbrella, i.e. Today FM, Independent Local Radio (commercial) and Community Radio (non-commercial, non-profit). A full list of current these stations can be found at the www.bci.ie (http://www.bci.ie).