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califano

Jamie Heaslip was on Newstalk getting thick with Ivan,
I don’t think it was the interview he expected as Ivan started in a vein of ‘I was in the Aviva last week, what hapenned?’’.
Heaslip got thick and said ‘’well you were there, we lost’’.
Then his answer to Ivans next question was ‘’I think that’s a ridiculous question’’.
And it went on in that vein. I think Ivan was just about to taunt him about their new pub in Ballsbridge ‘’The Bridge 12’’(Formerly Bellamys who be bought and redesigned with the Carney brothers and Sean O Brien but the line went dead whether by accident or design.
Heaslip wouldn’t really know the cut of Yeats jib so probably expected a standard claire mc namara sideline interview!

Ol' Donie

Heard the start of that. Poor old Heaslip he wasn't expecting that at all. Although i think he went a bit far (what happened? Yis had no passion!), i'd love to see Ivan bring that to the Late Late Show host's chair.

Imagine the next Twink interview..."sure what happened, i thought your career finished in the eighties...why do you keep coming on here?"

CountyHurler

Heaslip is usually very controlled and mild mannered. I wonder was it a publicity stunt...

honeybear

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Heard the start of that. Poor old Heaslip he wasn't expecting that at all. Although i think he went a bit far (what happened? Yis had no passion!), i'd love to see Ivan bring that to the Late Late Show host's chair.

Imagine the next Twink interview..."sure what happened, i thought your career finished in the eighties...why do you keep coming on here?"

When Yates was on the LLS recently, I thought he'd be a much better host than Tubridy.

Grolschevik

What was that dreadful song they played a clip of at the end of Breakfast? Sounded like a rejected Smiths b-side.

Bits_n_Bobs

Chris continually referring to 'the twitter machine' AARRGHH!!! Shut up shut up shut up!!

Am I alone in being so mentally unbalanced that this gives me rage???

ThisRegard

It's most likely because of Vincent Brown. It's now part of peoples vocabulary so I guess it's off to the funny farm for you.

yosser hughes

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Chris continually referring to 'the twitter machine' AARRGHH!!! Shut up shut up shut up!!

Am I alone in being so mentally unbalanced that this gives me rage???

No you're not.

Shiraz 4.99

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Chris continually referring to 'the twitter machine' AARRGHH!!! Shut up shut up shut up!!

Am I alone in being so mentally unbalanced that this gives me rage???

Chris is just mimicking Vincent Browne's mocking of Twitter.

Did you hear Mark Little laughing at politicians last week who haven't a clue about social media, phrases like twitter machine & interweb being bandied about.

vidor

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Chris continually referring to 'the twitter machine' AARRGHH!!! Shut up shut up shut up!!

Am I alone in being so mentally unbalanced that this gives me rage???

This post really should have come with a health warning.

DEFTLEFTHAND

CountyHurler wrote: »

Heaslip is usually very controlled and mild mannered. I wonder was it a publicity stunt...

Some of the rugby boys are a bit precious, they're not used to anyone in the media criticising them.

I wouldn't be surprised if poor old Ivan is put on the blacklist.

serfboard

English fella on Moncrieff this afternoon plugging a book he's just written about rich people. While he was talking about the 1% and the 0.1% I was wondering if he knew he was talking on a station owned by one of Ireland's 0.0001%?

He mentioned super-rich people being from all countries, including Ireland, but Seán never followed up on that one ...

kumate_champ07

serfboard wrote: »

English fella on Moncrieff this afternoon plugging a book he's just written about rich people. While he was talking about the 1% and the 0.1% I was wondering if he knew he was talking on a station owned by one of Ireland's 0.0001%?

He mentioned super-rich people being from all countries, including Ireland, but Seán never followed up on that one ...

He actually replied to a text about Denis O Brien afterwards, do you expect him/anyone to speak negatively about their employer?

SEPT 23 1989

Granny's phone:o:pac:

Ol' Donie

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Granny's phone:o:pac:

That was hilarious.

And so was Chris telling us a few minutes before about the note Ivan left on his desk!

buckfasterer

Incase anyone missed it

http://www.newstalk.com/Texts-from-beyond-the-grave-Ebola-and-Sinn-Fin:-Heres-the-Newstalk-Breakfast-paper-review

constitutionus

lads is anyone else having a problem with the stream?

regularly now it starts replaying the last show and i find myself having to refresh the page to hear the live stream again.

fecking annoying.

hullaballoo

constitutionus wrote: »

lads is anyone else having a problem with the stream?

regularly now it starts replaying the last show and i find myself having to refresh the page to hear the live stream again.

fecking annoying.

It's happening with most of the Communicorp sites for me. Spin1038 is completely dead and has been for a while but Newstalk, TXFM, 98fm and Today FM are all the same for me: periodically going back to some earlier point in the day until the déjà vu gets too much and I realise what's going on.

ThisRegard

constitutionus wrote: »

lads is anyone else having a problem with the stream?

hullaballoo wrote: »

It's happening with most of the Communicorp sites for me.

Yeah, they're pretty unreliable. There were a few mornings this week where I switched to Morning Ireland because the Newstalk one was non existent. I regularly get it with Today FM too.

CountyHurler

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

Loafing Oaf

CountyHurler wrote: »

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

George flagged an item about how Coke can take years off your life, presumably not in the G Ryan sense. Thank God I have a 2l Pepsi in the fridge instead...

Calhoun

CountyHurler wrote: »

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

Who is that Dr self important ?

morebarn2

Calhoun wrote: »

Who is that Dr self important ?

Dr. Ciara Kelly, GP. I think she was on the Late Late,or Saturday night show last season,talking about how the downturn had affected GPs etc. A regular on George Hook.

CountyHurler

CountyHurler wrote: »

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

There could be a threat of nuclear war and Ciara Kelly would still be talking about the dangers of sugar..

Calhoun

morebarn2 wrote: »

Dr. Ciara Kelly, GP. I think she was on the Late Late,or Saturday night show last season,talking about how the downturn had affected GPs etc. A regular on George Hook.

Yes so Dr self important it Is.

Judgement Day

CountyHurler wrote: »

There could be a threat of nuclear war and Ciara Kelly would still be talking about the dangers of sugar..

Perhaps, but this day last week she was highlighting Ireland's laughable state of preparedness to deal with Ebola - a week on and 'protocols' are being put in place. Anyway, it's nice to have somebody refined on the programme.

nicedryturf

I'm not a fan of Ivan Yates. The obnoxious, smart-alecky tone always grated. This morning though, he pulled no punches with Mary Lou. I've never heard her sound so unconvincing.

SEPT 23 1989

Healy is a really bad host

Del.Monte

nicedryturf wrote: »

I'm not a fan of Ivan Yates. The obnoxious, smart-alecky tone always grated. This morning though, he pulled no punches with Mary Lou. I've never heard her sound so unconvincing.

I was stunned at his sudden realisation that SF are a bunch of fascists.

Wilberto

For anyone who was listening to the travel slot just there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjaBVmOlAHU

:pac: