Galway Advertiser - A joke?

masteroftherealm

Has anyone read this weeks advertiser with the editorial by Mairtin O Caithan on page 16.

Can someone please assure me that this guy is a satirist because I have never seen such drivel and hilarity in one article in a published newspaper in my life. This guys seems to honestly talk about;

"Peoples brains are fairly well programmed as to how they will slant politically the day they are born..."

and

"There was one social commentator ... in Connemara who used to speak at the marts and in the pubs about matters like this... and he reckoned that you would actually know a Fine Gael supporter by the look of him ... "

He uses this guy as an alternative to scientific peer reviewed biological research currently underway in the US that is "costing millions" and "If only they took heed of the home grown experts in the hills and farmlands of Galway".

And we expect to be respected as an internationally aware and respected country, and county, Galway is attempting to bring in more medical and scientific R&D to the county and yet we are printing this in a county newspaper delivered to how many homes?

A progressive and intellectual Ireland is still far far away.

Also the article and many others are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, do the Advertiser staff not have a proof reader on the books or do the copy-editors just not do their jobs very well?

Robbo

masteroftherealm wrote: »

Also the article and many others are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, do the Advertiser staff not have a proof reader on the books or do the copy-editors just not do their jobs very well?

It's their policy to have at least one error per paragraph.

What are the odds on some of our local media wonks appearing for this particular thread?

Sea Devils

I remember a few weeks ago they carried a headline stating "Man jailed for for pee-ing in a bus"

Really was a pathetic typo and that as well as the article you showed confirms the low standards of Journalism that the paper has abiden too

Mr Cork Man

The advertiser is only good for wiping your arse and that editor seems to be full of himself.The city tribune is a much better paper.

SimpleSam06

Looks like the internet has found them though. This is on the posters on the bins outside their office in Eyre Square. Free classifieds for all!

Robbo

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

The city tribune is a much better paper.

Aye and produced to a much higher standard as well.

SimpleSam06

Shortly after I posted up that link to the Galway Business Pages, user JamesStephens, well known on boards for his newspaper related postings, went on a mini-post rampage apparently in an effort to push the link off the front page. Touched a nerve did we? Take a look:



That, I have not seen before. I'm not sure if we should be getting RTDH on the case or what, but I'm strongly contemplating putting the link in my sig.

death1234567

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

That, I have not seen before. I'm not sure if we should be getting RTDH on the case or what, but I'm strongly contemplating putting the link in my sig.

Excellent work Mr. Holmes. . Lets just keep bumping this thread.:pac:

skelliser

17 posts in 24 minutes! impressive

fago

If it was a sticky would it really annoy them?

We could ask other question like why don't they sort the classified ads. For example you're looking in Knocknacarra. Why don't they print the estates in order within the classified for Knocknacarra area so you can compare easily?

Why do keep repeating that article from O'Donnellan Joyce about remortgaging and passing it off as an article. I suppose its called the advertiser but lifting and printing the same thing one every 2-4 weeks seems pathetic.

Sherifu

BUMP :pac:

sgthighway

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Shortly after I posted up that link to the Galway Business Pages, user JamesStephens, well known on boards for his newspaper related postings, went on a mini-post rampage apparently in an effort to push the link off the front page. Touched a nerve did we? Take a look:



That, I have not seen before. I'm not sure if we should be getting RTDH on the case or what, but I'm strongly contemplating putting the link in my sig.

Saw his posts last night and I though hmmm SPAM but it all makes sense now. Well spotted SimpleSam06

big b

masteroftherealm wrote: »

Has anyone read this weeks advertiser with the editorial by Mairtin O Caithan on page 16.

Can someone please assure me that this guy is a satirist because I have never seen such drivel and hilarity in one article in a published newspaper in my life.

O'Caithin talks absolute shoite on a weekly basis.

Constant plugging of the same tired old crap, with that nauseating folksy style. I can only assume he works for very little.

Sea Devils

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

That, I have not seen before. I'm not sure if we should be getting RTDH on the case or what, but I'm strongly contemplating putting the link in my sig.

Saw that last night and thought it was a severe case of post whoring but now because of his Newspaper connections the mystery has been solved. Thanks Detective Sam;)

Climate Expert

hahah, what a chancer. Typical of the standards that the Galway Advertiser adhere to. I'll think twice before I advertise my business with them again.

sgthighway

Climate Expert wrote: »

hahah, what a chancer. Typical of the standards that the Galway Advertiser adhere to. I'll think twice before I advertise my business with them again.

It might be a crap paper for news and general articles but it is a very good paper for actual advertising. I use it all the time as a source of information on Services/Classifieds and General Advertising. Sport Section can be poor.

workaccount

Advertiser is sh*it. It's never read and is dumped every week. Stop putting it through my letterbox.

Btw the way those statistics on readership aren't really readership. They should rename that to amount of people spammed by the advertiser every week.

cornbb

Its good enough for sudoku and thats about it. Its not even absorbent enough to wipe my.... windows with :pac:

Robbo

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Shortly after I posted up that link to the Galway Business Pages, user JamesStephens, well known on boards for his newspaper related postings, went on a mini-post rampage apparently in an effort to push the link off the front page. Touched a nerve did we? Take a look:

That, I have not seen before. I'm not sure if we should be getting RTDH on the case or what, but I'm strongly contemplating putting the link in my sig.

I noticed that as well, they only thing missing is manonthestreet wading in for they seem to share a chapel.

Oh it's the kind of thing that makes you want to right a roman á clef about the incestuous, low stakes media in a provincial town. The kind of thing that's libel dynamite...

snubbleste

The thing is the Advertiser has been the paper to advertise your letting, stuff for sale in for years - look at the queue of students outside their office every August. There is a relatively high charge for a classified ad.

What we need is an proper premier online alternative such as craigslist that will be the number one place to go to and free to use. Galwaybusinesspages.com does not have that ring to it

Also excellent detective work!

SimpleSam06

snubbleste wrote: »

What we need is an proper premier online alternative such as craigslist that will be the number one place to go to and free to use. Galwaybusinesspages.com does not have that ring to it

Ah now, I can't see much wrong with the GBP. You want your free local classifieds, there it is. I don't know if you've looked at craigslist lately but its a bit of a shambles.

No responses from JamesStephens yet I see! I wonder if I put it in my sig will he follow me around flooding message boards every time I post.

Mr Cork Man

big b wrote: »

O'Caithin talks absolute shoite on a weekly basis.

Constant plugging of the same tired old crap, with that nauseating folksy style. I can only assume he works for very little.

The editor is full of crap too.I might read it again if they get a new editor and theres me thinking the evening echo(evening rag) was bad.Im going to have to put a sign up outside my house telling the delivey person to keep away.

Mr Cork Man

cornbb wrote: »

Its good enough for sudoku and thats about it. Its not even absorbent enough to wipe my.... windows with :pac:

Did you ever try wiping your bottom wth it?:D

The Advertiser is everyone's first stop for accomodation though. I think that's the section that gets read the most.

ScumLord

masteroftherealm wrote: »

And we expect to be respected as an internationally aware and respected country, and county, Galway is attempting to bring in more medical and scientific R&D to the county and yet we are printing this in a county newspaper delivered to how many homes?

And why do you think their coming to Galway? To take full advantage of the phenonemom of the physic mucksavage. It's the pattern.

CrowdedHouse

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Shortly after I posted up that link to the Galway Business Pages, user JamesStephens, well known on boards for his newspaper related postings, went on a mini-post rampage apparently in an effort to push the link off the front page. Touched a nerve did we?

Brilliant !

I was wondering where 'The Worst Drivers in Ireland' thread went.
I thought a Mod moved it,I actually searched 'Motors' for it :pac:

SimpleSam06

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Brilliant !

Thanks! Still no word from the lads though, have we finally seen the last of the Galway Advertiser diplomatic corps here on boards? Maybe too much to hope for...

Sponge Bob

The Galway Advertiser, in fairness was always complete crap .

The only noticeable difference between the Galway Advertiser nowadays and the Galway Advertiser 30 years ago or more is that the modern Galway Advertiser is now crap in vibrant technicolour and that it would kill your cat if it landed through the letterbox on it where the 30 year ago version was eminently survivable were you are a cat .

pointofnoreturn

I find the all the papers in galway crap!, def the Advertiser, the Radio is crap to!
I don't listen to the Galway bay or iRadio either, just boaring.

thanks my 2 cents

Robbo

pointofnoreturn wrote: »

I find the all the papers in galway crap!, def the Advertiser, the Radio is crap to!
I don't listen to the Galway bay or iRadio either, just boaring.

thanks my 2 cents

And well argued and presented it was too, thanks for that.

Tigger

i wonder where mr stevens is

mikom

Take the accommodation element away from the advertiser and it has very little to set it apart from the rest of the Galway papers tbh.

Kintarō Hattori

So what's this all about then Dr. James? :P

Sea Devils

Tigger wrote: »

i wonder where mr stevens is

Probably hiding somewhere

benji2006

What I hate most about the Advertiser is how it can downplay/ignore important stories when it suits.

For example:

they gave front page to a story about some politician getting rid of trees in bohermore when the burning issue of the day was the laser card scam (that only made page 7) - of course, the fact that the scam occurred in the stores of some of their largest advertisers would have nothing to do with that

they almost totally ignored the clocking scam in Arch motors

little/no mention of the GMIT lecturer that was found guilty of harrassment of a neighbour in Woodhaven - the Irish Times covered it at least twice....

no mention of O'Malley's laying off construction workers at the start of the downturn in the property market -

and not to mention the property/business "advice" stuff that is usually little more than sales pitches for their advertising clients....

And then the editor has the audacity to get up on his soapbox every week and give out about his pet peeves ...people in glasshouses and all that...

Robbo

benji2006 wrote: »

What I hate most about the Advertiser is how it can downplay/ignore important stories when it suits.

For example:

they gave front page to a story about some politician getting rid of trees in bohermore when the burning issue of the day was the laser card scam (that only made page 7) - of course, the fact that the scam occurred in the stores of some of their largest advertisers would have nothing to do with that

they almost totally ignored the clocking scam in Arch motors

little/no mention of the GMIT lecturer that was found guilty of harrassment of a neighbour in Woodhaven - the Irish Times covered it at least twice....

no mention of O'Malley's laying off construction workers at the start of the downturn in the property market -

and not to mention the property/business "advice" stuff that is usually little more than sales pitches for their advertising clients....

And then the editor has the audacity to get up on his soapbox every week and give out about his pet peeves ...people in glasshouses and all that...

Those kind of stories tend to involve some form of "journalism" and getting off your arse for research.

The "local politicians thinking aloud" ones that make the front pages arrive in handy press release format, ready to be copied and pasted in; often with the original spelling and grammar mistakes intact.

Mr Cork Man

benji2006 wrote: »

What I hate most about the Advertiser is how it can downplay/ignore important stories when it suits.

For example:

they gave front page to a story about some politician getting rid of trees in bohermore when the burning issue of the day was the laser card scam (that only made page 7) - of course, the fact that the scam occurred in the stores of some of their largest advertisers would have nothing to do with that

they almost totally ignored the clocking scam in Arch motors

little/no mention of the GMIT lecturer that was found guilty of harrassment of a neighbour in Woodhaven - the Irish Times covered it at least twice....

no mention of O'Malley's laying off construction workers at the start of the downturn in the property market -

and not to mention the property/business "advice" stuff that is usually little more than sales pitches for their advertising clients....

And then the editor has the audacity to get up on his soapbox every week and give out about his pet peeves ...people in glasshouses and all that...

That editor does my head in he thinks he so high and mighty.That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.Does anyone know why they got rid of the garda report section?

cornbb

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

That editor does my head in he thinks he so high and mighty.That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.Does anyone know why they got rid of the garda report section?

Probably because they couldn't find a way to equitise it... is that a proper word? you get the gist.

snubbleste

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

That editor does my head in he thinks he so high and mighty.That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.Does anyone know why they got rid of the garda report section?

What other free local paper in Ireland is better?

Climate Expert

snubbleste wrote: »

What other free local paper in Ireland is better?

The Metro.

snubbleste

Climate Expert wrote: »

The Metro.

Good! Any others?

Mr Cork Man

snubbleste wrote: »

What other free local paper in Ireland is better?

The mayo echo.:D

Fracture

I want Mr.Stevens to make a reply, i am gonna check this thread every day until he does, tbh id sticky this thread, ban Mr.Stevens and pass all what happened here onto another Galway paper :P
In my opinion people should know about this stuff, If the advertiser wanted to be a successful paper they would write about the best story's, make sure it is of a professional standard and not like some weekly parish newsletter and stop protecting their clients and get the real story's that people love to read.
They may as well just turn it into a comic, at least the kids will enjoy it.

Xiney

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

That rag must be the worst local paper in ireland.

Clearly, you have not seen the Sligo Post.

The Galway Advertiser is at least useful (for accommodation & classifieds) and they make far fewer errors.

topper75

I got a copy in the door there a few weeks back with the main headline reading: "Driver could not explain high speed lunchtime car chase through [sic]".

Maybe it was a rare edition that I could sell to some nerd stamp collector. I noticed the version on display in the Advertiser front window in town that week had the word 'through' blanked out.

Chris_533976

Spot the Goatse in this weeks Galway First

SimpleSam06

topper75 wrote: »

Maybe it was a rare edition that I could sell to some nerd stamp collector.

No the rare edition would be the one with no mistakes in it.

Chris_533976 wrote: »

Spot the Goatse in this weeks Galway First

Thats the editor.

cL0h

I endorse this thread in the name of anti censorship.

SimpleSam06

cL0h wrote: »

I endorse this thread in the name of anti censorship.

True, damn the man!

Redhairedguy

Epic sig SimpleSam...

Krieg

For SimpleSam06


Well spotted. I remember logging in that day and thinking it was just a popular day on the forum