Surviving the Recession

Panthro

Surviving the recession was on tv3 tonight from 9-10pm. it focused on various people who gave their stories on how the resession has affected their lives in the past twelve months.
I thought it was a good show, nice to hear the stories of the person on the street, the media has been showing us all about the banks and NAMA etc the past few days, I found it nice to see the human side of life in Ireland.
it was presented by Brian o Donovan (think that was the name) if i remember correctly he also brought us "Lawless Ireland"-a program which i thought sensationalized drunken idiots bating the heads off each other.

Elmo

papagormo wrote: »

Surviving the recession was on tv3 tonight from 9-10pm. it focused on various people who gave their stories on how the resession has affected their lives in the past twelve months.
I thought it was a good show, nice to hear the stories of the person on the street, the media has been showing us all about the banks and NAMA etc the past few days, I found it nice to see the human side of life in Ireland.
it was presented by Brian o Donovan (think that was the name) if i remember correctly he also brought us "Lawless Ireland"-a program which i thought sensationalized drunken idiots bating the heads off each other.

It was on before, not to bad, I thought when he said that "domestic soccer was have a hard time during the recession" was very funny, since domestic soccer didn't do all that well during the good times. I think he is good but you are right Lawless Ireland was sensationalized.

Also thought it was bizzare that Brown Thomas sponsored the show

Crotchety

Good - except for having to listen to spudhead O'Donovan droning and dramatising...

Reginald P. DuM

Crotchety wrote: »

Good - except for having to listen to spudhead O'Donovan droning and dramatising...

That's TV3 for ya.

Crotchety

I could scoop that guys head off with me ice-cream scoop. Annoying type of a guy.

Panthro

yeah, he also did a show focusing on what was basically pikey (being completely non-P.C.here) fighting in the middle of a bog didnt he?if i remember correctly it showed the same clip of a few punches being thrown every 5 minutes throughout the programme!
tonights show was nothing like that though, which was good to see.
wonder will the female sparky idea take off, i never thought women would be intimated by male sparkys coming into their homes?
the mobile coffey things looked good, id buy a coffey off them if they ever get lost and end up in galway(or dundalk!)

Elmo

papagormo wrote: »

yeah, he also did a show focusing on what was basically pikey (being completely non-P.C.here) fighting in the middle of a bog

Are you English? pikey! we have our own non-PC words for them such as .....

Elmo

Crotchety wrote: »

I could scoop that guys head off with me ice-cream scoop. Annoying type of a guy.

I thought I was bad about TV3. TBH I think he is one of their better presenters.

Panthro

Elmo wrote: »

Are you English? pikey! we have our own non-PC words for them such as .....

i am in me scratch english, dunno if the "knacker" word is ok to write on boards (whoops i just wrote it!)

Panthro

Crotchety wrote: »

I could scoop that guys head off with me ice-cream scoop. Annoying type of a guy.

hah ha! id better return that 3 in 1 "Brian O Donovan bates Ireland" boxset i got you for xmas so.
Its a pity, it looked promising:

"Bating the Law in Oirland"
"How to bate a knacker in 10 ways"
"Bating your way outta Recession"

Crotchety

He was on Ireland AM every week previewing his knacker series.

"I'm here with Pat McDonagh, his brother Tommy and his great granduncle Pat Sr. Brooooiiiinnnn Donnnavonnn TV3 News".

Elmo

Crotchety wrote: »

He was on Ireland AM every week previewing his knacker series.

"I'm here with Pat McDonagh, his brother Tommy and his great granduncle Pat Sr. Brooooiiiinnnn Donnnavonnn TV3 News".

Ever notice how Ireland AM never mentions RTÉ?

JonathanAnon

papagormo wrote: »

hah ha! id better return that 3 in 1 "Brian O Donovan bates Ireland" boxset i got you for xmas so.
Its a pity, it looked promising:

"Bating the Law in Oirland"
"How to bate a knacker in 10 ways"
"Bating your way outta Recession"

lol..
should that not be the box-ing set ...