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Does the media be focusing too much on Dublin?

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    #32
    phasers
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    FF and proud wrote: »
    Ive just been thinking right, we all pay our taxes to them people in RTE and yet despite this the media and news does be dominated by Dublincentric stuff. Everything from the news to the weather to the sitcoms is based around Dublin with not much else focused on the rest of the country. Theres times when you just have to say ah sure this kind of thing isnt on at all, and do something about it.
    Name one.


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    #33
    mike65
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    youcancallme>al wrote: »
    We should amalgamate all the counties on the east coast and call it Super Dublin

    Megacity Wan?


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    #34
    Gran Hermano
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    Thread title need more of Old Blue Eyes.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDA33hGFNgQ


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    #35
    tatabubbly
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    Every bit of land we had was covered


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    #36
    bonerm
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    tatabubbly wrote: »
    Every bit of land we had was covered

    I was going to post the clip right before you wrote this but then I couldn't bring myself to listen to her voice.

    Regardless, Bridie says every bit of land is covered. Clearly she feels there is no media bias towards Dublin. Case closed.


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    #37
    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Wossack


    OP: guess you can try and rally support by passing out flyers at the local well?


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    #38
    Greyfox
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    Yes it does but that's only because Dublin is the greatest city in the world


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    #39
    FreudianSlippers
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    Does the media be focusing too much on Dublin?


    sigh.


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    #40
    Son Of A Vidic
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    PrincessLola wrote: »
    ... coz Dublin is so great ya' know??


    How?


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    #41
    rossie1977
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    Greyfox wrote: »
    Yes it does but that's only because Dublin is the greatest city in the world

    lol


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    #42
    Terry
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    FF and proud wrote: »
    Ive just been thinking right, we all pay our taxes to them people in RTE and yet despite this the media and news does be dominated by Dublincentric stuff. Everything from the news to the weather to the sitcoms is based around Dublin with not much else focused on the rest of the country. Theres times when you just have to say ah sure this kind of thing isnt on at all, and do something about it.

    Do you think its time to protest about the Dublincentric orientation of the media like them people protesting about the IMF and public sector.
    You're a really poor troll.


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    #43
    phill106
    Registered Users Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭phill106


    FF and proud wrote: »
    Ive just been thinking right, we all pay our taxes to them people in RTE and yet despite this the media and news does be dominated by Dublincentric stuff. Everything from the news to the weather to the sitcoms is based around Dublin with not much else focused on the rest of the country. Theres times when you just have to say ah sure this kind of thing isnt on at all, and do something about it.

    Do you think its time to protest about the Dublincentric orientation of the media like them people protesting about the IMF and public sector.
    phasers wrote: »
    Name one.
    Fair City?
    Whats the new one, fade street?


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    #44
    Seren_
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    I don't understand why some culchies hate Dublin... I think I'd rather live somewhere I could go places pretty easily as opposed to a feckin' bog.

    And I'm from Sligo!


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    #45
    Napper Hawkins
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    R_H_C_P wrote: »
    Dublin = Engerland

    Rest of Ireland = Ireland


    Yeah and it's fukhead, up its own arse, bogger statements like that which makes me wish Dublin was English.


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    #46
    phill106
    Registered Users Posts: 6,810 ✭✭✭phill106


    Your Text Here wrote: »
    I don't understand why some culchies hate Dublin... I think I'd rather live somewhere I could go places pretty easily as opposed to a feckin' bog.

    And I'm from Sligo!

    I'd prefer if more places were spread out and accessible by a reliable public transport system.


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    #47
    PrincessLola
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    medicman2009 wrote: »
    How?

    was that a serious question?


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    #48
    seven-iron
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    The only time the country is 'in the news' is when there are car accidents or floods. I think if there were more attention on the country, everybody would be depressed.


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    #49
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
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    In general I don't think RTE is overly focused on Dublin-there have been a few occasions where I felt news stories which effect the entire country are presented in a Dublin-centric manner but these are exceptions.

    One thing which does annoy me a little bit is Met Eireanns regional forecasts have five regions- Connacht, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Dublin. Now I know Dublin has by far the biggest population of any county in Ireland but this does not impact on the weather. The county of Dublin could fit inside Mayo or Galway several times over but is seemingly able to experience drastically different weather conditions from the counties around it. Its a small thing but it annoys me all the same.


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    #50
    falan
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    Dublin is a dump...../thread:D:D


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    #51
    Capt'n Midnight
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    The one thing to come out of decentralisation is that hardly any of the culchies in the civil service moved back despite very generous incentives.

    So culchies love Dublin, wouldn't leave it even if you offer them loads of money. The rest are just jealous.



    But like I keep telling people if you ignored the crime reports, you'd never know that Limerick was the third biggest city in the country 'cos people hardly talk about it.


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    #52
    Mike 1972
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    Aldebaran wrote: »
    I was just saying how After Hours could do with another Dublin vs. rest of the country thread.

    Could be worse could be a Nortsoide/Soutsoide thread


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    #53
    biko
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    After Hours is very Dublin centred too.
    Something happens somewhere else, it's posted in a regional forum.
    Someone gets stuck on a train in Dublin, posts it in After Hours...


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    #54
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,529 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    biko wrote: »
    After Hours is very Dublin centred too

    In fairness, most of them are started by non-Dubliners bitching and moaning that either Dublin has everything or they hate Dublin cause it has nothing, or they saw something happening in Dublin. Those type of threads won't be moved to the Dublin forum cause they wouldn't be tolerated and rightly so.

    It's the age old story or non-Dubliners being obsessed with Dublin.

    As Capt'n Midnight said... the offer was there to the rural civil servants, move out of Dublin (along with incentives) and none of them would move, they love it.

    The women love the accent too, makes them melt. ;)


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    #55
    Skid
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    phill106 wrote: »
    Fair City?
    Whats the new one, fade street?

    But sure isn't there a Wexford girl in Fade Street?,

    Having said that, RTE are so out of touch with the rest of the country they showed the Wexford train arriving at Heuston station!


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    #56
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,529 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    SkidMark wrote: »
    But sure isn't there a Wexford girl in Fade Street?

    Exactly, and like most country girls hasn't she come to Dublin looking for Cockles and mussels alive alive oh!


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    #57
    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    biko wrote: »
    After Hours is very Dublin centred too.
    Something happens somewhere else, it's posted in a regional forum.
    Someone gets stuck on a train in Dublin, posts it in After Hours...
    Sometimes I report Dublin threads in AH and use just one word as an inside joke. :)


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    #58
    twinytwo
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    PrincessLola wrote: »
    lol at dubliners trolling culchies! :pac:

    Seriously tho, its about time we rename Ireland 'Dublin' coz Dublin is so great ya' know??

    best thing to ever come out of dublin.. is the road to cork...







    and brian o driscoll


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    #59
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Dublin is the only village / town / city in this country..............everywhere else is just baron wasteland populated by muck mountain men who sprouted out of the ground like potatoes.

    When it comes to Irish Media, I refer it to Republic of Dublin.

    You spelled "baron" incorrectly there.


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    #60
    pickarooney
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    bluewolf wrote: »
    Mr & Mrs Does Be and all the little Do Bes

    Ah we all loved the do-be brothers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9URZfqYf2o


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    #61
    Star Bingo
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    the media does be focused too much on being from dublin, from that exclusive sect confined to.. a certain region like can be heard in..
    TV3 reporters n playstation move ads they really get my goat, no way is that toff the greatest fighter of all time


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