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The long Goodbye

  • 23-08-2012 8:00pm
    #1
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭


    Ha ha! I knew that would get yer attention!!:D:p

    Just reading the comic here.... ah.... wasn't Justin Mc supposed to be leaving there about a month ago?? Is he that good that he cannot be replaced??

    Matt soon being put out to grass aswel I see.


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  • #2
    Dont be daft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭Dont be daft


    Pity to see Matt retire.
    I'm fortunate enough to know Matt and the man has a knowledge and a grasp of the farming sector like nobody I've ever met.

    The average IFJ editor lasts about 20yrs and can be such an influetial person.
    I hope whoever steps into his shoes is up to it because as much as we all like to give out, the IFJ is a very good newspaper.


  • #3
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    so who will takeover any ideas?


  • #4
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    whelan1 wrote: »
    so who will takeover any ideas?

    Oliver McD:D:D:D and we'll all be using bactensil 2000 on our silage next year

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #5
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Oliver McD:D:D:D and we'll all be using bactensil 2000 on our silage next year


    "the lads, the lads, the lads" is all he talks about:D as i write the lads are....


  • #6
    poor farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭poor farmer


    Bodacious wrote: »
    "the lads, the lads, the lads" is all he talks about:D as i write the lads are....

    Often wondered how him and the "LADS" are getting on


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  • #7
    oldsmokey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭oldsmokey


    Was there a suspicion that Justin was a bit hacked off that he didnt get the Editor job, and spat the dummy?


  • #8
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    Paddy O'Keeffe is coming back in off grass to take over again


  • #9
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    Paddy O'Keeffe is coming back in off grass to take over again

    Ah God no!! Young blood is what's needed. Although the content is good, I think it could do with a bit of modernisation and facelift IMO. Perhaps even a different layout?

    It would be no harm also to have a person that was a bit more of a newspaper editor, they needn't necessarily be an agricultural expert. Leave that to the 'Journalists' (if you could call them that). The standard of writing in the IFJ is appalling. Poor turn of phrase, spelling, punctuation etc.

    That Mooney guy is an example in point... I started reading the article he wrote this week about slatted tanks, and had to stop a few sentences in. What a load of tripe. Where was the editor here?

    It's a national newspaper...what am I saying? International really what with being on the net. It needs to get the basics right. Just because it attracts a more specific readership shouldn't mean setting itself lower editorial standards than say the Irish Independent/ Time etc..... rant over.


  • #10
    lakill Farm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭lakill Farm


    poor farmer wrote: »
    Often wondered how him and the "LADS" are getting on


    Bit of a split in the camp i heard.


  • #11
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    lakill Farm wrote: »
    poor farmer wrote: »
    Often wondered how him and the "LADS" are getting on


    Bit of a split in the camp i heard.

    Tell us more.!


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  • #12
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    imo john shirley would do a great job


  • #13
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    It could turn out like The Sunday Independent and go to crap. I remember when the Sunday Independent was a decent paper and how it's just a collection of different peoples opinions. It went from a Newspaper to a Viewspaper.


  • #14
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    I'd agree with you Whelan1, John Shirley would be a very good candidate for the editor position.

    I know little or nothing about tillage, but love reading Gerard Potterton's articles too. If only more of the articles were as interesting as his. A story. With a beginning, a middle and an end. That''s another thing that bugs me. There is never any conclusion to any of the articles.


  • #15
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    pakalasa wrote: »
    It could turn out like The Sunday Independent and go to crap. I remember when the Sunday Independent was a decent paper and how it's just a collection of different peoples opinions. It went from a Newspaper to a Viewspaper.

    Yep I would agree. It's an Absolut rag of a paper. It should change to a red top. Full of populists over dramatic headlines. I stopped reading it all together but saw the headlines in the inlaws the last 2 weeks. Anyway my rant over.


  • #16
    THE LINK WALSH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭THE LINK WALSH


    some of you are going well over the top with the negitive comments.while the ifj is not top notch alot of the content is fairly good and its the only proper farming publication in ireland


  • #17
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    THE LINK WALSH wrote: »
    some of you are going well over the top with the negitive comments.while the ifj is not top notch alot of the content is fairly good and its the only proper farming publication in ireland

    Were the negative comments not aimed at the Sunday Indo?


  • #18
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Were the negative comments not aimed at the Sunday Indo?

    I think he's talking about me! :D

    Yes Farmer's Journal is the best Irish farming publication we have. Yes the articles can be informative.

    Could it be improved on? Yes. Have I said anything that wasn't true? No.

    I suppose little will change until it gets some competition. But in fairness that would be a near impossible job. They have every angle covered and a mass of contacts. I've often thought about it.....


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