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Newstalk Lunchtime

imme · 2012-08-28 12:23:22

The Lunchtime Show on Newstalk (12.00-13.30) is an angry little radio show. With an overly fast pace, it jumps too often from item to item. Today they had a former presenter, Damien Kiberd, on as a guest. Calling the host Jonathan Healy, 'Johnno', they sounded like a couple of auldwans having a chat rather than a news…

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28-08-2012 1:23pm

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imme

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The Lunchtime Show on Newstalk (12.00-13.30) is an angry little radio show.

With an overly fast pace, it jumps too often from item to item.

Today they had a former presenter, Damien Kiberd, on as a guest.

Calling the host Jonathan Healy, 'Johnno', they sounded like a couple of auldwans having a chat rather than a news program.

Another regular guest is failed politician Jim Glennon, who is described as a lobbyist.

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#2 28-08-2012 1:25pm
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Vastly improved since Keano left.

But I still switch over to the News at One at eh, one o clock.

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#3 28-08-2012 2:31pm
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Its a poor mans Livelive or an up market David Harvey show. It seems to focus on righteous indignation, populism and easy answers.

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