Brian O'Connelll to take redundancy from RTE

trishasaffron

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0910/breaking45.html

Honestly you'd think David D-P would have more sense, who do these guys think they are? Why should they be insulated from what the rest of the world has to deal with every day. And I'd bet his package aint too shabby.

Anyway I hate his plum in the mouth accent - "Broiyan O' Connell"

harney

trishasaffron wrote: »

And I'd bet his package aint too shabby.

Why do I get the feeling you typed this part with one hand :eek:

Lapin

trishasaffron wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0910/breaking45.html

Honestly you'd think David D-P would have more sense, who do these guys think they are? Why should they be insulated from what the rest of the world has to deal with every day. And I'd bet his package aint too shabby.

Anyway I hate his plum in the mouth accent - "Broiyan O' Connell"

Jesus, what a sniping comment.

Are you glad he's leaving because he now has to face - as you put it - 'what the rest of the world has to deal with everyday', (whatever that means), or is it simply because you don't like his accent ?

You're 'betting his package ain't too shabby'. I hope it isn't. If I gave over thirty years unbroken service to an employer, I wouldn't expect anything shabby. Would you ?

Whats wrong with his colleague and friend expressing his opinion ?
Its obviously ok for you to do so, so why not David Davin-Power, someone who actually knows and works with O'Connell ?

Personally I'm sorry to see the closure of the London office and see it as a retrograde step for RTÉ.
I've always liked O'Connell's authoritative knowledge on the subjects he reported on and I wish him well in the future.


I'll never understand why people feel the need to open threads with deliberately vitriolic comments about others just for the hell of it.


On a minor side note, that Irish Times piece claims O'Connell 'reported on four prime ministers' during his time in London. It should read five.

themadchef

Celtic tigers, to Celtic c***^....

Meowwwwww

Why is everyone so begrudging now?

squonk

Brian O'Connell was a great reporter on UK affairs and he'll be missed. I don't know why RTE closed the UK office. TBH it'd make more sense to close the US office seeing as what happens there has a lesser effect on things here. I'll be sorry to see him go. Good luck to him in what he decides to do next.

ejmaztec

squonk wrote: »

Brian O'Connell was a great reporter on UK affairs and he'll be missed. I don't know why RTE closed the UK office. TBH it'd make more sense to close the US office seeing as what happens there has a lesser effect on things here. I'll be sorry to see him go. Good luck to him in what he decides to do next.

I think they always need a presence in the US, so that they can keep tabs on Irish "junket politicians" pretending to encourage investment on extravagant trips, and errant bankers and property developers "on the run".

mtjm

The one thing I can't understand about RTE, we all know some of their staff are getting (way too much wages), over the last 3/4 years also 4/5 people have been pouched from TV3 to RTE promising them this and that and now you'd wonder do they regret it as they had wage cut since changing jobs, (they've way too many reporters btw)


if RTE had stopped trying to pouch people they might have money for other things, then again this is RTE some people will think it's like money has fallen off the trees in that place. how many are claiming expenses etc..

Management (and their are way too many btw) are a bunch of hypocrites just over spend and deal with the consequences later (by brushing it under the carpet -just like the health service and no one is stopping it

Richard Dower

BOC is a professional + he asks tough questions and dosen't let the scumbag politicans off the hook!

Sad to see him go, maybe TV3 will snap him up?....or the BBC/Sky News?

Lapin

Its time to bring back O'Connell or at the very least retain the services of an Irish reporter in London.

The quality of reporting from RTÉ about news items on our neighbouring island since their London bureau closed has been shoddy, unprofessional and often looks like they got someone in at the last second to cobble a few words together.

There was one perfect example today which would be laughable if the events covered weren't so unfortunate.

No offence to RTÉ's Europe correspondent, Paul Cunningham (fine reporter), but having him on the News at One down a phoneline from Brussels to 'report' on the helicopter incident on the banks of the Thames in London is simply ridiculous.

pcomer

mtjm wrote: »

over the last 3/4 years also 4/5 people have been pouched from TV3 to RTE

I thought they were just poaching them - pouching brings it to a whole new level.

Harry Angstrom

Five Seven Live were relying on Enda Brady from Sky News. I suppose they thought they could dupe us into thinking he was RTE as he has a Dublin accent....