Joseph O'Connor gone from DriveTime

JonathanAnon

At last... He's gone after four years of dull droning attempts at trying to be funny and clever, he's gone... You can leave all your tributes below..

withless

Does this mean more Olivia 'listen to the changes in my tone of voice and what message they convey' O'Leary?

europa11

Rarely stay tuned to Mary Wilson but this is indeed good news.

The bad news of course (given it's RTE and no one ever really leaves the hallowed paycheque) is that the boring drone will probably pop up elsewhere, if so then hopefully on John Murray - then I'll never have to listen to him ever again

btw: last piece on that Mary Wilson Show about sex offenders. Wasn't listening intently at the start but whoever she had on would want to get that manhate out her hair.....non-stop "all men are bastards" routine as in "men who do this to children", "men who do that to young girls", "men all over the country waving their dicks,,,"..all right I made up that last one but it was pure venom. Cover your balls stuff tbh.

Not taking the side of sex offenders in any way, may they rot in hades, but ffs someone should tell this amazon that sex abuse is not solely a male preserve. Mary. meanwhile, was so busy nodding furiously in agreement with her guest that the notion of bringing up the great god of equality to the conversation never entered her mind, or if it did, for once she kept her trap shut.


edit@ sorry for straying off OP there. Joe O'Connor gone - I'll wait to celebrate that on Friday

JonathanAnon

europa11 wrote: »

btw: last piece on that Mary Wilson Show about sex offenders. Wasn't listening intently at the start but whoever she had on would want to get that manhate out her hair.....non-stop "all men are bastards" routine as in "men who do this to children", "men who do that to young girls", "men all over the country waving their dicks,,,"..all right I made up that last one but it was pure venom. Cover your balls stuff tbh.

Well since you dragged it off topic anyway, I DID notice the constant reference to (those b*stard) men ... She was really over the top, as if EVERY man was to be avoided like the child snatcher... I thought One In Four were set up by Colm O'Gorman ... i.e. a man.. I've know idea why they wish to portray themselves as being as misandric as the rape crisis centre..

Skid

withless wrote: »

Does this mean more Olivia 'listen to the changes in my tone of voice and what message they convey' O'Leary?

I hope so. Olivia O'Leary's diaries are usually interesting.

I couldn't listen to Joseph O'Connor. Too smug and self-obsessed by far.

JonathanAnon

I find Olivia O'Leary a bit sarcastic and preachy.

Derek Davis is a good contributor, but his sanctimonious tone is really hard to listen to ... No matter what he is talking about, he uses the same "somebody just reversed over my rabbit" tone to his voice..

Skid

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I find Olivia O'Leary a bit sarcastic and preachy.

Derek Davis is a good contributor, but his sanctimonious tone is really hard to listen to ... No matter what he is talking about, he uses the same "somebody just reversed over my rabbit" tone to his voice..

To be honest, I don't listen to Drivetime very much. I quite enjoy Olivia O'Leary and Derek Davis but perhaps they become repetitive after regular listening.

I suppose by definition a regular opinion piece is prone to having a preachy tone at times. Maybe they need to try out some new contributors, to add some variety to the slot.

donalh087

Just for the sake of some balance I must say that I think Joe O'Connor is very talented. I thought his diary pieces were excellent.

MJ23

Good, he's gone. That dull droning voice would bore right through your skull.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I wasn't a fan of his daily segments either, while bright and amusing at first they quickly became tiresome. The mans talent lie's in novel writing and that's where he should focus his energies. I'd still rate 'Star of the Sea' as one of the greatest literary pieces written so far this century.

P. Breathnach

I can't remember how frequent his pieces were, but think that they were far too frequent - beyond his capacity to generate good stuff. I reckon that about 10% of his contributions were entertaining, and perhaps another 10% were not too bad. The remaining 80% I could have done without.

[I'm not too sure that Star of the Sea was good; I'd regard it as nearly good, and a good editor would have made a great difference.]

coylemj

His droning voice was the radio equivalent of a TV newsreader reading the news with a brown paper bag over his head.

neris

Never heard the guy just ads for his cd diary last xmad. Sound dull & dreary & saw him on late late friday. Boring man full of his own self importance.

P. Breathnach

neris wrote: »

Never heard the guy just ads for his cd diary last xmad. Sound dull & dreary & saw him on late late friday. Boring man full of his own self importance.

While I am not a fan of his writing, I would disagree with the suggestion that he is full of his own self importance.

castle2012

Thank god he's gone, I must say i used to turn r1 off everytime he came on, One of the most boring presenters ive ever heard on radio, How do these guys get jobs on radio ill never know

CountyHurler

Just heard him announce on Sean O'Rourke's show... He's back on DriveTime with a regular column... ffs...

padd b1975

I suspect Joe may have been feeling somewhat uncomfortable when VB came up in conversation, what with his 'close friendship' with Sinead some years back...

Come to think of it, I don't think Joe and Sinead are all that close either....

Davarus Walrus

Yet another reason not to switch the dial back to RTE.

giftgrub

Unbearable....

I remember him voicing a radio ad a few years back, it was a tourist thing.

One line will go with me to the grave...
"Shake your derrière in the sweet Kerry air"

To the grave....I cant unremember it.

yiddo59

Good news. Looking forward to it.

MJ23

padd b1975 wrote: »

I suspect Joe may have been feeling somewhat uncomfortable when VB came up in conversation, what with his 'close friendship' with Sinead some years back...

Come to think of it, I don't think Joe and Sinead are all that close either....

More details please.