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Liveline Thread 22/01/2013 to 09/04/2013
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Hope the Mods dont mind me posting this up,just a few notes about our joe
Joseph "Joe" Duffy (born 27 January 1956, Mountjoy Square, Dublin)[2] is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). A Jacob's Award winner, he is the current presenter of Liveline, which is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, Monday - Fridays between 13:45 and 15:00.
Duffy has a history as a student activist; he was President of the Union of Students in Ireland (U.S.I.) and was once jailed for an occupation in which he participated. In 2008, he appeared on the RTÉ television series Who Do You Think You Are?,[3] where his family history in the British Army in India was revealed.[4] In 2010, Joe Duffy began hosting a new show on RTÉ One called Joe Duffy's Spirit Level. The show discussed the different religions in the country and the faith of the people in Ireland.
Duffy was named 11th most influential person of 2009 by Village.[5] His autobiography Just Joe was launched by Gay Byrne in Harry's Bar in October 2011.[6][7] He is married with triplets and resides in Clontarf, Dublin.
Duffy was born in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, and brought up in Ballyfermot. He had four siblings, his father was Jimmy and his mother Mabel, Jimmy died aged 58 in 1984, and had problems with alcohol, Duffy described Jimmy as "a small man, nimble on his feet . . . with a rugged round face, button nose and prominent teeth".[8] Joe's brother Aidan was killed in a road accident on the Maynooth Road in 1991 aged 25, with Joe first learning of the "horrific accident" on the news on RTÉ Radio.[8] Joe's brother Brendan was described by him as "crippled, ruined and wrecked by a savage addiction" to sniffing glue which he developed as a teenager.[8]
Duffy went to Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) in 1977 (to study Social Work) and was elected President of Trinity College Students' Union in 1979, becoming President of the Union of Students in Ireland (U.S.I.) four years later.[2]
Duffy claims he thought about resigning from RTÉ in 2007 after the broadcaster forced him to give Justice Minister Michael McDowell a platform on Liveline to make a "party political broadcast". Duffy considered it "direct party-political interference" in Liveline.[9] However, he went ahead with the broadcast and did not resign or make any protest on air.
In October 2008 he was proactive as a supporter of Irish pensioners who marched on Leinster House (home of the Oireachtas) to protest at the proposed means testing of their medical cards in the Government Budget.[10][11] However, earlier that month, he was reportedly censored by the government when he attempted to continually discuss the effects of the global financial crisis on Ireland.[12] This followed on from the outrage caused when Duffy was held responsible by Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan, for inciting widespread public fear that Irish citizens were on the verge of losing their savings. Several callers freely spoke of their lack of confidence in the banking system, of how they had withdrawn their money from banks, some of which were identified, and were either carrying it around on their person, or considering keeping it "under the mattress", or burying it in their garden. Lenihan personally rang Cathal Goan, the Director-General of RTÉ, on 18 September 2008 (the date of the show) to express his outrage at the sudden increase in potentially disastrous speculation following the show.
The extent of the Finance Minister's concern first publicly emerged the following morning when he was interviewed by RTÉ's economics editor George Lee. In that interview, Lenihan insisted that deposits were not in any danger and said that people should not be going to banks to shift their deposit accounts "on the basis of unfounded allegations made on radio programmes".[13]
Rival broadcaster TV3 accused Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and Joe Duffy of waging a "dirty tricks" war against them after a late-night game show run by TV3 was berated by callers to Liveline and saying several times on air that he had been unable to get a representative from the station to reply to callers' concerns. TV3 said a lengthy statement was sent to the Liveline office almost two hours before the September 2009 show went on air was ignored, despite the fact that it clarified some of the issues.[14] The Play TV service was discontinued by TV3 in March 2010 after 29 complaints to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), though TV3 said it was because of a decline in viewership.[15]
Journalist Kevin Myers wrote in October 2009, "Throw in some mob-oratory from the national broadcaster's disgraceful 'Liveline', and almost no state institution and no politician is safe from the vengeful, idiot wrath of Madame La Guillotine, or Les Heureuses Tricoteuses."[16]
A common occurrence is a "Funny Friday" version of Liveline, which takes place on Fridays, where Duffy is joined by comedians such as Clint Velour, Brendan Savage, Brush Shiels and Syl Fox. It is very unpopular among regular Liveline listeners[17]
Duffy earned €408,889 in 2008.[18] RTÉ's Director General said there was “no question that by today's standards” the salaries paid to its top presenters last year “were excessive. I have to repeat that they were set at a different time in a different competitive reality where some of this talent might be up for poaching by other organisations and in RTÉ's view at the time, they delivered value for money". Listeners, who contacted RTÉ Radio 1's Drivetime programme were swift to condemn the salary level, saying it was ironic that programmes like Liveline – presented by Joe Duffy – were used as a platform for criticising the pay and expenses of Oireachtas members.[19]
Duffy defended his own high wages and those of his fellow RTÉ presenters while appearing on TV3's Midweek in October 2011, claiming they were agreed “fair and square”.[20] The following month, his 2009 earnings were revealed by RTÉ to have been €389,314.[1] He defended this by saying he considered himself and his Liveline show "good value" for RTÉ.[21]
Joe Duffy is married with triplets (two sons and one daughter named michael, and mellen.).[6] He currently resides in Clontarf on Dublin's Northside.[2]0 -
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I love how that caller says "On a number of occasions", which usually means it happened over a few days or weeks, but in the context of this story, and according to the caller it happened in a few minutes.
A lady, A Lay-dee, A. Lay. Dee.
And I love when he does the accent too.
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Boombastic wrote: »Do the 3 twins only have 2 names between them? Tis terrible
No, one of them is called" AND"
Taxi drivers will have to pull out all the stops to beat the whining nurses...0 -
I love how that caller says "On a number of occasions", which usually means it happened over a few days or weeks, but in the context of this story, and according to the caller it happened in a few minutes.
A lady, A Lay-dee, A. Lay. Dee.
And I love when he does the accent too.
Thanks for the concern yesterday btw, to put your mind at ease no one has got a p45 yet anyway.0 -
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JonathanAnon wrote: »I dont want to hear anything from Bill Gates until I first get an apology for Windows Vista.
That was Ballmer's baby, Gates wasn't at the helm for that debacle. And he (Ballmer) already did (well, sort of - the article is a bit tongue-in-cheek). 0 -
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