Sean O'Rourke Today Show

Darkest Horse

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

There always seems to be an attitude amongst the Irish that it's only the foreigners who cheat. Kimmage is possibly shining a light on an area where a lot of people would prefer him not to. Rugby players are currently the golden boys of Irish sport. They wouldn't like Kimmage digging too deep.

That is true and anyone who denies the presence of doping in rugby, or any competitive sport in which large sums of money are at stake, is probably very naive. However, what exactly is Kimmage highlighting? And how are his efforts going to make any difference? Why does he care? To me he has taken this line of enquiry, or agenda in other words, to keep himself relevant because he seems to have little else to write or talk about. The questions I ask are not rhetorical: what is his objective? He seems to claim that he is concerned about the welfare of junior and senior athletes, but is that seriously realistic? Is he such a conscientious and caring person that he is going to move from sport to sport banging the same drum? Who's next, the GAA? In my opinion Kimmage is stating the obvious and making too much noise in doing so, irrelevant noise.

neris

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

There always seems to be an attitude amongst the Irish that it's only the foreigners who cheat. Kimmage is possibly shining a light on an area where a lot of people would prefer him not to. Rugby players are currently the golden boys of Irish sport. They wouldn't like Kimmage digging too deep.

I know its only a mickey take of a book but years ago one of the Ross OCarroll Kelly books they were talking about the school rugby team taking stuff and getting done for doping. Your man who writes those takes some of it from reality. But in the real world if kids are taking protein and creatine supplements whats to stop them moving on to the strnger illegal stuff. Its a bit like the whole "Weed doesnt get you onto cocaine/heroin debate"

neris

Did that asylum seeker say his wife is also his cousin??

touts

The treatment of homosexuals in Africa is a disgrace and we certainly should grant asylum but the case officers have to probe a claim. We can't have a situation where all you have to do is say "I need asylum because I'm gay" and then in you come. If we do that we might as well start handing out Irish passports from street stalls in Lagos and Cameroon. Cases must be investigated and red flags can be raised in interviews without having to probe their relationship details.

For example the man interviewed had his case investigated and clearly demonstrated that he was a genuine case and was correctly and quickly granted asylum. In contrast the girl who was interviewed gave a very convincing and tragic story. Right up to the point where she said her Aunt spirited her from the hospital and put her on a flight to Ireland from Cameroon and she didn't know where she was going until the plane landed in Ireland. Well there is your red flag right there. There are no direct flights from Cameroon to Ireland. She had to connect somewhere. She therefore had to know what destination she was heading to. If she was so severely injured are we supposed to believe she arrived into Heathrow or Paris or Amsterdam and somehow stumbled around the airport without attracting attention from anyone and fell into a plane heading to Dublin? I would speculate that red flags such as these are why her case is still being investigated. To make it out as some type of Anti-homosexual bias is clearly incorrect and they should have interviewed someone from the immigration service to give balance to the piece.

Oops69

What is the reverence for DIngle in rte all about ?, DIngle is lovely but one gets the impression that RTE consider Dingle and Galway , city of culture as the cultural epicentres of the country.

Callan57

Oops69 wrote: »

What is the reverence for DIngle in rte all about ?, DIngle is lovely but one gets the impression that RTE consider Dingle and Galway , city of culture as the cultural epicentres of the country.

And rightly so

touts

Oops69 wrote: »

What is the reverence for DIngle in rte all about ?, DIngle is lovely but one gets the impression that RTE consider Dingle and Galway , city of culture as the cultural epicentres of the country.

Sure everyone knows Limerick is the 2014 City of culture. I understand they even nearly got organized enough to stick up a few posters telling people about it last week but there was a row on the committee about the font to be used.

Joking aside Dingle and Galway are centers of culture because they have people who get up off their arse and make it so. They don't need gatherings or plaques or stuff like that. They just do it and credit to them.

Oops69

Callan57 wrote: »

And rightly so

I must make a few large papier mâché heads and bang some drums monotonously and I could become a cultural epicentre as well.

Harry Angstrom

Oops69 wrote: »

What is the reverence for DIngle in rte all about ?, DIngle is lovely but one gets the impression that RTE consider Dingle and Galway , city of culture as the cultural epicentres of the country.

It's all to do with Philip King's sonorously dulcet tones. It exerts a hypnotic effect on the suits in RTE.

Oops69

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

It's all to do with Philip King's sonorously dulcet tones. It exerts a hypnotic effect on the suits in RTE.

He was starting to moan this morning about not having broadband , I wish he didn't have radio waves , let alone broadband !

touts

Paul Murphy thinks he'll have 20 TDs behind him in the next Dail. My initial reaction is not a hope but if he keeps telling people they can have everything and pay for nothing then 20 might be a low forecast. It'll be chaos though.

P. Breathnach

Oops69 wrote: »

He was starting to moan this morning about not having broadband...

Sean cut him off pretty sharply on that. Proper order: Sean was alert to the misuse of radio access.

Callan57

Kathy Sheridan is incorrect - it is not a "cultural thing" it is human nature pure and simple a position of power over others brings out the very worst of human nature in otherwise ordinary people.

Harry Angstrom

Callan57 wrote: »

Kathy Sheridan is incorrect - it is not a "cultural thing" it is human nature pure and simple a position of power over others brings out the very worst of human nature in otherwise ordinary people.

The Stanford Prison Experiment...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

brooke 2

Oops69 wrote: »

What is the reverence for DIngle in rte all about ?, DIngle is lovely but one gets the impression that RTE consider Dingle and Galway , city of culture as the cultural epicentres of the country.

Totally agree! Have been in Dingle a few times - massively underwhelmed on
every occasion!

Callan57

brooke 2 wrote: »

Totally agree! Have been in Dingle a few times - massively underwhelmed on
every occasion!

You clearly were in the wrong company or maybe you just didn't drink enough.

L1011

Oops69 wrote: »

What is the reverence for DIngle in rte all about ?, DIngle is lovely but one gets the impression that RTE consider Dingle and Galway , city of culture as the cultural epicentres of the country.

They've studios in Dingle (well, very near Dingle) which would distort things a bit.

Callan57

A fascinating interview with the retired Garda

Loafing Oaf

Both Sean and Pat going on about the demon drink...

The Bould Rabbit

Wasn't expecting this fire fighter to break down like that so quickly.

Not easy to listen to.

Goes to show, even in a job like that, you never get over some things.

I hope he gets all the support he needs at work. All of them in his job.

HeidiHeidi

Messiah is one of my all-time favourite musical pieces - I defy MLOD to ruin it on me.

Still think I should turn her off, just in case........

CountyHurler

She was on TV3 last nite and is a regular contributor on the VB program... and a regular contributor to RTE... I really wonder how much value the taxpayer is getting for the 70k she gets for being a Senator... You would think for that money, that you would give the job your full focus..

And dont get me started on a sitting Senator getting involved in judging the Journalist Of The Year competition...




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CountyHurler

I'm sure Des is delighted to hear this private conversation replayed on the national airwaves...

HeidiHeidi

I'll give her the benefit of the doubt till the end of her piece, but PTSB doesn't require a huge balance to be kept in your account, just that you lodge a certain amount in a quarter period. Anyone earning a half-decent wage would easily make that standard.

P. Breathnach

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'll give her the benefit of the doubt till the end of her piece, but PTSB doesn't require a huge balance to be kept in your account, just that you lodge a certain amount in a quarter period. Anyone earning a half-decent wage would easily make that standard.

She cleared that hurdle!

HeidiHeidi

P. Breathnach wrote: »

She cleared that hurdle!

Barely!

touts

The banks might have to put a switching team & process in place but beyond that it's basically an honor system and they have no incentive to make sure the process works smoothly or the team are remotely competent.

dulpit

CountyHurler wrote: »

She was on TV3 last nite and is a regular contributor on the VB program... and a regular contributor to RTE... I really wonder how much value the taxpayer is getting for the 70k she gets for being a Senator... You would think for that money, that you would give the job your full focus..

To be fair, being a senator is supposed to be a part-time job - that's why they have the various panels/etc. Plus I remember reading that MLOD doesn't get paid to be on RTE (that may have changed though)

P. Breathnach

dulpit wrote: »

To be fair...

Now, there's a novel idea!

CountyHurler

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Now, there's a novel idea!

As opposed to your sarcasm, which is not novel at all..