Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1, 1263, 1610**

SEPT 23 1989

sleeveen digs at Kenny

somesoldiers

Does mrs doyle get the kit off in eastenders like she did in Shameless?

my friend

Eastenders - English scrotes shouting

Claude Burgundy

Decent choice of music :eek:

thesandeman

Claude Burgundy wrote: »

Decent choice of music :eek:

He probably hit the wrong button again.

dirkmeister

I could listen to Paul McGrath for the day.

He seems like such an interesting character.

Swiper the fox

dirkmeister wrote: »

I could listen to Paul McGrath for the day.

He seems like such an interesting character.

If Mooney was still on we'd be listening to Eanna around now, or maybe Alan Hughes, aren't they interesting enough for ya??

somesoldiers

I got goose bumps listening to the commentary clips from Ireland Italy and I don't even like soccer

SEPT 23 1989

If ever a man deserves to have a statue erected in his honour or a bridge named after him its Paul McGrath

case885

'' Do loads of people offer ya drink'' Ehm no Ray hes a recovering alcoholic which pretty much everyone knows.

somesoldiers

Ray can't understand that he still takes a drink

Claude Burgundy

somesoldiers wrote: »

Ray can't understand that he still takes a drink

Thus the reason he can't understand 50 shades of grey...........to him there's only black or white.

P. Breathnach

dirkmeister wrote: »

I could listen to Paul McGrath for the day.

He seems like such an interesting character.

It hardly matters that he is interesting: he has a wonderful speaking voice, lovely to listen to. The fact that he has things to say is a bonus. It's a further bonus that he can string his words together into properly-constructed sentences.

neris

Poor ray. The rugbys got a bit rough and physical for him to watch. Maybe he should go watch the ballet.

But then knowing ray he,ll be giving out that the ballerina has to be on her toes for the whole show

my friend

Poor Ray, he feels there's no place for small men in modern rugby and he seems upset about his theory.

djemba djemba

Oh dear,Asking Nigel Owens who will win the 6 nations

neris

my friend wrote: »

Poor Ray, he feels there's no place for small men in modern rugby and he seems upset about his theory.

Id say rays had that theory since the days he "played a bit of rugby" and found out that it was a bit rough

lertsnim

I see that mailbag rubbish has moved with him

my friend

That's 3 snipes at Enda Kenny so far on today's show
1 x Ray
1 x stupid tea bag from Fr. Ted
1 x ball bag Arthur

But of a theme form Ireland's former number 1 Bertie fanboy Ray.

lazygal

lertsnim wrote: »

I see that mailbag rubbish has moved with him

Yes. Really lazy I think.

neris

lazygal wrote: »

Yes. Really lazy I think.

The whole thing is lazy. Like a carbon copy of today fm

somesoldiers

neris wrote: »

The whole thing is lazy. Like a carbon copy of today fm

squeezed into half the time

djemba djemba

The lad from rte archives on now...next Friday the Rte postman will be on

neris

djemba djemba wrote: »

The lad from rte archives on now...next Friday the Rte postman will be on

well hey why not hes already covered the lady who works in the canteen selling cheap slop

johnire

OMG. It riles me to think that this person is being paid by me through my licence fee to the tune of around €500,000.

neris wrote: »

The whole thing is lazy. Like a carbon copy of today fm

digzy

johnire wrote: »

OMG. It riles me to think that this person is being paid by me through my licence fee to the tune of around €500,000.

Have you actual proof of that figure or just make it up?

BaZmO*

He actually rubbished that amount in his RTE Guide interview. He said that it was nowhere near that figure and that he actually took a pay cut. He also said that RTE had been tapping him up for ages, so maybe Jenny leaving the show was all staged.

With regards to his actual wages, won't the figures be released in a couple of years anyway?

nc6000

BaZmO* wrote: »

He also said that RTE had been tapping him up for ages, so maybe Jenny leaving the show was all staged.

I think you can lose the maybe. It seems pretty obvious that Jenny "leaving to spend more time with the kids" was very much staged.

It's for things like this that the phrase cute hoor was invented.

CountyHurler

djemba djemba wrote: »

Oh dear,Asking Nigel Owens who will win the 6 nations

You know if he'd asked Craig Joubert who was gonna win the 2011 RWC final, you couldnt have blamed him..

digzy

neris wrote: »

y. Like a carbon copy of today fm

Honestly, what were you expecting?

Using rugby as an example, ulster brought ruan pienaar over as a 9 or a 10. Why would you bring him over and ask him to play hooker or prop?

Darcy has been doing his thing for over a decade. I think it's fairly safe to assume rte knew what he was about..warts and all! They weren't bringing him to play country and western music or discuss the news. They have other shows for this. He's light entertainment, human interest etc....

There actually seems to be a cohort of idiots here who seem to think rte brought him on a reportedly large but unconfirmed salary and told him to make his show conform to one of their set formats but he just goes off with will and Jenny and belts away and does his own thing.

Once again, I've heard very little of his show. From the little I've heard I wouldn't go outa my way to catch it.