Saturday with Claire Byrne

alaimacerc

No thread on this show? Or have I mis-searched, as is so often the case?

Large amounts of equal but opposite blather from Jonathan Irwin and from Pearse Doherty. When Diarmaid Ferriter starts sounding like the voice of reason, I start to worry...

Brendan Bendar

I'll really start to worry when I hear the bould Diarmuid express worry about spending other people's money!

CountyHurler

My God, four years on and Barry Cowan still doesnt have a clue.... He thinks that the result of the last election was their failure to implement a solution to the economic crisis, as opposed to actually causing it...

alaimacerc

Barry seems to have woken up and found himself in a centrist party. Who was it that ran that madly pro-cyclic nonsense back in the late 90s and '00s, then? Must have been some different crowd altogether.

CountyHurler

I dont think it's unfair to say that the greatest legacy left by that Fianna Fail Government was the greatest economic disaster in history... It's hard to give any merit to the good things that FF did... It's like saying we did a great job on painting the town hall, before we burnt it down...

Red Alert

Byrne needs to reign in her behaviour a bit. She sounded like a hyena giving out, bad tempered little girl!

Teyla Emmagan

Barry Cowen was very annoying there. Doing nothing but talk over everyone else so he couldn't be asked any questions.

Who'd be Jan O'Sullivan though. Talk about trying to sell a pup. She was pretty good at staying in message and not blowing her top though. I would lose the head 5 minutes into one of those conversations. "Do you know where you can stick your pause button...".

Brendan Bendar

Red Alert wrote: »

Byrne needs to reign in her behaviour a bit. She sounded like a hyena giving out, bad tempered little girl!

It's 'rein' as in the horse, you pull on the reins to keep the mare in check.

Otherwise I would have no issue with your post:D

alaimacerc

Red Alert wrote: »

Byrne needs to reign in her behaviour a bit. She sounded like a hyena giving out, bad tempered little girl!

I only heard half the show (more than I have the last few weeks, mind you), so perhaps I missed some major meltdown. As opposed to Cowen blusteringly talking all over everyone else, and CB having to restore a little bit of order. But that seems a very odd comment to me. If your view is that female presenters need to be seen and not heard, radio might not be the medium for you...

CountyHurler

Red Alert wrote: »

Byrne needs to reign in her behaviour a bit. She sounded like a hyena giving out, bad tempered little girl!

I have been critical of Claire Byrne in the past but I think she's improved... I think she was left with no option but to interrupt Barry Cowen, who really did FF no favours here.... Same amnesia as his brother, and shouting down the women in the room..

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Who'd be Jan O'Sullivan though. Talk about trying to sell a pup. She was pretty good at staying in message and not blowing her top though.

I think Jan O'Sullivan is a great speaker.. She always comes across as being sincere, honest, and on top of her brief... The ASTI are a bunching of f**king kids for not inviting her and pretending like they forgot... An excuse they wouldnt accept from any of their students..

alaimacerc

CountyHurler wrote: »

I think Jan O'Sullivan is a great speaker.. She always comes across as being sincere, honest, and on top of her brief... The ASTI are a bunching of f**king kids for not inviting her and pretending like they forgot... An excuse they wouldnt accept from any of their students..

Probably just as well I missed that bit, for the sake of my blood pressure. The teaching unions don't seem to want to take "yes" for an answer on junior cycle. They holding out for "no change whatsoever, and have a pay rise for your trouble"?

Brendan Bendar

alaimacerc wrote: »

Probably just as well I missed that bit, for the sake of my blood pressure. The teaching unions don't seem to want to take "yes" for an answer on junior cycle. They holding out for "no change whatsoever, and have a pay rise for your trouble"?

The have this in common with the HSE, nobody,but nobody will give an inch,and why would they?

Cast iron jobs,great pensions, great hours for some, strident Union leaders,good remuneration.

All they need to do is bunker down and they are untouchable and they know it.

Brendan Bendar

Listening to this show today, I have to say the contribution of Ruth Coppinger was the most negative and insular I have heard for a long time.

She kept on the mantra of the Socialist all through any discussion despite several contributors on opposite sides of the 'Bailout' debate agreeing that no what had happened 'that night' it would have been catastrophic for the country.

Such negativity and blatant pumping of an agenda had me gobsmacked.

alaimacerc

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

She kept on the mantra of the Socialist all through any discussion despite several contributors on opposite sides of the 'Bailout' debate agreeing that no what had happened 'that night' it would have been catastrophic for the country.

All Coppinger has to bring to Irish politics is the perfect outraged sneer.

She'll go a long way.

AnthonyCny

Anyone hear Ruth's idea to nationalise Dell instead of closing it? Was back a few months

Brendan Bendar

alaimacerc wrote: »

All Coppinger has to bring to Irish politics is the perfect outraged sneer.

She'll go a long way.

Absolutely blown out of the water on today's show.

Nothing to offer that is even remotely positive.

Like her mentor Higgins.

NIMAN

People like her appeal to the masses, as its easy to say you are anti-everything and you'd do this and that if in power, as she never will be.

I detest these type of politicians. Say what you want about the ones running the country, but they have the hard and unpalatable decisions to make. People like Coppinger disagree with everything and God forbid her ilk got any real power, cos then the country would really be fecked.

Brendan Bendar

NIMAN wrote: »

People like her appeal to the masses, as its easy to say you are anti-everything and you'd do this and that if in power, as she never will be.

I detest these type of politicians. Say what you want about the ones running the country, but they have the hard and unpalatable decisions to make. People like Coppinger disagree with everything and God forbid her ilk got any real power, cos then the country would really be fecked

That's for sure.

Clive Bisquette

Crackin D4 accent on Claire Byrne today...someone called Mullally...picked Sinead O'Connor as her stand out person of the last century!

Lot's o guff about powerful women, and the likes ....typical feminist rant.

Brendan Bendar

Clive Bisquette wrote: »

Crackin D4 accent on Claire Byrne today...someone called Mullally...picked Sinead O'Connor as her stand out person of the last century!

Lot's o guff about powerful women, and the likes ....typical feminist rant.

Picking poor Sinéad for that accolade about says it all,Clive.

One has to wonder sometimes........

Loafing Oaf

Peadar Toibin mentions the 'hyper-bowl' about Brexit:P

Harry Angstrom

The Irish need to take their heads out of their backsides with regard to Brexit. They seem to be taking it a lot harder than the British themselves. Joe O'Shea was forecasting the closure of Canary Wharf on the Marian Finucane Show this morning, ffs.
No doubt the British will get through it and might even come out the other side as a better country in the long run, while the Irish continue to be good little Europeans.

TOEJOE

Harry while I agree with a lot of what you say .The hornets nest created as MIchael Crick described is worring for everyone.WE will all move on but the uncertainty for people is the problem.My belief is there will be another vote because of the narrowness of the vote. Not very democratic!!,

Brendan Bendar

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

The Irish need to take their heads out of their backsides with regard to Brexit. They seem to be taking it a lot harder than the British themselves. Joe O'Shea was forecasting the closure of Canary Wharf on the Marian Finucane Show this morning, ffs.
No doubt the British will get through it and might even come out the other side as a better country in the long run, while the Irish continue to be good little Europeans.

Time will tell.

alaimacerc

Musical special. Mad altogether.

I'm growing increasingly impatient with Claire Byrne. She used to be great on Late Debate, but her interviewing style has changed since her promotion, she's quite disdainful of anybody disagreeing with the status quo, and seems very wrapped-up in the political cocoon.

Today's programme represented that problem quite neatly: a bloody barbecue, like. There were a few cursory political exchanges, and just when it would get interesting, Claire would stop that chat and ask for a song.

The first time I've heard Fintan Warfield and Francis Black on radio since their appointment to the Seanad, and (except for a polite few words) they were basically onl;y there to sing.

Listen lads, if anyone from the show reads this, I don't believe anybody is interested in an outside broadcast from your hilarious office barbecue. I for one am not interested in listening to politicians sing, I want them held to account. Have your party off-air next time.

Brendan Bendar

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm growing increasingly impatient with Claire Byrne. She used to be great on Late Debate, but her interviewing style has changed since her promotion, she's quite disdainful of anybody disagreeing with the status quo, and seems very wrapped-up in the political cocoon.

Today's programme represented that problem quite neatly: a bloody barbecue, like. There were a few cursory political exchanges, and just when it would get interesting, Claire would stop that chat and ask for a song.

The first time I've heard Fintan Warfield and Francis Black on radio since their appointment to the Seanad, and (except for a polite few words) they were basically onl;y there to sing.

Listen lads, if anyone from the show reads this, I don't believe anybody is interested in an outside broadcast from your hilarious office barbecue. I for one am not interested in listening to politicians sing, I want them held to account. Have your party off-air next time.

I was going to sound off, but hey, you have a very valid viewpoint .

Don't blame Clare, blame the producer.