Liveline Thread 10/04/2015 to 16/06/2015

Fujitsu10

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Bit before the player's time I assume but I'd love to go back and listen to that show and the following week or so's episodes.

That would make good listening alright, I think he had a caller on who watched as the second tower got hit live on air, Its all a bit hazy now.......

HeidiHeidi

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Completely irresponsible, sensationalist and potentially dangerous broadcasting from the telephonist again. How does he get away with this?

+1000

Wacker The Attacker

Flukey wrote: »

In LiveLine world, retired firefighters and retired policemen are experts, up there with taxi-drivers.

And old people

vicwatson

And Joe is sooo wishing he knew who the victims were, even to get a distant relative on that had a 3rd cousin out there for the summer or something would do him !

Atlantic Dawn

Priory Hall was built in 2007, one year later, same architect?

Firefox11

FFS! Should they be talking structural loading etc., in the midst of this Tragedy!

Sittingpretty

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Is he trying to blame someone for overloading the balcony or blame builders.?

Both, he also seems to have completely missed that the balcony struts may also have collapsed. Because you can't see them in a post collapse photo doesn't mean they were never there.

Harry Palmr

Ah yes the Irish famously assimilate - they always learn the lingo .

Dan Jaman

"If we go to Germany we like the sausage."
Ooohh... I don't think you have to go that far, caller.

ButtersSuki

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Is he trying to blame someone for overloading the balcony or blame builders.?

Not if they were Irish builders. Then it's the fault of the "cimint"

Wacker The Attacker

sure arent we a great bunch of lads

ButtersSuki

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Ah yes the Irish famously assimilate - they always learn the lingo .

As long as it's English.

Odyssey 2005

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Both, he also seems to have completely missed that the balcony struts may also have collapsed. Because you can't see them in a post collapse photo doesn't mean they were never there.

Don't burst his bubble

HeidiHeidi

No, Joe - nobody verified anything.

They're all just on your phone line speculating, just like you.

There aren't enough :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:s to express my outrage at this programme today.

signostic

Joe trying to find someway to blame the Californian building regulators...from a country that certified Priory Hall.

bottlebrush

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Is he trying to blame someone for overloading the balcony or blame builders.?

Before the end of the programme I'm guessing he will speculate if a plane flew into the balcony. Seriously, It's just too soon for this endless speculation until the facts are established.

Sittingpretty

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

No, Joe - nobody verified anything.

They're all just on your phone line speculating, just like you.

There aren't enough :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:s to express my outrage at this programme today.

Isn't it just the most insensitive misery porn :mad:

ButtersSuki

That is an absolutely brutal ad for Bord Gais Energy.

And as usual the HSE paying RTE a fortune in advertising fees to advertise something that everyone knows about. Bet they didn't ask for a discount either.

Flukey

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Joe angling as to whether it may have been their own fault......

He'll be trying to get passersbyto ring in and let him know what song was playing at the time the balcony collapsed and if they were doing the conga or some other such dance on the balcony.

somesoldiers

RTE follow the report on the balcony collapse with ad featuring the song "Falling Slowly"

signostic

Dan Jaman wrote: »

"If we go to Germany we like the sausage."
Ooohh... I don't think you have to go that far, caller.

Only if its Eurovision...

ButtersSuki

bottlebrush wrote: »

Before the end of the programme I'm guessing he will speculate if a plane flew into the balcony. Seriously, It's just too soon for this endless speculation until the facts are established.

What colour was the plane?

Odyssey 2005

Can't listen to this ****e anymore. Condolences to the families affected by this tragedy.
I'm out

Atlantic Dawn

The media will be as usual straight on to Facebook to ripoff all photos they can of the victims once the names are released.

Fujitsu10

bottlebrush wrote: »

I remember it very clearly, I was listening to it where I worked at the time. I remember he was discussing racism, I think the Nigerian owned a shop ( I can't do the accent!) Joe switched to talk to either Conor O'Clery or Neil O'Dowd in New York who was looking over at the Twin Towers after the first plane struck. Then he saw the second plane strike and I'd think Joe nearly went into orbit.

Yes, the Nigerian had a shop in Shandon Street in Cork, and he got quite upset that Joe wanted to cut him off to cover the 9/11 story.
It really is one of those "where were you when you heard ......." stories. Its just such a pity that Duffy is included in my initial memory of 9/11.

ButtersSuki

I wonder would he be as freakishly voyeuristic about this if the 3 twins were in California?

CarrickMcJoe

I'm actually expecting to hear Joe on American radio.

Wacker The Attacker

it was physics joe.

constitutionus

yeah well now its the lead story on both the indo and irish times site.

so at least ya can see the balcony now if ya want.

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/five-irish-dead-after-balcony-collapse-in-california-31305863.html

seems joes the main source for stories to journos today.

(and by that i mean ANYTIME its fecking slow)

somesoldiers

Dara OBrian a one time student of maths!!!