Derek Mooney / Blaithnead Ni Whatsits .... on this morning

zoobizoo

Have Radio 1 on...

Derek and Blaithnead....

Derek is a fairly accomplished presenter regardless of whether you like him or not.

She on the other hand.... shoe horned into another RTE show. Speaking over people, trying to get her spoke in and not waiting for the other speakers finish what they're saying before she speaks and doesn't seem to realise that she should stop speaking when others are talking.

Amateur hour or possibly two hours.

PeterTheNinth

zoobizoo wrote: »

Have Radio 1 on... Derek is a fairly accomplished presenter regardless of whether you like him or not.

It's refreshing to hear Derek back on the radio. He's a great broadcaster, nice to listen to. He turned in to such a curmudgeon by the end of the other show though. Then he was two months out of the job and he suddenly realised what he missed. Seems he is back to the old happy, carefree Derek this morning. Maybe he appreciates the radio show a lot more now that he's been without it for so long.

RTE should get rid of D'Arcy at the next possible opportunity and get Mooney back in on half the wages.

FrancieBrady

I find him insufferable in a way I find no other RTE host insufferable and that is saying something.

If it isn't important to Derek - it ain't important.
Tuned away now. Another rare occurrence in this house.

Big C

derek is bursting for someone to ask him has he worn anyone else's under wear ?

only tuned in when I saw this thread, I out already

Oops69

Popped in for five minutes , Mooney talking inanely through his nose and bla-nidge getting her high pitched whine in at every opportunity...And they're discussing Rory from Mrs Brown's boys ... what cultural nirvana on the national broadcaster !
Derek and Bla- nudge are welcome to each other but please dont inflict them on us RTE , Put them in a back - office somewhere to bitch each other to death .

zoobizoo

I have stayed tuned in just to try and figure out the point of her being on the show...

I guess RTE have to get some use out of her.

Does she do anything else on TV / Radio?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Absolutely asinine drivel. They are having a great time bit it's cringeworthy for the listener.

PeterTheNinth

zoobizoo wrote: »

Does she do anything else on TV / Radio?

She used to do a bit of bullying on the telly in the afternoons.

Oops69

st patricks day parade for a bit of guttural false middle class gaeilgore- ness

zoobizoo

Derek is doing a Reeling in the Years 2002......


Mickey Joe Harte won the You're a Star competition.

Romeo Beckham was born.......

myshirt

I try so so hard, but Blaithnaid absolutely boils my blood. It is even worse when she does the feminism and gender inequality sobbing piece saying she is not paid enough. I couldn't speak for a full afternoon when I read that, I was in some state of neurogenic shock.

She the embodiment of all that is wrong with an RTE culture we need to get rid of. She has zero ability. Zero. It's really bad. I do not want to be mean to her or to anybody, people are human with feelings an family, but I always hoped Blaithnaid would have the integrity to say it wasn't working, this wasn't for her, she wasn't any good, that if she was getting more than minimum wage she was doing well, and that she'd move on to something else.

She's really bad.

dxhound2005

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

It's refreshing to hear Derek back on the radio. He's a great broadcaster, nice to listen to. He turned in to such a curmudgeon by the end of the other show though. Then he was two months out of the job and he suddenly realised what he missed. Seems he is back to the old happy, carefree Derek this morning. Maybe he appreciates the radio show a lot more now that he's been without it for so long.

RTE should get rid of D'Arcy at the next possible opportunity and get Mooney back in on half the wages.

They brought D'Arcy back at great expense to stop the rot Mooney was causing to listenership figures and to reverse it in the afternoon slot. Which he has succeeded in doing. It would be a commercial disaster for RTE to do an about turn on that decision.


http://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/arts-culture-news/radio-saviour-ray-darcy-faces-5612977

Radio saviour Ray D’Arcy faces an uphill battle to reverse a 32,000 listener slump in RTE One’s afternoon slot, industry figures revealed today.

The former Today FM broadcaster is still finding his feet at Montrose after taking over from nature-obsessed Derek Mooney in February.

youngblood

Did anyone else detect a lot of tension between Blathnaid, Derek & Oliver Callan this morning?

It seemed like he was a v unwelcome guest, Callan in fairness seemed to v prickly for zero reason, must be some history there...

Oops69

youngblood wrote: »

Did anyone else detect a lot of tension between Blathnaid, Derek & Oliver Callan this morning?

It seemed like he was a v unwelcome guest, Callan in fairness seemed to v prickly for zero reason, must be some history there...

RTE is like a viper's nest , i'd say people are bumping into each other with trays , swerving to avoid each other , avoiding eye contact and throwing daggers in the canteen , they should set up a hidden camera there and do a show , it would have the best viewership figures all year.

PeterTheNinth

Callan did an impression of Marion on the show as well. Pointing out the hypocrisy of her leading the feminist charge of pay equality. I wonder did she hear that when she was driving the SUV up the N4? I'd say she absolutely despises him.

But let's be honest, if all of the RTE people liked Callan, then he wouldn't be doing his job properly. It would be far easier for him to take it easy on the RTE people and just satirise the people who work outside of RTE. It's very ballsy of him to make them the target of his sketches.

Harry Angstrom

dxhound2005 wrote: »

They brought D'Arcy back at great expense to stop the rot Mooney was causing to listenership figures and to reverse it in the afternoon slot. Which he has succeeded in doing. It would be a commercial disaster for RTE to do an about turn on that decision.

Listeners probably got sick and tired of Mooney's Eurovision obsession, although D'Arcy's obsessions are equally as objectionable.

Oops69

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Listeners probably got sick and tired of Mooney's Eurovision obsession, although D'Arcy's obsessions are equally as objectionable.

So its a choice of 'Porridge to save the world ' or 'eurovisionophilia' for our afternoon broadcasting ?, Is the country that bereft of broadcasting talent ?

PeterTheNinth

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Listeners probably got sick and tired of Mooney's Eurovision obsession, although D'Arcy's obsessions are equally as objectionable.

He got very grumpy towards the end as well. After D'Arcy outed him, it seemed like there was a lot of pressure on him at the time of the marriage referendum to fly the flag for the gay community. Which lead to him getting a lot of abuse on social media, which lead to him starting every show with a big rant. So the show lost it's carefree happy feel, and it became a soap box for Derek to air his grievances..

And an RTE afternoon radio show is not the place for somebody to push their own personal agenda or air their own personal grievances... unless you are Joe Duffy

constitutionus

I'm just pissed. It's replacing the business show. It's not like the previous hour wasn't just a highlight show (playback) that could accommodate them.

Was straight off to Bobby. Kerr on newstalk. (yup THAT bad)

PeterTheNinth

constitutionus wrote: »

Was straight off to Bobby. Kerr on newstalk. (yup THAT bad)

I just can't take Bobby Kerr's hangover voice and little girl laugh. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy and he's a very decent man. But his voice just turns me off.

FrancieBrady

Some sicko in RTE unleashed the two of them on us...on the one programme too!

zoobizoo

constitutionus wrote: »

I'm just pissed. It's replacing the business show. It's not like the previous hour wasn't just a highlight show (playback) that could accommodate them.

Was straight off to Bobby. Kerr on newstalk. (yup THAT bad)

Is that just for the summer months?

dxhound2005

Oops69 wrote: »

So its a choice of 'Porridge to save the world ' or 'eurovisionophilia' for our afternoon broadcasting ?, Is the country that bereft of broadcasting talent ?

The listening public have made their choice. No to Eurovison (and owls) and yes to porridge.

I'm pretty neutral on Derek Mooney (he may be miles ahead of Ray D'arcy as a broadcaster, but that's hardly a measure of greatness); however, I don't understand the hating on Blathnaid.

I think she comes across as a very fun, earthy, self-deprecating co-presenter. I've heard she is the same in real life, from people who have worked with her. Maybe I'm a bit biased because I like her passion and political support for the Irish language. Still, I fail to understand how she can be such an object of dislike.

I mean she's a replacement for Brenda Donoghue... speaking of whom, where is Brenda these days? Has she been poached by the BBC?

Skid X

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm pretty neutral on Derek Mooney (he may be miles ahead of Ray D'arcy as a broadcaster, but that's hardly a measure of greatness); however, I don't understand the hating on Blathnaid.

I think she comes across as a very fun, earthy, self-deprecating co-presenter. I've heard she is the same in real life, from people who have worked with her. Maybe I'm a bit biased because I like her passion and political support for the Irish language. Still, I fail to understand how she can be such an object of dislike.

Nobody likes a bully.

Skid X

Skid X wrote: »

Nobody likes a bully.

Lets be fair to Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh, Sheana Keana has been clear that it was a media exaggeration. We can't go around implying that someone is a bully when the supposed victim is on the record, dismissing it.

We would all be hopping mad if third parties were exaggerating or inventing claims of one of us being a bully at work. It is the kind of gossip that should never be given oxygen.

constitutionus

zoobizoo wrote: »

Is that just for the summer months?

i presume so.

its like the news, cause its august apparently nothings happening (like say the prospect of nuclear war ! ) so they cut it by half an hour no matter what.



if the lad involved wants to feck off on holidays ive no prob with that but to scrap the show as if NOTHINGs gonna happen in the business world is just nuts.

i mean right now stg is hurtling towards parity with the euro and half of all second hand cars in the country have been imported from the UK.

But ya wouldnt know off RTE today who've inflicted moony and blathnid on us instead.

Skid X

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Lets be fair to Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh, Sheana Keana has been clear that it was a media exaggeration. We can't go around implying that someone is a bully when the supposed victim is on the record, dismissing it.

We would all be hopping mad if third parties were exaggerating or inventing claims of one of us being a bully at work. It is the kind of gossip that should never be given oxygen.

There was also the story Dara O'Briain told on Room 101 about his female Echo Island co-presenter calling him a prick two seconds before they went live on air.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

zoobizoo wrote: »

Is that just for the summer months?

I think they said last week that it was for 4 weeks. Roll on September.

dxhound2005

constitutionus wrote: »

i mean right now stg is hurtling towards parity with the euro and half of all second hand cars in the country have been imported from the UK.

If it is hurtling it will arrive very soon. When is parity?

Half of all used cars sounds a bit high to me. Any figures for that?

Teyla Emmagan

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote:

I mean she's a replacement for Brenda Donoghue... speaking of whom, where is Brenda these days? Has she been poached by the BBC?

I think they may actually be the same person.

two wheels good

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Callan did an impression of Marion on the show as well. Pointing out the hypocrisy of her leading the feminist charge of pay equality. I wonder did she hear that when she was driving the SUV up the N4? I'd say she absolutely despises him.

But let's be honest, if all of the RTE people liked Callan, then he wouldn't be doing his job properly. It would be far easier for him to take it easy on the RTE people and just satirise the people who work outside of RTE. It's very ballsy of him to make them the target of his sketches.

I had a similar thought this morning when I heard Callan lamenting that he hadn't been on TV in a long while. His impressions are so accurate and so cutting they must rub people up the wrong way.
His impression of Marion this morning was wicked. Also for example his Micheal Martin impression, MM drinking green tea -a little detail based on fact.
Bring back Callans Kicks, I say - but not the Enda Kenny sketches.

mrsdewinter

I'm on the fence re Blathnaid. I'm too old to remember her in Echo Island, and I never really saw that afternoon show. All I know her from is the Mooney Show and the way she's wheeled out as a talking head from time to time. I'm mystified as to how she has managed to hang on for so long in the national broadcaster.
But I thought the letter she read out was appalling. And I don't know why it didn't lead to a longer discussion between the 3 of them. The consensus seemed to be, 'yeah, nutjobs be nutjobs...' But the language levelled at her was vile. And very gender-specific. I wish she'd taken the opportunity to talk about how she felt about it. Is this what all people in the public eye have to put up with? All women?

zoobizoo

mrsdewinter wrote: »

I'm mystified as to how she has managed to hang on for so long in the national broadcaster.

She's staff....

Welsh Megaman

You can tell that Derek doesn't like presenting the show with BTBKC, with the less-than-jokey insults.

As previous posters have already mentioned, it looks like the work of her agent trying to shoehorn her in anywhere.

twinklerunner

constitutionus wrote: »

I'm just pissed. It's replacing the business show. It's not like the previous hour wasn't just a highlight show (playback) that could accommodate them.

Was straight off to Bobby. Kerr on newstalk. (yup THAT bad)

The whole idea of Business News on RTÉ is the equivalent of a Public Sector Update via Ryanair.

PeterTheNinth

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Is this what all people in the public eye have to put up with? All women?

Blá is well able to bully people herself, and in person as well. She's not a very likeable person, so it's certain that she will get those sort of letters.. Everybody in the media get those sorts of letters, so she's not unique in that.

And I don't know why you're making a sex issue about this.... Because it's not.. I send far worse to Ryan Tubridy

liam7831

I pronounce I bla nedge think she likes it likes that

bobbyss

It was on in the background and I heard bits and pieces. I heard someone complain about not being on TV for three years. I actually thought Mooney said that but apparently it was Callan.

So Mooney has a new Sat morning programme? What is his new programme about anyway? Anything at all? Interview anybody they find hanging around the RTE canteen? TV? Celebrity? Isn't that what D'Arcy does?

He is on a big salary also I believe. But would it make a particular difference if it was presented by Shay Byrne, Anne Doyle, or anyone else really for half or a third of the money? It wouldn't make any difference to me at all.

Just as a by the way I really enjoy Aengus McAnally and I think he should be used more by RTE. What is he lacking that Mooney and particlarly D'Arcy supposedly have? I find him more engaging, more mature and reflective than any of them.

unclealbert

At least mooney can get through a sentence without coughing or spluttering,unlike marion finnucane.Its obvious to me when it comes to her,its not what you know its who your married to.

bobbyss

bobbyss wrote: »

Just as a by the way I really enjoy Aengus McAnally and I think he should be used more by RTE. What is he lacking that Mooney and particlarly D'Arcy supposedly have? I find him more engaging, more mature and reflective than any of them.

Couldn't agree more. I often wondered the same when McAnally was covering for Mooney in the afternoon slot a few years ago. He's exactly the right fit for a relaxing afternoon magazine programme, but he doesn't seem to have had a full time presenting gig since The Lyrics Board, perhaps.

Oops69

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. I often wondered the same when McAnally was covering for Mooney in the afternoon slot a few years ago. He's exactly the right fit for a relaxing afternoon magazine programme, but he doesn't seem to have had a full time presenting gig since The Lyrics Board, perhaps.

He occasionally fills in on late date and he's only slightly less cloying and bland than FIachna O' Braoinan, no thanks , keep him in the back office doing ' research'.

Oops69

Oops69 wrote: »

keep him in the back office doing ' research'.

He's works as a radio producer.

Harry Angstrom

Can't take Aonghus seriously anymore since he appeared on Marian's show a year or two ago talking about the tragedy of his male pattern baldness and his constant plugging (pun intended) of the hair loss clinic that treated him.

PeterTheNinth

Blannidge and Mooney on again this morning.

Just thinking, it's very brave of RTE to give Blannidge another show given the fiasco they had with the last one and all the bullying accusations.

Oops69

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Blannidge and Mooney on again this morning.

Just thinking, it's very brave of RTE to give Blannidge another show given the fiasco they had with the last one and all the bullying accusations.

She still comes across as overbearing , this collaboration with Mooney , given his personality , can only end in tears , maybe that's why RTE put them together although that would be too clever for the Montrose elite.

bobbyss

What is the programme about?

jordata

I caught most of the show today and I have to say I can't see the point in the pairing of Derek and Blaithnead. I used to quiet like Mooney on his afternoon slot. It was light entertainment and suited that time of day. Hate D'Arcy in that slot but that a whole different thread. One of the topics today was recorded during the week out and about somewhere - have to admit I don't remember the topic but they were both there. There was really no need for them both to be there talking over each other. Any discussion Derek starts she needs to get involved in without having anything useful to add.

bobbyss

It was on in the background today. They were talking over each other. Don't know who was to blame for that-him or her or both. She doesn't seem to read him very well and she has a very high, shrill voice. I think she may have been announcing some mundane event or other and you would think Ireland had won the World Cup. Was she in fact mentioning McGregor's fight thinking everybody is equally enthralled about that thing?

Joe_ Public

Does Derek still do his skin crawling "byeeeeeeeeeeeee" at the end of his shows?

I will say his wildlife shows were always a good listen, passionate presenters who loved their subject and spoke with wit and charm and knowledge. How many RTE shows could you write that about? Of course it could never last.

zoobizoo

A good presenter knows that it's meant to be about the listener, not about you!

Unfortunately Blaithnaid seems to think that it's about getting herself heard as often as possible.

Sometimes you have to just let the other presenter speak and not stick your oar in.