Marian Finucane Thread

blinding

I wouldn’t let Great Thunberg or any 16 year old decide what I was having for my Tea .

Beechwoodspark

blinding wrote: »

I wouldn’t let Great Thunberg or any 16 year old decide what I was having for my Tea .

You don’t have to. She is pointing to established climate science yet it seems that some of the least academically/technically qualified boardsies have a problem with the science.

blinding

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

You don’t have to. She is pointing to established climate science yet it seems that some of the least academically/technically qualified boardsies have a problem with the science.

She should go back to school and get a good education . Then she could show us she is educated enough to interpret all of the science and not just be a public relations front for others .

The manipulation of a 16 year old by others is not an edifying site .

mgn

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

You don’t have to. She is pointing to established climate science yet it seems that some of the least academically/technically qualified boardsies have a problem with the science.

What qualifies you to say what is true and false in climate science, or do just go along with the populist option.

mgn

blinding wrote: »

I wouldn’t let Great Thunberg or any 16 year old decide what I was having for my Tea .

Plenty of the climate experts on here would,

Del.Monte

I'd love to get stuck in on this debate but I fear that we have gone way off the topic of Mammy Finucane's radio show.

Brendan Bendar

This is the Marian Finucane show thread.

I had to check

jay0109

jay0109 wrote: »

So the Media are going to decide who FG can/cannot run in Wexford. A hit job on the Marian Finucane Show followed by a full on attack on the Saturday with Cormac O'HEadhra Show.
Disgusting

Media victory
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/verona-murphy-confirms-she-has-been-removed-as-a-fine-gael-general-election-candidate-38796337.html

elperello

jay0109 wrote: »

Media victory
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/verona-murphy-confirms-she-has-been-removed-as-a-fine-gael-general-election-candidate-38796337.html

In football terms -

VM own goal.

Manager dropped her from team because she made him look bad.

I always enjoy the MF show when Brendan’s hosting it. To me anyway, he seems to put people at ease, allows the conversation to flow most of the time, and enjoys listening to the guests. I thought he was good with Leo V last week; why can’t RTE give him a proper, real, full time gig?

Oops69

how much pr do these woman's heart lot need to sell three nights of a concert ?,she's been flogging it for the last 2 months , maybe people don't want to resssurect nightmares eleanor ?

generalgerry

Fair play to Wallis Bird for nailing those three chords :-)

sligojoek

generalgerry wrote: »

Fair play to Wallis Bird for nailing those three chords :-)

As only a woman's hands can do.

Oops69

Cavan Maguire clocks in to this show more frequently than Marion .... so he does .

generalgerry

Way too much cooking on this show. It's just filler. I can't imagine anybody taking notes on this for use on Christmas morning.

sligojoek

There's been about 30 turkey and "all the trimmings" recipes on radio 1 since last Monday

elperello

Neven is the Daniel O'Donnell of Irish cooking.
Just a nice guy who is good at his job.

Callan57

sligojoek wrote: »

There's been about 30 turkey and "all the trimmings" recipes on radio 1 since last Monday

Enough to send you running to the chippie :mad:

Brendan Bendar

elperello wrote: »

Neven is the Daniel O'Donnell of Irish cooking.
Just a nice guy who is good at his job.

Very shrewd operator el, able to get thousands in free advertising .

Fair play to him, but don’t be fooled by the ‘ just a nice guy ‘ projection.

Not saying he is not a nice guy, but he is not “just a nice guy who is good at his job”.

Stuff like the key he has to RTE studios don’t happen by accident.

Dipole Keith

Cooking on the radio?
Why?
Who sits by the radio taking notes from Nevin Maguire, I’m sorry but cooking is visual.

On the plus side I think Brendan is doing a great job sitting in for Marion.

generalgerry

Agree with the above, I'm sure Neven is a nice guy, but this is an incredible gig for him. No offence to him but he's just a chef, yet he gets a regular spot on national radio that is rarely afforded to any other working class man to promote their wares. It's ridiculous that they have him on the show so often, talking about subjects that aren't even suited to the radio - but if I were him, I would be bringing a cigarette shaped coffee cake with me every time I travelled down the Nwhatever to RTE, and not asking any questions.

elperello

Just a chef !

He's a phenomenon.

Chef proprietor at MacNean House Restaurant, teacher, demonstrator, accommodation provider, author.

He employs more than 50 people in Blacklion, Co. Cavan, a small border village. There is a wait of up to six months to get a reservation.

Since when is food and fine wine an unsuitable subject for radio?

humberklog

elperello wrote: »

Just a chef !


Since when is food and fine wine an unsuitable subject for radio?

When it's too often and by the same person.

Nevin is the go to guy when they've space to fill, not necessarily for this xmas slot but at leaner times during the year.

I find Nevin old hat and his diction far too twee. No doubt a successful chef and restaurateur but he's far too regular on RTE for my ears.

Oops69

elperello wrote: »

Just a chef !

He's a phenomenon.

Chef proprietor at MacNean House Restaurant, teacher, demonstrator, accommodation provider, author.

He employs more than 50 people in Blacklion, Co. Cavan, a small border village. There is a wait of up to six months to get a reservation.

Since when is food and fine wine an unsuitable subject for radio?

ah please , he's a successful chef and small business owner And he does a good job marketing himself , well done , I've eaten there , it was lovely .... but a phenomenon ?.... Michelin judges are pretty good at spotting phenomenons , LOL .

elperello

humberklog wrote: »

When it's too often and by the same person.

Nevin is the go to guy when they've space to fill, not necessarily for this xmas slot but at leaner times during the year.

I find Nevin old hat and his diction far too twee. No doubt a successful chef and restaurateur but he's far too regular on RTE for my ears.

So he's the go to guy, what's wrong with that? It's radio, air to fill.

I don't know how you define "old hat" and as for his diction that's the way they talk in North West Cavan.

Certainly successful and worthy of his place on any radio programme.

elperello

Oops69 wrote: »

ah please , he's a successful chef and small business owner And he does a good job marketing himself , well done , I've eaten there , it was lovely .... but a phenomenon ?.... Michelin judges are pretty good at spotting phenomenons , LOL .

You say you have eaten there.
So you have seen Blacklion and you can't acknowledge that it is nothing short of phenomenal that a young lad from there managed to build up what he has.
Come on credit where credit is due

Michelin star, well maybe sometime he's only 45 .

NIMAN

Have also eaten in this restaurant.
Definitely nice food and appears to be a civil spud, so fair play to any success he gets.

He seems to have built a very good media career too.

humberklog

elperello wrote: »

So he's the go to guy, what's wrong with that? It's radio, air to fill.

I don't know how you define "old hat" and as for his diction that's the way they talk in North West Cavan.

Certainly successful and worthy of his place on any radio programme.

Lazy repetitious programming.

He's been saying the same thing for years. I don't like his forced tweeness. Nothing wrong with his accent.


Hey, horses for courses. He's not my cup of tea and I've to turn the dial whenever he's coming on (which is too often imo).

Brendan Bendar

humberklog wrote: »

Lazy repetitious programming.

He's been saying the same thing for years. I don't like his forced tweeness. Nothing wrong with his accent.


Hey, horses for courses. He's not my cup of tea and I've to turn the dial whenever he's coming on (which is too often imo).

Have to agree there Humber, there is such a thing as too nice, so there is;)

elperello

If you didn't turn the dial you'd realise that he is always onto something new or different in the world of cooking.
Christmas is a different story but then it's only once a year.

Just by the way, it's a common misconception to mistake the lyrical way of talking and the unique turn of phrase common in that part of the country as twee or some indication of niceness.
I know big tough lads, the kind you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of, whose day to day language is peppered with words rooted in Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and even Middle English.
They might speak softly but don't cross them