Marian Finucane RIP Mod warning #46

Was quite shocked to hear of the death of Marian on the news just now. Hadn’t known that she was ill, and didn’t think too much about her absence on her show as she used to travel to South Africa a bit. May she Rest In Peace.

Sir Oxman

Shocked!

RIP

Itssoeasy

Was she sick ? She was on the radio before Christmas if I remember right. Sounds very sudden.

Andrew00

Wow

PropJoe10

A very fine broadcaster. RIP.

pinkyeye

What a shocker, she was only 69??

NIMAN

shocked.
RIP

Larbre34

I have no more information than anyone else, but as an unreconstructed smoker, I'm shocked but not surprised at this news.

Marian was a real pioneer and a fighter when she could easily have been downtrodden by the misogyny of her era. RIP.

elperello

RIP

One of the best broadcasters of her generation.

Wow, that was a bit of a shock.

RIP

fergus1001

F

zell12

People die
She did a lot of positive work for society

Pelvis Parsley

Wow, that's sudden.

touts

RIP.

Please go to this thread, on mobile site so can’t do mod stuff properly,..,

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058042210/3/#post112146335

TheFortField

I’m shocked and saddened to hear of Marian Finucane’s sudden death. Marian brought us lots of superb interviews during her career but it’s her interview with her friend Nuala O'Faolain (after receiving a terminal diagnosis) I will always remember. It was the most powerful and moving interview I ever heard on radio.

If there is a heaven, I hope Marian is reunited with her old friend, Nuala.

elperello

Deleted User wrote: »

Please go to this thread, on mobile site so can’t do mod stuff properly,..,

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058042210/3/#post112146335

It's a car crash of a thread.
Some people showing no respect for the recently deceased.
I'd advise avoidance.

Sleeper12

Very talented lady.

R.I.P.

Sleeper12

elperello wrote:

It's a car crash of a thread. Some people showing no respect for the recently deceased. I'd advise avoidance.

Totally agree. I think she deserves a respectful RIP thread here away from After Hours nonsense

The Black Oil

Shocked to see this when I clicked onto RTE's website earlier. RIP.

splinter65

Very unexpected and quite a shock on this quiet peaceful post NY evening, and a terrible blow to Irish radio, especially so soon after the death of Gay Byrne. Excellent interviewer, never came across as hectoring or bullying unlike others who shall remain nameless. That’s a very rare skill.RIP Marion.

Mr.Wemmick

How terribly sad. Marianne was brilliant. She brought star quality to radio with her eloquence and talent. She could wipe the floor with many a presenter with her versatility and in-depth knowledge all delivered in an easy, natural way. A brilliant woman.

R.I.P.

lozenges

Used to love listening to her, one of the few in RTE who probably justified their salary.

RIP

Skid X

That is very sad news, Marian was a very talented broadcaster and she will be very sadly missed.

She was a driving force behind The Womens' Programme back in the day which was very popular and gave a lot of Women a voice on the air

RIP

ford fiesta

Always found her guess the song lyrics competition quite entertaining!

FAMLEE

300k per year salary ,

Will my TV licence be dropping by a few euro this year?

generalgerry

She certainly was a great broadcaster in her day, but unfortunately in recent years this became increasingly overshadowed by the discussion of her salary. Particularly when she moved to the four hour weekend show while retaining a six figure salary.


RIP

bobbyss

RIP.

Was she in the audience for the Gay Byrne tribute show? I can't recall.

Zeek12

ford fiesta wrote: »

Always found her guess the song lyrics competition quite entertaining!

She had an uncanny knack of reading the lyric out in a slightly stilted way - so even though you knew it very well, it took ages to register with you!

I wasn't always the greatest fan of the show but for better or worse occasionally I tuned in, as I regularly have to make a long drive on Saturday mornings.

While I didn't always agree with all of her opinions it was often quite entertaining and she seemed to be a really genuine person.

RIP.
Thoughts go out to her family.

nullzero

FAMLEE wrote: »

300k per year salary ,

Will my TV licence be dropping by a few euro this year?

You could spend the savings on a shiny new moral compass.

FAMLEE

nullzero wrote: »

You could spend the savings on a shiny new moral compass.

Awesome.. will do , got a link to one of these?

Thankyou, FAMLEE for your sage expertise. Now Go Away.

splinter65

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Thankyou, FAMLEE for your sage expertise. Now Go Away.

Shushhhh now... FAMLEE is edgy as hell and popular with all the cool kids. Lighten up boomer.

FAMLEE

RTE scumbags, guess i'll be on my way so...

gormdubhgorm

Seemed like a very nice woman. But my opinion she was a terrible broadcaster, who just happened to be there because she was there since the early days.
Her voice was grating, she constantly interrupted her guests to give her own opinion. The subject normally came back to the economy (no matter what the initial topic was supposed to be) - which she was not qualified to discuss.

Hopefully RTE will replace her with someone who had the same level of drive and enthusiasm she clearly had - when she started in her career at RTE. A good opportunity for a revamp I think.

sideboard

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Seemed like a very nice woman. But my opinion she was a terrible broadcaster, who just happened to be there because she was there since the early days.
Her voice was grating, she constantly interrupted her guests to give her own opinion. The subject normally came back to the economy - which she was not qualified to discuss.

Hopefully RTE will replace her with someone who had the same level of drive and enthusiasm, she clearly had when she started in her career at RTE. A good opportunity for a revamp I think..

What a load of insincerity!

gormdubhgorm

sideboard wrote: »

What a load of insincerity!

I would be insincere if I came on here and said I thought she was a great broadcaster.
My mother was Finucane's demographic. She is an avid listener of most things on RTE - the radio dial never changes in the kitchen.
Even she admitted that Finucane sounds terrible interrupts etc (as above). But my mother claims she liked the topics on the show. Politics/economy etc etc etc. Basically if anyone was doing the show she would listen to it.

And I suppose I am not supposed to say Marian F. seemed like a nice woman?
A nice chatty woman with plenty of opinions on certain subjects, even though she was supposed to be the presenter on the show?
Most of which seemed to start with "well I think..."
That is the phrase I will always associate with Marian Finucane - may she rest in peace.

sideboard

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I would be insincere if I came on here and said I thought she was a great broadcaster.
My mother was Finuance's demographic. She is an avid listener of most things on RTE - the radio dial never changes in the kitchen.
Even she admitted that Finucane sounds terrible interrupts etc. But my mother claimed she like the topics on the show. Politics/economy etc etc etc. Basically if anyone was doing the show she would listen to it.

And I suppose I am not supposed to say Marian F. seemed like a nice woman?
A chatty woman with plenty of opinions on certain subjects?

Respect and decency, please.

no.8

FAMLEE wrote:

Will my TV licence be dropping by a few euro this year?

Go crawl back under a rock if you can't display an iota of decency.


RIP

FAMLEE

no.8 wrote: »

Go crawl back under a rock if you can't display an iota of decency.


RIP

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

Mod: User banned

spurious

FAMLEE wrote: »

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

Nothing normal about some of your comments.

sideboard

FAMLEE wrote: »

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

I'm sure you feel you are also exercising 'measured restraint'.

no.8

FAMLEE wrote:

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

I don't agree with the pay packet for the work put in (hours on air + whatever amount of additional hours), but ffs, show some common sense please. There's a time and place

dvdman1

lozenges wrote: »

Used to love listening to her, one of the few in RTE who probably justified their salary.

RIP

Lol

elperello

No matter what you think LOL has no place in an RIP thread.

We are still in the early stages here. Just give it a rest for a day or two please.

Nody

Mod:
Since some posters appear to have been dropped on their head one time to many allow us to spell it out: Be polite and considerate when posting in this thread or you'll face a forum ban. Oh and we in the mod team define nice as we see fit; yes we're all desperate power mongering dictators bla bla bla so suck it up buttercup or face a ban for it.

Mancomb Seepgood

RIP. It must be a terrible shock to those close to her as it seems to have been very sudden. I'm not quite old enough to remember her on Liveline,but I enjoyed the weekend shows. The talking heads reviewing the papers bit was pretty tedious but that's the format rather than herself.

Incidentally the thread over on AH is a disgrace.The mods seem to have done their best with it but there is a very nasty element on this site which seems to have gotten worse over the years.

kravmaga

FAMLEE wrote: »

300k per year salary ,

Will my TV licence be dropping by a few euro this year?

Your comments are inappropriate in nature, not the most sensitive or diplomatic.

elperello

Mancomb Seepgood wrote: »

RIP. It must be a terrible shock to those close to her as it seems to have been very sudden. I'm not quite old enough to remember her on Liveline,but I enjoyed the weekend shows. The talking heads reviewing the papers bit was pretty tedious but that's the format rather than herself.

Incidentally the thread over on AH is a disgrace.The mods seem to have done their best with it but there is a very nasty element on this site which seems to have gotten worse over the years.

That AH thread is gone now and good riddance. Thanks to mods.

Higgins5473

elperello wrote: »

That AH thread is gone now and good riddance. Thanks to mods.

What’s very clear is that there is there is an awful lot of anger towards RTE from licence fee payers at this very moment. So when one of their lesser working and over paid workers passes then a certain amount of emotion and apathy spills out which is fair enough. So maybe a tribute book of adulation only thread should be set up in this instance to cater for both parties.

I enjoyed her show whilst making breakfast at the weekend. Will I miss her and do I give a sh*t? Not particularly. That’s life, someone far worse off and a lot hard working died a few minutes ago.

Jonny one

Just listed back on the website to the last radio show she hosted which was back on December 8th, the poor ladies voice sounded really bad. Brendan O'Connor had been presenting her show for the past 3 weekends.