The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121613463#Comment_121613463

good call dude, these lads need to hang up their boots and stop bleeding the system.

Way too much of a smell about all this stuff. Seanie has had his day, give some new blood a chance surely.

Way too close for comfort is correct.

EmmetSpiceland

Would, certainly, make it easier to stick to Newstalk for Anton Savage’s show if O’Rourke took over.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121613498#Comment_121613498

I think he would do well with the first hour on Sunday but not so good for the other three hours.

It's only a rumour anyway.

RINO87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121613481#Comment_121613481

100%.

Somebody mentioned a fresh voice. While that would be ideal, we'll hardly hear one with the hiring freeze etc.

As an aside, if Sean's son is press advisor to Pippa, maybe itstime he hang up the boots too, she gets destroyed everytime she's thrown on a panel.

bcklschaps

Harbour court.... Don't mention the inadequate Gardai response!!!

leath_dub

In fairness to O'Rourke his interview style would be fairly robust. He als seems to be back in the RTE tent already, based on his recent podcast output

ShamNNspace

Sean O rourke is not the solution, he's part of the problem, he should retire away quietly somewhere he's trousered enough 💶💶💶

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121613949#Comment_121613949

Cannot disagree there Sham.

Furze99

Lord save us from this sycophantic nonsense - Callan and O'Connor stroking each others egos whilst throwing oliver branches to poor old Tubridy.

Ballsy perked up when Callan says it's only a two year contract now! Out the door.

EmmetSpiceland

Jaysus, didn’t expect an interview with Peter Cunnah to be this emotional.

Furze99

An interesting exchange of views on the forthcoming referendums this morning, though thought that Ballsy was unnecessarily complicating his questions to Ms.Steen and then complaining when she had to elaborate.

Then along comes the Pandemic Poet ... Jesus wept and it's off.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121715550#Comment_121715550

I thought he wasn’t even trying with her, she’d give an answer but leave out a section of the population and when Brendan would ask her about it she’d get flummoxed and ramble.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121715608#Comment_121715608

She gave a good account on behalf of all women, those who can choose to stay at home and those who work.

Brendan tried to complicate it by dragging in same sex relationships etc.

EmmetSpiceland

Thought she sounded like something from a bygone era, myself. Not out of place with Dev and ‘The Ireland That We Dreamed Of’.

I’d Brendan wouldn’t be too comfortable grilling someone like that. He got badly bitten by that sort in the past and his acrobatic bending over backwards for “balance” is the consequence we all have to endure as a result.

thesandeman

The people claiming that women don't have equality must have been really pissed off with the second guest when she started listing out all the top jobs that females have 😃.

ShamNNspace

Da far roight under da bed again this morning

FrancieBrady

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121719216#Comment_121719216

I thought that was a reasonable non sensationalist conversation about the issues tbh

applehunter

Some line up yesterday.

Fergus Finlay, Hazel Chu, Olivia Kelly (IT) & Cormac Lucey

4 vs 1

Save us.

Gen.Zhukov

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121757636#Comment_121757636

Re the segment on immigration - FF had his say, HC had her say, OK had her say...and then Brendan (€1560 per hr) O'Connor, cut to an ad break because nobody in Ireland wanted to hear Cormac talking sense - Disgraceful stuff

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121757766#Comment_121757766

Yep, heard the run of nodding heads and turned it off. I suppose it makes sense from an RTE point of view to be so partial as their future funding is entirely within the control of the government.

applehunter

Isn’t it great that we all agree?

Brendan Bendar

Heard Drury on RTE this morning and all I can say is WTF.

Lad tries to blame the Govt totally for this total disaster and even has the neck to suggest that Govt need to fund RTE better

Went on to speculate that in the great scheme of things these happenings should not dominate the headlines.

Even Ballsy accused him of whataboutery which it definitely was.

Now successive Govts do have a case to answer in the fact that they didn’t rein in these cowboys and girls in the Pink Palace.

However with several of ‘leading actors’ still in situ, more slates being lifted and more ‘strange life’ being brought into the open.

Nobody in their right mind would pump taxpayers money into that place given the current way it is structured and the personell

running it still intact.

Long way to run on this…….. be aware of the vested interests trying to queer the pitch.

hotmail.com

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121783940#Comment_121783940

He's former RTE himself and demonstrated for all to hear the RTE arrogance.

Even when they've been caught with their hand in the till, he seemed to say so what.

archfi

Indeed. Every single political grouping/party and non-governmental is out demanding massive taxpayers money to prop up their now fully fledged mouthpiece.

Even the very, very never ever working class revolutionaries like RBB and the Byrne fella are demanding half a billion to their favourite PR firm.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121613949#Comment_121613949

How much? Have not any amounts mentioned anywhere.Not in the Tubs range I expect

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121612554#Comment_121612554

Rosanna is the swell

Brendan Bendar

Listening to Ballsy’s and the panel this morning one would make one wonder .

Seems everyone except the top management and the ‘talent’ were on penury wedges.

I find it difficult to believe that, I would suggest that RTE would be the top payers in the sector.

Very difficult to get firm knowledge of all the so called ‘staff’ wedges, as it is for all sectors of RTE.

They also seem to think the public are not interested in the goings on in RTE….. wrong buddy….it’s our money

that gives you lot the free cars, free restaurant meals, concert tickets, junkets etc.

Enough of that guff lads- John Q duddnt buy that waffle

glenfieldman

I don’t know why this thread calls him “ballsy”, probably sarcastic, he interrupted Alison regarding SNR 4 times so not to get him or RTE in legal trouble

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121814991#Comment_121814991

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-smart-ballsy-guys-are-buying-up-property-right-now/26307728.html

N ow you know

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

This Denise one is so far up her own hole it’s quite unbelievable