The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Beechwoodspark

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Luke O’Neill being as shy as ever in telling us all how great he is. As humble and modest as Joe Duffy.

He has a great welcome for himself

Can we, as a People, all agree to consign that expression "Ireland inc" to the rubbish bin? I am begging you.

ButtersSuki

Pat McCann giving Luke O’Neill a much needed ego boost. If only poor Luke could overcome his crippling shyness and develop some self-confidence he’d likely cure cancer by Tuesday.

Del.Monte

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Luke O’Neill being as shy as ever in telling us all how great he is. As humble and modest as Joe Duffy.

I'm surprised he has any time to do any research at all as he's never off the airwaves.

"The royals are incredibly good at doing majesty" — what??

"It was incredibly affecting"

Jfc

Del.Monte

Del.Monte wrote: »

I'm surprised he has any time to do any research at all as he's never off the airwaves.

His students do the actual research, he's at the stage now where he just gives it the nod and says "well done, well done".

Spanish Eyes

Never listen to RTE now. Just a lecturing entity with a lot of fluff and pure terror of offending anyone or anything now. So bland and predictable, full of death, illness, cancer, covid, you know... all those issues that cheer us up enormously.

Few of us have not suffered some form of difficulty during the pandemic be it financial, stress, boredom, frustration, loneliness, lack of access to GPs, healthcare and tests etc., but with due respect to those going through a hard time, if I hear the word Mental Health one more time I will break the radio for good. They were even including schoolkids in that moniker FGS.

Personally I feel the subject is very relevant, but instead of calling it Mental Health it should be turned around into a positive message as to how to deal with it on a personal/family level and it should be called "Well Being" or lack of it anyway IMV, because that is what most feel, a lack of feeling good and positive, not necessarily full blown mental health issues which are medicated and professionally supported most of the time.

On the Record on Newstalk is my go to on Sundays now, fast paced and good presenter. Well anything is better than RTE. Still have to pay my license fee though.

SEPT 23 1989

Ask Robert did he watch the funeral

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Never listen to RTE now. Just a lecturing entity with a lot of fluff and pure terror of offending anyone or anything now. So bland and predictable, full of death, illness, cancer, covid, you know... all those issues that cheer us up enormously.

Few of us have not suffered some form of difficulty during the pandemic be it financial, stress, boredom, frustration, loneliness, lack of access to GPs, healthcare and tests etc., but with due respect to those going through a hard time, if I hear the word Mental Health one more time I will break the radio for good. They were even including schoolkids in that moniker FGS.

Personally I feel the subject is very relevant, but instead of calling it Mental Health it should be turned around into a positive message as to how to deal with it on a personal/family level and it should be called "Well Being" or lack of it anyway IMV, because that is what most feel, a lack of feeling good and positive, not necessarily full blown mental health issues which are medicated and professionally supported most of the time.

On the Record on Newstalk is my go to on Sundays now, fast paced and good presenter. Well anything is better than RTE. Still have to pay my license fee though.

On the ball there. Some time back a psychiatrist was speaking on the radio, not sure if it wasn't Brendan O'Connor Show. He made the very same point about the term Mental Health and described it as a pop-culture moniker used by media types that has little connection with actual mental health as viewed from the fully qualified professionals who practice in the area, the nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists. He argued that this suited recent governments very well as it placed the sphere under the remit of pop culture figures & charities rather than medical & allied professional services which have to be properly funded to be effective.

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Luke O’Neill being as shy as ever in telling us all how great he is. As humble and modest as Joe Duffy.

I can't help half liking Luke O'Neill in spite of himself. I'd prefer to share a road trip with him than Duffy, even if he were talking about himself in the bar in the evening, at least I'dd feel slightly more cheered & hopeful than with the talk of sickness and death. They both lack humility, but one focuses on hope the other on despair.

HeidiHeidi

Deleted User wrote: »

I can't help half liking Luke O'Neill in spite of himself. I'd prefer to share a road trip with him than Duffy, even if he were talking about himself in the bar in the evening, at least I'dd feel slightly more cheered & hopeful than with the talk of sickness and death. They both lack humility, but one focuses on hope the other on despair.

This, all day long!


I defended Luke O'Neill on the Pat Kenny thread as literally the ONLY positive voice in this whole ****show, and I stand by that still.



Not listening to BOC, he's gone the way of Joe Duffy for me, and any time I try to tune in it just drags me down.


But if I'd know Luke was on, I might have braved a bit of it - just for a bit of positivity. Be better than Spoofer Donnelly whom I've just ignored for the last half hour on Newstalk (Gavan O'Reilly letting me down bigtime this morning)

sligojoek

Big damage limitation job on Frank in Ireland.

"What's not to like about the Gleesons and Tom Vaughan Lawlor?"

It was absolute crap.

pc7

[Deleted User] wrote: »

On the ball there. Some time back a psychiatrist was speaking on the radio, not sure if it wasn't Brendan O'Connor Show. He made the very same point about the term Mental Health and described it as a pop-culture moniker used by media types that has little connection with actual mental health as viewed from the fully qualified professionals who practice in the area, the nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists. He argued that this suited recent governments very well as it placed the sphere under the remit of pop culture figures & charities rather than medical & allied professional services which have to be properly funded to be effective.

Was it Ian Robertson (Scottish accent?) I really like him.

That mad Italian fella was a tonic. I hope he manages to get of the steecks on the side (crutches) soon.

ButtersSuki

Deleted User wrote: »

I can't help half liking Luke O'Neill in spite of himself. I'd prefer to share a road trip with him than Duffy, even if he were talking about himself in the bar in the evening, at least I'dd feel slightly more cheered & hopeful than with the talk of sickness and death. They both lack humility, but one focuses on hope the other on despair.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

This, all day long!


I defended Luke O'Neill on the Pat Kenny thread as literally the ONLY positive voice in this whole ****show, and I stand by that still.



Not listening to BOC, he's gone the way of Joe Duffy for me, and any time I try to tune in it just drags me down.


But if I'd know Luke was on, I might have braved a bit of it - just for a bit of positivity. Be better than Spoofer Donnelly whom I've just ignored for the last half hour on Newstalk (Gavan O'Reilly letting me down bigtime this morning)

Ah come on now ladies you’re not exactly setting the bar very high there if the only choices are O’Neill and Duffy. At least O’Neill speaks English.

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Ah come on now ladies you’re not exactly setting the bar very high there if the only choices are O’Neill and Duffy. At least O’Neill speaks English.

I could talk science with Like and learn so much from him, he goes yachting where I could help with the ropes... you'd have a good time with Luke, and he does speak English.

Ash.J.Williams

I’d have a jam with Luke, I’d jam with Duffy too but i don’t think the world is ready to hear what we’d produce together

thesandeman

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I’d jam with Duffy too but i don’t think the world is ready to hear what we’d produce together

Trash metal. Joe for the trash and you for the metal.

Brendan Bendar

Deleted User wrote: »

I could talk science with Like and learn so much from him, he goes yachting where I could help with the ropes... you'd have a good time with Luke, and he does speak English.

You see!!

Ash.J.Williams

thesandeman wrote: »

Trash metal. Joe for the trash and you for the metal.

Jaysus I’m curious now

Cole

Government buildings wrote: »

You have put into words exactly what I think of him and his show. But it's not only him. All of RTE radio and television has become a total turnoff. All the same views all the time, no controversy any more. I suppose they are just reflecting the current malaise that nobody can be offended, all inclusive, mental health, blah blah. In many ways it has been in my favour, as I have been addicted to news shows all my life, and only now am beginning to appreciate good music radio for the first time.

I agree with that for sure, but it's also just the sheer poor quality of a lot of stuff now too. Over the last year or so, it's just gone off a cliff. I used to avoid one or two shows on RTE radio (Tubridy, D'Arsey), but now I avoid or just don't bother with most of it...Today with Claire Byrne (a joke), Drivetime, BOC. And as for the TV, if there ever was an example of just how bad current affairs output has become, just look at...yes her again...Claire Byrne Live.

All the blandness parallels the growth of Twitter use and of course legal action.

While listenership has shot up since the first wave and the first lockdown, the quality of programming has probably fallen. Sorry to say I would include Claire Byrne's radio programme in that. Her TV show is simply unwatchable and unenlightening. I think these programmes have suffered from bad production decisions because she herself is an excellent broadcaster.

By the way, just getting back to Joe Duffy (edit, sorry, I thought this was the Joe Duffy thread) and Lockdown — Duffy works from RTE does he? Why is that? I wouldn't describe it as essential work that cannot be done from home. Pat kenny is able to work from home, and communicate remotely with the production team, surely Joe has a spare room? You could ask the same of most RTE broadcasters actually. It's not really in keeping with the spirit if lockdown.

Cole

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

While listenership has shot up since the first wave and the first lockdown, the quality of programming has probably fallen. Sorry to say I would include Claire Byrne's radio programme in that. Her TV show is simply unwatchable and unenlightening. I think these programmes have suffered from bad production decisions because she herself is an excellent broadcaster.

Yeah I used to think Claire Byrne was a pretty decent broadcaster...back in her Newstalk days and even up until more recent times on RTE...but I just find everything about her recent output almost unlistenable. I just don't listen to her at all now...and I've been a Today listener (even religiously listening to podcasts when abroad) for years.

Ash.J.Williams

So many great threads about the drop in standards at Rte, particularly relating to individual shows I think we need a centralised one

A Tyrant Named Miltiades!

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

While listenership has shot up since the first wave and the first lockdown, the quality of programming has probably fallen. Sorry to say I would include Claire Byrne's radio programme in that. Her TV show is simply unwatchable and unenlightening. I think these programmes have suffered from bad production decisions because she herself is an excellent broadcaster.

By the way, just getting back to Joe Duffy (edit, sorry, I thought this was the Joe Duffy thread) and Lockdown — Duffy works from RTE does he? Why is that? I wouldn't describe it as essential work that cannot be done from home. Pat kenny is able to work from home, and communicate remotely with the production team, surely Joe has a spare room? You could ask the same of most RTE broadcasters actually. It's not really in keeping with the spirit if lockdown.

You need a modicum of adaptability (basic smartness really) to do that, which Duffy certainly does not have, and as for Ray Darcy and his inability to press buttons...

Kewreeuss

Government buildings wrote: »

You have put into words exactly what I think of him and his show. But it's not only him. All of RTE radio and television has become a total turnoff. All the same views all the time, no controversy any more. I suppose they are just reflecting the current malaise that nobody can be offended, all inclusive, mental health, blah blah. In many ways it has been in my favour, as I have been addicted to news shows all my life, and only now am beginning to appreciate good music radio for the first time.

What stations do you listen to? I’m on the lookout. Thanks

Government buildings

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

While listenership has shot up since the first wave and the first lockdown, the quality of programming has probably fallen. Sorry to say I would include Claire Byrne's radio programme in that. Her TV show is simply unwatchable and unenlightening. I think these programmes have suffered from bad production decisions because she herself is an excellent broadcaster.

By the way, just getting back to Joe Duffy (edit, sorry, I thought this was the Joe Duffy thread) and Lockdown — Duffy works from RTE does he? Why is that? I wouldn't describe it as essential work that cannot be done from home. Pat kenny is able to work from home, and communicate remotely with the production team, surely Joe has a spare room? You could ask the same of most RTE broadcasters actually. It's not really in keeping with the spirit if lockdown.

I think the problem with Claire Byrne besides it being lightweight stuff, you just hear her voice too much, spouting cliche after cliche. To me it seems that all current affair programmes are the same banal thrash. I don't listen any more, but am very grateful for those who do, and post their observations here.

Government buildings

Kewreeuss wrote: »

What stations do you listen to? I’m on the lookout. Thanks

I have Radio Garden installed, full of rural Irish stations, and stations the world over.
You would never tire of listening. Genuine broadcasters. No one trying to push any agenda. I love C and W, but am learning to tune my ear to other kinds of music. Thanks.

Ash.J.Williams

Government buildings wrote: »

I think the problem with Claire Byrne besides it being lightweight stuff, you just hear her voice too much, spouting cliche after cliche. To me it seems that all current affair programmes are the same banal thrash. I don't listen any more, but am very grateful for those who do, and post their observations here.

I recommend you listen to the last ten mins of tubridys show last Friday and catch the phone in quiz it’s gold