Today Show with Sarah McInerney

Infoanon

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Didn't sound like a rant. Says he's not reopening until there's a *cure*.

Nobody would say such a thing blithely -- that's a cue for creditors to start demanding payments. I think he's serious.

There's also the elephant in the room - Insurance .

Listening to Sarah today I think that she deserves the job full time

emo72

Gen.Zhukov wrote: »

Echo Beach?

Anyone that doesn't like Echo Beach deserves to be battered to death with a slice of soggy toast.

ShamNNspace

Collette Browne seems to be a permanent fixture on the Friday gathering, all grand but I'd like to hear an alternative take on things sometimes

ninebeanrows

Finally I heard a bit of sense regarding travel on this show. Forget the chaps name but can he please explain what he did directly to our government

newcavanman

Tig98 wrote: »

I agree, I only got the tail of the interview but she was coming off very dour and Joe like.

Sigh..yeah.....yeah..sigh... How many do you employ... Sigh

Not very enticing listening

She was completely out of her depth. SOR would have done much better with him . Ben passed her the ball right in front of the goal all she had to do was stick it in the back of the net. It could have been on a par wuth the Maria Bailey interview

Infoanon

Infoanon wrote: »

There's also the elephant in the room - Insurance

In what way? There's no such thing as insurance against going bust.... if there is, I wish someone had told me:pac:

Listening to Sarah today I think that she deserves the job full time

She did a great bit of 'dead air' there when she asked Dunne how many people had he on the books, and he said "80". The few moments of silence said more than any follow-up question could have. Deftly done I thought.

Brendan Bendar

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Collette Browne seems to be a permanent fixture on the Friday gathering, all grand but I'd like to hear an alternative take on things sometimes

Comes across as a Shinner shill.

I agree Sham, where are the alternative views.

Harry Palmr

Sarah McInerney is bit too insistent, even shrill. She doesn't have to give it full force. A bit tonal variation would be nice, even her sentences are spoken at a single pitch. Like a succession of headlines.

Infoanon

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

In what way? There's no such thing as insurance against going bust.... if there is, I wish someone had told me:pac:

Insurance being invalid if a staff member or Gym member becomes ill with Covid is what I was referring to.

I would hazard a guess that the Gyms main creditors are it's members annual gym fees.

Thought The week review was very uncomfortable for FF and Labour....

Brian Scan

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

In what way? There's no such thing as insurance against going bust.... if there is, I wish someone had told me:pac:

She did a great bit of 'dead air' there when she asked Dunne how many people had he on the books, and he said "80". The few moments of silence said more than any follow-up question could have. Deftly done I thought.

I think she's very good, but that bit of dead air made me think that she got an answer she didn't expect and didn't have a follow-up question ready. What do you think was deftly done.

Brian Scan

Brian Scan wrote: »

I think she's very good, but that bit of dead air made me think that she got an answer she didn't expect and didn't have a follow-up question ready. What do you think was deftly done.

I think it left unasked (left to the listener to answer) whether Ben Dunne is overreacting, or if the loss of these 80 jobs is justified.

And what was well-handled was knowing that Dunne's workers would likely be only finding out about this on live radio, and the question could be put implicitly. I thought that silent was quite deliberate. .

I don't think it was a case of McInerney being caught on the hop, because there's nothing surprising about the fact that the gyms employ 80 people. Nothing flows from this, whether he employs 8 or 800.

Mad_maxx

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Collette Browne seems to be a permanent fixture on the Friday gathering, all grand but I'd like to hear an alternative take on things sometimes

no one embodies the truly dreadful state of irish journalism today more than colette browne

Mad_maxx

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Comes across as a Shinner shill.

I agree Sham, where are the alternative views.

god no , pure soc dem


middle class socialist of the cookie cutter variety

Tell me how

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Comes across as a Shinner shill.

I agree Sham, where are the alternative views.

What do you mean, alternative views?

Brendan Bendar

Tell me how wrote: »

What do you mean, alternative views?

Pro establishment, pal.

Tell me how

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Pro establishment, pal.

So, alternative views on Irish radio now would be pro-establishment?

Brendan Bendar

Tell me how wrote: »

So, alternative views on Irish radio now would be pro-establishment?

On certain panels and shows, undoubtedly.

Tell me how

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

On certain panels and shows, undoubtedly.

Ah yes, but on other shows might be seen to be pro-establishment, meaning, by and large a balanced amount of pro/anti establishment voices.

KevRossi

Claire Byrne has another ‘I want the job’ soft piece in the Mail. Knives are out and Noel Kelly has the little media circus working hard to get Claire the job.

KevRossi

KevRossi wrote: »

Claire Byrne has another ‘I want the job’ soft piece in the Mail. Knives are out and Noel Kelly has the little media circus working hard to get Claire the job.

What a cesspit the whole thing is. More Buggins Turn than anything approaching a meritocracy. Noel Kelly drip feeding the machine.

I wonder if RTÉ might change the habits of a lifetime and give the show to Sarah, who’s good at it. One step (in the right direction) at a time. All journeys begin with a single step.

jay0109

KevRossi wrote: »

Claire Byrne has another ‘I want the job’ soft piece in the Mail. Knives are out and Noel Kelly has the little media circus working hard to get Claire the job.

The Sindo has a piece too about her wanting The Late Late before she retires! Even used an old pic of her when she had long hair...had to do 2 takes on it to see if it was her.

ButtersSuki

It was read out as a feature on "As it says in the papers" on Morning Ireland this morning. I was a little surprised at that tbh.

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

It was read out as a feature on "As it says in the papers" on Morning Ireland this morning. I was a little surprised at that tbh.

So was I; but then my conspiracy theory generator kicked into life.

Mav11

Deleted User wrote: »

What a cesspit the whole thing is. More Buggins Turn than anything approaching a meritocracy. Noel Kelly drip feeding the machine.

I wonder if RTÉ might change the habits of a lifetime and give the show to Sarah, who’s good at it. One step (in the right direction) at a time. All journeys begin with a single step.

I'm sure that Dee Forbes and Moya Doherty are giving it careful consideration!!!

ButtersSuki

Deleted User wrote: »

So was I; but then my conspiracy theory generator kicked into life.

I'd be confident I have the same conspiracy theory!

KevRossi

ButtersSuki wrote: »

It was read out as a feature on "As it says in the papers" on Morning Ireland this morning. I was a little surprised at that tbh.

I think John S. Doyle has often gone on a solo run when reading out stuff, though I can't remember if it was him this morning. He can be very dry and I always got the impression he didn't have much truck with the big earners in Donnybrook.

He rarely does the Sunday papers, but once or twice he did he was sarcastic about something penned by that great intellectual thinker of modern Irish life, Joe Duffy when he was rambling on in the Mail on Sunday.

Klonker

I really like Dr. Jack Lambert, he always gives a balanced view and doesn't just think about it as a health issue.

BringBackMick

OMG the O'Toole guy about Ireland being similar to NZ

How is he allowed spout this non stop

NIMAN

So it would change Claire's life!

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/it-would-change-my-life-claire-byrne-would-like-to-take-over-sean-orourkes-today-show-39378964.html

dominatinMC

NIMAN wrote: »

So it would change Claire's life!

https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/television/it-would-change-my-life-claire-byrne-would-like-to-take-over-sean-orourkes-today-show-39378964.html

Embarrassing. I realise it's in the "entertainment" section, but that piece hardly qualifies as journalism, more a thinly-veiled come get me plea.

Sarah is doing a fine job, but RTE clearly don't believe in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach.