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Radio Archives: memorable moments on Irish radio

  • 17-07-2020 6:11am
    #1
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    I don't think we have a thread on this already, or do we?

    Thought it might be a good idea to have a place where we can leave podcast links to some important coverage of big events. There are any number to choose from, but I'm sure lots of us who mainly rely on radio for our news updates will remember Morning Ireland on November 9, 2016, when it began to dawn on everyone that Donald Trump was about to win the US Presidential Election

    Link here
    https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21084595

    I was also trying to find Morning Ireland's bombshell interview with the then-Governor of the Central Bank, where he told the country that Ireland was negotiating an EU-IMF Bailout. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be on the RTE website anymore.

    I did find this though, Brian Cowen's famously slurry speech with Morning Ireland, which almost led to a leadership heave against him

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW586aNXqU4


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  • #2
    Darc19
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    Q. Where's the taj mahal

    A. Opposite the dental hospital

    Contestant on just a minute quiz


    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/larry-gogan-s-just-a-minute-quiz-the-answers-that-became-part-of-irish-folklore-1.4132699


  • #3
    The_Dark_Lord
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    When Lavinia Kerwick spoke to Gerry Ryan for the first time. https://youtu.be/k3QtscPjEuI


  • #4
    Ger Roe
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    The closure of RTE Medium Wave transmissions in 2008.


  • #5
    Losty Dublin
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    At the risk of being cliched and utterly predictable and getting hot and sweaty under me anorak :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDLsDmgzif0


  • #6
    Joe_ Public
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    Not a news item, but enjoy revisiting this classic BP Fallon Orchestra episode with the Pogues and "friends" from 1985. Notorious for some salty exchanges with piper Noel Hill, though i find it equally memorable as a reminder of how lucid and eloquent MacGowan could be when he wanted.

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0820/722482-the-pogues-rum-sodomy-the-lash/


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  • #7
    coylemj
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    The Pee Flynn appearance on a Saturday morning political chat show on RTE R1 when he accused Mary Robinson of taking a 'new interest in her family' because she was running for president. Followed by a very effective intervention and putdown by Michael McDowell.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    coylemj wrote: »
    The Pee Flynn appearance on a Saturday morning political chat show on RTE R1 when he accused Mary Robinson of taking a 'new interest in her family' because she was running for president. Followed by a very effective intervention and putdown by Michael McDowell.

    Do you know if that's somewhere online? It isn't on the RTE website nor Youtube.

    Tis a bit like that famous Charlie McCreevy quote, "When I have it, I'll spend it", which apparently he never said, but has somehow become popular folklore.

    This is why we need a proper radio archive. I often envy John Bowman his job, as he goes through the RTE radio archives to pursue genuine veins of gold, right up to the mother lode.


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