Liveline With Joe Duffy - Mod Note in OP

gmisk

He should have gone long ago.No big loss.

I expect the time he has left on air to be a parade of sycophants thanking him for his service....

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429070#Comment_123429070

Blindboy

https://youtu.be/kNLU-14HMp4?si=oUSLoUn1XwODMZCE

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429234#Comment_123429234

Joe: And can you speak properly?

Blindboy: what do you mean can I speak properly??

2smiggy

I'd be very surprised if he does not go for president. All the buttering up of various groups over the last year or so. fairly obvious what he was up to

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429247#Comment_123429247

I really don't think he will. no offence to Joe or anyone with similar health issues, but he does not look the healthiest (overweight) lately especially for being a president.

rolling boh

No doubt he will milk his farewell for all its worth he will love folk ringing in to tell him how wonderful he is and what a loss to the Airways he will be .

BP_RS3813

Thank god that man is finally gone. If I have to hear him having people on just to moan any more I'll snap. Moantalk - get someone who is slightly annoyed about a trivial or stupid issue and let them rant for an hour, whoever came up with the show idea should have been fired the moment it was proposed.

Arghus

Not hugely surprised. His contact was up, he seemed to be increasingly going through the motions, the long absences were becoming more numerous and prolonged.

Having said all that - and it is emotionally complex and cognitively nonsensical - I personally will miss him when he goes. I do scoff at him and I roll my eyes at lots of things he does and I don't even know if I really genuinely like him at all, but, Jesus, the cast of replacements are so dire to listen to and a LL without Joe is about as utterly, utterly lifeless as radio can get.

Joe is simultaneously the best and the worst thing about the show.

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429273#Comment_123429273

Airways ??????……Airwaves more like.

furiousox

Joe retiring is also the death knell for this thread I'd wager, unless his successor is equally buffoonish 🙄

leath_dub

Wait for the ratings to tank once Joe steps down. Like him or hate him ( and I believed he's arrogant, boorish, pseud - intellectual and pretty stupid) the prospect of buffoonery often leads one to listen in.

The regular stand-ins are monotonous, safe, and dull.

It would be better to consign liveline to the dustbin rather than go with JJ T, Colm PBH

There are only two realistic options: Ray D'Arcy or Tubs. Imagine the panic Tubs would have if the public had unfiltered access to him 🙂

Ray's overall technical crappiness and awkwardness trying to have a conversation could be hilarious

z80CPU

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429283#Comment_123429283

Whineline show

BPKS

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429296#Comment_123429296

Our work here is done.

RIP Liveline thread

cher nobyl

Daddy 5-0 is hanging up the mic, and the cake fork, and gob-stoppers, etc

LambshankRedemption

I think they need to give it to someone new and let that person make it their own. I actually think Louise Duffy could do a great job. It doesn't need to be as serious journalism as Claire Byrne, or Prime Time, but there are things that come up regularly that people want to talk about.

Brian Scan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429283#Comment_123429283

"get someone who is slightly annoyed about a trivial or stupid issue" 

If the cap fits….

Expunge

A clear run to the Aras has to be on the cards now.

I'm sure he could have negotiated a contract extension for 12 months or so, unless RTE really want him out.

Watch for all the good publicity about him bleed into potential Presidential hype.

It's on. As predicted by some on here.

The timeline to an autumn election is perfect.

(Assuming he can get a nomination, of course)

rolling boh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429293#Comment_123429293

You know what I meant ,I am such shock I can't even spell .

ShamNNspace

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429283#Comment_123429283

Liveline itself is not a bad idea, with the right man/woman in the chair it could be an important, necessary safety valve for citizens to vent on the issues of the day... I'm thinking back to the days when Marian was in the chair when no topic seemed to be out of bounds and the show wasn't a soapbox for the host and his interests and biases..

rdser

PPersonally Agree he should have gone long long ago...

But if boucher hayes gets the show, I'm stopping my direct debit for the licence fee.

bureau2009

Next to retire.....Miriam O 'Callaghan

🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

Viscount Aggro

A good news day at last.

An end to the whining, bullying, talking over people, and that dreadful accent of his.

bureau2009

Retiring from Liveline.....…but perhaps not fully retired.

Atlantic Dawn

RTÉ should put out some white smoke when they get a new host for Liveline.

Peter Dragon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429296#Comment_123429296

A certain cohort will be delighted with that.

leath_dub

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429381#Comment_123429381

Liveline purports to be public access platform, where the general public can call on and discuss matters that are of concern to them. Joe often referred to it as a "caller driven show"

The reality of course is that it is the opposite. It is an exercise in distraction , to make sure key points of conversation are not given airtime.

If it were really "caller driven" where were all the call about mica, pyrite, water charges, bin charges, license fees, immigration presenters salaries 🙂, etc?

Nobody ever called about them . Instead the public were exercised about a boat that sank in Dublin Bay in 1948, the noyeks fire, tractor parades and the like

All this supplanted by Joe's pet projects: graveyards, children that died in conflicts, +death in general, really) , Funny Friday etc

It would probably be for the best if Liveline was put out to pasture like it's equally bloated presenter

notwhoyouthink

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

ShamNNspace

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429468#Comment_123429468

That's what it became allright

mattser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123429296#Comment_123429296

Hallelujah

Gael23

Can Liveline go on without him?

Hard to see, he’s there since the start