Sean O'Rourke Today Show

Brendan Bendar · 20-12-2016 11:06AM

Hmm...... listening in on today's show and wonder did RTE really try to produce the dullest, most lifeless, most monotonous delivery,most disinterested and most robotic presenter to replace SO'R.

Give them 8/10 for success there......

Squeeeeeeeeeelcccch.

neris · 20-12-2016 11:10AM

Who is she? Heard a bit of Berlin and Turkey stuff with Tom "I was in the lebannon" clonnan and I think insomnia has a cure

Joe_ Public · 20-12-2016 11:56AM

It's Kayteeeee Hannon, finally getting her big break after about 20 years in the montrose shadows. She's the political equivalent of Kathryn Thomas, just there really, hovering away in the background, keeping the gender imbalance in check if not a whole lot else.

constitutionus · 20-12-2016 05:04PM

lads its the "finucane factor"

last time she fecked off on holliers for weeks on end and got someone better than her to take over she took a 50% pay cut !

Sean aint risking that so yer getting miss "competent but dull" instead.

Right2Write · 21-12-2016 10:45AM

Journalists being wise after the Trump event

Brendan Bendar · 21-12-2016 10:51AM

Paschal gave a very sure footed performance there, ably dealt with O'Rourke.

clunked · 21-12-2016 11:00AM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Paschal gave a very sure footed performance there, ably dealt with O'Rourke.

Sleep inducing more like. A leader needs to inspire. Paschal though must be the most boring man on the planet but has quite a right wing agenda.

Brendan Bendar · 21-12-2016 02:04PM

clunked wrote: »

Sleep inducing more like. A leader needs to inspire. Paschal though must be the most boring man on the planet but has quite a right wing agenda.

Hmmm..... I'd always like to be able to sleep soundly knowing that safe hands, not some mad gimp has his or her paw on the tiller, like what happened in Greece and about to happen in the US.

I'll take boring any day over that.:cool:

clunked · 21-12-2016 06:31PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Hmmm..... I'd always like to be able to sleep soundly knowing that safe hands, not some mad gimp has his or her paw on the tiller, like what happened in Greece and about to happen in the US.

I'll take boring any day over that.:cool:

Wouldn't have put him down as a mad gimp either.

dulpit · 22-12-2016 10:16AM

Something very strange about that woman yesterday with the mortgage arrears problem. Sure it's an awful situation, but people giving her donations won't solve the problem - will it? The fundamental issue is that she can't afford the monthly repayments, so arrears will start building up again, right?

Also, I have a problem with how she's getting sympathy/donations because she spoke on the radio, what about other people? And what about the husband/partner she bought house with (I think that's what she said Monday...)???

Right2Write · 22-12-2016 11:02AM

Rather poor interview from Sean with the Navy lads. Happy clappy stuff and lets pat ourselves on the back. No questions as to the gender breakdown of the refugees or their countries of origin. Well I didn't hear them anyway. Poor public broadcasting IMVHO.

Right2Write · 22-12-2016 11:59AM

Safeguarding?? Sounds like just more intrusion by the state into the private lives of citizens. There was a chap on Duffy's show a while back and he was finding it very difficult to deal with handling his mother's modest pension, as she was in a nursing home. And this premises presumably with backing of HSE was guarding her pension like a hawk. So much so that he needed to fund her few bob a week himself so as to preserve her dignity. Has to be a balance in all these matters and the balance should be towards the family and not the state/ business interests with their eyes on old peoples savings.

P. Breathnach · 22-12-2016 03:17PM

Right2Write wrote: »

Rather poor interview from Sean with the Navy lads. Happy clappy stuff and lets pat ourselves on the back. No questions as to the gender breakdown of the refugees or their countries of origin. Well I didn't hear them anyway. Poor public broadcasting IMVHO.

"We can't rescue you from the sinking boat, because we have exceeded the quota for male Eritreans. We'll take the women."

lawlolawl · 23-12-2016 10:09AM

This guy doing "funny" voices is absolutely bombing.

HeidiHeidi · 23-12-2016 10:13AM

Bring back the normal, depressing, current affairs reporting shows.

This stuff is just cringe (well, the 10 seconds I lasted listening was)

Pat Kenny talking about De Weather and babies.

Even Lyric is gone mad this weather.

Nothing to listen to :mad:

lawlolawl · 23-12-2016 10:30AM

ANOTHER GUY DOING FUNNY VOICES!?!?

Irish comedy is such utter twaddle.

PeterTheNinth · 23-12-2016 10:35AM

lawlolawl wrote: »

ANOTHER GUY DOING FUNNY VOICES!?!? Irish comedy is such utter twaddle.

The level of Irish comedy is terrible. All falling back on hackneyed old Irish stereotypes of the irish mammy and "leaving on the immersion".

Brendan Bendar · 23-12-2016 10:59AM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Bring back the normal, depressing, current affairs reporting shows.

This stuff is just cringe (well, the 10 seconds I lasted listening was)

Pat Kenny talking about De Weather and babies.

Even Lyric is gone mad this weather.

Nothing to listen to :mad:

You ain't heard nothing yet!!

HeidiHeidi · 23-12-2016 11:00AM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

You ain't heard nothing yet!!

And I'm continuing to hear nothing - silence reigns in my house this morning

Brendan Bendar · 23-12-2016 11:09AM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

And I'm continuing to hear nothing - silence reigns in my house this morning

Might follow your example:cool:

Joe_ Public · 23-12-2016 11:42AM

Sean's really earning his crust today. "So Kelly, it's a question of taking one fight at a time, if that's not too much of a cliche?"

"Marty, I'd say you're a real Christmas sort of guy?"

Tis truly the season to forget about professional broadcasting standards and serve up any oul guff.

PeterTheNinth · 23-12-2016 11:52AM

How many times have they gone to speak to somebody only to realise they dont have a mic.. You'd swear it was their first broadcast

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Tis truly the season to forget about professional broadcasting standards and serve up any oul guff.

As creepy Brendan Keenan reads out a Christmas poem, and NT give us their usual "Angela Merkel good, Donald Trump" narrative.

Joe_ Public · 23-12-2016 12:02PM

Nice subtle dig from Ronan Collins on the changeover there, wondering if it wasn't a bit early for Sean to be knocking off for the year.

Paddy Porter · 24-12-2016 11:12PM

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Nice subtle dig from Ronan Collins on the changeover there, wondering if it wasn't a bit early for Sean to be knocking off for the year.

Lookit ! ALL the RTE A Listers will be off till the New year..absolute disgrace !

constitutionus · 29-12-2016 10:47AM

God the stand in for Sean couldn't hide her disgust at brexit !

Near half hour of mewling about it off 3 luvvies that don't have a breeze.

Nice to see RTEs learned nothing.

PeterTheNinth · 29-12-2016 11:38AM

constitutionus wrote: »

God the stand in for Sean couldn't hide her disgust at brexit ! Near half hour of mewling about it off 3 luvvies that don't have a breeze.

Katie Hannon again. Yeah I was thinking the exact same. The same narrative - It was racists, as obviously no clever person would have voted for BREXIT. And it's funny that these journalists should comment on how the Irish emigrants didn't appreciate Enda Kenny telling them how to vote (i.e. to stay in EU), yet still don't realise that one of the motivating factors for the No vote was that people didn't like being told what to do by the media themselves.

foxtrot101 · 29-12-2016 03:01PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

yet still don't realise that one of the motivating factors for the No vote was that people didn't like being told what to do by the media themselves.

The majority of the UK print media - The Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun and The Express have been anti-The EU for decades and were pro-brexit. Broadcasters were governed by Ofcom rules which meant they had to give both the Leave and Remain camps equal airtime. So this notion of "the media" telling people what to do was just not case.

Joe_ Public · 02-01-2017 10:41AM

Is there anything Fiona Looney isn't an expert on?

Lady Chatterton · 02-01-2017 10:53AM

RTE's New Year countdown on TV was the most depressing bit of television I've watched for a while. I think they should consider letting Marty Morrissey (and Oliver Callen) present it next year, at least Marty is upbeat and knows how to party.

PeterTheNinth · 02-01-2017 11:37AM

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Is there anything Fiona Looney isn't an expert on?

And don't forget, Joe.. Kerry are a 'wounded animal'.
Marty, who actually knows something about sport, must have been cringing at her every cliché. I, on the other hand, had the choice to switch off. And did.

Sean O'Rourke Today Show

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