Sean O'Rourke Today Show

padd b1975 · 27-01-2017 11:11AM

Cormac needs to dial back the bonhomie here, he's never this chirpy on the Late Debate.

Harry Angstrom · 27-01-2017 11:49AM

It's pointless having these debates about who is or isn't willing to form a future government. It's all empty rhetoric. Just take a look at the John Gormless "Planet Bertie" speech at the Green Party Ard Fheis prior to them going into government with FF in 2007.

Right2Write · 27-01-2017 12:00PM

Mary Lou has a cheek lecturing us on our responsibility towards 'All Ireland' and Brexit when her party has abdicated from government up North and run away from the problem...............

Right2Write · 27-01-2017 12:03PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Cormac needs to dial back the bonhomie here, he's never this chirpy on the Late Debate.

He's not a bad replacement for the slot though. Bit of a political head and maybe his leanings are a little obvious. Wouldn't have the breadth of experience to cover the multi factorial stories that crop though, PK was best at that.

constitutionus · 27-01-2017 09:17PM

Callan57 wrote: »

ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS :rolleyes:

Truly ?

Lady Chatterton · 27-01-2017 09:29PM

Right2Write wrote: »

Trust the Clare lads to give us a blast of some real trad music - unlike that Temple Bar Trad delusion that RTE seem intent on shoving down out throats currently.

If you like Trad, you might like to watch coverage of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (Ennis), it's the first of a six part series. (RTE 1, Friday @ 7:30pm).

The first programme in this new six part series from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which was back in Ennis Co. Clare after a gap of almost 40 years is presented by John Creedon and Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin. The programme features the groups Project West and Out the Gap and this year’s Ard-Ollamh Micheál Ó hAlmhain.

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/fleadh-cheoil-1262/10679479/

Right2Write · 30-01-2017 10:13AM

Scaremongering this morning? Illegal Irish to be rounded up and deported from USA?? Sounds a bit hyped up to me.

SEPT 23 1989 · 30-01-2017 10:40AM

everybody is appalled

constitutionus · 30-01-2017 04:09PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

everybody is appalled

amazing how RTE have become DEV and can just look into its heart to know the irish peoples will aint it ?

least sean admits the texters dont agree. ya wont get that from pat on newstalk.

sligojoek · 31-01-2017 10:40AM

What do you mean, no return to the status quo?

Haven't had you heard, Sean? Rick Parfitt died a few weeks ago.

Right2Write · 31-01-2017 10:43AM

Amazing how many of the younger Sinn Fein leaders talk like 'machine guns'! They must go to some training course in how to throw out as many mostly meaningless phrases as possible. Like white noise at times.

serfboard · 31-01-2017 07:42PM

Thankfully I only caught a few minutes of Micheál Martin on this morning (normal response is to switch him off), but he's a great man for talking and talking and saying absolutely nothing.

It didn't help that Seán didn't give him a harder time (in the bit I heard) as he magnificiently rode many horses at one time. For instance - talking about the Bus Eireann dispute, Micheál says the subvention should be increased. There was an opportunity for Sean to jump in and say - to how much? And how much would that cost? And where are you going to get that money from? Take it from the health service?

But he didn't. It feels to me like Sean has gone on an inverted Pay For Performance scheme - the more's he's paid, the worse he's performing.

HeidiHeidi · 31-01-2017 07:47PM

serfboard wrote: »

Thankfully I only caught a few minutes of Micheál Martin on this monring (normal response is to switch him off), but he's a great man for talking and talking and saying absolutely nothing.

It didn't help that Seán didn't give him a harder time (in the bit I heard) as he magnificiently rode many horses at one time. For instance - talking in the Bbus Eireann dispute, Micheál says the subvention should be increased. There was an opportunity for Sean to jump in and say - to how much? And how much would that cost? And where are you going to get that money from? Take it from the health service?

But he didn't. It feels to me like Sean has gone on an inverted Pay For Performance scheme - the more's he's paid, the worse he's performing.

I went straight for the off switch when i heard him on this morning. That's happening quite a lot these days with SO'R....

Interesting to see your description of the interview. I did hear almost all of the interview with Noirin O'Sullivan last week - and that was a total whitewash as well.

Has he hung up his hard-hitting current affairs hat, and is just going for the soft soap these days? Because Pat Kenny surely has. Which leaves nearly nothing worth listening to in the late mornings these days.

Brendan Bendar · 31-01-2017 08:22PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I went straight for the off switch when i heard him on this morning. That's happening quite a lot these days with SO'R....

Interesting to see your description of the interview. I did hear almost all of the interview with Noirin O'Sullivan last week - and that was a total whitewash as well.

Has he hung up his hard-hitting current affairs hat, and is just going for the soft soap these days? Because Pat Kenny surely has. Which leaves nearly nothing worth listening to in the late mornings these days.

Good points there, however Rte are somewhat spancelled by the huge salaries meted out in Montrose.

Kind of difficult to build up a head of steam against others drawing in huge wedges

dulpit · 01-02-2017 10:47AM

To be honest I've been thinking the same over the past few weeks/months, SOR has gone soft with his interviews. He used be a right dog with some questions when he was on News @ 1, but that seems to have stopped with the Today show. He did give a pretty hard interview to Michelle O'Neill I suppose...

serfboard · 01-02-2017 01:47PM

On today's show the head of some private bus operators representative organisation insisted he would only come on in a one-to-one interview.

Absolute fúckin bullshít, and should not have been allowed, IMO. He should have been told you're in for a group discussion or you're not in at all. (BTW I see the world's most useless Minister, Shane Ross, was allowed pull the same stunt on Prime Time recently).

He would have been discussing with Dermot O'Leary, the General Secretary of the NBRU, and given how Dermot performed in the previous discussion where he continuousy interrupted the other speaker, I can understand why he did it.

However, that is called Guest Management - Dermot's behaviour is by now well known, so he should have been on a phone line, and the line muted whenever the other guest was talking.

That or, if he was coming into studio, he should be given a talking-to beforehand and told his mic will be muted when the other guest is speaking if he keeps interrupting.

Get a grip, Sean and team.

Brendan Bendar · 01-02-2017 06:15PM

serfboard wrote: »

On today's show the head of some private bus operators representative organisation insisted he would only come on in a one-to-one interview.

Absolute fúckin bullshít, and should not have been allowed, IMO. He should have been told you're in for a group discussion or you're not in at all. (BTW I see the world's most useless Minister, Shane Ross, was allowed pull the same stunt on Prime Time recently).

He would have been discussing with Dermot O'Leary, the General Secretary of the NBRU, and given how Dermot performed in the previous discussion where he continuousy interrupted the other speaker, I can understand why he did it.

However, that is called Guest Management - Dermot's behaviour is by now well known, so he should have been on a phone line, and the line muted whenever the other guest was talking.

That or, if he was coming into studio, he should be given a talking-to beforehand and told his mic will be muted when the other guest is speaking if he keeps interrupting.

Get a grip, Sean and team.

Lad was dead right to insist on a one to one interview.

O'Leary doesn't know how to debate, shouting people down is his mi it seems to me.

Dead right.

dulpit · 02-02-2017 07:24AM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Lad was dead right to insist on a one to one interview.

O'Leary doesn't know how to debate, shouting people down is his mi it seems to me.

Dead right.

O'Leary = NBRU lad? If so, then yes - very annoying and shouty. Not doing your cause any favours. Would have been good to hear SOR at least ask why he insisted on a one-to-one though...

Brendan Bendar · 02-02-2017 08:31AM

dulpit wrote: »

O'Leary = NBRU lad? If so, then yes - very annoying and shouty. Not doing your cause any favours. Would have been good to hear SOR at least ask why he insisted on a one-to-one though...

Yes the very lad.

Doubt if Sean would ever reveal the actual reason why though, perhaps he just wanted to give his point of view and not be sidetracked by O'Leary. Heard it happening before on occasions

Didn't come across as terribly convincing to me.

padd b1975 · 02-02-2017 10:46AM

Colm O' Gorman getting a bit of a kicking here, resorting to personal jibes.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-02-2017 10:47AM

the yank is well able for the anti-democracy angry man

padd b1975 · 02-02-2017 10:55AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the yank is well able for the anti-democracy angry man

O'Gorman's position seems to be 'they can do it, but they can't do it'.

I can't work out what his protest is actually about.

He's losing his cool now-there's a surprise!

Brendan Bendar · 02-02-2017 11:01AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

O'Gorman's position seems to be 'they can do it, but they can't do it'.

I can't work out what his protest is actually about.

He's losing his cool now-there's a surprise!

It's about publicity seeking for the concern he is well paid to keep to the forefront of the media.

Colm seems to think that the best strategy is do nothing and wait till the bad things happen.

Harry Angstrom · 02-02-2017 11:12AM

If you look up the definition of sanctimonious in the dictionary you'd probably see a picture of ex-PD man Colm O'Gorman.

Callan57 · 02-02-2017 12:23PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

It's about publicity seeking for the concern he is well paid to keep to the forefront of the media.

Colm seems to think that the best strategy is do nothing and wait till the bad things happen.

In fairness he had a valid point ... the omission of the Saudi bagmen for international terrorism is surely extraordinary. And the American guy had no valid explaination unless he probably didn't want to say "you can't discomode multi millionaire princes" :rolleyes:
Cowardly going for the soft target IMO ... easier to come the heavy with a misfortunate and scared refugees that to take on the Saudi wealthy :mad:

padd b1975 · 03-02-2017 10:13AM

Why do people when speaking their second language feel the need to exaggerate the pronunciation??

Lara Marlow at it just now and more locally Cormac O' Hara was at it last night on The Late Debate-every time he said Bus EIREANN I wanted to put my fist through the radio.

ED E · 03-02-2017 06:38PM

Which village in Cavan was it does anyone know?

PeterTheNinth · 06-02-2017 11:58AM

"Boring, boring Arsenal" ? Is that not a term that used to describe their team about twenty years ago?

TheHomeService · 06-02-2017 12:07PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

"Boring, boring Arsenal" ? Is that not a term that used to describe their team about twenty years ago?

Dates back to the George Graham era, as far as I recall. GG stopped being manager of Arsenal in 1995.

PeterTheNinth · 06-02-2017 01:49PM

TheHomeService wrote: »

Dates back to the George Graham era, as far as I recall. GG stopped being manager of Arsenal in 1995.

I've never had it used as a description of the CURRENT team though!!!

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