High Noon with George Hook.

PeterTheNinth · 16-03-2017 01:35PM

The kids get a high five when they drop the ball? What a load of rubbish. do they get a high five when they fail their exams as well?

Vorenus400 · 20-03-2017 01:35PM

Ive noticed it before but George has Shane Coleman on to make him look like a conservative, its quite funny. Coleman saying kids shouldnt be watching porn and that he will be called a prude fro saying this. What weird feckin company is he keeping? Everyone agrees children shouldnt be watching hardcore porn but how to go about it without completely isolating the kid is the thing. Coleman on his we should do something but he has no viable idea. George speaking a bit of sense on this, Its nearly impossible to restrict a kid while allowing him access to the technology to see porn.

I have no doubt that George only raised (pardon the pun) the topic and invited shane in to call him a conservative and piss him off a little

Vunderground · 20-03-2017 01:37PM

That bit with Shane Coleman was fun. He (Coleman) was loosing his mind

PeterTheNinth · 22-03-2017 01:55PM

"but more of that later". does he have to say that in every one of his reports?

A Shaved Duck? · 22-03-2017 02:45PM

Love how the public sector give it the poor mouth constantly but the facts blow the whole facade out of the water.

loads of lifers in the public service collecting increments year on year for zero improvment in performance dragging up the average.

Ol' Donie · 23-03-2017 01:11PM

Turned on the radio there. George doing his monologue rubbish. Talking about yesterday's attack, and patting himself on the back for "consistently" questioning unrestricted access for migrants.

Three of the first six words in The Guardian's main headline right now are "British Born Assailant".

Vorenus400 · 23-03-2017 01:14PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Turned on the radio there. George doing his monologue rubbish. Talking about yesterday's attack, and patting himself on the back for "consistently" question unrestricted access for migrants.

Three of the first six words in The Guardian's main headline right now are "British Born Assailant".

If that judge in Hawaii hadnt blocked trumps travel ban then this wouldnt have happened:rolleyes:

George's researchers only seem to go to american fox news style sites for information.

At least newstalk had the good sense to not send Henry McKean over to London

Ol' Donie · 23-03-2017 01:18PM

"Researchers", indeed.

I should probably mention that once I heard him going down that route, it quite literally took me less than five seconds, probably closer to three seconds, to find that the attacker was from Britain. So it is literally the case that there is actually zero research done before he starts.

23-03-2017 01:25PM

A Shaved Duck? wrote: »

Love how the public sector give it the poor mouth constantly but the facts blow the whole facade out of the water.

loads of lifers in the public service collecting increments year on year for zero improvment in performance dragging up the average.

I was wondering yesterday how much do TV license inspectors get paid. I was thinking if there was 10 and they earned 35k, that it costs not RTE but An Post(another public service claiming they can't make ends meet due to operations costs), 350,000 plus expenses to go around and inspect peoples licenses. Then I found an article in the Irish Times from 2015 saying the cost of collecting the license is in the region of 12 million. :eek:

What do they do with it all I wondered but you've answered that. Paying people who push paper all day but due to increments and bonuses for showing up, earn more than a senior software engineer

Grolschevik · 23-03-2017 02:05PM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Turned on the radio there. George doing his monologue rubbish. Talking about yesterday's attack, and patting himself on the back for "consistently" questioning unrestricted access for migrants.

Three of the first six words in The Guardian's main headline right now are "British Born Assailant".

Indeed, this was in the public domain yesterday evening.

Vorenus400 · 23-03-2017 02:10PM

George just compared the terrorist attacks to Pearl Harbour. The guy on is talking about the sensationalist way media reports on these attacks and plays into the hands of terrorists. George just saying would you not show the pearl harbour attacks. Jesus he is bad.

Georges whole show is about sensationalist reporting.

AndrewJRenko · 23-03-2017 02:31PM

A Shaved Duck? wrote: »

Love how the public sector give it the poor mouth constantly but the facts blow the whole facade out of the water.

What facts are these then?

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Turned on the radio there. George doing his monologue rubbish. Talking about yesterday's attack, and patting himself on the back for "consistently" questioning unrestricted access for migrants.

Three of the first six words in The Guardian's main headline right now are "British Born Assailant".

What does 'British Born' mean? Does it just mean British?

Or British but a bit dark skinned?

Del.Monte · 23-03-2017 02:43PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

What facts are these then?

What does 'British Born' mean? Does it just mean British?

Or British but a bit dark skinned?

You can be British 'born' but not of Britain. The unpalatable truth is that there are parts of Britain that are far removed from the mainstream and populated by people who have no loyalty to the country of their birth. Same is happening here but it's not pc to mention it.

Vorenus400 · 23-03-2017 02:59PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

You can be British 'born' but not of Britain. The unpalatable truth is that there are parts of Britain that are far removed from the mainstream and populated by people who have no loyalty to the country of their birth. Same is happening here but it's not pc to mention it.

Do you mean all those British people in Ireland? lots of them born here but still would consider themselves British.

You can be as un pc as you like (dependent on boards.ie rules I presume) but people will challenge you on it. That is all that will happen. People need to stop using pc as a term to end arguments on all sides.

Del.Monte · 23-03-2017 03:14PM

Vorenus400 wrote: »

Do you mean all those British people in Ireland? lots of them born here but still would consider themselves British.

You can be as un pc as you like (dependent on boards.ie rules I presume) but people will challenge you on it. That is all that will happen. People need to stop using pc as a term to end arguments on all sides.

You presume a lot, and getting infractions, bans etc. on Boards for making non-pc statements is widespread. I wasn't talking about British people in Ireland but then again you knew that. I'm out of this topic. Have a nice day.

southstar · 23-03-2017 05:01PM

I noticed that Hook objected to the term " committing suicide" today.Now that maybe is because he claims to have attempted it himself on( off the pier in Dun Laoghaire or Howth) when he went bankrupt and is sensitive to the term....but I though,albeit without any surprise, this guy is being a little hypocritical given his usual blathering about PC terms and the malinged 'language police'

i71jskz5xu42pb · 23-03-2017 05:09PM

southstar wrote: »

I noticed that Hook objected to the term " committing suicide" today.

Pg 11 of the guidelines on media reporting of suicide recommends against using that phrase.

AndrewJRenko · 23-03-2017 10:16PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

You can be British 'born' but not of Britain. The unpalatable truth is that there are parts of Britain that are far removed from the mainstream and populated by people who have no loyalty to the country of their birth. Same is happening here but it's not pc to mention it.

How do you define 'of Britian'? Does it relate to the colour of your skin?

I hear RTE continuing the 'British born' line tonight. Why can't they just say that he's from Kent, as they would for anyone else?

southstar · 24-03-2017 12:41PM

Chelsea Miniature Somehow wrote: »

Pg 11 of the guidelines on media reporting of suicide recommends against using that phrase.

Interesting observation.. but I don't think the point is lost that all this railing about PC is very selective.The characterization of the Irish as being stupid ,drunk and lazy for example (though rarely heard across the water any more)would surely raise the heckles of of our full blooded ' anti PC brigade '.

God did I just use that term.....??

Vorenus400 · 24-03-2017 01:12PM

George seems bitter about fathers day and not getting cards. His solution is to abandon mothers day.

PopePalpatine · 24-03-2017 06:06PM

Vorenus400 wrote: »

George seems bitter about fathers day and not getting cards. His solution is to abandon mothers day.

'Member when Irish conservatives were up in arms about one American school not celebrating Mothers' Day, and claimed it was happening across the USA as part of "de gay agenda"? I 'member!

Vorenus400 · 30-03-2017 01:35PM

Very interesting little bit there by Hook and Kelly. She was saying that I know you arent a sexist because I have worked beside you for 10 years and no one has done more for my career. George quickly said lets skip that/move on. Shows many things, George is playing a character, Ciara Kelly has put in her time with Hook to get her own show playing along with his character.

Didnt see brendan O connor last night, how was George. He usually puts on a better performance on telly as it isnt his own show

Lt Dan · 30-03-2017 01:45PM

Vorenus400 wrote: »

Very interesting little bit there by Hook and Kelly. She was saying that I know you arent a sexist because I have worked beside you for 10 years and no one has done more for my career. George quickly said lets skip that/move on. Shows many things, George is playing a character, Ciara Kelly has put in her time with Hook to get her own show playing along with his character.

Didnt see brendan O connor last night, how was George. He usually puts on a better performance on telly as it isnt his own show

Course it is a character. Ever watch him doing the Rugby. Always played down Munster and him being a proud Munster man. Panto stuff.

Don't Chute! · 30-03-2017 01:46PM

Yeah, heard that. I often wondered why Dr Kelly puts up with his bull****. Now we know.

Lt Dan · 30-03-2017 02:14PM

Don't Chute! wrote: »

Yeah, heard that. I often wondered why Dr Kelly puts up with his bull****. Now we know.

Long time listeners have put up with it for years because, they have figured out that he was playing up

Sure, he was one of the first supporters to call for Gay Marriage etc. He never stops talking about his failures , his past as a business person, homelessness etc, and he was serious about his Hatti work. He might be hard to deal with, but there seems to be a good soul in the man. At least he ain't bland

Vorenus400 · 30-03-2017 02:31PM

Lt Dan wrote: »

Course it is a character. Ever watch him doing the Rugby. Always played down Munster and him being a proud Munster man. Panto stuff.

It was weird to hear them going off script today. I would say she will get a talking too. Georges whole character is for him to be in opposition to the mainstream opinion and a voice for the 'silent majority'

Im not sure his mini feud with sexton is faked. He has been very quiet on that front since the almost court case

Melodeon · 06-04-2017 01:31PM

George appears to be 'interviewing' Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in a bucket :rolleyes:

J Mysterio · 06-04-2017 11:11PM

I love Dr. Ciara Kelly, she's great.

I also really like Mairead Lavery on Moncrief. She's some woman for one woman.

CatFromHue · 07-04-2017 01:20AM

Melodeon wrote: »

George appears to be 'interviewing' Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in a bucket :rolleyes:

That bit was worth it for Hook asking him about the catering on the Educating Rita set and then Hook saying he did the catering!

Comhrá · 09-04-2017 02:17PM

Lt Dan wrote: »

Long time listeners have put up with it for years because, they have figured out that he was playing up

Sure, he was one of the first supporters to call for Gay Marriage etc. He never stops talking about his failures , his past as a business person, homelessness etc, and he was serious about his Hatti work. He might be hard to deal with, but there seems to be a good soul in the man. At least he ain't bland

When George started the midday slot, I found him very hard to listen to but now he's one of my favourite broadcasters. His style is totally unique - reminds me a bit of David Hanly on Morning Ireland many years ago...a bit gruff and grumpy but very entertaining.

High Noon with George Hook.

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