Sean O'Rourke Today Show

djemba djemba · 27-03-2017 11:21AM

Sean O'Rourke is close to rivaling Joe and Ray for days off at this stage.

citykat · 27-03-2017 11:38AM

djemba djemba wrote: »

Sean O'Rourke is close to rivaling Joe and Ray for days off at this stage.

I thought it was strange last week when he mentioned he'd be off due to some family issue (iirc). It was almost like he was apologising in advance.

constitutionus · 28-03-2017 10:17AM

he can stay away as long as he wants as far as im conscerned and i say that as someone that likes sean

major bad move putting cormac in there. i love the guy from the late debate (which he nearly introduced the show as today by accident

) and he could end up doing a "charlie bird" on his wages as i cant see cormac fuking this up.

be a natural successor to the man IMO and with RTE low on the aul cash someone could be getting a pay cut.

padd b1975 · 28-03-2017 10:24AM

constitutionus wrote: »

he can stay away as long as he wants as far as im conscerned and i say that as someone that likes sean

major bad move putting cormac in there. i love the guy from the late debate (which he nearly introduced the show as today by accident ) and he could end up doing a "charlie bird" on his wages as i cant see cormac fuking this up.

be a natural successor to the man IMO and with RTE low on the aul cash someone could be getting a pay cut.

Yep, solid performer.

The casual dropping of the cupla focal into his links might not be to everyone's taste though.

dulpit · 28-03-2017 10:38AM

Listened to yesterday's show on podcast last night and this morning. Cormac is great replacement, much better than Keelin Shanley when she covered...

HeidiHeidi · 28-03-2017 10:49AM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Yep, solid performer.

The casual dropping of the cupla focal into his links might not be to everyone's taste though.

I'm a huge fan of the cúpla focail - but his pronunciation (aka mangling) of "r"s (Éireann, Dún Laoghaire are the two I've just heard him saying) I find INTENSELY annoying.

When he's not at that I find him to be a great presenter, esp on the Late Debate - he's well able to conduct the hard interviews.

Del.Monte · 28-03-2017 11:03AM

Not a fan of the token Irish and I find his voice intensely annoying - quasi mechanical - like that other RTE head John Murray. Voices made for silent radio or perhaps I need my hearing looked at?

PeterTheNinth · 31-03-2017 10:46AM

Great to see Cormac O'Hara getting a chance at presenting a prime time show. He's a great broadcaster. Intelligent, tough, well briefed. They should give him Finucane's show.

PeterTheNinth · 31-03-2017 10:48AM

Nobody was affected by the strikes says Brid Smith. I'd doubt any of the people who voted for her were anyway.

thesandeman · 31-03-2017 10:55AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Great to see Cormac O'Hara getting a chance at presenting a prime time show. He's a great broadcaster. Intelligent, tough, well briefed. They should give him Finucane's show.

Yeah, right. Yesterday he was talking about pubic hair in his bed.

Callan57 · 31-03-2017 03:43PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Nobody was affected by the strikes says Brid Smith. I'd doubt any of the people who voted for her were anyway.

So it was pointless was it? :rolleyes:

Brendan Bendar · 31-03-2017 05:41PM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Nobody was affected by the strikes says Brid Smith. I'd doubt any of the people who voted for her were anyway.

Have to say this lady has some neck.

Ok she is elected and fair play there, but her attitude to the taxpayer is despicable.

Everyone deserves a raise seems to be Brìds philosophy, forget about who has to pay, forget about of cost of living, forget about the company, the economy, the market.... No, Good auld Brid goes for rises for everyone.

And then wonders why services to those who need them are not available.

Crazy stuff.

sligojoek · 31-03-2017 08:03PM

"Nobody was affected"

OK Brid. You come down here next week and take my daughter 16 miles to college, then come back and take the other one 15 miles to school in the other direction and then take me to work after that. Then do it all again in reverse in the evening and take me back to work from 5 till 8 and pay for the petrol and wear and tear on the car.

SEPT 23 1989 · 05-04-2017 09:21AM

what a bitter little man Kelly is

neris · 05-04-2017 09:57AM

Some spoofing from the compo solicitor

constitutionus · 05-04-2017 11:24AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

what a bitter little man Kelly is

ya notice it was a solo number ?

prob demanded he didnt face any questioning from fellow TDs likes been done in the past for his ilk.

Been great listening to the radio today on the water issue, bitterness is sweet from the losers.

even the texters were slagging them off.

constitutionus · 12-04-2017 10:03AM

will you listen to that bollocks on "recyling"

the feckers want you to do all their work for them. last i checked there were teams employed in the recyling centers to clean up the packaging we chuck out.

looks like theyve all been sacked and we'er meant to clean the bloody things ourselves so they can flog em to china.

theyll want us all to have our own fecking compactors next.

IvyTheTerrible · 12-04-2017 11:50AM

constitutionus wrote: »

will you listen to that bollocks on "recyling"

the feckers want you to do all their work for them. last i checked there were teams employed in the recyling centers to clean up the packaging we chuck out.

looks like theyve all been sacked and we'er meant to clean the bloody things ourselves so they can flog em to china.

theyll want us all to have our own fecking compactors next.

Eh, it's stuff like that that causes the cost of bin collection to go up.
(Over here, we pay rates which (among lots of other things) covers bins, and I know villages where the rates went up because of contamination in recycling bins.

12-04-2017 01:56PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'm a huge fan of the cÃºpla focail - but his pronunciation (aka mangling) of "r"s (Ã‰ireann, DÃºn Laoghaire are the two I've just heard him saying) I find INTENSELY annoying.

That's just the canuint Chonnacht. Cormac O hEadhra is a fluent Irish speaker from Carraroe in the Gaeltacht, his pronunciation is exactly correct.

Brendan Bendar · 12-04-2017 05:01PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's just the canuint Chonnacht. Cormac O hEadhra is a fluent Irish speaker from Carraroe in the Gaeltacht, his pronunciation is exactly correct.

Yes it is, and I am an advocate of the 'cÃ¹pla fochail' but sometimes I think Cormac overdoes it with the ' blas' just to sock it to the great unwashed.

I am a fan though.:D

padd b1975 · 13-04-2017 07:04AM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That's just the canuint Chonnacht. Cormac O hEadhra is a fluent Irish speaker from Carraroe in the Gaeltacht, his pronunciation is exactly correct.

For that region it is.

We would have a totally different pronunciation here in west Mayo, also in Kerry, Donegal, Meath and Waterford Gaeltacht areas. There is no exact correct pronunciation.

If Cormac insists on continuing to drop the odd phrase, I would politely suggest maybe softening his accent a little.
The exaggerated accent can come across as a bit smug, Lara Marlow acts in a similar fashion with French.

IvyTheTerrible · 13-04-2017 09:49AM

David Quinn is very hard to listen to.

Right2Write · 13-04-2017 09:49AM

Very 'snippy' attitude from David Quinn towards 'Nones' as he refers to people who filled in no religion on the census. Arrogant and smug. I'd shove his nuns up his you know where.

IvyTheTerrible · 13-04-2017 09:54AM

Right2Write wrote: »

Very 'snippy' attitude from David Quinn towards 'Nones' as he refers to people who filled in no religion on the census. Arrogant and smug. I'd shove his nuns up his you know where.

And making his little whispered digs and snorts while the other person was speaking. No respect.

Right2Write · 13-04-2017 09:54AM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

David Quinn is very hard to listen to.

Defending the indefensible from a position that is rapidly being eroded. Let him keep his religious ethos, but within the confines of his own family and community. Shoving it down other peoples throats doesn't endear him.

Callan57 · 13-04-2017 10:15PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

And making his little whispered digs and snorts while the other person was speaking. No respect.

If he was confident in his own views he wouldn't need to constantly and rudely interrupt everyone else & as you say engage in his little snide, side of the mouth mutters when someone else is speaking.

PeterTheNinth · 14-04-2017 09:31AM

SOR: "And what effect will this have on ISIS numbers"
Declan Power: "Well it remains to be seen".

I'm not really sure that Declan Power knows enough about this sort of thing to be commenting.

serfboard · 18-04-2017 10:02AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

SOR: "And what effect will this have on ISIS numbers"
Declan Power: "Well it remains to be seen".

I'm not really sure that Declan Power knows enough about this sort of thing to be commenting.

In fairness, it was a bit of an unfair question. Declan Power is a security analyst, not an expert on the psychology of those likely to join ISIS.

PeterTheNinth · 19-04-2017 09:47AM

These teachers think the state owes them a living and three months holidays.. paid extra for degrees that have nothing to do with their day job.. If you dont like the terms go in to private teaching.

The unions didn't care about equality when they pulled up the ladder behind them to protect their own selfish interest. Where was the spirit of Jim Connolly when they did that?

neris · 19-04-2017 10:10AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

These teachers think the state owes them a living and three months holidays.. paid extra for degrees that have nothing to do with their day job.. If you dont like the terms go in to private teaching.

The unions didn't care about equality when they pulled up the ladder behind them to protect their own selfish interest. Where was the spirit of Jim Connolly when they did that?

fed up hearing about teachers n their unions. the unions shafted new comers and now pretending it was all the governments fault. they expect more and more but are willing to give less and less. i think of all the public sectors the teachers are the most egotistical and full of their own self importance

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