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  • #662
    Five Green Bottles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭Five Green Bottles


    Grolschevik wrote: »
    Thanks for that, Captain 'Not a Sock Puppet' Nonsequitur. Not going to get into a back and forth with someone whose username I've never seen on this forum before today.

    Have a good evening.

    00:39 and good morning to you also, Ill wait to see what this evening brings

    Hope you have a good day too!


  • #663
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    I do agree that Sarah was rude and very aggressive at times and I personally found her difficult to listen to. However, I find it sort of amusing that some of the posters taking issue with Sarah had absolutely no issue with Vincent Browne who frequently chewed up and spat out politicians and (some) journalists who appeared on his show. Do ye remember Fiach Kelly's appearance on the show?

    Anyway, at this point in time I think we really need to turn our attention to NT Breakfast - Paul Williams must go, Sarah had her faults but at least her vocabulary extended beyond 'b@stards, scum, scumbags, @ssholes' etc. There have been some mornings that I felt so embarrassed for him I felt like crawling under my desk at work. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to co-present a programme with him.


  • #664
    Five Green Bottles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭Five Green Bottles


    Lady Chatterton wrote: »
    I do agree that Sarah was rude and very aggressive at times and I personally found her difficult to listen to. However, I find it sort of amusing that some of the posters taking issue with Sarah had absolutely no issue with Vincent Browne who frequently chewed up and spat out politicians and (some) journalists who appeared on his show. Do ye remember Fiach Kelly's appearance on the show?

    Anyway, at this point in time I think we really need to turn our attention to NT Breakfast - Paul Williams must go, Sarah had her faults but at least her vocabulary extended beyond 'b@stards, scum, scumbags, @ssholes' etc. There have been some mornings that I felt so embarrassed for him I felt like crawling under my desk at work. I can't imagine what it must be like to have to co-present a programme with him.

    But why didn't Newstalk see that coming, Williams is an idiot whos made a lot of money and still profiting on the horrible Murder of his colleague Veronica, had that poor woman not lost her life in such horrible circumstances we would not even know Williams's name. I recon Williams will never host that show again, he's gone me thinks. Id say Miss Fitzpatrick would be still there were it for that absolute outrages dumb clown of a Williams.


  • #665
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Lady Chatterton wrote: »
    However, I find it sort of amusing that some of the posters taking issue with Sarah had absolutely no issue with Vincent Browne who frequently chewed up and spat out politicians and (some) journalists who appeared on his show.

    In fact he was admired for doing such things and held up as someone that other journalists should take a leaf from.


  • #666
    scotchy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭scotchy


    Much better line up today IMO. First time I haven't automatically switched over to Radio 1 at 4pm in a very long time.

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  • #667
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,999 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    In fact he was admired for doing such things and held up as someone that other journalists should take a leaf from.

    While that was exactly what Sarah was trying to do she simply wasnt good at it, she was far far too aggressive in her approach, where VinB would go after them somewhat but also knew the right point to give up so it was the politician who looked stupid and not him for being so pedantic. Sarah never found that balance she always came out worse in these instances compared to the person she was interviewing.

    Also one of the reasons Vincent was able to do it is due to his standing and respected position as a journalist which he built over decades. Sarah walked into the job and expected to be able to get away with the same attitude and interview style without the decades VinB had put in to be able to get away with it.


  • #668
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Still love her voice though and it seems I'm not the only one. :D

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=103953550

    ****



  • #669
    Five Green Bottles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭Five Green Bottles


    Sarah has a beautifully toned voice and is a truly stunning looking lady, that's more the reason that she should have maintained her position on NT, had she not contracted feminist swine flu she would have surpassed Ivan Yeats in a heartbeat and Cooper wouldn't have even been in contention for any portion of the #vinb slot, she became a victim of her own incoherent feminist agression, and man bashing, however she only bashed herself.


  • #670
    Conservative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Conservative


    WTF is Healy on about now? They don't consider boxing a sport now or What?


  • #671
    slavetothegrind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭slavetothegrind


    Conservative wrote: »
    WTF is Healy on about now? They don't consider boxing a sport now or What?

    He really lets himself down more and more now.
    Really poor journalism.
    Spouting on about a topic he clearly has no knowledge of.

    I used to like listening to him but he is getting more like Yates and Hook every day. Up on his soapbox ranting away....

    I think i'm down to moncrief now and off the ball. The rest is just not listenable.


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  • #672
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    New roles for the lads announced. I'd call that a promotion for Chris, at least in terms of being considered a 'serious journalist', while I don't much fancy an 8-9 slot on a Saturday...

    http://www.newstalk.com/Communicorp-announces-new-roles-for-Chris-Donoghue-and-Sarah-McInerney
    Communicorp Group has announced the appointment of Chris Donoghue as Group Political Editor. while Sarah McInerney will take the reins of her own weekly show on Newstalk.

    Chris will oversee political outputs for all stations in the Communicorp Group, including Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin 1038 and Spin South West.

    Sinead Spain, Communicorp's Group Head of News, said: “We are delighted to announce Chris as our Group Political Editor, which reaffirms our commitment to top quality news and current affairs across all stations.

    "Chris brings a wealth of experience to the role and we are confident he is the right candidate to lead the political agenda for our stations and the Network News portfolio."

    Chris will also present a two hour current affairs show on Newstalk from 11am each Sunday.

    Sarah will take to the airwaves from 8-9am each Saturday with a newly created programme focused on current affairs and politics.

    She will also provide cover across the weekday primetime schedule, including for Newstalk Breakfast.

    Managing Editor of Newstalk 106-108fm, Patricia Monahan, commented: “We are delighted to add these two new shows from Chris and Sarah to the Newstalk schedule.

    "Chris is a long time member of the Newstalk family and will set the agenda for the week ahead with his incisive analysis, while Sarah’s extensive knowledge of current affairs and the political landscape will be brought to the fore on her new weekly show.”"


  • #673
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,135 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    Communicorp sounds like a Company developing identical evil clones and has aspirations to take over the world.

    Oh... wait a second!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #674
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    Grolschevik wrote: »
    New roles for the lads announced. I'd call that a promotion for Chris, at least in terms of being considered a 'serious journalist', while I don't much fancy an 8-9 slot on a Saturday...

    http://www.newstalk.com/Communicorp-announces-new-roles-for-Chris-Donoghue-and-Sarah-McInerney

    so Ivan will be on his own? that won't be as good as it could have been.


  • #675
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Good news for Chris I'd say.

    So Sarah is cover now. Which is currently the Johnathan Healy role. Where does that leave him?

    Having your own show is presumably the goal for most of these guys, but between breakfast, Pat, George and Ivan, one of them will be off most days, so she'll still be on during the week quite a lot.

    She just needs to sit tight till Ivan p*sses off for a year again. Won't be long.


  • #676
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,903 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Good news for Chris I'd say.

    So Sarah is cover now. Which is currently the Johnathan Healy role. Where does that leave him?

    Having your own show is presumably the goal for most of these guys, but between breakfast, Pat, George and Ivan, one of them will be off most days, so she'll still be on during the week quite a lot.

    She just needs to sit tight till Ivan p*sses off for a year again. Won't be long.

    Or George finally retires. Do we have any indication when that is going to happen?


  • #677
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,266 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    Or George finally retires. Do we have any indication when that is going to happen?

    When he is wheeled out in a coffin


  • #678
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,081 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    I actually enjoyed Jonathan Healy and Kieran Cuddihy this week.

    Thought they worked well as a team especially when they disagreed with each other such as about the infamous "move back to the parents" ad.


  • #679
    Jobs OXO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 887 ✭✭✭Jobs OXO


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Good news for Chris I'd say.

    So Sarah is cover now. Which is currently the Johnathan Healy role. Where does that leave him?

    Having your own show is presumably the goal for most of these guys, but between breakfast, Pat, George and Ivan, one of them will be off most days, so she'll still be on during the week quite a lot.

    She just needs to sit tight till Ivan p*sses off for a year again. Won't be long.

    Fair old hit to the salary for her and her weekends f'd up


  • #680
    Conservative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Conservative


    I think George is officially contracted for 2 years (Sep 2018).

    I don't know what the point of the pre recorded 8-9 show on Saturday is.
    They shoould move Down to Business back to Sunday and give Sarah the 10-12 slot on Saturday.

    Healy won't be missed if he is indeed gone (doubt it!!!!). Kieran Cuddihy has proved himself time and again when he gets to fill in.

    Miles better than O'Donoghue and Healy.


  • #681
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Tell me how wrote: »
    I actually enjoyed Jonathan Healy and Kieran Cuddihy this week.

    Thought they worked well as a team especially when they disagreed with each other such as about the infamous "move back to the parents" ad.

    I agree. Some humour there as well.


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  • #682
    phater phagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    I cannot stand the two prattling fools. Sarah and Chris were miles ahead of them.


  • #683
    BPKS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    I had to turn off with Jonathan Healy sighing like a stroppy teenage girl everytime he disagreed with something.


  • #684
    Icemancometh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭Icemancometh


    BPKS wrote: »
    I had to turn off with Jonathan Healy sighing like a stroppy teenage girl everytime he disagreed with something.

    I got in the car and turned on the radio to hear him sighing actually. Thankfully I had a podcast for the drive home.


  • #685
    PeterTheNinth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭PeterTheNinth


    BPKS wrote: »
    I had to turn off with Jonathan Healy sighing like a stroppy teenage girl everytime he disagreed with something.

    I absolutely detest him. It's like you've got Ray D'Arcy and made him facetious, sarcastic, more liberal and more cynical. That jocose tone that he delivers every one of his smart ar$e remarks drives me mad.

    I really wish Newstalk would just get rid of him permanently, instead of poisoning all of their other shows by using him as a stand in.


  • #686
    todolist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭todolist


    All of them have the same political opinion.Dreary political interviews with the same bores day after day.Only Yeats has a personality to carry a show.


  • #687
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,081 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    todolist wrote:
    All of them have the same political opinion.Dreary political interviews with the same bores day after day.Only Yeats has a personality to carry a show.

    I disagree. I suspect that if he's given Drive Time on his own that this thread will be busy praying for a yin to his yang.


  • #688
    monstermag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭monstermag


    It took it awhile but l taught the show started to come together in the last few months. Sarah started to grow into the role. Her personality started to shine through. The more distance she put between herself and the rag she wrote for the more she became true to herself. She definitely did harangue some guests, I'd cut her some slack on that as like everyone in a new job she was probably over eager to impress, l taught her interviewing technique was more refined of late. Politically l think she is very astute.As for Chris even when he was at his most biased, he didn't piss me off that much. Never taught I'd say this but I kinda liked the show.


  • #689
    PeterTheNinth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭PeterTheNinth


    I really don't understand why they don't just leave Chris where he is, and team him back up with Ivan. They have wasted a lot of time, listeners and money on promoting the other shows after the shakeup when Ivan left the first time. They know that Yates and Donoghue work well together, in a sort of Laurel And Hardy sort of way. Why not just keep Donoghue where is he and bring Ivan in with him?


  • #690
    Icemancometh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 873 ✭✭✭Icemancometh


    PeterTheNinth wrote: »
    I really don't understand why they don't just leave Chris where he is, and team him back up with Ivan. They have wasted a lot of time, listeners and money on promoting the other shows after the shakeup when Ivan left the first time. They know that Yates and Donoghue work well together, in a sort of Laurel And Hardy sort of way. Why not just keep Donoghue where is he and bring Ivan in with him?

    I dunno, I think Chris is really well suited to be the political editor. He is always very informed, and seems to actually read all the reports the Dail produces. Thought he wasn't suited to be the main anchor though.


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  • #691
    constitutionus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    So Sarah mac is replacing Sarah Carey.

    She was a no show today for "talking point" so I reckon she walked.

    As someone that used to listen to it I'm not happy as despite her record Carey actually had some decent shows pointing out media bias. Not many but more than you'd expect on newstalk.

    I can only expect the usual off Sarah mac.

    What baffles me though is sat is a shyte line up on rte. Carey. Was up against countrywide ffs and playback is on now so I can't see why both girls could've got a show each. Christ knows alive and kickin" ain't up to much and Kelly's on every other feckin show as it is.

    Still I bet the place is tension central. Lots of unhappy campers by the looks of things.


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