Marian Finucane

Beechwoodspark · 30-01-2018 01:03AM

Leaving aside her obvious health issues regarding the voice and coughing etc, her research and quality of questioning has been atrocious for years now. Comes across as lazy and a couldnt be bothered type of attitude.

ignorance is strength · 31-01-2018 12:54PM

I have a problem with this thread because it’s populated by certain people whose criticisms seem to have a misogimistic vein.

Despite that, I concede Finucane’s faults: she is intellectually lightweight, badly prepared and has poor communication and presentation skills (surely essential for a current affairs presenter?). But her programme can be entertaining. In my opinion she’s a somewhat dignified presence and she’s able to foster and control good conversation between her guests, which is maybe all that’s required on a weekend show. She’s also, it has to be said, very popular in some quarters. For me, her limitations only become problematic when you pay her €300k (formerly €570k) and she stridently defends her worth (“it makes me angry” that people say she only works four hours a week) on the basis of extensive research.

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 12:15PM

Let's see how Marian's bullet point approach to political journalism flies with Farage.

Beechwoodspark · 03-02-2018 12:20PM

This is embarrassing. She’s barely able to comprehend him. You can practically hear her brain cells struggling furiously to keep up.

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 12:25PM

"We were looking up the CSO figures and it's about ... thirrrrrr...... ty ... per cent... eh"

I can picture one of the researchers outside the glass, holding up three fingers on one hand and trying to make a percentage symbol with the other.

Beechwoodspark · 03-02-2018 12:30PM

Marian is just phoning it in at this stage. It’s clear she does F all research and prep. Seems to just rock up to these interviews and just talk off the top of her head -mainly cliche ridden nonsense- and often misremembering even basic details. Shame on her.

Welsh Megaman · 03-02-2018 12:30PM

Marian gritting her teeth whilst reading out that ‘RTE elite’ e-mail

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 12:40PM

My favourite Nigel Farage moment ever... (with him climbing out of the crashed plane as a close second)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJzRa7HWVqs

Welsh Megaman · 03-02-2018 12:41PM

Marian on the ropes there...typical RTE ‘stick to the cue cards’ bullet points questioning. Don’t think she expected Farage to be, god forbid, PREPARED for an interview.

Oops69 · 03-02-2018 12:42PM

She can't even laugh with Farage , whatever your opinion on his ideas he does have an entertaining way of putting things across , but no Marian is all dead-pan with him , Herself and Hilary Clinton would finish off a case of chardonnay in an afternoon at this stage .

Oops69 · 03-02-2018 12:44PM

sweet jesus , she's gone off into a corner to cough a lung up

sligojoek · 03-02-2018 12:46PM

"The death of another young man", says she with sadness in her voice.

You'd think he was an innocent bystander.

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 12:52PM

Paul is not big on personal responsibility.

Oops69 · 03-02-2018 12:56PM

Me ma , me da , me ma, me ma , me da, me sister, me bruder ...grow up for feck sake .

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 01:00PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Marian gritting her teeth whilst reading out that ‘RTE elite’ e-mail

Any time I see Welsh Megaman posting here I think how great it is to be a European. Otherwise the poor guy would only have Welsh radio and TV. And if he's watching and listening to RTE, think how bad the Welsh stuff must be!!!

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 01:06PM

"Do you know somebody who works in the company?"

In what interview was he asked that now? The guy has excuses for everything. There was a guy in college with me who was from Darndale, and he was the most respectable in the class, and he was a top student as well. A real great guy. He didn't let being from Darndale hold him back.

Oops69 · 03-02-2018 01:20PM

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

"Do you know somebody who works in the company?"

In what interview was he asked that now? The guy has excuses for everything. There was a guy in college with me who was from Darndale, and he was the most respectable in the class, and he was a top student as well. A real great guy. He didn't let being from Darndale hold him back.

The only thing holding Paul back are his perceptions of himself .

Welsh Megaman · 03-02-2018 01:22PM

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

Any time I see Welsh Megaman posting here I think how great it is to be a European. Otherwise the poor guy would only have Welsh radio and TV. And if he's watching and listening to RTE, think how bad the Welsh stuff must be!!!

S4C only broadcasts intermittently ie. bad weather, when they get the generator working.

This is all’s I gots!

anthonyjmaher · 03-02-2018 02:06PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

S4C only broadcasts intermittently ie. bad weather, when they get the generator working. This is all’s I gots!

Wait til we leave Europe and we stop sending you the signal...

zell12 · 04-02-2018 12:54PM

Criticising Farage for coming here and speaking

zell12 · 04-02-2018 01:08PM

Did she just bark "what do you want?" "what do you want?" "and what would do that?" to the rural ireland guy there?

lawlolawl · 04-02-2018 01:13PM

zell12 wrote: »

Did she just bark "what do you want?" "what do you want?" "and what would do that?" to the rural ireland guy there?

She's being a tad condescending to him alright.

Oops69 · 04-02-2018 01:13PM

a lot of those ' little towns ' were never real towns , just a gathering of hovels around a pub, petrol station and church.

Dan Jaman · 04-02-2018 01:58PM

Oops69 wrote: »

a lot of those ' little towns ' were never real towns , just a gathering of hovels around a pub, petrol station and church.

They all had to start somewhere.

noodler · 04-02-2018 03:30PM

lawlolawl wrote: »

She's being a tad condescending to him alright.

He kept repeating "we have to incentivise people to rural areas".

Panel tried to throw him a bone with the focus on smaller cities as hubs for the more rural areas.

roryobrien · 06-02-2018 07:08PM

Ha ha, had to laugh at that one. She's absent more than present and instead of a kick up the arse she gets a ridiculous salary for doing absolutely nothing except moan that she doesn't understand and would you explain that to the listener please because I sure as hell don't understand any of it ( cough cough, apres match 2002 ). I used to enjoy her "down home" manner ( I live in Spain ) but right now I'm getting more and more tired of her patronizing drivel. Time she was put out to grass.

Brendan Bendar · 06-02-2018 08:21PM

roryobrien wrote: »

Ha ha, had to laugh at that one. She's absent more than present and instead of a kick up the arse she gets a ridiculous salary for doing absolutely nothing except moan that she doesn't understand and would you explain that to the listener please because I sure as hell don't understand any of it ( cough cough, apres match 2002 ). I used to enjoy her "down home" manner ( I live in Spain ) but right now I'm getting more and more tired of her patronizing drivel. Time she was put out to grass.

Eh ...good man Rory... First post since 2011...... Nothing personal now, but that's a strange one?

neris · 10-02-2018 12:30PM

Just what a Saturday morning needs, a misery porn slot

citykat · 11-02-2018 12:10PM

Geraldine Kennedy is in tbe house. How long before the first hacking cough.

Oops69 · 11-02-2018 12:15PM

Geraldine pontificating again , she never changes , how long before she and Marion launch into Trump.

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