Sean O'Rourke Today Show

dulpit wrote: »

Probably because wise heads in the party recognise that Micheal is the only thing currently keeping them towards the centre. The likely candidates to replace him will all shift the party right, where they will have a strong dedicated base, but will never be able to be largest party...

Who're the likely candidates?

My guess is that if there were a change of leadership in the shorter term, the party would likely move back to the right on social/'moral' issues. There's not much of a future in it, but it's where the activists are at. If the elderly mass-going set can be said to be exactly 'active'. Not so much on economics/fiscal matters: there they'll stay the traditional mish-mash, maybe ever wandering faintly towards their "socialist" wing, to differentiate themselves from FG, and

In a sense we might indeed be going towards the European norm, where the three largest groupings are the broad left, the social conservatives, and the market liberals. Untidily, none of our three parties are in the "right" such European group by that analysis, mind you. (FG and FF have each got themselves in each other's, and SF are in with a bunch of randomers.)

Depends just how far off to the right you're standing, seemingly.

Callan57 wrote: »

Michael D is 77 ... you'd swear by the discussion he was 107. I know lots of 77 year olds who do not consider themselves old or past it and who are more active than many many half their age. As it happens I think he looks better and fitter now than he did during the last election campaign.

Vis-a-vis the gender discussion ... when Ml D was elected I remember my nephew (age 15 at the time) questioning how he could be president when he wasn't a woman! We are all influenced by what we see & when we see little or no women in positions of power unconsiously we are being conditioned to accept it as the norm.

Apologies wrong forum

quintana76 wrote: »

Months of Miriam ahead. Will be hard to listen to.

But we're depending on you! Unless you hate-listen all the womenfolk and bleeding-heart liberals, where will we get our accustomed diet of "it's an outrage, not everyone on the radio is as reactionary as my taste demands" comments?

dulpit wrote: »

Listened to a bit of Miriam. Will take a bit of getting used to... Noticed that they have recorded today with Miriam stings, don't remember them doing that for any other fill ins...

Interesting! Of course she's a planned replacement for two(?) months, so not entirely illogical. But at this stage PBH seems to do Duffy's show more than he does, but he's still stuck with those "Joooooooooooe Duffy" idents, and even the Incumbent Rector's email address.

Warming us up for a longer-term reshuffle?

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

teachers hours.

Please refer back to previous explainer on this particular hackneyed slur.

dulpit wrote: »

Miriam is very hard listening. It's like she's taken her Sunday morning fluff show to the SOR slot. And the way she keeps "mmm"ing is unbelievably hesdwrecking. Long summer ahead for this...

Oh Lord I find that so annoying :mad:

Badabing wrote: »

Sean o rourke had 6 weeks off last summer, and now a full 2 months off again. RTE going back to the bad old days of shutting down for the summer.

They never left..

dulpit wrote: »

Miriam is very hard listening. It's like she's taken her Sunday morning fluff show to the SOR slot. And the way she keeps "mmm"ing is unbelievably hesdwrecking. Long summer ahead for this...

I was very busy at work this week, but the bits i heard were desperately bad. She was really really bad. Did any one notice, they arnt using the" call sean o'rourke " the way the stand in presenters on other shows do, this has " Call Miriam O'Callaghan @....."

Guess it must pay to have connections

I did a real double-take when I saw the programme referred to as "Today with Miriam", which struck me as taking the mononymic thing a bit far, when the regular presenter uses his whole name in the title. (Though it does seem to "officially" be "Today with Miriam O'Callaghan", if the RTE website is to be believed. (As it often isn't.))

They also play the "Talk to Joe" jingle when PBH is on.

Are we talking about Miriam stuff on this thread?

Barry Glendenning sounds a lot brisker and less lugubrious on this than he does on Guardian Football Weekly. Maybe it's a morose Irishman act on the latter...

bobbyss wrote: »

Especially with a prime waffler like the Minister for Justice who was on today?

He's chronic. Imagine being in a meeting in the North, back when he was in Foreign, and Brokenshire, a chap with a very similar complaint, were in charge. You'd almost feel sorry for them.

Almost.

When is Sean back.

When someone says "career break" of two months, you can't help wonder if it means on the one hand, "too embarrassed to say 'eight or nine weeks of solid holidays", or on the other "might not be back at all".

alaimacerc wrote:

He's chronic. Imagine being in a meeting in the North, back when he was in Foreign, and Brokenshire, a chap with a very similar complaint, were in charge. You'd almost feel sorry for them.

I don't even know his name. Who is he? Another waffler is that blondey young one who stands beside Simon at European summits or whatever. I was squirming when she was interviewed by the BBC at length about Europe. She's the daughter of a TD who died tragically some time ago. What must people outside of Ireland think of family dynasties in Irish politics! M G Quinn is another one. Father a TD. A primary school teacher who ended up in Europe as an accountant or auditor of something or other. A commissioner of Finance or something?