Claire Byrne Live (RTE1)

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Paddy talking a lot of sense.

Have I missed something here with Paddy Cosgrave seemingly now the face of the homeless crisis? What?

Paddy talking a lot of sense.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It's finally dawning on people tonight that this country is proper fooked if there's a hard Brexit.

We're edging darn close to another recession...it's even making itsself known in many's a place.
It's hard to see any positives, tbh. England thinks they hold all the cards, but really they've got a dead man's hand.

It's finally dawning on people tonight that this country is proper fooked if there's a hard Brexit.

I've avoided it since-managed to find many's a tv show that keeps me distracted since the debacle.

alan partridge aha

Claire looking hòoooot tonight, that pink dress.

Larbre34 wrote: »

Definitely. Maybe retain a small studio in the Docklands for news and live studio broadcasts. The hanging gardens of Montrose are a luxury they don't need and we can't afford.

They could build a somewhat more luxurious modern premises out there, Montrose is grim enough when all is said and done.

miketv wrote: »

How will we recognise you catmaniac?

I was invisible. Audience much larger than usual, came in through other side of studio, so couldn’t get my prime position. I did have my hand up during Eoin Murphy housing interview which featured a radio presenter “forced to live overseas” and fly in to work. She got cheap rental in Glasgow’s West End, where poor Karen Buckley was murdered by that silver-spoonin-mouthed b**ta*d... well sadly there’s one particularly cheap rental in that district anyway. Where does she sleep after presenting her radio shows in Oirland? In a tent? And then goes to the weekend pad she was forced to rent in the cultural quarter of a thriving metropolis. What forking nonesense. What a contrived “interview”, one presenter to the other. Maybe she could give her a hand into RTE and she could afford to live in Oirland and not have to commute by air from a rather pleasant metropolitan bolthole. I had my hand up to suggest that maybe Mr Murphy and his cabinet consider somewhat more incentivizing taxation for landlords. Wouldn’t have fitted in with the agenda. Others had hands up to make same point, but no reference was made to audience.

Larbre34

Its human nature to appraise other people either positively or negatively in comparison with ones own image or convictions. Thats always been a thing and always will be, whether or not labels like body shaming are attached.

I don't think that anyone can argue against that being too overweight or too underweight is unhealthy, that just needs to be at the root of education from a very young age.

I'd much rather be paying taxes to insure kids running in a schoolyard than be paying health insurance that supplements treatment for obesity related illness

Bowlardo

It’s all kicking off

EPAndlee

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Ffs, will we need to have Obese Police?

Or people just take responsibility for their own actions and not shovel mars bars down their throat

Any chance that Claire could squeeze another 2 or 3 topics in to her short show by slicing a minute or two off each of the already completely superficial interviews?

Ffs, will we need to have Obese Police?

Can we call this scutter what it is ? Obesity denial.

Larbre34

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They should really have sold off the entire lands and moved to a cheap greenfield site somewhere off the M1.

Definitely. Maybe retain a small studio in the Docklands for news and live studio broadcasts. The hanging gardens of Montrose are a luxury they don't need and we can't afford.

EPAndlee

Oh no not Dr Eva

Larbre34 wrote: »

Murphy hasn't a clue, or is being deliberately disingenuous.

RTs obligation was to maximise the value of that land and reduce their debt and by extension their hook on the Government. Theyre a broadcaster not a housing agency. FFS.

They should really have sold off the entire lands and moved to a cheap greenfield site somewhere off the M1.

People rich enough to have 7 kids should be able to afford a luxury home.

Larbre34

Murphy hasn't a clue, or is being deliberately disingenuous.

RTÉ's obligation was to maximise the value of that land and reduce their debt and by extension their hook on the Government. Theyre a broadcaster not a housing agency. FFS.

miketv

How will we recognise you catmaniac?

NIMAN

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Lol Eoin talking about turning RTE's lands in to affordable housing, that will go down well.

Well to be fair, it is prime land in the centre of Dublin, ideal for all those unemployed layabouts who need housed.

Lol Eoin talking about turning RTE's lands in to affordable housing, that will go down well.

We have the first in the new series of Claire Byrne Live Tonight. Will be observing it from the audience. Dr Eva will be on, cervical cancer, housing, depression and other topics.

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

I’ve honestly avoided her show since, it was that bad. They didn’t apologize either did they? Terribly managed. So unprofessional all round.

Watched it last night-with discussion of the referendum results-and it was the same bloody mess that the 8th debate was. Straight away, shouting, talking over one another-and a fine example of why the show needs to go.

Several times the shouting started, and several times the shouting went off again.
This has happened several times, on her radio show it led to a court case, and she's clearly out of her depth. It's not getting better, Pat Kenny showed RTE how it's done-the RTe debates were a disaster.

johnpatrick81

I’ve honestly avoided her show since, it was that bad. They didn’t apologize either did they? Terribly managed. So unprofessional all round.

Muahahaha

I think Claire Byrne might have set a new record for complaints about a single show

RTÉ received a massive 1,277 complaints in relation to the Claire Byrne Live Referendum Special.

The programme, which broadcast on May 14, stood out because of the often raucous behaviour of the audience.

There were also some fraught exchanges between the panellists including Dr John Monaghan, Dr Peter Boylan, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald and the Iona Institute’s Maria Steen.

alan partridge aha wrote: »

The media reaction would be because the NO side won the debate. I have found her to be very fair compared to the likes of Cooper and Kenny.

I agree, completely.

I actually don't see the fairness on her show, tbh. There's always 'one person defending a position, two people defending opposing position'. If she was being equal, she'd have two on each side.

What I mean regarding questions on her show is that in the past year or so, she's lost a court case (while trying to spin it as a win) and her show has gone from 'respectable' to 'Tabloid' to 'Jerry Springer' in the span of 6 months.

I'd imagine even RTE are worried now-when she starts costing them money, in court cases, I'd imagine even they would want to steer her away from shows that will sue her.

alan partridge aha

The media reaction would be because the NO side won the debate. I have found her to be very fair compared to the likes of Cooper and Kenny.