Irish Presenters You Like

24-01-2019 12:37PM

John Creedon & Sean Moncrieff are two that seldom disappoint.

Deebles McBeebles · 24-01-2019 12:38PM

Moncrieff, Paul Williams, Tom Dunne at times (guess what radio station I listen to).

The Off The Ball and Team 33 lads are decent too.

And genuinely, Gerry Ryan, he is missed. Got me through many a morning in work.

Dingaan · 24-01-2019 12:42PM

Pat Kenny
Marty Whelan
George Hook

Noveight · 24-01-2019 12:54PM

John Creedon.

PJ and Jim on Classic Hits in the mornings.

Tell me how · 24-01-2019 12:55PM

Radio
Pat Kenny - Ultimate current affairs presenter
Mary Wilson - Smart, asks the right questions
Ian Dempsey - one of the few who can do the 'happy go lucky and jovial' presenter naturally
Joe Molloy - Does really excellent 1 to 1 interviews.
John Creedon - Can't help but relax when listening to him
Ivan Yates - Does not give a toss in terms of unpopular opinions. I often disagree with him, but enjoy the debates they lead to.
Aedin Gormley - One of the most beautiful voices on the radio.
Tom Dunne - His love for music is evident (and loved his BC satire from back in the day)

Television
Darragh Moloney - Not quite BOH but consistent in his own style and is professional
Joanne Cantwell - Professional. Lovely diction.
Sharon Ni Bheloain - Consistently professional
Brednan O'Connor - Loved his interview style. The cue cards were only something to fiddle in his hands, he let the interview go where it was interesting.

topper75 · 24-01-2019 01:08PM

Ian Dempsey
John Creedon
Larry Gogan
Dave Fanning
Marty Whelan
Ivan Yates
Ronan Collins

Thumbs up to them. Don't always agree with their takes but they have integrity, avoid making it all about them, and seek to entertain. Creedon, Dempsey, Collins, Whelan, and Gogan are real DJs who can play obscure non-chart stuff if they feel like it. Without that radio is dead.

selwyn froggitt · 24-01-2019 01:12PM

Henry Sellers

24-01-2019 01:12PM

Marty Whelan, Liz Nolan on lyric..
Keelin Shanley..
Weather girl on tg4..

Outlaw Pete · 24-01-2019 01:16PM

Sharon Ni Bheolain is excellent.

Wouldn't mind seeing her get a crack at TLLS someday.

Deebles McBeebles · 24-01-2019 01:17PM

selwyn froggitt wrote: »

Henry Sellers

He was the BBC!!!!

Kivaro · 24-01-2019 01:23PM

Niall Boylan.
Because he dares to challenge the GroupThink in Irish Media.

He's the best of a bad lot.

Beta Ray Bill · 24-01-2019 01:34PM

I like Miriam....

Smart and Sexy...

#ride

BeerWolf · 24-01-2019 01:42PM

Those that were on The Den, along with Dustin, in the 90s...!

Ciaran_B · 24-01-2019 01:55PM

Michael Lyster.
Bill O'Herrlihy. RIP dude.
John Clarke and Pat James on Radio Nova.

That's about it.

Dakotabigone · 24-01-2019 03:10PM

seamus wrote: »

Ian Dempsey definitely.

Dermot and Dave are funny, but can get a bit samey.

Podge and Rodge.

Dermot and Dave are two annoying tools.

jmayo · 24-01-2019 03:20PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Moncrieff, Paul Williams, Tom Dunne at times (guess what radio station I listen to).

The Off The Ball and Team 33 lads are decent too.

And genuinely, Gerry Ryan, he is missed. Got me through many a morning in work.

That would be the same Paul Williams that was very conspicuous in his absence when the story blew up about senior Garda using journalists to push stories about Garda whistleblowers ?

One of nicest and most laid back seems to be John Creedon and he appears to be in same mould as the late Derek Davis.

As for the rest most of them are over opionated arrogant muppets that just follow a group think.
The Peter Casey election coverage spoke volumes about our media.

NickNickleby · 24-01-2019 03:24PM

Was just saying last night how "touchy-feely"Mary Kennedy was on the program - is it Nationwide? So watched a bit more and decided she seems like a very nice person. Wife met her a few times and said she's actually very friendly.

John Creedon, Ronan Collins (have listened to him since the first days of Radio2FM great DJ).

Darragh Moloney, Marty Whelan (on the radio) - saw him out shopping one day, and an old dear approached him, and he was so friendly to her, could have been someone he knew, or not, but I think he was very personable.
Sharon of course, very good speaker, same for Keelin Shanley.

Its a very good question,OP, because my top of the head response would be, they're all sh!te, until I actually stopped to think about it.

The Tetrarch · 24-01-2019 03:25PM

Tommy Tiernan
Mary Kennedy
Liam Brady
Robert Hall

lbc2019 · 24-01-2019 03:26PM

I can’t abide Ivan Welshman Yates myself

lbc2019 · 24-01-2019 03:27PM

NickNickleby wrote: »

Was just saying last night how "touchy-feely"Mary Kennedy was on the program - is it Nationwide? So watched a bit more and decided she seems like a very nice person. Wife met her a few times and said she's actually very friendly.

John Creedon, Ronan Collins (have listened to him since the first days of Radio2FM great DJ).

Darragh Moloney, Marty Whelan (on the radio) - saw him out shopping one day, and an old dear approached him, and he was so friendly to her, could have been someone he knew, or not, but I think he was very personable.
Sharon of course, very good speaker, same for Keelin Shanley.

Its a very good question,OP, because my top of the head response would be, they're all sh!te, until I actually stopped to think about it.

My mam hates television- the only presenter she likes is Mary

Snow Garden · 24-01-2019 03:29PM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Moncrieff, Paul Williams, Tom Dunne at times (guess what radio station I listen to).

Shocked anyone picked Williams. He is vermin for what he did for McCabe to keep the Gardaí sweet. And besides all that he is not a very nice person.

Tubridy is ok on the radio but awful on the LLS. His interview skills are atrocious and when he tries to be 'edgy', he is the worst interviewer in the world.

I love Ivan Yates. He asks great questions and knows his political field.

I miss Vinny Browne...

BailMeOut · 24-01-2019 03:30PM

Ger Gilroy, Kevin Kilbane and Joe Molloy on Off the Ball. 7pm to 9pm Newstalk is best radio in Ireland (IMO).

its_steve116 · 24-01-2019 03:32PM

Larry Gogan.

Steve

Dakotabigone · 24-01-2019 03:32PM

lbc2019 wrote: »

My mam hates television- the only presenter she likes is Mary

Met Mary once, down to earth country woman. Pity she hasn’t done her own gig.

mikekerry · 24-01-2019 03:35PM

Anne Cassin ( Nationwide)
Mary Kennedy ( Nationwide)
Ian dempsey
John Creedon
Tommy Tiernan
Sharon Ni Bheolain
Mairead Ni Chuaig ( TG4 -Wwoofáil )
Darragh Moloney
Ronan collins

Deebles McBeebles · 24-01-2019 03:35PM

Paul Williams again. He's great for annoying some folk.

Agricola · 24-01-2019 03:36PM

Pat Kenny's morning radio show is fantastic. He's always on top of his brief, regularly is better informed than the people he's interviewing about their own topic and always asks the pertinent questions. Show has a nice mix of current affairs and interesting random items about science, tech, history, whatever.
His Brexit coverge is essential listening these days. If he was working on British radio with something similar to Terry Wogan's audience figures, he'd go a long way toward waking them from their self induced coma over there.

its_steve116 · 24-01-2019 03:36PM

Dakotabigone wrote: »

Met Mary once, down to earth country woman. Pity she hasn’t done her own gig.

Did you know that she is the aunt of rising singer songwriter Dermot Kennedy? I only discovered that recently.

retro:electro · 24-01-2019 03:39PM

Pat Kenny is pretty decent. Goes in, does his job, goes home. No whinging out of him.
Brendan O Connor is fairly decent too. He seems to actually listen to what people are saying instead of listening to his inner monologue and wondering when he can interrupt them to get his spoke in. He seems genuine and not interested in arse licking.
Anna Daly on tv3 is good too. Surprised she hasn’t been snapped by RTE

Those are the only 3 I can think of who don’t manage to irritate me in one way or another

mikekerry · 24-01-2019 03:44PM

+1 for Brendan o connor.
You would think "listening" would be something that is a given with most interviewers. As we know this is not the case e.g. tubs.

Irish Presenters You Like

Comments