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13-02-2019 10:24PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Monaghan is the most fervent SF county in Ireland and iniskeen is about the most republican parish in monaghan, its hardly a massive reveal for anyone who knows anything about the place

Monaghan also has a large protestant minority, no revelation either.

Ah here. My home constituency is a loyal Lowry electorate. It's nó indication of my own politics. I really wouldn't be surprised if Callan had been a supporter of Humphreys or Ó Caoileáin (in fact, he possibly voted the former to prolong his excellent sketch about her, haï)

Mad_maxx · 14-02-2019 09:21AM

serfboard wrote: »

Donegal, Cavan, Louth and Kerry might beg to differ ...

Only dundalk is comparable and as for the others, only donegal comes close, kerry is no more republican than anywhere else

Mad_maxx · 14-02-2019 11:18AM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Ah here. My home constituency is a loyal Lowry electorate. It's nó indication of my own politics. I really wouldn't be surprised if Callan had been a supporter of Humphreys or Ó Caoileáin (in fact, he possibly voted the former to prolong his excellent sketch about her, haï)

Wasn't speculating on how he himself voted, merely said he was from SF country which he is

serfboard · 14-02-2019 01:02PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Monaghan is the most fervent SF county in Ireland

Mad_maxx wrote: »

merely said he was from SF country which he is

Just because you keep saying this, does not make it true.

If only there were some way to measure this ... Oh, I got it, why not look at how the parties performed in the last General Election?

And the result of that? Fine Gael 32%, Fianna Fáil 30%, Sinn Féin 27%.

Just over a quarter of the electorate voting for SF does not make it "SF country" in my book.

Over 60% of the electorate voted FFG, which makes it FFG country - just like most other constituencies, in fact.

serfboard · 14-02-2019 01:08PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

SF country? A Protestant Fine Gaeler topped the poll in the last election in Cavan Monaghan, but ok.

In fact, Heather Humphreys was the tenth most-popular politician in the country.

And what party did not feature in that top-ten list? Sinn Fein.

Mad_maxx · 14-02-2019 01:16PM

serfboard wrote: »

Just because you keep saying this, does not make it true.

If only there were some way to measure this ... Oh, I got it, why not look at how the parties performed in the last General Election?

And the result of that? Fine Gael 32%, Fianna Fáil 30%, Sinn Féin 27%.

Just over a quarter of the electorate voting for SF does not make it "SF country" in my book.

Over 60% of the electorate voted FFG, which makes it FFG country - just like most other constituencies, in fact.

As if everyone votes, culturally monaghan is extremely republican, its not a criticism

serfboard · 14-02-2019 01:21PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

As if everyone votes, culturally monaghan is extremely republican, its not a criticism

OK. So you make definitive statements.

When it is pointed out to you that you are wrong, you say "culturally" etc.

So, your feelings trump the facts?

Using your argument, there are large numbers of "fervent" SF supporters in Monaghan that don't vote.

And your evidence for that is what, exactly?

Mad_maxx · 14-02-2019 02:15PM

serfboard wrote: »

OK. So you make definitive statements.

When it is pointed out to you that you are wrong, you say "culturally" etc.

So, your feelings trump the facts?

Using your argument, there are large numbers of "fervent" SF supporters in Monaghan that don't vote.

And your evidence for that is what, exactly?

I'm not sure what is so controversial about what I said?

I didn't label Callan himself a SF voter and if he is, that's fine by me

Doodah7 · 14-02-2019 02:15PM

Ffs this is not the Politics forum...

serfboard · 14-02-2019 02:41PM

Mad_maxx wrote: »

I'm not sure what is so controversial about what I said?

There's nothing controversial about what you said. You just made a definitive statement about "SF country" that I showed definitively to be wrong.

Mad_maxx wrote: »

I didn't label Callan himself a SF voter and if he is, that's fine by me

I don't care either. I enjoy his show that much that I went to see him in Galway - and a great evening it was, too.

Mad_maxx · 14-02-2019 05:21PM

serfboard wrote: »

There's nothing controversial about what you said. You just made a definitive statement about "SF country" that I showed definitively to be wrong.

I don't care either. I enjoy his show that much that I went to see him in Galway - and a great evening it was, too.

You didn't show anything to be wrong, you expressed an opinion

14-02-2019 05:29PM

Allo Allo Allo, wots all this then?

Can we get away from the finer points of electoral trends in the Cavan-Monaghan District and get back to regular programming? Pretty, Liberal-Ladies please

ButtersSuki · 14-02-2019 05:48PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Ah here. My home constituency is a loyal Lowry electorate. It's nó indication of my own politics. I really wouldn't be surprised if Callan had been a supporter of Humphreys or Ó Caoileáin (in fact, he possibly voted the former to prolong his excellent sketch about her, haï)

You certainly didn't sound like you were from Killinaskully when you were on with CK last week caller! You'd be wan a dem buckos wit notions about himself I'd say wit yer pseudo D4 accent and dat.

:):pac:

ButtersSuki · 14-02-2019 05:49PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Allo Allo Allo, wots all this then?

Can we get away from the finer points of electoral trends in the Cavan-Monaghan District and get back to regular programming? Pretty, Liberal-Ladies please

There you go again objectifying women........

14-02-2019 05:54PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

You certainly didn't sound like you were from Killinaskully when you were on with CK last week caller! You'd be wan a dem buckos wit notions about himself I'd say wit yer pseudo D4 accent and dat.

:):pac:

I have to make myself sound intelligible when speaking to "the quality". When I'm down in Tipp my internal geolocation kicks in, and every second word out of my mouth is turf*

*No offence to sligojoek and his sophisticated celeb friends

Welsh Megaman · 14-02-2019 10:18PM

What’s with all the sudden activity on this thread?!

Have we branched out from the usual ‘the impressions are good, but the material is weak’?

ButtersSuki · 14-02-2019 10:51PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

What’s with all the sudden activity on this thread?!

Have we branched out from the usual ‘the impressions are good, but the material is weak’?

Oliver was just back from a break-een that started before Christmas caller.....in February. RTÉ and dat. Still has a long way to go to catch up on serial break-een taker Mr. Joseph Duffy of Dollymount (although he would prefer if you refer to it as Clontarf so to speak).

serfboard · 15-02-2019 01:39PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Oliver was just back from a break-een that started before Christmas caller.....in February. RTÉ and dat. Still has a long way to go to catch up on serial break-een taker Mr. Joseph Duffy of Dollymount (although he would prefer if you refer to it as Clontarf so to speak).

I'm presuming that Oliver is not on staff. One would expect (hope) that all independent contractors would be paid on a "money follows the show" basis, so no show, no money.

Oliver would be used to this business model anyway since he also writes columns for Mr. Murdoch. And I doubt that particular oligarch pays for columns that aren't written ...

ButtersSuki · 15-02-2019 01:41PM

serfboard wrote: »

I'm presuming that Oliver is not on staff. One would expect (hope) that all independent contractors would be paid on a "money follows the show" basis, so no show, no money.

Oliver would be used to this business model anyway since he also writes columns for Mr. Murdoch. And I doubt that particular oligarch pays for columns that aren't written ...

I'm aware of that caller.

It was a dig at Mr. Duffy so to speak, not Mr. Callan. Those who follow Da Lahv Lahn Thread would have gotten the reference.

sligojoek · 17-02-2019 02:56PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I have to make myself sound intelligible when speaking to "the quality". When I'm down in Tipp my internal geolocation kicks in, and every second word out of my mouth is turf*

*No offence to sligojoek and his sophisticated celeb friends

None taken. I'm proud of my bog accent.

Welsh Megaman · 22-02-2019 06:46PM

That Marian Finucane/Dave Fanning sketch was good.

Brendan Bendar · 22-02-2019 07:09PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

That Marian Finucane/Dave Fanning sketch was good.

About the only thing that was good.... the rest was quite poor.

He should give the Huw Edwards bit the bin. Stale.

Welsh Megaman · 22-02-2019 07:19PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

He should give the Huw Edwards bit the bin. Stale.

Agreed...the Boris Johnson part has become overplayed at this point.

23-02-2019 01:08PM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Agreed...the Boris Johnson part has become overplayed at this point.

I wonder if the increasing number of UK political sketches are just a result of Brexit, or also a sign of Callan's interest in working with a UK broadcaster. He's a fairly young man, I doubt he sees himself working for RTÉ Radio forever.

Mad_maxx · 24-02-2019 02:48PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I wonder if the increasing number of UK political sketches are just a result of Brexit, or also a sign of Callan's interest in working with a UK broadcaster. He's a fairly young man, I doubt he sees himself working for RTÉ Radio forever.

Why would they want him when they can pick any number of their own competent mimics?

Welsh Megaman · 01-03-2019 06:48PM

“You can catch up on the RTE Player...if you don’t mind the crashing, buffering and ads 17 times a minute.”

:eek:

01-03-2019 10:39PM

I thought tonight's highlights were the sketch on Mícheál Lehane ("looks like every butcher's apprentice in the Midlands"); the Fianna Fáil meeting featuring Jim O'Callaghan trying to insult his rivals; and of course, the Liberal Ladies.

However I wish he'd put Sharon Ní Bheol-atron out of her misery; that sketch has barely changed over the years, and now the Theresa May-bot is just an extension of it.

Wearisome Bryan Dobson telling us the time is still funny, mind you.

plodder · 08-03-2019 06:39PM

The Leo + Brexit sketches were very good just there.

Welsh Megaman · 08-03-2019 06:48PM

That ‘Morning Ireland squeezed into three minutes’ sketch was good...you really could

Welsh Megaman · 08-03-2019 06:54PM

Fantastic Ray D’Arcy show sketch

I’ll now read stories from the papers you already read eight hours ago, then laugh maniacally!

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