Sean O'Rourke Today Show

Brendan Bendar · 27-05-2019 09:37AM

Put the blame where most of it lies, the legal eagles.

O’Rourke is doing a Vincent Browne hammering an easy target.

Sean won’t let go on this one,very surprised at his general tone this morning.

Totally different from usual, I would suggest.

That said Baily was not in FG when the incident happened, made a bad blooper there, and even worse to go on the radio this morning..

Very poor judgement.

zell12 · 27-05-2019 09:38AM

LIVE car crash radio

blinding · 27-05-2019 09:44AM

zell12 wrote: »

LIVE car crash radio

Solicitors on Speed Dial .

Comhrá · 27-05-2019 09:47AM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Put the blame where most of it lies, the legal eagles.

O’Rourke is doing a Vincent Browne hammering an easy target.

Sean won’t let go on this one,very surprised at his general tone this morning.

Totally different from usual, I would suggest.

That said Baily was not in FG when the incident happened, made a bad blooper there, and even worse to go on the radio this morning..

Very poor judgement.

In fairness to SOR, what did she expect him to ask her about? She could hardly have expected him to hand her a cup of tea and a tissue.

It was a very bad judgement call to go on air to try and explain herself, then refuse to answer questions, citing them as inappropriate for someone other than a judge or legal expert to ask.

If she has a mindset typical of FG TDs, I don't think I'd want them running the country.

Brendan Bendar · 27-05-2019 09:50AM

Comhra wrote: »

In fairness to SOR, what did she expect him to ask her about? She could hardly have expected him to hand her a cup of tea and a tissue.

It was a very bad judgement call to go on air to try and explain herself, then refuse to answer questions, citing them as inappropriate for someone other than a judge or legal expert to ask.

If she has a mindset typical of FG TDs, I don't think I'd want them running the country.

It was his aggressive tone of voice which was most noticeable,to me anyway.

I won’t drag the thread off topic by rising to the other jibe.

zell12 · 27-05-2019 09:51AM

Comhra wrote: »

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If she has a mindset typical of FG TDs, I don't think I'd want them running the country.

But FG are running the country for eight years now

Comhrá · 27-05-2019 09:58AM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

It was his aggressive tone of voice which was most noticeable,to me anyway.

I won’t drag the thread off topic by rising to the other jibe.

That's fair enough but I really think a TD of any party should be very cognisant of how any RTE interviewer would have done this interview, and Marian Finucane or Mary Wilson would have been equally hard on her.

She had all the politician's cliche responses lined up and to be honest, I didn't feel any great sympathy at all for her. Just a very bad judgement on her part to do that interview imho.

ThePott · 27-05-2019 10:12AM

Link here if anyone wants to hear it

https://soundcloud.com/rte-radio-1/maria-bailey-1

Callan57 · 27-05-2019 10:13AM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

It was his aggressive tone of voice which was most noticeable,to me anyway.

I won’t drag the thread off topic by rising to the other jibe.

I didn't hear anything aggressive in his tone ... it was a typical interview with a politician hell bent on making a fool of herself. Sean asked exactly the questions the typical listener would ask which is his job & he just gave her all the rope she need to hang herself (metaphorically speaking).

Brendan Bendar · 27-05-2019 10:22AM

Callan57 wrote: »

I didn't hear anything aggressive in his tone ... it was a typical interview with a politician hell bent on making a fool of herself. Sean asked exactly the questions the typical listener would ask which is his job & he just gave her all the rope she need to hang herself (metaphorically speaking).

Well I did, but there you go.

By the way in case there is any doubt I would have zero sympathy for Ms Bailey based on the info available.

humberklog · 27-05-2019 10:34AM

That was gold! What a battle axe.

Plumbthedepths · 27-05-2019 10:54AM

I'd say SOR had to stopping himself from laughing out loud at her ridiculous answers. Dreadful deflection and blaming everyone except herself.

Joe_ Public · 27-05-2019 11:19AM

Listening to that i couldn't help thinking that lass had read long and diligently at the Flynn School of Communications. Mad thing is all the money Leo has splashed out on spin and PR and yet somehow this td was let loose this morning to shat all over her and her party's reputation. Malcolm Tucker will be spinning in his televisual grave right at this moment.

Brendan Bendar · 27-05-2019 12:48PM

Callan57 wrote: »

I didn't hear anything aggressive in his tone ... it was a typical interview with a politician hell bent on making a fool of herself. Sean asked exactly the questions the typical listener would ask which is his job & he just gave her all the rope she need to hang herself (metaphorically speaking).

I re listened and you are correct, I got it wrong, I could not fault him.

I didn’t hear it all first time round so only fair to correct the record.

27-05-2019 12:52PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

That said Baily was not in FG when the incident happened, made a bad blooper there, and even worse to go on the radio this morning.

She was a FG councillor though, and had been selected to run in the General Election on the FG ticket.

What the Hell was she thinking?

Oops69 · 27-05-2019 12:55PM

Joes coming across as incredibly rude arrogant and obnoxious today , we shouldn’t have to pay for this .

VinLieger · 27-05-2019 12:57PM

Jesus, this might actually be worse than Joe Jacobs notorious Iodine Tablets interview with Marian Finucane.

How in the hell did she think this was a good idea?

And from reading other FG reactions it sounds like she didn't get this cleared by the Party either.

It boggles the mind how she can be that arrogantly stupid after the last week shes had.

brooke 2 · 27-05-2019 01:06PM

zell12 wrote: »

LIVE car crash radio

Absolutely!! When Seán asked her if she had something in both hands, her reply!! 🤣🤣 'Seán, that's for the trial judge to decide!!! 🤣🤣🤣 'I have faith in the Irish judicial system'.
Leo must have been fuming listening to that. The woman sounded so entitled...don't know how she had the nerve to do that interview....Heard Bertie Ahern yesterday sing her praises and also remarked how he knew her father who, he claimed, was a 'very nice guy'. If you Google him, John Bailey, you'll see that the apple certainly does not fall far from the tree. 😡

brooke 2 · 27-05-2019 01:15PM

Comhra wrote: »

In fairness to SOR, what did she expect him to ask her about? She could hardly have expected him to hand her a cup of tea and a tissue.

It was a very bad judgement call to go on air to try and explain herself, then refuse to answer questions, citing them as inappropriate for someone other than a judge or legal expert to ask.

If she has a mindset typical of FG TDs, I don't think I'd want them running the country.

She has certainly come out swinging.....to coin a phrase! 🤣 A front page interview on the Sindo yesterday and SOR today. Josepha Madigan's brother is her solicitor, I believe. Not advising her very well, it seems.

27-05-2019 01:20PM

Hahahaha heard it on the 1 o clock news. What a car crash! :pac::pac:

brooke 2 · 27-05-2019 01:22PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

It was his aggressive tone of voice which was most noticeable,to me anyway.

I won’t drag the thread off topic by rising to the other jibe.

He was just doing his job, as far as I'm concerned. Asking her the questions which the listeners were shouting at her!!
People are furious at her, not just at her seemingly fraudulent claim, but at her obvious sense of entitlement.

brooke 2 · 27-05-2019 01:28PM

Comhra wrote: »

That's fair enough but I really think a TD of any party should be very cognisant of how any RTE interviewer would have done this interview, and Marian Finucane or Mary Wilson would have been equally hard on her.

She had all the politician's cliche responses lined up and to be honest, I didn't feel any great sympathy at all for her. Just a very bad judgement on her part to do that interview imho.

She would have been far better advised to have held her peace after she withdrew her claim, instead of drawing extra adverse attention to the ssituation by portraying herself as a victim, both in her Sindo and SOR's interviews.

brooke 2 · 27-05-2019 01:29PM

Callan57 wrote: »

I didn't hear anything aggressive in his tone ... it was a typical interview with a politician hell bent on making a fool of herself. Sean asked exactly the questions the typical listener would ask which is his job & he just gave her all the rope she need to hang herself (metaphorically speaking).

+100

Former Former · 27-05-2019 01:49PM

Sean O'Rourke is a national treasure. There isn't a better journalist in the country for that sort of interview. Most others would have been badgering her trying to nail her, Sean just knew he had to let her talk and she'd do the rest.

Hilarious stuff.

Ash.J.Williams · 27-05-2019 01:52PM

"look sean...i wasn't a TD at the time, I was a councillor though so i should have held myself to a higher standard, the legal team took over and dictated the strategy but it got out of hand and i wanted to cancel it, then the media got a hold of it and it was too late.....my bad.....it's over now, i've nothing more to say, only sorry".

27-05-2019 01:58PM

Former Former wrote: »

Sean O'Rourke is a national treasure. There isn't a better journalist in the country for that sort of interview. Most others would have been badgering her trying to nail her, Sean just knew he had to let her talk and she'd do the rest.

Hilarious stuff.

I AM SORRY in advance for the eye-rolling, because I know Pat Kenny is radio marmite, but... imagine, just imagine the grilling that 'Pa' would have given her.

She knew better. If she'd gone on Newstalk (and I'm sure she was invited) she'd have gone into exile by now.

mattser · 27-05-2019 02:05PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I AM SORRY in advance for the eye-rolling, because I know Pat Kenny is radio marmite, but... imagine, just imagine the grilling that 'Pa' would have given her.

She knew better. If she'd gone on Newstalk (and I'm sure she was invited) she'd have gone into exile by now.

Kenny isn't a patch on O'Rourke. Top class performance by Sean this morning.

27-05-2019 02:07PM

mattser wrote: »

Kenny isn't a patch on O'Rourke

Banned

:pac:

realdanbreen · 27-05-2019 02:08PM

She HAS to be a double agent! At least if she is acting for Fianna Fail it would explain things because surely she is not that dumb.

blinding · 27-05-2019 02:08PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I AM SORRY in advance for the eye-rolling, because I know Pat Kenny is radio marmite, but... imagine, just imagine the grilling that 'Pa' would have given her.

She knew better. If she'd gone on Newstalk (and I'm sure she was invited) she'd have gone into exile by now.

She was hoping Rte would look after the Establishment cartel .

She is so dumb she had to be sacrificed .

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