Marian Finucane RIP Mod warning #46

02-01-2020 08:53PM

Thankyou, FAMLEE for your sage expertise. Now Go Away.

splinter65 · 02-01-2020 08:55PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Thankyou, FAMLEE for your sage expertise. Now Go Away.

Shushhhh now... FAMLEE is edgy as hell and popular with all the cool kids. Lighten up boomer.

FAMLEE · 02-01-2020 08:56PM

RTE scumbags, guess i'll be on my way so...

gormdubhgorm · 02-01-2020 09:02PM

Seemed like a very nice woman. But my opinion she was a terrible broadcaster, who just happened to be there because she was there since the early days.
Her voice was grating, she constantly interrupted her guests to give her own opinion. The subject normally came back to the economy (no matter what the initial topic was supposed to be) - which she was not qualified to discuss.

Hopefully RTE will replace her with someone who had the same level of drive and enthusiasm she clearly had - when she started in her career at RTE. A good opportunity for a revamp I think.

sideboard · 02-01-2020 09:10PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Seemed like a very nice woman. But my opinion she was a terrible broadcaster, who just happened to be there because she was there since the early days.
Her voice was grating, she constantly interrupted her guests to give her own opinion. The subject normally came back to the economy - which she was not qualified to discuss.

Hopefully RTE will replace her with someone who had the same level of drive and enthusiasm, she clearly had when she started in her career at RTE. A good opportunity for a revamp I think..

What a load of insincerity!

gormdubhgorm · 02-01-2020 09:29PM

sideboard wrote: »

What a load of insincerity!

I would be insincere if I came on here and said I thought she was a great broadcaster.
My mother was Finucane's demographic. She is an avid listener of most things on RTE - the radio dial never changes in the kitchen.
Even she admitted that Finucane sounds terrible interrupts etc (as above). But my mother claims she liked the topics on the show. Politics/economy etc etc etc. Basically if anyone was doing the show she would listen to it.

And I suppose I am not supposed to say Marian F. seemed like a nice woman?
A nice chatty woman with plenty of opinions on certain subjects, even though she was supposed to be the presenter on the show?
Most of which seemed to start with "well I think..."
That is the phrase I will always associate with Marian Finucane - may she rest in peace.

sideboard · 02-01-2020 09:31PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I would be insincere if I came on here and said I thought she was a great broadcaster.
My mother was Finuance's demographic. She is an avid listener of most things on RTE - the radio dial never changes in the kitchen.
Even she admitted that Finucane sounds terrible interrupts etc. But my mother claimed she like the topics on the show. Politics/economy etc etc etc. Basically if anyone was doing the show she would listen to it.

And I suppose I am not supposed to say Marian F. seemed like a nice woman?
A chatty woman with plenty of opinions on certain subjects?

Respect and decency, please.

no.8 · 02-01-2020 09:38PM

FAMLEE wrote:

Will my TV licence be dropping by a few euro this year?

Go crawl back under a rock if you can't display an iota of decency.

RIP

FAMLEE · 02-01-2020 09:41PM

no.8 wrote: »

Go crawl back under a rock if you can't display an iota of decency.

RIP

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

Mod: User banned

spurious · 02-01-2020 09:42PM

FAMLEE wrote: »

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

Nothing normal about some of your comments.

sideboard · 02-01-2020 09:43PM

FAMLEE wrote: »

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

I'm sure you feel you are also exercising 'measured restraint'.

no.8 · 02-01-2020 09:50PM

FAMLEE wrote:

She raped our TV licence, why should the normal working class pay out for such skumb4gs.

I don't agree with the pay packet for the work put in (hours on air + whatever amount of additional hours), but ffs, show some common sense please. There's a time and place

dvdman1 · 02-01-2020 09:51PM

lozenges wrote: »

Used to love listening to her, one of the few in RTE who probably justified their salary.

RIP

Lol

elperello · 02-01-2020 09:55PM

No matter what you think LOL has no place in an RIP thread.

We are still in the early stages here. Just give it a rest for a day or two please.

Nody · 02-01-2020 09:57PM

Mod:
Since some posters appear to have been dropped on their head one time to many allow us to spell it out: Be polite and considerate when posting in this thread or you'll face a forum ban. Oh and we in the mod team define nice as we see fit; yes we're all desperate power mongering dictators bla bla bla so suck it up buttercup or face a ban for it.

Mancomb Seepgood · 02-01-2020 10:03PM

RIP. It must be a terrible shock to those close to her as it seems to have been very sudden. I'm not quite old enough to remember her on Liveline,but I enjoyed the weekend shows. The talking heads reviewing the papers bit was pretty tedious but that's the format rather than herself.

Incidentally the thread over on AH is a disgrace.The mods seem to have done their best with it but there is a very nasty element on this site which seems to have gotten worse over the years.

kravmaga · 02-01-2020 10:11PM

FAMLEE wrote: »

300k per year salary ,

Will my TV licence be dropping by a few euro this year?

Your comments are inappropriate in nature, not the most sensitive or diplomatic.

elperello · 02-01-2020 10:15PM

Mancomb Seepgood wrote: »

RIP. It must be a terrible shock to those close to her as it seems to have been very sudden. I'm not quite old enough to remember her on Liveline,but I enjoyed the weekend shows. The talking heads reviewing the papers bit was pretty tedious but that's the format rather than herself.

Incidentally the thread over on AH is a disgrace.The mods seem to have done their best with it but there is a very nasty element on this site which seems to have gotten worse over the years.

That AH thread is gone now and good riddance. Thanks to mods.

Higgins5473 · 02-01-2020 10:35PM

elperello wrote: »

That AH thread is gone now and good riddance. Thanks to mods.

What’s very clear is that there is there is an awful lot of anger towards RTE from licence fee payers at this very moment. So when one of their lesser working and over paid workers passes then a certain amount of emotion and apathy spills out which is fair enough. So maybe a tribute book of adulation only thread should be set up in this instance to cater for both parties.

I enjoyed her show whilst making breakfast at the weekend. Will I miss her and do I give a sh*t? Not particularly. That’s life, someone far worse off and a lot hard working died a few minutes ago.

Jonny one · 02-01-2020 10:40PM

Just listed back on the website to the last radio show she hosted which was back on December 8th, the poor ladies voice sounded really bad. Brendan O'Connor had been presenting her show for the past 3 weekends.

BarryD2 · 02-01-2020 10:41PM

Marian was great in her early days when she hosted the likes of LiveLine etc and for that alone she deserves credit and our respect. May she RIP.

I did think though that in the last decade or so that she was treading water, the odd gem of an interview but a lot of fairly predictable repetitive stuff too. And some hypocrisy but maybe it's impossible to avoid that in a long broadcasting career.

Jonny one · 02-01-2020 10:44PM

Her final ever radio show https://www.rte.ie/radio1/marian-finucane/programmes/2019/1208/1097803-marian-finucane-sunday-8-december-2019/

elperello · 02-01-2020 10:45PM

Those of us who love radio are to put it simply in mourning for one of the greats of Irish radio.

There will be plenty of threads and time to discuss the problems of RTE in the future.

It is inappropriate to be using her untimely sudden death to take a swing at RTE.

02-01-2020 10:49PM

Higgins5473 wrote:

I enjoyed her show whilst making breakfast at the weekend. Will I miss her and do I give a sh*t? Not particularly. Thatâ€™s life, someone far worse off and a lot hard working died a few minutes ago.

They shut the other thread because of nonsense like this. You have no idea how hard she worked or didn't work. There is more to her than RTE. She has done amazing charity work & a lot more.

Tumpers mother had it right. If you can't say somethin nice, don't say nothin at all.

STB. · 02-01-2020 10:50PM

Indeed, the amount of talented posters out there who think you can just rock in and do a radio programme without extensive prep and command a 367k audience is quite astounding.

The cost of sponsorship for her programmes was 210k for twelve months. Combined with the spot adverts, it more than paid her salary.

RIP.

noodler · 02-01-2020 10:55PM

I listened to her show because she got decent guests.

Never a fan of her knowledge on certain subjects or style but Jesus some of the things people were typing elsewhere its a person with family.

RIP

Millionaire only not · 02-01-2020 10:57PM

Very intelligent lady , I loved her voice thought it was a perfect for her job!
Were losing all the good ones !

sideboard · 02-01-2020 10:58PM

It was no surprise that Marion could have such a large listenership, many, like me, had much respect for her professionalism as a broadcaster.
No doubt, her status, brought out the handful of begrudgers. Some of them are on this thread, showing as much respect today - of all days - as they are capable (and culpable) of. Decency shows itself in so many ways!

noodler · 02-01-2020 10:59PM

sideboard wrote: »

It was no surprise that Marion could have such a large listenership, many, like me, had much respect for her professionalism as a broadcaster.
No doubt, her status, brought out the handful of begrudgers. Some of them are on this thread, showing as much respect today - of all days - as they are capable (and culpable) of. Decency shows itself in so many ways!

Ah now, that's as bad as some of the ridiculous sub-human posters.

It's possible to have respect with being a fan.

Higgins5473 · 02-01-2020 10:59PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

They shut the other thread because of nonsense like this. You have no idea how hard she worked or didn't work. There is more to her than RTE. She has done amazing charity work & a lot more.

Tumpers mother had it right. If you can't say somethin nice, don't say nothin at all.

No, they shut it because some very sick and disgusting remarks were made. I commented on why people may not feel that sad about one of RTEs elite highly paid passing. She was overpaid for whatever 4 hours of radio took to make. Don’t include me in that bracket of comments, it’s not comparable.

Her charity work is neither here nor there in what I commented on so bringing it into conversation is irrelevant and a very poor attempt to discredit what I said.

She was very talented, quick witted and I found her to be very sharp and informed on all sorts of topics right up until the last broadcast, I enjoyed listening to her always. As I said, that’s life, she had a very good one. let’s have a gay Byrne mark II nauseating charade of excessive adulation? no thanks.

Marian Finucane RIP Mod warning #46

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