Sean O'Rourke Today Show

BarryD2 · 11-02-2020 10:44AM

Sounds like Mammy O'Rourke should join Sinn Féin as a spokesgranny?

Toibín sounds ready & willing to merge back and then there's Carol Nolan - soon they'll be up to 40. John McGuinness would be a likely switcher too.

serfboard · 11-02-2020 02:01PM

We wanted to have someone on the programme from Sinn Fein, says Sean, but no-one would come on or was available on the phone.

That's because they're all up in Belfast getting instructions.

12-02-2020 10:20AM

Turned on show this morning shortly after started. Interviewing 1 of the Healy - Rae dynasty.

omfg. monologue .... turned the rant straight off.

Whestsidestory · 12-02-2020 10:22AM

Except it's not a Healy-Rae!

BarryD2 · 12-02-2020 10:25AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Turned on show this morning shortly after started. Interviewing 1 of the Healy - Rae dynasty.

omfg. monologue .... turned the rant straight off.

You missed Lord Ross getting an earful - the painful truth of life outside the moat, down in de shticks.

BarryD2 · 12-02-2020 10:26AM

A Sinn Féin spokesperson appears !!!!!!!!! We can add Louise O'Reilly to the small panel of trusted SF voices.

Bríd Smith must have a caravan in the RTE carpark, she's on that regularly. Hopefully she'll actually offer to do something now instead of moaning.

Mad_maxx · 12-02-2020 12:10PM

BarryD2 wrote: »

A Sinn Féin spokesperson appears !!!!!!!!! We can add Louise O'Reilly to the small panel of trusted SF voices.

Bríd Smith must have a caravan in the RTE carpark, she's on that regularly. Hopefully she'll actually offer to do something now instead of moaning.

The communist left have always had an open door to RTE

serfboard · 12-02-2020 03:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Turned on show this morning shortly after started. Interviewing 1 of the Healy - Rae dynasty.

omfg. monologue .... turned the rant straight off.

Whestsidestory wrote: »

Except it's not a Healy-Rae!

Indeed it was not. It was Independent TD Michael Collins from Cork South-West, who in fairness, sounds like a Healy-Rae.

It was a recording of a victory speech he gave, in which he celebrated the fact that Shane Ross had lost his seat.

Interviewing him on the programme, Sean asked him "How late at night was that - and was there drink taken?"

generalgerry · 13-02-2020 11:38AM

Jesus Christ will you grow a pair, Sean. Why is she allowed to talk about all men as being sexual predators.

Women have been well able to use their sexuality to get where they want, you never hear that being spoken about.

gormdubhgorm · 19-02-2020 11:18AM

Is this one of these 'I am not a racist but'.... jobs?
At one stage Independent councilor from Offaly (John Leahy) let slip 'Irish citizens' then changed it to 'people' being jumped in the queue by migrants.

Diceicle · 19-02-2020 11:27AM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Is this one of these 'I am not a racist but'.... jobs?
At one stage Independent councilor from Offaly (John Leahy) let slip 'Irish citizens' then changed it to 'people' being jumped in the queue by migrants.

I'll give it a listen on podcast later, but from what you post above, it sounds like a reasonable position.

serfboard · 19-02-2020 12:53PM

Listening to the unionist (Jim Wells?) on the show this morning shows you how deluded Sinn Fein are. Well, either they're deluded or they know well there's no United Ireland or indeed Border Poll coming and are doing it to satisfy the Belfast Boys.

According to the latest poll, 99% of the Unionist community don't want a United Ireland. That means that they won't want to sit down and talk about a referendum either.

And your one from the Andersonstown News wasn't much better. She said something to the effect that people will vote along economic lines.

As Brexit and even the recent Irish General Election have shown, people often vote along emotional lines, so the promise of sunlit uplands in a new Hibernia won't make a million people feel less British.

elperello · 19-02-2020 01:04PM

serfboard wrote: »

Listening to the unionist (Jim Wilson?) on the show this morning shows you how deluded Sinn Fein are. Well, either they're deluded or they know well there's no United Ireland or indeed Border Poll coming and are doing it to satisfy the Belfast Boys.

According to the latest poll, 99% of the Unionist community don't want a United Ireland. That means that they won't want to sit down and talk about a referendum either.

And your one from the Andersonstown News wasn't much better. She said something to the effect that people will vote along economic lines.

As Brexit and even the recent Irish General Election have shown, people often vote along emotional lines, so the promise of sunlit uplands in a new Hibernia won't make a million people feel less British.

Jim Wells DUP.

Kind of goes with the job description.After all how could a Unionist want to break the Union?

I'm sure the voters of Sligo-Leitrim were delighted to hear him congratulating Frankie Feighan.

An endorsement from the conservative wing of the DUP should do wonders for him next time out.

serfboard · 19-02-2020 01:49PM

elperello wrote: »

how could a Unionist want to break the Union?

Exactly my point. Unionists are British, and nothing is going to make them feel any different. Why would they sit around and talk about conditions for a Border Poll when they are absolutely opposed to it?

As the late Seamus Mallon said, a border poll that results in a 50%+1 result for a United Ireland would be absolutely useless.

elperello wrote: »

I'm sure the voters of Sligo-Leitrim were delighted to hear him congratulating Frankie Feighan.

An endorsement from the conservative wing of the DUP should do wonders for him next time out.

Yeah - I bet Frankie could have done without that endorsement alright!

24-02-2020 11:20AM

Interview between partner of possible deportee now.
Well balanced by Sean. Ann Rabbitte Galway east involved on family behalf

generalgerry · 24-02-2020 11:32AM

Amazing to hear this bleeding heart speaking in defence of Love Island.

serfboard · 24-02-2020 12:33PM

generalgerry wrote: »

Amazing to hear this bleeding heart speaking in defence of Love Island.

Care to elaborate? Who was speaking and what were they saying?

24-02-2020 06:04PM

Hope your feelings aren't hurt Gerry, subject released from clover prison and won't be deported for now.

hotmail.com · 24-02-2020 06:22PM

generalgerry wrote: »

Amazing to hear this bleeding heart speaking in defence of Love Island.

Lots of reasons to dislike the programme, but the Helen Lovejoy one brought up sex as part of her opening argument.

She lost me at that.

jay0109 · 24-02-2020 10:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Hope your feelings aren't hurt Gerry, subject released from clover prison and won't be deported for now.

Ireland's immigration system is a one way street. No matter how illegal you are, you rarely get shown the door.
Just run to the compliant Media and they'll pressure the soft Minister.

Joke of a system

generalgerry · 24-02-2020 10:27PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Hope your feelings aren't hurt Gerry, subject released from clover prison and won't be deported for now.

What are you smoking I didn't even comment about the immigration topic, I was talking about the discussion on Love Island, you clown.

Loafing Oaf · 26-02-2020 10:10AM

Doctor talking about virus outbreak: "I don't think people should panic unnecessarily about this."

sligojoek · 26-02-2020 10:23AM

Mannix Flynn says NO

ShamNNspace · 26-02-2020 10:25AM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Doctor talking about virus outbreak: "I don't think people should panic unnecessarily about this."

He seemed to be quite blasé about the whole business

BarryD2 · 26-02-2020 10:28AM

Not very convincing advice, confused even. Basically it seems we're going to do very little to reduce the possibility of the flu getting here but once it does, well we'll then go into panic mode.

Wash yer hands and we'll all be grand.......

elperello · 26-02-2020 01:12PM

If things get really bad they have isolation units (a trolly in a broom cupboard) in every hospital.

generalgerry · 28-02-2020 10:33AM

Why are they protecting the anonymity of the person who brought the virus to this country. They should be named and taken into isolation.

Callan57 · 28-02-2020 10:45AM

generalgerry wrote: »

Why are they protecting the anonymity of the person who brought the virus to this country. They should be named and taken into isolation.

Probably because the country is full of headbangers

I see no reason to violate the persons privacy but surely it would aleviate a lot of unnecessary stress if they were to say what flight from Italy was used and the mode of travel to NI.

generalgerry · 28-02-2020 10:46AM

How in God's name are you meant to know if you are in danger or not if they wont even let people know what train, plane and automobile the woman was on. Ridiculous, but what would you expect from Harris.

Fair play to Sean O'Rourke for picking him up on his nonsense.

FrancieBrady · 28-02-2020 10:51AM

generalgerry wrote: »

How in God's name are you meant to know if you are in danger or not if they wont even let people know what train, plane and automobile the woman was on. Ridiculous, but what would you expect from Harris.

Fair play to Sean O'Rourke for picking him up on his nonsense.

Missed the start of it...what is Harris's concern here?

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