RTÉ St Patrick’s Day viewing FFS

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

And into the west.
GO ON THE TIR NA NOIG

Produced by Harvey Weinstein

Doubt it will be shown again

whiskeyman wrote: »

They should have had The Snapper, Commitments and The Van on back to back.

All filmed during hard times but showed the best of our Irish spirit and humour.

In fairness, they did have a Roddy Doyle film on. Not bad timing either for a serious subject seeing as the had a somewhat captive audience.

hurler32 wrote: »

Normally be out and about St Patrick’s day but sitting at home today looking at what’s on RTÉ for the day . Eastenders , Home and Away, the Simpson’s .... thought they might have something Irish on like an Irish film or a bit of Irish music or about the Irish abroad .
Do RTÉ even realise their Irish ?

Honestly there is nowhere to make irish tv except for RTE and they are not good at it.

It’s insensitive nd out of touch given that most hardworking middle class families don’t have a spare fifty,hundred or two hundred thousand to casually spend on an extra room and extension design with notable architect signing off on concepts and plans.

i never understand how Bannon programmes are
shown - the families are often so clearly upset over the financial run-overs often in tens of thousands despite a surveyer being also employed. RTE must think ordinary people have access to accounts as deep as the governments bottomless spending pits - sure we ran 30k over budget will you just give us top up. Speaks volumes on how they budget and think. Some of theose programmes the homeowners are clearly incandesant with rage, and I remember at least 2 where the working male in the family was livid and not speaking to Bannon.

As for St Patricks Day viewing - do we still expect better from them after the daily sludge they drone up - lets face it - they have shown their colours and incompetence so many times - pay per view. That money pit should be shut down.

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

They always seem to be showing "Home" themed shows such as Home of the Year and Room to Improve which I think is a bit insensitive and out of touch with the current housing crisis.

Panders to the Irish obsession with property and nosiness about what's inside people's homes.

It was a poxy line up. I switched it on in the afternoon hoping Flight of the Doves or any Irish related film would be on. Nope, just the same tripe as always.

Granadino wrote: »

No different to Top Gear really, where they drive around in expensive cars most of can't afford or don't need.

That’s quite different - they are not spending a customers money and running overbudget by tens of thousands - they are showing cars on loan from car dealership.Nobody gets financially burned in the making of the entertainment.

I remember watching a Bannon about some smallholding farmer with a tiny cottage almost off the grid in Wicklow and a few chicken and sheep - he worked part time and loved minding his kids and being there for them - Bannon went mad and ran about 30k overbudget and the poor man was so upset - he said on air that he had destroyed their lifestyle and home security and that he now had to give up his way of life because of RTE/Bannons carelessness and would not be able to be there for his children anymore as he had to go and take a pitiful minimum wage full time job to pay for Bannons inability to manage a project and his suddenly announced project overruns in tens of thousands. He’s not the only man I’ve seen in that show in a rage about the financial outcome - typical RTE waste - run up a bill and expect someone else to pay it. Bit like their license fee and extortinate salaries and nepotism. So long as they are ok they don’t care what dross they churn out or at what cost to anyone else. Any old high cost mediocre rubbish bought in or not is fine - just so long as they collect their salaries and their permanent jobs and pensions are safe.

fryup wrote: »

♫ you don't have to be irish to be irish ♫

which in itself sounds a bit irish

em, no.