The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Jizique wrote: »

I know; she had the earlier comment about men to which I was alluding

Fair enough. I didn't hear much ranting though...feminist or otherwise.

imme

Deleted User wrote: »

Des was, basically, dreadful. All over the place.

Was he at the side of a pitch.

Infoanon

Cole wrote: »

He loves the exposure...loves the sound of his own voice.

Pity Gabrielle isn't on the same show.

Excellent contribution today

Infoanon wrote: »

Will she asked back on in the future? , level headed facts and clear answers and called out Dan O' Brien and Michael McNamara - ' where's your proof ' ouch

I hope so. I usually respect Dan O'Brien but she well and truly showed him up today...and in a calm, fact based way.

imme wrote: »

Michael McNamara is on The Week In Politics now.

He gets around.

I don't want to divert the thread, but Aine Lawlor is putting a bit of manners on him.

Cole wrote: »

I don't want to divert the thread, but Aine Lawlor is putting a bit of manners on him.

McNamara sadly doesn’t give a damn and simply is using this crisis as a way to boost his profile.

He lost his seat previously and he is determined never to repeat that again

Joe_ Public

Infoanon wrote: »

Will she asked back on in the future? , level headed facts and clear answers and called out Dan O' Brien and Michael McNamara - ' where's your proof ' ouch

And didn't O'Connor say they were going to fact check McNamaras claims regarding suicides? Wonder will he get back to us or was it just blather to shut down the debate.

ButtersSuki

Dan O’Brien shouldn’t really be allowed near a mic for a while after that performance this morning. And yet, he wasn’t even the worst contributor on that segment.

Des explained the NBA bubble about as badly as only Alan Quinlan could. It was a very strange segment with Des going a million miles out of his way to avoid criticising the GAA.

Brendan Bendar

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

McNamara sadly doesn’t give a damn and simply is using this crisis as a way to boost his profile.

He lost his seat previously and he is determined never to repeat that again

Plenty more at that game Beech, many many more!!!

Pelvis Parsley

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Jaysus Cahill is on with the usual staccato delivery ..... why is he stopping and starting.

Was there not a pitch invasion in Dungannon.

The man of the people ..... protecting the gigs.

He always sounds half cut.

Cole wrote: »

Are you referring to Stefanie Preissner? It was Gabrielle Colleran who said that.

I thought Colleran was excellent today...lots of level headed facts and clear answers...apart from the weird "mostly men" comment.

she countered Dan o Briens first comments by referencing Dr Anthony Staines , she deferred to a guy who makes samuel mc conkey appear moderate

Cole wrote: »

I don't want to divert the thread, but Aine Lawlor is putting a bit of manners on him.

sounds like what Aine Lawlor would be up to alright

southstar

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

She’s been on top of her “game” regarding Covid. Worth checking out her podcast or “following” her on Instagram.

Jaysus don't say that on this Radio Boards. .your heading for a red card by whoever dishes them out... probably John Delaney

Mad_maxx wrote: »

she countered Dan o Briens first comments by referencing Dr Anthony Staines , she deferred to a guy who makes samuel mc conkey appear moderate

Even if you think Staines is not a reliable or credible source...and fair enough that may be open to debate...at least she supports her stance with some kind of supporting comment/evidence. The point about Dan O'Brien (on this particular issue) is that he offers absolutely nothing to back up what he keeps saying about not accepting the ICU capacity issue...nothing.

Maybe he has offered some evidence to support his view on this, but I've never heard it. If someone can point me to where he has, that would be great.

Cole wrote: »

Even if you think Staines is not a reliable or credible source...and fair enough that may be open to debate...at least she supports her stance with some kind of supporting comment/evidence. The point about Dan O'Brien (on this particular issue) is that he offers absolutely nothing to back up what he keeps saying about not accepting the ICU capacity issue...nothing.

Maybe he has offered some evidence to support his view on this, but I've never heard it. If someone can point me to where he has, that would be great.

DOB makes the point that we are battling the very same pandemic as the rest of the EU yet have taken a significantly more draconian approach in terms of restrictions

why must we be so different in how we react ?

Mad_maxx wrote: »

DOB makes the point that we are battling the very same pandemic as the rest of the EU yet have taken a significantly more draconian approach in terms of restrictions

why must we be so different in how we react ?

I think that's probably because of the fairly important issue of our ICU capacity.

Anyway, you're missing my point. I'm open to DOB's broader viewpoint on our approach to Covid-19, but I'm addressing his complete failure to explain why he rejects the specific issue of ICU capacity.

naraicjul

Gabrielle was good generally but she was wrong in relation to the National Self-Harm Registry (the "proof" that she sought).

If you listen to that particular section, she made an outlandish accusation (that he was just making things up) immediately before her cries for proof. The reality is that it's pretty incredible that she wasn't aware of the suspension of the registry.

Note: Written by a man!

naraicjul wrote: »

Gabrielle was good generally but she was wrong in relation to the National Self-Harm Registry (the "proof" that she sought).

If you listen to that particular section, she made an outlandish accusation (that he was just making things up) immediately before her cries for proof. The reality is that it's pretty incredible that she wasn't aware of the suspension of the registry.

Note: Written by a man!

such is a certain cohort of medics sense of infallibility , they instinctively react this way to anyone who dares stray from their approved doctrine

naraicjul

Nice one Mad Max,

Forgot to add earlier that the context was interesting also in that what culminated in her demand for proof, etc. was her claim, which she also had made earlier in the show, that NPHET was basing its decisions on all relevant considerations, including mental health implications.

McNamara reasonably pointed out that this was nonsense if the relevant data capture had been suspended.

It was amusing to listed to the way that McNamara filleted her as she had filleted O'Brien - great gas.

All this missed by some posters earlier?

Infoanon

naraicjul wrote: »

Gabrielle was good generally but she was wrong in relation to the National Self-Harm Registry (the "proof" that she sought).

If you listen to that particular section, she made an outlandish accusation (that he was just making things up) immediately before her cries for proof. The reality is that it's pretty incredible that she wasn't aware of the suspension of the registry.

Note: Written by a man!

How was Gabrielle wrong? McNamara referenced an article in the Irish Times which says they (National self harm registry ) doesn't have real time data and that hinders reporting - McNamara said that 'we had stopped recording suicides ' which is simply not true.

Infoanon wrote: »

How was Gabrielle wrong? McNamara referenced an article in the Irish Times which says they (National self harm registry ) doesn't have real time data and that hinders reporting - McNamara said that 'we had stopped recording suicides ' which is simply not true.

And the article he referenced is from early June. Although data collection appears to have been temporarily suspended back during the early lockdown, Simon Bracken from the Irish Times has since confirmed that the collection of data has long since resumed. But maybe a TD making definitive claims about something so potentially controversial has more informed, up-to-date knowledge...oh hang on, it's Michael McNamara.

This is Simon Bracken calling out Peadar Toibin doing something similar.
https://twitter.com/SNBracken/status/1300377548589760512

Johnthemanager

Mad_maxx wrote: »

what level of dirt has this lady on the powers that be in RTE ?

a complete dimwit who is never off the air

She needs publicity to help her start her life in Fine Gael politics, RTE only happy to help.

That plonker Shane Ross on hawking his new book

An absolutely woeful Minister now trying to cash in on his time

BOC soft soaping him as per usual

bigroad

A clown of the highest order.

bigroad wrote: »

A clown of the highest order.

He’s trying to explain his gaffes and it’s absolutely embarrassing listening

Ah ffs Charlie Bird's whinging diaries again

Infoanon

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

He’s trying to explain his gaffes and it’s absolutely embarrassing listening

Why is it embarrassing?

Good interview giving a good insight

mgn

He preached about Parish Pump Politics for years before he became a TD, as soon as he got elected he was worst than of any of them.
Glad the people seen through him in the last election.
A muppet of the highest order.

EmmetSpiceland

Cole wrote: »

Ah ffs Charlie Bird's whinging diaries again

I thought he was dead. Must be one them “Mandela Effect” yokes.