The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Cole · 10-01-2021 12:58pm

dominatinMC wrote: »

In general I like the show, and I'm a fan of BOC. However, listening to it now, if there is a more annoying, self important, righteous contributor than Sinead O'Carroll, then I haven't heard of them. How anyone who "writes" for the Journal.ie has such a media profile is a damning indictment on the state of our media.

Careful now...you could open up a can of worms with a never ending list of names here.

Mad_maxx · 10-01-2021 12:59pm

dominatinMC wrote: »

In general I like the show, and I'm a fan of BOC. However, listening to it now, if there is a more annoying, self important, righteous contributor than Sinead O'Carroll, then I haven't heard of them. How anyone who "writes" for the Journal.ie has such a media profile is a damning indictment on the state of our media.

shes a complete and utter journalistic and intellectual featherweight but she is indicative of the new wave of Uber WOKE irish journalists who dominate the scene

o carroll
ellen coyne
collete browne

even the irish times crime writer Conor Gallagher is a walking talking WOKE merchant

they all have the exact same views on everything

ButtersSuki · 10-01-2021 1:01pm

I missed the intros, is Pete the Vet on again? Noel Kelly might as well work as a scheduler in RTE his "talent" are on so often...............:rolleyes:

dominatinMC · 10-01-2021 1:03pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

shes a complete and utter journalistic and intellectual featherweight but she is indicative of the new wave of Uber WOKE irish journalists who dominate the scene

o carroll
ellen coyne
collete browne

even the irish times crime writer Conor Gallagher is a walking talking WOKE merchant

they all have the exact same views on everything

Agree completely. Wokeness appears to have superseded intelligence and the ability to think for oneself. I think people are beginning to see through this rubbish though.

Mad_maxx · 10-01-2021 1:04pm

who was the female contributor on the phone who went off on a leftist ideological rant off the back of the " mother and baby homes " report ?

Mad_maxx · 10-01-2021 1:06pm

dominatinMC wrote: »

Agree completely. Wokeness appears to have superseded intelligence and the ability to think for oneself. I think people are beginning to see through this rubbish though.

time will tell , RTE was always at the vanguard of the progressive liberal agenda in ireland but they have taken to non stop bombardment of that agenda this past few years so a lot of people become conditioned into believing what goes on RTE is the benchmark for respectable thinking

the new Prime Time presenter is in the irish independent today , talking about how important " diversity " is , she herself is gay and talks about her marriage , thats terrific but " diversity " is an ideologically loaded term and no one brings it up without having an agenda

the point being , she was picked for the Prime Time role for good reason , she is a card carrying progressive with a " diversity " profile to match

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/rtes-louise-byrne-i-am-happy-to-talk-about-who-i-am-because-diversity-matters-on-television-39951587.html

generalgerry · 10-01-2021 1:19pm

dominatinMC wrote: »

In general I like the show, and I'm a fan of BOC. However, listening to it now, if there is a more annoying, self important, righteous contributor than Sinead O'Carroll, then I haven't heard of them. How anyone who "writes" for the Journal.ie has such a media profile is a damning indictment on the state of our media.

Yeah but I think people need to be conscious that RTE only represents a certain view. They are meant to be objective and give fair and balanced reporting (Under the BAI guidelines), and they claim to be objective, but they are simply NOT objective. I listen to RTE to hear what the State line is on things like COVID, HSE etc and I listen to other radio stations for the other side of the argument.

Seems like the current line is "Burn what's left of the private sector to the ground to save the HSE. (Well, except the private hospitals and nursing homes, cos we might need them.)"

Infoanon · 10-01-2021 1:33pm

Brendan a bit tetchy this morning - telling Gabrielle not to covet airey fairy stories , trying to rebuke Peter Long after he called out the media and it's lax approach when interviewing vested interests (ouch) . I could also add in his annoyance when Sinead O Carroll intervened on the LC/SNA debacle and his don't blame the media (Sindo to be precise) for carrying the mothers and babies home story when if he listened the contributior was clearly blaming the government.

Elmo · 10-01-2021 10:29pm

Who's Ali Ryan?

humberklog · 16-01-2021 1:05pm

Anyone listening to Hugh Wallace talking about the the perils of alcohol think he sounded a little "tired and emotional" himself?

generalgerry · 16-01-2021 1:08pm

humberklog wrote: »

Anyone listening to Hugh Wallace talking about the the perils of alcohol think he sounded a little "tired and emotional" himself?

Nah, I heard him on last week on some other RTE show. The long version of that "glass of wine during the lockdown" story. He was the same joyless, dour, self righteous person.

16-01-2021 1:19pm

humberklog wrote: »

Anyone listening to Hugh Wallace talking about the the perils of alcohol think he sounded a little "tired and emotional" himself?

He did sound a tad different for some reason, from his usual self. I recall some years ago he said on a TV show that he was an exception among people with alcoholism in that he was able to take the occasional drink, with the host suggesting he was in denial.

humberklog · 16-01-2021 1:22pm

Ah right. I just had an image of him (based on his tone) sitting of the stairs in his jocks, DT's, kids and wife with the in laws, car parked half on the path and half in the hedge and the wheelie bin looking scared on its side in the garden when through the crushing fog a thought comes to his mind..."the drink is brutal! It's abusing us all! Everyone should know this and I'm the one to tell them...Eh Hello Brendan? You won't believe the revelation I've just had, oh and would you have a loan of a tenner?"

spakman · 16-01-2021 1:22pm

humberklog wrote: »

Anyone listening to Hugh Wallace talking about the the perils of alcohol think he sounded a little "tired and emotional" himself?

I had to turn off Brendan O'Connor after 5 mins today. He started off with "well done on getting through the most miserable week in the most miserable month" spiel, then went on about "if you think the vaccine rollout is bad now, wait until you see the chaos in a few months".

Who needs that much misery and cynicism on a Saturday morning?

NIMAN · 16-01-2021 1:44pm

Is Nevin Maguire an RTE employee?

He is hardly ever off, be it radio or television.

elperello · 16-01-2021 2:13pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Is Nevin Maguire an RTE employee?

He is hardly ever off, be it radio or television.

He's not an RTE employee.

He is a great chef, a good businessman and an excellent communicator.

Just the man for the job.

Cole · 16-01-2021 2:21pm

elperello wrote: »

He's not an RTE employee.

He is a great chef, a good businessman and an excellent communicator.

Just the man for the job.

Although his cooking tips are just background noise for me, he does seem like a nice fella too.

Brendan Bendar · 16-01-2021 2:40pm

elperello wrote: »

He's not an RTE employee.

He is a great chef, a good businessman and an excellent communicator.

Just the man for the job.

So he is......

Wonder how many Montrose folk have not dined at Nevins gaff.

elperello · 16-01-2021 3:32pm

Cole wrote: »

Although his cooking tips are just background noise for me, he does seem like a nice fella too.

Your impression is correct.

He is a very nice man.

ShamNNspace · 16-01-2021 3:35pm

spakman wrote: »

I had to turn off Brendan O'Connor after 5 mins today. He started off with "well done on getting through the most miserable week in the most miserable month" spiel, then went on about "if you think the vaccine rollout is bad now, wait until you see the chaos in a few months".

Who needs that much misery and cynicism on a Saturday morning?

And that after the misery fest the LLS has become on that stick-insects watch last night.... Very seldom I watch rte these days though I keep an eye on radio 1 out of habit

Brendan Bendar · 16-01-2021 3:58pm

elperello wrote: »

Your impression is correct.

He is a very nice man.

Knows how to ‘ Work the room’ ,buddy.

What would that publicity cost in commercial terms.

Were you ever up in Blacklion.......did you pay?

Honest question, dude.

16-01-2021 6:03pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Knows how to ‘ Work the room’ ,buddy.

What would that publicity cost in commercial terms.

Were you ever up in Blacklion.......did you pay?

Honest question, dude.

A truly clever Cavan man, doesn't even have to get Noel Kelly to do his negotiations & publicity for him, and yet remain one of the most civil individuals on the planet.

Gen.Zhukov · 16-01-2021 6:15pm

I heard that Hugh Wallace piece today. When he was on last week I thought he was fishing for a program to be made about it/him (I had to check if he was a NK boy or not, he isn't). He was on/discussed the day after last weeks show and he's back on today.

I'd put money on it that a program is in the offing.

16-01-2021 10:24pm

Gen.Zhukov wrote: »

I heard that Hugh Wallace piece today. When he was on last week I thought he was fishing for a program to be made about it/him (I had to check if he was a NK boy or not, he isn't). He was on/discussed the day after last weeks show and he's back on today.

I'd put money on it that a program is in the offing.

I like his architectural contributions, don't know if I could face the personal demons show unless it were substantially positive. I feel I'm getting progressively shallower (or avoiding my own feelings of depression which I should allegedly embrace and indeed nurture) the more RTÉ outs out the misery shows.

Pelvis Parsley · 17-01-2021 10:29am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I like his architectural contributions, don't know if I could face the personal demons show unless it were substantially positive. I feel I'm getting progressively shallower (or avoiding my own feelings of depression which I should allegedly embrace and indeed nurture) the more RTÉ outs out the misery shows.

It’s not just you, we’re all sick of it.

NIMAN · 17-01-2021 10:32am

elperello wrote: »

He's not an RTE employee.

He is a great chef, a good businessman and an excellent communicator.

Just the man for the job.

For the record, I actually like him.
He does seem like a nice man, good personality and his cooking shows are good to watch. Also had the pleasure of eating in his restaurant once, was great.

I was just pointing out that he is never off RTE. I nearly thought he was on Noel Kelly's books!

spakman · 17-01-2021 12:07pm

There he goes again with the negativity and cynicism about something that hasn't even happened!
"Everyone is waiting for them to cock up the redress scheme"

Beechwoodspark · 17-01-2021 12:22pm

spakman wrote: »

There he goes again with the negativity and cynicism about something that hasn't even happened!
"Everyone is waiting for them to cock up the redress scheme"

Noticed that.

It’s Wierd how they were all lining up to take shots at the report almost as soon as it appeared.

Cole · 17-01-2021 12:33pm

At one point, Regina Doherty said she doesn't want to be critical of the report and those who wrote it, but has done just that. It may well be deserved (I haven't read the report) but talk about incoherent...and a bit (politically) self serving.

generalgerry · 17-01-2021 12:35pm

No problem with Nevin Maguire here either. He is a sound guy and I'm sure he's under a lot of pressure with the business at the moment. I guess the question is whether we need to hear from him so often. The second hour of the show is absolute filler, just like it was when Marion presented. Tune in between 12pm and 1pm today to find out how to cook a chicken, and a review of the latest series on NetFlix.

The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

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