Reeling In The Years

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

It was Noel Dempsey and Dermot Ahern. I have no idea who Cullen is.

I'd say it was Martin Cullen.

Every year has certain things that happen that are special,
since 2010 tech has advanced, a smartphone is as powerful as an windows 7 laptop.
i like the episodes from the 80,s ,90s.
the clothes are different, low res film, there was no hd in the 80s.
adverts are so retro and sexist.
games are now hd 4k.
i think young people are better behaved now, in that they are obsessed with social media,instagram,tik tok.fashion has not changed alot since 2010.
i think with streaming ,100,s of tv channels,you have more choice,
theres not many programs left that everyone watchs live apart from sport.
when you watch clips from the 70s,80s, you may never have seen that clip before .
ireland was a poorer country in the 80s,
now anyone can afford laptops,tablets large screen tvs.
i think teens now are alot worse off than the 90s.
they pay high rent, they will struggle to buy a house anywhere .In all western countrys the birth rate is falling.
i agree with everything redoctober says.
yes we had a boom, it mostly means you can afford to buy the latest
phone,games console,gadget.
increases in wages have not kept up the price of houses .
the standard of living has not increased much since 2000.
every new phone seems the same,.maybe the camera is slightly better.
i agree music seems more bland since its mostly produced on
laptops using samples ,
no need to bother spending years learning to play a guitar or touring.


rte have a limited budget i have no problem if they wish to repeat
programs every month .

jos28 wrote: »

Excellent programme, brilliantly edited. Although I really don't like being reminded of 2010 and the following years. Not exactly our finest hours. I watched last night with the OH and thought I'd have to double his blood pressure meds. He was fuming at the sight of Cowan and Co. His blood was boiling by the time they showed Dempsey and Cullen facing the cameras and denying that the Troika were coming to town. They all ran to hills with their pensions before the sh1t really hit the fan :mad::mad::mad:

As others have stated it was Noel Dempsey and Dermot Ahern not Martin Cullen.

mc.celb wrote: »

The man who slipped on ice in 2010, was the first show on the 2010 one last night

It was the first clip in the episode last night, which was covering the year 2010. Next week it will be 2011.

Padre_Pio wrote: »

The first aspect is that anyone over the age of 25 remembers the 2010s and all the recession elements. It's too recent for it to be "history". We're not reeling in anything from 2010, still dealing with a lot of it TBH.

There's no "Ah, I forgot about that!" moment. No nostalgia, no rose-tinted memories. It's like looking in the mirror, not looking through time.

Second aspect is that IMO 2010-2019 is a watered-down 2000-2009. Now, plenty of interesting things are still happening worldwide and Ireland had a good decade, just not a particularly noteworthy decade.
Entered in a recession, recovered, had a bit of craziness, leaving in a recession.
Donald Trump and Brexit dominated politics for half a decade, neither good for Ireland.
Housing, homelessness, and health are the same as they've always been. Same politicians in power.
Not too many sporting highlights. Soccer was poor, rugby was so-so (Grand Slam in 2018 aside). Dublin won the Sam seven times, Kilkenny and Tipp shared the Liam McCarthy.
Decent decade for music, but I think Hozier is the only newish artist that's known beyond Ireland.

You are seriously underplaying the recession, brexit and Trump all are huge noteworthy events as you put it. Also the gay marriage and abortion referendum

We went to 2 Euros won a grandslam and beat the All Blacks for the first time ever. Katie Taylor helps drag womens boxing into the Olympics then wins a rare gold for Ireland and the rowing lads add some medals. It wont get a mention but Dan Martin wins Irelands first cycling monument in 20 years then another to boot

Limerick won an All Ireland for the first time since 1973 and Rovers become Irelands first ever group stage Europa cup team


I know nothing about music these days but every second actor seems to be Irish now especially in the "male heartthrob" category

glasso wrote: »

and yet forgetting "tweetgate"?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/rte-pays-sean-gallagher-substantial-damages-as-tweetgate-case-is-settled-36421036.html

Maybe that's what I was thinking of. I thought McGuiness was ambushed with a tweet but it was the other way round

It’s kind of inexcusable to get those scores wrong. That aside it’s a brilliant programme. It did very well in the ratings as well. An average of 515,000 viewers watched it.

Pauliedragon wrote: »

It can be summed up very easily. World was warned that a highly infectious virus was on the loose and spreading. Most governments were too slow in putting proper procedures in place to contain it therefore the majority of the worlds health systems/economies went to ****.

And Limerick win another All Ireland

I had actually forgotten that the Bailout for the wealthy started in 2011, I thought it was a few years earlier!

Like others, I was surprised they've produced this decade so soon. By the end of the run, we'll be reeling in the year before last.

I imagine RTE might be disappointed that the first episode only managed to match the viewership of the news. They could well have expected Twitter hype to boost the audience to well over 600k. This is, after all, the programme that many will tell you earnestly is the best thing RTE has ever produced.

A few things caught my eye. Chronology seemed to be all over the place. Surprised they showed the disallowed England goal at the world cup, which didn't leave much of an impression on me. Likewise, the Gordon Brown gaffe didn't seem of much significance to an Irish audience. Of the domestic events, the Brian O'Driscoll royal wedding, complete with fawning commoner, and the inaugural Web Summit could easily have been cut. Most striking to me was that the episode did a poor job of conveying the anger and uncertainty of the time. Only a few seconds of footage of protests and scuffles. In retrospect, Miriam O'Callaghan saying on Bailout night that it was 'one of Ireland's blackest days' seems ridiculous in retrospect.

I have no interest in watching 1 minute of a sports event from 2010,
i found the whole program boring or depressing.
oh the gardai investigated the head of anglo bank,
but he was not found guilty.whats the point of this clip ?
i fast forward thru most of it on iplayer.
i think you,d learn more by typing ireland news into youtube search.
i think rte has produced drama,s better than this.
old episodes are more entertaining , you can laugh at the awful clothes
people used to wear.
rte is now competing with 100s of channels and netflix.
high quality drama still gets good ratings, eg normal people