iffandonlyif wrote: » 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.
riclad wrote: » 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
iffandonlyif wrote: » 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.
yerwanthere123 wrote: » The Web Summit thing really jumped out at me as being a strange feature. Firstly I didn't remember it, and secondly I'm not sure why it's in any way significant? Open to being enlightened obviously, but I don't know why it was there.
StupidLikeAFox wrote: » I think it was included as nod to how ireland was becoming/had become one of the most biggest tech hubs in the world
breezy1985 wrote: » 2011 will have the best Presidential election we have had. Norris running away with it till he gets caught defending a nonse.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » It was getting caught taking a disability payment from Trinity for decades while working as a Senator that really screwed him up.
notsoyoungwan wrote: » I was surprised (and annoyed) to see the Brian O Driscoll/Amy Huberman wedding included. Hardly an event worth reminiscing on for the general population. But then, RTE seem enamoured with her and give her relentless promotion so I shouldn’t be too surprised.
breezy1985 wrote: » I have never heard of that. What I remember is his ratings tanking after stuff emerged about a character reference or something similar and some interviews surfacing about "Greek practices" between older men and kids
AndrewJRenko wrote: » It was well covered at the timehttps://www.thejournal.ie/norris-received-disability-allowance-because-of-hepatitis-diagnosis-245877-Oct2011/
breezy1985 wrote: » I dont ever remember seeing it or it being discussed among friends before the election
AndrewJRenko wrote: » https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30523199.htmlhttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/norris-got-tcd-disability-pay-1.884724?mode=amphttps://m.independent.ie/irish-news/norriss-disability-pay-three-times-more-than-he-admitted-26784443.html Sure it even made Boardshttps://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056411188
breezy1985 wrote: » What are you trying to prove. I never heard of it that is my experience. Put up all the articles you like and it still won't change the fact I never heard of it
Mimon wrote: » Jaysus, you are easily annoyed. Our best ever rugby player marrying an actress is definitely noteworthy. If it doesn't interest you fair enough but annoyed, really??
Sleepy wrote: » I was going to say I found it shocking that the previous seasons aren't on the RTE Player but let's face it, nothing RTE foul up on that awful platform could ever shock you...
Welsh Megaman wrote: » 2011 was the year that Welsh Megaman joined boards. I assume this momentous occasion was in the programme
Cheensbo wrote: » I dont think they can leave them up for too due to music copyrights but don't quote me on that...