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Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1** 27th Jan Forward

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    #2972
    Furze99
    Registered Users Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭Furze99


    Swim in the sh*t Ray at Ringsend. By way, what's the name of that movie again :)


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    #2973
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    bmorrissey wrote: »
    turned on the radio, heard rays fake laugh he does when interviewing, turned radio off

    Hahahahahahahahahahaha......


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    #2974
    thecretinhop
    Registered Users Posts: 6,516 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    Brrrrrrrrrringgggg darcy


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    #2975
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    Furze99 wrote: »
    Swim in the sh*t Ray at Ringsend. By way, what's the name of that movie again :)

    I was waiting for that text again today :D:D I should have text in myself to ask.


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    #2976
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    He rails against the church but all he sounds like is an angry priest admonishing his flock from the alter

    does he realise that?

    good point, as a joyless upper-middle-class busybody he would definitely have gone into the priesthood if he had been born a few decades earlier


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    #2977
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,608 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    I don't know what your definition of "upper middle class" is but there were no silver spoons in the Darcy household.

    Fair enough if you don't like the guy but that's no reason to go making things up.


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    #2978
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    goose2005 wrote: »
    good point, as a joyless upper-middle-class busybody he would definitely have gone into the priesthood if he had been born a few decades earlier
    elperello wrote: »
    I don't know what your definition of "upper middle class" is but there were no silver spoons in the Darcy household.

    Fair enough if you don't like the guy but that's no reason to go making things up.

    Substitute ‘chancer’ for ‘upper-middle-class busybody‘ and he’s spot on.


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    #2979
    jk23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 877 ✭✭✭jk23


    He did mention on one of his shows a few weeks ago that Jenny had mentioned he had become middle class now...I think Jenny comes from a well to do background..


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    #2980
    [Deleted User]
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    jk23 wrote: »
    He did mention on one of his shows a few weeks ago that Jenny had mentioned he had become middle class now...I think Jenny comes from a well to do background..

    Most people in Ireland are middle class, 60% according to the OECD. 31% are lower-income and 9% are upper income.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/ireland-s-middle-class-who-they-are-how-they-re-being-squeezed-1.3874258

    Earning €400,000 or more per year, even as a contractor, is not your ordinary middle-class income.


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    #2981
    BPKS
    Registered Users Posts: 16,778 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    jk23 wrote: »
    He did mention on one of his shows a few weeks ago that Jenny had mentioned he had become middle class now...I think Jenny comes from a well to do background..

    Jennys Dad made a mint from the state from his work defending politicians in one of the tribunals.

    And Ray is now making a mint from the state by messing up pressing buttons and failing as a TV presenter.


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    #2982
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    He certainly puts the Ray in Disarray. Another broadcasting disaster yesterday from one of Ireland's highest paid broadcasters.

    https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/rte-star-ray-darcys-son-23942960

    "The RTÉ star also suffered a live TV blunder as his phone notifications kept interrupting the broadcast.The show was forced to take a commercial break while Ray dealt with his technology issues at home but when his interview resumed the notifications could still be heard by viewers at home."


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    #2983
    Nokia6230i
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭Nokia6230i


    What's a Strava App for?

    As for D'Arcy not being able shut it off......not surprised......why not just use laptop for such calls; more reliable surely?

    So unprofessional & embarrassing & insulting to the presenters; do you think he'd do that if it was an RTE show.......?


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    #2984
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    So it's their fault for asking you on and expecting you to being able to be competent with a laptop?
    Looking for excuses as usual.


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    #2985
    leath_dub
    Registered Users Posts: 6,534 ✭✭✭leath_dub


    D'Arcy has a daily excuse for why he's sh1te


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    #2986
    Government buildings
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭Government buildings


    He should give up this talking on the radio. If you listen to it, it's like a talk by someone who was never on radio before.


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    #2987
    Nokia6230i
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭Nokia6230i


    This Meditation interview is sending me to sleep; that's the point of the interview right?

    300 Pages of a book on meditation? On this interview you'd be asleep just reading the blurb.

    D'Arcy's spent what seems like half an hour on this; yer mans publishers must be chucking him a serious bit of wedge; this is more proof the show should feature more music.

    How aimless must your life be to write a book on meditation; such a load of pompous, self-interest, self-aggrandising (sp?) b******s.

    Everyone has a book in them; some of us know not to publish it for others to read.


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    #2988
    Nokia6230i
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭Nokia6230i


    He's getting, he gets counselling over job security issues.....and if it all went belly up at the Mother Ship he'd go back to his roots & become a Wedding DJ > https://www.buzz.ie/celebrity/ray-darcy-rte-den-radio-23949431?fbclid=IwAR2_XsR8FegR5c05sxUKpvcmBIEfQ1Q4N-TzCkOm7bddfip2IWu4_8_B31A

    Don't worry Ray, there's no hope of RTE giving you the bullet even as, I think, a contractor.

    Imagine the comedown though if he did become a Wedding DJ? He'd be morto ha ha! No way could he take it.

    Would imagine on his RTE & Today FM salaries over the past 30+ years he's well set up & no need for the job security concerns; his broadcasting network would never let him down & there'd be plenty of PR/Comms firms who'd take him on in some role incl. as an MC etc.

    But the chances of that being necessary prior to him reaching retirement age in 12 years time are, I'd imagine, zero.


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    #2989
    applehunter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭applehunter


    Can I be blunt....


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    #2990
    thesandeman
    Registered Users Posts: 10,130 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    applehunter wrote: »
    Can I be blunt....

    As James Hillier Blount said to his manager.


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    #2991
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    Imagine the comedown though if he did become a Wedding DJ? He'd be morto ha ha! No way could he take it.

    The man couldn't stop the notifications on his phone (which remember was only being used cos he couldn't get his laptop working), what are the chances of him being able to run an entire wedding from his phone?

    This is how it would go:
    Ray: "And now for the first dance. "
    *invariably plays the wrong song or an ad break*
    Ray: Eh, that's not it why is that not working.
    *looks for someone to blame, usually the technology or a colleague*


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    #2992
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,928 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    generalgerry wrote: »
    The man couldn't stop the notifications on his phone (which remember was only being used cos he couldn't get his laptop working), what are the chances of him being able to run an entire wedding from his phone?

    This is how it would go:
    Ray: "And now for the first dance. "
    *invariably plays the wrong song or an ad break*
    Ray: Eh, that's not it why is that not working.
    *looks for someone to blame, usually the technology or a colleague*

    Can we cut to a break?


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    #2993
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    What a pompous little git, I know if I was one of his siblings I'd be pissed off with him bad mouthing his Da.

    Ask yourself Ray, maybe your Da wanted to get away from you ya little dork.


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    #2994
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    €400k and he's cheapskating on runners.


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    #2995
    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    The man shouldn't be allowed near technology....


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    #2996
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    nice laugh there


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    #2997
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    "queer Muslims"? If I used that term here I would be banned.


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    #2998
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    Ray is really trying to draw some racism stories out of this lad, constantly trying to get him to highlight the negative aspects of the portrayal of Muslims


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    #2999
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    That woman deserves to be roasted, random facebook ad for a random business in the states going into liquidation looking for 35 euro for "electrical goods". Kiss that money goodbye.


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    #3000
    Nokia6230i
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭Nokia6230i


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    What a pompous little git, I know if I was one of his siblings I'd be pissed off with him bad mouthing his Da.

    Ask yourself Ray, maybe your Da wanted to get away from you ya little dork.

    Also this is the Da he had on every Shrove Tuesday for his pancake recipe for's long's he's been doing the radio across both stations.......such an odd thing to cut him down now he's passed on.....and yeah, some things can be off-limits & if I was a sibling I'd be absolutely fuming with him.


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    #3001
    sligojoek
    Registered Users Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    What did he say about his father?


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