The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

archfi · 16-05-2021 12:37PM

Bellbottoms wrote: »

On what? Like magazines? Netfix?

Yeah, all the usual - streaming video, music, newspaper subs etc
I'm sure there's a sub to Computer Active in there somewhere.:pac:

16-05-2021 01:09PM

archfi wrote: »

I'm sure there's a sub to Computer Active in there somewhere.:pac:

Or Web Advisor

Don't forget both the current issues of computer active or Web Advisor can be skimmed through in ten minutes before going into any "techy" chat with the rte presenter and their audience will be none the windering

southstar · 17-05-2021 05:30PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

If that interview had been between Ben Shapiro and some liberal leftie dweeb there would be clips of it everywhere with “DESTROYED” and “OWND” all over it.

But because it was with Brendan O’Connor on Irish radio it won’t create too many “ripples” outside of a forum such as this.

Correct ....but Miriam much as I like her...it's absolute dross...I mean BOC is positively high brow...like I say some folk will whinge..and whinge...I tried painting the house...it works

archfi · 22-05-2021 11:08AM

Michael D in studio, loive.

ednwireland · 22-05-2021 11:10AM

archfi wrote: »

Michael D in studio, loive.

thanks for the warning

Beechwoodspark · 22-05-2021 11:31AM

Waffle waffle waffle

22-05-2021 11:37AM

How many countries have a head of state who can quote Hannah Arendt in conversation, or was invited backstage at a Leonard Cohen gig?

You don't have to agree with his politics to agree that we need more leaders with some kind of curiosity about the world beyond party politics.

Beechwoodspark · 22-05-2021 11:57AM

Michael d was very much indulged by BOC

I found his interminable warblings very hard to follow logically, he made a number of statements that just petered out ...

Maybe I’m the fool for giving him the time and effort.

It says a lot that a huge proportion of the population completely ignore MDH ramblings

Pelvis Parsley · 22-05-2021 12:22PM

Ah, I'm no fan of MDH, I find his political opinions, as comparted to his own situation somewhat hypocritical to say the least.

But, he's a warm, endearing, and convivial fella, and we'll miss him a little when he's gone I think.

That aside, imagine if we had elected that other shaved ape instead of him.

RandomViewer · 22-05-2021 02:00PM

Pelvis Parsley wrote: »

Ah, I'm no fan of MDH, I find his political opinions, as comparted to his own situation somewhat hypocritical to say the least.

But, he's a warm, endearing, and convivial fella, and we'll miss him a little when he's gone I think.

That aside, imagine if we had elected that other shaved ape instead of him.

Gallagher?

Pelvis Parsley · 22-05-2021 02:40PM

RandomViewer wrote: »

Gallagher?

Yes sir/ma'am.

DrSerious3 · 22-05-2021 02:50PM

I think my idea of hell would be listening to an RTE lovie endlessly indulging Michael D. Higgins.

Cole · 22-05-2021 04:37PM

DrSerious3 wrote: »

I think my idea of hell would be listening to an RTE lovie endlessly indulging Michael D. Higgins.

Tommy Tiernan interviewing Michael D immediately springs to mind. Two great modern Irish philosophers fawning over each other and giving us all the answers to those existential questions that we're all searching for...and the always rational and sensible echo chamber of social media proclaiming that Michael D should be President for life and Tiernan is the greatest interviewer ever blah, blah, blah...

NIMAN · 22-05-2021 08:38PM

Also find MDH a bit of a waffler.
He tends to start talking about something then heads off on a tangent and never gets back on course.

But as said, he's not the worst and had a decent heart.

And we will miss him when he's gone......and Joe Duffy is the pres!

Del.Monte · 22-05-2021 10:07PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Also find MDH a bit of a waffler.
He tends to start talking about something then heads off on a tangent and never gets back on course.

But as said, he's not the worst and had a decent heart.

And we will miss him when he's gone......and Joe Duffy is the pres!

Joe will have to join the queue behind Miriam O'Callaghan, and Bertie 'No bank account' Ahern who is being rehabilitated by his supporters in the media as the great Statesman.

southstar · 22-05-2021 10:36PM

He's our posh ****..,and deadly at it..g'wan Mick

Bellbottoms · 23-05-2021 11:56AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Joe will have to join the queue behind Miriam O'Callaghan, and Bertie 'No bank account' Ahern who is being rehabilitated by his supporters in the media as the great Statesman.

I have always wonder about the whole Miriam for President thing. I certainly wouldn't vote for her. Would anyone here? Does anyone really think she is a credible candidate. Is she one of Noel Kelly's posse. Is that were all the president stories are coming from.

23-05-2021 12:14PM

Bellbottoms wrote: »

I have always wonder about the whole Miriam for President thing. I certainly wouldn't vote for her. Would anyone here? Does anyone really think she is a credible candidate. Is she one of Noel Kelly's posse. Is that were all the president stories are coming from.

This Noel Kelly stuff... he's just an agent. Obviously he wouldn't get a cut of a Presidential salary — he'd lose a valuable client.

I agree with you though, I think this Miriam O'Callaghan presìdential bid is no longer relevant. O'Callaghan looked like a good candidate during the fairly insipid double-terms of the previous incumbent, McAleese.

History will judge that Higgins has changed the presidency., more so even than Mary Robinson did. Robinson made the President visible, Higgins became a President-philosopher, it will be very hard to return to celebrity candidates and party hacks, after this.

I'd say Miriam O'Callaghan will end her very impressive broadcasting career as a broadcaster. An RTE celebrity president would be a regressive step.

Cole · 23-05-2021 12:39PM

A Lamb Named Miltiades! wrote: »

This Noel Kelly stuff... he's just an agent. Obviously he wouldn't get a cut of a Presidential salary — he'd lose a valuable client.

I agree with you though, I think this Miriam O'Callaghan presìdential bid is no longer relevant. O'Callaghan looked like a good candidate during the fairly insipid double-terms of the previous incumbent, McAleese.

History will judge that Higgins has changed the presidency., more so even than Mary Robinson did. Robinson made the President visible, Higgins became a President-philosopher, it will be very hard to return to celebrity candidates and party hacks, after this.

I'd say Miriam O'Callaghan will end her very impressive broadcasting career as a broadcaster. An RTE celebrity president would be a regressive step.

Are you taking the p1ss?

Beechwoodspark · 23-05-2021 12:41PM

Not sure if the MDH fans are aware that in “the real world” he is completely ignored and held in disdain by SO many

Yes ....I grant you, he has his fans

but so many are either indifferent to him or have open hostility towards him.

Bellbottoms · 23-05-2021 12:52PM

A Lamb Named Miltiades! wrote: »

This Noel Kelly stuff... he's just an agent. Obviously he wouldn't get a cut of a Presidential salary — he'd lose a valuable client.

My reason for asking, is that it strikes me more as a story to keep someone in the tabloids and ensure they remain relevant.

But you are right. It is probably nonsense.

23-05-2021 01:39PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not sure if the MDH fans are aware that in “the real world” he is completely ignored and held in disdain by SO many

And you're basing this on....? He got the largest number of votes in presidential election history in the last election and the last time there was a poll of his approval rating it was 70%.

23-05-2021 01:41PM

Cole wrote: »

Are you taking the p1ss?

I'm absolutely serious. Ireland has achieved something that even the French were unable to create after 3 revolutions and whole dungheaps of royal heads. Higgins is no Robespierre, but he makes for a good Rousseau. A philosopher as president is a strange and terrific thing.

All of this was achieved with barely a drop of blood spilled, our wars were mild insurrections.

It is something to be happy about. It is a singular achievement that goes against the grain of contemporary European politics since WW2.

Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves. We have a national broadcaster, and a thinking president who can use it to speak to the country about the ethical and moral challenges of the day. This doesn't happen everywhere else, and none of this happened by accident. This is a civilised country.

CrabRevolution · 23-05-2021 02:04PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not sure if the MDH fans are aware that in “the real world” he is completely ignored and held in disdain by SO many

Yes ....I grant you, he has his fans

but so many are either indifferent to him or have open hostility towards him.

I heard this a lot prior to the last election, people claiming that everyone they know hates Michael D and that he was at risk of becoming the first ever President to fail re-election.

Yet the polls all indicated such big support for him that the other parties bar Sinn Féin didn't even bother running a candidate as it was a waste of time, and he was the first presidential candidate to win in the first round of counting since there was 2 candidate races prior to the 70s.

While I know a good few people who roll their eyes and don't really care to listen to him, I've yet to see this supposed widespread seething hatred of him that people online claim exists.

Cole · 23-05-2021 02:24PM

A Lamb Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm absolutely serious. Ireland has achieved something that even the French were unable to create after 3 revolutions and whole dungheaps of royal heads. Higgins is no Robespierre, but he makes for a good Rousseau. A philosopher as president is a strange and terrific thing.

All of this was achieved with barely a drop of blood spilled, our wars were mild insurrections.

It is something to be happy about. It is a singular achievement that goes against the grain of contemporary European politics since WW2.

Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves. We have a national broadcaster, and a thinking president who can use it to speak to the country about the ethical and moral challenges of the day. This doesn't happen everywhere else, and none of this happened by accident. This is a civilised country.

My first response to this would be that it absolutely has to be a p1sstake, but seeing as it is in response to my earlier question, I'll obviously take you at your word that you believe this.

I really can't this seriously and don't want to be the smart arse who rips the p1ss out of it, so I'll leave it there.

Fann Linn · 23-05-2021 02:26PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not sure if the MDH fans are aware that in “the real world” he is completely ignored and held in disdain by SO many

Yes ....I grant you, he has his fans

but so many are either indifferent to him or have open hostility towards him.

Any links from 'the real world' regarding your claims?

elperello · 23-05-2021 03:11PM

I thought it was gas to hear BOC saying "listen" at the start of his sentences talking to Salman Rushdie like you'd hear a fella talking in a pub in Cork.

Didn't seem to phase SR anyway because at the end he said "it was great fun".

Good interview.

Beechwoodspark · 23-05-2021 09:59PM

A Lamb Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I'm absolutely serious. Ireland has achieved something that even the French were unable to create after 3 revolutions and whole dungheaps of royal heads. Higgins is no Robespierre, but he makes for a good Rousseau. A philosopher as president is a strange and terrific thing.

All of this was achieved with barely a drop of blood spilled, our wars were mild insurrections.

It is something to be happy about. It is a singular achievement that goes against the grain of contemporary European politics since WW2.

Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves. We have a national broadcaster, and a thinking president who can use it to speak to the country about the ethical and moral challenges of the day. This doesn't happen everywhere else, and none of this happened by accident. This is a civilised country.

Not sure if you are being serious or not. But thank god he is not a “Robespierre” given what he got up to.

As for MDHs cod philosophy, it makes little sense, his party trick is to ramble on and on and name check a few theories. Aul guff.

For proof of this listen back to his appearance on sat and try to decipher the riddles he winds himself up in. I doubt he knew himself what he was saying...

It got so bad that BOC gave up and started talking to him about pina colados and the dogs....and then tittle tattle about what did MDH and Leonard Cohen talk about when he met him....

Government buildings · 23-05-2021 10:28PM

Can anybody let us know of any piece of wisdom that he has dispensed to us over the years?

jippo nolan · 23-05-2021 10:52PM

Government buildings wrote: »

Can anybody let us know of any piece of wisdom that he has dispensed to us over the years?

Nil!

The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

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