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2FM: Breakfast with Doireann Garrihy, Donncha O'Callaghan and Carl Mullan

  • 24-05-2021 10:01AM
    #1
    SeeMoreBut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭SeeMoreBut


    New line up announced. I guess Game on viewers will be happy


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  • #2
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,617 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    I'm happy enough with this. At least it's not Marty Guillfoyle.
    Carl seems like a genuine sound lad.
    https://twitter.com/CarlMullan/status/1243831046988271617?s=19

    This too shall pass.



  • #3
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    donnacha o'callaghan ?? - terrible "presenter", shouldn't even be on a podcast, never mind on the radio.


  • #4
    scrubs33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 201 ✭✭scrubs33


    Oh Good Lord..Thankfully Spotify spares me from this!!


  • #5
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,617 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Ah the Boards radio section. Always a beacon of positivity and support.

    This too shall pass.



  • #6
    KaneToad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    flazio wrote: »
    Ah the Boards radio section. Always a beacon of positivity and support.

    Shut down 2 FM....waste of money! Nobody listens to it. Anyone could do what those presenters do...

    Rinse & repeat.


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  • #7
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,043 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Donnacha.....


  • #8
    zoobizoo
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    What is the rationale behind the decision?

    If the objective is to reach younger listeners, is a 42 ex rugby player the right pick?


  • #9
    Shlippery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,266 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    Carl seems like a sound bloke though who worked his way up compared to yer man off Love Island! Happy out for him!


  • #10
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,931 ✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    Great to see 2FM giving presenting spots to young radio presenters like Donnacha who have studied hard and dedicated their careers to the profession.


  • #11
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Why the change? :pac:

    Who's replacing Donncha on Game On?


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  • #12
    Emiliano Crashing Shelf
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    I’m delighted for Carl Mullan. He’s a great follow on Instagram. He’s hilarious and comes across as a genuinely sound guy! And exactly seems to have worked his way up too!


  • #13
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,272 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Shut down 2 FM....waste of money! Nobody listens to it. Anyone could do what those presenters do...

    Rinse & repeat.

    Don't forget to "stick RTE gold on instead" of it.


  • #14
    Doodah7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Shut down 2 FM....waste of money! Nobody listens to it. Anyone could do what those presenters do...

    Rinse & repeat.

    You also forgot the 'Is this what I pay my licence fee for?' snark when half of the time it is mummy or daddy who pays it.


  • #15
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Doodah7 wrote: »
    You also forgot the 'Is this what I pay my licence fee for?' snark when half of the time it is mummy or daddy who pays it.

    If you pay tax you pay RTÉ. The Dept of Social Protection pay for "free" licenses.

    Having 3 presenters on one show is over kill it always was even when it was Breakfast Republic.

    Best of luck to them all but pointless exercise.


  • #16
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    This is going to be a riot!
    You can tell because they're all making funny faces in the promo shots.


  • #17
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 830 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    Don't forget to "stick RTE gold on instead" of it.

    Or the “I’ve been listening since 1979 and I don’t like it anymore” brigade!


  • #18
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    What is the point of 2FM these days anyway, its hardly public service broadcasting trying to compete with commercial operators.


  • #19
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,617 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    What is the point of 2FM these days anyway, its hardly public service broadcasting trying to compete with commercial operators.
    Same point as BBC Radio 1, 2 and 5 Live although RTÉ have to cram it into less stations.

    This too shall pass.



  • #20
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    flazio wrote: »
    Same point as BBC Radio 1, 2 and 5 Live although RTÉ have to cram it into less stations.

    You mean RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm and RTÉ Radio 1 Extra?


  • #21
    amlinopta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 930 ✭✭✭amlinopta


    Noel Kelly working the oracle yet again with Donnacha getting that gig. Brutal on Game On.


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  • #22
    SpraySafely
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭SpraySafely


    Doireann Garrihy: seen a trailer for her online show.

    It did not look particularly good.

    What exactly is her talent?

    I understand she has sisters who are also unexplicably "famous".

    Worrying times all round.


  • #23
    padd b1975
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    Donnacha has obviously been hired to bring the "bants".


  • #24
    amlinopta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 930 ✭✭✭amlinopta


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Donnacha has obviously been hired to bring the "bants".
    Yes “bants” and “craic” will be high on the agenda.
    Donnacha with no shortage of work inside the RTE tent since his retirement.


  • #25
    Kamari Incalculable Pensioner
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    zoobizoo wrote: »
    What is the rationale behind the decision?

    If the objective is to reach younger listeners, is a 42 ex rugby player the right pick?

    They have to continue to shove Ian Dempsey's godchild down the irish public dont they....the see her and her sisters as the D4 Kardashians


  • #26
    Kamari Incalculable Pensioner
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    SpraySafely wrote: »
    Doireann Garrihy: seen a trailer for her online show.

    It did not look particularly good.

    What exactly is her talent?

    I understand she has sisters who are also unexplicably "famous".

    Worrying times all round.

    Ian Dempsey's god child and her other sister (not the fair city one) is prominent in the PR scene so that opens the doors for her....was a "social media comedian" like the stevo timothy, just screeching and passing off the same voice as an impression, but she had a leg up on them as previously stated links


  • #27
    ford fiesta
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    doireann won't be happy with a trio...as she asked bosses a few weeks ago could the show be all hers.


  • #28
    Wiggywiggle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭Wiggywiggle


    ford fiesta wrote: »
    doireann won't be happy with a trio...as she asked bosses a few weeks ago could the show be all hers.

    I’d imagine her ego knows no boundaries


  • #29
    Elmo
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    doireann won't be happy with a trio...as she asked bosses a few weeks ago could the show be all hers.

    She did? How do you know this?


  • #30
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,113 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Ya I have to say, Donnacha was awful on Game On - His lack of Sporting knowledge resorted him to trying to crack stupid jokes.

    ‘Did yeh like riding horses Ruby? Get it?... Riding!!!’


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  • #31
    Wiggywiggle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭Wiggywiggle


    Elmo wrote: »
    She did? How do you know this?

    According to the Independent, Doireann was keen on doing the breakfast show solo following Eoghan’s departure

    https://evoke.ie/2021/05/02/showbiz/rte-2fm-start-auditions-to-find-new-co-presenter-for-doireann


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