Newstalk Megathread 22/08/16 to date

26-05-2021 11:09am

meeeeh wrote: »

If I remember correctly majority of 5 billon of permanent spending is going on health care. I'm too busy to google that at the moment however we could hardly call trying to reduce waiting lists, increasing the number of doctors and similar waste of money. However I'm open to your justification for why it's waste of money.

I don't think it's a waste of money. where did I say it was? What are you on about?

I quite simply stated that the chap "The poster was obviously referring to pubs that were doing very little business pre covid and now are financially better off with PUP and the other supports.

Those cases are independent of cases where PUP etc are being abused so your rant of a post is not at all on topic"

I didn't bold the bit about permanent spending as it was independent to the PU point that you went off on a rant about.

Your point

meeeeh wrote: »

So any of you who think PUP and other supports were wasted go and run your own business employ people and feel responsible for their financial situation and then tell me how PUP was waste of money.

Was about supports to businesses.

You are now ranting for the sake of ranting.

meeeeh · 26-05-2021 11:14am

Augeo wrote: »

I don't think it's a waste of money. where did I say it was? What are you on about?

I quite simply stated that the chap "The poster was obviously referring to pubs that were doing very little business pre covid and now are financially better off with PUP and the other supports.

Those cases are independent of cases where PUP etc are being abused so your rant of a post is not at all on topic"

I didn't bold the bit about permanent spending as it was independent to the PU point that you went off on a rant about.

Your point

Was about supports to businesses.

You are now ranting for the sake of ranting.

I think darling large chip on one's shoulder and too much time on their hands are not a good combo. So I will bow out of discussion with you about what another poster was saying in their post and what I was commenting (or ranting if you wish) on.

26-05-2021 11:17am

meeeeh wrote: »

I think darling large chip on one's shoulder and too much time on their hands are not a good combo. So I will bow out of discussion with you about what another poster was saying in their post and what I was commenting (or ranting if you wish) on.

Splendid, I could almost hear you

Have a good day.

whisky_galore · 26-05-2021 4:22pm

Not sure who to dislike more: Paul Murphy or the rep of the Irish Parking Association

2smiggy · 26-05-2021 4:26pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Not sure who to dislike more: Paul Murphy or the rep of the Irish Parking Association

Paul Murphy , it's close, but unless they had someone like Hitler on it will always be Paul Murphy

Patrick2010 · 26-05-2021 5:11pm

Pauls default argument is that the government should pay for everything funded by taxes on companies and the wealthy. He was on today arguing for free public transport and increased public transport funded by a tax on the wealthy that would bring in an extra 3 billion.
Other days you'll hear him arguing for open borders, free housing for any asylum seekers who arrive here and public funded social housing.

https://www.letusrise.ie/what-we-stand-for
Nationalise everything, Dunnes, Tesco, Supervalue etc etc !

Nationalise the banking system and the core sectors of the economy currently controlled by major corporations, including construction, natural resources, the big retail chains, logistics, distribution, transport and telecommunications, and run them as part of a democratically planned economy to serve people's needs not profit.

2smiggy · 27-05-2021 8:18am

Patrick2010 wrote: »

Pauls default argument is that the government should pay for everything funded by taxes on companies and the wealthy. He was on today arguing for free public transport and increased public transport funded by a tax on the wealthy that would bring in an extra 3 billion.
Other days you'll hear him arguing for open borders, free housing for any asylum seekers who arrive here and public funded social housing.

https://www.letusrise.ie/what-we-stand-for
Nationalise everything, Dunnes, Tesco, Supervalue etc etc !

Nationalise the banking system and the core sectors of the economy currently controlled by major corporations, including construction, natural resources, the big retail chains, logistics, distribution, transport and telecommunications, and run them as part of a democratically planned economy to serve people's needs not profit.

not sure how this socialist utopia will work. I could see it working better in other counties where the population may all work together and be happy to subsidise the rest who won't. But I think we have too many people in the country who are used to getting everything for nothing already, making it easier by taxing the people who work is not the answer

He is delusional. The SF spokeswoman for finance is on now. She seems to be of the mindset of PUP forever as well. I'd sooner have a potato in charge of finance than any of those

27-05-2021 8:45am

2smiggy wrote: »

.............The SF spokeswoman for finance is on now. She seems to be of the mindset of PUP forever as well. I'd sooner have a potato in charge of finance than any of those

I thought Ciara K did a good job with questioning the SF finance spokesperson (I was going to say finance expert but :pac: ) .............. unfortunately any businesses that close or don't reopen by Oct when their industries are free to open ...... well their staff will have to go on JSA, the PUP isn't an appropriate payment for them by then.

If the €350/week PUP was paid indefinitely than many folk wouldn't bother looking for jobs to replace their €400/€450 per week gig that is gone.

I can't fathom why SF can't admit that rather than going to the extreme lefty view on everything.

No one who works in construction should be given the PUP now, sector is open....... if you are now unemployed there's JSA.

Del.Monte · 27-05-2021 8:57am

Shane Coleman's ranting about Portmarnock Golf Club allowing women become full members is painful. It's a private club and it's their own business who they allow become members even if it doesn't suit his pc agenda. Personally, I couldn't care less as I can't stand golf but SC is a pain in the hole.

whisky_galore · 27-05-2021 9:01am

Del.Monte wrote: »

Shane Coleman's ranting about Portmarnock Golf Club allowing women become full members is painful. It's a private club and it's their own business who they allow become members even if it doesn't suit his pc agenda. Personally, I couldn't care less as I can't stand golf but SC is a pain in the hole.

Exactly.
Sick of the woke spin put on everything. Who fcuking cares what a private toffee nosed golf club does?

2smiggy · 27-05-2021 9:11am

I don't agree with Ciara a lot of the time, but Shane Coleman is ten times more painful.

ghostdancer · 27-05-2021 9:52am

Anyone noticed how introductions to pieces are lifted wholesale from the Irish Times facebook links/IT pieces?

eg:
https://www.facebook.com/irishtimes/posts/10158332031876158

The Irish Times
13h
It only took 127 years for change to come about but, finally, the men-only membership policy at Portmarnock Golf Club in north county Dublin – which stubbornly stuck to its exclusion of women members since its founding in 1894 – has overwhelmingly voted for change.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/portmarnock-golf-club-votes-to-admit-women-as-members-1.4576084

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/portmarnock-golf-club-votes-to-admit-women-as-members-1.4576084

It only took 127 years for change to come about but, finally, the men-only membership policy at Portmarnock Golf Club in north county Dublin – which stubbornly stuck to its exclusion of women members since its founding in 1894 – has overwhelmingly voted for change.

In the end, it wasn’t even close. In a.....
..
...

Shane Coleman's intro this morning:

It only took 127 years for change to come about but, finally, the men-only membership policy at Portmarnock Golf Club in north county Dublin – which stubbornly stuck to its exclusion of women members since its founding in 1894 – has overwhelmingly voted for change.

Listen back around 8:50am this morning to hear him say it verbatim....

I've noticed a few other times too. Probably loads of incidents for anyone bothered to look.

Are the researchers/producers that lazy that they can't write a sentence or two intro themselves?

leath_dub · 27-05-2021 4:37pm

Israeli ambassador on the Hard Shoulder giving a masterclass in not answering questions.

Pussyhands · 31-05-2021 1:38pm

I see Susan Keogh has left.

Twitter post seems to indicate it's her decision.

Another SJW gone, thankfully.

EmmetSpiceland · 31-05-2021 3:18pm

Pussyhands wrote: »

I see Susan Keogh has left.

Twitter post seems to indicate it's her decision.

A terrible loss, if true. Was a real shame she wasn’t given a proper morning show on the weekends. Newstalk is brutal before ‘Off The Ball’ on a Saturday and before 11am on a Sunday.

Originally thought she was a shoe in for the ‘Lunchtime Live’ slot but still don’t think I would have listened if they persisted with the dreadful Live Line knock off.

Del.Monte · 31-05-2021 5:01pm

Ind. Councillor and Gaeilgeoir Peter Kavanagh (ex.Green Party) on The Hard Shoulder now flogging the dead horse that is the Irish language - the Greens are well rid of him.

whisky_galore · 31-05-2021 7:42pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Ind. Councillor and Gaeilgeoir Peter Kavanagh (ex.Green Party) on The Hard Shoulder now flogging the dead horse that is the Irish language - the Greens are well rid of him.

Let's have more government tweets that no-one will read.

marno21 · 31-05-2021 10:32pm

Denis O'Brien had a conference call with Communicorp employees on his last day of involvement with the group today, where he instructed the Irish Times ban to be lifted.

https://www.independent.ie/business/denis-obrien-marks-last-day-as-owner-of-radio-brands-by-telling-staff-its-time-to-lift-irish-times-ban-40489447.html

31-05-2021 11:49pm

marno21 wrote: »

Denis O'Brien had a conference call with Communicorp employees on his last day of involvement with the group today, where he instructed the Irish Times ban to be lifted.

https://www.independent.ie/business/denis-obrien-marks-last-day-as-owner-of-radio-brands-by-telling-staff-its-time-to-lift-irish-times-ban-40489447.html

Not sure I'd be glad of this, if I were the object of his kiss of death

In a final call with staff, Mr O’Brien is understood to have thanked employees and singled out individual contributions to the group, including from chairwoman Lucy Gaffney and veteran presenters Pat Kenny of Newstalk and Ian Dempsey of Today FM.

2smiggy · 01-06-2021 8:44am

bit of this on the show this morning.

there are a few no doubt a bit nervous at the moment

I think anyone except Pat Kenny or Sean Moncrieff should be

Pussyhands · 01-06-2021 8:55am

Morning slot has to go with those two fools anyways.

Cuddihy isn't a big enough name or a heavy enough puncher to hold drive time.

2smiggy · 01-06-2021 8:58am

Pussyhands wrote: »

Morning slot has to go with those two fools anyways.

Cuddihy isn't a big enough name or a heavy enough puncher to hold drive time.

agree with the morning slot. I am sorting of warming to Cuddihy a bit. He's no Ivan or George, but they could do a lot worse.

Pussyhands · 01-06-2021 9:10am

2smiggy wrote: »

agree with the morning slot. I am sorting of warming to Cuddihy a bit. He's no Ivan or George, but they could do a lot worse.

Cuddihy is ok to listen to, but he really tries too hard to be "tough" but all his opinions are populist. Imagine Ivan talking about the young people and housing, he'd be saying the young people of old made sacrafices to save up etc. I mightn't agree with everything hed say but he'd come out with some things most others would be too afraid to say.

They haven't even changed the format of the show, it's just trying to be Ivan's show...thursday interview etc.

01-06-2021 10:07am

Pussyhands wrote: »

Morning slot has to go with those two fools anyways. .............

Yes, Ciara might have to go fulltime on the 'gram :pac:

01-06-2021 11:37am

Wonder if Bauer have any interest in developing DAB here now that RTÉ has pulled away from it.

meeeeh · 01-06-2021 12:08pm

Why do people think Bauer media will suddenly start making programmes for those bitter right wing listeners who feel slighted at the moment. It's not like they have much buying power and advertiser appeal.

robo · 01-06-2021 12:23pm

Was there not an influx of Irish Times journalists on Newstalk this morning?
I can't believe that this was allowed to go on by the "journalists" working at the radio station - imagine if a newspaper refused ink on of their stories/insights/pictures etc ... Sure Ciara Kelly would be up on the soap box about it all :rolleyes:

2smiggy · 01-06-2021 12:46pm

meeeeh wrote: »

Why do people think Bauer media will suddenly start making programmes for those bitter right wing listeners who feel slighted at the moment. It's not like they have much buying power and advertiser appeal.

who said anything about 'right wing' ?

Faugheen · 01-06-2021 2:21pm

robo wrote: »

Was there not an influx of Irish Times journalists on Newstalk this morning?
I can't believe that this was allowed to go on by the "journalists" working at the radio station - imagine if a newspaper refused ink on of their stories/insights/pictures etc ... Sure Ciara Kelly would be up on the soap box about it all :rolleyes:

I don't know what you expect them to do. If they walk people aren't just going to hire them because they took a stand. If anything that would put off potential employers.

I'm sure there was no issues among staff at the IT and Newstalk themselves and that this issue was very much about one man whose ego was hurt and there was nothing anybody could do about it.

Now that he's gone, the ban will be lifted, and everything will be as it should be again.

Ahwell · 01-06-2021 2:27pm

Faugheen wrote: »

I don't know what you expect them to do.

One of them did do something. Sean Moncrieff started writing a column for the Irish Times very soon after the ban was put in place. Which did put Communicorp in quite a position.

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