Newstalk Megathread 22/08/16 to date

2smiggy · 06-07-2021 03:43PM

listening to the hard shoulder about Irish people who have emigrated , including one young fellow who is in Cyprus for a whole 2 weeks, and another girl who is a few months in Malaga. Would make you worry for the future generation !!

chosen1 · 06-07-2021 06:32PM

2smiggy wrote: »

listening to the hard shoulder about Irish people who have emigrated , including one young fellow who is in Cyprus for a whole 2 weeks, and another girl who is a few months in Malaga. Would make you worry for the future generation !!

I had to turn it off early with the accent on that young lad.

The girl struck me as being very naive about what actual emigration involved and will more than likely be in for a sharp shock when savings run out and the holiday feeling ends.

Should have spoken to other young people, with a longer experience of being away to get a more accurate perspective on the topic.

Jellybaby_1 · 21-07-2021 11:28PM

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I was listening to Newstalk on Tuesday, afternoon I think, and heard a woman giving tech tips regarding problems with mobile phones and tekkie gadgets. Now a family member had one of the problems which she answered and I can't remember which programme it was. I'd like to find it online and listen again if its possible.

2smiggy · 22-07-2021 07:07AM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117644707#Comment_117644707

it would have been Jess Kelly , @jesskellynt is her twitter user name. She is on lots of Newstalk shows, so maybe easier just ask her directly on twitter !!

Relax brah · 22-07-2021 07:10AM

Had to stop listening when Ciara Kelly began covering morning show, her constant shouting over people is hard to listen to

Jellybaby_1 · 22-07-2021 07:37PM

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117645019#Comment_117645019

Many thanks for that, but I don't have a Twitter account.

meeeeh · 22-07-2021 10:43PM

Jess Kelly has a slot on Pat Kenny. It would be close to 12 but I can't remember which day.

Patrick2010 · 26-07-2021 02:52PM

Why is it when the hard shoulder wants to talk about indoor dining they go to the same pub and the same restaurant?. Won't give them any more publicity but I'm sure regular listeners know them.

2smiggy · 27-07-2021 11:32AM

John O'Donovan from Cark on now, upset about not being left into a pub last night . Every cloud

whisky_galore · 28-07-2021 07:52AM

Former jockey on with Ciara now a Betway "Ambassador" no less.

Will the constant shilling for betting companies ever end?

Mr.CoolGuy · 29-07-2021 02:23PM

Is it general consensus that this section of Moncrieff with the two "characters" shouting relationship advice into the microphone is the worst segment on his show?

djemba djemba · 02-08-2021 08:22PM

Anton in for Pat for the week according to his twitter

spakman · 02-08-2021 08:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117696805#Comment_117696805

Anton will no doubt find himself hilarious.

He knows stuff about cars as well, by the way.

ballsymchugh · 04-08-2021 10:58AM

did Kieran Cuddihy's wife have a child recently or what? he's been banging the drum about partners not getting into maternity hospitals for months now.

jippo nolan · 04-08-2021 11:21AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117704168#Comment_117704168

Kieran is like a weathervane, he’ll go whichever way the wind blows!

05-08-2021 09:07AM

The replacement this week for Andrea Gilligan, his name escapes me for the moment, Newstalk has finally dropped all pretend at being a serious news channel.

The shock jock thing is very much a double-edged sword for radio, many would not want their brand associated with it but it probably brings in more listeners?

It could also be the kiss of death for any journalist that aspires to a serious career in journalism or as political advisor to be associated with a shock jock.

whisky_galore · 05-08-2021 09:16AM

A pointless, non-competition. Let us know who is the bestest Irish band/act ever. Cost 30c for your brain fart.

Faugheen · 05-08-2021 10:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117704168#Comment_117704168

Because women are still finding out problems with their pregnancies and their partners aren't allowed in.

The Health Minister, HSE etc keeps saying that the guidelines have changed etc and hospitals should stop this practice for well over 3 months now, but hospitals are still doing it.

It's inhumane and it shouldn't be ignored. Kieran's the only one pushing it and he'll keep pushing it until it stops. Fair play to him in my opinion. He's the only one actually trying to put pressure on the powers that be to actually stop this sort of nonsense.

Why are you so against it?

Patrick2010 · 09-08-2021 01:26PM

Maybe because Cuddihy has made his point and doesn't have to have it always as the main point of his programme?. Maybe he does other items but every time I tune in on the way home hes talking about it so I go elsewhere. are the hospitals just being cruel or are they trying to protect people

meeeeh · 09-08-2021 05:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117728393#Comment_117728393

I'm sure their answer would be they are trying to protect people but it's probably typical bureaucracy where every decision hast to be triple stamped and agreed with unions. So they just prefer to ban partners from attending. I'm not particularly soppy and I dealt with quite a few things on my own because OH was busy. However when things go wrong you are in very vulnerable position, sometimes you don't think of things you want to ask, you might need someone to call the nurse or to get you a pack of sanitary towels etc. Even if you ignore emotional support and the stress partner waiting in the car is going through there is a lot to be said for someone helping you. Maybe things changed in last 8 years but I was often enough forgotten about in maternity hospitals so I would not want to rely on busy (and in one case just incompetent) staff.

Mr.CoolGuy · 11-08-2021 11:32AM

I think it's fairly clear with this "Ireland's greatest" vote they're running now that they really want Thin Lizzie to win. They spend most of the ad time playing their music

2smiggy · 11-08-2021 03:10PM

every show today, every one , has been none stop on about the maternity hospitals despite the head of the Rotunda giving a perfectly reasonable explanation on the Pat Kenny show

Patrick2010 · 11-08-2021 03:12PM

Cuddihy off on his current hobby horse again, I'm out. Pat featured the maternity situation as did Andrea did. Didn't hear the breakfast show but wouldn't be surprised if they did also.

2smiggy · 11-08-2021 03:12PM

and Pat was the only reasonable one, where he read out texts expecting mothers with opposing opinions. Not the one side we get from Cuddity

Patrick2010 · 11-08-2021 04:35PM

Just dialed in there and it's still ongoing so I've given up on the show, pity as otherwise I think he's a good presenter but has gone off on an ego trip here

Faugheen · 11-08-2021 05:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117738683#Comment_117738683

So you think vulnerable women should be forced to go into a 20 week scan without their partners?

The stretches people will go to defend inhumane bullsh*t like that.

I've heard Kieran say countless times that they have contacted maternity hospitals to come on and they wont. Why not? What are they afraid of?

2smiggy · 12-08-2021 07:11AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117739374#Comment_117739374

the head of the Rotunda was on talking to Pat yesterday. Pat said he could see his point of view, but then again he would be a balanced interviewer. That is probably why they would talk to Pat rather then Kieran or Ciara Kelly. More of a serious conversation rather than tabloid shite.

BTW I think it is terrible to keep the couples apart, but there must be a good reason behind it IMO, rather than just cruelty.

whisky_galore · 12-08-2021 03:10PM

Crazy ass knife carrying yank pulls knife on a dog.

Faugheen · 12-08-2021 06:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117741108#Comment_117741108

And now the National Maternity Hospital has revealed unrestricted access for one partner.

Imagine what happens when these hospitals have a spotlight shone on them? Things actually change.

Now that one hospital has changed their minds, the pressure is on the rest of them.

2smiggy · 13-08-2021 07:05AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117744311#Comment_117744311

it's great to see a tabloid radio show host get his way, well partly. He obliviously knows more than those in charge of the hospitals and of course he will have to deal with the consequences.

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