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Damien Tiernan WLRFM

  • 09-05-2022 9:16am
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    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭


    has anyone seen his post about former teacher in Waterpark? How do WLR let him behave like this?

    absolutely deplorable Tiernan is a disgrace to his employer and journalism.

    his behavior is more and more bizarre and unhinged, I’d say RTÉ are glad to see the back of him. He has no credibility left.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    Well the individual named in the post deserves to be investigated, but is now deceased, believe me I know first hand why he should be, I'll leave it at that.



  • Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭SeanieW1977


    There are more appropriate forums then Facebook for that.

    i know the individual involved and there is definitely questions to be asked, but Damien Tiernan is not the person who should be asking them.



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    I'm not going into details too much here, but that individual was in the school for 30 years or more, do the maths, the more people come forward the better chance there will be for some form of justice. The only way to get more to come forward is to appeal on forums like this and FB, that's my opinion, anyway. I'm glad it's out in the open now tbh.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 418 ✭✭GandhiwasfromBallyfermot


    Tiernan is a bit of a joke alright, the Joe Duffy of Waterford.



  • Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭JimWinters


    So he’s researching stories about the man and looking for responses privately. That’s all he said right?

    Slander laws only apply to the living afaik. You’d wonder what good there is in dragging up the past, especially when the it’s too late for there to be consequences. Then again, it’s never too late to get some sort of justice, I doubt the guards will investigate. Maybe someone wants to tell their story and Damien is looking for others to confirm before he airs anything.



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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    There's a lot of good in dragging up the past when it comes to certain subjects. Finally some people feel they got a voice.



  • Registered Users Posts: 26 ollin


    Unfortunately there's a story to be told here. I wouldn't be a DT fan but it has to start somewhere. I've seen comments on facebook from guys who were in Waterpark with me who obviously were oblivious to what was going on. Giving out free fags and stationery wasnt being generous, you get where I'm coming from? I'm glad its out in the open now too, its just a pity it's 30+ years too late.



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    Inviting kids out to help with his garden, among other ploys



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭BBM77


    Is Tiernan not just doing his job? He is researching a story. What is the problem with that? Would you prefer, all due respect to the dead, a frankly useless media person like Billy McCarthy.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    It's so weird how quickly people were willing to defend someone who has accusations made against him, and they tried to make the point that because the person was dead they should let the person rest??? what sort weird, distorted logic is this?



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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,510 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal



    I've seen people make this defence plenty of times, or because decades had passed people should just leave things rest.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    The perpetrator may be dead but the trauma can be very much still alive.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭Deiseen


    He's only asked a question.

    Do you know the man in the question?



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    Hi Deiseen,

    I knew him, he taught me and that's as much as I'm going to say.

    The post on facebook asked anyone with information to DM or email him.

    So anyone that does contact him privately would definitely not be commenting on an open forum like Facebook.

    How all this is going to evolve is anyone's guess, but as Ollin said, and as I can back up,there is a story here, unfortunately too late



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    I don't think the line of its too late should be the point, I'm not familiar with any of these stories as i didn't grow up in Waterford but look at it this way.

    There are or might be people out there that have been affected by this person if there was an issue with this particular person.

    These people may have so many issues today as a result of mistreatment and perhaps they've tried to speak out in the past but weren't listened to or believed and would now have mental health issues or personal problems as a result.

    These people will need to be listened to and vindicated.

    There is a Netflix series that's on at the moment in relation to a similar story and those issues didn't fully come to light till the person in question died.

    Don't think the idea of hes dead let him rest in peace should come into it. if there's questions that need answering then so be it.



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    You've hit the name on the head, thankfully the mental & personal problems have not been an issue, can't speak for others tho, the regret is I hadn't the balls to report it all those years ago, but it was different times then, and to be honest it was pretty mild but prolonged in comparison to other stories I've heard since, and you always think that you are the only one and back then you would have been ridiculed by your peers and more than likely not believed,



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    Nobody can judge, deal with the facts see who was affected and deliver the help that's needed to those people affected.

    best of luck!!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Everyone is a saint when they die its a weird blind spot of society. You can be the biggest cnut on the planet but when you pass on its not the done thing to expose your dark spots.



  • Registered Users Posts: 5 ProperEmperor


    I also knew him, I was a pupil in waterpark college, I never had anything but a positive experience with him, in fact I would say he was a very kind and supportive teacher. However, more recently I have learnt that maybe for some it was different . At least one persons alleged experience with him is detailed in this civil case against him. A formal complaint was also made to the Garda who sent a file to the DPP, they decided not to move forward with it.

    The details are available online, a quick gooogle search away. I am not allowed to paste links by boards but if you search the below you will find it

    Scannell v Kennedy & Meehan (As Executors of the Estate of Thomas Meehan) & Ors (Approved)




  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    Looks like the delay caused it to be thrown out, that case is the tip of the iceberg tbh

    The befriending of other students and offering them fags & money and being overly helpful is also a classic predator ploy, in order to paint a different picture of them

    Post edited by jimbojazz on


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5 ProperEmperor


    Yes the delay and also the fact he had passed away, there was no precedent for suing the estate from what I understood from the details in the judgement


    I’m not sure if the fact that the dpp decided not to move forward had any baring either



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    I was there from the mid 70's to the early 80's and he was at it then, so I can only imagine how many others there are.

    From reading a report in the Irish Times, there's still grounds to sue the school and the UNChristian Brothers, btw I didn't realise he was one?



  • Registered Users Posts: 5 ProperEmperor




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭taytobreath


    he wasn't a brother or a priest



  • Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭jimbojazz


    States in that article he was, and also in the court papers, that was a bit of a surprise to me. He did wear one of those capes in class, especially when he was wrapping himself around a kid.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    you would imagine the school is liable in this situation??



  • Registered Users Posts: 45 eddie r


    Damien tiernan is so insufferable the worst radio presenter ever in wlr a drama queen who blows everything up much bigger then it is hope to god they get rid



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Still not a single mention of Liz Reddy, its like she never even existed. I wonder has she a case pending..



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭Gardner


    why ta **** dont you tweet her so and ask her



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    Why are you obsessed about where she is? and why is it any of your businees?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Im commenting on it. A lot of people have noticed how strange it is that somebody who was such a prominent member of the team just vanished overnight with no mention of it whatsoever. It would be like Tommy Tiernan suddenly presenting The Late Late Show.



  • Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭brian2614




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭BBM77


    When you leave a job the remaining staff don't spend their time talking about you. It is not strange that the people in WLR don't mention somebody who left the company, regardless of the circumstances of her leaving. It’s actually a bit weird that you think they should be talking about her!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭91wx763


    It's been said on here before- there's a non disclosure order so the matter can't be discussed by order of a court.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blacksuir


    Questions could also be asked about all the changes in the news room since Liz left and even the sudden death of Billy McCarthy. For years it was Liz, Sinead Ahearn, Mark Power or Anthony McFeely. All of a sudden there is someone new coming in. Have heard Nigel Kelly and Gavin Whelan from the sports team even read the news from time to time. Other days it is a case of bringing in someone for a day here and there.



  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blacksuir


    Who remembers G.A.A. Correspondent Jim Joe Landers leaving over night and not get a mention again. Wasn’t Rick Whelan got ridden of at one stage but he was brought back. And there was a lad from Tramore, I cant think of his first name, but I think his surname is Graham who was also moved on.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Rick Whelan has a job for life in WLRFM because of his surname, despite the fact that he is at best a very mediocre DJ. In any other job where his brother isnt an owner he would be out on his ear.

    Who knows whats going on behind closed doors. The management may have a feel for a certain person or people, they may want to try a few new directions but quickly dump the people involved when it doesnt work out.

    Another girl used to be very good at reading out the news Sinead Ahern, havent heard her in ages too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    Does councillor Adam Wyse work for WLRFM? and is that not a conflict of interest? having a politician working in the local media?



  • Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    As far as I know he left there a few months ago.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭Gardner


    some lads very hung up on a **** radio station. turn the dial and listen to something else



  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I had a run in with this group probably a year ago.

    Totally unprofessional & complete amatuers.



  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blacksuir


    Mary Roche worked there in the past didn't she.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Yes she worked a lot on Waterford at 8, which was an hour long show about current events and sport in Waterford, it was a good laugh at times.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,885 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    jesus 'Waterford At 8' some blast from the past there. That channel with the 'Power Ballads' and all the local advertisments was good and a real Nostalgia blast



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭friendlyfun


    There's a load of episodes of Waterford @8 on YouTube. Interesting to see how much the city has changed since early 00's



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,676 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    Grumpiest poster award ...goes to ....................

    😏

    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... " #NoPopcorn



  • Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭Hodger


    Some people are likely not aware Damien Tiernan appeared in a video on a poltical parties facebook page to help promote an upcoming protest.


    The ongoing protests in parts of Dublin over migration everyone has their own views as its a divisive issue.

    However a radio show or tv talkshow presenter such as Damien Tiernan should be neutral and Impartial in any issues relating to politics by the very fact appeared in that video he has shown he is not neutral.

    I cannot recall any Wlr radio presenter appearing a political party video to help promote a particular cause or particular protest; like imagine during the repeal referendum which was divisive if a local Wlr radio presenter appeared in a poltical party video promoting a yes vote or a no vote; such a move would of shown the presenter wasn,t being neutral.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭Gardner


    Go away and **** off and compare this to the repeal referendum. We have a bunch of right wing fascists' sparking up hatred in our society. I'm delighted someone grew a set of balls in WLR and came out and supported a particular cause. BTW this isn't a first for someone from WLR. The late Billy McCarthy also supported the Same-sex marriage referendum.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,676 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    You have a lovely manner lad....

    'Sparking up hatred' ?

    which side drove a car into a peaceful protest?

    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... " #NoPopcorn



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