Saturday with Katie Hannon

I agree but our government clearly not admitting we've absolutely no infrastructure in place let alone a housing crisis as it is .

I don't particularly like her or her hard right opinions on many issues but she gave Joe O'Brien a bit of a hammering on the cost of living etc. Louise O'Reilly was reduced to actually repeating what Verona said.

Yes , hate to admit it but yes she gave the minister a bit of a hammering 😏

#Oppositionofchaos

Very interesting N.

How I see it in a very crude way is ‘equalization’ everybody will be be miserable but everybody will be equally miserable.

Those taking risks and and doing the tough work to better themselves will be paying for everything getting nothing while those who decide to ride the system will do ‘this and that’ and get a nice state guaranteed payout every week with no incentive to fend for themselves.

I of course could be way wrong but I don’t see any other outcome in a SF controlled Govt. given what I hear and see on the various media platforms.

I see pure stagnation.

What classified documents and what agencies are you concerned about?

The shredders up in Connolly House were ‘red hot’ it would appear.

Pro Mick Barry touts, like all the other windbags of his ilk.

This is farcical today. Back to the three trots (Katie, SF and other) shouting at one junior minister for an hour format. At times it is impossible to make out what the three of them are are ranting and raving about as they shout over each other.

This show was doing well and was balanced for the weeks that Philip Boucher Hayes was presenting it. He made them all cry equally and the debate was better for it. Now we are back to Katie waving the red flag as she leads the charge.

August is a wicked month.

Agree there, listening back today and fair play to Thomas Byrne who handled the three trotters, Hannon, O’Reilly, and Toibín, with relaxed ease.

Despite Hannon’s hysterical hyperbolic descriptors and interruptions ,Thomas Byrne handled the issues very well.

I agree that PBH was much more balanced and less shrill in this programme and frankly feel Hannon is totally unsuited as a presenter.

Way too biased and unable to fairly moderate ‘discussions’ such as this, especially given how skewed the so-called same old, same old panels tend to be.

I’m afraid you are correct MrT.

I have been highlighting Hannon’s performance for a long time as well as the production issues which set up the

programme as an unbalanced biased production.

Hannon is fond of hyperbola and emotive descriptions such as “disaster” “chaos” and others ,and nearly turns herself inside out to ‘land a punch’ on what ever representative the Govt. presents.

You can hear her shrieking in the ‘sidings’ as she ‘piles on’ to endorse any trotter who pipes up.

While I know the cost of living is rising rapidly, I genuinely have to wonder why Dublin Airport is packed with holiday makers, concerts are snapped up in seconds, car parks are full of high end slabs and if you listen to conversations from so called low pay workers , holidays are the main topic with Las Vegas frequently mentioned.

Nothing wrong with that of course, but one would have to think that something doesn’t add up.

If I wanted to listen to Trots shouting over each other I would download one of the thousands of Shouty Trots podcasts.

Rte has a duty to be balanced especially on a political debate show. Having a Trotskyist host and two Trotskyist panelists has destroyed what was an excellent show.

As for the term well that comes from a combination of their political beliefs and the torrent of shite that comes from a hole in their body.

Had a back listen to yesterdays programme and in fairness it was one of the more civilised.

Òisin kept the cool and was measured and in control in his responses.

Cullinane again in fairness was also cool and while he acknowledges efforts to fix, doesn’t go mad with populist fixes himself….. he knows he could be there in the hot seat next election.

Hannon was less ‘squawkey’ than usual maybe because she wasn’t surrounded by the usual bench of Trotters.

Sherlock was the outlier ,bladdering with the usual guff of ‘give them everything’ knowing full well she will never have to stand over and defend unpopular decisions and using all the hyperbolic words in her dictionary of negativity.

Thats my take on the programme, no doubt the usual cohort will be in to disagree, which of course they are perfectly entitled to do.

One thing to remember though, once you are in charge of anything, you will rarely be remembered for the good stuff you did or are doing, but they will remember mistakes.

Have to say that’s a load of codswallop……

Its Hannon’s job to moderate a discussion in a neutral way, ie have balanced members of the panel installed and facilitate their discussion on the topics selected.

Having a panel with a bunch of Trotters plus herself haranguing a member of Govt. is not balance.

If she wants to go head to head let her do it on her own, no problem with that, don’t hide behind the ‘panel’ and start lobbing grenades in.

Thats like hurlers on the ditch excoriating the referee after a game but not having the nuts to do the job themselves.

Colm Brophy is well able for these tankers which of course you seem to direct your ire at.

Not a good look if he showed them up as the chancers and flappers that they are.

Sooner the better genuine folk realise this programme is like the coconut shy at the county fair where the chancers and low achievers get a chance to pelt fruit at those who stand up and be counted.

Not a good format this poster would opine.