Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

Elvis presley found dead in the toilet..so all the no 1s he had ...it was a no 2 that killed him lol .so be careful of no 2s ...killers lol

Missed da show today , I heard about story with 96 year old Una , could we begin to imagine the awful Kerfuffle if she had been born in a Leap year 😳

I wonder will Joe, show as much interest in the possibility 1000's who either have no Birth Cert, false Birth cert or an illegally altered Birth cert 🤔 , of course he won't.

Have a nice weekend all 😏

I reckon No 2 has more than a few nicknames down the pub and most of them start with.....

O **** here's f#cking...........

He covered exploding eggs last year.

I was booked on aer lingus flight to Amsterdam last Sunday which was cancelled but we got on a flight the next morning to dusseldorf and took the train from there. No problems with luggage arriving fortunately except when we got back to Dublin Thursday my case was soaked having been out in the rain in schippol airport while waiting for baggage handlers to load the cases on the plane.

It's a disgrace Joe.

Surely a Topic Joe might cover 🤔🤔🤔 during da week

Yeah so anyway as joke goes completely over callers head. 😊

RTE asking insiders and outsiders: "How great are we?"

sample response:

Dee Forbes, director-general of RTÉ

What are the challenges for RTÉ right now?

[Covid] made one thing very, very clear: that the need for public service broadcasting is there. The public want it. They want more of it, actually, and they want to make sure we’re independent in everything we do … [But] the system that was there to underpin the public side of it has not been looked at for many, many years, yet the demands on us get greater.

Do you think people would pay more?

We’re not asking for an increase in the licence fee … The method that was decided many years ago, by government, to fund public service, it’s not fit for purpose. The licence fee has not been collected to the level it should be. The very notion of a TV licence fee is out of sync with the way people are now consuming media … If you don’t have a TV, you don’t pay a licence. We’re not saying the public must pay more, what we’re saying is: those that should pay should be paying.

What extra demands are on RTÉ that weren’t there in the past?

[Netflix] has a method of delivery that is: you make it once and deliver it to many [via streaming]. We on the other hand, have a broadcast infrastructure that has been around over 60 years … So it’s not as if we can simply turn off the old infrastructure and put all our energy and time into the new, we have to keep both very much alive … We’re keeping the linear infrastructure strong and vibrant, while also ensuring that we are able to deliver to other individuals who want it on demand.

A lot of people complain about the player

I talked a little about the two horses we’re straddling here. And we’ve all got used to the streamers working incredibly well. Have we more work to do here? Yes, we have. And we’re doing everything we can to ensure the experience is as good as possible. We have seen phenomenal growth on the player, 35 per cent growth in 2020 during the pandemic … We have to provide live as well as on demand … We don’t have the resources of Disney or Netflix … I do think we punch pretty hard in the space but recognise we’ve got to do more.

People also have issues with the high salaries some are paid.

Over the last number of years, the top 10 earners are earning almost 40 per cent less than they were in 2008 … It’s less than 1 per cent of our total spend. And these people are bringing in commercial revenue and fulfilling a public service [remit] … What they do and what they bring, not just on the screens, but out and about and being part of the fabric is important … I understand why people feel that way [about the salaries], but the numbers have reduced and it’s something we have to keep an eye on.

If you could change one thing about RTÉ what would it be?

We are changing a lot of things on an ongoing basis … This morning I met with a couple of students who have just graduated from Limerick. They are in the documentary space, fantastic ideas. They’ve done this through college, and now they want to go into the industry. We have to ensure that we have an open-door policy for people like this. We need to … give them a platform, work with them to develop their craft and ensure that we can showcase Irish talent

I had a feeling Joe was off on the holliers this week. He was like a giddy kid in 4th class all last week