RTE 1: 'Today' with Claire Byrne

I suppose we can expect more of this in the run up to the next election.

The Government saving us from nasty journalists and pressure groups.

Yourself and Brophy need to realise (and Brophy did this AM) you can't arrogantly start hurling insults just because your party gets questioned.

He lost the plot there, regardless of the topic or who else was out of line.

Brophy will, like Enda before elections and Harris and Eoghan Murphy, be locked away in the run up to an election.

Constantly making a fool of himself.

Brophy is a complete liability. He'll be reined in for another while.

Brophy is the gift that keeps on giving. Never fails to be loud, obnoxious, disingenuous and/or ridiculous

I thought FG had given his gig as mouthpiece of choice to Jennifer Carroll-McNeil recently - perhaps she was unavailable

Furze…. Quiet taken aback by your post…..I usually agree with your views.

The RTE. people and the media are used to people deferring to their ‘superior intelligence’ ..fair play to Brophy for

putting Byrne and her cohort in their boxes.

We need more of that. Well done Colie, you won’t be a lapdog for RTE.

Trophy might have been heavy handed but he had a v point. There is a problem in this country that for Josey O’Sheas lately there has to be blatant bad guys in RTEs views and they should be shut down. Sage with rental where landlords were vilified. RTE are too much on the climate bandwagon at present. I agreed it’s a major issue but I don’t see a C lot of objectivity out in Montrose

Why would CAB bring in these (confiscated shoes, handbags..) to a radio show? https://x.com/RTERadio1/status/1722576500472381672

So not a caller driven show?

They saw his article and contacted him 😒

Liveline no more than a gossip show, so to speak

Maybe so but you can't blame Claire 🙂

Exactly. Its publicity for CAB who need to justify their existence (and high pay levels)... and its cheap filler for RTE.

The Gardai in particular (but also vaious other arms of the state) seems to have a long standing symbiotic relationship with RTE.... where they give RTE information about things that are of real public interest, but also leak stuff that might be beneficial only to themselves occasionally... and as part of the quid pro quo, RTE like an obedient puppy, runs with both.

Hazell Chu - why is she still even a thing? Even her own party can't stand her.

Forgotten, but not gone

I don't know why you think she is forgotten.

She is still an active member of Dublin City Council.

Pre recorded - done at 6am.

Had a good laugh at that alright, Dessie didn't want to criticise Saint Katie but at same time thought she is taking the piss expecting the state/ GAA to partly fund her stash of dosh.

Hhe heh...subtle difference here Daithi, RTE couldn't give a flying fuuherk, but Cahill in fairness could see through the whole thing

as indeed anyone with half a brain could.

What made the interview worth commenting on was the 'verbal gymnastics' and 'staccato speak' Cahill employed to get his point across but desperately

trying not blow the chance of getting the free tickets to 'de partiee'.

The Furze fella got it first time.😆

That rockape Eamon Ryan being interviewed now, talking through his hoop!

People in the drug community.

That's a new one.

It's who you're friends with connected to, that's how RTE works

Typical Byrne programme this morning - several contributions on the 'immigrant issues' but not one of them as I heard it, from ordinary members of the Irish public with concerns.

Then a discussion on the rise of 'far right' in the EU, expert was a Brit who told us that Putin/Hungary was destabilising the EU and how terrible this is etc. The irony that his country had openly destabilised the EU in recent years seemed lost on him mostly, until the host gently hinted this, most likely as production crew were in her ear.

PBH in climate discussion shocker!! At least he is consistent I guess.

Good at calling out gov on missed targets too

90 minutes in and you wouldn’t know it’s Christmas week. LIGHTEN UP FFS! I’d imagine it’s probably the last working day of the year for most so why not have and gun? Get some musicians in to play some tunes, get in a chef to talk about Christmas cooking, address one or two burning issues for an hour for sure but I otherwise leave it light and send people off with a pep in their step. What we got though is Climate Change, Electric Cars being a con, UEFA Superleague and, just for fun, Ireland’s aging population and managing it. Bah humbug.

PBH is very knowledgeable about agriculture and food production; check out his book Basket Case if you see in on sale anywhere.