Liveline With Joe Duffy - Mod Note in OP

Did you not know that RTE radio One enters the twilight zone from 1.45 pm!

I disagree somewhat. No idiots in charge of BAM, just zero oversight by the government. The bikeshed was managed expertly by them - but in the interests of their board, not the Irish public.

I used to know a somewhat unscrupulous pub owner. He was a great guy and I even did some work in his pub a few times. His "trusted clientele" (read: heavy drinkers) could put their drinks on a tab and pay it off on payday. I know for a fact he was adding drinks to their bills. Some of them he was adding on as much as 40%. Said clientele could try question it but because they couldnt remember how many they'd had he was able to convince them that was the bill.

Paddy: There was no way I had 10 pints on the saturday before last.

Pub owner: To be fair, that was the day of the 3 Premier league matches so you were in here when I opened at 1pm, and the last to leave at 2am, so 10 over 13 hours is plausible..

Paddy: Yeah, I suppose. I was fairly pissed to be fair.

Likewise, all BAM have to say to the government is "Thats what was agreed at the time", and the government can't properly argue because no-one was keeping an eye on it. Lack of oversight.

THis callers description of her commute is what Eamonn Ryan wants for people working in Dublin city centre