RTE 1: 'Today' with David McCullagh

I ensured Peter Burke topped the poll 😂

He was right - last June

Claire Byrne once again forgetting to be an entertaining broadcaster and instead acting like a boring school teacher as usual.

Claire mentions Daniel O'Donnell was on the telly this morning, telling fans not to fall for scams - a nun in a convent 😉 using whatsapp 😮 gave money to someone claiming to be Daniel

Wee Daniel already did Liveline in 2023 with Katie - talking about the bad bad people who never sleep.

Does anyone listen to the discredited Marion McKeown anymore?

She spent the last 4 years saying how great Biden was but now when they're openly saying how rubbish he was, she's finally beginning to say it.

Her analysis has always been terrible and unnecessarily partisan.

A decent man?

I think a lot of those supporting Gaza would beg to differ.

My point is not intended to be political - I just think Marian is a terrible commentator on American politics because she failed to comment on how bad Biden was. She is the type of partisan commentator that believed criticising Biden meant you're a Trump supporter. So we don't really get any good commentary off her.

I subscribed to her podcast with jarlath Regan for the 6 months coming up to US election.

She seems likable enough but

deluded as to how the election was shaping up.As a casual observer I called so many aspects to of it that seemed obvious to me but Marian was clueless in whatever echo chamber she was in.

A real eye opener for me.

Well she spent 4 years completely misreading Joe Biden so yes, in my view, she is completely discredited. I didn't say anything about her not appearing again but why would she be invited to offer commentary when she's always wrong.

She isn't there to hope Biden gets better or hope Harris wins, she is supposed to offer commentary on what's happening in America. She doesn't do that.

Carl Henry.....on stating the bleeding obvious.

Easy money. You'd know he was one of Noel Kelly's clients.

The whole day was filled with them [Noel's boys n girls] - Every show on RTE and NT was infested. 2-3 per show in some cases. Seems Noel is well and truly forgiven

They most certainly do.

NK stalwart Pat Kenny regularly has Jess Kelly, Luke O’Neill, Karl Henry, and Pete the Vet on (amongst others). Jess Kelly has a weekly tech slot on Pat’s show though to call it a tech slot would be generous. It’s certainly at the lower end of the tech spectrum, usually things like what’s the best printer under €100 for a home office, or how do I reset my modem, or I forgot my Facebook password and how do I get back in (these were actual topics I’ve heard btw).

Matt Cooper (NK) will occasionally have an NK guest on, but he also does his own podcast with Ivan Yates (NK) and the podcast is an NKM Production.

I’d go so far as to say whilst RTÉ seem to specialise in having NK Talent interview NK Talent, the others play the game too - admittedly to a lesser degree. I was in the Westbury before Christmas and NK and one of the Directors of Bauer were having coffee together. It struck me as a little strange as Noel claimed at the Oireachtas Hearing that he “never even had a cup of tea with Dee Forbes”….it was intriguing as you said yourself.

I like the idea of an “NK Talent Watch” Thread though.