Oh I thought people were asking for them to fix the error, not just cut it out.
How do you suggest they do this? Cut the few minutes completely from the podcast?
I’m not sure if you know how layered audio works but you can remove one file (the incorrectly played file in this case) and leave the “live” feed intact. What happened in this case was a pre-recorded piece was played over the live feed - this can be removed seamlessly with minimal effort. You can do this with very basic audio software on a pc or Mac, or even your phone. To NOT do it in this case given the tech and software they have in RTÉ is nothing but laziness/sloppiness.
That’s what I was asking for, the how is explained in my previous post. Cutting out the whole segment doesn’t make much sense tbh.
I'd have bigger questions why it wasn't picked up on a monitor and corrected much sooner.
I'd guess the podcast is recorded from a stereo feed from the broadcast mix and there's no 'clean' version of the broadcast without the inadvertent overlapping audio.
The podcast audio file could be processed to compensate for any compression, limiting, automatic gain control. The Week in Politics audio file could be time synced, volume matched and subtracted from it. It might not end up with a totally seamless 'clean' version of the podcast but should be able to reduce the Week in Politics component to little more than very low level background noise. There might be some audio artifacts or chirps left that would need further filtering.
It should be possible to clean it up but might dpend on whether the podcast is meant to be an accurate representation of what was broadcast (warts and all) or if it would justify the effort.
Again, no; because there’s ample evidence of podcasted versions of shows being edited (and in some cases heavily edited) by RTÉ when it suits them. This one is out down to laziness…..the same laziness that sometimes mean a podcast isn’t made available for 5 working after the show was broadcast (this has happened btw).
" ....... and on sound today, no-one ".
Good morning... On the brendan O connor show Singer Samantha Mumba has just threatened to "release a single every day for a year".. Gardai are taking the threat seriously and are on high alert
I didn't expect President Bill Clinton to turn up on my headphones this morning.
Sounds in great form publicising his latest venture.
A few interesting things to say about politics too.
He's the same age as Trump.
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0607/1517234-bill-clinton/
Brendan on another day off…..Dearbhail in again.
Starting with GAA, WTF? I’m out, this is supposed to be a news/current affairs segment, not GAA. There’s more than enough GAA on RTÉ.
Sarah’s voice has always grated on my ears
Just tuned in there to a great over and back about an article on housing by (I think) Conor Skehan.
"He says we need to rethink the way we do housing"
"So, what should we do?"
"I can show you the article"
"I've read it and he doesn't have any answers"
LOL
The million dollar question was asked. "What are renters going to to when they hit retirement age??" The question was ignored. The answer is obvious, nothing.
This is the level of discourse in RTE, but hey, the hurling was great!
I don’t think anyone on the panel this morning was a renter……they’d more likely be concerned with CGT on the sale of second and third properties.
Part time part time job!
If only Skehan had been given some kind of opportunity to actually fix these problems, some position of influence in the housing sector, perhaps;
https://www.ontheditch.com/conor-skehans-company-awarded-more-than-1-million-public-contracts/
Joining Dearbhail to dissect the Sunday papers are Sarah Carey, Irish Independent Columnist, Prof. Rónán Collins, Consultant Geriatrician, Sam Tranum, Editor of the Dublin Inquirer and Louise Burne, Political Correspondent for the Irish Mirror.
Three new ones for 2025, plus Burne on her second appearance.
All noted GAA pundits.
I think there's a general problem in this space with people getting a platform, whether in government or the media, to pontificate on it, with their pet solutions from their own points of view. Just this morning, I listened to someone advocate dropping VAT from construction costs, (which I think is a good idea). But, he was asked will the builders not just swallow the additional profit, and I thought - okay, will we get an honest/unbiased/nuanced answer to this question? Nope. They will pass all the savings on to the consumer, says he.
Any economist will tell you in that situation, the builders are going to take at least some of the additional profit. Even if they took all of it, it would still have the beneficial effect of increasing output massively and more broadly. As the head of one of the two big housebuilding firms said recenty. We don't need two big house builders, We need at least eight of them. But, you can't explain that in a soundbite.
You just happened to hear the the single economist with a unique viewpoint. And you saw through his wrong headed thinking. So no need to worry that anyone else would believe him. It is not a demonstration of a general problem in this case. And fair play to that radio station for letting him have his say, going against every other economist.
That very point was made on this show (O’Connor’s) on May 25th by Peter Browne who not just advocated for the removal of VAT for building firms, but the removal of all taxes.
It was greeted with stunned silence by the host and an incredulous panel btw.
BOC off again!
Its beyond a joke at this stage.
Why not just give Dearbhal the job?
The working theory is that the top earners have been given more holidays. It helps to keep the salaries of the top earners down and in check with KB's 250/338k remuneration.
BOC is meant to be on 250k a year, that's obviously if he works every weekend.
But seriously, he must be out more than he's in this year.
I appreciate he's not getting paid when he's off, but sure rte have to pay Dearbhail to cover him nearly every weekend.
If it was any other job, his boss would be saying "do you want this job or not?"
I can't listen to this DEARBHAL one ..her droaning and monotonous voice is torture...it seems she knows everything ..same tone to her voice..no sense of humour.. had to turn her off ......please come back BOC ......ASAP and put us,out of our misery
Have to agree with you there D.
Im no fan of Dearbhail, but at least she seems prepared to come to work over the weekend.
Hi- a question on the 250/338k figure you quoted? I thought his figure was €250k. What makes up the additional €88k?
Yes, I’ve heard that theory - cap them at €250k but require them to work much less and/or give more holidays but the money is guaranteed regardless.
The top line figures only tell part of the story here - we need “fee per show” figures to see what increases/decreases have happened over the last few years. If for example Presenter A was getting €250K in 2024 for 45 weekends/90 shows and is now getting €250K for 30 weekends/60 shows he’s actually getting an increase in fees but RTÉ will likely say the cost was neutral - which is some spin, but they have lots of previous on this. Being more devious you could even work a press release to say something like:
“Presenter B was paid €250k in 2023. They’re now being paid €200k in 2024, which is a 20% reduction, significant saving to the broadcaster and taxpayer, and a commitment to our ongoing efforts to reduce costs etc.” while leaving out that they presented 150 shows in 2023 and 100 shows in 2024, ergo getting significantly more per show - €1,666 in 2023, €2,000 in 2024. Crude example for sure but the point holds.
RTE have to do gender equality. They have two women and two men on the Sunday newspaper panel every time. It is being implemented to a lesser degree for the presenters, men still well ahead.
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