Liveline With Joe Duffy - Mod Note in OP

And plenty of June Rodgers

Wolfe tones to play him out.

Did he say he was retiring from RTE or from Liveline? 😯

“Where the hell did you get that thing?”

“I won him in a raffle”…….said the horse.

Thank you. Unfortunately I can’t attend but I’d like you to have my ticket ;)

Only 10 shows left for Joe.

I thought a headstone would be appropriate for Monday.

His last show will be be a "star studded" funny friday 🙄

RTE plot star-studded line-up for Joe Duffy's emotional last Liveline with TV icon & 90s faves before new host steps in | The Irish Sun https://share.google/6FjAEU8p3Ya7o2E7W

I hadn’t realised until today that Pat Kenny was a sarcasm grand master:

“The comedy slot has been missing for over a year on Liveline, with former colleague Pat Kenny recently telling The Irish Sun that RTE bosses may decide to axe it because a new host might not be able to juggle serious topics and comedy as well as Joe.”

Andrea Gilligan.. 😕

“Look, Joe has been presenting Liveline for 30 odd years at this stage. He has done an incredible job at it. It’s no mean feet to present a show like that and to bring it to the level of success that he has over the past 30 plus years.”

Addressing the rumours, she said: “It’s a lovely honour to hear my name in the mix among so many fantastic, amazing broadcasters. But my focus is very much on my own show. Yes, it is also a call-in programme similar to Liveline. Lunchtime Live is 12 to 2 every day. It’s very similar. People phone in, they get to air their thoughts, their grievances about the stories of the day, the things that matter to them.”

She continued: “Yes, there are similarities in the programme, but my focus is very much on trying to make Lunchtime Live the very best that I can possibly try to make it. We’ve been really, really lucky over the past five years.”

Well if it was pre the scandal it would probably have been live from Carnegie Hall in New York or the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles…..so at least we’re spared that I suppose.

As O’Connor lives in Florida I assume RTÉ will of course be picking up the first class flight from Orlando - Dublin return and a week or two of expenses in the Shelbourne for this momentous occasion not to mention a large fee….all thanks to the taxpayer.

Andrea Gilligan is quite likeable and the Lunchtime Live show is basically Liveline lite. But TBH she probably on par with Katie Hannon in terms of presenter ship, cadence and approach.

I've a feeling RTE will play it a bit safe on this one and roster in Katie Hannon. There are some of the names I'm almost laughing at (Tommy Tiernan, Zamperelli etc etc.) He might be a bit out there and I think Daithi O Se has a "Joe Duffy" man of the people vibe that might be worth of replacement.

Joe,

Back on Air and has the misery cranked up to 11. Murders and stolen babies are today's topics.

Stately, plump Buck Duffu came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air

The attacker wil be a white Irish woman seen as this story is getting air time