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Donal Og Cusack GAA Preview

  • 25-06-2025 04:18PM
    #1
    bobbyss
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    Why doesn't he simply chat to Des or whatever sports presenter is on that morning about his predictions? Instead we have this incredibly boring, monotonous voice that belongs somewhere in the Ireland of the 1950s. Surely we are gone past the stage of this kind of broadcasting?



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  • #2
    Doodah7
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    Personally, I enjoy it immensely!

    Horses for courses…



  • #3
    realdanbreen
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    I find these "experts" giving their predictions a bit tedious TBH.They give them with such confidence and true enough when they are completely wrong they come back next day and give another bunch of predictions with just as much confidence. As for donal og chatting to des, all his stuff is pre recorded.



  • #4
    ford fiesta
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058417863/donal-og-cusack-gaa-preview

    If it sounds like "1950s radio", then surely that's a good thing for radio listeners who care and are passionate about radio as an news / information medium ??.

    Irish radio especially RTE whether it is a commentary piece or a full show, has lost the monologues (sometimes harmless rambling !!) and individual opinion element to it…It seems these days to be mostly about "conversations" and forced discussion with 2 or more presenters such as Radio 1 Drivetime with Sarah and Cormac. This is mostly unnecessary - one presenter is enough, just like Mary Wilson presented this slot for many years alone. Myles Dungan previously etc.

    Do you think the solo piece each morning "What it says in the papers" belongs to the 1950s too ??



  • #5
    leath_dub
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058417863/donal-og-cusack-gaa-preview

    He is incredibly annoying and so far up his own hole.



  • #6
    bobbyss
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    Why is he not in the studio chatting to the presenters? Or else at the other end of the phone?

    Are there any other live news programmes on radio where we have a contribution that is prerecorded?



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  • #7
    padd b1975
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123586239#Comment_123586239

    More common than you'd think I'd say.



  • #8
    XT1200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭XT1200


    There is an "Off" button on most radios and some of the more modern radios have a "Mute" button. Worth a go rather than getting upset.



  • #9
    dxhound2005
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123586961#Comment_123586961

    I think it is exceedingly common. More common than that?



  • #10
    tibruit
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    He thought that the Galway short puck outs worked well against Tipp apart from all the times when they got turned over.



  • #11
    Ger Roe
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    Whatever about the content, when the monologue feature first started I contacted Morning Ireland on text to point out that the audio quality of the pre-recorded report from Donal Og Cusack was often of a low standard - sounding like it was produced in a tiled shower room.

    When I first mentioned it, the quality seemed to improve, but recently I had noticed a few bad quality audio episodes creeping in again.



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