The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

It certainly shouldn’t have been. No matter which way you want to spin it, a well known female journalist made snide remarks about another woman’s outfit / appearance and then the presenter rowed in for good measure. No woman should be judged or quizzed in that manner about their appearance or their outfit.

You've never heard any comments about Charlie Haughy and his Charvet shirts???

Ah fair point, yes, he was pulled up on the cost of his shirts after he gave a speech telling everyone in the country to stop living beyond their means and then it turned out that he’d paid for them from the party leader’s fund. I didn’t hear that MSteen used anything but her own family private income to pay for that handbag which I’m sure you’ll agree, she is entitled to spend on whatever she likes, just like anyone else.

Comments about a woman’s appearance, body, clothing, hair, makeup etc etc happen constantly, even CConnelly got criticism from some quarters about the fit of her inauguration suit. I don’t recall hearing MDH’s suits, shirts or hairstyle being discussed but his wife’s outfits were.

I know being in the public eye leaves a person open to scrutiny about their views, values, lifestyle, and that’s fair enough. But, I feel women in the media like AO’Connor should avoid comments on a woman’s appearance to score petty points. Challenge them on policies, business practises or topics that could affect citizens. Just my tuppence worth.

Luke ONeiil must have his own parking spot out in RTÉ!

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How about we don't go discussing people's autism, mental health issues or anything else?

I really wish someone, when there's constant talk of not being enough SNAs, consultant psychiatrists or whatever else that there's not enough of, would ask where they're going to be gotten from. You can't force people to apply for a certain job in a certain part of the country.

Is Brendan O'Connor reflecting the Irish media that whenever Trump does anything it's a distraction from something. This attack has been in the planning for months.

Our media is so poor when it comes to international matters.

Looks like RTE resident Scott Lucas isn't being addressed as from the Clinton Institute anymore.

No mention at all by the host or the four panellists of the Isreal/US bombing of a girls school in Iran leaving at least 100 dead 🤔

It was utterly bizarre that they floated that conspiracy theory. I couldn’t believe what I was listening to. The way they (particularly Alan Barrett) spoke with such breathless confidence on issues they had only swatted up on the night before was embarrassing to listen to. Reminded me of a student debate.

Scott Lucas was also on Newstalk’s newspaper discussion programme. I know that, as professor of international politics, this is his area of expertise, but surely we deserved a diversity of views, especially when he is so obviously partisan.

Plenty of coverage online pointing out that the timing has meant that, yet again, Epstein is out of the papers.

Is this from Irish newspapers?

This offensive has been planned for months and months so the distraction theory is just stupid. Trump haters unable to form a view on the matter because they can't be seen to be supporting Iran, a murderous regime. So they've decided upon the distraction angle to seem clever and maintain their anti Trump faith.

If Trump has questions to answer over Epstien, that will happen as he has a few years left in office.

It's also ironic that Irish media is talking about distraction when they have used Trump as a distraction from Irish matters the past 10 years.

The amount of coverage on ICE on RTE was a joke. American immigration isn't a matter for us in the same way that Australian immigration, which is far stricter than the US, isn't on our news.