RTE: Drivetime with Katie Hannon and Colm Ó Mongáin

I turned on Drivetime today at 5.20pm (ish) to hear Colm and Katie's stand in (Claire Brock?) discussing the singer Olivia Dean , someone I had never heard of, and had to google. This is on a primetime News programme slot, a Monday evening, commuters trying to catch up on current affairs.

We get enough fluff during Liveline and Louise Duffy surely! But no our national broadcaster thinks discussing random singers at 5.20pm on Monday evenings is a good idea? We are experiencing a war that in changing by the hour in Iran, fuel prices rising by the hour, unbelievably violent attacks on women over the weekend, a stark warning on climate change and coastal residents and an Air Canada crash at LaGuardia that resulted in 2 deaths……….but I got to hear of a singer I never knew existed.

So I switched over to Newstalk and they were discussing the price of ice cream cones!!! This is mainstream Irish radio targeting a prime time audience who want to be updated on current affairs on a Monday evening.

"This unprovoked war thats upon us"sez minister Canney 🤔

Two seperate commentars use the phrase "right-sizing"in relation to older people selling up for smaller homes ..is there some idict which comes down from on high to use such phrases or buzzwords to perhaps guilt older citizens like myself who've worked hard to pay for our homes into selling up their larger homes ...they can f××k right off ,I like having extra bedrooms in case of visitors nor did I help to create the housing crisis