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Sunday Papers - could you really be bothered?

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  • #32
    tech77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭tech77


    Stephen wrote: »
    Are you trying to imply that Eoghan Harris is not, in fact, an idiot?

    Is that to me?

    What's not to get.
    Eoghan Harris makes me shudder.
    You can infer from that yes imho he is an idiot


  • #33
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    irish_bob wrote: »
    a left winger , eh
    irish_bob wrote: »
    nice liberal young man :)

    Who...?

    tommyfitz?
    tech77?
    Gene Kerrigan?
    Jesus?
    Eoghan Harris?
    markesmith?

    Up with this kind of thing!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #34
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    I used to read the business and appointments every week in the Independent.

    Now I just roll up the 4 pages that are left and twat myself in the face for not working harder in school.


  • #35
    benj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭benj


    i feel if i don't get my newspapers and my coffee on a Sunday morning
    it's not Sunday....or something like that :confused:


  • #36
    EdgarAllenPoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭EdgarAllenPoo


    Used to read one or two papers every day(but wouldn't line my dog's bed with the red tops) and now couldn't be arsed unless they're handing them out free in college.


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  • #37
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Only read The Sunday Times at the weekend, Irish Examiner during the week, the Sindo is most definitely worse than The Sun. Reading the paper online just isn't right. Pints of water and the Sunday Times, job.

    If I ever see Barry Egan in the street I'm gonna kick him in his stupid ginger gutter journalist head.


  • #38
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I'd like it if you could buy the various parts of the Sunday newspapers separately.


  • #39
    LimeFruitGum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭LimeFruitGum


    I hardly ever buy the Sunday papers; I just read them online - Observer, Sunday Times and NOTW (but only for Mystic Meg:o)

    The Sindo magazine just kisses ass for all the South County Dublin types - as if we're expected to know who half these Dumbdrummy airheads are, loike.


  • #40
    Spiritoftheseventies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    stovelid wrote: »
    I'd like it if you could buy the various parts of the Sunday newspapers separately.
    think they had some ad on tv a few years ago. Where a guy went into shop and just took out all the various supplements from papers and paid for them as if they were just the one paper. Anyone remember what it was again.


  • #41
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    I used to buy 3 or four kilos of newsprint every Sunday but only would read about 5% of it. They're too big and bulky for our twittery electronic age. Now I'm middle-age I don't really care too much whether I'm ill-informed about what goes on in the world, a lot of the time I'd rather not know.

    .


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  • #42
    deisedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,177 ✭✭✭deisedude


    The standard of Sunday papers has gone down a lot in recent years. Most of them at this stage have been bought out by British newspapers and are the same with the obligatory bit of GAA thrown in. Why should i or anyone else in Ireland give a **** about what Prince Harry and other British nonentities do?


  • #43
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Since I got my "Kindel" and able to download just the news that I want, its an absolute godsend. (That and my Sony reader for books too).

    Its also hopefully helping to cut down on my paper wastage per week.
    Must save the the trees!

    The Sunday papers for me is tired old news. I can live without them.


  • #44
    Spiritoftheseventies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    Biggins wrote: »
    Since I got my "Kindel" and able to download just the news that I want, its an absolute godsend. (That and my Sony reader for books too).

    Its also hopefully helping to cut down on my paper wastage per week.
    Must save the the trees!

    The Sunday papers for me is tired old news. I can live without them.
    Think about it the weekend papers are better because writers have more time to write their pieces. And also you get a review of the week aswell. Bit sweeping to call Sunday papers tired old news. As mentioned by other posters Tribune is a good read.


  • #45
    newname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 139 ✭✭newname


    I normally buy the sunday times and the sunday independant but it takes the whole day to read them.

    I don't know why I bother getting that sunday indo - i work for the public service and end up feeling like i've committed a heinous crime after i've read through the paper - its only gene kerrigan that lifts my spirits at the end.

    I must try the sunday tribune instead tomorrow - never got it before.


  • #46
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    This thread, could you really be bothered?


  • #47
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    No, I don't read newspapers and I'm often offered to buy some by some (heh heh) persistent newspaper sellers which gets on my goat:

    Level 1: "No thanks"
    Level 2 (They deliberately block my path): "Get the fcuk out of my way or you will be sorry"
    Level 3 (They are stubborn and refuse to move or try to block me as I side step them): They hit the ground hard and I make no apologies then or now!


  • #48
    Spiritoftheseventies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭Spiritoftheseventies


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    This thread, could you really be bothered?
    yeah its called debating. for or against.


  • #49
    Rebelheart
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    tommyfitz wrote: »
    Sunday Independent has turned into a real rag. Gene Kerrigan is the only intelligent writer they have. The rest of them all spout the same rubbish, especially that Eoghan Harris idiot.


    The Sunday Independent is the worst newspaper in the history of media in this country. It is trash, absolute trash. For some reason countless people say the same thing and then go off and buy it. Harris, Dudley Edwards, Myers and O'Hanlon is all they can pass off as political analysis. As if that was not trashy enough the rest of the paper is full of superficial shallow fake and disconnected airheads - an entire newspaper of Terry Keanes - and others who go with every wave and trend and say things like "All the smart ballsy guys are buying up property now" (in July 2007!, Brendan O Connor: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-smart-ballsy-guys-are-buying-up-property-right-now-1047118.html)

    The Irish Times, despite its many faults such as the hiring of frivolous former Independent columnists like Miriam Lord, is the only quality newspaper in Ireland. The Sunday Business Post is the best quality of the Sunday papers, but its focus on economic and political analysis is a bit narrow for most people.


  • #50
    orourkeda
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    The Sunday times is OK. The rest are just garbage of the highest order


  • #51
    Rebelheart
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    deisedude wrote: »
    The standard of Sunday papers has gone down a lot in recent years. Most of them at this stage have been bought out by British newspapers and are the same with the obligatory bit of GAA thrown in. Why should i or anyone else in Ireland give a **** about what Prince Harry and other British nonentities do?

    Oh yeah, I totally forgot about all that British royalty sh it. Christ, the Sunday Independent is even worse than I thought. I note that Miriam Lord tried to get Irish Times readers interested in the British royal family in one of her first pieces, but the IT received complaints that the tone of the paper was being lowered by former Sunday Independent columnists like her bringing that culture to the more educated IT readers. An awful rag from start to finish.


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  • #52
    Spiritoftheseventies
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    orourkeda wrote: »
    The Sunday times is OK. The rest are just garbage of the highest order
    elaborate?


  • #53
    Rebelheart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Rebelheart


    So, who is actually buying The Sunday Independent and moreover, why?

    According to the NNI circulation figures from July-December 2008, 270,362 copies of The Sunday Independent were sold on average each week. Why?!?!


    NNI: http://www.nni.ie/v2/broad/portal.php?content=../_includes/circulation.php


  • #54
    themont85
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    Rebelheart wrote: »
    So, who is actually buying The Sunday Independent and moreover, why?

    According to the NNI circulation figures from July-December 2008, 270,362 copies of The Sunday Independent were sold on average each week. Why?!?!


    NNI: http://www.nni.ie/v2/broad/portal.php?content=../_includes/circulation.php

    Its amazing it really is. I was just in the shop 2 hours ago and some guy was going mad at the dude behind the counter because the SINDO wasn't in. He actually said he would wait till it came in. In fact a couple of people were waiting by half 9.

    Its such a terrible newspaper. I think a lot of people buy it out of habit, some I think are people who act like they would never read a tabloid but the first thing they do is check to see the latest interview with Rosanna Davison in LIFE.

    I stopped buying the Sundays once I moved out of home and realised they weren't worth the money. With the Sunday papers in Ireland you really need to get 2/3 just to get a full read, the Sunday Business Post for the business obviousely, the Tribune for the news section(best of a very bad lot) and the Observer/ST for sport and world news. That would cost me 7 quid at least with which I can buy a Newsweek or Time to get some good writing and reflection on a week(something the Sundays should do) in a non bulky format and get my sport online.

    The Tribune have their number of supplements just right imo but bad content and it isn't a well produced paper. The Irish Times has a good balance in their Saturday title and that does just fine for me. Maybe a bigger sports section and a better magazine like in the Sunday Times but not much bulkier please!


  • #55
    K-9
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    kmick wrote: »
    Sometimes I buy them but mostly I regret it. The Sunday Times is ok but its mostly British news. I think with the availability of the likes of irishurls.com you are reading stories at 3 or 4 pm on Wednesday which are the headline newspaper stories on Thursday. Also nothing ever happens at the weekend news wise. I mean did you ever see the RTE news on Saturday or Sunday its farcical. I mean just beacuse Ennis has a one legged emu called stumpy leading its annual lovely girls parade doesnt mean its suitable for viewing when there is nothing else to fill your 30 minute slot. Just finish up early Anne.

    Cheers for the link. That will replace my Irish news links on feedly and google reader.
    themont85 wrote: »
    Its amazing it really is. I was just in the shop 2 hours ago and some guy was going mad at the dude behind the counter because the SINDO wasn't in. He actually said he would wait till it came in. In fact a couple of people were waiting by half 9.

    Its such a terrible newspaper. I think a lot of people buy it out of habit, some I think are people who act like they would never read a tabloid but the first thing they do is check to see the latest interview with Rosanna Davison in LIFE.

    I stopped buying the Sundays once I moved out of home and realised they weren't worth the money. With the Sunday papers in Ireland you really need to get 2/3 just to get a full read, the Sunday Business Post for the business obviousely, the Tribune for the news section(best of a very bad lot) and the Observer/ST for sport and world news. That would cost me 7 quid at least with which I can buy a Newsweek or Time to get some good writing and reflection on a week(something the Sundays should do) in a non bulky format and get my sport online.

    The Tribune have their number of supplements just right imo but bad content and it isn't a well produced paper. The Irish Times has a good balance in their Saturday title and that does just fine for me. Maybe a bigger sports section and a better magazine like in the Sunday Times but not much bulkier please!

    Another vote for the Tribune here, it does try to be balanced, though I'd agree with the above. Not as good as it used to be though. Oh and they'd need to get their website in order. No point going on it at 2.00 pm on a Sunday and still seeing last weeks edition.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #56
    enniscorthy
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    sunday bloody sunday:mad:


  • #57
    Rebelheart
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    themont85 wrote: »
    The Tribune have their number of supplements just right imo but bad content and it isn't a well produced paper. The Irish Times has a good balance in their Saturday title and that does just fine for me. Maybe a bigger sports section and a better magazine like in the Sunday Times but not much bulkier please!

    Around 10 or so years ago J. J. Lee, the historian from Cork, used to write the finest articles in any Irish newspaper every Sunday in the Tribune. He did it for years but then he got a post in New York and stopped. Joe O'Connor was also writing for the Tribune at the same time, and this was some time before he became famous for his books. I haven't bought it (or any Irish Sunday paper) in about 10 years.


  • #58
    Spiritoftheseventies
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    Rebelheart wrote: »
    Around 10 or so years ago J. J. Lee, the historian from Cork, used to write the finest articles in any Irish newspaper every Sunday in the Tribune. He did it for years but then he got a post in New York and stopped. Joe O'Connor was also writing for the Tribune at the same time, and this was some time before he became famous for his books. I haven't bought it (or any Irish Sunday paper) in about 10 years.
    Nothing to boast about.


  • #59
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I never buy newspapers ever tbh :confused:

    I get the news online, and/or listen to the radio/watch bulletins on tv

    Newspapers are pretty much obsolete for me


  • #60
    Caoimhín
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    The Sunday Business Post is a good read.


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  • #61
    Rebelheart
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    bayviewclose wrote: »
    Nothing to boast about.


    hehe. Actually, it is simply a statement of fact. You seem to have an old fashioned idea of what "newspapers" actually do - "End of the day very important to know whats going on around you", as you put it.

    If I want to read news, I'll search online for news stories. If I want to read the opinions of complete and unrelenting lazyarsed ranting and raving shi tehawks like Eoghan Harris and Kevin Myers I'll buy what passes as newspapers in Ireland today.

    Those people and so many other "commentators" have no insight to offer me. I feel sorry for anybody whose life is so barren that they feel the need to read them.


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