Sean O'Rourke Today Show

padd b1975 · 27-05-2015 09:58PM

realdanbreen wrote: »

He must have been in SF before. Anyway we will never forget you Aoife Power.

That North county Dublin accent is not easily forgotten....

juneg · 28-05-2015 09:31AM

Just turned off the radio there . Jack O' Connor SIPTU and some other man arguing and interrupting and speaking over each other like two dogs with a bone. I couldnt be listening to that racket, pain in my ear from it

Callan57 · 28-05-2015 10:37AM

What a pleasure to listen to George Mitchell, an inpirational man and a true statesman in the best sense of the word.

Callan57 · 29-05-2015 09:40AM

Good Lord this is horrendous listening - more of the "good old days" in Ireland. Those poor women :mad:

Callan57 · 02-06-2015 09:52AM

I find that Bishop's comments quite offensive.
I and most (if not all) of my friends voted Yes and not because we were "blind to the constitutional issues" but because it was the right and Christian thing to do. Just because he didn't get the answer he wanted he questions the intelligence of the electorate .... shame on him. If the result of the referendum had been a resounding No would he be as concerned about representation in our parliament for the defeated Yes side? Yea, yea, sure he would

Loafing Oaf · 02-06-2015 11:15AM

Callan57 wrote: »

If the result of the referendum had been a resounding No would he be as concerned about representation in our parliament for the defeated Yes side?

Wasn't listening to this but it annoys me when social conservatives go on about this 'democratic deficit' and fail to attribute responsibility for it where it primarily belongs: the voters themselves. Ronan Mullen stood for the Euros in North West and got 5%!

Callan57 · 02-06-2015 01:13PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Wasn't listening to this but it annoys me when social conservatives go on about this 'democratic deficit' and fail to attribute responsibility for it where it primarily belongs: the voters themselves. Ronan Mullen stood for the Euros in North West and got 5%!

They just can't come to terms with the fact that the country has moved on without them & their repressive dogmas

Loafing Oaf · 02-06-2015 02:04PM

Callan57 wrote: »

They just can't come to terms with the fact that the country has moved on without them & their repressive dogmas

Well given that 38% voted no to SSM, he is right in saying there are a lot of unrepresented social conservatives out there. But this has been the situation for over 20 years, and those people have shown no inclination to vote for socially conservative candidates, so at the end of the day it's their own lookout...

alaimacerc · 02-06-2015 06:13PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Well given that 38% voted no to SSM, he is right in saying there are a lot of unrepresented social conservatives out there. But this has been the situation for over 20 years, and those people have shown no inclination to vote for socially conservative candidates, so at the end of the day it's their own lookout...

That's something of an oversimplification. Of those 38%, some will be of the "say no to everything" persuasion (hello, large numbers of people in Donegal!), and some will have their own analyses of why voted as they did -- most obviously the adoption, surrogacy, and "first families" stuff, which isn't really relevant, but clearly loomed large for some. But sure, some will be broad-spectrum social conservatives with no direct party representation... But equally, if not moreso, the same is true of "social liberals". Look at the abortion policies of the main parties: they run all the way from "status quo" to "very modest chance to the status quo". Significant liberalisation, which clearly has a decent amount of popular support, doesn't get a look in.

Brendan Bendar · 02-06-2015 07:03PM

alaimacerc wrote: »

That's something of an oversimplification. Of those 38%, some will be of the "say no to everything" persuasion (hello, large numbers of people in Donegal!), and some will have their own analyses of why voted as they did -- most obviously the adoption, surrogacy, and "first families" stuff, which isn't really relevant, but clearly loomed large for some. But sure, some will be broad-spectrum social conservatives with no direct party representation... But equally, if not moreso, the same is true of "social liberals". Look at the abortion policies of the main parties: they run all the way from "status quo" to "very modest chance to the status quo". Significant liberalisation, which clearly has a decent amount of popular support, doesn't get a look in.

Vote no to everything punters are usually the biggest nett beneficeries.

Harry Angstrom · 03-06-2015 10:11AM

Gilmore, the first of the rats to desert the sinking Labour ship. Plenty more to follow between now and the next election.

Brendan Bendar · 03-06-2015 12:26PM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Gilmore, the first of the rats to desert the sinking Labour ship. Plenty more to follow between now and the next election.

Those of us who actually study the situation would applaud Labour for helping to put a broken and bankrupt country well on the road to recovery.

Those of us who use knee-jerk reactions would do well to take a look at Greece where a bunch of lefties promised 'sunshine and good times for all without any reform or hardship'

Where do you fit in in that analogy Henry?

alaimacerc · 03-06-2015 01:59PM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Gilmore, the first of the rats to desert the sinking Labour ship. Plenty more to follow between now and the next election.

Well, it's saving the electorate a little time, no? Fewer torpedoes required, to extend the metaphor.

lochderg · 03-06-2015 02:13PM

neris wrote: »

im getting fed up with those "poor me" stories from people who expect everything to be given to them by the government but dont contribute anything back into society. If the pawn shop wouldnt take "your" IPhone tough ****, maybe they have enough to sell or maybe they have the cop on to realise the phones are nicked

but keep your eye on the real 'takers'-the ones who damaged everybody and gave nothing back -just wanted more-no destitution or stressed lives for them-defacating on us all

Brendan Bendar · 03-06-2015 02:35PM

lochderg wrote: »

but keep your eye on the real 'takers'-the ones who damaged everybody and gave nothing back -just wanted more-no destitution or stressed lives for them-defacating on us all

Who would those be, in your opinion?

Callan57 · 05-06-2015 09:50AM

What a magnanimous man Marty Morrissey is ....

Joe Brolly might be advised to stay well away from Kilmurry Ibrikane though

P. Breathnach · 05-06-2015 10:03AM

Callan57 wrote: »

What a magnanimous man Marty Morrissey is .... ...

I won't say that Marty is not magnanimous. But there is almost nothing else he could have said without sounding bad.

He did make it clear that the comment stung him.

Callan57 · 05-06-2015 10:39AM

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I won't say that Marty is not magnanimous. But there is almost nothing else he could have said without sounding bad.

He did make it clear that the comment stung him.

Not as stung as Joe will be if he visits Kilmurry Ibrikane

P. Breathnach · 05-06-2015 11:04AM

Wouldn't you think that a man with as much wealth as Denis O'Brien has could afford to employ a spokesperson with the ability to avoid getting up people's noses?

Callan57 · 15-06-2015 09:58AM

"I'm going to turn off your microphone" ..... Way to go Sean

P. Breathnach · 15-06-2015 10:05AM

Callan57 wrote: »

"I'm going to turn off your microphone" ..... Way to go Sean

I have often wondered why such measures have not been taken from time to time.

[But I was in sympathy with the guy subjected to the threat.]

tafkach · 15-06-2015 12:11PM

Callan57 wrote: »

"I'm going to turn off your microphone" ..... Way to go Sean

Hi Callan... Who's mic did he turn off? Was Rolf Harris doing a live version of his new song?

brooke 2 · 15-06-2015 12:40PM

Michael Noonan was on again......telling Seán to 'get off the stage'!

tafkach · 15-06-2015 12:48PM

brooke 2 wrote: »

Michael Noonan was on again......telling Seán to 'get off the stage'!

Thanks Brooke, I may listen back to that..

Callan57 · 15-06-2015 02:10PM

tafkach wrote: »

Hi Callan... Who's mic did he turn off? Was Rolf Harris doing a live version of his new song?

Some guy arguing about herbal remedies versus conventional medicines - he was following a "keep talking over the other person" plan until Sean threatened to close his mic. More presenters should follow this line & shut up rude contributors

alaimacerc · 15-06-2015 04:58PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Some guy arguing about herbal remedies versus conventional medicines - he was following a "keep talking over the other person" plan until Sean threatened to close his mic. More presenters should follow this line & shut up rude contributors

Missed this, but Sean has form in getting rather more peevish than the average presenter-bot with people doing this. I think he's indeed made the same threat previously, or similar. And quite rightly so.

alaimacerc · 15-06-2015 05:01PM

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Wouldn't you think that a man with as much wealth as Denis O'Brien has could afford to employ a spokesperson with the ability to avoid getting up people's noses?

I think he may have a blind spot there. Why'd it matter if he gets up the Little People's noses? Sure, Denis hears nothing wrong with anything he's saying! All praise to him!

Callan57 · 15-06-2015 05:45PM

alaimacerc wrote: »

Missed this, but Sean has form in getting rather more peevish than the average presenter-bot with people doing this. I think he's indeed made the same threat previously, or similar. And quite rightly so.

If he'd close down MLOD now he would definitely go on my Xmas card list

neris · 18-06-2015 09:16AM

Nearly time to set up a "Mary Mcaleese watch" thread. Thinks shes spent more time on the airwaves in the last 2 months then the 14 years she was up in the park

my friend · 18-06-2015 09:21AM

Sean has the grounp think blinkers on too it appears.

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