Liveline Thread 17/10/2015 to 21/12/2015

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:29PM

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Oh God. We ARE the "unwell"

Amen brother.

Atlantic Dawn · 16-12-2015 02:31PM

With Joe moaning about lacks of money could he not just say it's a great cause and I will give all profits from the buke to it?

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:32PM

There are homeless people sleeping on the streets, caller, what about them?

Mike Guide 69 · 16-12-2015 02:32PM

David O Doherty scared of comedy!!!

BPKS · 16-12-2015 02:35PM

I switched over the RTE+1 last night or the night before and the call back programme was on. And it was about the CF units.

I happened to be doing some work in the hospital in Cork a few months back. The new state of the art CF unit had been completed for ages but of course the Unions were digging their heels in and looking for concessions and so on before they would allow their members to work in it (ditto the Mental Health Unit there). Between the two buildings I imagine they cost in the region of €40m to build and fit out.

I saw a few PS4s in boxes and commented that they were be defunct by the time this place would be open.

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:40PM

Promo for today
Are you going home for Christmas or have family coming home to Ireland this Christmas?
Hospital appointments and having to travel long distances for them
MaryPoppins was cancelled last night at very short notice, we'll speak to callers who've missed out

Atlantic Dawn · 16-12-2015 02:42PM

BPKS wrote: »

I saw a few PS4s in boxes and commented that they were be defunct by the time this place would be open.

What I can never understand about hospitals is how crap they are setup for patient comfort, no Sky Sports, no fancy TV, nothing to take your mind of the place.

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:42PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What I can never understand about hospitals is how crap they are setup for patient comfort, no Sky Sports, no fancy TV, nothing to take your mind of the place.

Well then people would never leave!

CarrickMcJoe · 16-12-2015 02:43PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What I can never understand about hospitals is how crap they are setup for patient comfort, no Sky Sports, no fancy TV, nothing to take your mind of the place.

Sky sports...you have to be in jail for that..or a guard.

Dan Jaman · 16-12-2015 02:44PM

"Ay kon omiks", says Joe.
Dodgy ground, old son. The aykonomics of radio presenters and telephone operators might raise its head.

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:48PM

Plug for de television show

CarrickMcJoe · 16-12-2015 02:50PM

Q researcher finding 60yr old cf sufferer for all of tomorrow s programme.

Dan Jaman · 16-12-2015 02:50PM

Plugging products - great stuff.

Roger_007 · 16-12-2015 02:51PM

Was that last caller promoting some quack cures?

Dan Jaman · 16-12-2015 02:52PM

What has Farm Economics got to do with it?

Atlantic Dawn · 16-12-2015 02:53PM

I'm beginning to think having shares in an arms company is less immoral than having shares in a pharmaceutical company.

Atlantic Dawn · 16-12-2015 02:54PM

3 pneumonias, 2 lung collapses, and a partridge in a pear tree.

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:55PM

I'm waiting for death, Joe

snubbleste · 16-12-2015 02:56PM

Jeez, Joe asks stupid quesions

BarryD · 16-12-2015 02:58PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I'm beginning to think having shares in an arms company is less immoral than having shares in a pharmaceutical company.

It's called churning the market.

Spanish Eyes · 16-12-2015 03:04PM

With due respect to CF sufferers, the minute I heard the topic I switched off.

It is so depressing to be talking about serious illness given the time of the year.

Leave it till January when we are in the doldrums.

I'm very tired of this misery radio thing.

neris · 16-12-2015 03:27PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

With due respect to CF sufferers, the minute I heard the topic I switched off.

It is so depressing to be talking about serious illness given the time of the year.

Leave it till January when we are in the doldrums.

I'm very tired of this misery radio RTE thing.

For some reason RTE love misery stories. Chill out on a friday watch a bit of the late late, nah RTE will depress the tits of you and ruin the start of your weekend. Had a few pints and a laugh down the pub sat night, home with a few cans and a take away, well enjoy while little raymond gets the misery going just to sour those chicken balls on ya

Brendan Bendar · 16-12-2015 04:15PM

Agree there, station is stuffed with bad news and bad outcomes .

All true ,but hey, we need a bit of a break from all the bad stuff.

Dan Jaman · 16-12-2015 04:27PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I'm very tired of this misery radio thing.

It's the triumph of hope over experience, for me. Every time there's a misery prog from Joe, I let it burble on, thinking there's better to come in the prog.
Nope. Same old, same old.

2smiggy · 16-12-2015 04:43PM

they are talking about this on the last word too now, and on the day Ian Dempsey presenting !!

goose2005 · 16-12-2015 07:19PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Whoy does Ireland have the highest rate of CF in the world?

Wikipedia:

It has also been hypothesized that the prevalence of CF in Europe might be connected with the development of cattle domestication. In this hypothesis, carriers of a single mutant CFTR chromosome had some protection from diarrhea caused by lactose intolerance, prior to the appearance of the mutations that created lactose tolerance

So having one dodgy CF gene protected our ancestors from the worse kind of lactose intolerance. The Irish were always big milk-drinkers so the dodgy CF gene was an advantage in the past (so long as you only had 1 - if you had 2 you would die in infancy)

quarefarmers · 16-12-2015 09:38PM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

There's money available to provide the "unwell" with places to shoot up, but there's no money available to pay for a new CF treatment.

When I was unwell Joe was my higher power

snubbleste · 17-12-2015 01:47PM

neris · 17-12-2015 01:47PM

whats your point caller? you dont want to hook up wit the other school so 2 schools then get closed down

SEPT 23 1989 · 17-12-2015 01:48PM

im lost

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