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

BarryD · 18-12-2015 03:10PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Its very emotive....but the drug is horrendously expensive.
It's pure economics, the Govt cannot afford every new wonder drug for every ailment.

Not what people want to hear, but its the truth

There has to be some ceiling on the cost of treating illnesses.

Sure, we all have to make choices in our personal lives as to what we can afford and should prioritise and governments are no different.

I thought all the lobbying might slow down after the budget but of course there's an election in the offing, so it'll just be a feature of the media it seems for the next few months.

Itssoeasy · 18-12-2015 03:10PM

Scrooged is Ray's favourite film. Why doesn't that suprise me one bit.

PeterTheEighth · 18-12-2015 03:14PM

There are shop assisstants working in retail that are more interesting to listen to than D'Arcy's inane ramblings.

cowboyBuilder · 18-12-2015 03:40PM

but about the Gay Byrne "joke" again, do they just replay it, or does he do it afresh every year ?

TheHomeService · 18-12-2015 04:19PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Spot on. If something goes wrong the hse would get awful flack.

It's a disgrace Joe! They allowed a drug to be used on me and now I'm worse than I ever was.

Dan Jaman · 18-12-2015 04:48PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

but about the Gay Byrne "joke" again, do they just replay it, or does he do it afresh every year ?

It sounded identical today to the last several times I heard it, so no, it's not freshly done, I think.

neris · 18-12-2015 04:48PM

id love if joe was trying to arse lick one of the self published authors on Monday and trying to pretend there brothers in arms as authors and the self publisher to turn on him and remind him where his book was printed and the resources & advertising he had free at hand

Dan Jaman · 18-12-2015 04:49PM

neris wrote: »

id love if joe was trying to arse lick one of the self published authors on Monday and trying to pretend there brothers in arms as authors and the self publisher to turn on him and remind him where his book was printed and the resources & advertising he had free at hand

Too much chance of that happening for it to be a truly live broadcast.

Red Kev · 18-12-2015 06:04PM

Joe's colleague Ciaran Mullooly of RTE news has a book out, printed by Turners Printing who are based in Longford. A small Irish company trying to turn over to a sustainable form of business and not worth the Duffy contract.

I've a load of books here from Roscommon writers or concerning Roscommon issues. Almost all of them printed in Ireland. Top quality work as well.

It's about money and nothing else. I wouldn't object to it except for the fact that he gets paid a fortune off the taxpayer, he's always going on about buying Irish and he's so quick to lay into people who get work done abroad.

I just despise two faced people.

Brendan Bendar · 18-12-2015 06:47PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Joe's colleague Ciaran Mullooly of RTE news has a book out, printed by Turners Printing who are based in Longford. A small Irish company trying to turn over to a sustainable form of business and not worth the Duffy contract.

I've a load of books here from Roscommon writers or concerning Roscommon issues. Almost all of them printed in Ireland. Top quality work as well.

It's about money and nothing else. I wouldn't object to it except for the fact that he gets paid a fortune off the taxpayer, he's always going on about buying Irish and he's so quick to lay into people who get work done abroad.

I just despise two faced people.

Aaah Ciaran is it.

Not the lad who was moonlighting with PK on the broadcasting training back in the day?

Surely not.:cool:

Correction. Looks like it was Dobbo

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-icing-on-the-cake-for-rtes-finest-26232622.html

ButtersSuki · 18-12-2015 07:01PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Joe's colleague Ciaran Mullooly of RTE news has a book out, printed by Turners Printing who are based in Longford. A small Irish company trying to turn over to a sustainable form of business and not worth the Duffy contract.

I've a load of books here from Roscommon writers or concerning Roscommon issues. Almost all of them printed in Ireland. Top quality work as well.

It's about money and nothing else. I wouldn't object to it except for the fact that he gets paid a fortune off the taxpayer, he's always going on about buying Irish and he's so quick to lay into people who get work done abroad.

I just despise two faced people.

Duffy is the worst kind of hypocrite from a certain strata of Irish society that think they can preach to everyone and yet live their own lives in a completely different way. These people normally come from one of two sources:
1) those who are born rich
2) those who are members of Fianna Fail

ButtersSuki · 18-12-2015 07:01PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Duffy is the worst kind of hypocrite from a certain strata of Irish society that think they can preach to everyone and yet live their own lives in a completely different way. These people normally come from one of two sources:
1) those who are born rich
2) those who are members of Fianna Fail

He truly is a despicable human being.

sligojoek · 18-12-2015 07:55PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Duffy is the worst kind of hypocrite from a certain strata of Irish society that think they can preach to everyone and yet live their own lives in a completely different way. These people normally come from one of two sources:
1) those who are born rich
2) those who are members of Fianna Fail

3) those who were born with **** all but came into handy money. In my experience, these can be the worst.

PeterTheEighth · 18-12-2015 07:56PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Joe's colleague Ciaran Mullooly of RTE news has a book out, printed by Turners Printing who are based in Longford. A small Irish company trying to turn over to a sustainable form of business and not worth the Duffy contract. I just despise two faced people.

Fair play to him Kev. He always comes across as a fairly grounded guy anyway.

Whereas Duffy, my blood boils listening to him and his "man of the people" routine. Telling people to look up TalkToJoe1850 Twitter page, only to find a link to voting for his book in the Book Of The Year poll. That really got my blood boiling.

Just the subtle way he tried to orchestrate the vote in his favour. And this is the same man that throws his toys out of the pram if he feels that some nefarious group tries to load one of his own meaningless text polls.

Atlantic Dawn · 18-12-2015 08:01PM

Did Duffy read out the result on Friday of PBH's one and only text poll from the Friday before that?

Dan Jaman · 18-12-2015 09:51PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Did Duffy read out the result on Friday of PBH's one and only text poll from the Friday before that?

Not that I heard. If it didn't suit the Great Man's agenda, it would have been quietly forgotten about - maybe that's why it didn't get announced in the first place; the whole nonsense about the text poll being overwhelmed is total bullocks, imo.

sligojoek · 18-12-2015 09:55PM

"A THOUSAND texts a minute" gushes Joe. In a country with a population of nearly 4 million, that means nothing. With a listenership of people mostly 50+ in the Dublin area, it means even less.

ButtersSuki · 19-12-2015 01:45PM

sligojoek wrote: »

"A THOUSAND texts a minute" gushes Joe. In a country with a population of nearly 4 million, that means nothing. With a listenership of people mostly 50+ in the Dublin area, it means even less.

It's only impressive when you consider the technological skills of the average regular listener aged 50 and over.....using their calls as a benchmark for their stupidity....tbh I'm surprised that many of them can text.

Brendan Bendar · 19-12-2015 04:30PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

It's only impressive when you consider the technological skills of the average regular listener aged 50 and over.....using their calls as a benchmark for their stupidity....tbh I'm surprised that many of them can text.

Bit ageist there Butters?

Don't like that in a person.

Shows a touch of arrogance I can't warm to, to be honest.

ButtersSuki · 19-12-2015 05:15PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Bit ageist there Butters?

Don't like that in a person.

Shows a touch of arrogance I can't warm to, to be honest.

Way to go out of your way to be offended!

Did I say everyone over 50? No. I qualified it. And if you're a regular listener you'll know the way the show itself treats technology and seniors, as well as how seniors themselves portray their interactions with technology on the show, then you'll know my comment is not far off the mark.

But hey, don't let my further clarification be satisfactory and continue being offended.

Give Joe a call on Monday to complain. Or maybe just chill out a little with the persecution complex?

Brian Scan · 19-12-2015 05:34PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Way to go out of your way to be offended!

Did I say everyone over 50? No. I qualified it. And if you're a regular listener you'll know the way the show itself treats technology and seniors, as well as how seniors themselves portray their interactions with technology on the show, then you'll know my comment is not far off the mark.

But hey, don't let my further clarification be satisfactory and continue being offended.

Give Joe a call on Monday to complain. Or maybe just chill out a little with the persecution complex?

Jeez, your own persecution complex seems to have kicked in here. Relax.

Brendan Bendar · 19-12-2015 05:45PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Way to go out of your way to be offended!

Did I say everyone over 50? No. I qualified it. And if you're a regular listener you'll know the way the show itself treats technology and seniors, as well as how seniors themselves portray their interactions with technology on the show, then you'll know my comment is not far off the mark.

But hey, don't let my further clarification be satisfactory and continue being offended.

Give Joe a call on Monday to complain. Or maybe just chill out a little with the persecution complex?

I'm not offended, just pointing out that that post displayed a trait which unfortunately permeates quite a bit through this site.

I will always challenge people who promulgate that kind of cack.

ButtersSuki · 19-12-2015 05:56PM

Brian Scan wrote: »

Jeez, your own persecution complex seems to have kicked in here. Relax.

No. I was defending myself against an accusation of ageism - there is a difference.

You're the guy weighing in and you're not even involved! Perfect lahv lahn caller,"it wasn't directed at me Joe but I'm offended".

ButtersSuki · 19-12-2015 06:01PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

I'm not offended, just pointing out that that post displayed a trait which unfortunately permeates quite a bit through this site.

I will always challenge people who promulgate that kind of cack.

Do you actually think I believe everyone over 50 can't text or something? I have previously written on this thread how my dad (in his late 60s) is perfectly IT literate and self sufficient, yet other callers to the show of his age and younger make out like using the Internet is some kind of sorcery mixed with devil worship - all egged on by the host I might ad.

And perhaps you missed the subtleties of tone and intent? I was being sarcastic FFS.

Not arguing with you on this anymore. I know what my intent was. If you want to accuse me of ageism any further you can. I like I'm not like that.

Brian Scan · 19-12-2015 06:04PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

No. I was defending myself against an accusation of ageism - there is a difference.

You're the guy weighing in and you're not even involved! Perfect lahv lahn caller,"it wasn't directed at me Joe but I'm offended".

This thread is all about people who are not involved in Liveline weighing in with comments.

You are a sensitive soul.

Brendan Bendar · 19-12-2015 06:05PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Do you actually think I believe everyone over 50 can't text or something? I have previously written on this thread how my dad (in his late 60s) is perfectly IT literate and self sufficient, yet other callers to the show of his age and younger make out like using the Internet is some kind of sorcery mixed with devil worship - all egged on by the host I might ad.

And perhaps you missed the subtleties of tone and intent? I was being sarcastic FFS.

Not arguing with you on this anymore. I know what my intent was. If you want to accuse me of ageism any further you can. I like I'm not like that.

No, I've made my point, others can judge after reading the post.

Dan Jaman · 19-12-2015 07:31PM

I reserve the right to be offended!

ButtersSuki · 19-12-2015 08:05PM

Dan Jaman wrote: »

I reserve the right to be offended!

"Entitled" to be offended more like.

ButtersSuki · 19-12-2015 08:06PM

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

No, I've made my point, others can judge after reading the post.

They'll be judging alright...

Dan Jaman · 19-12-2015 08:48PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

They'll be judging alright...

Mama's got a squeezebox
Daddy never sleeps at night

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