Why does everybody hate Ray D' Arcy all of a sudden?

I didn't like him when he was in the den and blackboard jungle. I hated his today fm show when all the spanners in my office thought he was great, saw him get thick with somebody in Superquinn years ago when they went over to say hello, to me he is now, has always been and will most likely always be a bit of a pr1ck.

I thought he was fine on The Den but i was a child and would probably have liked anybody in it at the time.
I dislike him because he can be rude and offensive to people he's interviewing when their views on issues don't match his.

Bruce Willis, but no stubble.

I like hearing voices when I'm going to sleep. No random muzac, no Georgio Huukio, no mentallic Mon Grief - just real peeple, Joe.

Basically, anything in the frequency range of human speech. Just not either of the above-mentioned, or anything sports-related. Few more reservations, but enough of that. Oh, no 104 scuuumbag slagging yanoworeyemsain - yafugginsapya.

It wasn't sudden.

Why do RTE insist on hiring talentless people and paying them hundreds of grand for the rest of their lives.

Heard a few minutes of Darcy when he was standing in for Joe Misery Duffy...also useless .

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I can't stand him mentioning his family the whole time...Jenny, Kate and Tom. Drives me bananas

Hate when any presenter does that, name-drop the family for no reason.
Listeners don't give a sh*t about your family.

I gave up tuning in when himself and Jenny started playing happy families and becoming the conscience of the nation.

Y'know, I think there has been a gradual shift in public feeling about D'arcy - but I also think it's justified.

I grew up with the Den and listened to the Today FM show from the beginning. It was all light-hearted craic for long time, but Jesus, he got jaded. I genuinely think he has turned into a grumpy old man who can't take other people's opinions on board, finds it very difficult to shut up and listen, and is poor at putting people at their ease.

Also, the repetition. Christ. He has turned into a parody of himself with the talk about porridge/running/healthy eating in general, the inability to press the correct f-ing buttons in the studio and his fawning over guests like Tommy Tiernan and Michael Harding. You could start a drinking game based around his radio show. Plus, what little of the RTE radio program I've heard gives me the impression that they literally lifted whole segments from one show to the next, which is lazy for a team getting paid that kind of money. I think that was their one opportunity to shake things up and get it back on track, and they chickened out.

I don't hate him, definitely not. I just think it's a shame to see how the tone of his broadcasting has changed over the years. I know we all grow up and change, but you don't have to get miserable with it!