Newstalk: 'Lunchtime Live' with Andrea Gilligan

EmmetSpiceland · 05-04-2021 1:52pm

The teaching “unions” do very little to improve public opinion of teachers. Any teacher I know are not in agreement with what the unions are trying to pull here.

Seems they just listen to the “old guard”, the ones they protected when they screwed over the newly qualified ones, when they start into gouging, and threatening, the government.

Aska · 06-04-2021 11:11pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Half the time it comes across like she has done no research at all and she seems to get a bit lost or even a bit bored with everything.....

Some of the highlights from her show came up on my YouTube feed and I've watched them, and what you say is the feeling you get when looking at her reactions or demeanor when a caller is talking.

Pussyhands · 06-04-2021 11:16pm

Andrea trys to be a hard hitter but she's really out of her depth.

I can't see her lasting more than a couple years in a daytime slot.

Her accent is really hard to listen too aswell.

07-04-2021 7:37am

Pussyhands wrote: »

Andrea trys to be a hard hitter but she's really out of her depth.

I can't see her lasting more than a couple years in a daytime slot.

Her accent is really hard to listen too aswell.

Ouch. I wouldn't go that far, but I do agree with you, it's mysterious how she has ever landed Lunchtime Live. She would be well suited to local radio.

Seems like a lovely person. The technique though. Every bleating conversation is like slaughtering a lamb with a spoon, never quite getting to the point.

EmmetSpiceland · 07-04-2021 12:23pm

Harrowing story about a missing person in the US, Irish lad who was hiking. They reckon he fell during a bad snow storm. Andrea interviewing his mother about it and doing a good job of it.

This is what the show should be. Not a ‘Live Live’ ripoff. Later we’ll get to hear the “opinions” of listeners on stay at home dads. Could you think of a less interesting “topic” or less interesting group?

Why do they always dress so badly, have curly hair and an unkempt, scraggly, beard? Stay at home mothers rarely look as haggard.

Cole · 07-04-2021 12:28pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Harrowing story about a missing person in the US, Irish lad who was hiking. They reckon he fell during a bad snow storm. Andrea interviewing his mother about it and doing a good job of it.

This is what the show should be. Not a ‘Live Live’ ripoff. Later we’ll get to hear the “opinions” of listeners on stay at home dads. Could you think of a less interesting “topic” or less interesting group?

Why do they always dress so badly, have curly hair and an unkempt, scraggly, beard? Stay at home mothers rarely look as haggard.

Very good. Just letting the mother speak...very natural flow. Tragic story.

Del.Monte · 07-04-2021 1:14pm

Thomas Byrne wants Mandarin and Russian taught in primary schools. I suppose it would come in handy in the cases of both rogue states as there will be a need to keep a close eye on their criminal activities and in a worse case scenario there might be jobs as prison camp interpreters when our new overlords take over the West.

EmmetSpiceland · 07-04-2021 2:12pm

Best show in a long time. Just seemed to be focused on one guest/caller for longer than normal.

Would be great if they moved away from having to listen to plebs whine about whatever gadfly is bothering them today.

Mad_maxx · 07-04-2021 5:24pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Ouch. I wouldn't go that far, but I do agree with you, it's mysterious how she has ever landed Lunchtime Live. She would be well suited to local radio.

Seems like a lovely person. The technique though. Every bleating conversation is like slaughtering a lamb with a spoon, never quite getting to the point.

she does indeed seem lovely , cant argue with that

Mad_maxx · 07-04-2021 5:25pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Thomas Byrne wants Mandarin and Russian taught in primary schools. I suppose it would come in handy in the cases of both rogue states as there will be a need to keep a close eye on their criminal activities and in a worse case scenario there might be jobs as prison camp interpreters when our new overlords take over the West.

spanish should be taught ahead of french in school , french has very little practical value

EmmetSpiceland · 08-04-2021 12:49pm

Lad on now complaining about the price of petrol.

The petroleum industry lads must be scrambling to get their spin doctor, Pat Kenny used to have on, to tell us that the “barrel price” doesn’t mean much, that there are a lot of costs associated with running a petrol station and that the pump price is a very complicated operation.

And, sure, the garage doesn’t make anything off the petrol sakes. That all goes on tax.

Del.Monte · 08-04-2021 12:53pm

Some ****ing bore - the type you don't want to get stuck beside in the pub.

08-04-2021 12:54pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Some ****ing bore - the type you don't want to get stuck beside in the pub.

considering he called himself an "actor" he had an incredibly boring monotone voice, I almost fell asleep.

Ol' Donie · 09-04-2021 12:23pm

I've no problem with Andrea, or indeed any of her stand ins.

What I struggle with is the choice of things they discuss is often of no interest to me.

Starting with anything whatsoever about the British royals. Or, for that matter, any television dramatisations of the British royal family.

EmmetSpiceland · 09-04-2021 12:27pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

I've no problem with Andrea, or indeed any of her stand ins.

What I struggle with is the choice of things they discuss is often of no interest to me.

Starting with anything whatsoever about the British royals. Or, for that matter, any television dramatisations of the British royal family.

Prince Philip’s death was just announced.

EmmetSpiceland · 09-04-2021 12:28pm

Fingers crossed we won’t have to listen to caller’s “opinions” on the British royal family.

Ol' Donie · 09-04-2021 1:28pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Prince Philip’s death was just announced.

Yeah, heard it on the news. That's literally all I need to hear about it.

crazy 88 · 11-04-2021 9:57pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Ouch. I wouldn't go that far, but I do agree with you, it's mysterious how she has ever landed Lunchtime Live. She would be well suited to local radio.

Seems like a lovely person. The technique though. Every bleating conversation is like slaughtering a lamb with a spoon, never quite getting to the point.

She was a newsreader before this. I can't think of anyone who graduated from newsreading to stuff like this where you have to think on your toes

crazy 88 · 11-04-2021 10:00pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Lad on now complaining about the price of petrol.

That was a painful segment to listen to. Yer man just drolled on and seemed tight out and she barely said anything

11-04-2021 10:15pm

crazy 88 wrote: »

She was a newsreader before this. I can't think of anyone who graduated from newsreading to stuff like this where you have to think on your toes

Pat Kenny, although he might have been a continuity announcer.
Claire Byrne
Bryan Dobson

I'd have thought maybe half the household names, if not more.

crazy 88 · 12-04-2021 12:09am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Pat Kenny, although he might have been a continuity announcer.
Claire Byrne
Bryan Dobson

I'd have thought maybe half the household names, if not more.

Don't ever remember Kenny but that could have been before my time.
Dobbo had been doing the odd interview on six-one so he cut his teeth before he got his own radio show

Even still, I don't think any of the above former news readers would be great at lunchtime phone where there's a mix of lighthearted and serious topics. Kenny is great at cornering people and making them answer a question but woeful on the lighthearted stuff.

Cole · 12-04-2021 12:15pm

Loike why do people care about what some anonymous twats on social media think...loike totally.

12-04-2021 12:57pm

crazy 88 wrote: »

Even still, I don't think any of the above former news readers would be great at lunchtime phone where there's a mix of lighthearted and serious topics.

I don't want to to overboard in the criticism here as you're right, it's a big step up. I'm sure plenty of people wouldn't be particularly suited to Lunchtime Live, and I'm not certain that Gilligan is either. I think there's a distinct lack of ambition to do something exciting or new with the role, which you might expect from a young and presumably very talented team. When people start a new job, they're usually asked about what improvements they're doing to bring. This show still feels like a Ciara Kelly stand-in, it's an old format that doesn't seem to suit the current presenter.
But it's only been a year and a half, maybe more time is needed.

The slot recorded increased listenership (JNLR) last autumn compared to the previous report, pre pandemic, but I'm not sure whether there was any increase relative to a wider increase in radio listenership, which has surged since lockdown. Newstalk is losing one-third of its audience after Pat Kenny finishes at 12pm.

EmmetSpiceland · 12-04-2021 3:08pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

This show still feels like a Ciara Kelly stand-in, it's an old format that doesn't seem to suit the current presenter.

Don’t think it suits any presenter, to be honest.

There were a couple of days last week where they had interesting, pre-booked, guests on to talk about certain “topics”.

Worked really well and was a welcome break from Joe, and Josephine, Soap moaning about overgrown hedgerows, closed hairdressers or dog crap in the parks.

crazy 88 · 12-04-2021 5:52pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Don’t think it suits any presenter, to be honest.

There were a couple of days last week where they had interesting, pre-booked, guests on to talk about certain “topics”.

Worked really well and was a welcome break from Joe, and Josephine, Soap moaning about overgrown hedgerows, closed hairdressers or dog crap in the parks.

There's nothing wrong with the format. It's the only phone in slot they do. What else could they do they weren't already doing in other slots before and after?

I like a good phone in slot with a strong presenter who lets eejits call in and then call them out on their nonsense. It's good to laugh at them. Might not be everyone's cup of tea though

Look at James O'Brien on LBC for instance.

crazy 88 · 12-04-2021 5:56pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Newstalk is losing one-third of its audience after Pat Kenny finishes at 12pm.

Serious question, where do they go? Niall Boylan?

EmmetSpiceland · 12-04-2021 7:34pm

crazy 88 wrote: »

Serious question, where do they go? Niall Boylan?

I’m guessing most just “turn off”. I know whenever I’ve got time off, or if I’m in car, I switch over to music. Ronan Collins doesn’t really “do it” for me and I’d rather listen to silence over Niall Boylan.

Who knows where the figures would have gone if not for the pandemic. I would have expected them to drop a bit after Dr. Ciara Kelly’s switch to the morning slot.

It seemed, certainly around here, that a fair few were listening into the show just to get wound up and complain about her. They’d even go out of their way to listen back to the show, in the evening, just to hear something to whinge about. Very odd “carry on”.

In fact, one of the reasons I think Ryan Tubridy gets so much “flack” these days is that the Dr. Ciara Kelly haters aren’t up when she’s on now but would be, at least, awake for poor Ryan so he gets it in the neck, more so than previously.

12-04-2021 10:03pm

crazy 88 wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with the format. It's the only phone in slot they do. What else could they do they weren't already doing in other slots before and after?

I don't know, a quiz show? Something like the BBC4 quiz panel-shows, but what are we good at here in ireland? Comedy, and talking about the news. Plenty of comedians unemployed at the moment, some of them are good.

Or what about a "Miriam Meets" type segment with authors and musicians? Or a panel discussion about life — those always get people riled up or interested.

There are plenty of possibilities for that slot, at a prime time, when there is no serious competition until 1pm. I don't buy into the idea that there's nothing to do except a poor man's Liveline.

You can't replicate Liveline. It's like the BBC's "You and Yours" x Crimeline x Hospital radio. Newstalk's attempt is boring and trite, and that much can't be blamed on the presenter.

_Kaiser_ · 13-04-2021 7:20pm

Normally I have it on over lunch but had to switch off today. Feminist after feminist, although a few did make the point that those who most look down on stay-at-home mothers are.. other women!

crazy 88 · 15-04-2021 2:28am

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Or what about a "Miriam Meets" type segment with authors and musicians? Or a panel discussion about life — those always get people riled up or interested

All that kind of material is covered already in the other slots before and after this one. It's phone in only for this slot or else just do music.

With a strong presenter you could make some great (unintended) comedy out of serial moaners that like to ring into these things while curbing the themes of death/dying that joe duffy gorges on.

meeeeh · 15-04-2021 12:53pm

Oh good god now every gobshyte who can't register in 5 minutes is going to call radio shows to complain.

Del.Monte · 19-04-2021 12:55pm

Poor old John sounds old enough to be preparing for his own demise than worrying about the flag being flown at half mast for Prince Philip's funeral.

Segment quickly abandoned as Andrea's feeble attempt to **** stir has failed - yet again.

whisky_galore · 19-04-2021 2:07pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Poor old John sounds old enough to be preparing for his own demise than worrying about the flag being flown at half mast for Prince Philip's funeral.

Segment quickly abandoned as Andrea's feeble attempt to **** stir has failed - yet again.

Our native equivalent to uk "gammon", obsessed with nationalism and flags.

Cole · 26-04-2021 12:14pm

Fair play to yer man for trying to give a platform to the "national outrage" over littering, but if this objection to littering was truly "national" and widespread, we wouldn't have such a problem. We are truly filthy as a nation when it comes to litter...with no (collective) sense of responsibility or adhering to rules/laws.

gourcuff · 07-05-2021 12:23pm

snobbery discussion now... sure tis only tuppence halfpenny looking down at tuppence as the man said..

leath_dub · 07-05-2021 12:27pm

Andrea always recycles topics from Newstalk Breakfast. They are then always recycled by Ciaran Cuddihy later that afternoon. Ciara and Shane went big on the postcode discrimination earlier today

gourcuff · 07-05-2021 12:31pm

has to be a dublin thing aping their anglo superiors from the home counties...

it doesn't seem like an irish thing at all..

EmmetSpiceland · 07-05-2021 12:51pm

Nothing wrong with asking someone ‘what school did you go to?’. You might know someone they’d know if they went to good rugby school.

Common enough question around the corridors of UCD, back when I was there. Obviously, you’re not going to be any the “wiser” if you’re talking to someone from the country, or a northsider, but you still ask to be polite.

It’s the same as asking someone where they’re from. A mix of “curiosity” and common courtesy.

veryangryman · 07-05-2021 1:37pm

She really strikes me as someone who is very low on stuff to talk about.

A big fan of recycling too i bet.

Also, this craic of her having not been back to BallyShannon since the start of lockdown. I know it's national radio and all but be a bit honest. It's like saying ye never mitched school or some such.

Allinall · 07-05-2021 1:39pm

veryangryman wrote: »

She really strikes me as someone who is very low on stuff to talk about.

A big fan of recycling too i bet.

Also, this craic of her having not been back to BallyShannon since the start of lockdown. I know it's national radio and all but be a bit honest. It's like saying ye never mitched school or some such.

You reckon she's lying?

Why would she do that?

gourcuff · 07-05-2021 3:25pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Nothing wrong with asking someone ‘what school did you go to?’. You might know someone they’d know if they went to good rugby school.

Common enough question around the corridors of UCD, back when I was there. Obviously, you’re not going to be any the “wiser” if you’re talking to someone from the country, or a northsider, but you still ask to be polite.

It’s the same as asking someone where they’re from. A mix of “curiosity” and common courtesy.

never experienced it personally in Ireland. asking where you are from sure - but what secondary school you went to? who cares?

i couldn't tell anything about someone by what name they gave me in that situation... st theresas / st lukes - not a clue..

maybe if they said they were an old Etonian..

07-05-2021 3:58pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Nothing wrong with asking someone ‘what school did you go to?’. You might know someone they’d know if they went to good rugby school.

Common enough question around the corridors of UCD, back when I was there. Obviously, you’re not going to be any the “wiser” if you’re talking to someone from the country, or a northsider, but you still ask to be polite.

It’s the same as asking someone where they’re from. A mix of “curiosity” and common courtesy.

It depends, though. You'd use your common sense. You wouldn't ask someone in the queue at Centra, unless it's the UCD Centra; but you'd ask in other contexts, if searching for something to say.

That's one issue I have with these broad questions posed on radio discussions. There's no hard and fast rule. Most people know when to ask.

EmmetSpiceland · 07-05-2021 4:23pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It depends, though. You'd use your common sense. You wouldn't ask someone in the queue at Centra, unless it's the UCD Centra; but you'd ask in other contexts, if searching for something to say.

That's one issue I have with these broad questions posed on radio discussions. There's no hard and fast rule. Most people know when to ask.

In Centra? God, no. They might reply ‘Kings Hos’, ‘Sanford Park’, ‘CUS’ or, if you’re very unlucky, ‘Gonzaga’.

Nothing worse than getting stuck with the Vinnie Murray “types”.

Grolschevik · 07-05-2021 6:37pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

In Centra? God, no. They might reply ‘Kings Hos’, ‘Sanford Park’, ‘CUS’ or, if you’re very unlucky, ‘Gonzaga’.

But then you just tell them to hurry up and finish making your sandwich.

Jacob13 · 08-05-2021 3:15am

I think andrea is trying but the show is just not suiting her. She needs to listen to people instead of interrupting people. And the ..I SUPPOSE. AND LUNCHTIME LIVE every second, is getting a bit much. Hopefully she'll get it rite eventually. Jasas it's bad atm.

Del.Monte · 04-06-2021 1:39pm

Just had my comment read out on Lunchtime Live (National Transport Museum) - first time to email any Newstalk programme - invited to go live but I declined for now as have done that and have the video and the t-shirt.

04-06-2021 1:41pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Just had my comment read out on Lunchtime Live (National Transport Museum) - first time to email any Newstalk programme - invited to go live but I declined for now as have done that and have the video and the t-shirt.

Moncrieff read out a tweet of mine yesterday, welcome to the big-time Del Monte :pac:

10-06-2021 12:20pm

Andrea Gilligan - "but shure look", she's pure shyte.

unbelievably painful on the ears.

an aural abomination.

[SNIP]
Flagrantly abusing broadcasters' appearances is prohibited under the Charter. - Mod

gourcuff · 15-06-2021 12:26pm

good to see the MICA scandal get alot of attention. sounds horrendous

EmmetSpiceland · 15-06-2021 12:29pm

gourcuff wrote: »

good to see the MICA scandal get alot of attention. sounds horrendous

Yeah, there seems to be a lot of complaints around the tax payer footing the bill but putting them on the housing list, and into temporary housing, isn’t going to save us much in the long run either.

Would be great if the builders/developers could be made pay for it.

Newstalk: 'Lunchtime Live' with Andrea Gilligan

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