Saturday with Katie Hannon

Dempo1 · 20-02-2021 2:21pm

Cillian de Gascun talks a lot of sense, always liked his analysis. Sadly it Looks like lockdown going to drag on for quite some time.

Dempo1 · 20-02-2021 2:35pm

Eamonn might want to chat with the president of the GRA, who stated clearly yesterday that Gardai are NOT checking if people are quarantining?

Charles Babbage · 20-02-2021 2:41pm

Dempo1 wrote: »

Eamonn might want to chat with the president of the GRA, who stated clearly yesterday that Gardai are NOT checking if people are quarantining?

Eamonn is talking box about following health advice. His job is to have the legal powers ready so that if the health advice says hotel quarantine for people from X that the government does not just start drafting legislation at that point.

Dempo1 · 20-02-2021 2:43pm

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Eamonn is talking box about following health advice. His job is to have the legal powers ready so that if the health advice says hotel quarantine for people from X that the government does not just start drafting legislation at that point.

Seems like an amiable kind of chap but hopelessly out of his depth generally.

Infoanon · 20-02-2021 2:47pm

If you are a green party supporter you would be pulling your hair out - yesterday it was Roderick O Gorman having to defend Martin and Leo's leaking and kite flying and today Eamon Ryan has got the short end of the stick.

The endless vested intetest group inputs has to end - quoting Adrian Cummins from the restaurant association is nonsensical when everyone in the industry knew an opening in June was at best possible.

Dempo1 · 20-02-2021 2:51pm

Infoanon wrote: »

If you are a green party supporter you would be pulling your hair out - yesterday it was Roderick O Gorman having to defend Martin and Leo's leaking and kite flying and today Eamon Ryan has got the short end of the stick.

The endless vested intetest group inputs has to end - quoting Adrian Cummins from the restaurant association is nonsensical when everyone in the industry knew an opening in June was at best possible.

Couldn't agree more Adrian Cummins seems to have a direct line to Katie, he's clueless, the same arguments repeated time and time again, I suspect he's more concerned at a collapse in RAI subscription income.

ShamNNspace · 20-02-2021 3:00pm

Dempo1 wrote: »

Seems like an amiable kind of chap but hopelessly out of his depth generally.

And this is his second bite at the cherry.. Imo the green party are in for a right hammering the next time they go before the people followed by a major clearout of the old green guard

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 2:14pm

Katie talking to Professor Brian MacCraith, first question re when over 85"s will be fully vaccinated, tge answer very odd. First does completed next week, by 1st March?, 2nd doses by end of May? This is alarming and this aside from wide spread reports of cancelled appointments. Is he saying the gap between doses is 12 weeks? I understood it should be 4 weeks?

ShamNNspace · 27-02-2021 2:26pm

Everything has to be unnecessarily complicated here

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 2:32pm

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Everything has to be unnecessarily complicated here

It really is extraordinarily complicated, I'm more confused now than before this interview started. A lot of HSE back slapping going on.

zell12 · 27-02-2021 2:39pm

Did Katie just say "we are the only island in europe along with britain"???
What about Malta, Cyprus, Iceland?

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 2:40pm

zell12 wrote: »

Did Katie just say "we are the only island in europe along with britain"???
What about Malta, Cyprus, Iceland?

Isle of Man

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 2:42pm

I mentioned Eamonn Ryan's incorrectly saying Gardai are checking, they are NOT

zell12 · 27-02-2021 2:45pm

"we have five new variants in Ireland at this point"
aaagh!!

Del.Monte · 27-02-2021 2:48pm

And there we have the government utterly clueless. The migrant workers will self quarantine - Jesus H Christ - nothing learnt. :mad:

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 2:50pm

Government won't have a bad word said about meat processing plants. What is curious though is the fact thousands of seasonal workers will be arriving, I doubt very much any of them could afford to stay in a hotel for 2 weeks and pay for various tests. Larry Goodman certainly won't be paying for this or Horticultural employers.

Del.Monte · 27-02-2021 2:50pm

Dempo1 wrote: »

Isle of Man

Not in the EU though and with strict quarantining in place.

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 2:51pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Not in the EU though and with strict quarantining in place.

I know, just kidding.

leahyl · 27-02-2021 2:59pm

First time listening to Katie Hannon - she’s really not great, seems to be “up against the clock” a lot and stumbling over her words.

Dempo1 · 27-02-2021 3:01pm

leahyl wrote: »

First time listening to Katie Hannon - she’s really not great, seems to be “up against the clock” a lot and stumbling over her words.

Unfortunately with less than hour allocated, there's rarely sufficient time to fully discuss topics.

touts · 27-02-2021 3:15pm

leahyl wrote: »

First time listening to Katie Hannon - she’s really not great, seems to be “up against the clock” a lot and stumbling over her words.

The problem is it has become a socialist whinge fest. Sinn Fein. Labour, PBP, RISE, Solidarity all demanding representatives for their pet issue and then trying to elbow their topic to the head of the agenda. So poor Katie has to manage all these conflicting Trotskyist egos. Meanwhile you usually have one member of the government getting beaten up so now they only send low ranked ministers.

The show jumped the shark when Brid Smith and Roisin Shorthall shouted at Jack Chambers for 15 minutes in a shameful display of sexist bullying a few weeks ago. The whole show since then has turned into a dose of the Trots as they all line up to give some poor minister a kicking.

It isn't Katie's fault. She is quite good on the evening show when there is a more equal panel. She needs stronger producers who will stand up to the left when they all demand seats at the table and insist on it being balanced evenly with equal opposition and government representatives.

Brendan Bendar · 27-02-2021 9:21pm

touts wrote: »

The problem is it has become a socialist whinge fest. Sinn Fein. Labour, PBP, RISE, Solidarity all demanding representatives for their pet issue and then trying to elbow their topic to the head of the agenda. So poor Katie has to manage all these conflicting Trotskyist egos. Meanwhile you usually have one member of the government getting beaten up so now they only send low ranked ministers.

The show jumped the shark when Brid Smith and Roisin Shorthall shouted at Jack Chambers for 15 minutes in a shameful display of sexist bullying a few weeks ago. The whole show since then has turned into a dose of the Trots as they all line up to give some poor minister a kicking.

It isn't Katie's fault. She is quite good on the evening show when there is a more equal panel. She needs stronger producers who will stand up to the left when they all demand seats at the table and insist on it being balanced evenly with equal opposition and government representatives.

That’s how I see it too.

I would disagree that it’s not Katie’s fault, she’s very quick to pile in and throw a few kicks at the Govt. herself.

Her delivery is very staccato and hesitant.

Not a good presenter.

27-02-2021 10:53pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

That’s how I see it too.

I would disagree that it’s not Katie’s fault, she’s very quick to pile in and throw a few kicks at the Govt. herself.

Her delivery is very staccato and hesitant.

Not a good presenter.

I would agree on the staccato delivery... exactly like as if I were presenting a radio program myself, which is one good reason alone why I don't! However on likes of Liveline she at least listens to callers and doesn't interrupt them, so kudos there.

Tea For Two · 28-02-2021 8:15am

I think that Katie was at her best when she was reporting on Prime Time. Being in the seat answering questions suited her. She is very likeable but I don’t think anchoring a show suits her.

Wanderer78 · 28-02-2021 8:18am

Tea For Two wrote:

I think that Katie was at her best when she was reporting on Prime Time. Being in the seat answering questions suited her. She is very likeable but I donâ€™t think anchoring a show suits her.

Think she's doing a grand job, I'm still enjoying the show

Brendan Bendar · 28-02-2021 9:06am

Tea For Two wrote: »

I think that Katie was at her best when she was reporting on Prime Time. Being in the seat answering questions suited her. She is very likeable but I don’t think anchoring a show suits her.

Hmmmm ..... she ain’t no ‘anchor’, but if she stopped saying ‘Nooze’ I might tolerate her.

That f*****g word should be banned from all RTE airwaves

Hannon
O’Connor
All AA Doadwatch presenters
Libreri
Petula Martin
Wilson now and again

All at it... where did it spring from?

Boils my piss, so it does.

Itssoeasy · 28-02-2021 10:18am

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Hmmmm ..... she ain’t no ‘anchor’, but if she stopped saying ‘Nooze’ I might tolerate her.

That f*****g word should be banned from all RTE airwaves

Hannon
O’Connor
All AA Doadwatch presenters
Libreri
Petula Martin
Wilson now and again

All at it... where did it spring from?

Boils my piss, so it does.

It probably sprung up from the same place that made the “G” in ing become an endangered species or the “h” in words like birthday.

Brendan Bendar · 28-02-2021 10:30am

Itssoeasy wrote: »

It probably sprung up from the same place that made the “G” in ing become an endangered species or the “h” in words like birthday.

Yes,you got a good point there,.....RIP

Del.Monte · 28-02-2021 1:23pm

Ciara Kelly is the worst for the Nooze word - she's so Mid-Atlantic.

Brian Scan · 02-03-2021 8:24am

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Hmmmm ..... she ain’t no ‘anchor’, but if she stopped saying ‘Nooze’ I might tolerate her.

That f*****g word should be banned from all RTE airwaves

Hannon
O’Connor
All AA Doadwatch presenters
Libreri
Petula Martin
Wilson now and again

All at it... where did it spring from?

Boils my piss, so it does.

I would say your piss has a fairly low boiling point, Brenner.

Brendan Bendar · 02-03-2021 8:32am

Brian Scan wrote: »

I would say your piss has a fairly low boiling point, Brenner.

Have to admit it is right now, Breeener.

Now you are a fairly ‘buttoned up’ lad yourself.

Does this ‘Nooze’ business not annoy you?

Maybe it’s the lockdown has me bet into a cocked hat

02-03-2021 8:38am

Mod - Brendan & Brian, quit the rancour please. No need for it on the thread.

Brian Scan · 02-03-2021 9:26am

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Have to admit it is right now, Breeener.

Now you are a fairly ‘buttoned up’ lad yourself.

Does this ‘Nooze’ business not annoy you?

Maybe it’s the lockdown has me bet into a cocked hat

Yeah, not a fan of it.

Brendan Bendar · 02-03-2021 9:59am

Brian Scan wrote: »

Yeah, not a fan of it.

Top man, I have at least one ally on that issue.

First Up · 02-03-2021 10:23am

Brian Scan wrote: »

Yeah, not a fan of it.

It annoys me less than "indicated" instead of "said" but that's a feature of the news, not Katie Hannon's programme.

Brendan Bendar · 06-03-2021 2:15pm

All the usuals from the opposition+ Katie lined up to trot out all the usual hyperbole

As usual Katie loses control earlier than usual. 1312 today...about eight minutes in.

The usual descriptors lashed out and not challenged....chaos, shambles, etc.

None of which are accurate.

Yes there are issues, but Katie let’s these descriptors go unchallenged.

Very poor presentation.

ednwireland · 06-03-2021 2:22pm

whose on there saying Denmark is fully vaccinated ? when we are about equal with them.

zell12 · 06-03-2021 2:29pm

ednwireland wrote: »

whose on there saying Denmark is fully vaccinated ? when we are about equal with them.

Verona Murphy TD

Beechwoodspark · 06-03-2021 2:31pm

Verona Murphy is an attention seeker first and foremost (see her antics to get elected in the first place)

She is great at smart remarks and cynicism

She offers no solutions. Just constant complaints.

ednwireland · 06-03-2021 2:31pm

zell12 wrote: »

Verona Murphy TD

she should get a handle on the facts.

Brendan Bendar · 06-03-2021 2:51pm

Katie is out of her depth on today’s issues... hesitant, unsure, not in charge.

Watch the chaos on the protest issues.

Roaring and shouting about to begin.

Brendan Bendar · 06-03-2021 2:57pm

Gazumped by Davy.....just as well.

Brendan Bendar · 06-03-2021 3:42pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Verona Murphy is an attention seeker first and foremost (see her antics to get elected in the first place)

She is great at smart remarks and cynicism

She offers no solutions. Just constant complaints.

Dáil is full of those on the opposition benches.

Windbags mostly.

Clon63 · 07-03-2021 1:16am

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Katie is out of her depth on today’s issues... hesitant, unsure, not in charge.

Watch the chaos on the protest issues.

Roaring and shouting about to begin.

Totally agreee. She was especially poor today. At times it was like she wasnt there at all. She can be good on other programmes today.

Sge especially let the former journo, former barrister and current solicitor Mairead Carey go on and on against insurane/personal injuries compensation reform. She was allowed get away with plenty of guff unchallenged. It was a miracle to end up being mire symathetic to the insurance industry rep after hearing the solicitor laden down with a vested interest.

Brendan Bendar · 13-03-2021 2:41pm

Katie only interrupts the Govt. representative, everyone else gets free rein.

The fact that relaxing regulations in ‘counties with low infection gets any airtime astounds me.

How is this even discussed as a policy is beyond belief.

Spanish Eyes · 13-03-2021 2:48pm

Did they mention the traveller funeral in Leitrim, or the big fat Galway wedding in Salthill, or the marquees, and the disdain shown by that community towards Covid rules?

Brendan Bendar · 13-03-2021 2:53pm

Is that Minister on a ventilator?

The value of someone like McDowell on programmes like this is highlighted today.

The fahhkin government can’t sort out everything as McD said.

Time someone said it.

Brendan Bendar · 13-03-2021 2:56pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Did they mention the traveller funeral in Leitrim, or the big fat Galway wedding in Salthill, or the marquees, and the disdain shown by that community towards Covid rules?

Is the Pope a Catholic!!!

Brendan Bendar · 13-03-2021 3:01pm

Good man Matt Carthy...... cancel the thravel (sic) but lash out the money to the travel agents.

How!............lol.

Cole · 13-03-2021 3:04pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Did they mention the traveller funeral in Leitrim, or the big fat Galway wedding in Salthill, or the marquees, and the disdain shown by that community towards Covid rules?

Leitrim was mentioned twice when discussing counties with low rates (oh the irony) but no mention of that particular potential super spreader/two fingers to everyone event.

Saturday with Katie Hannon

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