Muireann O'Connell

I am amazed the sacking of Muireann did not come sooner if i'm honest

The last couple of JNLR results for her show were awful

She must have seen this day coming for a while

gamecube wrote: »

I am amazed the sacking of Muireann did not come sooner if i'm honest

The last couple of JNLR results for her show were awful

She must have seen this day coming for a while

a lot of shows are declining rapidly I believe, Cooper's declined, I think the only one who grew in last few years was sadly Ferg D'arcy....and they gave Louise Duffy 3 cracks, the lunch, the fenton spot and nights..

Im guessing was Jenny Greene was offered the lunch....didn't it say somewhere she was offered a today fm gig

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

she's not as good now she is a zamperelli or whatever she is ... I think she should get divorce

And Mairead-RTE shoved Mairead into EVERYTHING, and she was crap at all of them.

Some of the shows didn't even last a full run (one series) when she was involved.

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I wouldnt call her voice Whiney - its pretty deep ... with the sort of like on 40 fags a day rasp to it

Yeah, Muireann's a smoker-she's mentioned it in some of her tweets.

Jazlyn Rotten Nomad wrote: »

a lot of shows are declining rapidly I believe, Cooper's declined, I think the only one who grew in last few years was sadly Ferg D'arcy....and they gave Louise Duffy 3 cracks, the lunch, the fenton spot and nights..

Im guessing was Jenny Greene was offered the lunch....didn't it say somewhere she was offered a today fm gig

Jenny Greene was in talks with Today FM, more than likely it was about taking over Muireann's 12-2pm slot but Dan Healy burned rubber out the gate of RTE straight to her house to stop that from happening!

Mairead is insufferable...kids kids kids mommy mommy as nauseam...

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

in all fairness a lot of radio DJ's (women and men) are or have been smokers .. and coffee junkies apparently - I like it, it may make them smell like an old ashtray and age their face by 10 years but it does make them have a great phlemmy/gravelly voice for radio

Marion funnicane ... need I say more?

Some, not all. And the smoking thing was more popular when radio DJ's could smoke in the studio. Now, not so much.
Marion Finucane and company are sort of a dying breed (pun unintended). Radio presenters, much like singers, need to look after their voices. I know Simon Young when he did radio said he has never smoked or taken drugs. And he was lucky, they were pretty rife in his era of radio presenting.

Coffee junkies, totally-especially since they have to be 'on' for the duration of the show.

donkeykong5 wrote: »

So why is she still there ?. Is it cos she has multiple kids or a multiple millionaire husband ??

I have no goddamn Idea. People used to think she was good looking (I never saw it-genuinely). So that explained why she got so much 'talking heads' gigs.
And she was starting to wane out, thank God... I thought she'd disappear... by then she did Dwts.
I think she's still coming off of the 'Dancing with Stars' buzz-so folks are like 'People LOVE her now'... they don't.
She's woefully not cut out for presenting.

Irish Media has the habit of hiring folks who don't have 'it'-that quality that's needed to set you apart. Even if you do show your humanity on the odd occasion. (Muireann O Connell comforting Katherine Zappone after she spoke on the passing of Zappone's wife, for example, was a very human moment that so many wouldn't do-not 'good for the image').

But I imagine they'll try and peddle her as the 'mommy' presenter-until that train leaves the station very quickly. I mean, most mom's don't have the money to afford a nanny or a whole bunch of child minders as someone who's husband was bailed out by the taxpayers of IReland.

It's the most oddball choice I've heard in recent times. Like replacing a Harley Davidson with a bicycle.

Former Former wrote: »

I like Muireann O'Connell, seems to be more of a real person than many presenters. However, presenters getting moved on is part and parcel of it, as Muireann herself knows from getting the bullet from Phantom back in the day. These things happen if the numbers don't add up.

But if the answer is Mairead Farrell, I don't want to know what the question is. Absolutely insufferable.

going out on a limb here but if listening figures are down for a radio presenter could it all be down to the radio presenter?

other things I could think of:

the time of day the presenter is on - does that have an effect on listernership?

What kind of shows/music are on other stations that can be received at the same time? - could that have an effect on listernership?

see if they are up on that , why actually 'fire' the presenter? - why not move them around to a different time slot / genre of music slot ... but actually fire them right from the station for it?? - that seems pretty severe

She was likeable but the music on her show was putrid, she didn't have any interesting features or quizzes and her topics were extremely run of the mill. She was like any DJ you'd find doing a music show on any regional station. The presenter filling in for her at the moment is like a carbon copy, just a different accent.

While her figures are up, there's an enormous drop in listeners when D+D are finished which I assume was the main reason she was axed

Having said that, she's 1,000 times better than Mairead whatever her current marriage name is

siblers wrote: »

She was likeable but the music on her show was putrid, she didn't have any interesting features or quizzes and her topics were extremely run of the mill. She was like any DJ you'd find doing a music show on any regional station. The presenter filling in for her at the moment is like a carbon copy, just a different accent.

While her figures are up, there's an enormous drop in listeners when D+D are finished which I assume was the main reason she was axed

Having said that, she's 1,000 times better than Mairead whatever her current marriage name is

music on the show could have been set list and had to play what the producers/station picked

I think she put out a topic out there , mostly connected to ongoing events in the news or something on TV or in the papers/magazine and just got callers to join in - nothing wrong in that , hardly crime of the centry - certainly not a sackable offence....

- look at that where she went out on a limb as well .. staying up and broadcasting something like 3am after the last series of game of thrones as well - still seems werent good enough for the station then, what the hell are they looking for in a presenter?

Muireann is great on the 6 o’clock show. But I don’t listen to radio apart from Newstalk in car on way to work and back. I used to listen to the fm104 phoneshiw at night but that has been replaced by an awful new nightly show.

Jazlyn Rotten Nomad wrote: »

she was no jenny greene but on that station she was miles better than Curtis/Duffy/McSweeney.....agreed she was mediocre but way better

Now I’m not in the know really as I only listen to Newstalk, but what is the big deal about Jenny Green?? I mean why does she be doing concerts with the RTÉ orchestra?? Is she like an Irish female version of Calvin Harris?? Does she produce her own music?? And who is sad enough to go to her gigs??

Dublinmuppet wrote: »

Unfortunately there are very few decent women on the radio. She was mediocre and mairead is going to be as bad with her grating voice.

True.....I remember in the past there was some kind of outcry (from whom I can't remember) about the lack of female presenters on the radio. Well, that has changed big time.....but was it a positive move?

hopeso wrote: »

I’m in a similar situation here.... What is available on DAB, if we could get it? Can international stations be picked up?
In the meantime, you’ll have to make do with Boylan asking if anyone saw a stray daug

haha yeah - is OK sometimes local radio - depends whos on and what type of music they are playing.

Not sure about DAB , but I think you wouldnt get any international radio - I am pretty sure its just all the Irish radio stations (when in Ireland) - our Car has a DAB radio tuner in it and I think we pick up a DAB signal when we pretty near to Dublin and its all Irish stations local and nationwide irish radio

.. but like we go up Northern Ireland as well like enniskillen once in a while and thats when you seem to get a great load of DAB stations all the local ones but then ones like heart and BBC Radio 1 and radio 2 and the like

How does yer wan Mairéad Farell/Ronan keep finding work?

ButtersSuki wrote: »

FYP, and in bold:
I don't think those residents of the old folks homes have a choice in what is broadcast over the internal speakers......

doesnt matter because they are asleep most of the time ... or drugged up