The Last Word

NIMAN · 28-02-2017 10:10pm

Of course its scripted, sure Matt has to start by asking about a news story, then she goes off and tells us about it.

Tacky beyond belief.

Utopia Parkway · 01-03-2017 8:46pm

statto25 wrote: »

This might be a rhetorical question but what the hell is Paul Kimmages problem. He was beyond rude to Mark Lawrenson there and kept referring to him as 'Expert'. Did they have a bit of a spat?

Who hasn't Kimmage fallen out with more like?

Ursus Horribilis · 01-03-2017 9:00pm

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Who hasn't Kimmage fallen out with more like?

That's what makes him such a compelling character. He'd start a row in an empty room.

JoeA3 · 01-03-2017 10:22pm

The 2 nitwits he has on this evening (and every Wednesday evening?) doing the TV review are incredibly irritating.
Patrick Freane can't stop giggling like a little girl at every one of his own lame comments and his sidekick Jennifer (?) has the most generic marbles in her mouth D4 accent imaginable. So yeah, ummmm, loike...

That pair, along with squeaky Matt all on at once together is an instant channel changer. I had to switch over to Gareth on 4FM ffs.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 01-03-2017 10:37pm

Who was the American woman debating with Fintan O'Toole the other night about Donald Trump.(I just want to know who she is so I can see what she looks like).

donspeekinglesh · 01-03-2017 10:56pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Who was the American woman debating with Fintan O'Toole the other night about Donald Trump.(I just want to know who she is so I can see what she looks like).

Mary Ellen Synon

Dirty Dingus McGee · 01-03-2017 11:12pm

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Mary Ellen Synon

Thanks man.

Having read her wikipedia profile just now she sounds like a complete nutter.

NIMAN · 02-03-2017 12:12am

It went downhill about 1min into his introduction at 4:30pm, when he said "we have 2 competitions tonight".

Jez, I hate those radio competitions, and how often we have to have the details read out. And now we are going to have 2 every day!

Ursus Horribilis · 02-03-2017 12:45am

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Thanks man.

Having read her wikipedia profile just now she sounds like a complete nutter.

To be fair, she didn't sound particularly sane when talking on the radio the other evening. Surely it's possible to be a republican/conservative without slavishly following Donald Trump?

Buford T. Justice XIX · 02-03-2017 4:04am

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

To be fair, she didn't sound particularly sane when talking on the radio the other evening. Surely it's possible to be a republican/conservative without slavishly following Donald Trump?

This week's flavour of the month.

I'm just glad that MaryLou McDonnell isn't the go-to guest any more.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 02-03-2017 6:31am

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

To be fair, she didn't sound particularly sane when talking on the radio the other evening. Surely it's possible to be a republican/conservative without slavishly following Donald Trump?

That's true but I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt because I'm not following the Trump situation that closely but after reading up on some of the rubbish she's spouted over the years I won't be paying any attention to her opinion ever again.

frostyjacks · 02-03-2017 1:24pm

Wish they'd get rid of Jennifer Gannon for the TV slot. If the show doesn't celebrate feminism, homosexuality or multiculturalism then it won't get the time of day. Not everything has to have some sort of social message.

djemba djemba · 02-03-2017 7:07pm

How did Nick Webb get selected for the business slot. He can't make it through a sentence without an ahhh. I would say his podcast is blinding.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 02-03-2017 7:30pm

i don't get the nick webb hate at all, i think he's grand. i like business news and he's got a bit of charisma to him. very strange accent though

dominatinMC · 02-03-2017 7:58pm

I wouldn't say I "hate" Nick Webb, just find him unbelievably annoying on the radio. He's a decent journalist IMO (I read his pieces in the Sindo every so often, and his book "The Untouchables" wasn't bad) but that doesn't always translate to radio. His is a case of stick to print media I think!

marno21 · 07-03-2017 2:32am

An hour of Nick Webb for anyone interested: https://soundcloud.com/thecapitalbjoe/episode-2-dealing-with-success-and-failure-and-winning-on-both

dominatinMC · 07-03-2017 9:17am

marno21 wrote: »

An hour of Nick Webb for anyone interested: https://soundcloud.com/thecapitalbjoe/episode-2-dealing-with-success-and-failure-and-winning-on-both

Listened to 2 mins and then had to turn off but how the hell is it the number one podcast in Ireland??

07-03-2017 12:31pm

frostyjacks wrote: »

Wish they'd get rid of Jennifer Gannon for the TV slot. If the show doesn't celebrate feminism, homosexuality or multiculturalism then it won't get the time of day. Not everything has to have some sort of social message.

Agreed. I couldn't put my finger on what annoyed me about her selections and she always adds on a dopey reality show as a favourite too

07-03-2017 12:33pm

dominatinMC wrote: »

Listened to 2 mins and then had to turn off but how the hell is it the number one podcast in Ireland??

Skewed statistics, it could mean the no 1 business and lifestyle podcast...it really means nothing

Chorus_suck · 16-03-2017 7:16pm

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djemba djemba · 16-03-2017 9:43pm

Chorus_suck wrote: »

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Susan Keogh

Ursus Horribilis · 16-05-2017 9:49pm

Ye gods, where did they find that Trump supporting "journalist" tonight? While it's fair enough that they should have on people who support Trump, this guy sounded like he wasn't a friend of Mr Sanity.

16-05-2017 10:17pm

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Ye gods, where did they find that Trump supporting "journalist" tonight? While it's fair enough that they should have on people who support Trump, this guy sounded like he wasn't a friend of Mr Sanity.

This like other shows can never find a decent balance, itvhas to be a extreme right or the lefty liberals who are overly PC, there's never some one with common sense

ThisRegard · 17-05-2017 7:50am

That guy was on before, Cal Thomas is usually doing that spot. But that lad was really off the wall yesterday, not a bit of reason. However I don't think you'd find too many reasoned and balanced people out there to defend Trump at the moment.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 17-05-2017 8:04am

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Ye gods, where did they find that Trump supporting "journalist" tonight? While it's fair enough that they should have on people who support Trump, this guy sounded like he wasn't a friend of Mr Sanity.

michael walsh is his name. what a ****ér, just so aggressive and belligerent. cal thomas has a bit of charisma to him

dxhound2005 · 17-05-2017 8:28am

Adam Teeny Munchies wrote: »

This like other shows can never find a decent balance, itvhas to be a extreme right or the lefty liberals who are overly PC, there's never some one with common sense

That is a very extreme statement.

Leo Varadkar · 15-06-2017 6:20pm

Would it help improve the last word if it was shortened ? Yoyo

Ursus Horribilis · 17-06-2017 10:37am

Any time I hear Dr Ruairi Hanley on, it makes me wonder has Michael O'Leary diversified into making Gift Grub sketches.

Pete Ferguson · 18-06-2017 1:04am

Lets be honest lads, Cooper and his silly voice are not going to break any new ground in Irish broadcasting, that show badly needs a 2017 version of Eamon Dunphy.

dirty old anorak · 09-07-2017 11:56pm

I think they should have gotten rid of Matt Cooper and kept Anton savage and moved him to drive time

MikeyTaylor · 10-07-2017 12:03am

dirty old anorak wrote: »

I think they should have gotten rid of Matt Cooper and kept Anton savage and moved him to drive time

They didn't get rid of Anton Savage, he resigned.

dirty old anorak · 10-07-2017 12:05am

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

They didn't get rid of Anton Savage, he resigned.

Lmfao

NIMAN · 10-07-2017 12:11am

Used to be an avid listener to TLW, but over recent months find myself flicking over to rte1 more and more.

The adverts and competitions on tlw are just annoying me so much now at this stage, endless.

Plus I think Matt is losing his touch a little. Getting stale.

For Forks Sake · 10-07-2017 10:25am

NIMAN wrote: »

Used to be an avid listener to TLW, but over recent months find myself flicking over to rte1 more and more.

The adverts and competitions on tlw are just annoying me so much now at this stage, endless.

Plus I think Matt is losing his touch a little. Getting stale.

The ludicrous transition year top of the hour news bulletin is far, far too long. Between it,the ads and traffic, NT and RTE usually have a post-news segment done by the time Matt gets back.

JoeA3 · 10-07-2017 10:42am

The "traffic" is utterly pointless too. It's the same traffic "news" every god damn day! It's a very outdated concept imo, those AA road watch reports. Not to mention the grating accents on the guys who deliver it.

JoeA3 · 16-08-2017 4:45pm

Anyone listening to this guy for the last 20 minutes? On a very personal and bitter tirade against.... you guessed it.... Donald Trump.

I think Matt is taking is the Trump obsession too far. He's like a dog with a bone! Isn't he supposed to be the host of this show, where the host generally tries to be impartial?

NIMAN · 16-08-2017 4:53pm

Totally agree with the AA Roadwatch, jez I hate those.

They are on far too often, and how do they manage to pick people who can't read a short piece without stumbling over the words all the time (I'm talking to you Arwyn Foley).

ThisRegard · 16-08-2017 5:02pm

JoeA3 wrote: »

Anyone listening to this guy for the last 20 minutes? On a very personal and bitter tirade against.... yuou guessed it.... Donald Trump.

I think Matt is taking is the Trump obsession too far. He's like a dog with a bone! Isn't he supposed to be the host of this show, where the host generally tries to be impartial?

There's a misconception out there that a host on independent radio has to be impartial.

And the simple fact is that the idiocy of the president of one of the world's superpowers is the biggest story in current affairs.

dxhound2005 · 16-08-2017 9:00pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Totally agree with the AA Roadwatch, jez I hate those.

They are on far too often, and how do they manage to pick people who can't read a short piece without stumbling over the words all the time (I'm talking to you Arwyn Foley).

You're talking to the wrong person. Arwyn is a male name.

hullaballoo · 16-08-2017 9:13pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

You're talking to the wrong person. Arwyn is a male name.

That's excruciatingly pedantic.

ThisRegard · 18-08-2017 11:59am

JoeA3 wrote: »

Anyone listening to this guy for the last 20 minutes? On a very personal and bitter tirade against.... you guessed it.... Donald Trump.

I think Matt is taking is the Trump obsession too far. He's like a dog with a bone! Isn't he supposed to be the host of this show, where the host generally tries to be impartial?

Direct response for complaints such as yours

https://twitter.com/TodayFM/status/898190457754267649

NIMAN · 24-08-2017 2:30am

Fair play to Matt, donegal and Derry were devastated by worst rain and floods in 50 years, homes ruined, cars flooded, bridges and roads washed away, yet not a discussion about it today.

Now, if it had happened in Dublin or Cork

.......

JoeA3 · 24-08-2017 11:24am

Whatever about his overbearing Trump obsession (we get it Matt - you really don't like him), some of his regular segments are just absolute dog sh1t lately.

On Wednesday evenings for example, what used to be a quick 5 minute slot talking about "what's on TV this week" has evolved in recent times to take up nearly a full hour! And it is utter trash. Two of the most irritating contributors imaginable (Patrick Freyne and Jennifer ?) giggling for 45 minutes about inane crap like "Love Island". If it was on Dermot and Dave you'd say it was juvenile crap.

I'm looking forward to Ivan Yates doing drive time on the other channel...

dominatinMC · 24-08-2017 12:28pm

JoeA3 wrote: »

Whatever about his overbearing Trump obsession (we get it Matt - you really don't like him), some of his regular segments are just absolute dog sh1t lately.

On Wednesday evenings for example, what used to be a quick 5 minute slot talking about "what's on TV this week" has evolved in recent times to take up nearly a full hour! And it is utter trash. Two of the most irritating contributors imaginable (Patrick Freyne and Jennifer ?) giggling for 45 minutes about inane crap like "Love Island". If it was on Dermot and Dave you'd say it was juvenile crap.

I'm looking forward to Ivan Yates doing drive time on the other channel...

I still like most of Matt's contributors, but the TV slot is, by some stretch, the most annoying portion of the show. That Jennifer Gannon is some pain in the hole, a loudmouth who spouts whatever populist ****e happens to be part of the zeitgeist (let's all laugh at the Rose of Tralee, Love Island is great, etc, etc.) It's as if she takes a look at whatever is trending on Twitter to form her opinions on pop culture.

neris · 24-08-2017 6:14pm

Started noticing months ago that Matt has gotten very PC and turned into a right easily offended little snowflake and took great personal offence that trump had been elected, he had a discussion earlier about a bank ad for mortgages and was nearly up in arms when one of the contributors suggested that people looking for a mortgage analyse their lifestyle choices and family situation and arent automatically entitled to a mortgage or dream home if they arent prepared to save for deposits

NIMAN · 24-08-2017 11:33pm

I only caught bits of TLW today and heard no section about the floods in the NW, so I just scanned through the podcast there, and still can't find any discussion.

Can anyone tell me if Matt Cooper had any discussion over the last 2 days about this disaster?

BPKS · 27-10-2017 5:05pm

Just listened to the first half hour of the last word.

As usual on a Friday, Matt has a panel of people on discussing some topics of the week that may not have made the headlines.

This week it was journalists from the Times Ireland edition, the Journal and a guy from a website (cant remember its name). And of course we had Matt.

It was the definition of all that is bad about current journalism in this country. They picked a range of easy topics and generally frowned upon the subjects and there was not one disagreement or differing view. This kinda stuff is repeated day-in day-out and it really is getting so repetitive, boring and predictable.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 27-10-2017 6:12pm

god they were insufferable. just a room of left-leaning journos all whining about the latest outrage and agreeing with each other. could they have picked a few lighter topics for the friday show? i think it was one topic in 20 mins that wasn't outrage fodder, the amazon lockers thing at the end.

at one point , one of the lads said we have laws to protect hate speech againt minorities like women! didn't know women were a minority. and it was a lad calling a woman he broke up with an ugly bítch, hardly hate speech

CatFromHue · 27-10-2017 7:23pm

I thought it used to be two people plus Matt and it was grand.

I'm not sure when it's moved to three but it's too many as there's very little conversation, and if there is it's between only two of them.

In short 3 plus Matt is way too many.

Ursus Horribilis · 27-10-2017 7:50pm

I've always enjoyed The Last Word but in recent times Matt seems to have turned into something of a Social Justice Warrior. I can't put my finger on when it started to irritate me but it possibly may coincide with when he started that TV3 show. Hopefully that holiday he takes next week will chill him out a bit. I've always enjoyed that Friday evening panel but this evening the whole lot of them pissed me off and made me want to smack the heads off them. It's not that what they were saying was necessarily bad but the whole tone was what I have come to dislike on Irish radio.

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