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Dee Forbes banging the RTE TV licence drum again 60m uncollected fee *poll not working - pl ignore*

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    #4772
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Elmo wrote: »
    I haven't being saying this, but I don't think its much to asked a Public Service broadcaster to be able to bring something like Home School Hub together. I am not going to praise RTÉ for doing a job they should be doing and one that they should have being doing long ago.

    Every time I hear "a new name" from RTÉ I have been find family relationships, I don't think this is good for any company or organisation.


    Sorry I didn't mean to suggest that you were saying it but it has been a common factor in many posts.

    I wasn't praising RTE either just pointing out the importance of PSB.

    I'm sure every new recruit to RTE is not a relation but I don't know enough about this particular one to comment further.


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    #4773
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    RTÉ have a resident golf commentator!! He was on tonight’s SixOne News.

    How many times a year do RTÉ broadcast golf?


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    #4774
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    RTÉ have a resident golf commentator!! He was on tonight’s SixOne News.

    How many times a year do RTÉ broadcast golf?

    Irish open if they’re lucky most golf is behind a paywall, most TV sports news will air highlights.


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    #4775
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW AND NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, THE PC BRIGADE SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLOURS WITH THEIR RIGHT WING NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC AGENDA.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #4776
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    RTÉ have a resident golf commentator!! He was on tonight’s SixOne News.

    How many times a year do RTÉ broadcast golf?
    Elmo wrote: »
    Irish open if they’re lucky most golf is behind a paywall, most TV sports news will air highlights.

    Golf is a very popular sport in Ireland with high participation rates. I guess that's why it is covered by RTE.

    https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/the-5-most-popular-sports-in-ireland-ranked/


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    #4777
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW AND NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, THE PC BRIGADE SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLOURS WITH THEIR RIGHT WING NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC AGENDA.

    Is that a point about the golf coverage?


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    #4778
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    elperello wrote: »
    Golf is a very popular sport in Ireland with high participation rates. I guess that's why it is covered by RTE.

    https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/the-5-most-popular-sports-in-ireland-ranked/

    I don’t doubt for 1 second that golf is an extremely popular sport in Ireland, but why do RTÉ need an in house golf commentator? Surely they can get a contractor in for the 1 tournament they half broadcast each year? Surely the European tour have their own in house commentary feed that RTÉ could tap into? (Similar to how FIFA/UEFA/IRB have a commentary feed that is supplied with the television feed for their big tournaments, though most broadcasters choose not to use these audio feeds (except TV3 during the rugby World Cup when they used that feed for non Ireland games )).

    It would be like having George Hamilton on the books and only showing 2-3 games a year (all over a long weekend)


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    #4779
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,121 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Is that Greg Allen you're talking about?

    He would be on RTE Radio a lot, talking about most of the tour events, so he is actually on quite often.

    Seems to know his stuff too.


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    #4780
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,687 ✭✭✭buried


    If ye want your moneys worth from yere yearly licence fee, look no further than listening to Joe Duffy on liveline earlier today where he completely and totally lost his $hit while at the same time got his entire perpetual sat down arse handed to him

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #4781
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    I don’t doubt for 1 second that golf is an extremely popular sport in Ireland, but why do RTÉ need an in house golf commentator? Surely they can get a contractor in for the 1 tournament they half broadcast each year? Surely the European tour have their own in house commentary feed that RTÉ could tap into? (Similar to how FIFA/UEFA/IRB have a commentary feed that is supplied with the television feed for their big tournaments, though most broadcasters choose not to use these audio feeds (except TV3 during the rugby World Cup when they used that feed for non Ireland games )).

    Sorry, I really don't have the answer to your questions.


    Maybe they feel that it is worthwhile to have a golf commentator. Perhaps it is even cost effective given the interest in the sport.


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    #4782
    NIMAN
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    buried wrote: »
    If ye want your moneys worth from yere yearly licence fee, look no further than listening to Joe Duffy on liveline earlier today where he completely and totally lost his $hit while at the same time got his entire perpetual sat down arse handed to him

    Tell us!!


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    #4783
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,281 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Tell us!!

    Only 20 mins
    https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21793055


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    #4784
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    buried wrote: »
    If ye want your moneys worth from yere yearly licence fee, look no further than listening to Joe Duffy on liveline earlier today where he completely and totally lost his $hit while at the same time got his entire perpetual sat down arse handed to him

    You might like to check out the guy he was up against.


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    #4785
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,113 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    buried wrote: »
    If ye want your moneys worth from yere yearly licence fee, look no further than listening to Joe Duffy on liveline earlier today where he completely and totally lost his $hit while at the same time got his entire perpetual sat down arse handed to him

    Some driven stult with issues had a go?

    Hardly got his arse handed to him.

    Some clip tried to link The Taoiseach with the gaydar stuff?

    Had form apparently..

    The Dufficer had to refute that surely.


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    #4786
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,687 ✭✭✭buried


    elperello wrote: »
    You might like to check out the guy he was up against.

    lol Joe and his researchers had him well checked out already and they still let him up on it, and he still made a fools arse out of Duffy. If you think Joe & the crew came out well of that holy $hitshow you'd want your brain checking man.

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #4787
    AndyBoBandy
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    elperello wrote: »
    Sorry, I really don't have the answer to your questions.


    Maybe they feel that it is worthwhile to have a golf commentator. Perhaps it is even cost effective given the interest in the sport.

    Fair enough, it just seems like an unnecessary resource to have in RTÉ (However I don't listen to RTÉ radio so was unaware that guy spends a lot of time on the radio).

    Basically his job is to watch golf, and keep himself up to date on the goings on in the golf world, while maybe actually commentating for 4 days a year on the 1 golf tournament that RTÉ actually broadcast.

    In a broadcaster running a €10M+ deficit, I can't see the logic, I'm sorry.


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    #4788
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,687 ✭✭✭buried


    Brendan Bendar wrote: »
    Some driven stult with issues had a go?

    Hardly got his arse handed to him.

    Some clip tried to link The Taoiseach with the gaydar stuff?

    Had form apparently..

    The Dufficer had to refute that surely.

    He did Brendan, he got it handed to him like Moses got handed the tablet up the mountain

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #4789
    TheRepentent
    Registered Users Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭TheRepentent


    buried wrote: »
    He did Brendan, he got it handed to him like Moses got handed the tablet up the mountain
    What was the call about? Dropped my dad home and it was on the radio about Russell being a nazi...was that it ?


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    #4790
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,687 ✭✭✭buried


    TheRepentent wrote: »
    What was the call about? Dropped my dad home and it was on the radio about Russell being a nazi...was that it ?

    It was about the Russell statue being defaced with the rainbow colours. If you were only half listening to it, I recommend you go on the player and listen to all of it, in its entirity. Your paying handsomely for it anyways so you may as well.

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #4791
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    Fair enough, it just seems like an unnecessary resource to have in RTÉ (However I don't listen to RTÉ radio so was unaware that guy spends a lot of time on the radio).

    It not my sport at all.

    I don't play or watch it but I know people who love it almost like a religion.

    Maybe it's a case of RTE not having the budget to cover the big events but by having a knowledgeable correspondent they manage to make do.


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    #4792
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    buried wrote: »
    lol Joe and his researchers had him well checked out already and they still let him up on it, and he still made a fools arse out of Duffy. If you think Joe & the crew came out well of that holy $hitshow you'd want your brain checking man.

    Depends on where you start from.

    If you have an antipathy towards JD you will of course not be choosy who you support against him.

    If you align with MS that's between you and him.

    My brain is fine, thanks for your concern.


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    #4793
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,121 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Who is MS?
    I can't get to listen back just yet.


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    #4794
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,381 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Who is MS?
    I can't get to listen back just yet.

    Sorry I'm a devil for the shorthand Malachy Steenson.


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    #4795
    DrSerious3
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭DrSerious3


    elperello wrote: »
    Sorry I'm a devil for the shorthand Malachy Steenson.

    In fairness, Joe was embarrassing in that debate. He is an establishment shill.


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    #4796
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,687 ✭✭✭buried


    elperello wrote: »
    Depends on where you start from.

    If you have an antipathy towards JD you will of course not be choosy who you support against him.

    If you align with MS that's between you and him.

    My brain is fine, thanks for your concern.

    I don't align with anything except what I hear for myself with my own ears. I have no clue who or what "MS" is.

    I know what a holy show is though, and today it was Joe Duffy.

    Or "JD" or whatever you are having yourself.

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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    #4797
    Brock Turnpike
    Registered Users Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


    elperello wrote: »
    Depends on where you start from.

    If you have an antipathy towards JD you will of course not be choosy who you support against him.

    If you align with MS that's between you and him.

    My brain is fine, thanks for your concern.

    I'll ask this question again because you ignored it previously. What is with your hard on for all things RTE?

    Do you work there?


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    Brendan Bendar
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    buried wrote: »
    He did Brendan, he got it handed to him like Moses got handed the tablet up the mountain

    Went ‘top note’ very quickly I thought.


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    #4799
    Biafranlivemat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Biafranlivemat


    Good article on “The Den” on
    https://www.thejournal.ie/dustin-the-den-5130813-Jun2020/

    Best part is
    “The reason it actually worked is because RTÉ had feck all involvement. That’s why it worked, if they tried it they’d end up with Echo Island meets The Nuacht. Echo Island, if you remember that muck, was basically a programme where children could go out and play for 25 minutes and get some air, and then come back in. “

    I think I read a story on Zig and Zag in Hot press, how the creators made the puppets only the night before the first broadcast.


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    #4800
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,281 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Biafranlivemat wrote: »
    Good article on “The Den” on
    https://www.thejournal.ie/dustin-the-den-5130813-Jun2020/

    Best part is
    “The reason it actually worked is because RTÉ had feck all involvement. That’s why it worked, if they tried it they’d end up with Echo Island meets The Nuacht. Echo Island, if you remember that muck, was basically a programme where children could go out and play for 25 minutes and get some air, and then come back in. “

    I think I read a story on Zig and Zag in Hot press, how the creators made the puppets only the night before the first broadcast.

    Basically hit the nail on the head


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    Biafranlivemat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 386 ✭✭Biafranlivemat


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Basically hit the nail on the head


    And back in the 80's the RTE budget had to be a fraction of what it is today.
    Amazing.


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