Sean O'Rourke Today Show

dulpit · 02-05-2019 1:01pm

tretorn wrote: »

Womens voices are too high pitched for radio and if its an all woman line up for most of the day Radio will be loud and unpleasant.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

BarryD2 · 02-05-2019 1:09pm

tretorn wrote: »

I will miss Sean and I really hope he isnt replaced by another woman.

As far as I know, no one has announced he's retiring! Just speculation that maybe he should move on and give the gig to a younger person.

hotmail.com · 02-05-2019 6:22pm

BarryD2 wrote:

The main problem here would be a very obvious lack of gender balance. It's already at the stage where women quite outnumber men on Radio 1 news and current affairs programming. The men just seem to be used as fillers, the light fluffy stuff or spinning discs. So having agreed above that it might well be a woman to replace O'Rourke, I don't see how they could credibly get away with it. Particularly when issues arise concerning gender balance - how could the presenters cover them without the station being accused of rank hypocrisy.

This isn't true. Of the 8 programmes between 7am and 7pm on Radio 1, 5 of them are fronted by men.

Tubridy, O'Rourke, the lotto guy, Duffy and Darcy.

Morning Ireland has 2 or 3 regular male presenters.

So there is no gender balance on Radio 1.

dulpit · 02-05-2019 7:10pm

BarryD2 wrote: »

As far as I know, no one has announced he's retiring! Just speculation that maybe he should move on and give the gig to a younger person.

Isn't he RTE staff rather than contractor? Which means he's obliged to retire at 65?

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-05-2019 7:28pm

dulpit wrote: »

Isn't he RTE staff rather than contractor? Which means he's obliged to retire at 65?

He is

Just like Derek Davis RIP gone at 65

Total waste of talent

BarryD2 · 02-05-2019 8:19pm

hotmail.com wrote: »

This isn't true. Of the 8 programmes between 7am and 7pm on Radio 1, 5 of them are fronted by men.

Tubridy, O'Rourke, the lotto guy, Duffy and Darcy.

Morning Ireland has 2 or 3 regular male presenters.

So there is no gender balance on Radio 1.

What are ye talking about

You must misunderstand, my point, which was related to previous ones referred to gender balance in news & current affairs on Radio1. The men you list above and most others are not news & current affairs!

Tubridy - hairdresser radio
Collins - 70s nostalgia
Duffy - mostly daft
Darcy - public health
Sean Rocks - arts
Creedon - tunes
plus other male DJs like Neil Doherty and the Late Date chap.

hotmail.com · 02-05-2019 9:59pm

BarryD2 wrote:

Tubridy - hairdresser radio Collins - 70s nostalgia Duffy - mostly daft Darcy - public health Sean Rocks - arts Creedon - tunes plus other male DJs like Neil Doherty and the Late Date chap.

BarryD2 wrote:

What are ye talking about You must misunderstand, my point, which was related to previous ones referred to gender balance in news & current affairs on Radio1. The men you list above and most others are not news & current affairs!

Majority of RTE correspondents are male.

So again, there is no gender balance in current affairs in RTE.

Callan57 · 03-05-2019 10:36am

"Sun King on a tour of the provinces" ... good one from Brendan Howlin

Badabing · 09-05-2019 4:12pm

Confirmed by Miriam o Callaghan that she'll be hosting the show for 6 weeks from 15 July.

Callan57 · 09-05-2019 4:36pm

Badabing wrote: »

Confirmed by Miriam o Callaghan that she'll be hosting the show for 6 weeks from 15 July.

:eek::eek::eek:

hotmail.com · 09-05-2019 5:13pm

Badabing wrote:

Confirmed by Miriam o Callaghan that she'll be hosting the show for 6 weeks from 15 July.

I think last year she managed a week off during her 6 week run.

Odyssey 2005 · 09-05-2019 5:24pm

Badabing wrote: »

Confirmed by Miriam o Callaghan that she'll be hosting the show for 6 weeks from 15 July.

Fookin hell. Newstalk will be #1 on my presets for the summer

blinding · 09-05-2019 5:27pm

We need a Young George Hook .

NIMAN · 09-05-2019 5:29pm

blinding wrote: »

We need a Young George Hook .

Danny Baker's free!!

NIMAN · 09-05-2019 5:31pm

hotmail.com wrote: »

I think last year she managed a week off during her 6 week run.

So they need a stand-in for the stand-in.

sligojoek · 09-05-2019 5:35pm

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Fookin hell. Newstalk will be #1 on my presets for the summer

#metoo Januoinely

blinding · 09-05-2019 5:35pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Danny Baker's free!!

I see no connection with such and a desperate need for a Young George Hook .

Odyssey 2005 · 09-05-2019 5:41pm

So,can someone clarify, SoR is retiring in July and miss polly pockets is getting the gig ?

Edit : just re read the post,its only for 6 weeks. I can put my passport back into hiding.:)

jeremyj1968 · 09-05-2019 5:49pm

ffs the one presenting spot that they actually have a presenter that is a good fit, and he's leaving. Why could it not be Tubridy or D'Arcy.

blinding · 09-05-2019 5:52pm

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

ffs the one presenting spot that they actually have a presenter that is a good fit, and he's leaving. Why could it not be Tubridy or D'Arcy.

Tubridy and D’Arcy are Devil Spawn/ Sperm . Stuck to Rte for what seems like Eternity .

amlinopta · 09-05-2019 9:53pm

Sean approaching Joe Duffy levels of time off with a six week summer break. Must be a great organization to work in.

Callan57 · 10-05-2019 11:01am

Interesting example that woman was setting her children "we put him on the lead when the dog warden is around" ...
Wonder is that her attitude to all other laws?

serfboard · 10-05-2019 11:27am

Some woman on talking about Brigitte Macron and her marriage to Emmanuel and the fact that some of her children are older than he is.

She was very blasé (;)) about the fact that the relationship began when he was 15 and she was 39.

I wonder would the correspondent have had the same attitude if the genders were reversed?

PinotNero · 10-05-2019 11:33am

serfboard wrote: »

Some woman on talking about Brigitte Macron and her marriage to Emmanuel and the fact that some of her children are older than he is.

She was very blasé (;)) about the fact that the relationship began when he was 15 and she was 39.

I wonder would the correspondent have had the same attitude if the genders were reversed?

No she wouldn't would be the answer.:pac:

jeremyj1968 · 10-05-2019 9:48pm

I find it difficult to understand how Sean seems to find the job such a burden. He used to fill in for Pat so he knew what the job was when knew what the job was when he signed up for it. And he comes across as someone who is very comfortable in the job, and he's certainly very competent at it. Better than Pat for me. But, a bit like Alan Hansen, behind that veneer of assured professionalism is an insecure and anxious man.

jeremyj1968 · 16-05-2019 10:15am

"Trump is a danger to the world" - How many additional wars did Obama get them into and why did Boyd Barrett not protest him, cos he's black and it wouldn't look good for him? Trump is trying to get them out of wars. Why is he not being challenged on this?

16-05-2019 10:44am

Theres no question over Matt running in the GE in Cavan/Monaghan.

Caoimhin is standing down and Matt will run. His advertising posters for public meetings are up almost constantly. :pac:

16-05-2019 11:13am

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Theres no question over Matt running in the GE in Cavan/Monaghan.

Caoimhin is standing down and Matt will run. His advertising posters for public meetings are up almost constantly. :pac:

Worth bearing in mind who his replacement is, then, should he keep this seat and subsequently seek a Dail seat. It's Cllr Darren O'Rourke (never heard of him either, but at least he's a politician)

Peter Casey, who is almost certain to win a seat, and may also go on to take a Dail seat, has nominated his wife Helen Casey as his replacement.

Ahwell · 16-05-2019 2:36pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Peter Casey, who is almost certain to win a seat,

Is he though? He's polling at around 9%, putting him 5th in a 4 seat constituency. He could win a seat, but it's not a certainty.

16-05-2019 5:55pm

Ahwell wrote: »

Is he though? He's polling at around 9%, putting him 5th in a 4 seat constituency. He could win a seat, but it's not a certainty.

I've just looked at the Midlands/ NW poll in The Irish Times, and can't believe Casey is trailing Ming Flanagan. I hope that's correct, but his scare-mongering about an influx of migrants post-Brexit is as worrying as it is cynical.

serfboard · 16-05-2019 6:27pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

[Casey's] scare-mongering about an influx of migrants post-Brexit is as worrying as it is cynical.

I haven't heard what Casey has said, because if he was on any radio or TV that I was listening to or watching I'd turn it down or over.

Having said that, his comments as you report them are not in the least bit surprising, as a man who established that there's a 25% racist vote to be got here, will now go full steam ahead with the Trump/Farage playbook.

Callan57 · 16-05-2019 7:01pm

serfboard wrote: »

I haven't heard what Casey has said, because if he was on any radio or TV that I was listening to or watching I'd turn it down or over.

Having said that, his comments as you report them are not in the least bit surprising, as a man who established that there's a 25% racist vote to be got here, will now go full steam ahead with the Trump/Farage playbook.

Any clarification on his tax status ... or are "his people" still working on that for him? :rolleyes:

Del.Monte · 16-05-2019 8:20pm

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

"Trump is a danger to the world" - How many additional wars did Obama get them into and why did Boyd Barrett not protest him, cos he's black and it wouldn't look good for him? Trump is trying to get them out of wars. Why is he not being challenged on this?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/06/us-sends-naval-strike-group-middle-east-message-iran/

Trump is an exceedingly dangerous lunatic with his finger on the button - do try and keep up.

jay0109 · 16-05-2019 9:24pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I've just looked at the Midlands/ NW poll in The Irish Times, and can't believe Casey is trailing Ming Flanagan. I hope that's correct, but his scare-mongering about an influx of migrants post-Brexit is as worrying as it is cynical.

Who's to say he's not correct? If the Brits stop free movement of just EU nations alone, you'd have to assume that a large percentage of those young Eastern Europeans for example who would have gone to the UK will end up here instead.

Ahwell · 16-05-2019 10:11pm

jay0109 wrote: »

Who's to say he's not correct?

He's not correct, because what he actually said is...

When Britain leaves [the EU] there is absolutely no way that Ireland can be the recipient of all the people that wanted to go to Britain.

Which is complete bullshit.

jay0109 · 16-05-2019 10:30pm

So what he said is more than likely going to be correct.

Some people who would have gone to Britain may chose Germany for example instead. And some may come to Ireland but not all of them.

Thanks for clearing that up

Ahwell · 16-05-2019 10:48pm

jay0109 wrote: »

So what he said is more than likely going to be correct.

Some people who would have gone to Britain may chose Germany for example instead. And some may come to Ireland but not all of them.

Thanks for clearing that up

No, he said they will all want to come here because we are an English speaking country, which is not at all likely to be correct. He made no mention of Germany or any other country - other than Malta.

serfboard · 17-05-2019 12:19pm

Ahwell wrote: »

No, he said they will all want to come here because we are an English speaking country, which is not at all likely to be correct. He made no mention of Germany or any other country - other than Malta.

10 countries joined the EU in 2004: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Let's focus on Poland, the source of the largest number of EU migrants. 12 other countries allowed immediate access to Polish workers to their markets - 9 of them were fellow joiners, and the other 3 were Sweden, the UK and Ireland. (Excellent chart here).

Crucially, Germany deferred full access until 2007, and Germany would have been the natural destination for a lot of those Polish workers, given that it's right next door (And, as an illustration of the convenience factor, who remembers the days before Ryanair flights to Poland, when there were buses on the quays in Dublin going to Poland?).

Given the chance to get out of Poland, a lot of (mostly young) workers did - and went to the existing member states of Sweden, Ireland and the UK. The UK, being the largest economy, was naturally a draw for a lot of the workers, and IIRC, there are approximately one million Polish people in the UK (250,000 here at peak IIRC). Also, the UK had previously had Polish migrants, so there may have been family connections too.

Once the Polish workers were established in England, they (naturally) stayed, even when Germany allowed Polish wokers in.

By contrast, when Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007, their workers were not allowed work in most other members of the "old" EU (with the exception of Sweden and Finland, where they were allowed work straight away) until at least 2009 (Spain, Portugal, Greece and Denmark), 2012 (Italy and Ireland) and 2014 (France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United Kingdom).

Given that the UK had deferred access until the same time as Germany, the numbers going to the UK were not massive (400,000 by 2017), and certainly not in the millions as screamed was going to happen by the xenophobic Daily Express. (If you read what they were saying, you would believe that there was not going to be a single citizen left in Romania after their workers were allowed work in the UK - the "immigration crisis" seeds for Brexit were already being sown).

By futher contrast, Croatian workers will not be allowed work in Austria until July of next year (7 years after accession).

So, the last exception aside, all Eastern European workers can now work in all countries, and the more prosperous economies nearer home will always be the first draw.

TLDR: the idea that all eastern european workers will now flock to Ireland in their millions is xenophobic nonsense, but as I've said, totally unsurprising from Casey given that he's following Farage's MO.

Callan57 · 21-05-2019 10:58am

Did that lady say these shared living spaces will be smaller than a standard disabled parking space?

blinding · 21-05-2019 8:50pm

Wouldn’t it be a great example to the Rest of us if the Dail had 15/ 20% Immigrants in there .

There is an awful stench of Racism out of that Dail . What they say for others and what they do for themselves just don’t Butter no Parsnips .

How do they get away with being so Racist in the Way they Conduct themselves ?

Del.Monte · 21-05-2019 8:51pm

blinding wrote: »

Wouldn’t it be a great example to the Rest of us if the Dail had 15/ 20% Immigrants in there .

There is an awful stench of Racism out of that Dail . What they say for others and what they do for themselves just don’t Butter no Parsnips .

How do they get away with being so Racist in the Way they Conduct themselves ?

Should we also have a quota of LGBT TDs too?

blinding · 21-05-2019 8:55pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Should we also have a quota of LGBT TDs too?

Of Course . We can’t have Politicians Pontificating one thing like Bishops of Yore and having a completely different situation for themselves .

I mean they have way over-done the moron quota are not even embarrassed about it .

elperello · 22-05-2019 6:41pm

Callan57 wrote: »

Did that lady say these shared living spaces will be smaller than a standard disabled parking space?

She did indeed.

It was quoted in the Irish Times yesterday.
"Bartra proposes that each en-suite bedroom will be 16.5 sq m (177sq ft).
The recommended minimum size for a disabled parking space is 17.2 sq m."

I got out my tape measure and my bedroom not including the en-suite is 18.5 sq m.
But of course I also have the rest of the house.
Try this at home!

23-05-2019 9:34am

I hadn't noticed that the developer in this case is Bartra Capital

Bartra is the company that Pat Kenny recently helped defeat in its planning application to build large apartment blocks in Dalkey, adjacent to Bullock Harbour and to the Kenny's property. (The Second Battle of Gorse Hitll)

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pat-kenny-faces-fresh-battle-to-prevent-apartment-development-beside-dalkey-home-37649768.html

I presume the developer wasn't planning on building a "shared-living space" (slum workers-collective) next to Pat Kenny, and that the application had been for a traditional apartment development?

blinding · 23-05-2019 2:33pm

Will Fine Gael be installing a Swing in these hovels ?

Ash.J.Williams · 23-05-2019 3:34pm

elperello wrote: »

She did indeed.

It was quoted in the Irish Times yesterday.
"Bartra proposes that each en-suite bedroom will be 16.5 sq m (177sq ft).
The recommended minimum size for a disabled parking space is 17.2 sq m."

I got out my tape measure and my bedroom not including the en-suite is 18.5 sq m.
But of course I also have the rest of the house.
Try this at home!

it's not a bad idea at all if everything was normal in Ireland, however with the lack of housing and cost of living people will be forced to live there rather than opt to live there.

serfboard · 23-05-2019 6:54pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I hadn't noticed that the developer in this case is Bartra Capital

Bartra is the company that Pat Kenny recently helped defeat in its planning application to build large apartment blocks in Dalkey, adjacent to Bullock Harbour and to the Kenny's property. (The Second Battle of Gorse Hitll)

And for a little more detail:

Bartra Capital Property Group is an investment management vehicle founded by ... Richard Barrett.

He, formerly of Treasury Holdings along with Johnny Ronan.

There was a puff piece done on him in the Sunday Business Post and reproduced on the company's website:

He has called the social housing situation a “humanitarian crisis” and has made tackling that a top focus. Bartra, his new venture, is developing social housing, residential homes in Dublin. It is also involved in healthcare, as well as renewable energy infrastructure.

It wants to be the biggest private social housing provider in the state, and Barrett’s plans for the healthcare sector are no less ambitious, with Bartra aiming to be among the largest private healthcare operators in Ireland. He also wants to build a new type of home in the chronically underserved urban housing market, and wants planning changes to help with that.

And here's another gem:

Richard Barrett wrote:

If you go to Ikea, for instance, it has two show apartments: one is 25 square metres and one is 35 square metres. You can walk into them and they’re perfectly acceptable living spaces.

Really Richard? So acceptable that that's what you live in, is it?

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

with the lack of housing and cost of living people will be forced to live there rather than opt to live there.

Yeah, the commentary from Murphy that it will be "exciting" and that people will "choose" to live there is nauseating nonsense.

But then it's no surprise that Murphy would be saying this, since Barrett

has influence – an aide for Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy approaches him after the conference to pick up on some points with him. He has engaged with Murphy’s department on several occasions.

27-05-2019 10:08am

Anyone listening to Bailey interview?

"Fair playing GAA.."

.. Jazuz.

27-05-2019 10:10am

Better than liveline gold

Comhrá · 27-05-2019 10:13am

Oh My God.......this is a car crash plane crash interview.:eek:

Sean O'Rourke Today Show

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