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Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 Mod Warning post 1 27th Jan Forward

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Taking the opportunity to close the old Ray Darcy thread as we're closing in on the dreaded 10.000th post. As a reminder from the last thread: Mod: No one is to suggest that another poster is in any way associated with Ray D'Arcy or the show Personal abuse - fairly obvious, don't do it. Don't abuse the presenters, don't…

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#3102 04-05-2021 4:32pm

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Could listen for ages to John Creedon with his in-depth knowledge of Irish places names.

An excellent broadcaster. They are like chalk and cheese.

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#3103 04-05-2021 4:33pm

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Lios67 wrote: »

Ray in that interview before 4 sounded like an imbecile

You new here?:D

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#3104 04-05-2021 4:41pm

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What really annoys me is that I am compelled to contribute to his wages.

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#3105 04-05-2021 10:09pm

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SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

so so bad

You’ll need to be a bit more specific caller. That’s statement while true covers a lot of ground.

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#3106 05-05-2021 3:08pm

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Having a go at the unionists over their stance on gay people.

He never brings it up when he has muslin reps on

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#3107 05-05-2021 3:16pm

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Right at the end of Liveline he played the Waltons theme..........

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#3108 05-05-2021 3:17pm

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How is he let loose in a studio on his own. Bringing incompetence to an art form!

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#3109 05-05-2021 3:18pm

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It takes a special class of boob to manage to pollute someone else's show with their editorial and technical incompetence.

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#3110 05-05-2021 3:19pm

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epic. hes some man.

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#3111 05-05-2021 3:42pm

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I wonder is it on purpose at this stage?

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#3112 05-05-2021 4:07pm

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PieOhMy wrote: »

I wonder is it on purpose at this stage?

I reckon that the rest of the people in the studio are sick of how useless and preachy he is and enjoy seeing him make a fool of himself.
Yea ray the big red button that says don't push, push it if you want.
What could go wrong

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#3113 06-05-2021 3:12pm

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Gob****e couldn’t read out 8 names. Then didn’t know who he forgot. Tadgh F.

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#3114 06-05-2021 3:18pm

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He thinks he funny with this Bob voice clip. Jesus wept

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#3115 06-05-2021 5:31pm

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I Keep telling you guys………..hairdresser radio…. background mince…. there you go.

“Who won the meat raffle in the local after 10 o’clock Mass.

That’s all the lad is able for….. bet he knew poor Nick Kamen popped his clogs today.

Not up to anything serious.

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#3116 06-05-2021 8:50pm

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Brendan Bendar wrote: »

I Keep telling you guys………..hairdresser radio…. background mince…. there you go.

“Who won the meat raffle in the local after 10 o’clock Mass.

That’s all the lad is able for….. bet he knew poor Nick Kamen popped his clogs today.

Not up to anything serious.

Still, he's grossly overpaid and if he was got rid of he wouldn't be missed.

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#3117 07-05-2021 12:19am

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Del.Monte wrote: »

Still, he's grossly overpaid and if he was got rid of he wouldn't be missed.

There is absolutely no justification for his wages, you could argue numbers but this is RTE the national broadcaster.

You could put anyone in this slot and they would do similar numbers I am sure of it.

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#3118 07-05-2021 1:33am

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jk23 wrote: »

You could put anyone in this slot and they would do similar numbers I am sure of it.

He has about 40, 000 more listeners than Mooney had (that figure relates to early 2020 – before Covid, which has probably provided a temporary additional increase).

People say things like this, but I wonder.

Tubridy has about 90k more listeners than John Murray/ Brendan O'Connor had.

These figures are more than a natural rise in listenership, although it would be nice to know the specific changes in market share.

Someone likes these programmes. I'm as perplexed as you are, but we here are a very small minority.

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#3119 07-05-2021 1:23pm

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A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

He has about 40, 000 more listeners than Mooney had (that figure relates to early 2020 – before Covid, which has probably provided a temporary additional increase).

People say things like this, but I wonder.

Tubridy has about 90k more listeners than John Murray/ Brendan O'Connor had.

These figures are more than a natural rise in listenership, although it would be nice to know the specific changes in market share.

Someone likes these programmes. I'm as perplexed as you are, but we here are a very small minority.

That's true, I can't refute the figures but I would love to see Tubridy do a Pat Kenny and go to a private news station and see how many listeners he would bring in...

In fairness to Ray D, he was a success overall in Today FM

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#3120 07-05-2021 3:07pm

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Believe it or not Ray....i cannot see you do this so its not very useful....at all

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#3121 07-05-2021 3:08pm

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Ray about to do an antigen test on-air.

The last time a broadcaster stuffed anything up his nose on-air was Gerry Ryan RIP

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#3122 07-05-2021 3:08pm

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This won't end well

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#3123 07-05-2021 3:11pm

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Wonder will Ray announce if it came up positive?

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#3124 07-05-2021 3:22pm

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Great tune!

The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.
The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.

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#3125 07-05-2021 3:29pm

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Ray D'Arcy: "You feel a bit giddy after sticking something up your nose."
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Awkward pause as Ray's brain kicks into ear, then:
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Ray D'Arcy: "I've never done anything like that, of course"

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#3126 07-05-2021 6:03pm

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Dya remember the time yer wan verbally abused Ray at the ploughing championships? Good Times.

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#3127 08-05-2021 8:47pm

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Had to laugh at yer man and his camper van conversion - a secondary school teacher (Dublin?) married to a nurse, started his van conversion in Jan and has it finished in April plus all YouTube videos and been in Fanore for a test. Next time you hear the union reps complaining about work loads and low pay, think of this chap....

Curiously camper vans are becoming the new unwelcome - clogging up & hogging coastal car parks at weekends. But Ray behind the curve in this as usual.

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#3128 09-05-2021 2:46pm

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Furze99 wrote: »

Had to laugh at yer man and his camper van conversion - a secondary school teacher (Dublin?) married to a nurse, started his van conversion in Jan and has it finished in April plus all YouTube videos and been in Fanore for a test. Next time you hear the union reps complaining about work loads and low pay, think of this chap....

Curiously camper vans are becoming the new unwelcome - clogging up & hogging coastal car parks at weekends. But Ray behind the curve in this as usual.

Yeah was listening to that and thinking what a non story it was really; bloke buys a van, spends lots of time stripping it out and doing it up....and we care becaaaause?!!

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#3129 09-05-2021 2:55pm

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SpitfireIV wrote: »

Yeah was listening to that and thinking what a non story it was really; bloke buys a van, spends lots of time stripping it out and doing it up....and we care becaaaause?!!

Actually there is a growing interest in that type of thing.

The hobby even has it's own forum on here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=884

It wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but the attraction of the open road is strong especially now post lockdown.

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#3130 10-05-2021 1:17am

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elperello wrote: »

Actually there is a growing interest in that type of thing.

The hobby even has it's own forum on here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=884

It wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but the attraction of the open road is strong especially now post lockdown.

Indeed. My daughter's fella gave up a good job over a year ago and is into this. He buys vans in the north and Clears them. He then finds a customer and builds it to their spec. It's going well for him.

I'll give that segment a listen during the week and send him the link.

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#3131 10-05-2021 3:01pm

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Well done Ray, great start to the week!

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#3132 10-05-2021 3:02pm

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SpitfireIV wrote: »

Well done Ray, great start to the week!

The sound of silence! Two cock ups with the buttons and the show hasn't seven started yet

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#3133 11-05-2021 3:04pm

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For f#$k sake Ray!

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#3134 11-05-2021 3:05pm

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Death, Taxes and Ray making a balls of the buttons

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#3135 11-05-2021 3:56pm

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He's a shocking interviewer. With the kildare goaly there's no context to the questions
After his usual 1st question of age and how tall are you.
He says something happened when you were 7 or 8 ?
Your ma had her problems?
Some thing happened when you were 11 or 12?
He doesn't follow up on anything.
Was she abused or neglected
She seems like a nice person shame she's being interviewed by clamity ray

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#3136 11-05-2021 4:58pm

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You can't spell "farcically" without using "ray"

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#3137 11-05-2021 9:46pm

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I'm honestly intrigued at this stage. Like do they give him a crappy old studio with beat up slow equipment or something?! I catch a number of shows through the day on both Radio 1 and News talk and he's the only one that consistently fcuks up. He keeps blaming the 'technology' and seems disgruntled at times when trying (furious mouse clicking) and nothing happens?! Speaking of which, his is the only show that the background noise of him clicking the mouse or hitting buttons is a common occurrence. Personally at this stage I tend to listen just to hear what he c0cks up next, maybe he plays that character?

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#3138 11-05-2021 11:10pm

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SpitfireIV wrote: »

Speaking of which, his is the only show that the background noise of him clicking the mouse or hitting buttons is a common occurrence.

You mustn't listen to Liveline much. Joe scrolling away while grunting random "wow"s without even listening to what's being said by the callers. Siri (or whoever) even joins in on the conversation occasionally.

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#3139 12-05-2021 7:38am

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thesandeman wrote: »

You mustn't listen to Liveline much. Joe scrolling away while grunting random "wow"s without even listening to what's being said by the callers. Siri (or whoever) even joins in on the conversation occasionally.

Everyday, but yeah you're right, he is known for it too. Scribbling sounds too. D'Arcy seems to have it to a fine art though :P

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#3140 12-05-2021 8:35am

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thesandeman wrote: »

You mustn't listen to Liveline much. Joe scrolling away while grunting random "wow"s without even listening to what's being said by the callers. Siri (or whoever) even joins in on the conversation occasionally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aXqgoiVb8E

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#3141 12-05-2021 1:21pm

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Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aXqgoiVb8E

Brilliant!

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#3142 13-05-2021 3:11pm

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I have a feeling that dog poo/wheelchair story isnt very true Ray

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#3143 13-05-2021 5:12pm

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bmorrissey wrote: »

I have a feeling that dog poo/wheelchair story isnt very true Ray

How many times did he say 'pool of poo' in that story?!!

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#3144 13-05-2021 6:15pm

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SpitfireIV wrote: »

How many times did he say 'pool of poo' in that story?!!

Who even calls it a pool of poo?

Is he too posh to say "Watch out for the dog s***e" to the person?

I really wondered about that story; he then started becoming concern'd the person'd think it was done by his dog & began to try explain it wasn't; so he says anyway.

Not wholly sure I was buying what he was selling.

Don't worry Ray; unlikely she was listening.

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#3145 13-05-2021 7:27pm

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I would have called it sch'utter.... that'd sum it up nicely.

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#3146 17-05-2021 4:33pm

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The luvvies all in good voice with Brenda BATTERING the mic in her usual terrible accent .

Reminds me of O’hEadhra the way he bathers the airwaves into submition.

Speak normally for fuhherke sake.

Tone it down,dude.

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#3147 17-05-2021 6:50pm

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Brenda in for Ray. Missed beginning; is it only for 1 day? Or all week?

One thing; she never messed up a button press, got her timings right & Nuacht was on time.

Some of ye don't like her; I've heard her more on Championship Sunday with Marty in the Summer than when she was on with Gerry Ryan as I'd've been in Primary/National/Secondary School.

She seems to be RTEs go to; well it's between her & Kathryn Thomas; I'd much rather Brenda out of the other two any day but RTE've never given her a proper run at things; only filling in on days off, holidays etc.

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#3148 17-05-2021 8:05pm

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Nokia6230i wrote: »

Brenda in for Ray. Missed beginning; is it only for 1 day? Or all week?

One thing; she never messed up a button press, got her timings right & Nuacht was on time.

Some of ye don't like her; I've heard her more on Championship Sunday with Marty in the Summer than when she was on with Gerry Ryan as I'd've been in Primary/National/Secondary School.

She seems to be RTEs go to; well it's between her & Kathryn Thomas; I'd much rather Brenda out of the other two any day but RTE've never given her a proper run at things; only filling in on days off, holidays etc.

One day…

She’s still living off Gerry Ryan.

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#3149 18-05-2021 3:12pm

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Linda Martin and Ray D'Arcy in the same studio? God help us!

Ray seems to be getting someone else to work the buttons for him today. He was calling for the birdsong clip at the start. Have theygot an intern in for the summer? If so, a significant improvement in production values is to be expected

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#3150 18-05-2021 3:21pm

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Bohemian Rhapsody.

Ray must be gone for a number 2.

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Bohemian Rhapsody.

Ray must be gone for a number 2.

I’ll never be able to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody again without that mental image drifting into my mind :eek:

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