Marian Finucane Thread

plodder · 09-03-2019 3:36pm

Callan57 wrote: »

Jesus that law guy is a terrible lick ... a whole new level of smarmy. I'm off for a walk couldn't listen to any more of this

I hate it when people use every opportunity to plug their company, or their book. He must have mentioned the name of the law firm twenty times in a short enough slot. Then, the next woman on, kept going, "and in my book, I say ...."

Gah! It's so annoying and off putting.

Brendan Bendar · 09-03-2019 4:25pm

Uncharted wrote: »

Jaysus,Marion sounds like she had a late one last night.

Cough,wheeze,splitter,nasal drawl.

Couple of 100k a year for that standard ??
She sounds like Eamonn Dunphy in drag.

40 major and a bottle of JD for lunch Maz ?

Couple………………

Uncharted · 09-03-2019 5:25pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Couple………………

Yes. A couple as in 2.

Isn't she on approx 250k per annum.

Del.Monte · 09-03-2019 7:02pm

Uncharted wrote: »

Jaysus,Marion sounds like she had a late one last night.

Cough,wheeze,splitter,nasal drawl.

Couple of 100k a year for that standard ??
She sounds like Eamonn Dunphy in drag.

40 major and a bottle of JD for lunch Maz ?

She's on a lot more than €200k per annum and should have been shown the door years ago along with Duffy, Darcy and many others but it's RTE, home of nepotism and Shinners.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/four-rte-stars-earn-over-300k-via-private-companies-471892.html

Brendan Bendar · 09-03-2019 7:03pm

Uncharted wrote: »

Yes. A couple as in 2.

Isn't she on approx 250k per annum.

https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/rte-ryan-tubridy-ray-darcytelevision-13725224

Those are 2016 salaries.... has she dropped 50k?

Maybe you are correct.

sligojoek · 10-03-2019 12:14pm

Radicalised by Facebook my hole

DoctorEdgeWild · 10-03-2019 12:15pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Radicalised by Facebook my hole

Must have been all those funny dog videos that sent her over the edge.

jeremyj1968 · 10-03-2019 12:42pm

It seems like the only purpose of the Marion Finucane show these days is to fill the Irish people's minds with their Anti Brexit propoganda. The first time that RTE has cared about the North since Bloody Sunday.

I missed the bit with the Jihadi, I'm guessing they all thought that she should be welcomed home with open arms? Was anybody brave enough to go against the consensus?

neris · 10-03-2019 1:12pm

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

It seems like the only purpose of the Marion Finucane show these days is to fill the Irish people's minds with their Anti Brexit propoganda. The first time that RTE has cared about the North since Bloody Sunday.

Has she stopped her trump bashing then?

Brendan Bendar · 10-03-2019 9:00pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Radicalised by Facebook my hole

My rusty Irish hole, Joe.

Never heard such crap.

Shows you the spanners that are out there.

serfboard · 11-03-2019 5:35pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

RTE, home of nepotism and Shinners.

Nepotism I'll give you - but where are you getting Shinners from?

sligojoek wrote: »

Radicalised by Facebook my hole

Radicalised by Facebook? No. Radicalised on Facebook? Possibly - but she would have to have been leaning that direction anyway.

Callan57 · 16-03-2019 1:03pm

My God I'm gobsmacked by the dignity, understanding & the sheer Christianity displayed by that Bloody Sunday relative. Amazing man.

Technocentral · 16-03-2019 1:16pm

Who is this woman on now? Her idea of what is discrimination based on class is hilarious, youd think she was raised in a tenement!

jeremyj1968 · 23-03-2019 1:14pm

Dear God, that thing with Marion reading out the lyrics with the deliberately altered punctuation is painful. I mean all you have to do is put the lyrics in Google with whatever punctuation you like and it will find the song for you.

Why don't they just record a less obvious section of the songs (without lyrics) and play them out, then ask for the song names. Marion could got out and have a fag or get some cough syrup while they are doing this, so it's a win/win situation.

sligojoek · 23-03-2019 1:33pm

Is there a premium on entering? If so it wouldn't be in their interest to make the Qs difficult.

Del.Monte · 23-03-2019 1:55pm

Preview of next programme - someone is going to stop Brexit with telepathy and Cormac Ó hEadhra asks Marion who it is...."some nutter" she says and bingo, it is Uri Geller. First time I've agreed with Mammy in a long time.

Beechwoodspark · 24-03-2019 12:30pm

Marian currently making a fool of herself showing her thick as pig sh1t ignorance

Storm 10 · 24-03-2019 12:37pm

No mention of the disgraceful salary she is on for 4 hours work and she is off in the Summer, and Christmas. Now her salary needs looking into

Callan57 · 24-03-2019 1:30pm

This happy-clappy discussion on refugees & immigration is disingenuous in the extreme.
That guy talking about all the European cities where it's all multicultural nirvana totally ignores the fact that most, if not all, of those cities have huge no-go areas of deprivation & violence mainly housing immigrants.

Beechwoodspark · 24-03-2019 1:47pm

Callan57 wrote: »

This happy-clappy discussion on refugees & immigration is disingenuous in the extreme.
That guy talking about all the European cities where it's all multicultural nirvana totally ignores the fact that most, if not all, of those cities have huge no-go areas of deprivation & violence mainly housing immigrants.

I notice it every week on her show. They outdo themselves to give the “right” trendy opinion.

Terrified they’ll be blacklisted unless they give the establishment line.

Oops69 · 24-03-2019 2:24pm

David Mc Williams was insufferable today , still giving lectures on a synopsis of whatever popular economics book he has been reading .

Sleeper12 · 24-03-2019 2:36pm

Storm 10 wrote:

No mention of the disgraceful salary she is on for 4 hours work and she is off in the Summer, and Christmas. Now her salary needs looking into

In fairness to her, she was the first big name in RTE to volunteer to take a pay reduction after the crash. Others had to be bullied and shamed into it but she was the first to volunteer. Many of the other big names blame her for starting the wage reduction that they all did eventually.

applehunter · 24-03-2019 2:45pm

Oops69 wrote: »

David Mc Williams was insufferable today , still giving lectures on a synopsis of whatever popular economics book he has been reading .

I remember McWilliams warning how immigration disproportionately affects lower income families by driving down wages and putting pressure on local services.

This morning he is saying we need to be preparing for a population made up of 25% foreign born nationals.

He was also quoting Bernia Sanders economic policies and referred to Democrat congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as AOC. Who in Ireland knows who AOC is unless they have taken a big interest in American politics?

emo72 · 24-03-2019 2:49pm

applehunter wrote: »

I remember McWilliams warning how immigration disproportionately affects lower income families by driving down wages and putting pressure on local services.

This morning he is saying we need to be preparing for a population made up of 25% foreign born nationals.

He was also quoting Bernia Sanders economic policies and referred to Democrat congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as AOC. Who in Ireland knows who AOC is unless they have taken a big interest in American politics?

Alex Oxlade Chamberlain plays for Liverpool, he's just recovered from injury, can't wait for him to start lashing them in again.

Brendan Bendar · 24-03-2019 7:57pm

Sleeper12 wrote: »

In fairness to her, she was the first big name in RTE to volunteer to take a pay reduction after the crash. Others had to be bullied and shamed into it but she was the first to volunteer. Many of the other big names blame her for starting the wage reduction that they all did eventually.

I’m all broke up here.........:rolleyes:

two wheels good · 25-03-2019 10:18am

applehunter wrote: »

I remember McWilliams warning how immigration disproportionately affects lower income families by driving down wages and putting pressure on local services.

This morning he is saying we need to be preparing for a population made up of 25% foreign born nationals.

He was also quoting Bernia Sanders economic policies and referred to Democrat congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as AOC. Who in Ireland knows who AOC is unless they have taken a big interest in American politics?

Anyone with half an eye on the mid-term results should know who AOC is. Youngest ever elected, ousted a long-term encumbent, relentlessly trolled by Fox news.
A bit more coverage of the likes of Saunders, AOC and Warren - democrats not in thrall to Wall St - would be welcome instead of the persistent coverage of every tweet from Trump.

Brendan Bendar · 25-03-2019 11:57am

two wheels good wrote: »

Anyone with half an eye on the mid-term results should know who AOC is. Youngest ever elected, ousted a long-term encumbent, relentlessly trolled by Fox news.
A bit more coverage of the likes of Saunders, AOC and Warren - democrats not in thrall to Wall St - would be welcome instead of the persistent coverage of every tweet from Trump.

Lads apologies for this and nothing personal but.......

Let’s nip this in the bud RIGHT NOW.

It’s Bernie Sanders........S A N D E R S.

His name is going to come up a lot, so please, pretty please, with sugar on, let’s get it right .

Let’s not go down the Saunya O’ Sullivan road pleaseeeeee.

Raunt over

humberklog · 25-03-2019 8:26pm

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

She explains her high salary away because she does endless hours of research during the week. Yep. Sure thing.

Beechwoodspark · 25-03-2019 8:27pm

humberklog wrote: »

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

She explains her high salary away because she does endless hours of research during the week. Yep. Sure thing.

Yep. She really showed how thick as pig sh1t ignorant she is yesterday

Del.Monte · 25-03-2019 9:00pm

humberklog wrote: »

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

She explains her high salary away because she does endless hours of research during the week. Yep. Sure thing.

Just the "Golden Circle" - what would you expect? Has she had her old buddy Seanie Fitzpatrick on recently to begin the rehab process or Bertie - if not it's only a matter of time.

mzungu · 26-03-2019 12:16am

Sleeper12 wrote: »

In fairness to her, she was the first big name in RTE to volunteer to take a pay reduction after the crash. Others had to be bullied and shamed into it but she was the first to volunteer. Many of the other big names blame her for starting the wage reduction that they all did eventually.

Aye. I know she has her critics, but she showed herself to be one of the few in Montrose that was not completely consumed by ego.

mzungu · 26-03-2019 12:19am

humberklog wrote: »

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

She was playing devils advocate there. I am quite sure she knew the reasons why the WC could not have 33 teams.

jeremyj1968 · 26-03-2019 6:46am

Heard them saying on Off The Ball that Eamonn Dunphy did a complete u-turn on what he said on The Marion Finucane Show in his article in the paper yesterday.

mzungu · 26-03-2019 9:01pm

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

Heard them saying on Off The Ball that Eamonn Dunphy did a complete u-turn on what he said on The Marion Finucane Show in his article in the paper yesterday.

Eamo is some man for the u-turns in general. He is brought on to be a rent-a-quote for the most part.

brooke 2 · 26-03-2019 9:08pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Lads apologies for this and nothing personal but.......

Let’s nip this in the bud RIGHT NOW.

It’s Bernie Sanders........S A N D E R S.

His name is going to come up a lot, so please, pretty please, with sugar on, let’s get it right .

Let’s not go down the Saunya O’ Sullivan road pleaseeeeee.

Raunt over

You beat me to it! Wrecks my head when people who should know better pronounce Sanders as Saunders.

Beechwoodspark · 26-03-2019 9:15pm

mzungu wrote: »

Eamo is some man for the u-turns in general. He is brought on to be a rent-a-quote for the most part.

That’s it. Eamo does a ring round and asks for advice then decides what his opinion is.

No harm in that- he’s been published since late 70s so it’s obv working

mzungu · 26-03-2019 9:30pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That’s it. Eamo does a ring round and asks for advice then decides what his opinion is.

No harm in that- he’s been published since late 70s so it’s obv working

It's his business model so I say fair play. He has made himself a rich man out of it.

It does mean, however, that I would take his analysis of any situation with a large pinch of salt.

dxhound2005 · 26-03-2019 9:38pm

brooke 2 wrote: »

You beat me to it! Wrecks my head when people who should know better pronounce Sanders as Saunders.

He calls himself Bernie Sandahs. He should come on to Boards to learn how to say his own name correctly.

Beechwoodspark · 26-03-2019 10:06pm

Seems to Be sayin

Sand ass

Although emphasis on nd

two wheels good · 28-03-2019 1:11am

I wish to apologise unreservedly for any distress I may have caused by mis-typing Mr Sanders' name. However, I categorically deny that I ever mis-spoke the name of that man ... Mr Sanders.
I won't be commenting further on the matter, wishing to spend time with my family and I ask that our privacy be respected.

padd b1975 · 28-03-2019 6:51pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Seems to Be sayin

Sand ass

Although emphasis on nd

Boston accent?

serfboard · 28-03-2019 7:09pm

humberklog wrote: »

I wouldn't have had Delaney down as part of Marian's "dinner and fags" clique but she came out some scutter in bland defense of Delaney.

She thought it was a great idea to pop us in the hat as an extra team? John delivered the Aviva stadium in rude financial health? And her remarks were allowed to go unquestioned?

mzungu wrote: »

She was playing devils advocate there. I am quite sure she knew the reasons why the WC could not have 33 teams.

It didn't come across as her playing devil's advocate to me. It sounded like a genuine defence of the indefensible.

mzungu · 28-03-2019 10:02pm

serfboard wrote: »

It didn't come across as her playing devil's advocate to me. It sounded like a genuine defence of the indefensible.

Ah, she was trying to add balance into the show. Give the opposing side and whatnot. It would not be her job to have a go at Delaney, that part is usually up to the guests.

Beechwoodspark · 28-03-2019 10:15pm

mzungu wrote: »

Ah, she was trying to add balance into the show. Give the opposing side and whatnot. It would not be her job to have a go at Delaney, that part is usually up to the guests.

To me it sounded like she was defending Delaney to the hilt and she didn’t have a clue why ireland being alllowed into the WC was never gonna happen

It fits into the pig ignorance that she displays every week.

mzungu · 28-03-2019 10:37pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

To me it sounded like she was defending Delaney to the hilt and she didn’t have a clue why ireland being alllowed into the WC was never gonna happen

It fits into the pig ignorance that she displays every week.

To be fair to MF, she is a smart cookie. There is no way in hell she didn't know the reasons why there could not be 33 teams at the WC. Lots of presenters ask obvious questions in case some of their listeners might not be clued up.

Uncharted · 28-03-2019 10:40pm

mzungu wrote: »

To be fair to MF, she is a smart cookie. There is no way in hell she didn't know the reasons why there could not be 33 teams at the WC. Lots of presenters ask obvious questions in case some of their listeners might not be clued up.

100% agree. I'm no fan of Marian's but she was playing devil's advocate to stoke the flames a little.

Beechwoodspark · 28-03-2019 11:20pm

mzungu wrote: »

To be fair to MF, she is a smart cookie. There is no way in hell she didn't know the reasons why there could not be 33 teams at the WC. Lots of presenters ask obvious questions in case some of their listeners might not be clued up.

Sorry, I actually doubt she’s very smart. I listen to her every week and hope against hope she will show some intelligence but no, it’s the usual trite cliches every week

She embarrasses herself every few minutes on the show

Follow this thread and you will see it

mzungu · 29-03-2019 12:41am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Sorry, I actually doubt she’s very smart. I listen to her every week and hope against hope she will show some intelligence but no, it’s the usual trite cliches every week

She embarrasses herself every few minutes on the show

Follow this thread and you will see it

I listen to MF pretty much most weekends and I have been following the thread here for years (including part 1) dipping in and out.

MF is quite smart. Before she was on RTE she was an architect. The listener knows that she is well aware why Ireland can't be a 33rd team. It's all part of the dance of radio presenting. She has also managed to get herself a pretty decent number with the national broadcaster for a nice yearly fee. Believe me, she is in no way stupid.

Those questions she asks are for the benefit of the listener. When she plays devils advocate, it's her trying to stop things getting too one-sided. Lots of presenters do it.

Brendan Bendar · 29-03-2019 3:00pm

mzungu wrote: »

I listen to MF pretty much most weekends and I have been following the thread here for years (including part 1) dipping in and out.

MF is quite smart. Before she was on RTE she was an architect. The listener knows that she is well aware why Ireland can't be a 33rd team. It's all part of the dance of radio presenting. She has also managed to get herself a pretty decent number with the national broadcaster for a nice yearly fee. Believe me, she is in no way stupid.

Those questions she asks are for the benefit of the listener. When she plays devils advocate, it's her trying to stop things getting too one-sided. Lots of presenters do it.

Good call there, Mzungu.

Only thing I would disagree with is the expression “ nice yearly fee”...I’d have put in ‘outrageous’ instead of nice.

sligojoek · 30-03-2019 12:07pm

Did she just say she saw a pic of a woman "Up on top of a steeplejack, pregnant"?

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