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Who are the top 3 talent in RTE?

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  • 19-06-2020 9:11pm
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    badabing106
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    1.Marty
    2.George Hamilton
    3.John creedon


    These guys are worth their weight in gold.All three Equally capable on the radio or the tele
    The top 2 are the best sports broadcasters by far in Ireland

    RTE know that Marty is their number one and I wonder will they paradoxically try to run him into the ground by giving him show and show


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    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,675 ✭✭✭buried


    1. L
    2. O
    3. L

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



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    FFVII
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭FFVII


    Marty who??

    Their must be a third I don't know about?


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    Truthvader
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭Truthvader


    if anyone says "Joe Duffy" close the thread immediately


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,184 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    1. Dustin.
    2. Mary Kennedy.
    3. Socky.


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    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Philip King is very good. He presents South Wind Blows on Saturday nights on Radio 1.

    Audrey Carville and Sarah McInerney are very talented current affairs presenters. As is Bryan Dobson, Rachael English, Katie Hannon. Keelin Shanley was a massive loss.

    There are quite a few talented people in RTE.


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    badabing106
    Registered Users Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭badabing106


    FFVII wrote: »
    Marty who??

    Their must be a third I don't know about?

    Marty morrisey, although a very honorable mention to Marty Whelan. I was nearly going to put him number 3


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    Dr. Steve Brule
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭Dr. Steve Brule


    Do assets count? As opposed to people.


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    jim salter
    Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    Talent and RTE in the same sentence?


    Nope


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    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,675 ✭✭✭buried


    Whats the "talent" anyways ? What constitutes this "talent"? What do they do?

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



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    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    1.
    2.
    3.


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    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,682 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Trick question!

    Theres no talent in RTE


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    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    There's something so hopeless, angry, and despairing about all the negativity that gets thrown towards RTÉ and its staff on sites like Boards, the Journal, and Twitter. It moves beyond valid criticism into this brain dead diatribe about the entire semi-state organisation being filled exclusively with talentless morons. It shows a real lack of critical thinking to be honest. I think the majority of it is down to some sort of innate jealousy and frustration from angry and confused men (it's always men) who project their own insecurities onto public figures. Men who would never have the ambition, talent, or initiative to become a politician, presenter, or public figure themselves.

    RTÉ produce world class radio and television documentaries. Their current affairs and investigative journalism output is worthy of the television licence by itself. It has excellent presenters like Audrey Carville, Bryan Dobson, Rachel English, Sarah McInerney; Cormac O'hEadhra, Gavin Jennings and so on and so forth.

    Then you have the wonderful John Creedon, the slightly hammy but entertaining (and knowing) Marty Morrissey. GAA, Horse Racing, and Football coverage is excellent, as is most of their sporting output. Then you have orchestras, journalists, producers etc.

    I even happen to think Ryan Tubridy is grand. Certainly not deserving off the almost visceral hatred thrown at him online.


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    screamer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭screamer


    Talent as in talk ****e and get overpaid for it, well how could we possibly pick just 3......

    There’s no talent in RTE those that ever had any left

    Podge and Rodge and Dustin get my vote


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    Lost implants
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭Lost implants


    I liked Bosco


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    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    screamer wrote: »
    Talent as in talk ****e and get overpaid for it, we’ll how could we possibly pick just 3......

    There’s no talent in RTE those that ever had any left


    This is an excellent example of what I was talking about tbh.


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    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,193 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    FFVII wrote: »
    Marty who??

    Their must be a third I don't know about?
    Plenty of turds you know about.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,675 ✭✭✭buried


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There's something so hopeless, angry, and despairing about all the negativity that gets thrown towards RTÉ and its staff on sites like Boards, the Journal, and Twitter. It moves beyond valid criticism into this brain dead diatribe about the entire semi-state organisation being filled exclusively with talentless morons. It shows a real lack of critical thinking to be honest. I think the majority of it is down to some sort of innate jealousy and frustration from angry and confused men (it's always men) who project their own insecurities onto public figures. Men who would never have the ambition, talent, or initiative to become a politician, presenter, or public figure themselves.

    RTÉ produce world class radio and television documentaries. Their current affairs and investigative journalism output is worthy of the television licence by itself. It has excellent presenters like Audrey Carville, Bryan Dobson, Rachel English, Sarah McInerney; Cormac O'hEadhra, Gavin Jennings and so on and so forth.

    Then you have the wonderful John Creedon, the slightly hammy but entertaining (and knowing) Marty Morrissey. GAA, Horse Racing, and Football coverage is excellent, as is most of their sporting output. Then you have orchestras, journalists, producers etc.

    I even happen to think Ryan Tubridy is grand. Certainly not deserving off the almost visceral hatred thrown at him online.

    Sorry now to break your world man, but those three gigs aren't solely the realm of the vast majority of people who do actually possess the actual realm of real talent or initiative.

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



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    mbradso2003
    Closed Accounts Posts: 261 ✭✭mbradso2003


    Ted Walsh my number one


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    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    The best value for money today are Gay Byrne, Marian Finnucan and Larry Gogan.


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    screamer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭screamer


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    This is an excellent example of what I was talking about tbh.

    Any what you talk about is just your own opinion same as any of us. You think Really Terrible Entertainment is full of talent, others don’t. It doesn’t validate your opinion.


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    Rodney Bathgate
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    Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Trick question!

    Theres no talent in RTE

    I beg to differ - the TG4 weather ladies are generally talent. (TG4 is ultimately owned by RTE.)


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    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,907 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    John Bowman
    John Kelly
    whoever rings the Angelus bell. In 70 years, I’ve never heard them make a mistake.


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    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Of course there is some talent in RTÉ, I assume the OP is referring to the people who you automatically think of when you think of that organisation and rightly or wrongly, you think Of Joe Duffy, Tubs, Darcy etc because they are the figure heads and the most recognizable and accessible to the public.

    The other individuals named above, some work in some special interest areas that you wouldn't be familiar about unless you were into trad/folk music or a big follower of politics. Seán O' Rourke for example is another talent.


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    6o9fv7jpreb180
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    I find Dara Maloney good on gaa and soccer on tv.

    Looking at the wages in RTE, we are blessed as a nation to have so much talent.


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    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,675 ✭✭✭buried


    But whats the "talent" you are all speaking of? Talking loudly? Talking about anything? Talking about some match that just got played? Talking about the yearly holy show up in Dáil Éireann? Playing a few Cure records on RTE radio 1 at 8.30pm? Whats the talent there, sure anyone can do it.

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



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    #27
    3 the square
    Registered Users Posts: 695 ✭✭✭3 the square


    Ted Walsh
    Hughie Maughan
    Panti bliss


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    RandomViewer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There's something so hopeless, angry, and despairing about all the negativity that gets thrown towards RTÉ and its staff on sites like Boards, the Journal, and Twitter. It moves beyond valid criticism into this brain dead diatribe about the entire semi-state organisation being filled exclusively with talentless morons. It shows a real lack of critical thinking to be honest. I think the majority of it is down to some sort of innate jealousy and frustration from angry and confused men (it's always men) who project their own insecurities onto public figures. Men who would never have the ambition, talent, or initiative to become a politician, presenter, or public figure themselves.

    RTÉ produce world class radio and television documentaries. Their current affairs and investigative journalism output is worthy of the television licence by itself. It has excellent presenters like Audrey Carville, Bryan Dobson, Rachel English, Sarah McInerney; Cormac O'hEadhra, Gavin Jennings and so on and so forth.

    Then you have the wonderful John Creedon, the slightly hammy but entertaining (and knowing) Marty Morrissey. GAA, Horse Racing, and Football coverage is excellent, as is most of their sporting output. Then you have orchestras, journalists, producers etc.

    I even happen to think Ryan Tubridy is grand. Certainly not deserving off the almost visceral hatred thrown at him online.

    I counter your argument with two names, George Lee and Ray Darcy

    If that doesn't burst your bubble Eoghan Mc Dermott


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    Hego Damask
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Hego Damask


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    There's something so hopeless, angry, and despairing about all the negativity that gets thrown towards RTÉ and its staff on sites like Boards, the Journal, and Twitter. It moves beyond valid criticism into this brain dead diatribe about the entire semi-state organisation being filled exclusively with talentless morons. It shows a real lack of critical thinking to be honest. I think the majority of it is down to some sort of innate jealousy and frustration from angry and confused men (it's always men) who project their own insecurities onto public figures. Men who would never have the ambition, talent, or initiative to become a politician, presenter, or public figure themselves.

    RTÉ produce world class radio and television documentaries. Their current affairs and investigative journalism output is worthy of the television licence by itself. It has excellent presenters like Audrey Carville, Bryan Dobson, Rachel English, Sarah McInerney; Cormac O'hEadhra, Gavin Jennings and so on and so forth.

    Then you have the wonderful John Creedon, the slightly hammy but entertaining (and knowing) Marty Morrissey. GAA, Horse Racing, and Football coverage is excellent, as is most of their sporting output. Then you have orchestras, journalists, producers etc.

    I even happen to think Ryan Tubridy is grand. Certainly not deserving off the almost visceral hatred thrown at him online.

    Would ya go way ourra da!!


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    jobless
    Registered Users Posts: 2,183 ✭✭✭jobless


    1. Katherine Thomas.. very versatile presenter
    2. Claire Byrne
    3. Jean Byrne (do I have to explain)


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    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,924 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Whilst it's an odd question given the shocking lack of any talent in RTE

    1.Sarah mac inerney
    2.Oliver Callan
    3. Brian Dobson

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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