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Marian Finucane Thread

  • 12-01-2019 12:24pm
    #1
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭


    It’s just gone 11-20 and Marian coughing and spluttering her way through the show already

    Give up the cigs Marian. Or better still get off the air.

    Stealing a living but that’s nothing new in montrose.

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  • #2
    TCM
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    During her introduction she was coughing & spluttering. But that's ok, she's one of the untouchables.


  • #3
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    The thing that is really frustrating is that nothing ever gets done. Nobody is held to account for the poor performances. And the next time her contract is up for renewal, her agent will walk in to RTE management and convince them that Marion is the best broadcaster in the country and probably get her a pay rise. If it was illness then you could have some sympathy, but the fact that she just keeps on smoking means that she is not treating the high profile and high paid job that she has with the professionalism it should be. Like a professional footballer who goes out drinking before a match.


  • #4
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    Just listening to the sports there, I think they should just give John Murray the Saturday and Sunday morning shows. He did fine on the morning show 9AM to 10AM, and it was very unfair of them to replace him with Tubridy. Fair enough if they had some big name coming in that could guarantee, but Tubridy was hemorrhaging Gerry Ryan's audience and should have been demoted not moved. But there is something about Tubridy, I don't know what it is, but RTE will never drop him.

    Murray is now on the sports show, and pretty much has no interest in it by the sound of him. He's good at the politics, and good at interviewing average Joes, so let him have Finucane's shows. Just don't let him anywhere near comedy again.


  • #5
    Greenman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    TCM wrote: »
    During her introduction she was coughing & spluttering. But that's ok, she's one of the untouchables.

    She didn't sound great, health wise. She is in the pay of Philip Morris :-( I wonder if she had her time again would she have started? just a thought.


  • #6
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    jeremyj1968 wrote: »
    The thing that is really frustrating is that nothing ever gets done. Nobody is held to account for the poor performances. And the next time her contract is up for renewal, her agent will walk in to RTE management and convince them that Marion is the best broadcaster in the country and probably get her a pay rise. If it was illness then you could have some sympathy, but the fact that she just keeps on smoking means that she is not treating the high profile and high paid job that she has with the professionalism it should be. Like a professional footballer who goes out drinking before a match.

    Marian continues to present one of the most popular shows on Irish radio. She is still top five, or higher, according to every reliable metric, notwithstanding recent loses.

    So can someone please explain to me how they think that her employment is some kind of CE scheme run specifically for her by RTE?


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  • #7
    BarryD2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,732 ✭✭✭BarryD2


    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    Marian continues to present one of the most popular shows on Irish radio. She is still top five, or higher, according to every reliable metric, notwithstanding recent loses.

    So can someone please explain to me how they think that her employment is some kind of CE scheme run specifically for her by RTE?

    Dunno, maybe the listening public like predictability. She just keeps churning out the same old views, the same agendas with same the guests popping up again and again. You can pretty much predict what questions she will ask and what she lets slip by.

    She was refreshing and good once IMHO but a tired docket these days. Happens to all the best, stay too long.


  • #8
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,047 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    jeremyj1968 wrote: »
    Just listening to the sports there, I think they should just give John Murray the Saturday and Sunday morning shows. He did fine on the morning show 9AM to 10AM, and it was very unfair of them to replace him with Tubridy. Fair enough if they had some big name coming in that could guarantee, but Tubridy was hemorrhaging Gerry Ryan's audience and should have been demoted not moved. But there is something about Tubridy, I don't know what it is, but RTE will never drop him.

    Murray is now on the sports show, and pretty much has no interest in it by the sound of him. He's good at the politics, and good at interviewing average Joes, so let him have Finucane's shows. Just don't let him anywhere near comedy again.

    He did in his bollox, total disaster, and nothing personal but it was a complete load of tosh.

    Never got off the ground, whoever suggested him for the gig has questions to answer.

    If he can’t hack it in Sport maybe give Howlin a bell.


  • #9
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe the listening public like predictability. She just keeps churning out the same old views, the same agendas with same the guests popping up again and again. You can pretty much predict what questions she will ask and what she lets slip by.

    She was refreshing and good once IMHO but a tired docket these days. Happens to all the best, stay too long.

    I don't necessarily disagree with any of the above... but again she presents one of the most popular shows on the radio.

    From reading complaints here you'd imagine it was a closet show for herself and the husband?

    Marian's show has faults, loads and loads of them, but she is still incredibly popular. Why is that fact forgotten in all the opprobrium here?


  • #10
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,474 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe the listening public like predictability. She just keeps churning out the same old views, the same agendas with same the guests popping up again and again. You can pretty much predict what questions she will ask and what she lets slip by.

    She was refreshing and good once IMHO but a tired docket these days. Happens to all the best, stay too long.

    She gets the same old listeners like yourself every week, so no need to change.


  • #11
    honeybear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    jeremyj1968 wrote: »
    Just listening to the sports there, I think they should just give John Murray the Saturday and Sunday morning shows. He did fine on the morning show 9AM to 10AM, and it was very unfair of them to replace him with Tubridy. Fair enough if they had some big name coming in that could guarantee, but Tubridy was hemorrhaging Gerry Ryan's audience and should have been demoted not moved. But there is something about Tubridy, I don't know what it is, but RTE will never drop him.

    Murray is now on the sports show, and pretty much has no interest in it by the sound of him. He's good at the politics, and good at interviewing average Joes, so let him have Finucane's shows. Just don't let him anywhere near comedy again.

    Disagree. John comes across as a really nice guy but he couldn't cope with the one hour daily show-I think that he would be awful on a 2 hour slot. Brendan O'Connor substitutes (many times!) and does grand.


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  • #12
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,047 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    honeybear wrote: »
    Disagree. John comes across as a really nice guy but he couldn't cope with the one hour daily show-I think that he would be awful on a 2 hour slot. Brendan O'Connor substitutes (many times!) and does grand.

    Correct, John is not a natural broadcaster.

    Does ok asking obvious questions and reporting on facts like Liverpool 2- Arsenal 0.

    Creative stuff...nah.

    That has been proven, no argument there surely.


  • #13
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,047 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    BarryD2 wrote: »
    Dunno, maybe the listening public like predictability. She just keeps churning out the same old views, the same agendas with same the guests popping up again and again. You can pretty much predict what questions she will ask and what she lets slip by.

    She was refreshing and good once IMHO but a tired docket these days. Happens to all the best, stay too long.

    Just heard a replay of yesterday’s Sat. show.

    The lady could hardly talk with the wheezing and throat clearing.

    Started right from the off.


  • #14
    newcavanman
    Registered Users Posts: 822 ✭✭✭newcavanman


    jobbridge4life wrote: »
    I don't necessarily disagree with any of the above... but again she presents one of the most popular shows on the radio.

    From reading complaints here you'd imagine it was a closet show for herself and the husband?

    Marian's show has faults, loads and loads of them, but she is still incredibly popular. Why is that fact forgotten in all the opprobrium here?
    TBh i think the Marian show is a bit like the Office. You listen and wonder, is this for real or is it a comedy send off. Her speciality seems to be , those with a serious sense of entitlement and/or Insiders, those who existin the same bubble as her and her like. For example, yesterday mornings opener, a couple of actors, involved with the Abbey. They went on and on, about how vital the Abbey is to irish culture etc. Marian seemed to agree completely with them. No akward questions about how much tax payers moneyhas to go into supporting the place. Personally i have never been in the Abbey and im not sure i know anyone who actually has been to a show there. Im not saying places like this dont have to feature or be supported, but the way marian and friends discuss such things you would think it was a matter of life and death.
    Then she just slips in something about how nasty people burned down the hotel in Roosky to stop asylum seekers moving there. This shows how insulated she is from normal people. You may agree or disagree with what happened in Roosky, but resettling people coming from that difficult background in a small rural town with limited amenities is surely unfair to all concerned and likely to store up problems for the future.
    You can be sure there wont be a direct provision center getting built in Montrose


  • #15
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    I'm talking about Murray as a means of getting her out the door straight away, and using the resources that are already in your employ. I would prefer Brendan O'Connor permanently as well. This whole myth that "well if Marion goes to another station the figures will go through the floor" is just that - a myth. And RTE are never strong enough to actually challenge the presenters on this. How many listeners did they lose when Pat Kenny left? The world did not end, and Sean O'Rourke was just as good as Kenny (slightly better imo as he has a better sense of humour). And the Marion Finucane of 2018 is no Pat Kenny. She wanted to be a contractor for money reasons, and this gives RTE the option of not renewing.

    who do we have on today. I'm guessing a plumber, a chippie and a brickie?


  • #16
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    newcavanman wrote: »
    TBh i think the Marian show is a bit like the Office.

    Just watched that show again last week. The original UK one, not that stupid American one.


  • #17
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Wonder about 2 things:

    1. How much do RTE staff (and contractors!) pay for parking in Montrose?
    2. Are the panel not aware that a trade union is set up to represent the concerns of it's membership and first and foremost to better their pay and conditions. Listening this morning you would think the function of the INMO was to manage the health service.


  • #18
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    "This is all about the browning of America." How is she not challenged on these sweeping statements?


  • #19
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    I'd love to know if the show's ratings drop when Marian isn't on the air. Do people tune in because it's Marian or simply out of habit. My feeling is that Marian's no Gerry Ryan. He had a dedicated fanbase of people who interacted with the show and felt a connection to him because of his broadcasting style. Do people really connect with Marian to this extent? I'd love to hire her agent though - who wouldn't love to earn money like hers for such little time on the air?


  • #20
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,047 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    I'd love to know if the show's ratings drop when Marian isn't on the air. Do people tune in because it's Marian or simply out of habit. My feeling is that Marian's no Gerry Ryan. He had a dedicated fanbase of people who interacted with the show and felt a connection to him because of his broadcasting style. Do people really connect with Marian to this extent? I'd love to hire her agent though - who wouldn't love to earn money like hers for such little time on the air?

    One of the great mysteries of our time U.

    Better minds than I have failed to crack that one.


  • #21
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    2. Are the panel not aware that a trade union is set up to represent the concerns of it's membership and first and foremost to better their pay and conditions. Listening this morning you would think the function of the INMO was to manage the health service.[/QUOTE]
    you've changed you're tune a little Callan since last week when the unions didn't control the health service , the INMO use the ' caring profession' image to the maximum advantage for their members .


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  • #22
    southstar
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭southstar


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    She gets the same old listeners like yourself every week, so no need to change.

    .. and the same old listeners like yourself dxhound, I suspect. I couldn't give a damn about her coughing and spluttering... quite an endearing characteristic in a slightly perverse kind of way.. and I suspecti its her personable nature and natural radio voice that has attracted so many listeners for so long....although I agree.. she's no Vincent Brown


  • #23
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Oops69 wrote: »
    2. Are the panel not aware that a trade union is set up to represent the concerns of it's membership and first and foremost to better their pay and conditions. Listening this morning you would think the function of the INMO was to manage the health service.
    you've changed you're tune a little Callan since last week when the unions didn't control the health service , the INMO use the ' caring profession' image to the maximum advantage for their members .[/QUOTE]


    I don't get your point Oops ... I wasn't referring to the rights or wrongs of the INMO position I was simply stating a fact that it is their job (as it is the job of all the unions/associations etc) to beat the drum for their members. I just don't get that the panel would act surprised that the INMO would do this.


  • #24
    jobbridge4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭jobbridge4life


    Bassett very poor this morning. Marian and her other guests even weaker in challenging him. This is the man whose response to Brexit was to suggest that Ireland should just follow suit. How is that for vassalage.


  • #25
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,474 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    southstar wrote: »
    .. and the same old listeners like yourself dxhound, I suspect. I couldn't give a damn about her coughing and spluttering... quite an endearing characteristic in a slightly perverse kind of way.. and I suspecti its her personable nature and natural radio voice that has attracted so many listeners for so long....although I agree.. she's no Vincent Brown

    No, I don't listen to her. But I do appreciate the dedication of those who do listen. It sounds like very hard going, but they keep coming back for more.


  • #26
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    She coughed and spluttered her way through the intro this morning - even worse than usual as she obviously has a dose of something - are there no production standards in RTE where the big names are concerned? When are you unfit to present a show?

    ****



  • #27
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    she's in a desperate state this morning , st vincents on standby with the oxygen , she should have called in sick this morning and reflected on a variety of things .


  • #28
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    so he didn't join the aldi group because he couldn't get jobs for his boys ? , so much for principles .


  • #29
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Crowley seems to have a huge ego.


  • #30
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    Seemingly pure as the driven snow.

    If he didn't hold a grudge how come you didn't talk to him at all, as your party leader, for five years. He's putting it on a bit thick today, to be frank.


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  • #31
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    he's said 'i don't hold any grudges ' about 10 times now , The truth of course being entirely the opposite.


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