The Rev Ian is on tonight, Pat will feel more comfortable tonight that he did a few weeks ago!!!!
If you were Pat Kenny what would you ask the big man ????
Quote from: T O Hare on January 30, 2009, 01:50:33 PM
The Rev Ian is on tonight, Pat will feel more comfortable tonight that he did a few weeks ago!!!!
If you were Pat Kenny what would you ask the big man ????
Humour me - why was Pat uncomfortable a few weeks ago?
Do you like Brush Sheils?
Because he hadn't a clue who he was talking to, or what they were talking about. Jaysus the sight of Des Cahill pointing lads out to Kenny, and him going 'yes, oh right' was cringeworthy.
Quote from: T O Hare on January 30, 2009, 01:50:33 PM
The Rev Ian is on tonight, Pat will feel more comfortable tonight that he did a few weeks ago!!!!
If you were Pat Kenny what would you ask the big man ????
Where's the guns Ian?
Who's name is on the deeds of your offices in Ballymena and who pays the mortgage?
Do you really have the record for the most paying posts held by a politician?
Where's the millions now Ian?
How many members of your family hold positions paid for by the taxpayer?
Who pays their mortgages?
What did you say to your daughter when her boyfriend Sammy appeared in the papers with no clothes on?
How did you come by your Doctorate?
What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for a man who kidnaps a child?
What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for a man who incites others to religious hatred?
Seriously Ian, where's the guns?
Quote from: Donagh on January 30, 2009, 02:03:32 PM
Quote from: T O Hare on January 30, 2009, 01:50:33 PM
The Rev Ian is on tonight, Pat will feel more comfortable tonight that he did a few weeks ago!!!!
If you were Pat Kenny what would you ask the big man ????
Where's the guns Ian?
Who's name is on the deeds of your offices in Ballymena and who pays the mortgage?
Do you really have the record for the most paying posts held by a politician?
Where's the millions now Ian?
How many members of your family hold positions paid for by the taxpayer?
Who pays their mortgages?
What did you say to your daughter when her boyfriend Sammy appeared in the papers with no clothes on?
How did you come by your Doctorate?
What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for a man who kidnaps a child?
What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for a man who incites others to religious hatred?
Seriously Ian, where's the guns?
Excellent Donagh :D :D :D
you forgot one..."where did you hide your guns Ian?"
Bad move RTE and they will chuckle and talk sh*** but he caused drove some poison and bitterness around this statelet. I remember him and Rhonda and Sammy were on with Brendan Grace years ago on RTE show. Never had any time for the Grace after that. Was at best niave of him. Rhonda was gorgeous tho :-*
Quote from: T O Hare on January 30, 2009, 01:50:33 PM
The Rev Ian is on tonight, Pat will feel more comfortable tonight that he did a few weeks ago!!!!
If you were Pat Kenny what would you ask the big man ????
Ian, Peter Quinn was on here a few weeks ago talking about the suffering of GAA members in the north during the conflict. Jaysus that was shocking wasn't it?
This sectarian bigot should not be given air time. RTE would be better off showing a programme detailing his track record in the North of Ireland with regards the Catholic community. The man should not be given any air time until he has apologised for years of open sectarian bigotry in the north. Bet Pat Kenny shakes his hand like he did with that other loyalist scum Stone but could not bring himself to shake Gerry Adams hand.
Quote from: YogiBear on January 30, 2009, 02:30:42 PM
This sectarian bigot should not be given air time. RTE would be better off showing a programme detailing his track record in the North of Ireland with regards the Catholic community. The man should not be given any air time until he has apologised for years of open sectarian bigotry in the north. Bet Pat Kenny shakes his hand like he did with that other loyalist scum Stone but could not bring himself to shake Gerry Adams hand.
Yogi my little buddy it was Gay Byrne refused to shake hands with Gerry Adams...
I would like to ask him when he is going to retract the lies he told about Eugene Reavey in the House of commons and issue an apology for the very hurtful remarks. To say Paisley is a Christian would be in my opinion to compare Hitler to a Jew. He may not have pulled the trigger but there is blood on his hands
I'd like to ask him for his take on:
To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.
Another question, if you had a choice to save Willie Frazier or Ian Paisley Jnr from falling into shark infested water, who would it be? ;D
Quote from: T O Hare on January 30, 2009, 04:45:52 PM
Another question, if you had a choice to save Willie Frazier or Ian Paisley Jnr from falling into shark infested water, who would it be? ;D
As many of the poor sharks as poss!
Quote from: T O Hare on January 30, 2009, 04:45:52 PM
Another question, if you had a choice to save Willie Frazier or Ian Paisley Jnr from falling into shark infested water, who would it be? ;D
Why have you sold out your principles to go into government with unrepentant terrorists Ian? ;D
He'll have his hole licked like never before.
Thats what Im afraid of pints. Seems like a lose lose scenario.
He will get a easier time than Gay byrne give Adams anyway that is for sure. Then everybody will be happy ever after.
What percentage of our studio audience do you think will burn in hell Ian?
Ah that's nice you brought a signed bible for everyone in the audience!
What's it like to be forced out of the leadership of a church you founded and ran for over fifty years?
Follow up: "Did you ever envy the pope's infallibility clause?"
How's the young lad doing these days Ian, do you be up in his free house much?
Follow up: "Did you bate him too hard when he was a young fella, or did the apple just naturally fall that far from the tree?"
Do ever worry you'll ultimately be remembered as a Lundy?
Is a gay Catholic more evil or less evil than a gay Free P?
Rte would need to be imformed the big man likes the audience to gather a wee bit of a "silent collection" before he leaves too. ;) I hope they have the big yellow bucket at the ready.
Quote from: aroundincircles on January 30, 2009, 06:41:16 PM
Rte would need to be imformed the big man likes the audience to gather a wee bit of a "silent collection" before he leaves too. ;) I hope they have the big yellow bucket at the ready.
I always have a bucket standing by if I'm unfortunate enough to be watching the Late Late Show.
Would you give Iris one?
Quote from: ONeill on January 30, 2009, 07:42:57 PM
Would you give Iris one?
A bucket? Yes, an orange one.
I'd like to hear Plank ask him the following: ' During your 2003 Party Conference you said the following about this country's current Prime Minister ' I was enraged when I saw that strange character from Dublin coming again to see us."Somebody told me the other day the reason his lips were so thick was that when his mother was bringing him up he was a very disobedient young boy so she used to put glue on his lips and put him to the floor and keep him there and that has been recorded in his physical make up... yes, away with him indeed and if he wants to use his lips to better effect he should do it somewhere else and go to people of like physical looks." Tell me Ian do you think that was a christian way to describe him.
Should Sean be moved back to centre field and will Mugsy find his 2005 form?
Should the Cork hurlers continue to say no, never, never, never? Or should Donal Og embrace (oh er) his enemy McCarthy and work for the common goal of getting within ten points of Kilkenny?
Kenny will have his tongue so far up big Ian's hole he will be able to tickle his tonsils, contrast it with the treatment Gerry got from Wankbo.
He has started with some intellectual equals.
hope they piss all over his leg! :D
Keep us posted boys!
God, they're all away kissing his hole, half the freestaters are probably converted to the Free p's now.
They're on their way to RTE studios for the baptism.
HEEEEELLLLOOOOOOO
any one out there?
Who's saying what?
just switched over when i seen the thread. Not on yet
Quote from: pintsofguinness on January 30, 2009, 09:46:46 PM
God, they're all away kissing his hole, half the freestaters are probably converted to the Free p's now.
They're on their way to RTE studios for the baptism.
HEEEEELLLLOOOOOOO
any one out there?
Who's saying what?
He started with some dogs.
Now talking to Deirdre O'Kane.
Good jaysus she's annoying
Question: Would you?
Should have called it the Hate Hate show for tonight.
Ads on now pints.
Game on now...
and Mrs P too!
Huge cheers, are they drunk again?
Standing ovation for the Doctor !
Him and his wife - lovelife
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YOU'RE AN OUL ****!!
only joking
c**ts
Still love-life.
She's gorgeous.
Comfort zone for Pat, he is an A1 ass kisser.
'Gorgeous young woman' f**k off Pat
Engagement now.
He's an attentive lover.
junior is in the audience
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I'm hearing bits and pieces from someone else hear as well - I want to puke!
HOW MANY DEATHS ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU ****
SURE GET DOWN AND LICK HIS HOLE KENNY
(wish i was in the audience)
That's some make-up job on the rev.
The sabbath is sacred, no masturbating on a sunday now you hear.
No drink
No Cinema
Loves Cromwell
drink is the devil's buttermilk!
He's cutting a sad figure these days. Hard to believe it's the same man. Kenny's probaly right to be going easy on him.
Down with that sort of thing, careful now.
FIND YOUR BALLS KENNY, YOU BOLLOCKS
I can see why the southerners don't like us. Yawnnnn
Quote from: Donagh on January 30, 2009, 10:10:22 PM
He's cutting a sad figure these days. Hard to believe it's the same man. Kenny's probaly right to be going easy on him.
He should be getting stuck into the aul bastard.
Kenny is our David Frost, a soft touch.
No mention of the gay son in Scotland.
Something in-bred looking about Jnr, but he can talk alright.
It must have been very tough on them Pat, you are right.
Quote from: DoYerJob Linesman on January 30, 2009, 10:11:53 PM
Quote from: Donagh on January 30, 2009, 10:10:22 PM
He's cutting a sad figure these days. Hard to believe it's the same man. Kenny's probaly right to be going easy on him.
He should be getting stuck into the aul b**tard.
Couldnt have said it better myself!
Rotten Bastard.... and Paisley isnt much better!
Ai Special Branch looked after them alright!
It shames me to see this.
There is a special place in Hades for the Paisleys
Pat Kenny is our David Frost? Are you joking?
Pat Kenny is our tele tubbie!
YOU'RE A **** PAISLEY!!
Quote from: ONeill on January 30, 2009, 10:14:06 PM
Something in-bred looking about Jnr, but he can talk alright.
Always thought that about him, total bollocks but he is hard to get the better off verbally.
AM I HEARING / SEEING THIS?
Kenny should just unzip his trousers now!
West Brit!
Wake me up when it's over
David frost is well known for being a soft touch, awful interviewer. Is a glorified ass kisser who loves looking around your front room.
This would have been much better if Borat was there instead of Kenny.
Quote from: Off The Fence on January 30, 2009, 10:16:56 PM
Kenny should just unzip his trousers now!
West Brit!
Sure arent the audience loving it?
What the fcuk did youse expect? A Jeremy Paxman type grilling? If Kenny had that type of reputation he wouldnt be able to attract any guests..........
Carefully selected audience no doubt to facilitate kenny's worship.
Cmon, Kenny, just one question of note....
Quote from: muppet on January 30, 2009, 10:17:46 PM
This would have been much better if Borat was there instead of Kenny.
;D ;D
Quote from: pintsofguinness on January 30, 2009, 10:18:20 PM
Sure arent the audience loving it?
They are. Only saw one man not applaud them on their entrance.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 30, 2009, 10:17:33 PM
David frost is well known for being a soft touch, awful interviewer. Is a glorified ass kisser who loves looking around your front room.
Kenny wasnt an ass kisser when he was brushing off talk of GAA members in the north being killed!
Now hes licking the hole of the man who started it with his "GAA = IRA at play bullshit".
He is going to show Big Ian a picture next of Martin McGuinness with the Sam Maguire at Stormont.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 30, 2009, 10:19:09 PM
Carefully selected audience no doubt to facilitate kenny's worship.
Thats what i was thinking with the welcome and all the cheering
Cmon Kenny, you can do it...one question.....
Makes it more sickening that wee Marty and the boys got into bed with him..........
Marty is going on Red Dwarf as part of the deal that got Paisley on the Late Late.
There you have it, Paisley saved the day, Peace in our time.
This boy had it right
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIsIE8iT28 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIsIE8iT28)
Thanks for saving us all from the IRA Paisley, WHAT ABOUT THE DEATHS YOU CAUSE YOU ****
He has no regrets.
Holy f**k, is that it? What a hatchet job, almost worse than the GAA special.
Where the f**k did they get the audience? Cullybackey?
"Save Ulster from Sodomy"
best tv of 2009 - in the bag already
GO ON, f**k OFF YOU ****, YOU TOO KENNY AND TAKE THE AUDIENCE WITH YOU
Kenny is a bigger p***k than Paisley, how is that possible? >:(
Absolutely and totally disgusted by what I have witnessed tonight on RTE.
I honestly feel abandoned, as a northerner, by our national broadcaster.
After the GAA show shambles, the late late show (and RTE for that matter) have fallen deeper into the gutter
Quote from: DoYerJob Linesman on January 30, 2009, 10:32:59 PM
Absolutely and totally disgusted by what I have witnessed tonight on RTE.
I honestly feel abandoned, as a northerner, by our national broadcaster.
Ach get use to it, as I say "I'm alright Jack".
Be interested to hear our southern posters views, I hope their proud.
how would you be proud of them cnuts?
selected audiance and selected pre-rehersed questions and answers
Thought they could have gave out one of these for everyone in the audience...
Was anyone really expecting anything else? Utter brown-nosing tripe
Breaking News......
RTE have just announced that Willie Frazer will be on next weeks Late Late Show
Feck sakes lads, he's an oul codger on his last legs - have a bit of compassion. He may have been a hateful oul cnut in his day but we'll all be where is now some day with our mistakes behind us and no way of rectifying them. On the plus side - he dodged the reunited Ireland question, so I know what we can take from that and secondly both him and the wife refer to NI as "the north" (or maybe 'The North') so we can assume all the DUP tomfoolery about that phrase is a load of w**k.
I heard him say "I love the Free State"as the plank was going to the break. ;D
Quote from: DoYerJob Linesman on January 30, 2009, 10:32:59 PM
Absolutely and totally disgusted by what I have witnessed tonight on RTE.
I honestly feel abandoned, as a northerner, by our national broadcaster.
I'm absolutely and totally disgusted by what I saw as well. I'm a Nationalist and still reject the notion that the 'Free state/Republic/26' had to give up the territorial claim on the occupied 6. If I've caused offence to anyone, sorry but that's my way of thinking. Why didn't Pat Robot Kenny not ask him about his comment on Cowen's lips I don't know? Then again maybe Kenny's a blueshirt or something like that... >:(
Quote from: Donagh on January 30, 2009, 10:43:26 PM
Feck sakes lads, he's an oul codger on his last legs - have a bit of compassion. He may have been a hateful oul cnut in his day but we'll all be where is now some day with our mistakes behind us and no way of rectifying them. On the plus side - he dodged the reunited Ireland question, so I know what we can take from that and secondly both him and the wife refer to NI as "the north" (or maybe 'The North') so we can assume all the DUP tomfoolery about that phrase is a load of w**k.
I heard him say "I love the Free State"as the plank was going to the break. ;D
Put the boot in the **** when he's down.
Quote from: Shortso79 on January 30, 2009, 10:43:17 PM
Breaking News......
RTE have just announced that Willie Frazer will be on next weeks Late Late Show
You could guarantee it would be controversial anyway.
Ah lads could ye not lay off poor Ian for a while? Do ye not know why he is the way he is? No? Well its because he had to go to school for a while in Co. Roscommon!!! (Y'know the place where the football is a wee bit 'robust'?) Thats one fact that often gets swept under the carpet! (I work in Co. Roscommon!)
Just back from the toilet rte nailed their colours well to the mast the night once again.... On ITV3 now bloody sunday film on.. That is how Big ian wanted us in the gutter looking up at them for our rights. Well said kenny never had to march and fight for his rights as a human being.
J&SUS CHRIST does rte not have any feeling towards the northern nationalist by having that man on that show he was responsable for 50% of the hatred.
if you look at the comments pre 10.00pm you will see that no one was surprised, we all knew it was going to be a brown nosing love in. Gaybo was a hateful **** and kenny is cut from the same cloth. There was not one mention of his dubious past, I had loads of respect for Adams after his appearance as it was set up as a hatchet job by that whiny f**ker Byrne and Gerry handled it well despite constant provocation.
Tonight may as well have been broadcast from Paisleys front room with pat wearing one of Rhonda's specially designed Ulster woolen jumpers.
Quote from: Bensars on January 30, 2009, 10:47:37 PM
Quote from: Shortso79 on January 30, 2009, 10:43:17 PM
Breaking News......
RTE have just announced that Willie Frazer will be on next weeks Late Late Show
You could guarantee it would be controversial anyway.
I'd say that tool would be on the Den..
Lads,
The bottom line is that that p***k Kenny has shown more respect to the bigot Ian Paisley, his wife and his brain dead son than he did to Dara Se and Peter Quinn..anywhere else it would be a national scandal.
Think about it...hang your heads in shame RTE.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 30, 2009, 10:54:44 PM
if you look at the comments pre 10.00pm you will see that no one was surprised, we all knew it was going to be a brown nosing love in. Gaybo was a hateful **** and kenny is cut from the same cloth. There was not one mention of his dubious past, I had loads of respect for Adams after his appearance as it was set up as a hatchet job by that whiny f**ker Byrne and Gerry handled it well despite constant provocation.
Superb point doogie! People have forgotten that the late late show was as nauseating in gay bastarrd's era as it is now. There has been some top end revisionism going on regarding byrne.
For me the dogs were the highlight.
Thought Paisley looked very well for a man his age.
He has achieved all he wanted from the politics of hate and has adjusted to the changing times.
Politically, I'd compare him to the former Alabama Governor Wallace.
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 30, 2009, 10:58:14 PM
Lads,
The bottom line is that that p***k Kenny has shown more respect to the bigot Ian Paisley, his wife and his brain dead son than he did to Dara Se and Peter Quinn..anywhere else it would be a national scandal.
Think about it...hang your heads in shame RTE.
Good point
Where are 'Satans Sluts' when you need them?
Quote from: Donagh on January 30, 2009, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 30, 2009, 10:58:14 PM
Lads,
The bottom line is that that p***k Kenny has shown more respect to the bigot Ian Paisley, his wife and his brain dead son than he did to Dara Se and Peter Quinn..anywhere else it would be a national scandal.
Think about it...hang your heads in shame RTE.
Good point
well said. feel sick after watching that shit.
The Plank and the Poison.
I have said it frequently before and will continue to assert that our so called National Broadcasting Station is a national disgrace.
what would you compare the late late show interview with him as main street.
Turned it off as soon as I saw him on. Long ago gave up on the Late Late being anything but a joke
Hi there ,unreconstructed border counties would be nationalist free stater here who would like to detest Big Ian as much as the rest of you but perhaps is lacking the requisite creditentials. Now correct me if I'm wrong but didn't we have a Good Friday agreement sometime in the last century when Tone and Bert told us that all past sins must be forgiven. That lads who were banged up for various heinous crimes on both sides must be released to walk the streets. That lads who some of our hun brethern regard as a small bit dodgy must be allowed to represent nationalists in Stormont if that is what the democratic process dictates.
So this doddery old Orange cnut gets a chat on the telly with the plank, lets get over it lads. Just like we should probably get over other shite that doesn't really matter like the GAA Late Late special (the TG4 stuff is powerful) and the Langer hurling debate.
Good night all.
There speaks a man far removed from the hatred and naked sectarianism fuelled by Doctor Paisley.
The manner off the f£cking interview is my problem such a feeble bit of questioning considering this pot storing pigs history that just sickens me how he was protrayed by that interview;especially after the way adams has been treated in the past by RTE.
Quote from: aroundincircles on January 30, 2009, 11:29:06 PM
what would you compare the late late show interview with him as main street.
Dunno, maybe interviewing a genial Josef Mengele in his garden, stroking his grandchildren while musing about wonderful advances in the practice medicine and getting in a mention of how much he loves Jews just before the ad break.
I have a feeling theres a media campaign to portray Ian Paisley as a peacemaker and great statesman of our time,RTE have clearly bought into it.
Conveiniently forgeting his vile rhetoric for the last 30 years which resulted in violent actions leaving countless members of the Nationalist community dead.
Seems I'm the only one who had sense and avoided the love-in.
Jnr's eyes are far too close together. And the teeth! Oh my god the teeth on them all!
Pat Kenny is chief revisionist historian in Ireland now. Compressed the 125 year history of the gaa into the 70s and 80s and has now airbrushed Paisley's malevolent influence from the history of Northern Ireland.
In the current climate if this was on the bbc there would be hell to pay!
RTE were 100% right to have Paisley on. Its important that every side of the argument is allowed put their point of view across.
But to give him such an easy ride? Kenny went down further in my estimations (if there is something further than extremely awful) with that. He seemed more interested in shitty anecdotes about how the Paisley children had to 'deal' with Special Forces protection than anything remotely resembling a political discussion/argument.
If Eamon Dunphy has taken a 10% pay cut, Pat should take a 50% one. Actually, no, sack the useless turd
I remember once when Bernadette mcAliskey was on the Late Late interviewed by Gay Byrne around early in the time of the second hunger strike.
Gay couldn't help himself poor man, it just popped out of his mouth and he walked right into it, 'well Bernadette apart from rent a mob there isn't much public concern over this issue'. (rent a mob was a reference to northerners who travelled down to attend parades)
Literally she leaped at him and ripped his throat open and said forcefully, something like 'well maybe if it wasn't for swarmy sneering idiots like yourself and Rte, people (us ignorant freestaters) just might be informed about the issues.'
Dumbed down tv for a dumbed down people down there. You wouldn't get that on BBC NI.
Aye, Stephen Nolan is top class alright
He'd feckin ask the questions Kenny'd wet himself over.
Saw this earlier and could not believe the effort Prat and RTE went into making the cnuts welcome and to try and normalise them to the watching public. It was like airbrushing over the reason for the evil one's infamy and having a cosy little chat. It was an embarrassment to watch it and an abuse of a position of influence.
The chat about the cinema really annoyed me. I'm not sure what people were expecting, but it was obvious Kenny would never ask the hard questions, he never does. He is terrible.
To be honest I didn't want him to tear Paisley apart, if it was during the troubles and Paisley was in hes old routine of hatred then yes but not now. Saying that I would have liked if he asked him some more important questions about some of the things he got up to in the past, get him to explain some of the awful things he has done rather than talking about going to see films in the cinema!
If they got rid of Pat they couldn't get in anybody worse. I remember about a year or two ago Evander Holyfield was on, and as a boxing fan I was expecting Pat to ask him some serious questions about hes career and talk to him about why on earth he would continue to fight at hes age but for half the interview Pat only wanted to talk about Mike Tyson! I'd do a better job myself...
i would have loved to have seen dunphy interview him
Quote from: fred the red on January 31, 2009, 11:01:30 AM
i would have loved to have seen dunphy interview him
Nah, Dunphy would have given him a rim job too ... the single man more responsible for the Troubles than anyone else and we're treated to this vomit-inducing love-in
Quote from: dodo on January 31, 2009, 01:33:07 AM
Saw this earlier and could not believe the effort Prat and RTE went into making the cnuts welcome and to try and normalise them to the watching public. It was like airbrushing over the reason for the evil one's infamy and having a cosy little chat. It was an embarrassment to watch it and an abuse of a position of influence.
well said, the sight of the man sickens me, one evil bastard and the tripe out of him about religion. hes singularly responsible for more ruined lives then anyone else these past 35 years.
It was a load of shite last night but you would expect nothing more from Kenny. Lots of skeletons in his closet but nothing exposed by the plank at least we have a peace of some kind lasting up and senility has moderated some of his extreme views, which cant be a bad thing.
I had to laugh when they were giving out the samples of the ham later in the show and there was a shot of Ian Og smelling it first and then looking around as if for confirmation from Daddy if it was okay to taste it. A smarmy looking hoor.
Was the story about the Vatican visit true or was he just trying to get a reaction. I heard he is guest of honour in Croke Park this evening...
from todays irish times
'Late Late Show' slot with Paisleys an orgy of cosiness
ANN MARIE HOURIHANE
Ian Paisley rewrote history at a wholesale rate on Friday night and interviewer Pat Kenny let him away with it
REMEMBER WHEN the biggest worry we had was Northern Ireland? That national anxiety took up, oh, whole minutes of our year, mainly when we were talking to concerned foreigners about it. You don't want to seem uncaring. But even that fitful effort from the citizens of the Republic now seems a long time ago.
So last Friday, despite all the advance publicity, it was a bit of a jolt to see Ian Paisley walk on to the set of the Late Late Show .
Ian Paisley and the Late Late are a perfect match; looking at the two of them it is hard to believe that the last 30 years ever happened. At the start of their public lives both Ian Paisley and the Late Late Show were viewed as edgy, radical and a threat to the status quo. Now time and lesser rivals have caught up with the two of them, and they have become museum pieces, occasionally illuminated by flashes of charm.
The Late Late , in any event, is not altogether to blame for its fate.
The RTÉ authorities were first too lazy and then too frightened to alter a format which has not changed since the 1960s. It is a mammoth of a programme: often woolly, occasionally frightening and unwieldy at all times.
Ian Paisley seems similarly determined to deny that he has changed a jot. He was a firebrand preacher. He made a virtue of immovability. His favourite word was always no. But remaining teetotal and refusing to go to the cinema unless the film is about Oliver Cromwell (bless!) is not quite the same thing as not changing. It is rather terrifying to think that the problems of Northern Ireland could have been solved years before they actually were, just by making Ian Paisley top dog. Wasn't it Albert Reynolds who diagnosed that the promotion of Ian Paisley to glory was going to be one of the key steps on the road to peace? On Friday night it was fascinating to hear Ian Paisley talk about his first encounter with Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin: "After the biggies went away. After the prime ministers went away."
The biggies! For a fundamentalist Protestant Ian Paisley seems to hold very hierarchical views. Could it really be true that all he wanted all along was to be the Main Man? To southerners Ian Paisley was a rather reassuring figure; a cartoon fire- and- brimstone Protestant, of the type the nuns used to warn us about. Add to this his physical beauty (on Friday night a 12-year-old viewer was amazed when she heard he was 80 "I thought he was 56!"), his humour and his charm, and he became the northern Protestant with whom we could, if not deal, at least exchange pleasantries. Actually, he was the only northern Protestant we knew. So it is no wonder that his welcome here has always been warm. At the opening of the Battle of the Boyne centre last May, as he and Bertie Ahern enjoyed their respective political swansongs, a northern reporter told The Irish Times's Miriam Lord: "Big Ian doesn't even get a reception like this in Ballymena."
Minders had to push back autograph hunters. Baroness Eileen stole the show with an impromptu and generous speech. The orchestra struck up Danny Boy and quite a lot of people cried. Ian Paisley – part of what we are.
Everybody knows that a lot of northern Catholics will never forgive Paisley for his incendiary posturing. But many northern Protestants won't forgive him either, for his egomania, his 17th-century moralising and the fact that he became the most recognised northern Protestant on the island – not quite the representative they had hoped for. The Paisley telephone has probably stopped ringing since his retirement, so it is no wonder that this charming elderly couple decided to have the big night out in Dublin.
What emerged was an orgy of cosiness, which seemed to satisfy all the parties concerned. History was rewritten at a wholesale rate. Asked how she felt when they first met, Baroness Eileen said, "I just enjoyed his preaching". This innocuous statement was undermined as soon as it was made by a photograph that flashed on to our screens of the young preacher Paisley, looking drop dead gorgeous. A picture of the young Paisleys, with Eileen sitting on Ian's knee, showed a lively and sexy couple.
This was a nice thing to know about the Paisleys, just as it was nice to know that he is an attentive husband ("still is" said Baroness Eileen) and father.
Pat Kenny handled all this very well. But it was strange to see him, one of the best current affairs interviewers this country ever produced, showing so little curiosity about Ian Paisley. Asked if he had any regrets, Ian Paisley replied, predictably, in the negative. This seemed extraordinary from a man who had stoked the cauldron of northern Irish politics his whole working life, who had seen children incinerated and innocent people assassinated simply for being Catholic – or Protestant. Pat Kenny let him away with it. Perhaps he was right. We don't know much about Northern Ireland and its suffering, but we know what we like.
This article appears in the print edition of the Irish Times
Just seeing this shite now..... He comes across as a Saint and his family are the Waltons.. Pat Kenny is an embarrasment to Ireland... Ireland expected better than that crap!!!
Kenny just makes you cringe!!! The Late Late show used to be controversial and hard-hitting!!! It reminds me of Wogan!!!
Pat knows what a vagina is and where the g spot is. It's been educational tonight. For him at least ;)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 27, 2009, 10:29:11 PM
Pat knows what a vagina is and where the g spot is. It's been educational tonight. For him at least ;)
Good lord, what was Robert Vaughn talking about??
Where is the damn Gspot?
f**k I wish RTE broadcast in the states.
Quote from: Puckoon on February 27, 2009, 10:51:32 PM
Where is the damn Gspot?
Apparently, it's about half-way, just at the neck of the bladder, apparently.
The Stoops must be in town for the FFer bash
Quote from: Puckoon on February 27, 2009, 10:51:32 PM
Where is the damn Gspot?
What does it matter where it is,once your satisfied thats all that matters!
Quote from: Fear ón Srath Bán on February 27, 2009, 11:39:11 PM
Quote from: Puckoon on February 27, 2009, 10:51:32 PM
Where is the damn Gspot?
Apparently, it's about half-way, just at the neck of the bladder, apparently.
:o :o
You are a man who must be respected padre.
I'd say he's a man who say the doctor demonstrate with the plastic model.
Quote from: Treasurer on February 28, 2009, 12:21:59 AM
I'd say he's a man who say the doctor demonstrate with the plastic model.
You don't know much Treas do you? ;)
You two (and Geezer;)) get a room!
There is a bit of a trend with the Late Late Recently.
The re-branding of Paisley, the silencing of Peter Quinn, the lack of any knowledge on something called the the Gaa and before that the on air pleasuring of that great philanthropist and most noble employer, Michael O'Leary.
Next month on the Late Late I expect to see:
Seanie Fitzpatrick: The greatest Irish hero
Ray Burke: Ethical giant of Irish politics
Dervish: The next U2?
Breaking News!!!lol
Pat Kenny is leaving after this series!!
ten years on the show! could only be a good thing!
After tonights attempt at interviewing the rugby guys, not a moment to soon.
Quote from: wherefromreferee? on March 27, 2009, 10:47:08 PM
After tonights attempt at interviewing the rugby guys, not a moment to soon.
That interview with the rugby lads was very painful to watch. They looked like they couldn't wait to get the interview over and done with.
Ryan Tubridy is bound to be favourite for the hot seat??
Des Cahill ;)
Thank Christ. If he hadn't jumped the shark with Paisley, he pole-vaulted over it with Pete Doherty.
Personally I won't miss Pat. So wooden. The GAA show was the nadir but he's so uncomfortable trying to have the craic.
I like Tubridy. He has a style that annoys people which is fair enough but at least he is comfortable talking to people and can have the craic which is consideration number one for a presenter of a light entertainment show.
Tubrity's a bit of a dose, but he's more personality than Pat the Plank.
Ye are quick to criticise but I'm sure all of you would wilt within 12 seconds with the camera on you.
So perhaps instead of the cowardly attacks on Kenny, assess RTE's decision makers.
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:21:05 PM
Ye are quick to criticise but I'm sure all of you would wilt within 12 seconds with the camera on you.
So perhaps instead of the cowardly attacks on Kenny, assess RTE's decision makers.
Maybe it's time to knock the home movies on the head ONeill
What's cowardly about it? Are we not allowed criticise? RTE's decision makers stand culpable for a lot but you seem to suggest Pat is above approach for some reason ???
So you are experts on presenting?
Kenny was always the wrong choice. But he's a lot better than you or me at it (I'd guess). RTE went with his radio perception which was, and still is, one of held in high regard. He is a wooden TV presenter. Not his fault that RTE decided to put him there and keep him at it for so long.
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:30:48 PM
So you are experts on presenting?
Kenny was always the wrong choice. But he's a lot better than you or me at it (I'd guess). RTE went with his radio perception which was, and still is, one of held in high regard. He is a wooden TV presenter. Not his fault that RTE decided to put him there and keep him at it for so long.
I'm entitled to an opinion on it as a viewer. The man is costing a lot of money to (badly) host the station's flagship programme. Do you expect us not to comment on him at all and direct all our attention towards the decision makers in RTE? That's akin to not criticising any sub-standard soccer player for playing badly - direct all the criticism at the manager for picking them.
Well, yes, exactly.
So a manager shouldn't be criticised for choosing a sub-standard player?
I think you've actually backed me up.
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:21:05 PM
Ye are quick to criticise but I'm sure all of you would wilt within 12 seconds with the camera on you.
So perhaps instead of the cowardly attacks on Kenny, assess RTE's decision makers.
Kenny promised you a ticket to the Toy Show didn't he?
Maybe Tony will win one for you!
No, I'm pointing out that both are due criticism. I've said there's major issues with RTE's decision makers in an earlier post. Doesn't mean that Kenny should be absolved of criticism though.
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:21:05 PM
Ye are quick to criticise but I'm sure all of you would wilt within 12 seconds with the camera on you.
So perhaps instead of the cowardly attacks on Kenny, assess RTE's decision makers.
Differences is, this is Kenny's chosen career. Not ours'.
Anyway, I've been interviewed for TV many-a-times. None was ever aired though, as I made a hash of myself!
They'll probably go to the other end of the spectrum and hire Brendan Courtney or Graham Norton. The housewives of ireland won't know what's hit them.
I know an elderly lady who used to watch TellyBingo and used to say that that someone should help that poor girl Shirley Temple-Bar dress herself and put on her make-up.
Quote from: carribbear on March 27, 2009, 11:45:46 PM
I know an elderly lady who used to watch TellyBingo and used to say that that someone should help that poor girl Shirley Temple-Bar dress herself and put on her make-up.
Classic ;D
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:21:05 PM
Ye are quick to criticise but I'm sure all of you would wilt within 12 seconds with the camera on you.
So perhaps instead of the cowardly attacks on Kenny, assess RTE's decision makers.
I dont think he'd last a day in my job, much the same as I wouldn't be any good at his. I dont get paid hundreds of thousands for the priviledge though.
He's very good on the radio though.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 27, 2009, 11:45:11 PM
Differences is, this is Kenny's chosen career. Not ours'.
I don't really understand the relevance here.
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:53:51 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on March 27, 2009, 11:45:11 PM
Differences is, this is Kenny's chosen career. Not ours'.
I don't really understand the relevance here.
You said we would be terrible is we were on screen. Yes, but that's not our job. It is Kenny's.
If I needed surgery, I'd ask a doctor. Not you ONeill.
If I wanted a proper education, I'd ask TYP. Not you Kenny.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 27, 2009, 11:57:08 PM
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:53:51 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on March 27, 2009, 11:45:11 PM
Differences is, this is Kenny's chosen career. Not ours'.
I don't really understand the relevance here.
You said we would be terrible is we were on screen. Yes, but that's not our job. It is Kenny's.
If I needed surgery, I'd ask a doctor. Not you ONeill.
If I wanted a proper education, I'd ask TYP. Not you Kenny.
2 blaring inaccuracies here.
If I was in need of a surgery I'd be hoping for a surgeon
If I needed education, I'd be after a teacher.
Either way, you wouldn't be asking anyone on the board or Kenny.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 28, 2009, 12:02:12 AM
Either way, you wouldn't be asking anyone on the board or Kenny.
So it's not Kenny's fault. I agree.
It's as much Kenny's fault, as it's RTE's.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 28, 2009, 12:11:55 AM
It's as much Kenny's fault, as it's RTE's.
Really, explain how it's Kenny's fault.
I did.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 28, 2009, 12:25:31 AM
I did.
Sorry, i've missed it somewhere. Could you explain what the 'fault' is and how Pat Kenny is responsible for this 'fault'.
You said that we can't say anything against Pat, as we couldn't be good.
1) This is Pat's career
2) Isn't mine or the majority of the people on this board.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 28, 2009, 12:32:10 AM
You said that we can't say anything against Pat, as we couldn't be good.
Eh? What on earth does that mean, or where did I say that?
I stated that perhaps of going down the red-top route of finding the easiest target, look at who employs and then see where the problem lies with. Pat Kenny does not own the RTE.
Are you this much of a twister in the classroom?
ONeill must be working from the presupposition that Pat is, and always has been, incapable of being a decent presenter, and therefore the crap job he's been doing for the past decade is the fault of the guys that asked him to sit in the hotseat in the first place. Its a bit like if Mickey Harte picked some poor reserve team player to play midfield for Tyrone tomorrow night. If the guy went on to have a shit game it wouldn't really be his fault, it would be Mickey's fault for not recognising that the guy was out of his depth in the first place.
No but if Mickey Harte put a player in the forwards who was a natural back then the player wouldn't be totally responsible for the outcome.
Quote from: ONeill on March 27, 2009, 11:21:05 PM
Ye are quick to criticise but I'm sure all of you would wilt within 12 seconds with the camera on you.
So perhaps instead of the cowardly attacks on Kenny, assess RTE's decision makers.
What's cowardly about it?
Like the rest on here, i'd admit that i'd be shit presenting the Late Late. But i wouldn't set myself up to do it and take £XX thousand for it. And as that money is paid for by the public, the public are entitled to criticise.
As for RTÉ's decision makers, they have come in for plenty of criticism on this board - check out the GAA 'special' thread.
I was once like you Maguire. But recently I saw the error of my ways and have resorted to seeing the positives in all mankind, even beast.
I think you should desist from posting for about a fortnight. Call it a cooling off period. In that time read this board, but my posts only. After two weeks you will have my world forced upon you like a bolt of ligthening that will send waves of enlightenment through to your very fingertips. Good luck and keep in touch.
Quote from: ONeill on March 28, 2009, 11:53:07 AM
I was once like you Maguire. But recently I saw the error of my ways and have resorted to seeing the positives in all mankind, even beast.
I think you should desist from posting for about a fortnight. Call it a cooling off period. In that time read this board, but my posts only. After two weeks you will have my world forced upon you like a bolt of ligthening that will send waves of enlightenment through to your very fingertips. Good luck and keep in touch.
Do you need a prescription for those tablets?
Dustin said between this and the grand slam it feels like the recession has legged it.
I predict another outrage will be perpetrated on the old people of Ireland by foisting Norton or some other mincing queen on them, the way they keep replacing programmes that had Derek Davis and Johnny McEvoy in them with afternoon shows about cookery and arseholes talking about celebrities.
The Book Of Poor Ould Fellas has the lowdown on this sort of stuff. Read it.
Quote from: Hardy on March 28, 2009, 01:41:05 PM
Dustin said between this and the grand slam it feels like the recession has legged it.
I predict another outrage will be perpetrated on the old people of Ireland by foisting Norton or some other mincing queen on them, the way they keep replacing programmes that had Derek Davis and Johnny McEvoy in them with afternoon shows about cookery and arseholes talking about celebrities.
The Book Of Poor Ould Fellas has the lowdown on this sort of stuff. Read it.
I said pretty much the same thing, wouldnt put it past OrTE to hire someone from a 'minority' background to host the show to demonstrate how culturally diverse we all want to be.
Live at 3 was brilliant wasn't it. It was a show meant for the older people and those feckers in montrose had to take that away from them.
You had knitting patterns and Big tom then all of a sudden they foisted these "females" with testicles (blaithnaid + sheena) and the lezzer nun from big brother bringing along their poncy Celtic new ireland tiger ways where we were too good for a tune from Margo and Charlie Landsborough, instead we had metrosexuals highlighting the latest in male grooming and blokes nail varnish while the women were talking vibrators and jet ski-ing. RTE hasn't really got much of a clue when it comes to programming to be honest, their judgement is fairly poor with their light entertainment and as for thier star shows like the big bow-wow, the clinic etc....as miley would put it...well holy god.
must add, how Ruth Scott ever became a DJ is beyond me.
the country got a bit up itself.
Quote from: carribbear on March 28, 2009, 06:01:15 PM
Quote from: Hardy on March 28, 2009, 01:41:05 PM
Dustin said between this and the grand slam it feels like the recession has legged it.
I predict another outrage will be perpetrated on the old people of Ireland by foisting Norton or some other mincing queen on them, the way they keep replacing programmes that had Derek Davis and Johnny McEvoy in them with afternoon shows about cookery and arseholes talking about celebrities.
The Book Of Poor Ould Fellas has the lowdown on this sort of stuff. Read it.
I said pretty much the same thing, wouldnt put it past OrTE to hire someone from a 'minority' background to host the show to demonstrate how culturally diverse we all want to be.
Live at 3 was brilliant wasn't it. It was a show meant for the older people and those feckers in montrose had to take that away from them.
You had knitting patterns and Big tom then all of a sudden they foisted these "females" with testicles (blaithnaid + sheena) and the lezzer nun from big brother bringing along their poncy Celtic new ireland tiger ways where we were too good for a tune from Margo and Charlie Landsborough, instead we had metrosexuals highlighting the latest in male grooming and blokes nail varnish while the women were talking vibrators and jet ski-ing. RTE hasn't really got much of a clue when it comes to programming to be honest, their judgement is fairly poor with their light entertainment and as for thier star shows like the big bow-wow, the clinic etc....as miley would put it...well holy god.
must add, how Ruth Scott ever became a DJ is beyond me.
the country got a bit up itself.
You're not wrong. RTEs problem is it relies too heavily on formats from other countries that are old hat in the country they bought it from. When it tries something reasonably innovative like that hotel shite well it's just car crash tv. Jesus you've a beaten docket straight away if that Baz fella has any involvement.
Quote from: ONeill on March 28, 2009, 11:53:07 AM
I was once like you Maguire. But recently I saw the error of my ways and have resorted to seeing the positives in all mankind, even beast.
I think you should desist from posting for about a fortnight. Call it a cooling off period. In that time read this board, but my posts only. After two weeks you will have my world forced upon you like a bolt of ligthening that will send waves of enlightenment through to your very fingertips. Good luck and keep in touch.
:D
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 28, 2009, 07:41:54 PM
Jesus you've a beaten docket straight away if that Baz fella has any involvement.
A turd of the highest order
....And here is your host Ryan Tubridy :'(
Quote from: Homer on May 11, 2009, 06:06:11 PM
....And here is your host Ryan Tubridy :'(
Bird Runt Yay!
Quote from: Homer on May 11, 2009, 06:06:11 PM
....And here is your host Ryan Tubridy :'(
Did he get it?
If so, P. Power owes me a few quid (makes a change that).
Tubridy is new Late Late presenter
http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0511/latelateshow.html
shite ......... he's a tool
Quote from: hardstation on May 11, 2009, 09:14:24 PM
Quote from: leenie on May 11, 2009, 09:11:55 PM
shite ......... he's a tool
That is a major point on the criteria for this job.
You do know a plank and a tool are generally different things?
QuoteYou do know a plank and a tool are generally different things?
Indeed you can make a plank with a tool.
Quote from: Owenmoresider on May 11, 2009, 06:38:39 PM
Quote from: Homer on May 11, 2009, 06:06:11 PM
....And here is your host Ryan Tubridy :'(
Did he get it?
If so, P. Power owes me a few quid (makes a change that).
what price? saw miriam was a short priced fav so reckoned she'd got it sewn up
Bring back pat.
It's pat's last show tonight!!!
i thought i would have been delighted but since tubridy is taking over i am quite sad....
Agreed.
The fact that this ass is taking over means I will no longer wtahc the show. Pat was a tool but after watching Soupy Norman (serach on youtube for xmas special) then I could always laugh him off and enjoy the guests. Now I'll just want to punch the screen.
I enjoy Tubridy to be honest :-[
I hear there's gonna be some "Special" guests on the show tonight to give him a good send off.
I hope one of them is Darragh Se and he clocks the cnut.
Quote from: 5 Sams on May 29, 2009, 07:06:52 PM
I hear there's gonna be some "Special" guests on the show tonight to give him a good send off.
I hope one of them is Darragh Se and he clocks the cnut.
G'wan Darragh boy!
He could always take some advice from the uncle if he wants some advice on his 'clocking' technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6E_MDrrno&feature=related
:o
:D :D :D :o
Anybody read Brolly about P O today in the Gaelic Life??
U2
Sadly The Priests on Woss were 10000000000000 times more entertaining than that garden party shite.
Louie Walsh, the spawn of Satan, is half cut.
Sadly I am reduced on a Friday of a holiday weekend:
1. Watching Late Late
2. On interweb forum
And to think........there was a time......
Luckily Imelda May doesn't sing with the same accent she talks...
thank f**k this plank is gone
dont really like Turbity either but he couldn't be any worse than this
I thought it might be good tonight but silly me fooled again
pats wife looks well.
Quote from: gerrykeegan on May 29, 2009, 11:31:02 PM
pats wife looks well.
Fine looking thing alright..
A lot younger too
Laoislad
If only she was married to a magician!
Quote from: gerrykeegan on May 29, 2009, 11:31:02 PM
pats wife looks well.
I thought it was his daughter...Mrs Merton's classic line springs to mind....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj-9lSEBBm0
I can see why Pat is taking early retirement. In fairness I think he married her about 20 years ago and she still looks the same as she did then. Pat looks younger than his age as well though.
Quote from: Capt Pat on May 30, 2009, 12:52:27 AM
I can see why Pat is taking early retirement. In fairness I think he married her about 20 years ago and she still looks the same as she did then. Pat looks younger than his age as well though.
You can live well on the guts of a million euro a year for a few hours work every week.
Donal Og on. Nearly over though
Donal Og give account of himsef, tough call.
can't see him playing for Cork next year
Quote from: milltown row on October 23, 2009, 10:30:26 PM
Donal Og give account of himsef, tough call.
can't see him playing for Cork next year
Translate that Milltown
I dont have any time for Donal og and his GPA stance...he comes across as a hugely intelligent bloke and I can see why Dessie got him involved...smart...smart... fella. However what him and his mates are trying to do to undermine the GAA grass roots makes me sick.
However thon is one serious brave man coming out with what is goin on in his personal life....he deserves ..total respect.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 23, 2009, 10:48:41 PM
I dont have any time for Donal og and his GPA stance...he comes across as a hugely intelligent bloke and I can see why Dessie got him involved...smart...smart... fella. However what him and his mates are trying to do to undermine the GAA grass roots makes me sick.
However thon is one serious brave man coming out with what is goin on in his personal life....he deserves ..total respect.
Tubridy made an off the cuff comment about running for office and I thought the country could do worse. Seems to be a thoughtful, intelligent man but a strength (and a weakness) would be that he doesn't give any quarter. Maybe getting this off his chest will mellow him but I wouldn't hold my breath!
Quote from: Minder on October 23, 2009, 10:34:29 PM
Quote from: milltown row on October 23, 2009, 10:30:26 PM
Donal Og give account of himsef, tough call.
can't see him playing for Cork next year
Translate that Milltown
tough call for him coming out.
and i thought he gave a good account of himself tonight, intelligent man.
he doesn't wear a helmet/face guard so for that reason he may not be playing next year.
if you need any more translating Minder I'm available
as for spelling himself wrong don't worry, keyboard is playing up on me.
Quote from: hardstation on October 23, 2009, 11:14:10 PM
Quote from: milltown row on October 23, 2009, 11:12:27 PM
Quote from: Minder on October 23, 2009, 10:34:29 PM
Quote from: milltown row on October 23, 2009, 10:30:26 PM
Donal Og give account of himsef, tough call.
can't see him playing for Cork next year
Translate that Milltown
as for spelling himself wrong don't worry, keyboard is playing up on me.
Half bottle of Nordoff knocked over it?
Then you licking it.
:D You know it's the weekend when someone is slegging MR about his drinking!
Not that I am a homophobic, but, if I was the Cork full-back I'd think twice before trying to bend over and lift the ball in the square with 'yer wan' behind me. But seriously, no offence, a good performance by Donal Og.
Ref: next season - If I was him and was told by the boss that 'as soon as you have it in your hand, just stick it right down the centre-half-back's throat', well, let's see how the Sunday Game show that in slow-motion!!!! But seriously, if your gay, fair play etc and yeah, we're all gay when you think of it. ???
wish i had the life ya think ::)
Quote from: hardstation on October 23, 2009, 11:23:26 PM
It never grows old.
Never! I bet he has switched the Late Late Show over now.
watching very bad things. Christian Slater in one of his better films
Jimmy Carr on The Late Late Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffpFxlhsMA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffpFxlhsMA)
Thought last night was mundane to say the least until that cchef started on about Tubridy's ears!
when is the late late normally repeated ?
Quote from: Shortso79 on November 07, 2009, 04:27:09 PM
when is the late late normally repeated ?
Every friday night ;)
hook and pope.... singing... if you could call it that......... shocking
Quote from: leenie on November 13, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
hook and pope.... singing... if you could call it that......... shocking
Yea it wasn't the best but for a great performance... although they did something Cheryl Cole didn't, they sang live!!!
On another note, those 4 poor people at the end of the show who are in deep debt with their mortages is absolutely shocking and downright depression how bar their situation is and the fact that they will receive no help for the government
Quote from: leenie on November 13, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
hook and pope.... singing... if you could call it that......... shocking
that truly was awful, god bless the charity the money is going to there'll be f*ck all after that :o
Quote from: Celt_Man on November 14, 2009, 12:13:53 AM
Quote from: leenie on November 13, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
hook and pope.... singing... if you could call it that......... shocking
Yea it wasn't the best but for a great performance... although they did something Cheryl Cole didn't, they sang live!!!
On another note, those 4 poor people at the end of the show who are in deep debt with their mortages is absolutely shocking and downright depression how bar their situation is and the fact that they will receive no help for the government
yeah is a disgrace how NAMA will bail out the big wigs an leave the averae joe screwed like those poor couples on tonight
On a lighter note - Mario was great craic though. :D
Quote from: comethekingdom on November 14, 2009, 12:17:17 AM
On a lighter note - Mario was great craic though. :D
Only caught the end of him, thought chris evans was good always liked him
after hearing their stories, the likes of frontline, primetime and any other programme that has ministers/bankers/economists as guests is a load of dung (could not think of something more appropriate)... my heart goes out to them (not that i imagine that means much when you have to leave your home in two weeks)... and so grateful i am not in their positions... when you actually see those affected you realise how they have been f%&ked (can't think of another word to describe it)... so right in saying crimes have been committed that will go undetected or just brushed aside... and those who have committed them are probably now sleeping peacefully!
when i wish i was young again, its not because i want less wrinkles, smother skin. less gravity :P... its when i was younger i didn't realise that my life/plans /future are not entirely in my hands!
Enjoyed Mario & Chris Evans. Best line of the night by Ronan Keating - " I'm not great at the writing". But I thought........... ;D
I really felt for those four people at the end all right but a lot of people did spend-spend-spend and borrow in the south like there would never be another poor day during that Celtic Tiger era... the gra for the wa-wa kind of ripped the soul out of the place ££££££££££££££
Jaysus.... I'm watching the repeat of the late late now, had heard about this but watching it is something else... this woman was abused at home and is being interviewed now.
Not gonna go into that much detail but abuse by her father, abused by pedo's for money given to parents, pregnant at 10 and a half, her baby stabbed to death by her mother.
Absolutely sickening stuff and there is only one word for it... evil - pure and simple.
Cynthia Owen is the lady's name and she has written a book called Living with Evil...
Tough stuff to hear about...
Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Quote from: mylestheslasher on February 05, 2010, 11:16:07 PM
Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Without having seen the feature Myles it would appear that you are indeed correct on one count. The victim would appear to be a better person than me, and indeed it would appear yourself in being forgiving. As regards the Tommy who was involved on the other side of this incident I'm sure the opinion of the immediate victim is of slightly more importance than the views of you, I or any other internet warrior/pub republican.
Calm down Myles. The victim is Richard Moore, who went on to become a successful businessman and a leading charity fund-raiser not only in Derry but across Ireland. He forgave the soldier, who is now his friend, went on to produce a memorable tv documentary about their meeting and wrote a book about his life story. If the soldier was the type of person you describe, he would not have answered the calls on Richard's behalf in the first place. It may not have been easy for him to have gone on the Late Late in the circumstances, but he did it anyway. Some of us might find the programme as an example of what can be achieved in Ireland, but you are entitled to disagree.
Clearly they get on well and it is a great story but I agree with Myles - the solider didn't come across too well.
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Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Arguments for and against a truth commision. I'll take the view of the better man.
What about that bollix Pat Buckley.
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Calm down Myles. The victim is Richard Moore, who went on to become a successful businessman and a leading charity fund-raiser not only in Derry but across Ireland. He forgave the soldier, who is now his friend, went on to produce a memorable tv documentary about their meeting and wrote a book about his life story. If the soldier was the type of person you describe, he would not have answered the calls on Richard's behalf in the first place. It may not have been easy for him to have gone on the Late Late in the circumstances, but he did it anyway. Some of us might find the programme as an example of what can be achieved in Ireland, but you are entitled to disagree.
Did you see the show? I don't know the history but I do know that I struggled to accept that this soldier could justify firing plastic bullets at children as he still does. For what it is worth he does not feel guilt at what he did and instead uses typical Brit language like "unfortunate" or "tragic" incident etc. Ryan Tubridy found it very difficult to accept the soldiers position and this was borne out by his line of questioning. Richard Moore is,of course, entitled to forgive the man and fair play that he could do that but for me when a terrible obvious wrong like this is done there should be remorse before the guy gets paraded around like he is a shining light of conflict resolution.
I didn't see the show but Myles haven't Sinn Féin use the terms unfortunate and wrong during the troubles to get around using the word condemnation. The victim certainly is a better man than most.
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I didn't see the show but Myles haven't Sinn Féin use the terms unfortunate and wrong during the troubles to get around using the word condemnation. The victim certainly is a better man than most.
Don't recall Sinn Fein ever having shot anyone as an organisation. I presume you mean to substitute the IRA for SF in your statement. Indeed they have done and wrongly so but they have since apologised for the hurt they have caused. This man hid behind the fact he was a soldier to justify what he did and what he did was fire a plastic bullet into a group of kids. He even justified last night the action of doing it by claiming hardly any serious injury is/was caused by plastic bullets last night, when anyone with half a brain knows that is bullshit.
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Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Certain irony to that reply as his victim can forgive him but not you Myles... peace how are you? The Brit said a lot of things that were positive and he did say he regretted it. Maybe sometimes that is the best you'll get on both sides and Richard Moore has accepted it.
That was a snapshot of the relationship betwen these two men. At one stage Richard Moore went in to defend the soldier when Tubrity challenged him so their friendship is sound and probably based on more than came across last night. Not one to defend the Brits but if it is good enough for his victim...
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I didn't see the show but Myles haven't Sinn Féin use the terms unfortunate and wrong during the troubles to get around using the word condemnation. The victim certainly is a better man than most.
Don't recall Sinn Fein ever having shot anyone as an organisation. I presume you mean to substitute the IRA for SF in your statement. Indeed they have done and wrongly so but they have since apologised for the hurt they have caused. This man hid behind the fact he was a soldier to justify what he did and what he did was fire a plastic bullet into a group of kids. He even justified last night the action of doing it by claiming hardly any serious injury is/was caused by plastic bullets last night, when anyone with half a brain knows that is bullshit.
I never said SF shot anyone although we could get into that. I said that SF used very similar terms that you described at "typical Brit language". That is all.
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Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Certain irony to that reply as his victim can forgive him but not you Myles... peace how are you? The Brit said a lot of things that were positive and he did say he regretted it. Maybe sometimes that is the best you'll get on both sides and Richard Moore has accepted it.
That was a snapshot of the relationship betwen these two men. At one stage Richard Moore went in to defend the soldier when Tubrity challenged him so their friendship is sound and probably based on more than came across last night. Not one to defend the Brits but if it is good enough for his victim...
Look Richard Moore is entitled forgive him if he wants, thats his business. What I am saying is that the man made excuses for shooting at children and he still does. That is not remorse. I don't "forgive" people that have no remorse. Do you forgive Paedophille priests just cos one of their victims might? People who attack children are scumbags imo, just like the IRA men who blew up mountbatten when he had kids on his boat.
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Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Certain irony to that reply as his victim can forgive him but not you Myles... peace how are you? The Brit said a lot of things that were positive and he did say he regretted it. Maybe sometimes that is the best you'll get on both sides and Richard Moore has accepted it.
That was a snapshot of the relationship betwen these two men. At one stage Richard Moore went in to defend the soldier when Tubrity challenged him so their friendship is sound and probably based on more than came across last night. Not one to defend the Brits but if it is good enough for his victim...
Look Richard Moore is entitled forgive him if he wants, thats his business. What I am saying is that the man made excuses for shooting at children and he still does. That is not remorse. I don't "forgive" people that have no remorse. Do you forgive Paedophille priests just cos one of their victims might? People who attack children are scumbags imo, just like the IRA men who blew up mountbatten when he had kids on his boat.
I just find your rage and call for violence a bit strange from someone who has no time for injustice. Live in peace or I'll batter f** out of you ::)
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Any of ye see the soldier and the man be blinded with a plastic bullet. He shot into a crowd of what he called stone throwers and blinded a 10 year old boy in 1972, the boy who is now a man forgives him and is friends with him. The victim in this must be a better man than me cos that Brit Soldier came across to me as a condescending, arrogant w**ker who could not even express guilt about what he done. I'd love to see him get a good hammering.
Certain irony to that reply as his victim can forgive him but not you Myles... peace how are you? The Brit said a lot of things that were positive and he did say he regretted it. Maybe sometimes that is the best you'll get on both sides and Richard Moore has accepted it.
That was a snapshot of the relationship betwen these two men. At one stage Richard Moore went in to defend the soldier when Tubrity challenged him so their friendship is sound and probably based on more than came across last night. Not one to defend the Brits but if it is good enough for his victim...
Look Richard Moore is entitled forgive him if he wants, thats his business. What I am saying is that the man made excuses for shooting at children and he still does. That is not remorse. I don't "forgive" people that have no remorse. Do you forgive Paedophille priests just cos one of their victims might? People who attack children are scumbags imo, just like the IRA men who blew up mountbatten when he had kids on his boat.
I just find your rage and call for violence a bit strange from someone who has no time for injustice. Live in peace or I'll batter f** out of you ::)
Well if you can point out in this case how and when justice was served I'll remove my reference to battering him.
It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
He also talked very passionatly about Haiti and a nice bit of film on him in Haiti.
George is on from 33 minutes on.
Also loved it when Janet Dickenson asked him about the family, Tubridy nearly crawled under his toadstool, ha ha, loved it.
For the lads who missed the bit with the lad from Derry and the British soldier its at 49.30
The saturdays are at 45.30 if You want to see some fine legs.
http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/ (http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/)
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin.
agree fully
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
A yes in the Fianna Fail dictatorship all those that question the views of the FF Politburo or the Lord Haw Haw aka Ryan Tubridy shall get a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Bertie
Brian sitting for his new National Gallery pic.
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
Aye but that would be the last act of violence that i would condone, for the greater good in fairness.
Now now mayogodhelpya... Dictatorship did I hear you say? Where is there a dictatorship? Certainly not in this country. How's Enda Kenny these days? Where is he? MWR are trying to get through to him but he won't answer his phone? Running scared? He's a shite opposition leader.
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Now now mayogodhelpya... Dictatorship did I hear you say? Where is there a dictatorship? Certainly not in this country. How's Enda Kenny these days? Where is he? MWR are trying to get through to him but he won't answer his phone? Running scared? He's a shite opposition leader.
Enda is getting himself airbrushed. Last time I saw a picture of him in Mayo he looked about 20.
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because, unlike you Mylie, he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
Jees! Myles, do you really think I give a f** that Tyrone lost a league game to Derry in February? :P You're an oxy-moran peace-justice-hate-kill
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Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on February 06, 2010, 05:28:13 PM
It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie and crew.
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
Jees! Myles, do you really think I give a f** that Tyrone lost a league game to Derry in February? :P You're an oxy-moran peace-justice-hate-kill
An Oxymoron is a contradictory statement, not sure how I could be described as a statement. Or perhaps you were trying to call me a moron which is ironic since you didn't even spell it correctly. And didn't you once write on here about spitting on a paedophille priest - is that not an act of aggression/revenge?
You really should care when your neighbours and rivals beat you too or are you just a fair weather supporter :P
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Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on February 06, 2010, 05:28:13 PM
It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
Jees! Myles, do you really think I give a f** that Tyrone lost a league game to Derry in February? :P You're an oxy-moran peace-justice-hate-kill
An Oxymoron is a contradictory statement, not sure how I could be described as a statement. Or perhaps you were trying to call me a moron which is ironic since you didn't even spell it correctly. And didn't you once write on here about spitting on a paedophille priest - is that not an act of aggression/revenge?
You really should care when your neighbours and rivals beat you too or are you just a fair weather supporter :P
As you are a language and grammatical giant Mylie, you should know that to say, 'I spit on him' is a figure of speech, like you hold them in contempt, lower than a snake's belly.
Aye-you're rite about oxy-moron, tho your statements are usually oxy-moronic.
Re-GAA :P When Cavan win a few All Irelands, you will understand that losing a February league game means nothing. Dublin beat Kerry today. Come the summer it'll mean nothing.
Hang on HS, I'm sure we'll get the "sure I was only messing" routine.
Ok... if by some miracle Cavan win ONE All Ireland...
..get to a minor final?...
I doubt Myles saw any of that... 58 years :'(
..and? that is pathetic. I'd rather have Tyrone's record than that history lesson. Is so last century... You would have to be about 70 to remember their last All Ireland.
Oxy Moronic indeed. Quit digging Fox.
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Oxy Moronic indeed. Quit digging Fox.
8)
You know fox, I quite like you - you're some boy. Lets make friends and stop all this hate.... or I'll batter the shite out of you :D
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Oxy Moronic indeed. Quit digging Fox.
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You know fox, I quite like you - you're some boy. Lets make friends and stop all this hate.... or I'll batter the shite out of you :D
Ok... truth be told I pick a row with one poster a week and will be moving on to someone new now. Nice debating with you tho... a worthy opponent :-*
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Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on February 06, 2010, 05:28:13 PM
It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
Jees! Myles, do you really think I give a f** that Tyrone lost a league game to Derry in February? :P You're an oxy-moran peace-justice-hate-kill
An Oxymoron is a contradictory statement, not sure how I could be described as a statement. Or perhaps you were trying to call me a moron which is ironic since you didn't even spell it correctly. And didn't you once write on here about spitting on a paedophille priest - is that not an act of aggression/revenge?
You really should care when your neighbours and rivals beat you too or are you just a fair weather supporter :P
As you are a language and grammatical giant Mylie, you should know that to say, 'I spit on him' is a figure of speech, like you hold them in contempt, lower than a snake's belly.
Aye-you're rite about oxy-moron, tho your statements are usually oxy-moronic.
Re-GAA :P When Cavan win a few All Irelands, you will understand that losing a February league game means nothing. Dublin beat Kerry today. Come the summer it'll mean nothing.
I hope you realise how dopey you sound saying that...
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
Jees! Myles, do you really think I give a f** that Tyrone lost a league game to Derry in February? :P You're an oxy-moran peace-justice-hate-kill
An Oxymoron is a contradictory statement, not sure how I could be described as a statement. Or perhaps you were trying to call me a moron which is ironic since you didn't even spell it correctly. And didn't you once write on here about spitting on a paedophille priest - is that not an act of aggression/revenge?
You really should care when your neighbours and rivals beat you too or are you just a fair weather supporter :P
As you are a language and grammatical giant Mylie, you should know that to say, 'I spit on him' is a figure of speech, like you hold them in contempt, lower than a snake's belly.
Aye-you're rite about oxy-moron, tho your statements are usually oxy-moronic.
Re-GAA :P When Cavan win a few All Irelands, you will understand that losing a February league game means nothing. Dublin beat Kerry today. Come the summer it'll mean nothing.
I hope you realise how dopey you sound saying that...
That's why i changed it to- 'if by some miracle Cavan win ONE all Ireland title.'
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It was great to see George Hook show that Tubridy tool up for the Fianna Fail p***k he is last night. Truridy wasn't expecting George to take him up on it, so didn't load the audience with Fianna Fail dinosaurs, the crowd loved it when he blamed Bertie for all. Well done Hook boy, ya stuck it to Bertie
Hook spoke passionately alright and in fairness to him, he has his views and he is entitled to him....however, he is a fat bollox who needs a good slappin followed by a steel capped kick up the hole.
Careful - Fox will be after you for that statement ;)
No I won't because he doesn't go over all that santimonous handwringing sh*te like he's the Dali Lama and then spout hate and violence in the same statements.
Bit touchy there Fox, someone in a bad mood cos of tonights result. You have a mighty habit of not addressing anything that I wrote in my posts by the way. I have clearly stated why I said what I said and you've ignored it.
Anyhow, since I have no life I am in watching Brendan O Connors new chat show and Michael Barrymore is on and i am cringing here. He is of his head on something and trying hard to be funny but really he should be put down at this stage.
Jees! Myles, do you really think I give a f** that Tyrone lost a league game to Derry in February? :P You're an oxy-moran peace-justice-hate-kill
An Oxymoron is a contradictory statement, not sure how I could be described as a statement. Or perhaps you were trying to call me a moron which is ironic since you didn't even spell it correctly. And didn't you once write on here about spitting on a paedophille priest - is that not an act of aggression/revenge?
You really should care when your neighbours and rivals beat you too or are you just a fair weather supporter :P
As you are a language and grammatical giant Mylie, you should know that to say, 'I spit on him' is a figure of speech, like you hold them in contempt, lower than a snake's belly.
Aye-you're rite about oxy-moron, tho your statements are usually oxy-moronic.
Re-GAA :P When Cavan win a few All Irelands, you will understand that losing a February league game means nothing. Dublin beat Kerry today. Come the summer it'll mean nothing.
I hope you realise how dopey you sound saying that...
That's why i changed it to- 'if by some miracle Cavan win ONE all Ireland title.'
Still doesn't make a lick of sense
I wonder will "George Lee" appear on the late late show this weekend!
Or possibly, "Lee and Bird".
How disgusting
Gerry Adams on tonight.
Will the questioning be any different? I think Gaybe refused to shake Adams' hand last time. Will Tuffers keep that tradition up?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gerry+adams+late+late++ambush&search_type=&aq=f
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Gerry Adams on tonight.
Will the questioning be any different? I think Gaybe refused to shake Adams' hand last time. Will Tuffers keep that tradition up?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gerry+adams+late+late++ambush&search_type=&aq=f
Should be good show Samuel L Jackson and Michael Fassbender on as well.Think he will shake hands ok but will get a grilling and should be good to see
Great music on tonight's show as well ;D
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Great music on tonight's show as well ;D
Dionne Warwick who else
Quote from: Zapatista on February 12, 2010, 11:38:12 AM
Gerry Adams on tonight.
Will the questioning be any different? I think Gaybe refused to shake Adams' hand last time. Will Tuffers keep that tradition up?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gerry+adams+late+late++ambush&search_type=&aq=f
Has he got another book out? He'll get a grilling surely but Adams is well used to it. He'll hardly lose much sleep over it.
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Gerry Adams on tonight.
Will the questioning be any different? I think Gaybe refused to shake Adams' hand last time. Will Tuffers keep that tradition up?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gerry+adams+late+late++ambush&search_type=&aq=f
Should be good show Samuel L Jackson and Michael Fassbender on as well.Think he will shake hands ok but will get a grilling and should be good to see
Sounds like a good line up tonight. Them Sky people better come today, so I can get my RTE!!
QuoteDionne Warwick who else
The Wolfe Tones & The High Kings, releasing a Haiti Charity single.
Will anyone shake hands with the Tones?
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Has he got another book out? He'll get a grilling surely but Adams is well used to it. He'll hardly lose much sleep over it.
Don't know. Hard to see Tuffers give anyone a grilling. He give Cowen a bit of a touch and it seemed to
go to plan ;)
QuoteWill anyone shake hands with the Tones?
Aye, Tubridy...big fan ;)
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QuoteDionne Warwick who else
The Wolfe Tones & The High Kings, releasing a Haiti Charity single.
Will "oh ah up the Ra" feature in the
chorus?
Great line up tonight.
Rte has to be the best channel on tv, bar none.
Anyone else want to add 4 inches to their height?
Think Gerry has still questions to answer about his niece and brother but thought Tubridy was a little bollix to see some difference between armed struggle within his own family and the armed struggle in the north and then refused to explain it.
Quote from: mylestheslasher on February 12, 2010, 11:42:51 PM
Think Gerry has still questions to answer about his niece and brother but thought Tubridy was a little bollix to see some difference between armed struggle within his own family and the armed struggle in the north and then refused to explain it.
Why so? The Republican movement back in day is seen as a nobler undertaking than the criminal undertakings of the modern era Provisionals. Tubridy is hardly gonna sit and compare his grandfather with the people responsible for Enniskillen etc etc.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2010, 07:56:47 PM
Will "oh ah up the Ra" feature in the
chorus?
I'n not really into that music myself, but it sounded like a racket.
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Quote from: mylestheslasher on February 12, 2010, 11:42:51 PM
Think Gerry has still questions to answer about his niece and brother but thought Tubridy was a little bollix to see some difference between armed struggle within his own family and the armed struggle in the north and then refused to explain it.
Why so? The Republican movement back in day is seen as a nobler undertaking than the criminal undertakings of the modern era Provisionals. Tubridy is hardly gonna sit and compare his grandfather with the people responsible for Enniskillen etc etc.
It's all a matter of timing.
You can be a hero or a traitor - it just depends on the time you decided that you were prepared to fight for mother Ireland.
You also can be both a hero and traitor at the same time !
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Think Gerry has still questions to answer about his niece and brother but thought Tubridy was a little bollix to see some difference between armed struggle within his own family and the armed struggle in the north and then refused to explain it.
Why so? The Republican movement back in day is seen as a nobler undertaking than the criminal undertakings of the modern era Provisionals. Tubridy is hardly gonna sit and compare his grandfather with the people responsible for Enniskillen etc etc.
Why don't you have a go at explaining what Tuffers wouldn't? Why did his garanda fight the Brits, then fellow Irishmen?
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Quote from: mylestheslasher on February 12, 2010, 11:42:51 PM
Think Gerry has still questions to answer about his niece and brother but thought Tubridy was a little bollix to see some difference between armed struggle within his own family and the armed struggle in the north and then refused to explain it.
Why so? The Republican movement back in day is seen as a nobler undertaking than the criminal undertakings of the modern era Provisionals. Tubridy is hardly gonna sit and compare his grandfather with the people responsible for Enniskillen etc etc.
He's the interviewer and therefore doesn't have to answer any questions. You did notice what side of the desk he was on?
Why don't you have a go at explaining what Tuffers wouldn't? Why did his garanda fight the Brits, then fellow Irishmen?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 12:20:05 AM
He's the interviewer and therefore doesn't have to answer any questions. You did notice what side of the desk he was on?
I didn't ask him, i asked you.
Jesus Tubridy was awful tonight. I missed Gerry as I couldn't stick him anymore during Sam Jackson's interview. FFS Jackson must be the best guest ever, just let him talk, but naw Tubridy has be a condescending p***k as per usual.
Awful, awful.
They should've just filmed tonights show in Felons.
QuoteThey should've just filmed tonights show in Felons.
Nice to see a decent show for a change.
Baloney you talk some baloney. There is no difference between the men who fought in the tan war and the men who fought in our generation. Enniskillen should not have happened, the IRA accepted that and apologised but they, like their predecessors, focussed on military targets. Are you gullible enough to think that innocent people weren't killed in the 1920's? Free state double standards sicken me.
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Anyone else want to add 4 inches to their height?
I'll take whatever's going.
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 12:58:06 AM
There is no difference between the men who fought in the tan war and the men who fought in our generation. Enniskillen should not have happened, the IRA accepted that and apologised but they, like their predecessors, focussed on military targets. Are you gullible enough to think that innocent people weren't killed in the 1920's? Free state double standards sicken me.
What's the difference then, between what happened at the start of the last century, what happened during the last 40 years and what happened at Massarene and Lurgan last year - you know, the death of what many republicans would have called 'legitimate targets', where McGuinness descriped the "men who fought" as "traitors"?
Because Maguire, unlike in the provos era, the conditions now exist to exercise a peaceful road.
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Because Maguire, unlike in the provos era, the conditions now exist to exercise a peaceful road.
Ah right. That's okay then.
::)
Obviously you disagree. Have you a reason?
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Obviously you disagree. Have you a reason?
I believe the conditions to exercise a peaceful road could have been found a long time ago. The PIRA were fighting for a United Ireland. They didn't get it; they settled for an agreement that allows for the majority in NI to decide its future. Peacefully.
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 12:58:06 AMEnniskillen should not have happened
The ultimate mealy-mouthed weasel phrase. Almost makes me puke, to be frank, every time I hear it. Defend the indefensible, if you must, but don't try to have it both ways.
Unfortunately, I missed the Adams interview. I fell asleep listening to Jackson. I'd never seen or heard him out of character before. I was disappointed to find that, as with so many actors, there doesn't seem to be anyone in there. Perhaps a harsh judgement based on ten minutes of a trivia show, but anyway.
The <shudder> Wolfe Tones woke me with a horrible fright from a nightmare of being in an amplified hen house with a fleet of foxes running amok. But I was soon sleeping like a baby again when the cacophony stopped.
While their stated aim was Irish Unity, they were never foolish enough to think they could do so by force. They fought to bring the brits to the table. The fact that the brits initially didn't take peace seriously led to canary wharf. Republicans are still in the process of working for Irish Unity peacefully.
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Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 12:58:06 AMEnniskillen should not have happened
The ultimate mealy-mouthed weasel phrase. Almost makes me puke, to be frank, every time I hear it. Defend the indefensible, if you must, but don't try to have it both ways.
Unfortunately, I missed the Adams interview. I fell asleep listening to Jackson. I'd never seen or heard him out of character before. I was disappointed to find that, as with so many actors, there doesn't seem to be anyone in there. Perhaps a harsh judgement based on ten minutes of a trivia show, but anyway.
The <shudder> Wolfe Tones woke me with a horrible fright from a nightmare of being in an amplified hen house with a fleet of foxes running amok. But I was soon sleeping like a baby again when the cacophony stopped.
You should be posting that on the "You know you're getting old thread..." ;D
Hardy, if you try re-reading my post I would challenge you to pick out where I defended the Enniskillen bomb. I clearly stated it should not have happened. I won't tolerate being accused of defending it. I simply said that the IRA also stated it should not have happened. They also rightly apologised. Notably, they are the only party to the war who have apologised for their wrong doings. I also notice in your posts on this board that when it comes to the brits your attitude is to ignore the indefensible.
Quote from: Maguire01 on February 13, 2010, 11:01:07 AM
I believe the conditions to exercise a peaceful road could have been found a long time ago. The PIRA were fighting for a United Ireland. They didn't get it; they settled for an agreement that allows for the majority in NI to decide its future. Peacefully.
The peacefull road led to Bloody Sunday. If that isn't an indication of what we were dealing with then we probably won't agree from thereafter.
If "it shouldn't have happened" salves your conscience for you and allows you to continue to pretend to yourself that the provo murder campaign (that incident and, no doubt, a list of others apart) was just and noble, then perhaps you should consider a career in the clergy. Mental reservation is big there.
As I said - the ultimate mealy-mouthed weasel phrase.
BC - I was thinking that myself.
Again, where did I say it was just and noble? And if the IRA's campaign was a "murder campaign", what was the brits campaign?? Or for some reason was there a large proportion of people (calling themselves IRA) who just happened to like killing people knocking about in those times and it was just a coincidence that they were about at the same time as britain was carrying out atrocities? I prefer to believe the IRA were a reactionary force to the brit actions that you tend to accept/ignore.
Maybe I'm getting old but I thought the job of an interviewer was to ask a question and then let the other person answer it. Not constantly interrupt the respondent. Adams might have questions to answer over his brother...let's hope Tubridy isn't asking them. ::)
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 11:43:55 AM
Again, where did I say it was just and noble? And if the IRA's campaign was a "murder campaign", what was the brits campaign?? Or for some reason was there a large proportion of people (calling themselves IRA) who just happened to like killing people knocking about in those times and it was just a coincidence that they were about at the same time as britain was carrying out atrocities? I prefer to believe the IRA were a reactionary force to the brit actions that you tend to accept/ignore.
How did I know that was coming next? Rule 3(a), Section (i): If you're not a provo you're a Brit sympathiser.
Anyway, are you now saying the provo murder campaign wasn't just? That would seem a strange reversal within the space of a few posts.
No I don't regard you as a brit apologist because you didn't support the IRA, rather because you completely ignore references to British atrocities and choose to only attack republicanism. And I've made no reversal i said that Enniskillen wasn't just. The broad IRA campaign was however. I don't regard the IRA campaign as a murder campaign. That would be me regarding it as a criminal campaign which it was not.
Standard answer No. 17. Diversionary "whatabout" tactic B2.
I'm still a brit apologist, though? Well analysed, Dr. Freud. I'm also ignoring the theory of evolution for the purposes of this "discussion". But before you scurry off to make a "creationist" placard to hang around my neck, note that I'm also ignoring creationism. Where does that leave you?
I'll leave the last word, or paragraph from the manual, to yourself, This stuff gets boring after thirteen years of it here. So fire away with whatever labels you feel like sticking on me, just because I can't console myself with "it shouldn't have happened" (in my name).
Typical smug arrogant reply from someone with no good counter-argument.
Hardy I have tried to avoid these type of debates about the troubles on this board. However its never ceases to amaze me the knowledge or lack of knowledgeof the Troubles that is displayed by some posters from south of the border. This was shown be the crowd last night. Where do people gain souch knowledge, from RTE or the BBC.
The 'Whataboutry' you accuse Nalley of is not only from one side. I tend to think that those who have strong opinions here in the north from both the pro and anti armed struggle debate have reached their views because because of their own lives and where the trouble brought them.
PS. Young People are entitled to opinions to.
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 12:17:03 PM
Typical smug arrogant reply from someone with no good counter-argument.
I'll take that as a capitulation, though in the usual graceless, over-the-ball-and-get-the-man provo fashion.
Fair enough Sandino, but I've never subscribed to the notion that only Northerners are entitled to comment on the Troubles. My opinion is as valid as yours. There's no point in debating if you always win because of where you live. If you have a problem with something I've said, tell me what's wrong or untrue about it. And I don't think I implied young people weren't entitled to opinions. If I did, I didn't mean to.
Quote from: Sandino on February 13, 2010, 12:34:10 PM
This was shown be the crowd last night. Where do people gain souch knowledge, from RTE or the BBC.
The round of applause tuffers got last night reminded me of Q&A a few years back. They were talking about British torture of Iraqi prisoners (the pictures printed by the mirror which turned out to be false). Mary Lou McDonald said she wasn't surprised as they have a history even in Ireland in recent times. Some Gobshite politicans (can't remeber which one but think it was FG for some reason) lashed into her saying it was an absolute disgrace that she should make such comparisons (the comparison being torture of prisoners in Ireland with torture of prisoners in Iraq). He got a round of applause for it. I couldn't believe it. For some reason torture was accepted in Ireland by the Irish but not acceptable in iraq by the Irish. Right then I knew the Irish would never hold the British to account for their actions inc Dublin and Monaghan. Even more disturbing they will defend them.
I'd just point out that i'm of an age where i've lived through plenty of what went on in the north of our country. I'm not someone who's too young to make an informed judgement. All I would ask Hardy is would he be so critical of republicanism had it been his door getting repeatedly broken through by laughing RUC and british troops who proceeded to smash furniture up, insult and threaten those inside and then move on nextdoor? This is how I and many others grew up.
So the Late Late Show audience = "the Irish"?
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 12:55:36 PM
I'd just point out that i'm of an age where i've lived through plenty of what went on in the north of our country. I'm not someone who's too young to make an informed judgement. All I would ask Hardy is would he be so critical of republicanism had it been his door getting repeatedly broken through by laughing RUC and british troops who proceeded to smash furniture up, insult and threaten those inside and then move on nextdoor? This is how I and many others grew up.
I have no idea. How can I answer that? Do you think that trumps anything I have to say? I'd probably have taken a shovel or something to the nearest cop or soldier and got shot.
But what has all that got to do with murdering women and pensioners in Enniskillen?
Quote from: Hardy on February 13, 2010, 12:56:19 PM
So the Late Late Show audience = "the Irish"?
Don't pretend you don't know what I mean.
Nothing, it's in response to your claim to have the same authority to speak about it as those in the north which is simply absurd. Enniskillen was one tragic event. Why damn the entire organisation based on this wrong and forget that the IRA grew out of the same justifiable anger that you say would have driven you to attack brits with a shovel.
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Quote from: Hardy on February 13, 2010, 12:56:19 PM
So the Late Late Show audience = "the Irish"?
Don't pretend you don't know what I mean.
You might consider saying what you mean, then and I might have some chance. You seem to be drawing a conclusion about the attitude of the Irish people from that of a Late Late show audience. I can't see any other meaning in your post. If I'm wrong, maybe you'd clarify.
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:03:16 PM
Nothing, it's in response to your claim to have the same authority to speak about it as those in the north which is simply absurd. Enniskillen was one tragic event. Why damn the entire organisation based on this wrong and forget that the IRA grew out of the same justifiable anger that you say would have driven you to attack brits with a shovel.
So there we have it. You are right because of your address and I am wrong a priori, whatever my argument. No point in continuing.
Right or wrong, I can't leave without saying I see no equivalence between taking a shovel to defend your family and the cowardly murder of women and pensioners. Bye.
The fact that that was the question you asked resulting from my post re abuse of prisoners says it all frankly.
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
Sorry, Zapatista. You'll have to try again. I have no idea what you're talking about. My question is about the assumption of equivalence between the Late Late show audience and the Irish people. Why are you ignoring it?
It's a juvenile, cowardly tactic to try and twist my question into a suggestion that I condone the torture of prisoners. I assume you'll be man enough to retract that.
Once again, in case it's not clear: are you saying you can gauge the mood of the Irish people by the applause on the Late Late Show?
P.s. Don't run away. I challenged you to consider for a second that the IRA's campaign was not daily "Enniskillens" but was essentially aimed at military targets. To call the IRA campaign a "murder campaign of women and children" is pathetic anti republican propaganda and rhetoric that Willy Frazer would be proud of.
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
Sure I've already conceded that only Northerners may henceforth speak of the Troubles. You live there, you are therefore the fount of knowledge. Excuse me while I slink away, continuing to marvel at my own ignorance in being unable to understand the leap of logic that should take me from fear and loathing of the RUC and Brit army to letting off a bomb in a gathering of families and murdering and maiming them wholesale. The sad thing is I can never hope for enlightenment, having had the misfortune to be born in the wrong place. Still, I can console myself that that's preferable to dying because you happen to be in the wrong place when a crowd of psychopaths are on the lose with bombs.
Quote from: Hardy on February 13, 2010, 01:14:32 PM
Sorry, Zapatista. You'll have to try again. I have no idea what you're talking about. My question is about the assumption of equivalence between the Late Late show audience and the Irish people. Why are you ignoring it?
It's a juvenile, cowardly tactic to try and twist my question into a suggestion that I condone the torture of prisoners. I assume you'll be man enough to retract that.
Once again, in case it's not clear: are you saying you can gauge the mood of the Irish people by the applause on the Late Late Show?
I did not accuse you of condoneing torture i highlighted you avoided the subject over the subject you addressed.
I gauge the mood of the Irish people through my experience with them which fell in line with the audience of the late late show. The late late was an example I used to highlight (and it highlighted it to me) the issue rather than us examples I picked up from friends in the pub of the same point of view.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
could you start a different thread, one i won't read!
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Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 12:58:06 AMEnniskillen should not have happened
The ultimate mealy-mouthed weasel phrase. Almost makes me puke, to be frank, every time I hear it. Defend the indefensible, if you must, but don't try to have it both ways.
Unfortunately, I missed the Adams interview. I fell asleep listening to Jackson. I'd never seen or heard him out of character before. I was disappointed to find that, as with so many actors, there doesn't seem to be anyone in there. Perhaps a harsh judgement based on ten minutes of a trivia show, but anyway.
The <shudder> Wolfe Tones woke me with a horrible fright from a nightmare of being in an amplified hen house with a fleet of foxes running amok. But I was soon sleeping like a baby again when the cacophony stopped.
You should be posting that on the "You know you're getting old thread..." ;D
When you're falling alseep in front of the late late show on a Friday night you may forget it....
So once again you refuse to accept that the IRA weren't going out to bomb civilians day in day out? It's not a matter of opinion Hardy, history shows the IRA's targets were in the vast majority, military and financial. The same cannot be said for britain's targets. Yet those who fought back, like they did in the tan war, were just blood thirsty psychopaths?
BLAH BLAH BLAH
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:16:36 PM
P.s. Don't run away. I challenged you to consider for a second that the IRA's campaign was not daily "Enniskillens" but was essentially aimed at military targets. To call the IRA campaign a "murder campaign of women and children" is pathetic anti republican propaganda and rhetoric that Willy Frazer would be proud of.
Grow up. This isn't a schoolyard. "Run away"! Anyway, the day I run away from an argument with a provo sympathiser is the day I c**k up my toes. To be honest, though, I'm tired of arguing with you. It's the same old sad pathetic shite I've listened to for forty years. And I can't win, because I have the wrong address.
"It wasn't daily Enniskillens"! Listen to yourself.
I leave where I came in. "It shouldn't have happened" is one of the most mealy-mouthed weasel phrases I can imagine. It would be good if the provos and their sympathisers at least had the decency to admit what they're defending instead of trying this pathetic get-out.
Did anyone else cringe when Samuel L. Jackson was about to announce the winner and Tubrity asked for the envelope off him as he wanted to.
Jesus it was bad. Samuel gave him a wile look.
Quote from: Zapatista on February 13, 2010, 12:54:40 PM
Quote from: Sandino on February 13, 2010, 12:34:10 PM
This was shown be the crowd last night. Where do people gain souch knowledge, from RTE or the BBC.
The round of applause tuffers got last night reminded me of Q&A a few years back. They were talking about British torture of Iraqi prisoners (the pictures printed by the mirror which turned out to be false). Mary Lou McDonald said she wasn't surprised as they have a history even in Ireland in recent times. Some Gobshite politicans (can't remeber which one but think it was FG for some reason) lashed into her saying it was an absolute disgrace that she should make such comparisons (the comparison being torture of prisoners in Ireland with torture of prisoners in Iraq). He got a round of applause for it. I couldn't believe it. For some reason torture was accepted in Ireland by the Irish but not acceptable in iraq by the Irish. Right then I knew the Irish would never hold the British to account for their actions inc Dublin and Monaghan. Even more disturbing they will defend them.
It comes from a mixture of self loathing, lack of a backbone that Ireland has and a "I'm alright jack" attitude.
And I once again ask you where it was defended. I defend the right of the IRA to fight back, like they did in the Tan War. You have not answered my question, if the IRA were just murdering nutcases, what were the british aggressors? Or how would you define their campaign? And hardy, people's views are shaped by their experiences. Those who experienced them can speak with more authority on the topic in question than those with zero experience. It's common sense so stop playing the martyr.
Quote from: ziggysego on February 13, 2010, 01:31:19 PM
Did anyone else cringe when Samuel L. Jackson was about to announce the winner and Tubrity asked for the envelope off him as he wanted to.
Jesus it was bad. Samuel gave him a wile look.
yes ...... and when tubrity said "don't make me come over there"...... seriously tubrity..... CRINGALITIOUS!
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:37:03 PM
And I once again ask you where it was defended. I defend the right of the IRA to fight back, like they did in the Tan War. You have not answered my question, if the IRA were just murdering nutcases, what were the british aggressors? Or how would you define their campaign? And hardy, people's views are shaped by their experiences. Those who experienced them can speak with more authority on the topic in question than those with zero experience. It's common sense so stop playing the martyr.
I meant to go, but you couldn't make this up! Who exactly is playing the martyr card here?
Just because I'm fascinated by the squirming, can I ask you again - how does he British army/RUC/loyalist murder campaign justify murdering families in Enniskillen? In what way is this "fighting back"?
You, by talking about having the wrong address. And seriously, are you slow on the uptake? How often need I say that Enniskillen was NOT justified. N.O.T. So why keep bringing it up? And I also once again ask, do you honestly think the IRA only carried out an attack in Enniskillen? Their most regular targets were military. Why need I repeat that?? And my final repeated question you still haven't answered is how would you describe the british campaign if the IRA's was a "murder campaign by nutcases"?
blah de blah de blah
START A DIFFERENT THREAD
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 11:21:18 AM
Hardy, if you try re-reading my post I would challenge you to pick out where I defended the Enniskillen bomb. I clearly stated it should not have happened. I won't tolerate being accused of defending it. I simply said that the IRA also stated it should not have happened. They also rightly apologised.
10 years later. And did SF not refuse to condemn it at the time?
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:27:12 PM
So once again you refuse to accept that the IRA weren't going out to bomb civilians day in day out? It's not a matter of opinion Hardy, history shows the IRA's targets were in the vast majority, military and financial.
I think there were 600 civilians (out of the c.3,000 deaths) that were civilians. I'm not sure of the Republican/Loyalist split on that. But Enniskillen isn't the only example, just the most high profile.
They still apologised. And talking about what SF did or said years ago doesn't make a difference. Gerry Adams is on record as stating it was wrong and shouldn't have happened. That terrible event doesn't typify the IRA's campaign, which can't be denied. Constantly using this as a way to imply the IRA's campaign was aimed at civilians is dishonest. Also, has any other party to the conflict accepted their level of involvement and apologised or is that not important?
Quote from: Hardy on February 13, 2010, 01:49:23 PM
I meant to go, but you couldn't make this up! Who exactly is playing the martyr card here?
Just because I'm fascinated by the squirming, can I ask you again - how does he British army/RUC/loyalist murder campaign justify murdering families in Enniskillen? In what way is this "fighting back"?
Hardy, what's your issue here - is it 'mistakes' such as Enniskillen or is it that the IRA's right to fight back in general?
If it's the first, I'm sure you are aware that approaching 80% of those killed or injured by the IRA were willing participants in the conflict in one form or another (according to 'Lost Lives'). That's a figure that would rank very favourably with pretty much any armed campaign or war you want to choose and one I'm sure would as good as or not better than the campaign fought by Turbity's grandfather.
If it's the second, and you are against armed conflict in principle, let's get it out in the open instead of hiding behind the 'atrocity' headline, so we can have a sensible debate on the matter.
Well said Ulick. Also Maguire, Almost a thousand families believe British State forces colluded in the death of a loved one. Britain has never acknowledged or apologised for this. But sure why don't we continue to focus in on a single IRA attack which the perpetrators did acknowledge and apologise for eh?
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
Come on Tony, you know what he means. If a hitman comes to a house he wants to get in and out quick and get the right person (i.e. the right bedroom) not wake up the whole house as he runs through it searching for his victim. It is, as i'm sure you know, well documented that security forces provided Loyalists with information on republicans or just plain ordinary catholics, leaving roads free for the assassin to flee and carrying out half arsed investigations. Have the brits even admitted that the sent the SAS into Ireland yet?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
The brits never colluded with loyalists?
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 13, 2010, 04:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
The brits never colluded with loyalists?
Who said that?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 04:18:59 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 13, 2010, 04:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
The brits never colluded with loyalists?
Who said that?
No one, I'm asking. Do you believe the brits/ruc colluded with loyalists?
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 13, 2010, 04:19:49 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 04:18:59 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 13, 2010, 04:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
The brits never colluded with loyalists?
Who said that?
No one, I'm asking. Do you believe the brits/ruc colluded with loyalists?
Yes. What makes you ask such a question? What next,"is there a sun in the sky?"
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 05:31:23 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 13, 2010, 04:19:49 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 04:18:59 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 13, 2010, 04:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 01:12:42 PM
Another point. When loyalists murdered people in their beds, witnesses often reported that they often broke in and walked straight to the bedrooms of their victims, knowing the house's layout. In these cases, the RUC/brits had raided the houses weeks before and openly sketched the layout of rooms. I recall living in fear after seeing them sketch my home. We were lucky but others weren't. Don't try tell me those in the south are equally qualified to talk about what those in the north went through.
I know loyalists aren't renowned for being master criminals but I think they could
manage to find a bedroom in a house. Generally the ones upstairs with the beds rather
than bath, toilet and shower...
The brits never colluded with loyalists?
Who said that?
No one, I'm asking. Do you believe the brits/ruc colluded with loyalists?
Yes. What makes you ask such a question? What next,"is there a sun in the sky?"
Because you seemed to be in an awful rush to rubbish Nallystand's belief that brits had concluded with loyalists by providing plans of houses
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 13, 2010, 05:31:23 PM
Yes. What makes you ask such a question? What next,"is there a sun in the sky?"
Patronising and flippant. Beneath debate.
From his rantings and ravings on this thread, I think it can be taken as confirmed that Hardy is a certified idiot.
Hardy, still have that chip on your shoulder I see ::) Here is a reprise just for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5WIzOxa50Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5WIzOxa50Y)
Quote from: balladmaker on February 13, 2010, 07:08:48 PM
From his rantings and ravings on this thread, I think it can be taken as confirmed that Hardy is a certified idiot.
Why, because he holds an alternative viewpoint to another poster?
QuoteWhy, because he holds an alternative viewpoint to another poster?
No, because his viewpoints do not hold any substance whatsoever.
Can I just point out that in the 1916 rising, in the following War of Independence and the climax of the civil war, more civilians died than in the entirety of the troubles. If you were to ask Unionists in 1920 whether the fight was justified or glorified then you'd get a similar answer to those during the 70's. The difference is the advance both in journalism (television cameras and widespread audience) and the methods of war (civilian targeting bombs etc).
Incendiary devices were actually used by the anti-treaty forces in 1922 so I would not make this a moral fight and suggest that there was no comparison between the two. In fact, it's completely ridiculous to suggest that the PIRA are worse because they're Northern. It's almost a reversion of the 17th Century Protestant inclination towards blaming a general Celtic and genetic inclination towards terrorism rather than the more circular inclination of Britain to invade Ireland. For Tubridy and his predecessor Byrne to claim that the comparison between old republican and new republican bears no weight reveals the absolute idiocy of what is a shallow, ill-conceived depiction of history rather than a moral high-ground. In republicanism there is no moral high-ground.
Did anyone see Hollywood "Legend" Samuel L Jackson on the Late Late. I was reading in the paper that while he played a round of golf in the k club with Ronan Keating, he was accompanied the whole way by a security guard. Was that really necessary, Ronan Keating isn't that bad ;D
Seriously though, why would he need a security guard while playing golf in the k club?
Quote from: Capt Pat on February 13, 2010, 07:55:17 PM
Did anyone see Hollywood "Legend" Samuel L Jackson on the Late Late. I was reading in the paper that while he played a round of golf in the k club with Ronan Keating, he was accompanied the whole way by a security guard. Was that really necessary, Ronan Keating isn't that bad ;D
Seriously though, why would he need a security guard while playing golf in the k club?
EC Unique thought he was Ronan Keating's caddy.
Quote from: ziggysego on February 13, 2010, 01:31:19 PM
Did anyone else cringe when Samuel L. Jackson was about to announce the winner and Tubrity asked for the envelope off him as he wanted to.
Jesus it was bad. Samuel gave him a wile look.
Aye Ziggy, had to change the channel such was the embarassment I myself felt. Tubridy's smugness is brutal, particularly evident in contrast to the 'coolest man alive'.
Tony Baloney why do you suggest i'm lying about this method of collusion? I'm speaking about it based on the certified fact that this was a theme reported by witnesses in many murders. I also speak from having witnessed my own home's internal layout being sketched. If you believe, like you say, that collusion happened, why challenge me on this point? Or should I say, why challenge those families who fell victim to it on this point?
Quote from: Nally Stand on February 13, 2010, 09:51:34 PM
Tony Baloney why do you suggest i'm lying about this method of collusion? I'm speaking about it based on the certified fact that this was a theme reported by witnesses in many murders. I also speak from having witnessed my own home's internal layout being sketched. If you believe, like you say, that collusion happened, why challenge me on this point? Or should I say, why challenge those families who fell victim to it on this point?
I'm not saying it didn't happen, I'm just saying it seems strange that the peelers or Brits needed to point out the exact bedroom by sketching the interior layout. I can see them passing the address and ensuring safe passage for the gunmen to and from the hit. We know this happened. Maybe I wouldn't have been much of a terrorist!
Facts are though, that it is how it was reported by witnesses. Lets face it, if you were an RUC man preparing a gunman to carry out such an attack, would you assume he could immediately find his victim in a dark house with no lights on, interior doors closed and more than one bedroom? I don't see what makes it hard to believe.
Last night's Gerry Adams interview is up on YouTube.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQa_z6WJxdQ
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-BGX4OIw4
Maybe I got it wrong but my perception was that the applause was in fact for Gerry Adams and not for Tubridy. It was a totally farcical point he was making and the smug manner in which he made it didn't do him any favours. Gerry Adams was both sincere and heartfelt I thought last night. He's a much too intelligent man to let the weasel get any over on him. I thought Adams came accross well.
Bernard Dunne on it. I just caught the end of his interview. I'm no fan of boxing and never seen Dunne untill he after became champion. Seen him loads of times sinse. I really like the guy. He seems like one of the most honest and genuine sportsmen out there. I always feel better after watching one of his interviews. He has retired but I don't care as I'm not a boxing fan. He's said he'll be staying about maybe for RTE which will br pretty cool. Didn't know he was from Neilstown. He's going to write a book which I look forward to.
Tuffer is an awfull p***k. He asked Dunnes wife why Bernard was hard to live with in the first few weks after he lost his world title ::)
Quote from: Aoise on February 14, 2010, 01:30:56 PM
Maybe I got it wrong but my perception was that the applause was in fact for Gerry Adams and not for Tubridy. It was a totally farcical point he was making and the smug manner in which he made it didn't do him any favours. Gerry Adams was both sincere and heartfelt I thought last night. He's a much too intelligent man to let the weasel get any over on him. I thought Adams came accross well.
Didn't see the interview, was out, but that is what my family took from it too.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 19, 2010, 11:29:56 PM
Quote from: Aoise on February 14, 2010, 01:30:56 PM
Maybe I got it wrong but my perception was that the applause was in fact for Gerry Adams and not for Tubridy. It was a totally farcical point he was making and the smug manner in which he made it didn't do him any favours. Gerry Adams was both sincere and heartfelt I thought last night. He's a much too intelligent man to let the weasel get any over on him. I thought Adams came accross well.
Didn't see the interview, was out, but that is what my family took from it too.
After looking at it again I think you're right. It would be very encouraging to think that the Irish people see little to no difference in the old ira and the provos. :P
Quote from: hardstation on February 20, 2010, 12:07:53 AM
This could give this thread another 20 page kick up the hole.
fixed
Thought Martin McAlease was good to listen to tonight, well when RT would actually let him talk. Had plenty of good stories about growing up and his father, pity had to be cut short when that other gobshite over ran his stand up.
Quote from: hardstation on February 20, 2010, 01:30:05 AM
Did Martin mention his GAA background? Or his Antrim championship medal with a club he once denied he ever played for? Or marking ("doing the right thing") Gerry Armstrong in the same Antrim championship?
He mentioned it a wee bit HS, in between Tubridy's constant interruptions...I know he played minor for Antrim (despite living in Down ;)). What club did he play for...obviously not the Johnnies...??
Tubridy is an annoying hoor for interupting people. PS, I don't see any difference between the Old IRA or the Provos. Both fought an armed campaign to free Ireland from British rule. The old IRA 'succeeded' in freeing 26 counties back in the 20s while the Provos 'succeeded' in bringing the Stormont regime as it was down. Hopefully, although I very much doubt it the Unionist majority in NI will become a minority and there will be a UI in my lifetime, although I wouldn't bet on it either.
give it another couple of decades and people will say these campaigns were essentially the same !
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 20, 2010, 11:54:19 AM
Tubridy is an annoying hoor for interupting people. PS, I don't see any difference between the Old IRA or the Provos. Both fought an armed campaign to free Ireland from British rule. The old IRA 'succeeded' in freeing 26 counties back in the 20s while the Provos 'succeeded' in bringing the Stormont regime as it was down. Hopefully, although I very much doubt it the Unionist majority in NI will become a minority and there will be a UI in my lifetime, although I wouldn't bet on it either.
While that probably wasn't a failure it wasn't a succuess either.
If Tubridy let him finish a sentence it might have been a good interview. Seemed like a waste of time. Tubs obviously wanted to get some scandal but couldn't get it.
good to see bernard dunne on decussing his retirement but would rte ever thinking of asking darragh o se on to discuss his? its the gaa responsibility to market gaa so they should insist on a certain no. of guests on these chat shows, 10 a year would be an improvement on what we get now. .
Can't see Tubrity having a long tenure in the Chair. His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all.
"His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all."
Well the above characteristics didn't prevent Gaybo from having a long tenure
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2010, 01:15:26 PM
"His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all."
Well the above characteristics didn't prevent Gaybo from having a long tenure
or Pat Kenny
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2010, 01:15:26 PM
"His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all."
Well the above characteristics didn't prevent Gaybo from having a long tenure
Good Lord! After nearly 15 years on the board I agree with Fearon!
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2010, 01:15:26 PM
"His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all."
Well the above characteristics didn't prevent Gaybo from having a long tenure
Agreed. But there was something much more competent and comfortable in Gaybo. He didn't feel the need to talk or be the star and allowed the guests much more space. Tubrity isn't in the same class as a broadcaster.
Quote from: Skiddybadoo on February 21, 2010, 05:57:15 PM
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2010, 01:15:26 PM
"His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all."
Well the above characteristics didn't prevent Gaybo from having a long tenure
Agreed. But there was something much more competent and comfortable in Gaybo. He didn't feel the need to talk or be the star and allowed the guests much more space. Tubrity isn't in the same class as a broadcaster.
Someone told me today that O'Connor show is down 60,000 already is that true?
watched that Adams interview there, f**k me Tubrity has to stop interupting! That's down right annoying.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on February 21, 2010, 08:24:57 PM
watched that Adams interview there, f**k me Tubrity has to stop interupting! That's down right annoying.
He got an awful roasting from Liam Fay in The Sunday Times today on this point (and many more besides).
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on February 21, 2010, 06:02:25 PM
Quote from: Skiddybadoo on February 21, 2010, 05:57:15 PM
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2010, 01:15:26 PM
"His smug arrogance will alienate viewers. Trying much too hard to make a name for himself and not a very personable or warm character at all."
Well the above characteristics didn't prevent Gaybo from having a long tenure
Agreed. But there was something much more competent and comfortable in Gaybo. He didn't feel the need to talk or be the star and allowed the guests much more space. Tubrity isn't in the same class as a broadcaster.
Someone told me today that O'Connor show is down 60,000 already is that true?
Somethin like that. Exact figure in tribune.. A horrible man!!
so it seems we (as in women) are always drunk, shouldn't wear rings on our fingers, go away for weekends and hit the bars when rugby matches are on......and we'll find mr right
so thats where i have been going wrong1
Liz Hurley....class bit of gear
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 12, 2010, 10:36:56 PM
Liz Hurley....class bit of gear
Some hen alright. The women of Ireland could take note on how to maintain themselves after themselves after the age of 30!
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 12, 2010, 10:36:56 PM
Liz Hurley....class bit of gear
Too right! In some shape for 44 and just has that dirty bitch look about her!!
Crystal swing - looks like they'll fill a few halls about the country - would be good for a wedding as well.
Quote from: Yes I Would on March 12, 2010, 10:46:29 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 12, 2010, 10:36:56 PM
Liz Hurley....class bit of gear
Too right! In some shape for 44 and just has that dirty bitch look about her!!
+1 Hard to bate the dirt burds...and I'd say she is one..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsUfWvIiXY
Good lord......... He drinks tequila and then rides the sister....
Quote from: comethekingdom on March 12, 2010, 10:47:08 PM
Crystal swing - looks like they'll fill a few halls about the country - would be good for a wedding as well.
They might be Merica bound (not the ancient Kingdom in England), seems like the American Ellen one seems to like them. After seeing them on tv I think more of them than I did before, the lad seems a right loon (in a good way) and the daughter will be some fine mare in a year or two.
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 12, 2010, 10:49:34 PM
Quote from: Yes I Would on March 12, 2010, 10:46:29 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on March 12, 2010, 10:36:56 PM
Liz Hurley....class bit of gear
Too right! In some shape for 44 and just has that dirty bitch look about her!!
+1 Hard to bate the dirt burds...and I'd say she is one..
she's fcukin plastered with make up - but I still would - she has a great set.
this country needs more crystal swings... some craic!
What about Mrs Keane?
Quote from: comethekingdom on March 12, 2010, 11:34:29 PM
What about Mrs Keane?
Scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Why do we want to listen to this wan? And her even less interesting mother.
Would you but?
3 sum!
There's other channels for that lads.
Well that was a good bit of craic!! Mick Jaggers ex has let herself go a bit!
Quote from: Yes I Would on April 02, 2010, 10:11:02 PM
Well that was a good bit of craic!! Mick Jaggers ex has let herself go a bit!
I thought it was a bit of shite to be honest, Tubs trying to defend the government & Myers trying to claim he was gagged and made sign a loan by two evil bankers.
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 02, 2010, 10:16:25 PM
Quote from: Yes I Would on April 02, 2010, 10:11:02 PM
Well that was a good bit of craic!! Mick Jaggers ex has let herself go a bit!
I thought it was a bit of shite to be honest, Tubs trying to defend the government & Myers trying to claim he was gagged and made sign a loan by two evil bankers.
You mustnt have picked the sarcasm in my post.. The 2nd statement i meant! She has a rough oul scone on her!!
Quote from: Yes I Would on April 02, 2010, 10:18:43 PM
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 02, 2010, 10:16:25 PM
Quote from: Yes I Would on April 02, 2010, 10:11:02 PM
Well that was a good bit of craic!! Mick Jaggers ex has let herself go a bit!
I thought it was a bit of shite to be honest, Tubs trying to defend the government & Myers trying to claim he was gagged and made sign a loan by two evil bankers.
You mustnt have picked the sarcasm in my post.. The 2nd statement i meant! She has a rough oul scone on her!!
Sorry I missed the double !
She must be pretty ould by now.
Mick O'Dwyer on LLS now
could never warm to the man
glad he remembers who won it 50 years ago ;)
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
Are you accusing Micko of going to Wicklow for financial gain?
I get the impression that hes not a fan of the hierarchy :o
Fair fcks Micko pointing out that Tubs is a Fianna FAILure. :)
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:40:55 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 23, 2010, 11:39:34 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
Are you accusing Micko of going to Wicklow for financial gain?
No. He just loves football.
Tell it to the judge.
Is he interested in taking the Antrim hurling team?
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
What are the mountains in Kildare like :D
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
He might be getting a phone call from Gay Byrne I never passed a car driving licence test on behalf of the RSA re his rallying around corners at night between Waterville and the Garden of Ireland.
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:46:16 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 23, 2010, 11:44:29 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:40:55 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 23, 2010, 11:39:34 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
Are you accusing Micko of going to Wicklow for financial gain?
No. He just loves football.
Tell it to the judge.
Is he interested in taking the Antrim hurling team?
He didn't say.
Maybe the Doc could pass a collection plate round Casement at the next match.
Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:45:58 PM
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
Are you a mind reader now?
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:52:10 PM
Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:45:58 PM
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
Are you a mind reader now?
No but anyone with an ounce of wit knows he is not a "footballing evangelist" as he likes to portray himself but merely goes to whoever is offering the most dough.
Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:53:42 PM
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Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:45:58 PM
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Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
Are you a mind reader now?
No but anyone with an ounce of wit knows he is not a "footballing evangelist" as he likes to portray himself but merely goes to whoever is offering the most dough.
Absolutely scandalous comment, Minder.
Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:53:42 PM
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Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:45:58 PM
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
Are you a mind reader now?
No but anyone with an ounce of wit knows he is not a "footballing evangelist" as he likes to portray himself but merely goes to whoever is offering the most dough.
So why didn't he go up north of a bit of sterling then? IMO Wicklow is a lovely place for a 70 year old to relax
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:59:12 PM
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Quote from: Minder on April 23, 2010, 11:45:58 PM
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
Are you a mind reader now?
No but anyone with an ounce of wit knows he is not a "footballing evangelist" as he likes to portray himself but merely goes to whoever is offering the most dough.
So why didn't he go up north of a bit of sterling then? IMO Wicklow is a lovely place for a 70 year old to relax
The mountains, Irish sea and lakes are dead shit up here.
The exhange rate hasn't been the great this past while. Not that that is important. The mountains and sea in the Glens are great.
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:59:12 PM
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Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
He is lying.
Are you a mind reader now?
No but anyone with an ounce of wit knows he is not a "footballing evangelist" as he likes to portray himself but merely goes to whoever is offering the most dough.
So why didn't he go up north of a bit of sterling then? IMO Wicklow is a lovely place for a 70 year old to relax
The mountains, Irish sea and lakes are dead shit up here.
Your a Antrim man Right? & it's very nice up there also
Micko sickens my ring.
"Ara, shur, I only do it cos I love the game" yada yada yada
FFS >:(
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:51:21 PM
Fcuk, how much would it be for a Breakfast with Micko?
What are you willing to do, to get breakfast with Micko?
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 23, 2010, 11:45:38 PM
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
What are the mountains in Kildare like :D
Much the same as those in Laois.
Although there is a common denominator, all 3 had mountains to climb to win anything.
Quote from: muppet on April 24, 2010, 12:13:57 PM
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 23, 2010, 11:45:38 PM
Quote from: ross4life on April 23, 2010, 11:43:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 23, 2010, 11:33:01 PM
Micko:
"Wicklow is a lovely place. What attracted me to it was the mountains, the Irish Sea and the lakes".
You have to laugh.
It is a nice place Wicklow, what's wrong with what he said?
What are the mountains in Kildare like :D
Much the same as those in Laois.
Although there is a common denominator, all 3 had mountains to climb to win anything.
We have the Slieve Bloom mountains in Laois actually...
Micko is a legend btw
Too many words used there LL.
Micko is a legend.
Micko is the epitome of the cute Kerry hoor. As shrewd as they come.
The man is an absolute gent though. I've got tremendous time for him, as all Kidare folk do. Hopefully he has plenty of years left patrolling the line.
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 23, 2010, 11:42:36 PM
Fair fcks Micko pointing out that Tubs is a Fianna FAILure. :)
Yes it was good knock the smug look off his face . Went to the Kildare V Wicklow match last year ,what a game . The man is a legend with a record that wil never be matched . Why he was never given the compromise rules gigs ?
Quote from: johnpower on April 24, 2010, 04:43:43 PM
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on April 23, 2010, 11:42:36 PM
Fair fcks Micko pointing out that Tubs is a Fianna FAILure. :)
Yes it was good knock the smug look off his face . Went to the Kildare V Wicklow match last year ,what a game . The man is a legend with a record that wil never be matched . Why he was never given the compromise rules gigs ?
Then the series would be about him rather than the game.
Therefore raising the quality value of the series x10.
I'd suspect Micko's long held outspoken views on professionalism may well have ruled him out of favour.
Quote from: Main Street on April 24, 2010, 07:27:12 PM
Therefore raising the quality value of the series x10.
I'd suspect Micko's long held outspoken views on professionalism may well have ruled him out of favour.
You wouldn't catch him accepting payment for services to the county... Any county.
Honestly, to listen to you Ulster lads pontificate is sickening... get real...everyone knows the big money is in Ulster. We know what you lads get up to up there. Amateurs in name only ::)
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on April 25, 2010, 08:36:56 AM
Honestly, to listen to you Ulster lads pontificate is sickening... get real...everyone knows the big money is in Ulster. We know what you lads get up to up there. Amateurs in name only ::)
Economics is hardly something you can lecture us on ;)
Would it be too much ask Mike Sheehy to produce some evidence re. payments in Ulster, are does the fact that he is a Kerryman provide an imprimater for his nonsense
No even the tax squad could find evidence in Micko's closet.
there's a first , ryan.gaybo and pat all on the late late... glad they are paying tribute to gerry.
It seemed he was a decent skin off the air. I knew himself and Tubridy were very close, but him and Pat, there is one for the books. A nice tribute. RIP.
Tubridy starting to cut up at the end
Quote from: An Gaeilgoir on April 30, 2010, 10:09:08 PM
It seemed he was a decent skin off the air. I knew himself and Tubridy were very close, but him and Pat, there is one for the books. A nice tribute. RIP.
read in one of todays papers that pat and his wife went with gerry on his honeymoon
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Quote from: An Gaeilgoir on April 30, 2010, 10:09:08 PM
It seemed he was a decent skin off the air. I knew himself and Tubridy were very close, but him and Pat, there is one for the books. A nice tribute. RIP.
read in one of todays papers that pat and his wife went with gerry on his honeymoon
What Pat said last night was, when G Ryan got married,himself and Moira went to Greece to Pat who was on holidays there. They stayed in the bedroom while Pat slept on the sofa
looks like niamh kavanagh is staying off the pork pies in the run up to the eurovision!
Quote from: leenie on May 14, 2010, 10:49:47 PM
looks like niamh kavanagh is staying off the pork pies in the run up to the eurovision!
She sang in Greencastle once. The whole hall emptied when she started. I felt sorry for her. A real trooper though, continued singing to an empty hall.
Twink is a hoot, isn't she :-\
I seen Mary O'Rourke on last night. I wasn't watching but but I did wonder WTF was the point in her making an appearance on it. Did anyone see it? It's bad enough paying her wages but than paying a licence fee for the late late is insult to injury.
What do you think Mary O'Rourke and freinds are doing on the show. Its payback time for the job. Next week they will have the new Fianna Fail candidate for the Listowel local elections on.
When it comes to getting the late late show gig, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this town.
Quote from: Capt Pat on May 22, 2010, 10:16:56 AM
What do you think Mary O'Rourke and freinds are doing on the show. Its payback time for the job. Next week they will have the new Fianna Fail candidate for the Listowel local elections on.
When it comes to getting the late late show gig, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this town.
She is synonymous with RTE. Many of its most famous creations were named after her. For example Wanderly Wagon and Forty Pensions.
* Muppet disclaimer - the above may not in fact be remotely true.
Anyone see that looper last night that sees 'Our Lady' and has met Jesus, Michael the Arkangel and some other angel fellow... maybe Gabriel. He seems to have plenty of followers. He sees her in the same form as the stereotypical statues here with roses at her feet and 12 or watever stars around her head and the blue clothing... is that the only only outfit she has?!!... is reassuring to know Ireland is still rearing them.
Then again there are those up North who think Gaelic football began in 2002/2003 ........ ::)
It never started in Roscommon that`s for sure, :D I think it was in Mayo. ;D
Quote from: Rossfan on May 22, 2010, 04:29:42 PM
Then again there are those up North who think Gaelic football began in 2002/2003 ........ ::)
:D
Quote from: Rossfan on May 22, 2010, 04:29:42 PM
Then again there are those up North who think Gaelic football began in 2002/2003 ........ ::)
But we really have seen God performing miracles ;)
Quote from: hardstation on May 22, 2010, 11:09:32 PM
Gaelic football begins tomorrow.
Even if Aontroim get bate?!
Good start.
Tonights show has one of the biggest politician names in last 20 years & Jedward famous for?
Quote from: ross4life on September 03, 2010, 10:28:57 PM
Tonights show has one of the biggest politician names in last 20 years & Jedward famous for?
I wish Tubridy would shut the f**k up and stop interupting people!!! He seemed as thick as an ass when ocnstantly interrupting Blair, who I thought came out very well of the interview. Next those 2 goons came on and I left the room...
Peter Solan the Great wasn't funny the first time you posted it, run along & start one of those pointless threads your known for
1 million facepalms to those
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 03, 2010, 10:40:24 PM
I wish Tubridy would shut the f**k up and stop interupting people!!! He seemed as thick as an ass when ocnstantly interrupting Blair, who I thought came out very well of the interview. Next those 2 goons came on and I left the room...
Jaysus, I could have posted that word for word. +1 indeed.
Snap - i thought exact same of Turbridy. He drove me mad with the ignorant interrupting, for god sake he said once about the weapons did he have to say it 10 times!!I thought Blair came across very well.
Quote from: tyrone girl on September 03, 2010, 11:02:32 PM
Snap - i thought exact same of Turbridy. He drove me mad with the ignorant interrupting, for god sake he said once about the weapons did he have to say it 10 times!!I thought Blair came across very well.
I thought the same as well... can't abide that long sting of misery anyway
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 03, 2010, 10:40:24 PM
I wish Tubridy would shut the f**k up and stop interupting people!!! He seemed as thick as an ass when ocnstantly interrupting Blair, who I thought came out very well of the interview. Next those 2 goons came on and I left the room...
Spot on Farrandeelin. I enjoyed the Blair interview. So to go from it to
that..... I had to switch over.
Quote from: ziggysego on September 03, 2010, 11:41:49 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 03, 2010, 10:40:24 PM
I wish Tubridy would shut the f**k up and stop interupting people!!! He seemed as thick as an ass when ocnstantly interrupting Blair, who I thought came out very well of the interview. Next those 2 goons came on and I left the room...
Spot on Farrandeelin. I enjoyed the Blair interview. So to go from it to that..... I had to switch over.
Jedward are just an embarrassment. The joke wore thin about a year ago.
Agree with all of the above. Tubridy once again was trying to out-Paxman and was sure he was being hard hitting and giving the public what they wanted. Wrong again Ryan. The man answered your question and has answered it hundreds of times now. Badgering him wasn't going to make him suddenly apologise for Iraq.
Also thought Blair came across well, although coming across well is his job these days.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 03, 2010, 11:49:24 PM
Also thought Blair came across well, although coming across well is his job these days.
You buy that? He's the master at 'coming across well'.
Fecking idiot. He still feigns surprise that Al-Queda inevitably filled the vacuum after the invasion of Iraq despite, fecking despite, the advice of all and sundry who were familiar with the region and who earnestly and emphatically advised the war criminal how it was an absolute nailed on certainty that the invasion would only be the beginning, and not the end, of anything. His ego and infatuation with US power rendered him blind to such wise counsel. Tory bastard.
Quote from: Fear ón Srath Bán on September 03, 2010, 11:57:01 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 03, 2010, 11:49:24 PM
Also thought Blair came across well, although coming across well is his job these days.
You buy that? He's the master at 'coming across well'.
Fecking idiot. He still feigns surprise that Al-Queda inevitably filled the vacuum after the invasion of Iraq despite, fecking despite, the advice of all and sundry who were familiar with the region and who earnestly and emphatically advised the war criminal how it was an absolute nailed on certainty that the invasion would only be the beginning, and not the end, of anything. His ego and infatuation with US power rendered him blind to such wise counsel. Tory b**tard.
Glad to see someone agrees with me. Blair is a master of spin. All this crap about rising above the media nearly made me sick. He used the media to pedal his spin and now they are back to bite him on the arse. Tubridy also let him away with some outrageous statements which are probably to do with the famous bookworm not knowing the subject he was talking about well enough. I refer to the Iraq war where Mr Blair spoke about having to stop the monster Sadam who "gased his own people".
He did Gas his own people but it is interesting to look at how this happened. In brief Iranian Islamists overthrew the Shah which scared the life of the west for fear the revolution would spread (the shah was also a brutal dictator but he was a good friend of the west). Sadam invaded Iran and armed to the teeth with US arms was sure he would win but Iran were made of stern stuff and pushed him back over his border. Then Sadam used Gas provided by western countries to gas on the Iranians. When Iran moved back inside their own borders Sadam then gased the Kurds who lived inside Iraq and who Sadam believed had Iranian leanings. The west knew he was doing it and they had supplied the gas so its a bit rich to use that as a reason to invade Iraq.
The 2nd thing that was disgusting was Blairs next reason for invading Iraq. Apparently Sadam was such a brutal dictator that child mortality in Iraq was at a horrendously high level. Child mortality in Iraq was normal for that region (and maybe even better) until
US/Brit sponsored sanctions on Iraq stopped food and medicine getting into the country. Supposedly the logic is if we make life so miserable for the people they will rise up and overthrow Sadam (who is armed to the teeth with western weapons) - never mind if 100's of thousands of children die. Then war monger Blair uses this as evidence that Sadam needed overthrowing! Our own Mary Robinson was at the fore of criticising these brutal sanctions.
Sadam was a savage brutal dictator but he was not the only one in the world and I think we all know why the yanks and brits decided to take him on, it was cos he stopped playing ball with them and got too big for his boots when he went into Kuwait. Blair is a lying dog and anyone who thinks he "came across well" really needs to brush up on their history and stop taking the master spin doctors word for things.
Myles, lest there be any confusion... 'coming across well' does *not* necessarily mean you agree with him.
I think if he had a re-do, he wouldn't have been so gung ho on Iraq, but he has to peddle that line now, or else his legacy (despite his protestations) is absolutely destroyed, not to mention the 'war criminal' aspect.
However he did come across well iin the way he handled Tubridy's 'hard hitting (read repeating the same question 10 times to appear hard) approach.
100% agree with everything u said there myles. All this talk about the invasion in iraq, why was he not asked the invasion of the north and when did he think britian would allow this Island to be one again.
Tubridy was never going to land a punch on someone who did 10 years of PM's Question Time. I would have liked to hear more of the discussions Ap Nart. Did Cowen really say, when Martin McGuinness said he'd have to discuss some proposal with the IRA, "Martin, there's a f**king mirror in the toilets, use that"
Jesus - whatever about Blair those eejits Jedward made me cringe. Two girly-boys that, like a bottle of milk that's been left out too long, are beginning to smell out the joint.
Quote from: Fear ón Srath Bán on September 03, 2010, 11:57:01 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 03, 2010, 11:49:24 PM
Also thought Blair came across well, although coming across well is his job these days.
You buy that? He's the master at 'coming across well'.
Fecking idiot. He still feigns surprise that Al-Queda inevitably filled the vacuum after the invasion of Iraq despite, fecking despite, the advice of all and sundry who were familiar with the region and who earnestly and emphatically advised the war criminal how it was an absolute nailed on certainty that the invasion would only be the beginning, and not the end, of anything. His ego and infatuation with US power rendered him blind to such wise counsel. Tory b**tard.
He probably regrets not having experts in foreign affairs such as yourself to advise him. Twat.
Quote from: Take Your Points on September 04, 2010, 04:10:33 PM
If anything Blair comes across as a bit scary. He totally believes that everything he did was right. Right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan and right in how he handled the economy and the banking system.
Though no real surprise in that he was someone comfortable in the company of GW Bush.
The world (apart from a large swathe of the US) knows he was wrong. You really think he'll admit to being wrong. His job now is to persuade the world to read his convincing account of how he was right.
If the opinion of the UN etc counted for nothing we only have mylestheslasher and FoSB to persuade him he was wrong.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 04, 2010, 06:41:18 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on September 04, 2010, 04:10:33 PM
If anything Blair comes across as a bit scary. He totally believes that everything he did was right. Right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan and right in how he handled the economy and the banking system.
Though no real surprise in that he was someone comfortable in the company of GW Bush.
The world (apart from a large swathe of the US) knows he was wrong. You really think he'll admit to being wrong. His job now is to persuade the world to read his convincing account of how he was right.
If the opinion of the UN etc counted for nothing we only have mylestheslasher and FoSB to persuade him he was wrong.
So why is he says that military action may be needed in Iran?
Ziggy please rephrase that.
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 12:04:05 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 04, 2010, 06:41:18 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on September 04, 2010, 04:10:33 PM
If anything Blair comes across as a bit scary. He totally believes that everything he did was right. Right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan and right in how he handled the economy and the banking system.
Though no real surprise in that he was someone comfortable in the company of GW Bush.
The world (apart from a large swathe of the US) knows he was wrong. You really think he'll admit to being wrong. His job now is to persuade the world to read his convincing account of how he was right.
If the opinion of the UN etc counted for nothing we only have mylestheslasher and FoSB to persuade him he was wrong.
So why is he says that military action may be needed in Iran?
What exactly does your retort have to do with my original post? Time you were in bed.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 05, 2010, 12:15:35 AM
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 12:04:05 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 04, 2010, 06:41:18 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on September 04, 2010, 04:10:33 PM
If anything Blair comes across as a bit scary. He totally believes that everything he did was right. Right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan and right in how he handled the economy and the banking system.
Though no real surprise in that he was someone comfortable in the company of GW Bush.
The world (apart from a large swathe of the US) knows he was wrong. You really think he'll admit to being wrong. His job now is to persuade the world to read his convincing account of how he was right.
If the opinion of the UN etc counted for nothing we only have mylestheslasher and FoSB to persuade him he was wrong.
So why is he says that military action may be needed in Iran?
What exactly does your retort have to do with my original post? Time you were in bed.
You're saying the world knows he was wrong, but he doesn't want to admit he was wrong, so it trying to 'spin' to show he was right? Am I right in what I'm assuming you're saying?
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 12:18:48 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 05, 2010, 12:15:35 AM
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 12:04:05 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 04, 2010, 06:41:18 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on September 04, 2010, 04:10:33 PM
If anything Blair comes across as a bit scary. He totally believes that everything he did was right. Right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan and right in how he handled the economy and the banking system.
Though no real surprise in that he was someone comfortable in the company of GW Bush.
The world (apart from a large swathe of the US) knows he was wrong. You really think he'll admit to being wrong. His job now is to persuade the world to read his convincing account of how he was right.
If the opinion of the UN etc counted for nothing we only have mylestheslasher and FoSB to persuade him he was wrong.
So why is he says that military action may be needed in Iran?
What exactly does your retort have to do with my original post? Time you were in bed.
You're saying the world knows he was wrong, but he doesn't want to admit he was wrong, so it trying to 'spin' to show he was right? Am I right in what I'm assuming you're saying?
Still not seeing your point. America pays his wages these days so what do you expect his line to be on Iran? If Iran are generating nuclear weapons (and this time actual evidence appears) is Blair wrong to want intervention?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 05, 2010, 12:39:18 AM
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 12:18:48 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 05, 2010, 12:15:35 AM
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 12:04:05 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 04, 2010, 06:41:18 PM
Quote from: Take Your Points on September 04, 2010, 04:10:33 PM
If anything Blair comes across as a bit scary. He totally believes that everything he did was right. Right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan and right in how he handled the economy and the banking system.
Though no real surprise in that he was someone comfortable in the company of GW Bush.
The world (apart from a large swathe of the US) knows he was wrong. You really think he'll admit to being wrong. His job now is to persuade the world to read his convincing account of how he was right.
If the opinion of the UN etc counted for nothing we only have mylestheslasher and FoSB to persuade him he was wrong.
So why is he says that military action may be needed in Iran?
What exactly does your retort have to do with my original post? Time you were in bed.
You're saying the world knows he was wrong, but he doesn't want to admit he was wrong, so it trying to 'spin' to show he was right? Am I right in what I'm assuming you're saying?
Still not seeing your point. America pays his wages these days so what do you expect his line to be on Iran? If Iran are generating nuclear weapons (and this time actual evidence appears) is Blair wrong to want intervention?
So he's still the US poodle.
As for Iran, I'm not that well read up on the situation yet. Bad me, I know.
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:17:03 AM
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
You pay taxes I trust? You are funding the British war machine.
Quote from: Minder on September 05, 2010, 11:32:07 AM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:17:03 AM
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
You pay taxes I trust? You are funding the British war machine.
yeah but I've no choice in that
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:40:33 AM
Quote from: Minder on September 05, 2010, 11:32:07 AM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:17:03 AM
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
You pay taxes I trust? You are funding the British war machine.
yeah but I've no choice in that
You are too lazy.
Quote from: trileacman on September 05, 2010, 12:26:53 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:40:33 AM
Quote from: Minder on September 05, 2010, 11:32:07 AM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:17:03 AM
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
You pay taxes I trust? You are funding the British war machine.
yeah but I've no choice in that
You are too lazy.
What would you want me to do? Overthrow the government?
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:17:03 AM
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
He isn't making any money from the book. All going to charity. Wounded soldiers in the IRAQ war if I'm not mistaken.
Quote from: ziggysego on September 05, 2010, 02:29:35 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 05, 2010, 11:17:03 AM
I wouldn't mind reading tony's book but I don't want to give any money to war criminals...
He isn't making any money from the book. All going to charity. Wounded soldiers in the IRAQ war if I'm not mistaken.
:-\ I know where the money's going!
Donncha O'Callaghan talks about babies, make-up and underwear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-IAPdfyW0w&feature=player_embedded#! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-IAPdfyW0w&feature=player_embedded#!)
Caught some of this last night. Couldn't believe O'Dea was on it :o is there no end to tubbers abusing his poition?
FFS. There is no way on earth that audience was a reflection of the public or the licence payer. I missed the start of the interview. Did he ask him about the mystery Garda or the lies he told or what (and what was answers did the wee mastashio bollix give)? Alls I heard was that the Greens were to blame for the whole thing rather than Willie himself who probably would have been locked up if he were one of his own constituents rather than a FF minister. How can anyone be expected to fund this shit when tubbers has FF oozing off him?
After watching that I feel sick. Connelly and Collins died for the country we have today :o
f**k me!! If I thought they were willing to die for the country we have today I'd have killed them myself.
Irelands greatest person on the late late show with those muppets lecturing us on it? What kind of a pretentious shit hole have we become?
??
Miriam was nearly blirting there when talking about John Hume !!!!!
Quote from: orangeman on September 17, 2010, 10:04:48 PM
Miriam was nearly blirting there when talking about John Hume !!!!!
To be fair she seemed genuine.
Who was on?
Barry Humphrey's should just go home.
Quote from: ONeill on September 17, 2010, 10:13:56 PM
Who was on?
Dave Fanning was on telling us why Bono is the greatest Irish person of all time.
Michael McDowell was telling us why Michael Collinns was the greatest.
Miriam O'Callaghan was saying that John Hume is.
David McWilliam was claiming Mary Robinson.
Some Gezzer, I didn't get his name, was fighting the socailist/communist James Connolly corner.
Tubrity was giggling hoping EDIT Ahern or Haughey get a mention.
Quote from: orangeman on September 17, 2010, 10:04:48 PM
Miriam was nearly blirting there when talking about John Hume !!!!!
Blirting?
I see that the guy bigging up Connelly was ex stickey come RTE poster boy Joe Duffy. scary stuff
I'm surprised Miriam didn't nominate herself for having 8 children
Quote from: ross4life on September 17, 2010, 10:36:05 PM
I'm surprised Miriam didn't nominate herself for having 8 children
She has quare feeding for 8.
This 'Greatest Irishperson' is a load of auld w**k and shame on the gowls in AR-T-E for running it.
Zap - surprised Joe Duffy is unknown in parts of the island. I assume you've heard of Liveline, or, as some of us like to call it, Livewhinge or Livewhine.
We want Micheal, we want Micheal, we want Micheal !!!
Joe Duffy. After Bertie Ireland's richest socialist with Vincent Browne in 3rd.
Why could they not have Michael O'Muircheartaigh on from the start till the end ?.
Des Bishop is way,way,way over the top !!
O'Muircheartaigh is a legend.
Awfully nice man.
He will be missed . Hope he enjoys the retirement
Quote from: orangeman on September 17, 2010, 11:28:06 PM
O'Muircheartaigh is a legend.
Awfully nice man.
Looking fresh for 80! Fair play to him
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 17, 2010, 11:41:40 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 17, 2010, 11:27:54 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 17, 2010, 11:25:05 PM
Quote from: orangeman on September 17, 2010, 11:13:27 PM
Des Bishop is way,way,way over the top !!
A ballbag.
Mala liathroide!!
What is this?
Ball bag
Quote from: orangeman on September 17, 2010, 11:45:26 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 17, 2010, 11:41:40 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 17, 2010, 11:27:54 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 17, 2010, 11:25:05 PM
Quote from: orangeman on September 17, 2010, 11:13:27 PM
Des Bishop is way,way,way over the top !!
A ballbag.
Mala liathroide!!
What is this?
Ball bag
Bishop is a serious tool. I had to turn the f**ker over.
Shuda dropped Dickie Rock, Brendan Boyer, yon bint and her effing angels.
Ah bollix...............the whole show should have been about Micheál.
He's been more important to Irish people at home and abroad than The Dubliners, Sinead, U2, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, Archibisop John Charles McQuaid, Effin Eddie, Stephen Roche, Jimmy Magee, Sean O'Casey, Black guy with guitar on Grafton St in the 80s, The Cigaire, Judge, Sally O'Brien, Pat Spillane, Terry Mancini, Kevin O'Higgins et al
But drop Babs. Oh Jazes, drop him. That bitter hoor should never ever ever be let near a team, a mic or a tv studio.
Don't despair there SS, the man from Ardboe and his cronies will have your faith restored in pristine fashion come December, hang in there! ;)
I will Fear. I will.
See you in Belfast again? You know it makes sense.
Indeed SS, will make Belfast and da Capital! See you at both.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 18, 2010, 12:23:52 AM
Shuda dropped Dickie Rock, Brendan Boyer, yon bint and her effing angels.
Ah bollix...............the whole show should have been about Micheál.
He's been more important to Irish people at home and abroad than The Dubliners, Sinead, U2, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, Archibisop John Charles McQuaid, Effin Eddie, Stephen Roche, Jimmy Magee, Sean O'Casey, Black guy with guitar on Grafton St in the 80s, The Cigaire, Judge, Sally O'Brien, Pat Spillane, Terry Mancini, Kevin O'Higgins et al
But drop Babs. Oh Jazes, drop him. That bitter hoor should never ever ever be let near a team, a mic or a tv studio.
Top class SS
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 17, 2010, 10:52:10 PM
Zap - surprised Joe Duffy is unknown in parts of the island. I assume you've heard of Liveline, or, as some of us like to call it, Livewhinge or Livewhine.
I know him on the wireless surely but didn't recognise his head on the late late. If I had have been listening to what he was spoofing about I'd have caught on.
QuoteAh bollix...............the whole show should have been about Micheál.
Absolutely, now that would be a truly worthy facebook campaign..
Would be a fantastic show...
Would be a great idea. They've had specials for various people, Ronnie Drew (RIP), Christy Moore etc etc. Michéal would be an obvious candidate.
Now, this IS the GAA we're talking about. We all know RTE has f**k all respect for the GAA so why would they change it for Mícheál either.
'If there's a shower worse than the black'n'tans, it's the shower above in RTE!' As somebody quoted.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 18, 2010, 12:23:52 AM
Shuda dropped Dickie Rock, Brendan Boyer, yon bint and her effing angels.
Ah bollix...............the whole show should have been about Micheál.
He's been more important to Irish people at home and abroad than The Dubliners, Sinead, U2, Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly, Archibisop John Charles McQuaid, Effin Eddie, Stephen Roche, Jimmy Magee, Sean O'Casey, Black guy with guitar on Grafton St in the 80s, The Cigaire, Judge, Sally O'Brien, Pat Spillane, Terry Mancini, Kevin O'Higgins et al
But drop Babs. Oh Jazes, drop him. That bitter hoor should never ever ever be let near a team, a mic or a tv studio.
Excellent!
Just watching the repeat of Fridays program now, what's the Craic with this lady talking about angels & fairies? i don't like to disrespect someones belief but how is she allowed air time? not much different than Joe Coleman and his book selling business
We should insist that MÓM gets added to the list of the greatest Irish person.
Jaysus if a gobshtie like Bono can get on the last 5 then MÓM must be able to win it hands down.
any one see the wee 8 year old boy singing with the high kings last night , i thought he was brilliant
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 04:23:06 PM
any one see the wee 8 year old boy singing with the high kings last night , i thought he was brilliant
Aye he was very good.
When will Tubridy shut the f**k up about the recession?! Also those two blades at the end would scunner you...Terri Prone was the less annoying of the two.
I had to look up the meaning of scunner,never heard that word before
scunner [ˈskʌnə (Scot) ˈskʌnər] Dialect chiefly Scot
vb
1. (intr) to feel aversion
2. (tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in
n
1. a strong aversion (often in the phrase take a scunner to)
2. an object of dislike; nuisance
[from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin]
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on October 09, 2010, 05:13:03 PM
I had to look up the meaning of scunner,never heard that word before
scunner [ˈskʌnə (Scot) ˈskʌnər] Dialect chiefly Scot
vb
1. (intr) to feel aversion
2. (tr) to produce a feeling of aversion in
n
1. a strong aversion (often in the phrase take a scunner to)
2. an object of dislike; nuisance
[from Scottish skunner, of unknown origin]
You scunner me sometimes.
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 06:50:42 PM
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
There's a difference between doing something good and actually being any good.
Any clips online?
Quote from: Maguire01 on October 09, 2010, 07:03:07 PM
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 06:50:42 PM
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
There's a difference between doing something good and actually being any good.
Any clips online?
i know maguire , i didn't say he was going to be irelands next best thing i just thought that for an 8 year old he was excellent imo and i enjoyed it then again i like shane mc gowan so who knows
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 06:50:42 PM
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
Thats got sweet f**k all to do with now good he was in fairness. Being patronising is a lot worse than being honest.
Quote from: haranguerer on October 09, 2010, 07:14:20 PM
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 06:50:42 PM
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
Thats got sweet f**k all to do with now good he was in fairness. Being patronising is a lot worse than being honest.
was that comment not just a tad patronising as well .
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 07:43:05 PM
Quote from: haranguerer on October 09, 2010, 07:14:20 PM
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 06:50:42 PM
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
Thats got sweet f**k all to do with now good he was in fairness. Being patronising is a lot worse than being honest.
was that comment not just a tad patronising as well .
i dont care how much you think you enjoyed it
your just not allowed to.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 09, 2010, 04:42:27 PM
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 04:23:06 PM
any one see the wee 8 year old boy singing with the high kings last night , i thought he was brilliant
Aye he was very good.
When will Tubridy shut the f**k up about the recession?! Also those two blades at the end would scunner you...Terri Prone was the less annoying of the two.
Never, every wk he has someone on telling us the same ol rubbish.
i understand that now ros thanks for clearing it up for me
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 07:43:05 PM
Quote from: haranguerer on October 09, 2010, 07:14:20 PM
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 09, 2010, 06:50:42 PM
Quote from: Lawrence of Knockbride on October 09, 2010, 05:53:32 PM
I had to look at the last few posts to make I was reading them right. The wee lad was great? I flicked over and saw it. All he was missing was the leprachaun suit. One step up from Crystal Swing. Play a tried and tested song and put a little lad singing and watch the Irish drool. Boyzone......Westlife........Crystal Swing.......Jedward........Little Fella...........the evolution of Irish music.
all i said was i thought he was great here was a 8 year old who has spent a lot of time in hospital who gets up and releases a single the proceeds which will go to temple street childrens hospital yet there you are having a cut at the wee lad . get a grip ffs ::)
Thats got sweet f**k all to do with now good he was in fairness. Being patronising is a lot worse than being honest.
was that comment not just a tad patronising as well .
The leprechaun suit bit? No, thats not patronising.
I don't blame the young lad, he's f**king 8. But it's typical of Irish entertainment to put a young lad like that on the TV. No idea what you mean by patronising in relation to the leprachaun suit.
Jeez get over yourselves. I think the point being made that yer wee lad was great getting up and singing with The High Kings. The "great" part being that despite spending most of his life battling some tumour on his pituitary gland he has a bit of spirit as opposed to c***ts i.e. the rest of Ireland feeling sorry for themselves because they have to give up the flat in Bulgaria and get rid of the 530d.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 09, 2010, 09:19:16 PM
Jeez get over yourselves. I think the point being made that yer wee lad was great getting up and singing with The High Kings. The "great" part being that despite spending most of his life battling some tumour on his pituitary gland he has a bit of spirit as opposed to c***ts i.e. the rest of Ireland feeling sorry for themselves because they have to give up the flat in Bulgaria and get rid of the 530d.
aye thats about it tony
Wasnt aware Liam Hayes not well.. Lookin failed!!
Brian Crowley on last night :o
I'm really begining to hate this state.
Very poignant article in today's Tribune by Liam Hayes. It's a moving read and I wish him the best of luck in his fight.
Does Mary Byrne sing nothing else apart from "It's a man's world" ?????
Anyone else notice the guy in the crowd when Mary Byrne was coming on?
Everyone in the audience stood up bar this fella on a aisle seat,you could see his wife given him and dig and telling him to stand up,but he shook his head and stayed sitting,next thing he noticed himself on the screen and stood up straight away!
The state of Galvin!! Movember gone wrong :D
Seriously, he does like the ould media profile, doesn't he?
Galvin copying the Tyrone boys with that beard. ;)
Only caught the tailend of the Rubberbandits.... fierce funny boyos... no harm in Willie O'Dea getting a bit of a slaggin
All Kerrymen will be dressed like that Christmas morning. Trend-setter.
f**king PeeWee Herman. Only the dickie-bow is missing.
Tubridy can be hard to watch sometimes. Cringe questions.
CSI Sunday ???
lol
Some have achieved a lot, some have achieved not so much. Ouch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No mention of Tohill. ;)
For what is clearly meant to be a PR exercise, I find myself despising the man even more.
He is an absolute bollox.
Galvin rolled up in the usual moncho garb (especially when its freezing out) of a.short sleeved shirt, couple of sizes too small, buttons under fierce pressure, pair of Rock Solid denims that are tight to get on around the ankle and a pair of sandy Cat type boots...until the rte stylists got to work on him the vagabonds
Is he Gay? Certainly looked it in that clip in New York
He's either slightly drunk, or slightly strange....
No, he's very strange
This is weird.
Oh God heading down over the christmas . The lads down home will be going mad . He is finished now in the eyes of the Kerry Football public
Quote from: J OGorman on December 17, 2010, 11:36:00 PM
Galvin rolled up in the usual moncho garb (especially when its freezing out) of a.short sleeved shirt, couple of sizes too small, buttons under fierce pressure, pair of Rock Solid denims that are tight to get on around the ankle and a pair of sandy Cat type boots...until the rte stylists got to work on him the vagabonds
Feck you could identify his garb
He wants to be a fashion designer!?? :o ??? :D
F**K this is making my nuts hurt. Tubs is cringeworthy and who the hell thought this guy would make worthwhile viewing? The clip from New York was, well !!!!!!!! ah my nuts are hurting again. Hes not teaching because he couldnt stop chucking dusters at the kids. Surreal viewing!
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:38:42 PM
Oh God heading down over the christmas . The lads down home will be going mad . He is finished now in the eyes of the Kerry Football public
Why? The man likes fashion is a bit ecentric? I found him a bit of craic and fresh air compared to most gaa interviewee's
He just seems a bit reticent in front of the camera, rather than strange imo. I honestly don't know what he hoped to gain from this.
I don't like the way people down that way say "col-ume" instead of "column".
That clip of him walking around New York was priceless. Looked like he stepped off the set of Pineapple Dance studios. He's fairly welded into those skinny jeans.
WTF??
Is Galvin mental?
I knew he was mental on a football pitch but the more that interview went on the more I wanted to reach for the phone to call the medics.
Quote from: J OGorman on December 17, 2010, 11:41:44 PM
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:38:42 PM
Oh God heading down over the christmas . The lads down home will be going mad . He is finished now in the eyes of the Kerry Football public
Why? The man likes fashion is a bit ecentric? I found him a bit of craic and fresh air compared to most gaa interviewee's
I'd agree with you normally. I couldn't give a fiddlers what someone wants to do or what they're into.
But this is the supposed hard man of the Kerry team - the soul or spirit that drives them on when they need it.
And he goes on The Late Late Show telling the nation he has 80 or 90 pairs of shoes and was thinking of taking a fashion design course!
All very strange....
Quote from: hardstation on December 17, 2010, 11:42:55 PM
Quote from: J OGorman on December 17, 2010, 11:41:44 PM
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:38:42 PM
Oh God heading down over the christmas . The lads down home will be going mad . He is finished now in the eyes of the Kerry Football public
Why? The man likes fashion is a bit ecentric? I found him a bit of craic and fresh air compared to most gaa interviewee's
A 9 year old liked fashion on the same show a few weeks back.........
Good news, at this rate we'll shortly have our very own Gok
Thought Tubridy was crap. He didn't know whether is should like him or give him a rough ride. The clip of the fish-hooking was a bit like Pat Kenny and Dara. Tubridy asked no real question about it and just sorta stared at Galvin. The shoes bit could've been humorous but Tub thought he was being smart. Galvin was a bit pissed off at the banal questions I think esp the tattoo crap. It was like one of those '5 mins with...'
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 17, 2010, 11:44:14 PM
WTF??
Is Galvin mental?
I knew he was mental on a football pitch but the more that interview went on the more I wanted to reach for the phone to call the medics.
He is totally different (wont say weird in case I upset Hardstation who is big into fashion ) look he is at the end of his football careeer was an average teacher and is just doing a bit of self promotion . I suppose my memory of him is the fierce divied debates he has caused amongst Kerry fans over the years . But feck thanks for the all Irelands
Quote from: Tubberman on December 17, 2010, 11:45:13 PM
Quote from: J OGorman on December 17, 2010, 11:41:44 PM
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:38:42 PM
Oh God heading down over the christmas . The lads down home will be going mad . He is finished now in the eyes of the Kerry Football public
Why? The man likes fashion is a bit ecentric? I found him a bit of craic and fresh air compared to most gaa interviewee's
I'd agree with you normally. I couldn't give a fiddlers what someone wants to do or what they're into.
But this is the supposed hard man of the Kerry team - the soul or spirit that drives them on when they need it.
And he goes on The Late Late Show telling the nation he has 80 or 90 pairs of shoes and was thinking of taking a fashion design course!
All very strange....
How many 'real' men are gonna wanna belt Mr Fashion in next years championship..' I nailed him'..should be a goodin
Famous French rugby player is a Sculpture and Cantona (eh) is an actor. Neither would be regarded as shrinking violets.
Why is Galvin weird just because he hasn't a clue how to dress himself? There have been generations of footballers who couldn't do up a tie. So what?
Quote from: hardstation on December 17, 2010, 11:52:19 PM
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:49:25 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 17, 2010, 11:44:14 PM
WTF??
Is Galvin mental?
I knew he was mental on a football pitch but the more that interview went on the more I wanted to reach for the phone to call the medics.
He is totally different (wont say weird in case I upset Hardstation who is big into fashion ) look he is at the end of his football careeer was an average teacher and is just doing a bit of self promotion . I suppose my memory of him is the fierce divied debates he has caused amongst Kerry fans over the years . But feck thanks for the all Irelands
How do you know this?
16160 posts
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:54:31 PM
Quote from: hardstation on December 17, 2010, 11:52:19 PM
Quote from: johnpower on December 17, 2010, 11:49:25 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 17, 2010, 11:44:14 PM
WTF??
Is Galvin mental?
I knew he was mental on a football pitch but the more that interview went on the more I wanted to reach for the phone to call the medics.
He is totally different (wont say weird in case I upset Hardstation who is big into fashion ) look he is at the end of his football careeer was an average teacher and is just doing a bit of self promotion . I suppose my memory of him is the fierce divied debates he has caused amongst Kerry fans over the years . But feck thanks for the all Irelands
How do you know this?
16160 posts
Woeful reply to a question I was also looking for an answer to...or was it a baseless comment to add spice to your vendetta?
Quote from: ONeill on December 17, 2010, 11:46:25 PM
Thought Tubridy was crap. He didn't know whether is should like him or give him a rough ride. The clip of the fish-hooking was a bit like Pat Kenny and Dara. Tubridy asked no real question about it and just sorta stared at Galvin. The shoes bit could've been humorous but Tub thought he was being smart. Galvin was a bit pissed off at the banal questions I think esp the tattoo crap. It was like one of those '5 mins with...'
Far, far too much is made of his "bad boy" antics so I think he has every right to be peeved at those events taking precedence over the positive aspects of his career. Tubridy didn't really know what to make of him and his questions were crap - Galvin is perceived as different as he doesn't fit the GAA stereotype. There are plenty of fancy dans out there - sure the city boys tan and shave/wax. Wouldn't catch the country folk at that carry-on but I don't think it makes him strange.
Quote from: muppet on December 17, 2010, 11:52:08 PM
Famous French rugby player is a Sculpture and Cantona (eh) is an actor. Neither would be regarded as shrinking violets.
Why is Galvin weird just because he hasn't a clue how to dress himself? There have been generations of footballers who couldn't do up a tie. So what?
Must be front-row as he couldn't be very mobile.
I couldn't give a shite what Paul Galvin wears. Actually I applaud him for having a bit of style, even if I cringed at the NY clip. The shoes quote was hilarious, Imelda Galvin!
For me the worst part was the self-promotion of a guy who is obviously trying to make a career for himself. But I guess he's not the only person guilty of that.
Jesus, though, the size of his fecking hammers!
I've never watched the show religiously, but that was one of the most cringeworthy pieces of television I've ever seen.
I only caught the end of the interview. I think he has every right to be different and not a stereotype. Although I think O'Neills notion that Tubirdy' was considering giving him a rough ride is a bit much.
lads can i watch this in the UK? Have never been able to use the rte.player yoke. Sounds like it was godawful stuff altogether.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 17, 2010, 11:59:04 PM
Quote from: muppet on December 17, 2010, 11:52:08 PM
Famous French rugby player is a Sculpture and Cantona (eh) is an actor. Neither would be regarded as shrinking violets.
Why is Galvin weird just because he hasn't a clue how to dress himself? There have been generations of footballers who couldn't do up a tie. So what?
Must be front-row as he couldn't be very mobile.
;D
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 17, 2010, 11:59:04 PM
Quote from: muppet on December 17, 2010, 11:52:08 PM
Famous French rugby player is a Sculpture and Cantona (eh) is an actor. Neither would be regarded as shrinking violets.
Why is Galvin weird just because he hasn't a clue how to dress himself? There have been generations of footballers who couldn't do up a tie. So what?
Must be front-row as he couldn't be very mobile.
Somehow the name Jean Pierre-Rives got left out of that post along with the 'r'.
Just watched it there on RTE Player.
"I'm a footballer"
In other words he's doing bog all now .
Did he quit as a teacher after the furore over the duster?
Black eye Friday and all you guys are sitting in watching the Late Late Show? :-\
The average age of the posters on here has increased as the board ages. I'd say we're in our 30s now. Some lads, BC, Hardy etc are perhaps closer to the half century.
For a man that is/was a teacher and has a 3rd level education he is a very poor speaker. Mary Byrne was able to express herself far better and was a lot more interesting to listen to, and I'm sure she hasn't had the education Galvin had. Fashion column my arsehole, just cos he's into his clothes doesn't mean he's actually good at choosing fashion or setting trends. I think he might come out in this documentary? He seemed to be holding something back. And if he's not announcing something as big as that, then why the hell have RTE spent the money making a documentary on such a boring person? He'd need to be coming out for them to justify sending a film crew to new york for that bollox.
I like him, he seems like a header, big deal if he is into fashion you would think it was a crime the way Tubridy was on about it.So what if he has 60 pairs of shoes at least he is not pissing his money down the toilet in some bar.
Quote from: hsthompson on December 18, 2010, 01:29:08 PM
For a man that is/was a teacher and has a 3rd level education he is a very poor speaker. Mary Byrne was able to express herself far better and was a lot more interesting to listen to, and I'm sure she hasn't had the education Galvin had. Fashion column my arsehole, just cos he's into his clothes doesn't mean he's actually good at choosing fashion or setting trends. I think he might come out in this documentary? He seemed to be holding something back. And if he's not announcing something as big as that, then why the hell have RTE spent the money making a documentary on such a boring person? He'd need to be coming out for them to justify sending a film crew to new york for that bollox.
Nonsense argument. How many teachers would feel comfortable sitting being asked stupid questions in front of a live studio audience whilst being simultaneously being broadcast across the nation?! You have a strange view of teachers and people with a third level education.
It isn't nonsense. I expect an educated person who has to communicate with large groups of children on a daily basis to be able to string a sentence together. How is that a strange view? If he wasn't comfortable then what was he doing there in the first place, tell me? He seemed more than happy to go down the fashion route with the interview, and I wouldn't blame tubridy for that. It's obviously the image galvin is trying to portray. Not nonsense.
Quote from: FL/MAYO on December 18, 2010, 01:56:00 PM
I like him, he seems like a header, big deal if he is into fashion you would think it was a crime the way Tubridy was on about it.So what if he has 60 pairs of shoes at least he is not pissing his money down the toilet in some bar.
I agree. Unlike the majority here I wouldn't be critical of the interview. There was none of this "poor me" or "its so hard doing this" shit that you get from too many intercounty players these days. He made f**k ups and fully accepts that it was totally out of order. I know nothing about fashion and can't see the fascination with it but if we were all the same it would be fairly boring. He is a brilliant player and takes as good as he gives. I wish he was from Sligo. Fair play to him and I hope he succeeds at whatever he goes at.
Quote from: hsthompson on December 18, 2010, 04:04:06 PM
It isn't nonsense. I expect an educated person who has to communicate with large groups of children on a daily basis to be able to string a sentence together. How is that a strange view? If he wasn't comfortable then what was he doing there in the first place, tell me? He seemed more than happy to go down the fashion route with the interview, and I wouldn't blame tubridy for that. It's obviously the image galvin is trying to portray. Not nonsense.
I fail to see what corelation there is between Education & comfort in front of a camera? ???
Read my last post again and you can see how I made the correlation, if you don't agree then fair enough but it should be easy to understand. I don't think a camera and audience should have any bearing on it at all. The man will be used to the spotlight by now, and if he wasn't comfortable with it then why go on the show and why make a documentary??
Quote from: gallsman on December 18, 2010, 12:19:59 AM
I've never watched the show religiously, but that was one of the most cringeworthy pieces of television I've ever seen.
I couldn't agree more with you Gallman. Cringe to the power of ten. Very strange interview. Tubridy clearly knew little about him except for the bad boy stuff. Galvin seemed to be going out of his way to look and sound eccentric. The 60 pairs of shoes.... having panned what to wear for the interview a week in advance.... the clip from the documentary....
I thought the audience were quite bemused...... I really dont know what the interview was about. If it was last year when he won the AI/player of the year/Allstar fair enoughj... but what was he promoting? the documentary? career change?
He has always been a poor speaker and last night was no different but it seemed as if he was holding something back as another poster here said. Apart from his misdemeanours I rate him the most effective player in the game but last night as a personality he look confused and foolish.
Quote from: ross matt on December 18, 2010, 06:30:53 PM
Quote from: gallsman on December 18, 2010, 12:19:59 AM
I've never watched the show religiously, but that was one of the most cringeworthy pieces of television I've ever seen.
I couldn't agree more with you Gallman. Cringe to the power of ten. Very strange interview. Tubridy clearly knew little about him except for the bad boy stuff. Galvin seemed to be going out of his way to look and sound eccentric. The 60 pairs of shoes.... having panned what to wear for the interview a week in advance.... the clip from the documentary....
I thought the audience were quite bemused...... I really dont know what the interview was about. If it was last year when he won the AI/player of the year/Allstar fair enoughj... but what was he promoting? the documentary? career change?
He has always been a poor speaker and last night was no different but it seemed as if he was holding something back as another poster here said. Apart from his misdemeanours I rate him the most effective player in the game but last night as a personality he look confused and foolish.
He's that alright, I'm not really sure what the purpose of the interview was but that won't worry me too much.
Quote from: hsthompson on December 18, 2010, 05:01:50 PM
Read my last post again and you can see how I made the correlation, if you don't agree then fair enough but it should be easy to understand. I don't think a camera and audience should have any bearing on it at all. The man will be used to the spotlight by now, and if he wasn't comfortable with it then why go on the show and why make a documentary??
Some of the most akward people i've ever met have been teachers, Galvin whoring himself to the media is a separate issue.
The interview with Colm Murray was very good and moving. For once the host just allowed Colm to talk.
Best of luck Colm.
Quote from: Lecale2 on December 18, 2010, 10:59:11 AM
Black eye Friday and all you guys are sitting in watching the Late Late Show? :-\
Quote from: ONeill on December 18, 2010, 12:47:09 PM
The average age of the posters on here has increased as the board ages. I'd say we're in our 30s now. Some lads, BC, Hardy etc are perhaps closer to the half century.
still no excuse for sitting at home watching the late late when you could be out and about getting black eyes o'neill
Quote from: magpie seanie on December 18, 2010, 04:11:00 PM
Quote from: FL/MAYO on December 18, 2010, 01:56:00 PM
I like him, he seems like a header, big deal if he is into fashion you would think it was a crime the way Tubridy was on about it.So what if he has 60 pairs of shoes at least he is not pissing his money down the toilet in some bar.
I agree. Unlike the majority here I wouldn't be critical of the interview. There was none of this "poor me" or "its so hard doing this" shit that you get from too many intercounty players these days. He made f**k ups and fully accepts that it was totally out of order. I know nothing about fashion and can't see the fascination with it but if we were all the same it would be fairly boring. He is a brilliant player and takes as good as he gives. I wish he was from Sligo. Fair play to him and I hope he succeeds at whatever he goes at.
Has he actually ever accepted that he was wrong to do what he did? All he seemed to say the other night was that "it looked bad on the TV".
Jim Corr's on tonight. This should be fun.
Quote from: ONeill on December 18, 2010, 12:47:09 PM
Hardy etc are perhaps closer to the half century.
i'd have put him down for much older than that.
/Jim.
Why do people want to put me down?
Quote from: Hardy on January 21, 2011, 05:39:19 PM
Why do people want to put me down?
Kindness really............old age can be hard.
Quote from: ziggysego on January 21, 2011, 04:56:26 PM
Jim Corr's on tonight. This should be fun.
Yes but IS HE really? Or is that just what 'the man' wants us to think?
Quote from: ziggysego on January 21, 2011, 04:56:26 PM
Jim Corr's on tonight. This should be fun.
Has he been on yet?
Just on
Fcuk i missed Jean butler
The English guy's eyes are weirding me out.
Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw! :D
I, too, welcome our new Alien Overlords!
Well that was weird.................
Jim Corr really should have his own show.
This shadow government, you didn't really think they let George W run the country now did you?
Quote from: AFS on January 21, 2011, 11:18:49 PM
Jim Corr really should have his own show.
I'd like to hear his thoughts on last years Leinster Final
Quote from: ziggysego on January 21, 2011, 11:02:43 PM
The English guy's eyes are weirding me out.
Yeah bugs like eyes! why didn't Jim bring on his sisters for some eye candy?
Had to laugh when the Lord turned to Jim and tell him theories aren't true. Irony :D
Jim may be mad or maybe not but for me tubridy is a little p***k looking down his nose at his guests. Corr thought he was going on to talk about Irelands finances but tubridy wanted to mock him by insisting he answer a stupid question about a airport scanner.
For the 2nd week in a row, Ryan has proven to be a 2nd class presenter.
Jim deserved a better crack at the whip than that, and in time, people will realise that what he has to say isn't
too far off the mark. Especially the fact that WTC 7 wasn't taken down by an aeroplane or by fire.......
Fair play to him for bringing up the fact that Ireland gave away their oil and gas, and that they need to burn the bond holders.
Trying to get onto Jim Corrs page and all i get is
FastCGI Error
The FastCGI Handler was unable to process the request.
Error Details:
The FastCGI pool queue is full
Error Number: 4 (0x80070004).
Error Description: The system cannot open the file.
HTTP Error 500 - Server Error.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Have they taken him out for knowing too much?..........
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on January 21, 2011, 11:39:05 PM
Trying to get onto Jim Corrs page and all i get is
FastCGI Error
The FastCGI Handler was unable to process the request.
Error Details:
The FastCGI pool queue is full
Error Number: 4 (0x80070004).
Error Description: The system cannot open the file.
HTTP Error 500 - Server Error.
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Have they taken him out for knowing too much?..........
I'd say the servers are busy, lots of people logging in after the interview.
Totally disagree with Jim's views re 9/11 but the interview was another typical RTE ambush.
Quote from: give her dixie on January 21, 2011, 11:37:58 PM
For the 2nd week in a row, Ryan has proven to be a 2nd class presenter.
Jim deserved a better crack at the whip than that, and in time, people will realise that what he has to say isn't
too far off the mark. Especially the fact that WTC 7 wasn't taken down by an aeroplane or by fire.......
Fair play to him for bringing up the fact that Ireland gave away their oil and gas, and that they need to burn the bond holders.
Didn't we also give away the fishery?
TBH that interview was like one from Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly e.g suit their own agendas & make the guest look silly with stupid questions.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 21, 2011, 11:59:51 PM
Totally disagree with Jim's views re 9/11 but the interview was another typical RTE ambush.
How did WTC 7 come down then?
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:03:58 AM
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 21, 2011, 11:59:51 PM
Totally disagree with Jim's views re 9/11 but the interview was another typical RTE ambush.
How did WTC 7 come down then?
Gravity
Not the way Jim does anyway, it's ok for people to disagree with him. You seem very quick to jump to his defence GHD.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 22, 2011, 12:22:09 AM
Not the way Jim does anyway, it's ok for people to disagree with him. You seem very quick to jump to his defence GHD.
There are many video's of the collapse of WTC 7, and this is just one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7BImVvEyk
I defend Jim on his attempts to try and get people to wake up to the reality that 9/11 was something
more than we were told by the mainstream press, and the US Govt.
9/11 brought the US and the UK into Iraq and Afghanistan, and we all the know who is making the profit for that adventure. It's a shame that so many people have had to die from 9/11 onwards.
People have every right to disagree with Jim, but when they do, they should at least present facts that prove him wrong.
Your just trying to roide wan of his sisters aren't you
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on January 22, 2011, 12:44:26 AM
Your just trying to roide wan of his sisters aren't you
;) ;) ;)
I knew the English guy's eyes reminded me of something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0cb7PURDw&feature=player_embedded
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:42:31 AM
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 22, 2011, 12:22:09 AM
Not the way Jim does anyway, it's ok for people to disagree with him. You seem very quick to jump to his defence GHD.
There are many video's of the collapse of WTC 7, and this is just one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7BImVvEyk
I defend Jim on his attempts to try and get people to wake up to the reality that 9/11 was something
more than we were told by the mainstream press, and the US Govt.
9/11 brought the US and the UK into Iraq and Afghanistan, and we all the know who is making the profit for that adventure. It's a shame that so many people have had to die from 9/11 onwards.
People have every right to disagree with Jim, but when they do, they should at least present facts that prove him wrong.
so who brought the building down ?
There are many questions over 9/11 but I would encourage those who watch the youtube clips about the inside job theory to also watch the clips debunking this theory. I personally found that a lot of the conspiracy theorists' questions could be explained by these, and it is always good to make judgement after hearing both sides of the story anyway
Quote from: ross4life on January 22, 2011, 01:01:06 AM
I knew the English guy's eyes reminded me of something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0cb7PURDw&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA0cb7PURDw&feature=player_embedded)
:D :D
He reminded me of Marty. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlPAVm8Gl6M)
Sure I thought Jesse Ventura settled the 9/11 argument in his TV show ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92Ri7-3Isw
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on January 22, 2011, 04:55:18 AM
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:42:31 AM
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 22, 2011, 12:22:09 AM
Not the way Jim does anyway, it's ok for people to disagree with him. You seem very quick to jump to his defence GHD.
There are many video's of the collapse of WTC 7, and this is just one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7BImVvEyk
I defend Jim on his attempts to try and get people to wake up to the reality that 9/11 was something
more than we were told by the mainstream press, and the US Govt.
9/11 brought the US and the UK into Iraq and Afghanistan, and we all the know who is making the profit for that adventure. It's a shame that so many people have had to die from 9/11 onwards.
People have every right to disagree with Jim, but when they do, they should at least present facts that prove him wrong.
so who brought the building down ?
Larry Silverstein, the owner of WTC 7 gave the order to demolish the building.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3E-26oVIIs&feature=related
Quote from: mylestheslasher on January 21, 2011, 11:30:59 PM
Jim may be mad or maybe not but for me tubridy is a little p***k looking down his nose at his guests. Corr thought he was going on to talk about Irelands finances but tubridy wanted to mock him by insisting he answer a stupid question about a airport scanner.
Maybe Corr was duped about what he was going on the show for, but Tubridy is surely right in pressing him to answer questions that he doesn't necessarily want to, similar to questioning Martin McGuinness on some things he wouldn't necessarily want to answer. There has to be some challenge on the show for certain guests so that it's not just a soapbox.
Quote from: Maguire01 on January 22, 2011, 01:54:49 PM
Quote from: mylestheslasher on January 21, 2011, 11:30:59 PM
Jim may be mad or maybe not but for me tubridy is a little p***k looking down his nose at his guests. Corr thought he was going on to talk about Irelands finances but tubridy wanted to mock him by insisting he answer a stupid question about a airport scanner.
Maybe Corr was duped about what he was going on the show for, but Tubridy is surely right in pressing him to answer questions that he doesn't necessarily want to, similar to questioning Martin McGuinness on some things he wouldn't necessarily want to answer. There has to be some challenge on the show for certain guests so that it's not just a soapbox.
Did you watch it? He asked him about what he thought of the all over body x-ray machine and he said that he came on to talk about the irish financial crisis. Tubridy said he'd get to that in a bit and forced him to answer cos he thought he could make a fool out of him. He did answer and said the radiation emitted was dangerous (which is very possible) and that they were overly invasive (which is a reasonable enough position). Tubridy then never once brought up the financial question, probably because he knew he'd get no mad shite from Corr on that topic so he kept going on about 9/11. The point is there was no value added to the interview by pressing him to answer a bloody stupid question about an x-ray machine!
As for 9/11 itself. I don't know what happened or who did what but the engineer in me tells me 3 huge buildings falling flat in on top of themselves after 2 had been impacted from the side and the other not impacted at all, does not make a lot of sense. Whether shadow governments, Mossad or others were involved i wouldn't know but I wouldn't put anything past Mossad either.
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:57:41 PM
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on January 22, 2011, 04:55:18 AM
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:42:31 AM
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 22, 2011, 12:22:09 AM
Not the way Jim does anyway, it's ok for people to disagree with him. You seem very quick to jump to his defence GHD.
There are many video's of the collapse of WTC 7, and this is just one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7BImVvEyk
I defend Jim on his attempts to try and get people to wake up to the reality that 9/11 was something
more than we were told by the mainstream press, and the US Govt.
9/11 brought the US and the UK into Iraq and Afghanistan, and we all the know who is making the profit for that adventure. It's a shame that so many people have had to die from 9/11 onwards.
People have every right to disagree with Jim, but when they do, they should at least present facts that prove him wrong.
so who brought the building down ?
Larry Silverstein, the owner of WTC 7 gave the order to demolish the building.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3E-26oVIIs&feature=related
Really, do you honestly believe that ?
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on January 22, 2011, 09:36:06 PM
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:57:41 PM
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on January 22, 2011, 04:55:18 AM
Quote from: give her dixie on January 22, 2011, 12:42:31 AM
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 22, 2011, 12:22:09 AM
Not the way Jim does anyway, it's ok for people to disagree with him. You seem very quick to jump to his defence GHD.
There are many video's of the collapse of WTC 7, and this is just one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv7BImVvEyk
I defend Jim on his attempts to try and get people to wake up to the reality that 9/11 was something
more than we were told by the mainstream press, and the US Govt.
9/11 brought the US and the UK into Iraq and Afghanistan, and we all the know who is making the profit for that adventure. It's a shame that so many people have had to die from 9/11 onwards.
People have every right to disagree with Jim, but when they do, they should at least present facts that prove him wrong.
so who brought the building down ?
Larry Silverstein, the owner of WTC 7 gave the order to demolish the building.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3E-26oVIIs&feature=related
Really, do you honestly believe that ?
I fear he might. Silverstein - Jewish name, guilty as charged.
Whether you share Jim Corr's beliefs or not, the questioning and the looking down his nose by Tubridy was cringeworthy. The same the week before when he interviewed Martin McGuinness. The typical RTE line of questioning.
Quote from: thejuice on January 22, 2011, 11:24:21 AM
Sure I thought Jesse Ventura settled the 9/11 argument in his TV show ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92Ri7-3Isw
I'd listen, you dont mess with 'The Body'.
Yup good old Jesse "I ain't got time to bleed"
Yer man is brutal.
Jedward - Cat
Mary Kennedy....best bit of the Late Late tonight...
We send our champions off to do battle!
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 11, 2011, 11:16:52 PM
Mary Kennedy....best bit of the Late Late tonight...
Mid 50's. Surely illegal to be having naughtly thoughts about her. Not that I disagree. ;)
Quote from: GalwayBayBoy on February 12, 2011, 03:38:09 AM
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 11, 2011, 11:16:52 PM
Mary Kennedy....best bit of the Late Late tonight...
Mid 50's. Surely illegal to be having naughtly thoughts about her. Not that I disagree. ;)
She's only reaching her prime...
Who won, not Jedwards was it :-[
I just found out Jedwards will be going to Eurovision..jaysus a real life Father Ted moment :D
Will never watch LLS again after last nights big f*@k up, just when that fine MILF from Bucks Fizz was having trouble getting her dress back on they kept the camera rigid on that hunger stick Tubridy. Must of had John Charles McQuaid in the control room.
Great last night. Thin Lizzy sounded good. Not that keen on Ricky Warwick, not the best on the vocals.
Philomena's story is tough, with all the bare-faced racism she and Phil had to deal with. Almost in tears for part of it.
But yet again that w**ker Brush shiels almost ruined the show, a self serving twat of the highest order. Phil's ma is some woman, typical Irish mammy, loyal to the end.
Yeh, why does brush shiels have to make an appearance every bloody year - annoying little toss pot.
Cheap guest?
And him all upset that a Monaghan man is manager of his county. Didn't realise they were so anti-outsider.
Nearly as cringeworthy as when he was trying to rouse the crowd in Croke park during the International rules. Hope Philo gave his missus a good rogering on that honeymoon.
Quote from: spuds on March 12, 2011, 09:14:48 PM
And him all upset that a Monaghan man is manager of his county. Didn't realise they were so anti-outsider.
Nearly as cringeworthy as when he was trying to rouse the crowd in Croke park during the International rules. Hope Philo gave his missus a good rogering on that honeymoon.
Nothing could ever be as cringe-worthy as that!
Quote from: Maguire01 on March 12, 2011, 09:19:13 PM
Quote from: spuds on March 12, 2011, 09:14:48 PM
And him all upset that a Monaghan man is manager of his county. Didn't realise they were so anti-outsider.
Nearly as cringeworthy as when he was trying to rouse the crowd in Croke park during the International rules. Hope Philo gave his missus a good rogering on that honeymoon.
Nothing could ever be as cringe-worthy as that!
In that case don't ever be flcking through the radio stations of a friday when he is one of the funny Dubs on Livewhine
Quote from: spuds on March 12, 2011, 09:14:48 PM
And him all upset that a Monaghan man is manager of his county. Didn't realise they were so anti-outsider.
Nearly as cringeworthy as when he was trying to rouse the crowd in Croke park during the International rules. Hope Philo gave his missus a good rogering on that honeymoon.
I gave a fair ould splutter when I heard him referring to Meath as his county.
Is this **** only on tv coming up to Mother's Day every year?
Quote from: hardstation on March 25, 2011, 11:13:42 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 25, 2011, 10:58:28 PM
Is this **** only on tv coming up to Mother's Day every year?
Have no idea who it is as I'm not watching it and haven't heard who is on.
Guess 1: Daniel O'Donnell.
Clue: He's really upset about Stephen's death and he's just taking it one day at a time (please buy my new album).
Trevor McDonald sounds like a decent spud who would have a story or two to tell. Ronan Keating will be an eternal ballbag...
i see tubridy is throwing out the bait again talking about talk about him moving to the bbc ::) ffs are there no tv stations in siberia that need a sycophantic p***k if he moves to the beeb the brits might like him.. he could end up like wogan.. theres just no getting rid of this bollix
The AIF winning Dubs are on tonight. Clifton TBC.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 23, 2011, 09:31:26 PM
The AIF winning Dubs are on tonight. Clifton TBC.
Would any other county have been on it if they had won?
National broadcaster me arse.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 23, 2011, 09:31:26 PM
The AIF winning Dubs are on tonight. Clifton Cluxton TBC.
f**king iPhone autocorrect.
They're all looking a bit rough.
Quote from: Ulick on September 23, 2011, 09:48:16 PM
They're all looking a bit rough.
You would be though after 5 nights in a row.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 23, 2011, 09:54:21 PM
Quote from: Ulick on September 23, 2011, 09:48:16 PM
They're all looking a bit rough.
You would be though after 5 nights in a row.
I know, my own fault though for marrying a woman ten years my junior.
Is it not recorded on a Wednesday night?
QuoteIs it not recorded on a Wednesday night?
Do you mean the Late Late show or Ulick's carry on with a woman 10 years his junior?
The Late Late show is famously live. Ulick could be on dodgytube by now.
Presidential interviews and debate tonight.
Will Ryan be up to it? Will it be decisive for the campaign?
Quote from: Denn Forever on September 30, 2011, 07:04:42 PM
Presidential interviews and debate tonight.
Will Ryan be up to it? Will it be decisive for the campaign?
Probably not. Probably not.
Mike Murphy running? I vote for him.
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 09:50:08 PM
Mike Murphy running? I vote for him.
You don't have a vote.
Thank f**k these 2 clowns are nowhere near a nomination paper. ::)
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 30, 2011, 09:55:06 PM
Thank f**k these 2 clowns are nowhere near a nomination paper. ::)
It's like they're off their faces on E
It's OK, I have 9. Managed to rake up a few great uncles with no death certificates.
No "How are you" or any of that shite... Tubridy straight in there with a "Why do you want to be President?"
Paxmanesque!!
Marty did alright. Needed more powder on the nose area though.
This job interview format is painfull. Thought McGuinness looked a bit tetchy, Mitchell unprepared . I think the role of President is a bit irrelvant in this day and age
Helen Mirren running???? :o :o
God this a joke what in the name of God can the president do with no budget .I am going to vote for who ever promises to keep their mouth shut and keep the feck away from me once they get the gig
Still think Mike Murphy would be class.
So far...
Mitchell - instantly forgettable
McGuinness - looked a bit uncomfortable, especially when challenged on the 'embarrass' comment
Davis - pleasantly surprised, seemed well prepped, articulate and personable
He seems in good form . No mention of of his faciniation with the Arts . at least he admits he needs the dosh The interview with the Bert will be interesting
The wealthy, or those who think they are wealthy, or those who think they can be wealthy, won't be voting for Marty.
Jez Dana sounded alright.......must go for a drink!
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 30, 2011, 09:55:06 PM
Thank f**k these 2 clowns are nowhere near a nomination paper. ::)
Jedward on the Late Late show again?
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 10:32:33 PM
The wealthy, or those who think they are wealthy, or those who think they can be wealthy, won't be voting for Marty.
Are you saying he is some sort of communist? feck it so I am too old for socialism. I cant vote for him
Quote from: johnpower on September 30, 2011, 10:38:13 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 10:32:33 PM
The wealthy, or those who think they are wealthy, or those who think they can be wealthy, won't be voting for Marty.
Are you saying he is some sort of communist? feck it so I am too old for socialism. I cant vote for him
Deep down all Shinners are Commies.
Gallagher seems like an honest enough fella to be fair to him, but he will always be "your man from dragons den"
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far! "We'll answer that later?"
If Ryan is any man at all he will ask Michael D "So where's Snow White?"
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 10:39:24 PM
Quote from: johnpower on September 30, 2011, 10:38:13 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 10:32:33 PM
The wealthy, or those who think they are wealthy, or those who think they can be wealthy, won't be voting for Marty.
Are you saying he is some sort of communist? feck it so I am too old for socialism. I cant vote for him
Deep down all Shinners are Commies.
I thought their Fuel Business and their knowledge of banking made displayed their desire to be upwardly mobile capitalists
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
Big time, soundbytes and a decade of the rosary is all ya'll get from her.
Dana did well but her voice is just a hindrance. She'll cry soon.
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
Yeah but she drags you down to the level of an idiot and beat you with experience.
Gallageher did well first time I listened to him as a candidate
Quote from: ballinaman on September 30, 2011, 10:47:54 PM
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
Big time, soundbytes and a decade of the rosary is all ya'll get from her.
I dunno I'd say you'd get all kinds of everything from her.
Norris is proposing to sponser the all Ireland/Celeb Bannistor/Euro thingy
Too good to drive yourself Marty? You could have got a bus.
Dana is terrible
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:00:16 PM
Too good to drive yourself Marty? You could have got a bus.
:D
Norris is a balloon.
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:00:16 PM
Too good to drive yourself Marty? You could have got a bus.
What 6 volunteers/ unemployed youth will he nominate?
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
Very enoyable programme. Tubridy a different animal.
He's a bollix but Tubs has done well here. That said, cornering these ones is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Norris is bullshitting he needs to anwer the question. Not going to vote for him he is a panto character
Norris did it with George Hook?.........wouldn't be the best mental image there now...
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
v well rehearsed, but she was the best by far in the initial round - were ya watching it at all ?
Aw Michael D throwing in a bit of Irish, good work there.
Gay: . . . calls the 22 counties . . . . .
Tubridy (later): You said 22 counties, that was a bad day for us. .
:D
Mary Davis was lost there, that should signal the end of her challange.
tubridy a clown.
gallagher and dana did well enough.
whats happened michael d's accent -he's gone all norris!!
Quote from: lynchbhoy on September 30, 2011, 11:27:26 PM
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
v well rehearsed, but she was the best by far in the initial round - were ya watching it at all ?
No, i'm watching another channel altogether.
Mary Davis less than assured, pity.
David Norris says he'd take it on the chin. :o
Quote from: lynchbhoy on September 30, 2011, 11:29:51 PM
tubridy a clown.
gallagher and dana did well enough.
whats happened michael d's accent -he's gone all norris!!
Agree with 100% there...which is disconcerting.
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:22:09 PM
He's a bollix but Tubs has done well here. That said, cornering these ones is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Can you vote in Trillick?
Yer man in the audience behind Tubbers looks well dodge..... :D
Yer woman Davis looks like a painted gremlin.
Quote from: ballinaman on September 30, 2011, 11:32:40 PM
Yer man in the audience behind Tubbers looks well dodge..... :D
I'm looking at the blonde!
Quote from: lynchbhoy on September 30, 2011, 11:29:51 PM
tubridy a clown.
gallagher and dana did well enough.
whats happened michael d's accent -he's gone all norris!!
Are you sure you are watching the same programme. She's a goner.
Despite Nally's crying I think Tubridy is being fairly even-handed.
Mary looking well
If I had a drink every time McGuinness said 'sit-yeeay-shun', I'd be hammered by now.
Good man Tony Baloney I have me eye on the blonde myself!
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 30, 2011, 11:34:45 PM
Quote from: ballinaman on September 30, 2011, 11:32:40 PM
Yer man in the audience behind Tubbers looks well dodge..... :D
I'm looking at the blonde!
Quote from: lynchbhoy on September 30, 2011, 11:29:51 PM
tubridy a clown.
gallagher and dana did well enough.
whats happened michael d's accent -he's gone all norris!!
Are you sure you are watching the same programme. She's a goner.
Despite Nally's crying I think Tubridy is being fairly even-handed.
Aye, good job she's there. No family resemblance there anyways
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 30, 2011, 11:34:45 PM
Quote from: ballinaman on September 30, 2011, 11:32:40 PM
Yer man in the audience behind Tubbers looks well dodge..... :D
I'm looking at the blonde!
Quote from: lynchbhoy on September 30, 2011, 11:29:51 PM
tubridy a clown.
gallagher and dana did well enough.
whats happened michael d's accent -he's gone all norris!!
Are you sure you are watching the same programme. She's a goner.
Despite Nally's crying I think Tubridy is being fairly even-handed.
Jaysus you'd think I was the only one to criticise him. And crying? I think that bar his pointedly one off invitation to one candidate to attack another, he has been handling it well.
Gallagher has a depressing demeanour.
I have to admit - I sorta like Norris.
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 11:30:23 PM
Quote from: lynchbhoy on September 30, 2011, 11:27:26 PM
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 10:46:34 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 10:40:24 PM
Dana has Ryan running scared, best so far!
Are you serious? I don't think she has a clue.
v well rehearsed, but she was the best by far in the initial round - were ya watching it at all ?
No, i'm watching another channel altogether.
Norris...Gay,Protestant,Laois man....Vote now
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:38:03 PM
Good man Tony Baloney I have me eye on the blonde myself!
:D I'm not shocked!
Whole thing would remind you of this Monty Python sketch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
I will work for breadcrumbs, I broke my ankle and carried on, I will have no posters up.........................
Jaysus. Davis.
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
I could shoot Norris . . . or maybe the penguin would do it for me. . . . . or maybe could talk MMG into it.
Tubridy made it awkward for Davis there.
Dana is a dose.
Gallagher or Marty are the only show in town based on tonight's showing.
Gay is gonna make me cry!
It's like a fecking X factor audition except we pony up for the winner. Good to see Dana put Turbidy in his place, she was clearly his "go to option" for a bit of ego trip then she throws it back at him about not being a Church spokesperson and he's forced to go totally off script. Is it too late for Geldof to nominate, would hack in.
Davis gone after tonight, how did the blueshirts conspire to select such a clown as Mitchell.
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 11:46:41 PM
Tubridy made it awkward for Davis there.
No need for that as he deliberately undermined her.
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
What? What is the president gonna do about farming?
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
Me three. Trade missions sold it for me. Something actually useful.
Mary Davis wants to give out awards.....useless.
Debate passed Davis, Mitchel and Higgins by tonight!
Dana and Gallagher did well.
Marty and David Norris swam with the tide once their retorical dodgy questions passed.
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
You're both easily won. What is he going to do for farmers, plumbers or plasterers?
Gallagher's wee pitch at the end was definitely the best
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 11:53:19 PM
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
You're both easily won. What is he going to do for farmers, plumbers or plasterers?
Mention them on National TV. ;D
Yiz are all lunatics.
What on earth is the President of Ireland going to do about plasterers, plumbers, farmers, ironmongers?
Jaysus. Yer as gullible as we thought.
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:56:40 PM
Yiz are all lunatics.
What on earth is the President of Ireland going to do about plasterers, plumbers, farmers, ironmongers?
Jaysus. Yer as gullible as we thought.
Maybe planning an extension on Aras?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 30, 2011, 11:58:38 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:56:40 PM
Yiz are all lunatics.
What on earth is the President of Ireland going to do about plasterers, plumbers, farmers, ironmongers?
Jaysus. Yer as gullible as we thought.
Maybe planning an extension on Aras?
It could do with a good re wiring.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 30, 2011, 11:58:38 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:56:40 PM
Yiz are all lunatics.
What on earth is the President of Ireland going to do about plasterers, plumbers, farmers, ironmongers?
Jaysus. Yer as gullible as we thought.
Maybe planning an extension on Aras?
A lot of good land around the wild house . Any way watching the old news 100 jobs for Kerry good news
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 11:53:19 PM
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
You're both easily won. What is he going to do for farmers, plumbers or plasterers?
In fairness there isn't a whole lot to choose from..
A singer from the UK,a murderer from the UK,a OAP who will be dead before the seven years are up,A Gay,half British prod from Laois.......
Quote from: johnpower on October 01, 2011, 12:02:48 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 30, 2011, 11:58:38 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:56:40 PM
Yiz are all lunatics.
What on earth is the President of Ireland going to do about plasterers, plumbers, farmers, ironmongers?
Jaysus. Yer as gullible as we thought.
Maybe planning an extension on Aras?
A lot of good land around the wild house . Any way watching the old news 100 jobs for Kerry good news
Gallagher got to work quickly! Plumbers or Plasterers?
Quote from: laoislad on October 01, 2011, 12:03:15 AM
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 11:53:19 PM
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
You're both easily won. What is he going to do for farmers, plumbers or plasterers?
In fairness there isn't a whole lot to choose from..
A singer from the UK,a murderer from the UK,a OAP who will be dead before the seven years are up,A gay prod from Laois.......
That is a scandalous post. It lacks any basic knowledge of grammar or punctuation. If Marty had spoke he'd learn the free state how te spell then sure he'd be doing something good hi.
Quote from: ONeill on October 01, 2011, 12:07:33 AM
Quote from: laoislad on October 01, 2011, 12:03:15 AM
Quote from: Maguire01 on September 30, 2011, 11:53:19 PM
Quote from: laoislad on September 30, 2011, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: trileacman on September 30, 2011, 11:46:05 PM
So who won your vote?????
Gallagher for me, mention of the farming sold it to me.
Me too. Mentions of the small businesses Plumbers and Plasterers etc won it for me.
You're both easily won. What is he going to do for farmers, plumbers or plasterers?
In fairness there isn't a whole lot to choose from..
A singer from the UK,a murderer from the UK,a OAP who will be dead before the seven years are up,A gay prod from Laois.......
That is a scandalous post. It lacks any basic knowledge of grammar or punctuation. If Marty had spoke he'd learn the free state how te spell then sure he'd be doing something good hi.
True.
That's what a few cans of Coors does to me.
btw Gallagher has the same head as you.
He does.
I admit that.
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:39:57 AM
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
What enlightening questions should he have been asked?
Based on that I'd say we're looking at one from Norris, McGuinness and Higgins. I'd disregard Mitchell, Dana and Davis with Gallagher a very outside bet.
Quote from: ONeill on October 01, 2011, 12:46:09 AM
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:39:57 AM
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
What enlightening questions should he have been asked?
What's he gonna do for the Plumbers and Plasterers...?
Quote from: ONeill on October 01, 2011, 12:46:09 AM
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:39:57 AM
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
What enlightening questions should he have been asked?
Jeez I dunno O'Neill. Care to take a wild guess yourself?
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:53:46 AM
Quote from: ONeill on October 01, 2011, 12:46:09 AM
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:39:57 AM
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
What enlightening questions should he have been asked?
Jeez I dunno O'Neill. Care to take a wild guess yourself?
No. I didn't pose the question. What's one question which wouldn't be an easy ride that should have been asked?
What the f**k will he do for plumbers and plasterers...............
Quote from: Croí na hÉireann on October 01, 2011, 12:49:57 AM
Based on that I'd say we're looking at one from Norris, McGuinness and Higgins. I'd disregard Mitchell, Dana and Davis with Gallagher a very outside bet.
Flip I thought Norris was a disaster in that he avoided every question and tried to make up for it with empty rhetorical oratory (Irish people aren't that stupid to fall for it). Gallagher might have hit a few buzz words for the Celtic Tiger generation but when pushed for detail he hadn't a notion of what to do or say - that boys going nowhere thank God, FF bluffer anyhow. Davis for me bombed out completely. Tubs could have given her the coup de grâce by either asking her how many quangos she was on or how much she was paid for the 4 Council of State meetings in 7 years she attended, but she was already gone at that stage. Michael D started off very strongly - almost sounded like Gerry Adams from his Louth campaign - talk of new Republic, citizens rights etc... but went a little downhill in the later part of the show when he started rambling about his 'cultural' achievements. Nice lad, definitely in the race for the right reasons, old school Irishman, feck, he even speaks like my favourite uncle, but... just a little bit too twee...
McGuinness handled everything with competency, experienced, didn't mention Mandela or say "in the round". Looked the part, though was lucky he didn't the religious questions directed to Dana. Which brings me to the star performer of the night - Dana. Love her or hate her, she was the one who would have gotten most from this evening. She wasn't the best performer, coming behind Michael D and McGuinness, but her honesty and integrity shown through by the end. OK, she came across as very naive, but personally I've rather have someone with honesty and belief in their convictions, even if I disagree, rather than some gimp who tries to be everything to everyone. I think there was someone else on the panel, but not sure, so my run-down would be:
Michael Higgins, Martin McGuinness (Joint 1st)
Dana (3rd)
Norris (4th)
Gallagher (5th)
Davis (6th)
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:39:57 AM
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
I'll not bother responding in any way sensibly with you for the reason that you thought Gay Mitchell won the debate, which leads me to believe that you either:
A: Confused someone else with Gay Mitchell (in which case, I'll offer some advice....he's the grey one with the charisma, charm and wit of a piece of damp cardboard)
Or
B: You are an even bigger bitch to FG than MGHU is.
Dana...jesus christ ::) all these nordies are complete loopers.
Quote from: Nally Stand on October 01, 2011, 01:34:13 AM
Quote from: ross matt on October 01, 2011, 12:39:57 AM
Quote from: Nally Stand on September 30, 2011, 11:22:47 PM
Quote from: ONeill on September 30, 2011, 11:19:26 PM
Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
I'll not bother responding in any way sensibly with you for the reason that you thought Gay Mitchell won the debate, which leads me to believe that you either:
A: Confused someone else with Gay Mitchell (in which case, I'll offer some advice....he's the grey one with the charisma, charm and wit of a piece of damp cardboard)
Or
B: You are an even bigger bitch to FG than MGHU is.
& Your an IRA terrorist applogist. Blood on your filthy hands.
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on October 01, 2011, 04:04:47 AM
Dana...jesus christ ::) all these nordies are complete loopers.
I think this is the first time I will agree with you, can we change the N word too stupid shinners, they are not all inbred.
Quote from: Ulick on October 01, 2011, 01:33:28 AM
Quote from: Croí na hÉireann on October 01, 2011, 12:49:57 AM
Based on that I'd say we're looking at one from Norris, McGuinness and Higgins. I'd disregard Mitchell, Dana and Davis with Gallagher a very outside bet.
Flip I thought Norris was a disaster in that he avoided every question and tried to make up for it with empty rhetorical oratory (Irish people aren't that stupid to fall for it). Gallagher might have hit a few buzz words for the Celtic Tiger generation but when pushed for detail he hadn't a notion of what to do or say - that boys going nowhere thank God, FF bluffer anyhow. Davis for me bombed out completely. Tubs could have given her the coup de grâce by either asking her how many quangos she was on or how much she was paid for the 4 Council of State meetings in 7 years she attended, but she was already gone at that stage. Michael D started off very strongly - almost sounded like Gerry Adams from his Louth campaign - talk of new Republic, citizens rights etc... but went a little downhill in the later part of the show when he started rambling about his 'cultural' achievements. Nice lad, definitely in the race for the right reasons, old school Irishman, feck, he even speaks like my favourite uncle, but... just a little bit too twee...
McGuinness handled everything with competency, experienced, didn't mention Mandela or say "in the round". Looked the part, though was lucky he didn't the religious questions directed to Dana. Which brings me to the star performer of the night - Dana. Love her or hate her, she was the one who would have gotten most from this evening. She wasn't the best performer, coming behind Michael D and McGuinness, but her honesty and integrity shown through by the end. OK, she came across as very naive, but personally I've rather have someone with honesty and belief in their convictions, even if I disagree, rather than some gimp who tries to be everything to everyone. I think there was someone else on the panel, but not sure, so my run-down would be:
Michael Higgins, Martin McGuinness (Joint 1st)
Dana (3rd)
Norris (4th)
Gallagher (5th)
Davis (6th)
You are pathetic.
Now, now MGHU, not like you to play the man as you put it... ::) So I want to be able to read your own views about last night's Late Late show. No name-calling of course.
Ah come on Farr, we all know mghu is only winding....
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Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
I'll not bother responding in any way sensibly with you for the reason that you thought Gay Mitchell won the debate, which leads me to believe that you either:
A: Confused someone else with Gay Mitchell (in which case, I'll offer some advice....he's the grey one with the charisma, charm and wit of a piece of damp cardboard)
Or
B: You are an even bigger bitch to FG than MGHU is.
& Your an IRA terrorist applogist. Blood on your filthy hands.
:D
MGHU, it sounds like you were out with your imaginary friends last night again. Seriously though, if you can't hold your drink, stop drinking! Or at least hide your laptop before you go out so you won't be able to use it when you get in.
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Tubridy has a job on his hands here keeping it away from a Marty/free state issue.
I think Tubridy turned it into that. He invited Mitchell to specifically have a go at McGuinness. I wonder will he invite any other candidates to have a go at any other specifically named candidates?
In other news.... Norris' false English accent seems to be getting worse
Oh would ya quit your fuckin pathetic whingin!
McGuinness got an easy ride FFS.
I'll not bother responding in any way sensibly with you for the reason that you thought Gay Mitchell won the debate, which leads me to believe that you either:
A: Confused someone else with Gay Mitchell (in which case, I'll offer some advice....he's the grey one with the charisma, charm and wit of a piece of damp cardboard)
Or
B: You are an even bigger bitch to FG than MGHU is.
& Your an IRA terrorist applogist. Blood on your filthy hands.
:D
MGHU, it sounds like you were out with your imaginary friends last night again. Seriously though, if you can't hold your drink, stop drinking! Or at least hide your laptop before you go out so you won't be able to use it when you get in.
+ 1 Some unbelievable posts there by MGHU
You obviously havent been reading many of his posts!
Amazed that people think gallagher did well. Full of meaningless waffle, none of which he would be able to deliver on as president.
Best performers for me were michael d and dana. You might not agree with dana, but she actually has a platform and spoke passionately. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind - the others went for the safe soft options.
Michael d looked and sounded like the wise old statesman in a group of pretenders.
Norris wasn't as bad as prime time, and mcguinness and mitchell weren't as good.
Mary davis was grand, she's always just grand.
Like Colm. Give him a crack at Aras.
Has jody marsh finally got her act together
It seems that Berties granddaughter is called Robin, or is it spelt robbin?
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It seems that Berties granddaughter is called Robin, or is it spelt robbin?
Probably Robyn. Ironic eh?
Probably has a nephew called Paddy Power.
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Probably has a nephew called Paddy Power.
Does he pay less taxes too like the 'creative' Cecelia?
Am I the only one that gets ill seeing them effing priests.
QuoteAm I the only one that gets ill seeing them effing priests.
They are decent skins. You are only resentful because Horslips don't have a good vocalist.
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They are decent skins. You are only resentful because Horslips don't have a good vocalist.
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:D :D :D :D :D
Glad somebody said it.
Is there anyone worth waiting for or should I just switch over now?
QuoteThey are decent skins. You are only resentful because Horslips don't have a good vocalist.
:D
John Fean had a brilliant voice - but wasn't a front man like Philo or Rory. Devlin drew the short straw as front man but it never really worked.
These priests are wheeled out once a year on The Late Late Show for some reason that I can't fathom. I spose tis sale and all the mammies love them. Aside from my 75 year old mam that shares my opinion as she is a fiery Whest Cark woman.
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Am I the only one that gets ill seeing them effing priests.
Apart from the brothers Michael d/ Norris type accents , I think they are down to earth. IMO
Only saw a bit of the LL show - can't really stand it
I had to leave the room when dem three hoors started roaring.
Enjoyed the comedian on the piano but then on came Joe duffy and I had to go to bed.
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Two words, "Hey Mirinda".
Every Horslips fan should now fcuk up.
Yes Sir!
There is something outrageously camp about those two brothers in the Priests.
Quote from: mylestheslasher on October 15, 2011, 11:17:26 AM
Enjoyed the comedian on the piano but then on came Joe duffy and I had to go to bed.
Tim Minchin - he is hilarious.
What the fook is the story with these 3 dimwits on now - it is very painful watching
Are the priests back on :o
Just caught Christy on the Late Late...it seemed like an inconvenience for him to be there...it's been said 100s of time before but Tubridy is a fuckin tube :( :(
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 31, 2011, 12:11:29 AM
Just caught Christy on the Late Late...it seemed like an inconvenience for him to be there...it's been said 100s of time before but Tubridy is a fuckin tube :( :(
And so was anyone the ever presented that show
I think TLLS will be taken out and shot sooner rather than later
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/ryan-tubridy-im-as-frail-as-everyone-else-and-do-think-am-i-so-bad-2921084.html
Don't like Tubridy on TLLS. Couldn't stand Gaybo either, but he was a great host nonetheless.
Nobody can match Gerry Ryan on the radio. He had a way with people, and a voice you could trust. He could get away with saying anything too. Tubridy doesn't have that.
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Don't like Tubridy on TLLS. Couldn't stand Gaybo either, but he was a great host nonetheless.
Nobody can match Gerry Ryan on the radio. He had a way with people, and a voice you could trust. He could get away with saying anything too. Tubridy doesn't have that.
Tubridy wants to go to England but it's a brutal game over there. Maybe in Ireland he is too associated with the boom.
Or doesn't have enough real life experience. I dunno. I was in the same Gaeltacht college with him back in 88 I think. He always wanted to be famous. He he had been a child reporter on "Poparama".
Time has moved on. in the past if you lived in the west and were restricted to two channels, you had to watch the TLLS, As the option on RTE 2 was 5th rate crap. Hence ratings were high.
Today you have an abundance of channels from Sky, Setanta, Freesat etc. The internet and broadband have taken from the telly also.
Most guests Tubridy get on are people trying to sell a gig, a book, movie or tv show, or in some cases all four! Most of the (scripted) interviews we have caught already from cross channel or cross atlantic shows. And anyone local (Irish based) are burnt out from multiple interviews at this stage. If there's anyone i want to see on TLLS, i go to the RTE 'Player' and skip to the interview.
You will notice that all the presenters of talk shows cross channel have comedic personalities that draws a bit of devilment from their guests.
Catherine Jenkins is after destroying Black is the Colour...still would though ;)
What about Adam Ant?? Telling us he's over his mental problems while wearing a feathery hat!
I agree with AQMP and 5 Sams but what was worse for me was hearing Tubridy telling Westlife that they were tremendous ambassadors for the country and that we should be thankful to them. :o!
He should fuckin retire with them!
Tubs talking about Playstation games and how bad they are ::)
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Tubs talking about Playstation games and how bad they are ::)
He sounded like a 95 year old man during that segment.
Mary Kennedy looking fine for her age.
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Mary Kennedy looking fine for her age.
Beat me to it sir. That's a fine looking woman.
JLS must be singing live as they're cat.
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Mary Kennedy looking fine for her age.
I still would anyway. ;D
Hope Laoislad isn't watching
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Mary Kennedy looking fine for her age.
I still would anyway. ;D
+1 and she has 20 years on me. That dirty hoor 5 Sams has probably had to lie down after seeing her on the Late Late...
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Mary Kennedy looking fine for her age.
I still would anyway. ;D
+1 and she has 20 years on me. That dirty hoor 5 Sams has probably had to lie down after seeing her on the Late Late...
;D ;D ;D Great bit of gear!
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What about Adam Ant?? Telling us he's over his mental problems while wearing a feathery hat!
Very good, had to laugh when I read your comment. :D
It might be outdated comedy but I always find Brendan Grace to be entertaining
I always find brendan grace to be shite. The only thing he is famous for is holding the world record for most appearances on the late late.
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I always find brendan grace to be shite. The only thing he is famous for is holding the world record for most appearances on the late late.
Well it's good to have your own opinion on him anyway.
I like him.
Seen Grace live a few times & found him entertaining. 40 years in business fair fcuks to him i doubt many of today's comedies will last as long as him.
Brendan Grace has had the same show for the past 40 years. Funny the first time, but not the second.
When you look at him compared to, say, Dara O'Brian, it's like comparing some auld piebald from Smithfield market to Shergar.
Dickie Rock - did ye see him swivel the hips. Fairs fecks to these new hip replacement yokes. I see he invested in a new, eh, hair style!
Quoteit's like comparing some auld piebald from Smithfield market to Shergar
Indeed, where O'Briain is the piebald
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Brendan Grace has had the same show for the past 40 years. Funny the first time, but not the second.
When you look at him compared to, say, Dara O'Brian, it's like comparing some auld piebald from Smithfield market to Shergar.
Dickie Rock - did ye see him swivel the hips. Fairs fecks to these new hip replacement yokes. I see he invested in a new, eh, hair style!
Pure outdated granny shite. Dicky and the lot of them on the stage at the end looked like a freak show or the zombies in the thriller video.
Danger here.
Good to see him back.
Tim Vine shockingly bad tonight ... ::) Tubs fake laughs not cutting it
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Tim Vine shockingly bad tonight ... ::) Tubs fake laughs not cutting it
Seen a bit earlier and they were talking about burst breast implants. Turned it over. Seems it didn't improve then.
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Tim Vine shockingly bad tonight ... ::) Tubs fake laughs not cutting it
Seen a bit earlier and they were talking about burst breast implants. Turned it over. Seems it didn't improve then.
Cringeworthily shit. As usual. Claudine Keane talking dung for 10 minutes didn't help matters
Jaysus - that didn't work for Vine atall. Hard to watch. He completely lost me towards the end. I think the camera man/woman did a great job finding someone laughing.
wtf was thon dude trying to be a ventriloquist ??? was he half wise at all
He died a death ... Have always said, English humour doesn't cut it here, dry as f@&k ... Ralph McTell the only chink of light in a poor start to 2012 for the late late.
It won't be long before RTE pull the plug on the LL show. This one great show is terrible these days.
Ball of dung tonight.
Did you hear Elvis is dead Tony?? ;)
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He died a death ... Have always said, English humour doesn't cut it here, dry as f@&k ... Ralph McTell the only chink of light in a poor start to 2012 for the late late.
There's some English humor I do get (Blackadder et al) and there's some that I don't like The Fast Show which just seemed to be about repeating the same catchphrases week in week out. Maybe they find predictability to be funny.
O'Leary. Cnut, business genius or both?
Legend, the bit about the standing room on the plane was hilarious.
He makes a lot of sense in some of the stuff he says though
I've enjoyed the show so far. Thumbs up from me.
O'Leary for Taoiseach, he would have the south on its feet in no time.
Any chance Bishop Daly would come out of retirement?
Some lovely girls singing it's raining men.
One of the women says it was the scariest moment of her whole entire life.
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O'Leary. Cnut, business genius or both?
Both. Just what Ireland needs. That's a nice top yer one is wearing now ;)
Tubridy pervin rightly.
Did you know when it launched, the Late Late Show started at 11.30pm on Saturday - so hence the name.
A young upstart Gay Byrne was given the gig.
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Some lovely girls singing it's raining men.
One of the women says it was the scariest moment of her whole entire life.
Only 1 of them could sing. On the up side they have identified one mote thing loraine keane is useless at.
God bless Lorraine Keane. She makes the best of what she hasn't got.
Her Da was drummer for The Indians. But, ye all knew tha.
Credit where credit's due...good show last night...esp the Bloody Sunday part....O'Leary is brilliant...a pompous arrogant cnut....but brilliant.
Jez, The late late's giving Eamon Dunphy his half hour to 'cry' about the state of the nation! Whats the point? Imagine Jimmy Hill or Alan Hanson doing the same over the water.
Here we go not proud to be Irish line again.........1990 ould skool!
Enda teacher.............Eamon Football pundit!
Crazy Jim Corr got 1 minute to talk about the state of the Nation. Dunphy gets 30 Minutes.
Compare Dunphy this wk with O Leary last wk.
As the saying goes, Dunphy talks the talk, O Leary walks the walk.
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Compare Dunphy this wk with O Leary last wk.
As the saying goes, Dunphy talks the talk, O Leary walks the walk.
His bluff was called last year when he was asked to run for the Dail. As they say in football it is easier to stand on the terraces and tell the Manager and players what they are doing wrong wrong!
I thought Dunphy came across alright, better than O'Leary anyhow. Disappointed though when he said he'd get out if he was 21 again. Sure we all could have done that, us nordies especially, but speaking for myself, I made a deliberate decision to stay no matter how shit things got.
WTF was the story with Tubs 9 year old cousin on singing? What chance a 9 year old from Fatima Mansions ever getting on?
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I thought Dunphy came across alright, better than O'Leary anyhow. Disappointed though when he said he'd get out if he was 21 again. Sure we all could have done that, us nordies especially, but speaking for myself, I made a deliberate decision to stay no matter how shit things got.
WTF was the story with Tubs 9 year old cousin on singing? What chance a 9 year old from Fatima Mansions ever getting on?
Only for some hard luck story like getting their leg gnawed off by a rat.
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Jez, The late late's giving Eamon Dunphy his half hour to 'cry' about the state of the nation! Whats the point? Imagine Jimmy Hill or Alan Hanson doing the same over the water.
Here we go not proud to be Irish line again.........1990 ould skool!
Enda teacher.............Eamon Football pundit!
Crazy Jim Corr got 1 minute to talk about the state of the Nation. Dunphy gets 30 Minutes.
I was ranting the same point of view to herself. That's the level of analysis we get - a soccer pundit pontificating on the state of the nation. The BBC keeps Harry Redknapp for the freakshow "and finally" section of the News.
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WTF was the story with Tubs 9 year old cousin on singing? What chance a 9 year old from Fatima Mansions ever getting on?
I thought she was great, though. I said to the missus I hope that kid doesn't get the "success" she's capable of because it would probably ruin her life.
A soccer/political pundit being asked to comment on Derrytresk-Dromid. WTF was all that about?
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A soccer/political pundit being asked to comment on Derrytresk-Dromid. WTF was all that about?
Cheek of the man to call our country a dump. Would love to send him off to Calcutta for a couple of weeks. Bollix
Quote from: Ulick on January 27, 2012, 11:56:38 PM
I thought Dunphy came across alright, better than O'Leary anyhow. Disappointed though when he said he'd get out if he was 21 again. Sure we all could have done that, us nordies especially, but speaking for myself, I made a deliberate decision to stay no matter how shit things got.
WTF was the story with Tubs 9 year old cousin on sin[/b]ging? What chance a 9 year old from Fatima Mansions ever getting on?
she isn't his cousin . well thats what he said when she sang on the late late you show.
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A soccer/political pundit being asked to comment on Derrytresk-Dromid. WTF was all that about?
Dunphy, could be the new (Multi-knowledgable) Roy Curtis (Sunday World) who you often can get writing on Man Utd, Leinster (Rugby) and Dublin (GAA) in the same week.
I don't watch the LLS but my sister in law was telling me that she was on a flight from London on Friday and was sitting close to Richard Madeley and his daughter Chloe. They spent the entire flight talking in loud voices about their Late Late Show interview and discussing how they would handle any questions about their shop lifting, drink driving, cannabis smoking exploits etc. Seems, however the interview was a piece of p1ss as Tubbs spent the entire interview discussing his book etc.
How the hell did Richard Madeley produce that stunner??
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How the hell did Richard Madeley produce that stunner??
Maybe he shoplifted her.
Hubby & wife from Clonmel who were on Costa Concordia are on now.
They are great talkers and make great tv.
Why give Noel Gallagher a Dublin Jersey?
Meath or Mayo, But Dublin!
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Why give Noel Gallagher a Dublin Jersey?
Meath or Mayo, But Dublin!
RTE taking every chance to promote the Dubs.
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A soccer/political pundit being asked to comment on Derrytresk-Dromid. WTF was all that about?
Cheek of the man to call our country a dump. Would love to send him off to Calcutta for a couple of weeks. Bollix
George Hook pulled no punches last seek or whenever he was on regarding Dunphy!
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 17, 2012, 09:48:42 PM
Why give Noel Gallagher a Dublin Jersey?
Meath or Mayo, But Dublin!
Well he responded appropriately for a Mayoman - said he'd put it straight on eBay. A Meathman would hang it behind his dartboard.
Don't like his music...but that was a good interview with Noel Gallagher...as someone else said...appropriate contempt for the Dubs jersey ;)
Deary me. Some crimes committed tonight.
Brutal. How that Bewitched one ever thought that song was any good is beyond me.
It's still 1988.
And so Jedward represent us again. Fantastic ambassadors.
Quote from: ONeill on February 24, 2012, 11:42:17 PM
And so Jedward represent us again. Fantastic ambassadors.
I think Azerbaijan have a poor human rights record so if anyone can get close enough to Jedward to plant some smack in their luggage... Your country needs you!
Ireland obviously never want to host the Eurovision ever again.
Jedward were far and away the best of a bad bunch. They're good craic, which is what eurovision is about really - its not about talent anyway...
That first song that was meant to be 'celtic mysticism' was bruuuutal altogether.
Niall Quinn is a daycent chap.
Just flicked over there and they had 2 outpatients from the local mental institute lepping about the place. V weird nowadays
Jesus that country music is brutal :-[
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Jesus that country music is brutal :-[
I know. Old pair think it's manna from heaven. They even turn up the volume on the radio and tv when it comes on and nobody's allowed interupt. And don't get me started on Showcase tv every Monday night!!!!!
there is a hole in the bucket :D ming.
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there is a hole in the bucket :D ming.
The f**king arse is outta the bucket if you ask me and throwing more water in won't make any difference ...
But we may be able to afford a new one.
So are the Late Late crowd trying to get that fella from Limerick done in .... Asking him direct questions about his personal security arrangements on live tv ... No doubt he is naive but RTE should know better.
Gigg's woman didn't come across too well. What was Giggs thinking of anyway ?
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Gigg's woman didn't come across too well. What was Giggs thinking of anyway ?
What were the producers thinking inviting her on? Is that classed as entertainment ?
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Gigg's woman didn't come across too well. What was Giggs thinking of anyway ?
What were the producers thinking inviting her on? Is that classed as entertainment ?
Which of his many birds was it? Sister in law, big brother doll etc?
The Late Late Show is turning into Loose Women with guests like Giggsy's bit on the side.
What has happened to this once great show?
Quote from: BennyCake on March 24, 2012, 12:28:11 AM
The Late Late Show is turning into Loose Women with guests like Giggsy's bit on the side.
What has happened to this once great show?
Read an interview with Tubs last week and he said that when Gaybo etc were on the Late Late it was the only show in town so now they have to give the people what they want.
Quote from: orangeman on March 23, 2012, 11:41:40 PM
Gigg's woman didn't come across too well. What was Giggs thinking of anyway ?
Big tits....
Quote from: orangeman on March 23, 2012, 11:41:40 PM
Gigg's woman didn't come across too well. What was Giggs thinking of anyway ?
Giggs came across worse to be honest. He was shagging his brother's wife while his own wife was in the hospital. He's actually got away pretty lightly with the whole thing. Fergie obviously overlooked that. He's quick enough to comment on someone not shaking hands though.
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Gigg's woman didn't come across too well. What was Giggs thinking of anyway ?
Giggs came across worse to be honest. He was shagging his brother's wife while his own wife was in the hospital. He's actually got away pretty lightly with the whole thing. Fergie obviously overlooked that. He's quick enough to comment on someone not shaking hands though.
Ah, that's football. All perspective or how you can spin perspective. Giggs weathered the storm and the next big scandal came along.
Someone should have asked Ryan was he intending to pay the household charge or had paid already to hear what his views were on the whole matter...
Great to see Mark McGovern on the show.
Quote from: Denn Forever on March 30, 2012, 11:12:15 PM
Great to see Mark McGovern on the show.
Some TV. His assailant sounded like a gutless, lying twat
Sort of shocked seeing that.
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Great to see Mark McGovern on the show.
Some TV. His assailant sounded like a gutless, lying t**t
What I heard from a lad who was playing, yer man (second/third generation Irish) never even played football that often so giving him a ban was meaningless. His main 'sport' is extreme fighting so he is big on elbows. Useful also to have a big time lawyer and GAA stalwart for a father. Fair dues to SF PD as they did seem to put a big effort into prosecuting, to the extent of ignoring visa violations for many of those giving statements. Didn't get enough evidence in the end as it was off the ball and no-one from Marks team saw the incident. Shame on the other club though.
Is deirdre o kane the victim of a terrible face lift or what. She was a fine looking woman but she looks awful now.
I bet Laoislad tuned in to watch Debbie McGee tonight.
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I bet Laoislad tuned in to watch Debbie McGee tonight.
In the audience maybe.
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I bet Laoislad tuned in to watch Debbie McGee tonight.
In the audience maybe.
Didn't know she was on. Looking well though I suppose?
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I bet Laoislad tuned in to watch Debbie McGee tonight.
In the audience maybe.
Didn't know she was on. Looking well though I suppose?
She was the one wearing the see-through blindfold. Mind you, the newspaper trick was good. How the F did he do it?
Paul McGrath on tonight.
Paul McGrath seems like a gent.
He had it rough enough by the sounds of it.
Now he is a true star.
Tough enough interview, big Paul held nothing back anyway, you just know he is teetering on the edge all the time fighting his demons. Hope he holds it together, a proper Irish legend.
Two beauty's this last few weeks singing on TLLS, followed tonight by that rough looking beast from Aslan.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on April 20, 2012, 11:48:39 PM
Tough enough interview, big Paul held nothing back anyway, you just know he is teetering on the edge all the time fighting his demons. Hope he holds it together, a proper Irish legend.
Interview was pre-recorded, Paul is so shy he proably requested it. In his book, he said he was once asked to present medals to a school boy team in Birmingham. He would not have to make a speech, just hand over the medals and say 'Well done', he could not do it.
The title Legend get thrown about..........
Harrington, John Bishop, Ardal O'Hanlon and Stevie G all on tonight.
Christ its like waiting for a bus. You wait all year for a good guest then 4 of them all come on the one night.
Quote from: laoislad on April 27, 2012, 10:09:29 PM
Harrington, John Bishop, Ardal O'Hanlon and Stevie G all on tonight.
Christ its like waiting for a bus. You wait all year for a good guest then 4 of them all come on the one night.
and kym marsh
Quote from: laoislad on April 27, 2012, 10:09:29 PM
Harrington, John Bishop, Ardal O'Hanlon and Stevie G all on tonight.
Christ its like waiting for a bus. You wait all year for a good guest then 4 of them all come on the one night.
I am cringing in advance of the Gerrard interview. Why is he there?!
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 27, 2012, 10:21:35 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 27, 2012, 10:09:29 PM
Harrington, John Bishop, Ardal O'Hanlon and Stevie G all on tonight.
Christ its like waiting for a bus. You wait all year for a good guest then 4 of them all come on the one night.
I am cringing in advance of the Gerrard interview. Why is he there?!
Promoting his Charity golf event.
Bingo says interview suppose to be good.
Will have to deduct a point for Gerry Ryan's daughter being on.
Quote from: laoislad on April 27, 2012, 10:28:51 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 27, 2012, 10:21:35 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 27, 2012, 10:09:29 PM
Harrington, John Bishop, Ardal O'Hanlon and Stevie G all on tonight.
Christ its like waiting for a bus. You wait all year for a good guest then 4 of them all come on the one night.
I am cringing in advance of the Gerrard interview. Why is he there?!
Promoting his Charity golf event.
Bingo says interview suppose to be good.
I thought the show was live.
Prof Crowne is one impressive guy.
just said w@nker on the show there. Never thought id see the day.
mary coughlan on for the one song there and she's lit, all over the place when the camera went on her after RT thanked her for coming on, very very wobbly....unless of course she might have been having a bit of a slip and a bit of a slide, i could be wrong ::)
Didn't see some of the Given interview. Killeavy13 said Tubs should never be allowed to interview another sportsperson. That bad?
Who is that woman on now?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 18, 2012, 10:38:33 PM
Didn't see some of the Given interview. Killeavy13 said Tubs should never be allowed to interview another sportsperson. That bad?
Stevie talks some balls. It wasn't that bad.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 18, 2012, 11:04:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 18, 2012, 10:38:33 PM
Didn't see some of the Given interview. Killeavy13 said Tubs should never be allowed to interview another sportsperson. That bad?
Stevie talks some balls. It wasn't that bad.
I thought he was fine. Don't think there was a need to show the Henry handball though.
Shay Given is as sound as they come I'd say, certainly comes across that way anyways. His wife is some doll.
Quote from: laoislad on May 18, 2012, 11:06:38 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 18, 2012, 11:04:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 18, 2012, 10:38:33 PM
Didn't see some of the Given interview. Killeavy13 said Tubs should never be allowed to interview another sportsperson. That bad?
Stevie talks some balls. It wasn't that bad.
I thought he was fine. Don't think there was a need to show the Henry handball though.
Shay Given is as sound as they come I'd say, certainly comes across that way anyways. His wife is some doll.
She was a yoke alright.
Quote from: The Worker on May 18, 2012, 10:17:02 PM
just said w@nker on the show there. Never thought id see the day.
Kevin Bishop. Funny funny man. Tubridy just let him at it thank god.
Going to see him in Belfast in October. Can't wait
Quote from: laoislad on May 18, 2012, 11:06:38 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 18, 2012, 11:04:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 18, 2012, 10:38:33 PM
Didn't see some of the Given interview. Killeavy13 said Tubs should never be allowed to interview another sportsperson. That bad?
Stevie talks some balls. It wasn't that bad.
I thought he was fine. Don't think there was a need to show the Henry handball though.
Shay Given is as sound as they come I'd say, certainly comes across that way anyways. His wife is some doll.
i was slagging tubs off after his gerrard interview a few weeks ago, so he deserves a bit of credit here. The interview was grand, but i suppose it comes down to personalities, given seems as engaging as any soccer pro is likely to be, whilst stevie G was just a bore fest.
I loved the bit spent talking about his decision to go to celtic, and the link of donegal, glasgow and celtic, and that was his choice over Man U. Of course he never got to play for celtic, they fucked up big time letting him go, considering packie was finishing up.
The late late gets plenty of slagging, and is often shite. But really, is it possible for an irish TV show to have 6 great famous celebs on ever week, every year? i only seen given last ngt, the scottish comedian ( im not a fan, but thought he was ok), plus the britain got talent guy ( i never watched the show, but plenty of people did). Dunno who else was on last ngt, but una healy was good last week!
50th Anniversary show tonight and, in a Fearonesque turn of events, I managed to get an audience ticket.
I will carry the flag for GAABoard tonight and I swan home with all the lovely loot I am sure we will get.
Oh, btw, Horslips are on playing Dearg Doom with a full orchestra. Hence the ticket.
Good man SS - no heckling now
Quote50th Anniversary show tonight and, in a Fearonesque turn of events, I managed to get an audience ticket.
Are you sure you didn't just 'find' them, in line with the usual turn of events. Jammy bollix.
An evening with Gay, Pat and Ryan. Hard to beat.
RTE really are scraping the bottom of the barrel bringing that nutbar on the show.
Quote from: BennyCake on June 01, 2012, 12:43:43 PM
RTE really are scraping the bottom of the barrel bringing that nutbar on the show.
It will be grand if they just let her sing....
BTW +1 No call for that Snoop
sure tommy tiernan is usually great craic on it, or anywhere else he is i suppose
Audience full of semi famous people.
That's a fierce backing group for Horslips. Shamrock Shore will have been leapin' off his seat.
Quote from: bloodybreakball on June 01, 2012, 06:29:08 PM
sure tommy tiernan is usually great craic on it, or anywhere else he is i suppose
A horrible man who is about as funny as a kick in the stones.
jaysus someone shut that twink 1 up
Quote from: orchard 8195 on June 01, 2012, 10:37:58 PM
jaysus someone shut that twink 1 up
I'd say she's hammered.
Liam Neeson is boring.
Has Liam Neeson been on the soup?
Neeson was either balaxed or jetlagged.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on June 01, 2012, 10:51:35 PM
Has Liam Neeson been on the soup?
Himself and Twink were in Messer McGuires before they came on.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on June 01, 2012, 10:51:35 PM
Has Liam Neeson been on the soup?
Surely..
He was hardly meant to mention Bono backstage?
liam just give the big secert away. He is hammered.
Reaction here in the studio is Neeson was scuttered! Twink is a pain in the hole. Kielty called her properly
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 01, 2012, 10:57:35 PM
Reaction here in the studio is Neeson was scuttered! Twink is a pain in the hole. Kielty called her properly
I tried to ring you hoping your phone would go off live on air.
Gaybo is bucked 2
Holy God.
QuoteReaction here in the studio is Neeson was scuttered!
Is this the first post on Gaaboard from the Late Late show studio?
QuoteTwink is a pain in the hole. Kielty called her properly
Or Dustin perhaps?
QuoteHoly God.
Can she even have the exucse of being hammered?
This is edgy.
Why do RTE give that skinhead air time? I'm not religious but that was disgraceful with her with her collar. F**king attention seeking nut.
A lot of Nordies on it tonight.
Ireland's full of crackjobs but sure it's great.
As you said, getting edgy as fook. The green room must be only giving out whiskey!!!
Nell likes the sound of her voice.
Pat Kenny doesn't seem comfortable on the other side of the mic. Unless he's asking the questions he has little else.
Gay actually believes he's an institution. Probably is.
Where's Jedward?
I'm sure they'll be along soon. Saint Bono too.
The LLS is truly finished if this is the best they can do.
I thought Shamrock Shore was getting a free TV there.
Quote from: laoislad on June 01, 2012, 11:46:16 PM
I thought Shamrock Shore was getting a free TV there.
Maybe his wife?
Them fcukers don't need gifts.
see brush the great gaa man there anyway.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 01, 2012, 11:47:29 PM
Quote from: laoislad on June 01, 2012, 11:46:16 PM
I thought Shamrock Shore was getting a free TV there.
Maybe his wife?
No that wasn't him. He is in the Longford jersey in the back row.
Quote from: laoislad on June 01, 2012, 11:51:13 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 01, 2012, 11:47:29 PM
Quote from: laoislad on June 01, 2012, 11:46:16 PM
I thought Shamrock Shore was getting a free TV there.
Maybe his wife?
No that wasn't him. He is in the Longford jersey in the back row.
I thought that was big Sheridan.
poor enough show alright. same guests year in year out. i see i got pulled for my earlier comment. it may have been a bit harsh but i wouldnt say far off the mark.
Imelda May is like a cross between Cameron diaz and a skunk !
Byrne likes the women.
Any subtitles for this doll?
This thread is mor entertaining than the show
Byrne keeping Kenny from the women. Dirty bstard.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on June 01, 2012, 11:54:34 PM
Imelda May is like a cross between Cameron diaz and a skunk !
she seems a nice girl though and a bit of craic. very down to earth unlike some of the so called wanna be celebs around today.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on June 01, 2012, 11:54:34 PM
Imelda May is like a cross between Cameron diaz and a skunk !
Be hard listening to that accent all day.
are you in the green room O'Neill?
What accent is that?
Bono. Imagine that!
heres the c**k now
They have made some mess of this show totally fcuked the dvd rerlease.
is everyone blocked?
Boner needs to lose the specs.
snottered too
Great thinking Bono. The specs are class.
Bono has a extremely boring voice and why the shades indoor?
Quote from: ONeill on June 01, 2012, 11:58:26 PM
What accent is that?
She is from the Liberties I think.
Rough enough spot.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on June 02, 2012, 12:01:12 AM
Bono has a extremely boring voice and why the shades indoor?
supposedly he has an eye problem. or maybe a me me me problem
Quote from: Captain Obvious on June 02, 2012, 12:01:12 AM
Bono has a extremely boring voice and why the shades indoor?
Because he's a tit.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on June 02, 2012, 12:01:12 AM
Bono has a extremely boring voice and why the shades indoor?
He was staring at the sun earlier.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 02, 2012, 12:02:53 AM
Quote from: Captain Obvious on June 02, 2012, 12:01:12 AM
Bono has a extremely boring voice and why the shades indoor?
He was staring at the sun earlier.
Was it a beautiful day?
Bono sounds suicidal.
i cant close my eyes and make it go away
Bono, Byrne and Kenny.
The Wholly Tragedy.
with bono there they are saking Pat to sing...............
I wonder does Imelda May move in mysterious ways.
It's just a buckin chatshow, Gay.
i never win that fecking money
Quote from: snoopdog on June 02, 2012, 12:11:54 AM
i never win that fecking money
Tubs is laughing at you every Friday.
Dicky effin Rock.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 02, 2012, 12:13:02 AM
Quote from: snoopdog on June 02, 2012, 12:11:54 AM
i never win that fecking money
Tubs is laughing at you every Friday.
the big drip of p1ss
right im off to Enniskillen
Dickie knows how to rock. Elvis lives.
Meet youse all back here in 2062? I'll be 86 :'(
Some slight on Bono that. Dickie sees off the 50.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 02, 2012, 12:17:47 AM
Meet youse all back here in 2062? I'll be 86 :'(
Jedward singing Grace.
I missed some of it but is Shamrock only heading home with a poxy Newbridge pen?
Quote from: laoislad on June 02, 2012, 12:30:19 AM
I missed some of it but is Shamrock only heading home with a poxy Newbridge pen?
and Twink's knickers.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 02, 2012, 12:32:00 AM
Quote from: laoislad on June 02, 2012, 12:30:19 AM
I missed some of it but is Shamrock only heading home with a poxy Newbridge pen?
and Twink's knickers.
I asked him to get them for me.
Numnumnumnum.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 02, 2012, 12:32:00 AM
Quote from: laoislad on June 02, 2012, 12:30:19 AM
I missed some of it but is Shamrock only heading home with a poxy Newbridge pen?
and Twink's knickers.
Surely Nell's handwashed big knickers
Marty Morrisey will be going home with Amanda Brunker's knickers.
Quote from: orchard 8195 on June 02, 2012, 12:38:48 AM
Marty Morrisey will be going home in Amanda Brunker's knickers.
It wasnt alluded to in the show but this is Pat the Plank's finest hour...what a fcukin tool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Adz-ggfNE
A feckin pen >:(
Jesus, as I said Twink needs a shoeing.
We all adjourned to the AR - T - E canteen where a swing band was belting it out. Too feckin loud. Sinead had defrocked and was wearing a white tshirt and trousers and dancing with Brian Kennedy. The rest of the B list and C list celebs were drinking the free booze.
Marty was stuck into Keith Wood's ear - Amanda was nowhere near him.
No sign of Liam Neeson or Bongo in the afters.
A feckin pen >:(
Quote from: 5 Sams on June 02, 2012, 02:19:33 AM
It wasnt alluded to in the show but this is Pat the Plank's finest hour...what a fcukin tool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Adz-ggfNE
He's a gobshite.
What about Gaybo feeling up a 20 year old Sinead O'Connor in front of her parents. Durty aul fecker. Not a bit of wonder she's "a bit off the wall"
Twink went missing after the show. The search is not going well.
The difference between Imelda May and Sinead O'Connor in their performance, appearance and interview was telling. May performed for the audience, Sinead was all about herself. The minute i seen the priest outfit (which would be ok for a fancy dress party) i began to cringe!
Also, you can't put Sinead and Tiernan on the same stage, Tiernan has proven in the past he cannot deal with volitile women (Remember him with Jordan on Dunphys show?).
Liam Neeson was Pissed and really really boring!
Twink had her "zip up your mickey" moment with David Agnew.
John Waters told Tubridy that The Late Late Show was insignificant and it's time was done. Tubridy ran away from him before he could elaborate.
The Late Late Show is an old boys club and last night confirmed 50 years of it!
Quote from: hardstation on June 02, 2012, 03:09:49 AM
Quote from: snoopdog on June 01, 2012, 11:52:35 PM
poor enough show alright. same guests year in year out. i see i got pulled for my earlier comment. it may have been a bit harsh but i wouldnt say far off the mark.
There walks a man who doesn't seem to know, care or even understand. Ignorance is bliss.
Spotty dog.
Quote from: Hardy on June 02, 2012, 10:25:46 AM
Twink went missing after the show. The search is not going well.
Hardy
I am sure you were waiting for an occasion to post that but you are capable of much better.
What? What's the problem? You don't find the dog's expression funny?
If you see it as disrespectful, all I can say is that someone who shows as little respect for herself as she did last night is going to struggle to gain anyone else's.
Quote from: From the Bunker on June 02, 2012, 11:11:33 AM
The difference between Imelda May and Sinead O'Connor in their performance, appearance and interview was telling. May performed for the audience, Sinead was all about herself. The minute i seen the priest outfit (which would be ok for a fancy dress party) i began to cringe!
Also, you can't put Sinead and Tiernan on the same stage, Tiernan has proven in the past he cannot deal with volitile women (Remember him with Jordan on Dunphys show?).
Liam Neeson was Pissed and really really boring!
Twink had her "zip up your mickey" moment with David Agnew.
John Waters told Tubridy that The Late Late Show was insignificant and it's time was done. Tubridy ran away from him before he could elaborate.
The Late Late Show is an old boys club and last night confirmed 50 years of it!
However sinead o Connor is 10 times a more talented singer than Imelda may. She clearly is not well but she looks to have got 20 years younger in the last couple of months.
In another forum someone asked was Neeson pissed enough to ride Twink? I don't think one could be that stocious!
Quote of the night goes to Dustin The Turkey in reference to Kielty, Short, Tubridy and Twink ... "Three men and a bike"
Quote from: Hardy on June 02, 2012, 04:38:36 PM
What? What's the problem? You don't find the dog's expression funny?
If you see it as disrespectful, all I can say is that someone who shows as little respect for herself as she did last night is going to struggle to gain anyone else's.
Probably a score draw between the post and her performance. Was it just the color resolution on my TV was off or were most people on the panel and the audience the victim of a jaundice outbreak? Marty Morrissey looked like he had put in a few shifts in Sellafield without taking adequate precautions. Neeson was ratarsed.
Quote from: ziggy90 on June 02, 2012, 12:32:44 PM
Quote from: hardstation on June 02, 2012, 03:09:49 AM
Quote from: snoopdog on June 01, 2012, 11:52:35 PM
poor enough show alright. same guests year in year out. i see i got pulled for my earlier comment. it may have been a bit harsh but i wouldnt say far off the mark.
There walks a man who doesn't seem to know, care or even understand. Ignorance is bliss.
Didn't see the show last night, but it sounded a decent line up. When people here complain about the same old guests or whatever, who do they really want or expect to see on this show every week?
I tuned in to see Horslips and the Philharmonic, turned it off immediately afterwards, fully satisfied.
How did it sound from your place, SS?
Best comment I saw on twitter.
"Schindler's pissed" ;D
Never really listened to any Sinead O'Connor performance before but I never realised how shit Sinead O'Connor is at singing. I have heard 'Nothing Compares To You' on the radio before and always assumed she was a good singer as I couldn't understand how else she would get so much attention as she is clearly a nut job. Must have had a good producer back in the day just.
That Nell McCafferty yok is a disaster, I would even rather listen to Nadine Coyle instead. McCafferty seems like a hateful oul hoore.
As for Turbity, how he ever got any presenting job is beyond me.
For the hundreth time, Marty Morrisey shouldn't be allowed near any form of media that shows his face, god only knows what anyone from outside Ireland thinks when they see him on our TV screens.
QuoteMcCafferty seems like a hateful oul hoore.
When she was in a relationship with Nuala O'Faolain (spell) she was known as the Evil of Two Lezzers
She is a weapon for sure. TBH I thought the mad Sinead had us spellbound with her song in the studio. The voice was ropey in parts but I thought she did well. Well, that is, until she stopped singing. She was doing weird tourette type things when the camera wasn't on the panel.
Liam Neeson's agent has said he wasn't pissed on the Late Late...there's no truth in the rumour that his agent is Shane McGowan.
Can anyone understand what Paddy Barnes is saying on the Late Late?
Quote from: laoislad on September 07, 2012, 09:55:55 PM
Can anyone understand what Paddy Barnes is saying on the Late Late?
Nope
I never heard anyone up in north Roscommon talking like yer man O'Dowd . :o
Anyone tempted to buy tickets for the Eurovision extravaganza?
I'd go just to see Dana. I had to laugh when Tubridy asked did they all travel in the same car. Shur nobody will travel with Dana cos there is a high chance the lad in the grassy knoll will get her next time and maybe take one or two of the others with her.
Quote from: laoislad on September 07, 2012, 09:55:55 PM
Can anyone understand what Paddy Barnes is saying on the Late Late?
Though I was born and reared in North Belfast, I only get about one word in five.
As hardstation says, a likeable enough fella but completely nuts.
Quote from: hardstation on September 07, 2012, 10:58:35 PM
Saw Paddy Barnes out on his bike the other day. He didn't appear to be out cycling but was just doing 'no handers' and wheelies up the kirb like a young teenager.
Fella is a header.
f**k me. He's a balloon. But some boxer
There was a car crash interview on BBCNI where the 5 medalists from NI were interviewed. The 3 rowers from Coleraine were obviously posh and quite well spoken but they were just lookin at the 2 boxers who appeared to be speaking another language that no one, not even sidebottom the interviewer good understand
Quote from: Gold on September 09, 2012, 02:38:29 PM
Quote from: hardstation on September 07, 2012, 10:58:35 PM
Saw Paddy Barnes out on his bike the other day. He didn't appear to be out cycling but was just doing 'no handers' and wheelies up the kirb like a young teenager.
Fella is a header.
f**k me. He's a balloon. But some boxer
There was a car crash interview on BBCNI where the 5 medalists from NI were interviewed. The 3 rowers from Coleraine were obviously posh and quite well spoken but they were just lookin at the 2 boxers who appeared to be speaking another language that no one, not even sidebottom the interviewer good understand
By "posh" you mean "not a smick".
Tubridy is so awkward around sports people.
You get the impression he has no interest in their replies.
Tubs is a proper West Brit geek. Squirming on this item
Is it 1983?
The Darkness are shite.
I believe in a thing called love was as good as it got for them.
Cringeworthy stuff tonight....
Quote from: laoislad on September 21, 2012, 10:46:51 PM
Cringeworthy stuff tonight....
What is the lineup the night?
Quote from: laoislad on September 21, 2012, 10:49:47 PM
A feminist, a tit( Rosanna Davidson) and Pat Shortt so far.
Louis Walsh on now.
You're not selling it.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 21, 2012, 10:58:43 PM
Quote from: laoislad on September 21, 2012, 10:49:47 PM
A feminist, a tit( Rosanna Davidson) and Pat Shortt so far.
Louis Walsh on now.
You're not selling it.
He's not, but he seems to be a regular viewer.
fecking awful,Louis Walsh and the Davidson girl bad enough but who the feck is the other one who doesn't know how to shut up. >:(
Quote from: laoislad on September 21, 2012, 10:49:47 PM
A feminist, a tit( Rosanna Davidson) and Pat Shortt so far.
Louis Walsh on now.
Quote from: laoislad on September 21, 2012, 10:46:51 PM
Cringeworthy stuff tonight....
Quote from: laoislad on September 14, 2012, 11:14:55 PM
The Darkness are shite.
I believe in a thing called love was as good as it got for them.
Quote from: laoislad on September 14, 2012, 10:02:40 PM
Tubridy is so awkward around sports people.
Quote from: laoislad on September 07, 2012, 09:55:55 PM
Can anyone understand what Paddy Barnes is saying on the Late Late?
You don't seem to have anything good to say about The Late Late, but you seem to be a regular ??
Some woman on now about fat babies.
Very poor tonight.
Poor so far tonight.
What's with the Q+A session with One Direction?
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 12, 2012, 10:44:16 PM
What's with the Q+A session with One Direction?
They clearly have no say in the
Direction their lives are going in. They are just 5 young, handsome lads who don't know much about anything, so this Q & A is there to burn up time!
Au Contrare, I thought One Direction were incisive, innovative, imaginary, insolent and insolvable.
Tis ok tonight
Quote from: laoislad on October 19, 2012, 10:50:14 PM
Tis ok tonight
Did you do an update last week?
Yer man Mark Pollock is some fella. Bryan Cranston was good earlier.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 19, 2012, 10:51:36 PM
Quote from: laoislad on October 19, 2012, 10:50:14 PM
Tis ok tonight
Did you do an update last week?
Yer man Mark Pollock is some fella. Bryan Cranston was good earlier.
Didnt see it last week.
What side is Nesbitt on?
Quote from: laoislad on October 19, 2012, 11:01:42 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 19, 2012, 10:51:36 PM
Quote from: laoislad on October 19, 2012, 10:50:14 PM
Tis ok tonight
Did you do an update last week?
Yer man Mark Pollock is some fella. Bryan Cranston was good earlier.
Didnt see it last week.
What side is Nesbitt on?
There are no sides. We're all Irishmen together...
Prod.
Actually uncomfortable to watch.
God love poor Michelle Heaton. She's a brave girl to go on the show and talk about her plight.
Fair play to her, great strength to carry on.
Tubridy didn't really know what to do...
Lar's sympathy is out the window!
What am I missing?
The wife is out for the night so I've been watching porn.
It's tough alright, she has taken tough decisions very early, my wife and sister in law have that poxy gene. Make sure your women check the boobs.
Quote from: comethekingdom on October 26, 2012, 10:26:11 PM
God love poor Michelle Heaton. She's a brave girl to go on the show and talk about her plight.
God love her is right.She was very brave in talking about her turmoil.For us ladies she is raising a very serious issue.
Michelle was fantastic in doing such a difficult interview,she was very brave and courageous.For us ladies she raised much needed awareness.
Well done to Ryan,he just grew as a broadcaster right there in front of our eyes. He managed a very difficult situation with gentleness & empathy. Good luck to Michelle for her future.
What is her plight?
Quote from: Gold on October 26, 2012, 10:52:42 PM
What is her plight?
She has elected to get preventative surgery prior to help prevent getting breast and/or ovarian cancer.
Watching Lar now on RTE +1..
Wonder will he mention me,I taught him a lot.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 26, 2012, 10:58:22 PM
Quote from: Gold on October 26, 2012, 10:52:42 PM
What is her plight?
She has elected to get preventative surgery prior to help prevent getting breast and/or ovarian cancer.
+1,Well said Tony:)
Quote from: MaigheoAbu on October 26, 2012, 11:02:20 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 26, 2012, 10:58:22 PM
Quote from: Gold on October 26, 2012, 10:52:42 PM
What is her plight?
She has elected to get preventative surgery prior to help prevent getting breast and/or ovarian cancer.
+1,Well said Tony:)
I dont know what the "prior to" piece is about but thanks. Youll be making Laoislad jealous.
The advantage of Saorview is that you can read about the Late Late on Gaaboard and watch in on RTE+1.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 26, 2012, 11:40:37 PM
The advantage of Saorview is that you can read about the Late Late on Gaaboard and watch in on RTE+1.
Showing off now. Heartless bastard. Think of those fcukers that have to live near Larne.
QuoteThink of those fcukers that have to live near Larne.
I have enormous compassion for those who have to live near Larne, TV is the least of their worries.
But if it helps, I say
Sure they can Sky Plus The Late Late in Larne and watch it later...Fcukers? now, now
AC you'd be able to get Saorsat and Freesat on the one dish if you want to give it a try. I posted here on how to do it:
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=18064.135 (http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=18064.135)
Let me know if you need any info on it.
Quote from: laoislad on October 26, 2012, 11:00:12 PM
Watching Lar now on RTE +1..
Wonder will he mention me,I taught him a lot.
You should buy his book to find out!
Quote from: MaigheoAbu on October 26, 2012, 10:49:22 PM
Michelle was fantastic in doing such a difficult interview,she was very brave and courageous.For us ladies she raised much needed awareness.
Well done to Ryan,he just grew as a broadcaster right there in front of our eyes. He managed a very difficult situation with gentleness & empathy. Good luck to Michelle for her future.
+1. Powerful stuff. I thought Tubbs did a good job...she's a brave girl...good luck to her.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 27, 2012, 04:55:16 PM
Quote from: MaigheoAbu on October 26, 2012, 10:49:22 PM
Michelle was fantastic in doing such a difficult interview,she was very brave and courageous.For us ladies she raised much needed awareness.
Well done to Ryan,he just grew as a broadcaster right there in front of our eyes. He managed a very difficult situation with gentleness & empathy. Good luck to Michelle for her future.
+1. Powerful stuff. I thought Tubbs did a good job...she's a brave girl...good luck to her.
Cheers for the reply:)She certainly is a very brave and courageous girl,a very difficuly interview for her but she did very well.In my view,Tubridy surpassed himself with the very sensitive nature of the interview:)Hopefully everything will go well for Michelle in the next few months:)
Powerful interview all right.
Interesting discussion with David McWilliams too.
There won't be a dry seat in the house tonight.
Poor tonight.
These Rugby boys are annoying.
Nigella would get it.
Jez Luka that was awful!
Nice light ending to the show as usual...
Quote from: laoislad on November 02, 2012, 11:11:59 PM
Poor tonight.
These Rugby boys are annoying.
Nigella would get it.
All day long...
.. and she can cook as well!
If Twink was on fire I wouldn't wee on her
Why is this f**king dose on? She'd give you the skitter yet he has had her on for 20 mins!
It's the mutual masturbation club known as Dublin media luvvies.
Lol
Spot on AZ!
Only caught the lad with Aspergers but fair fecks to him it does show how 90% of children with similar conditions are being failed by the State. I work with young adults on the autistic spectrum and the vast majority are given no social training when they're younger which inevitably condemns them to a lifetime of social exclusion and isolation.
Never catch this, and don't listen to his show during the week, but listening to the 'best bits' this morning- I knew he was a tube, but f**k he's a complete inept bumbling idiot. How to f**k does an imbecile like this get the job of presenting one of the biggest shows in the country??!
Quote from: haranguerer on November 25, 2012, 10:26:27 AM
Never catch this, and don't listen to his show during the week, but listening to the 'best bits' this morning- I knew he was a tube, but f**k he's a complete inept bumbling idiot. How to f**k does an imbecile like this get the job of presenting one of the biggest shows in the country??!
Answers on a postcard. He struggles with a lot of his guests so still not sure what his selling points are.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 25, 2012, 10:33:47 AM
Quote from: haranguerer on November 25, 2012, 10:26:27 AM
Never catch this, and don't listen to his show during the week, but listening to the 'best bits' this morning- I knew he was a tube, but f**k he's a complete inept bumbling idiot. How to f**k does an imbecile like this get the job of presenting one of the biggest shows in the country??!
Answers on a postcard. He struggles with a lot of his guests so still not sure what his selling points are.
So far he's been uncomfortable chatting to a doll who wore a red wedding dress, his mate terry wogan, and managed to sound perfectly like the w**ker he is by telling data o briain he was English now, and that Gaelgoir is now a derisory term. Currently even f**king up a chat with Marty morrissey. Haven't heard about his ancestors role in the rising and war of independence yet tho, would imagine its not far away...
Quote from: haranguerer on November 25, 2012, 10:26:27 AM
Never catch this, and don't listen to his show during the week, but listening to the 'best bits' this morning- I knew he was a tube, but f**k he's a complete inept bumbling idiot. How to f**k does an imbecile like this get the job of presenting one of the biggest shows in the country??!
Very simple, it's not the Biggest show in town anymore!
Quote from: haranguerer on November 25, 2012, 10:42:33 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 25, 2012, 10:33:47 AM
Quote from: haranguerer on November 25, 2012, 10:26:27 AM
Never catch this, and don't listen to his show during the week, but listening to the 'best bits' this morning- I knew he was a tube, but f**k he's a complete inept bumbling idiot. How to f**k does an imbecile like this get the job of presenting one of the biggest shows in the country??!
Answers on a postcard. He struggles with a lot of his guests so still not sure what his selling points are.
So far he's been uncomfortable chatting to a doll who wore a red wedding dress, his mate terry wogan, and managed to sound perfectly like the w**ker he is by telling data o briain he was English now, and that Gaelgoir is now a derisory term. Currently even f**king up a chat with Marty morrissey. Haven't heard about his ancestors role in the rising and war of independence yet tho, would imagine its not far away...
He is incapable of interviewing any sportsperson from any sport which is a strange one as you would think most men in Ireland could talk about at least one sport.
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 25, 2012, 10:48:18 AM
Quote from: haranguerer on November 25, 2012, 10:26:27 AM
Never catch this, and don't listen to his show during the week, but listening to the 'best bits' this morning- I knew he was a tube, but f**k he's a complete inept bumbling idiot. How to f**k does an imbecile like this get the job of presenting one of the biggest shows in the country??!
Very simple, it's not the Biggest show in town anymore!
Still one of surely?
Anyway, so what you're saying is, as long as its not THE biggest show, they'll get anyone at all to present it? Sounds like a gd business plan
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 25, 2012, 10:49:34 AM
He is incapable of interviewing any sportsperson from any sport which is a strange one as you would think most men in Ireland could talk about at least one sport.
Depends on what you mean by talk, does it include spout, spoof and/or shamming?
Quote from: Main Street on November 25, 2012, 11:34:34 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 25, 2012, 10:49:34 AM
He is incapable of interviewing any sportsperson from any sport which is a strange one as you would think most men in Ireland could talk about at least one sport.
Depends on what you mean by talk, does it include spout, spoof and/or shamming?
Obviously.
Tubridy hyper tonight.
I thought he had drink taken!
Tubridy is known to the authorities
QuoteTubridy is known to the authorities
What?????????
For my tuppenceworth I thought that was an awful Toy Show.
Didn't even have Dustin to make it half interesting.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 01, 2012, 11:22:41 AM
QuoteTubridy is known to the authorities
What?????????
For my tuppenceworth I thought that was an awful Toy Show.
Didn't even have Dustin to make it half interesting.
In reference to him nearly bullying the poor girl with the cakes and the cream...thought it was a bit mad!
Ah I see Ballinaman - I thought you were alluding to some dark dark secret! Yes, he was a bit manic with that wee girl.
My daughter and Tub's daughter know each other and I've stood with Tubs, both as Dads, admiring their undoubted talents in the performance arts.
He comes across off camera as quite shy and seems to welcome 'normal adult' conversation as opposed to having to be the cheeky chappie on radio and tv all the time.
If not Tubs, who? You want Craig Doyle to be on it?
Racism in the GAA on tonights Late Late.
Jayo is a good speaker.
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
Quote from: balladmaker on December 07, 2012, 11:48:43 PM
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoigz0Qr9A&feature=player_embedded
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 08, 2012, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: balladmaker on December 07, 2012, 11:48:43 PM
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoigz0Qr9A&feature=player_embedded
:D
Quote from: balladmaker on December 07, 2012, 11:48:43 PM
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
You must be easily freaked out so!
Quote from: trileacman on December 08, 2012, 01:33:56 AM
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 08, 2012, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: balladmaker on December 07, 2012, 11:48:43 PM
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoigz0Qr9A&feature=player_embedded
:D
:D Epic
Katherine Jenkins could do with a good feed of spuds.
There is a few other things she could do with too
End of an era right there. I remember that 25th anniversary show like it was yesterday...
Is that Brendan Gleesons son?
Kevin Kilbane was good.
Billy Connolly seemed to be a little bit dry on it at times ... as if he wasn't interested, or maybe had a few onboard.
He looked a bit stoned (ganja) to me.
Quote from: Ulick on December 15, 2012, 12:02:04 AM
He looked a bit stoned (ganja) to me.
+ 1. He did mention when talking about Dubliners that he knew them in his drinking days, so i dont think he was drinking tonight but he deffo wasnt fully tuned in
I thought we saw the professional death of Billy Connolly tonight and it was sad to watch. After tonight, it's impossible to imagine him bestriding an auditorium and captivating an audience with wit, cleverness, charm and devilment. Unless he was temporarily indisposed, whether due to narcotic influence or otherwise, he was someone who has crossed the threshold and lost everything that made him vital, interesting and amusing. The real Billy would have taken over the show. This one looked as if he was waiting for his carer to take him back to the home.
I just think Billy isn't a good interviewee. Put him on stage with him in control, and you'll see a different side to Billy.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 15, 2012, 01:21:43 AM
I just think Billy isn't a good interviewee. Put him on stage with him in control, and you'll see a different side to Billy.
Not true. He appeared on the LLS manys a time and was great through the years. He is too far removed from his sources now, the docks and back streets of Glasgow are a distant memory to him now.
Quote from: balladmaker on December 14, 2012, 11:50:01 PM
Billy Connolly seemed to be a little bit dry on it at times ... as if he wasn't interested, or maybe had a few onboard.
Think he's just getting old to be honest. Don't think anyone can expect the same energy from a 70 year old man.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 15, 2012, 01:21:43 AM
I just think Billy isn't a good interviewee. Put him on stage with him in control, and you'll see a different side to Billy.
Tubbs didnt help matters with the mundane questions. Parky used to bring the best out in him.
Billy Connolly was a very funny man, but he has become a pretentious p***k over the last decade or so.
Unfortunately things started going wrong for him long before friday. Wasn't he booed off stage twice in a week at the start of the year. Shame.
QuoteThink he's just getting old to be honest. Don't think anyone can expect the same energy from a 70 year old man.
His performance last night can't be blamed on age, as Ulick said, he did look slightly stoned ... it seemed to take him a few seconds to calculate what he was actually being asked. My father just turned 70 and he'd be alot more switched on than Connolly was last night, mind you, my ould fella hasn't sold out auditoria around the world :-)
Quote from: Hardy on December 15, 2012, 01:18:03 AM
I thought we saw the professional death of Billy Connolly tonight and it was sad to watch. After tonight, it's impossible to imagine him bestriding an auditorium and captivating an audience with wit, cleverness, charm and devilment. Unless he was temporarily indisposed, whether due to narcotic influence or otherwise, he was someone who has crossed the threshold and lost everything that made him vital, interesting and amusing. The real Billy would have taken over the show. This one looked as if he was waiting for his carer to take him back to the home.
Felt the same myself Hardy kept saying to my better half that he seemed out of it or not interested in been there.
Maybe Tubs as the interviewer, has to take some of the blame. Billy was on Chris Evans radio show on Friday and he was in great form. I'm not a big fan of Evans, but he brought out Billy more than Tubs did.
Have a listen to the Evans interview on podcast.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 08, 2012, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: balladmaker on December 07, 2012, 11:48:43 PM
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoigz0Qr9A&feature=player_embedded
After seeing there was another staring-at-the-camera freak on the show last week too, when Billy Connolly was being introduced!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_-tq8_uKg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_-tq8_uKg)
Quote from: Nally Stand on December 17, 2012, 11:56:57 AM
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 08, 2012, 12:19:00 AM
Quote from: balladmaker on December 07, 2012, 11:48:43 PM
Anyone see the man in the audience turning around and looking directly into the camera, freaked me out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVoigz0Qr9A&feature=player_embedded
After seeing there was another staring-at-the-camera freak on the show last week too, when Billy Connolly was being introduced!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_-tq8_uKg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_-tq8_uKg)
Obviously taking the piss out of the previous one.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 16, 2012, 01:48:30 AM
Maybe Tubs as the interviewer, has to take some of the blame. Billy was on Chris Evans radio show on Friday and he was in great form. I'm not a big fan of Evans, but he brought out Billy more than Tubs did.
Have a listen to the Evans interview on podcast.
In fairness there is some truth to this. Tubridy tends to suck a lot of the life out of interviews. It was especially bad when Jonathan Ross was doing his BBC show as they sometimes shared the same guests on the same night (although Ross was filmed the day before).
so its not fake then
Bring back Pat for good.
Pat's back for the night. Didn't take him long to get going ... says to the yanks over promoting some film "i was in the cinema on my own at your film and found myself laughing out loud to myself"
Why is the Plank doing the show tonight? He certainly hasn't improved since the last time he was on. I can't stand the way he refers to everyone as a "guy"!
Quote from: laoislad on February 01, 2013, 09:45:54 PM
Bring back Pat for good.
Had to turn over his interview with Paul Rudd and Judd Apatow. Cringing.
Sandy, Tubs da died.
Pat Kenny is the Ger Canning of light entertainment. They both create a spontaneity vacuum in any space they occupy and suck the atmosphere out of every occasion.
Well said Hardy!
I think this clip sums up Kenny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Adz-ggfNE
A west brit who has no understanding of our organisation. He insults one of the legends of our game by shoving a picture in his face and asks him for an immediate reaction about stuff he (Kenny) knows nothing about. Harte and Dooher were squirming...PO looked like he wanted to give him a box.
A few weeks later he had Paisley on the show and he licked his fcukin arse.
Still makes me seeth.
I better stop there before I get barred.
He's lickin the arse off Phil Coulter now ... Coulter, great writer, not a great singer
Phil Coulter should be shot for coming up with Ireland's Call.
I would love to see a spreadsheet with data for LLS appearances over the last 10 years.
They have more or less the same core slebs and then whoever is doing a book or a movie with the odd news story.
Quote from: laoislad on February 01, 2013, 11:01:15 PM
Phil Coulter should be shot for coming up with Ireland's Call.
+1. Worst excuse for a song. As Tommy Tiernan says, you could just replace 'Ireland' with 'China' and it would be about as meaningful. Hard to believe the man who wrote that pure crap also wrote The Town I Love so Well.
Quote from: Sandy Hill on February 01, 2013, 09:48:37 PM
Why is the Plank doing the show tonight? He certainly hasn't improved since the last time he was on. I can't stand the way he refers to everyone as a "guy"!
Ryan Tubridy's dad died
QuoteI would love to see a spreadsheet with data for LLS appearances over the last 10 years.
They have more or less the same core slebs and then whoever is doing a book or a movie with the odd news story.
It's a closed shop available only for RTE and those in their click, same faces year after year.
Quote from: seafoid on February 01, 2013, 11:03:03 PM
I would love to see a spreadsheet with data for LLS appearances over the last 10 years.
They have more or less the same core slebs and then whoever is doing a book or a movie with the odd news story.
;D at spreadsheet.
Whose the doll in the green dress.
Wouldn't like to cross her she looks wicked.
Fine set of baps on her though.
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 01, 2013, 10:49:58 PM
I think this clip sums up Kenny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Adz-ggfNE
First time viewer of that piece, it's beyond cringeworthy. I didn't realise he could be so crass and not just with Dara. In that 3 minutes piece conducted in the stalls, the LLS managed to insult just about every iota of prestige associated with winning and losing the Sam Maguire.
Jesus that's Kenny trying to be funny. It was hard to watch. I'd say everyone in the audience were too mortified and shocked at his idiocy and obnoxiousness to get up and throw him down the stairs. They say he's a good political and current affairs man.Hopefully he'll only be permitted to interview politicans and bankers from now on. He certainly shouldn't be allowed near real people anymore.
Quote from: Main Street on February 01, 2013, 11:36:42 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 01, 2013, 10:49:58 PM
I think this clip sums up Kenny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Adz-ggfNE
First time viewer of that piece, it's beyond cringeworthy. I didn't realise he could be so crass and not just with Dara. In that 3 minutes piece conducted in the stalls, the LLS managed to insult just about every iota of prestige associated with winning and losing the Sam Maguire.
Yeah, cringe worthy stuff alright, would have been worse if Dara had no AI medals in the back pocket. The bringing up of the book plus putting him surrounded by Tyrone heads was a pure set up. Dara was clearly upset, but had the last laugh that year! Anyway you have to take your beatings and there will always be some one to give you a dig when you do lose. That is why winning is important. Part of life.
i think pat thought that canavan was playing thst year too.
f**king hell, I had to leave the room listening to Ed. His accent would make you (well me) puke!
I see The Late Late Show has turned into Take Me out! ???
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 15, 2013, 10:12:11 PM
f**king hell, I had to leave the room listening to Ed. His accent would make you (well me) puke!
Is that an English accent or a west Brit one?? It's cringe worthy watching this drivel!!!
Quote from: Walter Cronc on February 15, 2013, 10:16:52 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 15, 2013, 10:12:11 PM
f**king hell, I had to leave the room listening to Ed. His accent would make you (well me) puke!
Is that an English accent or a west Brit one?? It's cringe worthy watching this drivel!!!
Was he the tosser in the middle there tonight sitting behind a blonde doll? He made me turn over last week too. That accent would give you the scour.
Christ those women had it bad.
Some shower of bastards them Nuns
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 15, 2013, 11:31:43 PM
Quote from: Walter Cronc on February 15, 2013, 10:16:52 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 15, 2013, 10:12:11 PM
f**king hell, I had to leave the room listening to Ed. His accent would make you (well me) puke!
Is that an English accent or a west Brit one?? It's cringe worthy watching this drivel!!!
Was he the t**ser in the middle there tonight sitting behind a blonde doll? He made me turn over last week too. That accent would give you the scour.
I think he needs to come out of that closet he is living in.
Quote from: laoislad on February 15, 2013, 11:34:32 PM
Christ those women had it bad.
Some shower of b**tards them Nuns
Remember, them b**tards Nuns were just the top of the pile of a society of b**tards. The girl who went into the Laundry at 12! How come she was not noticed missing from her home, her neighbourhood, her school? Who cared? This is the way society dealt with the unwanted - unmarried mothers, orphans, children from big families, kids from poor families, rape victims, molested victims, (so called) simpletons, minor criminals.
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 16, 2013, 12:21:38 AM
Quote from: laoislad on February 15, 2013, 11:34:32 PM
Christ those women had it bad.
Some shower of b**tards them Nuns
Remember, them b**tards Nuns were just the top of the pile of a society of b**tards. The girl who went into the Laundry at 12! How come she was not noticed missing from her home, her neighbourhood, her school? Who cared? This is the way society dealt with the unwanted - unmarried mothers, orphans, children from big families, kids from poor families, rape victims, molested victims, (so called) simpletons, minor criminals.
Its only in the past 20 years (at least in my mind) its dawned that Ireland was never really the land of fairies and elves. The church (catholic guilt) had total control when it came to the shaping of irish hearts and minds in those times. I've even heard tell of stories from a few generations ago where grannies would take new born bastard babies to the bog to bury them such was the shame brought upon the families. And now we have fundamentalist catholics like Iceman telling us that the world is more evil than ever in current times ???
Dr Bill on. I met the man a few times in the past......a shadow of himself now.
Is Dr. Bill not an awful auld windbag?
Willie Clancy, Noel Hill
Miko Russell and Dr ...
I hear Joe Brolly and your man with the kidney problem are on now. Must watch it later.
Brolly was a bit emotional there.
Quote from: ONeill on March 15, 2013, 11:19:38 PM
Brolly was a bit emotional there.
Looking better than he did on the Nolan show.
From being such an annoying wee bollix while playing Brolly really is a legend.
The whole thing took a lot out of Brolly I thought. He seemed very thin imo.
Very emotional. Good theory on making it law that you are a donor when you die unless you or your family say otherwise. A sort of reverse of the current situation. And has to be more positive on the amount of donors that become available. Brolly was very emotional and touchy feely. Well done to him for have the courage, good will and vision to try and help another human being.
He tweeted before the show that he met Michael D Higgins backstage and that Michael didn't t have a fuc¥¥¥¥ clue who Joe was .
Quote from: Gaffer on March 16, 2013, 08:28:35 AM
He tweeted before the show that he met Michael D Higgins backstage and that Michael didn't t have a f**¥¥¥¥ clue who Joe was .
you see.. should have gave the job to marty he'd know who joe was
We obviously have a president who's not into the GAA!!!
Quote from: Gaffer on March 16, 2013, 08:35:11 AM
We obviously have a president who's not into the GAA!!!
Can he not be impeached for that.
Quote from: Gaffer on March 16, 2013, 08:35:11 AM
We obviously have a president who's not into the GAA!!!
well well well.. klaus kinsky the good the bad and the ugly. just got it
Quote from: lawnseed on March 16, 2013, 08:53:48 AM
Quote from: Gaffer on March 16, 2013, 08:35:11 AM
We obviously have a president who's not into the GAA!!!
well well well.. klaus kinsky the good the bad and the ugly. just got it
Klaus! The man who inspired my board signature
Managed to catch the most of that interview last night. Joe and Shane are two inspirational people and I hope they can get the Irish Government to change this law and ensure that adequate services are put in place, to ensure it works.
Joe was very emotional last night and who could he not.
Anyone know what was going on in the background? Heard a bit of noise, with Ryan, Shane and Joe looking over to see what was happening.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 16, 2013, 12:35:34 PM
Managed to catch the most of that interview last night. Joe and Shane are two inspirational people and I hope they can get the Irish Government to change this law and ensure that adequate services are put in place, to ensure it works.
Joe was very emotional last night and who could he not.
Anyone know what was going on in the background? Heard a bit of noise, with Ryan, Shane and Joe looking over to see what was happening.
Probably Ming accusing them all of corruption.
Bewitched have weathered well.
Meh!
The one closest to Tubs is the only one on my radar.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 05, 2013, 09:53:40 PM
Meh!
The one closest to Tubs is the only one on my radar.
Nonsense. 2 and a half of them would still get it.
Maith an fear a Tomas.
The Rolling Stones are on BBC4 and you lads are watching Bewitched on Tubridy?
Quote from: muppet on April 05, 2013, 10:02:33 PM
The Rolling Stones are on BBC4 and you lads are watching Bewitched on Tubridy?
Crossfire Hurricane has been on fifty times* in the last 6 months.
*Possibly an exaggeration.
Quote from: muppet on April 05, 2013, 10:02:33 PM
The Rolling Stones are on BBC4 and you lads are watching Bewitched on Tubridy?
The Rolling Stones?? I'd rather watch a Rugby match.
Quote from: laoislad on April 05, 2013, 10:07:20 PM
Quote from: muppet on April 05, 2013, 10:02:33 PM
The Rolling Stones are on BBC4 and you lads are watching Bewitched on Tubridy?
The Rolling Stones?? I'd rather watch a Rugby match.
But you are watching Bewitched! Wearing fake tan.
Quote from: laoislad on April 05, 2013, 10:07:20 PM
Quote from: muppet on April 05, 2013, 10:02:33 PM
The Rolling Stones are on BBC4 and you lads are watching Bewitched on Tubridy?
The Rolling Stones?? I'd rather watch a Rugby match.
+1. Dung.
BBC4 has Guitar heroes on next.
What's on there? Bros?
Cruise is as cringy as Tubs
Quote from: muppet on April 05, 2013, 10:08:53 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 05, 2013, 10:07:20 PM
Quote from: muppet on April 05, 2013, 10:02:33 PM
The Rolling Stones are on BBC4 and you lads are watching Bewitched on Tubridy?
The Rolling Stones?? I'd rather watch a Rugby match.
But you are watching Bewitched! Wearing fake tan.
That got a lol from me! ;D
He has to wear it by law as the reflection from the white head is a danger to other motorists.
That interview was hard going.
Fine bird. Far better without the Dublin accent.
Quote from: laoislad on April 19, 2013, 09:52:02 PM
Fine bird. Far better without the Dublin accent.
Rule 1
The end of the Saw Doctors as well, extended break = finished.
Watched this today. Jeez there was a horrible obnoxious child on from Donegal. What a puke amongst 4 other seemingly decent teenagers.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 20, 2013, 03:00:01 PM
Watched this today. Jeez there was a horrible obnoxious child on from Donegal. What a puke amongst 4 other seemingly decent teenagers.
Have you nothing better to be doing on a sunny Saturday than sitting in watching the Late Late?
Quote from: laoislad on April 20, 2013, 03:14:53 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 20, 2013, 03:00:01 PM
Watched this today. Jeez there was a horrible obnoxious child on from Donegal. What a puke amongst 4 other seemingly decent teenagers.
Have you nothing better to be doing on a sunny Saturday than sitting in watching the Late Late?
Watched it this morning at 7.30. Is that alright? You were probably still in the cart ;)
Can't see this ending well...
......nervous
"Do you miss Mary?"
Micky o'dwyer late wife!!!
Dwyer's some rogue.....PO's daughter spoke v well.
Quote from: 5 Sams on May 04, 2013, 12:46:53 AM
Dwyer's some rogue.....PO's daughter spoke v well.
Tom Curran was very interesting
Nile Rogers.....legend.
Trying to appeal to a younger audience this series?
The best of the lot was the young Ros lady. Jaysus, we're a fine county.
Quote from: Sea The Stars on September 13, 2013, 09:42:16 PM
Trying to appeal to a younger audience this series?
No chance..................M People is on!!!! f**k she looks the same now since she did when i was a wain............ mind ye she is singing the same song she did back then!
Wrinkly around her eyes
Fair fucks to her.
That was remarkable live TV.
Has the Late Late been dirt tonight? Forgot to put series link on.
No. The opposite.
Rosenstock v good. As good as Callan?
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 13, 2013, 11:43:34 PM
Rosenstock v good. As good as Callan?
Thought the Marty Morrissey sketch was week!
What about Johnjoe??? Holy fcuk!
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 14, 2013, 01:31:49 PM
What about Johnjoe??? Holy fcuk!
He's be a tough fella to bargain with when he becomes an auctioneer alright. He's gone off the watches a little.
FFS...Padjo the pyschic calf.
That was a fix.
Stick the house on it. Padjo's gone for the Dubs.
Yer man yanked Padjo away from Mayo.
Ole RTE couldnt leave it alone. They put animal meal on the dub flag and your man yanked the beast over to it. Mayo will opened a can of woop ass on the dirty dubs.
Padjo knows the craic. Hovered over mayo to represent their dominance for the first 60mins then a quick u-turn over to the metropolitans instigating that mayo will sh*t themselves and throw it away.
I'm convinced there was a wee drop of Angel Dust mixed in with the feed. Wait till you see the size of Pajo on Sunday......
Padjo and the curse, things aren't looking good for Mayo.
Jesus that one is a hard watch
Quote from: Syferus on September 20, 2013, 10:58:23 PM
Padjo and the curse, things aren't looking good for Mayo.
Oh, yes they are!
Thon craic tonight was a fiddle- must have been a pawsful of calf nuts on that Dubs' flag.
Padjo first predicted the result for Boyle Sports on Monday last and he went for Mayo.
That's why Boyle Sports are offering Mayo at 6/5. :D
Don't believe me?
Check it out....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMCIrxML8w
Are thou saying the Dubs have bought off Padjo? You take that back.
Padjo has more integrity than that >:(
A psychic calf? What a total embarrassment TLLS has become.
Absolute up roar here in Monaghan over pajo's uturn last night, got very nasty at one stage. Rumours that after tipping Mayo for boyles he was bought off by Paddy Power who wanted Dublin selected by him, as they fancy mayo and now expect a flood of money on Dublin after pajo's latest selection.
Hasn't gone down well and a few windows where put through in the local PP and a field of calves where also targeted. Monaghan folk don't take kindly be been made a fool of by Paddy Power and his money.
Can't stop thinking about Padjo's vile dishonourable submission.
Heard about the physic calf last night. My only wish was that the calf got a vile dose of the skitters and sprayed Tubs et al.
Feckin embarrassment.
Just wait for "up for the match" tonight, more of the same shite.
Some fairly cynical oul' tools around these parts.
Sour pusses on yer faces over the smallest things.
Trish is a lot hotter without the shanky Dublin accent.
Quote from: Syferus on September 21, 2013, 01:39:54 PM
Some fairly cynical oul' tools around these parts.
Sour pusses on yer faces over the smallest things.
Ballagh is Mayo territory for Gaa.
Now show us your puss.
Quote from: muppet on September 28, 2013, 01:20:26 PM
Quote from: Syferus on September 21, 2013, 01:39:54 PM
Some fairly cynical oul' tools around these parts.
Sour pusses on yer faces over the smallest things.
Ballagh is Mayo territory for Gaa.
Now show us your puss.
That's a monumentual issue. If you're comparing the 'Mayo' Ballagh people to Padjo they won't be long abandoning the house of pain.
Quote from: Syferus on September 28, 2013, 02:06:35 PM
Quote from: muppet on September 28, 2013, 01:20:26 PM
Quote from: Syferus on September 21, 2013, 01:39:54 PM
Some fairly cynical oul' tools around these parts.
Sour pusses on yer faces over the smallest things.
Ballagh is Mayo territory for Gaa.
Now show us your puss.
That's a monumentual issue. If you're comparing the 'Mayo' Ballagh people to Padjo they won't be long abandoning the house of pain.
It isn't even an issue never mind a monumental issue.
They play for Mayo, get over it.
And thanks for quickly putting on your best puss. ;D
Gay f**king Byrne, Jesus :'(
If Tubs had the good sense to run the show like the Graham Norton Show tonight and have all his guests on at once we'd probably have gotten the Late Late's first on-screen fist fight.
Was Davy fitz on before or after Sinead?
Quote from: Syferus on October 04, 2013, 11:40:10 PM
If Tubs had the good sense to run the show like the Graham Norton Show tonight and have all his guests on at once we'd properly have got the Late Late's first on-screen fist fight.
:D That would be worth watching. Saw a bit last night. Twas the same shit as always.
Quote from: Cosmic Fool on October 05, 2013, 12:41:33 PM
Was Davy fitz on before or after Sinead?
So the Referendum didn't ban Sinead then.
It's a messed up show ... They have Sinead O'Connor on and she doesn't sing ... They have Nathan Carter on and he does ... two own goals for the Late Late.
Gatland on it tonight. should be interesting.
Graham Norton has De Niro. Serious A list stuff there.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 25, 2013, 09:05:09 PM
Graham Norton has De Niro. Serious A list stuff there.
Michelle Pfeiffer ;D :-*
What was the point of that interview with Gatland? He dropped O'Driscoll...yet Tubs still isn't over it or so it seems.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 25, 2013, 11:11:15 PM
What was the point of that interview with Gatland? He dropped O'Driscoll...yet Tubs still isn't over it or so it seems.
Rugby shite.Who gives a fcuk if yer man was dropped or not. ::)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 25, 2013, 10:45:14 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 25, 2013, 09:05:09 PM
Graham Norton has De Niro. Serious A list stuff there.
Michelle Pfeiffer ;D :-*
Looking great for 55.
Great guests tonight though
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 25, 2013, 11:11:15 PM
What was the point of that interview with Gatland? He dropped O'Driscoll...yet Tubs still isn't over it or so it seems.
The O' Driscoll melodrama was a great embarrassment for Ireland. Our Princess Di moment, but much worse. The Lions' comprehensive win in the third test made it even more ridiculous.
Quote from: Asal Mor on October 26, 2013, 12:45:10 AM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 25, 2013, 11:11:15 PM
What was the point of that interview with Gatland? He dropped O'Driscoll...yet Tubs still isn't over it or so it seems.
The O' Driscoll melodrama was a great embarrassment for Ireland. Our Princess Di moment, but much worse. The Lions' comprehensive win in the third test made it even more ridiculous.
There's always one.
Jonathan Davies did nothing to suggest he was more deserving of a place than perhaps the greatest centre to ever touch a rugby ball in a cauldron like that do-or-die third test. The result didn't justify that selection in any sense.
Gatland's comments this week confirmed for anyone who somehow hadn't noticed before that he has a huge chip on his shoulder with regards to Ireland. It wasn't simply a selection decision and that is why it rubbed everyone up the wrong way and quite rightly so.
Quote from: Syferus on October 26, 2013, 01:26:11 AM
There's always one.
Jonathan Davies did nothing to suggest he was more deserving of a place than perhaps the greatest centre to ever touch a rugby ball in a cauldron like that do-or-die third test. The result didn't justify that selection in any sense.
Gatland's comments this week confirmed for anyone who somehow hadn't noticed before that he has a huge chip on his shoulder with regards to Ireland. It wasn't simply a selection decision and that is why it rubbed everyone up the wrong way and quite rightly so.
Ya might have a good point about Gatland but in top-level sport the right result always justifies the selection. To say otherwise is nonsense IMO as is the argument that a player's former greatness should make any difference when picking a team.
Quote from: Asal Mor on October 26, 2013, 02:15:37 AM
Quote from: Syferus on October 26, 2013, 01:26:11 AM
There's always one.
Jonathan Davies did nothing to suggest he was more deserving of a place than perhaps the greatest centre to ever touch a rugby ball in a cauldron like that do-or-die third test. The result didn't justify that selection in any sense.
Gatland's comments this week confirmed for anyone who somehow hadn't noticed before that he has a huge chip on his shoulder with regards to Ireland. It wasn't simply a selection decision and that is why it rubbed everyone up the wrong way and quite rightly so.
Ya might have a good point about Gatland but in top-level sport the right result always justifies the selection. To say otherwise is nonsense IMO as is the argument that a player's former greatness should make any difference when picking a team.
The only centre who had even a passing influence on a game that ended up a runaway victory for the Lions was Jamie Roberts. The match was won up front. BOD offered more from 13 (or even 12 if Gatland wanted to go mix-and-matching) and it's hard to make a case the Lions would have won by any less if BOD was starting.
Rule 1.
Quote from: Syferus on October 26, 2013, 02:01:55 PM
The only centre who had even a passing influence on a game that ended up a runaway victory for the Lions was Jamie Roberts. The match was won up front. BOD offered more from 13 (or even 12 if Gatland wanted to go mix-and-matching) and it's hard to make a case the Lions would have won by any less if BOD was starting.
I wouldn't disagree with that Syferus but O' Driscoll wasn't missed which made all the wailing about his non-selection even more embarrassing. He's just an ordinary player at that level now, great and all as he was in his prime.
Quote from: Asal Mor on October 27, 2013, 02:45:02 AM
Quote from: Syferus on October 26, 2013, 02:01:55 PM
The only centre who had even a passing influence on a game that ended up a runaway victory for the Lions was Jamie Roberts. The match was won up front. BOD offered more from 13 (or even 12 if Gatland wanted to go mix-and-matching) and it's hard to make a case the Lions would have won by any less if BOD was starting.
I wouldn't disagree with that Syferus but O' Driscoll wasn't missed which made all the wailing about his non-selection even more embarrassing. He's just an ordinary player at that level now, great and all as he was in his prime.
At what level? International level? How many centres in the Six Nations would be selected before him even now? Clearly not many if he started two Lions tests this past summer. He has continued to exert a huge influence at international level even in recent years.
Just because that third test was a runaway victory (and that in itself was a flukey result given how tightly fought the previous two tests were) doesn't mean BOD couldn't have made a telling contribution in a close match. The reaction was fully justified and Gatland deserved worse, to be honest. It was as much about his own ego as it was about Davies over BOD.
Quote from: Asal Mor on October 27, 2013, 02:45:02 AM
Quote from: Syferus on October 26, 2013, 02:01:55 PM
The only centre who had even a passing influence on a game that ended up a runaway victory for the Lions was Jamie Roberts. The match was won up front. BOD offered more from 13 (or even 12 if Gatland wanted to go mix-and-matching) and it's hard to make a case the Lions would have won by any less if BOD was starting.
I wouldn't disagree with that Syferus but O' Driscoll wasn't missed which made all the wailing about his non-selection even more embarrassing. He's just an ordinary player at that level now, great and all as he was in his prime.
In fairness Gatland could have played at 13 in the 3rd test himself and the Lions would still have walked it. They mashed the Aussies up front which they failed to do in the two previous games that BOD actually played in.
My point is that a manager is entitled to pick his team and be judged on his results. I didn't think that was even debatable but apparently it is. After the team was named, every rugby expert in Ireland was bemoaning the fact that Gatland had blown the test series by leaving out O' Driscoll, waffling about "the intangibles", "leadership", "experience" etc. The Lions go out and win by 30 points and you're claiming that Gatland wasn't vindicated. I just don't get that.
Quote from: Asal Mor on October 27, 2013, 08:03:18 AM
My point is that a manager is entitled to pick his team and be judged on his results. I didn't think that was even debatable but apparently it is. After the team was named, every rugby expert in Ireland was bemoaning the fact that Gatland had blown the test series by leaving out O' Driscoll, waffling about "the intangibles", "leadership", "experience" etc. The Lions go out and win by 30 points and you're claiming that Gatland wasn't vindicated. I just don't get that.
+1 That's about sums it up, whatever about Gatland's perceived dislike for the Irish setup.
WTF is all this deification of BOD. I just don't get it. Am I missing something or just out of tune with the rest of the great unwashed.
Gatland made the call, as he was entitled to do, and stuck to his guns. More power to him. He was vindicated and BOD should stop his effing moaning and move on.
I wasn't picked for the 1984 minor championship final in Longford - do you hear me moaning. No siree Bob.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 27, 2013, 10:15:21 AM
WTF is all this deification of BOD. I just don't get it. Am I missing something or just out of tune with the rest of the great unwashed.
Gatland made the call, as he was entitled to do, and stuck to his guns. More power to him. He was vindicated and BOD should stop his effing moaning and move on.
I wasn't picked for the 1984 minor championship final in Longford - do you hear me moaning. No siree Bob.
In fairness now SS were you not a brave lock a years overage at that stage. Agree with your general sentiment, That Welsh bloke that writes for the Sunday times (Stephen Jones) was doing a (presumably) tongue in cheek article before the last tour about what each of the four countries bring to the tour, when he got to Ireland the jist was,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"50 players that are absolutely nailed on deserving to start each test......" BOD was great, he's getting to the end, we should move on.
Some rugby dude and the Gay Westlife fella from Sligo.
Late Late poor tonight.
Is the chat show format past it's sell buy date? I mean we know everything there is to know about every celebrity already
Very powerful performance by Alan Hayes , took great bravery.
Gregory Porter was the highlight. Chris Hadfield going through the motions.
Only seen the three Lads from Latvia doing their version of The Final Countdown. Cringe stuff!
Red Hurley punching above his weight! !
Quote from: EC Unique on January 18, 2014, 01:26:39 PM
Quote from: laoislad on January 17, 2014, 11:34:59 PM
Red Hurley punching above his weight! !
Rule 1!
http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-hurley-is-blessed-amongst-women-29525734.html (http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/red-hurley-is-blessed-amongst-women-29525734.html)
The LL gets worse every week.
The Ballyfermot massive...bleedin buzzing bud.
QuoteThe LL gets worse every week.
It will recover itself to former glories once The Wolfe Tones appear on it in March ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGaTp9HFpEc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGaTp9HFpEc)
Who the fcuk is this cow?
Quote from: laoislad on January 31, 2014, 10:27:38 PM
Who the fcuk is this cow?
Wondered that myself. Twat of the highest order.
The lass bigging up herself as having a 'heart of gold' really did the opposite of what she intended and gave form to what the Hopkins woman was saying. It was just as ridiculous, self-aggrandising and meaningless a comment as anything Hopkins said. The audience tried to fight fire with fire and just did exactly what the Hopkins wanted and expected.
That was an entertainment piece, just the same as a Tommy Tiernan interview, in my eyes. Made for some excellent tv as the women in the crowd were full of humourless disgust while the lads were laughing their little heads off.
Tubs can tackle this one like a second row forward but when Gerry Adams is in town he looks like he's genuflecting before God.
Garth Brooks fans of the world take a bow :D
Is this woman Hopkins not just the female equivalent of Joe Brolly,without one AI medal?
I don't watch the Late Late Show but I have heard that wannabe mouthpiece on the Nolan radio show. I blame the media here. Who really has any interest in what opinions this woman has and what influence does she have over those that make decisions affecting our lives? None, so why give her a platform. Incidentally, what was she on about this time
Quote from: THE MIGHTY QUINN on February 01, 2014, 08:44:17 AM
I don't watch the Late Late Show but I have heard that wannabe mouthpiece on the Nolan radio show. I blame the media here. Who really has any interest in what opinions this woman has and what influence does she have over those that make decisions affecting our lives? None, so why give her a platform. Incidentally, what was she on about this time
Judging people by their names seemed to be her motives. Ranting against 'full time mummies' another
Same old stuff all the time. I understand Peaches Geldof met her with both barrels on some mid morning show on ITV last year. Katie had no answers and left in tears
Eurosong tonight.....
Linda Martin in great shape for 66
Quote from: ONeill on February 28, 2014, 09:44:51 PM
Linda Martin in great shape for 66
Is that you, Tony Fearon ?
Cuttin up rough.
Thought there was going to be a bit of boxing there!
This could be Eoghan Quigg's ticket to superstardom.
Rock N' Roll Kids great song that was over overshadowed by Riverdance.
RTE can't count above ninety nine.
Ah that was great TV.
What happened?
IT'S A DRAW.
http://youtu.be/nGHwP70gydk
Tubridy announcing the draw was a cracker. Poor band were celebrating and himself says that's 99-99.
A reliable source told me that what happened on screen was mild compared to what followed after!
What happened Balladmaker. Spill the auld beans there like a good chap.
It was car crash stuff. 5 shite songs and Linda Martin obviously off the steroids giving her roid rage.
Louis Walsh is a clown of the highest order.
Johnny Logan just out of Vincents having had the trousers successfully removed.
Quote from: ONeill on March 01, 2014, 09:48:52 AM
Tubridy announcing the draw was a cracker. Poor band were celebrating and himself says that's 99-99.
A counting machine that can't go past 99. And Tubridy did not even notice the odd numbers in a even number voting contest.
The RTE Click being questioned by Billy McGuinness. He was dead right in all he said. Linda Martin then trying to intimidate Billy McGuinness was bulling at the highest order.
Anyway winner Kasey Smith is part of the girl band Wonderland, which was put together by former Westlife member Kian Egan as well as Louis Walsh.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 01, 2014, 10:46:24 AM
What happened Balladmaker. Spill the auld beans there like a good chap.
It was car crash stuff. 5 shite songs and Linda Martin obviously off the steroids giving her roid rage.
Louis Walsh is a clown of the highest order.
Johnny Logan just out of Vincents having had the trousers successfully removed.
Lol @ Logan getting his trousers surgically removed.
:) ;)
The Late Late back to its best.
Causing controversy and people talking about it the next day.
Next week, Tommy Tiernan.
Linda Martin's "I love Mickey" at the start set the tone.
Poor Johnny. When he arrived in there were a few oul wemen screaming. Then when his confidence was high he made the joke about covering his manhood with his shirt. There were sounds of retching in the audience.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 01, 2014, 10:46:24 AM
What happened Balladmaker. Spill the auld beans there like a good chap.
It was car crash stuff. 5 shite songs and Linda Martin obviously off the steroids giving her roid rage.
Louis Walsh is a clown of the highest order.
Johnny Logan just out of Vincents having had the trousers successfully removed.
Leave the Nathy's man out of it >:(
Quote from: balladmaker on March 01, 2014, 08:40:11 AM
http://youtu.be/nGHwP70gydk
"Gay Byrne and you are insufferable arseholes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIsIE8iT28
That's the best audience intervention so far IMO
Quote from: ONeill on February 28, 2014, 11:49:35 PM
Ah that was great TV.
This was a bit classier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUTSyjZgeck
Quote from: Syferus on March 01, 2014, 01:41:19 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 01, 2014, 10:46:24 AM
What happened Balladmaker. Spill the auld beans there like a good chap.
It was car crash stuff. 5 shite songs and Linda Martin obviously off the steroids giving her roid rage.
Louis Walsh is a clown of the highest order.
Johnny Logan just out of Vincents having had the trousers successfully removed.
Leave the Nathy's man out of it >:(
Hard to disagree with SS though!
The best Late Late since Gaybo used Hugh Leonard tried to get at Gerry Adams. Fair play to Billy McGuinness for calling it as it is.
Mary Lou turning into Mary Harney ;)
That cougar is sure to sell plenty of books after that interview.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 28, 2014, 11:38:17 PM
That cougar is sure to sell plenty of books after that interview.
Rule 1
I thought Tubs having Framp and Barry on talking about inclusion and breaking down divides and then featuring the Wolfe Tones was a bit of a dick move.
A NATION ONCE MOREEEEEEE
You'd swear they only had the one song.
Quote from: Syferus on March 29, 2014, 02:19:18 AM
I thought Tubs having Framp and Barry on talking about inclusion and breaking down divides and then featuring the Wolfe Tones was a bit of a dick move.
A NATION ONCE MOREEEEEEE
You'd swear they only had the one song.
LOL Some people in RTE havent a clue.
On the other hand I'd have imagined one of the biggest selling bands in Ireland making fifty years on the road, would have warranted an interview.
QuoteOn the other hand I'd have imagined one of the biggest selling bands in Ireland making fifty years on the road, would have warranted an interview.
The backlash ongoing at present against RTE could prove more beneficial to The Wolfe Tones than getting an interview. I've the inside line on this one, and was actually in the RTE studio last night. RTE didn't want The Wolfe Tones about the place, but they were pressured into giving them an appearance for their 50th Anniversary. The Wolfe Tones had lined up numerous guests to accompany them on the show to make a night of it, some of them pretty big names from the world of music, film and politics, but RTE didn't want to know. It went from a full show to 2 songs and a 20 min interview, to 1 song and an interview, and at 11pm last night to just 1 song. Whether you are into The Wolfe Tones or not is irrelevant, they are one of Ireland's most iconic acts, 50 year careers are extremely rare, they deserved more than what was afforded them last night. But that's RTE for you, they'd rather conduct pedestrian interviews with a former chess champion, a 60 year old who pulls 20 year old men, and Barry McGuigan talking about meeting the Queen!
Quote from: balladmaker on March 29, 2014, 11:37:41 AM
QuoteOn the other hand I'd have imagined one of the biggest selling bands in Ireland making fifty years on the road, would have warranted an interview.
The backlash ongoing at present against RTE could prove more beneficial to The Wolfe Tones than getting an interview. I've the inside line on this one, and was actually in the RTE studio last night. RTE didn't want The Wolfe Tones about the place, but they were pressured into giving them an appearance for their 50th Anniversary. The Wolfe Tones had lined up numerous guests to accompany them on the show to make a night of it, some of them pretty big names from the world of music, film and politics, but RTE didn't want to know. It went from a full show to 2 songs and a 20 min interview, to 1 song and an interview, and at 11pm last night to just 1 song. Whether you are into The Wolfe Tones or not is irrelevant, they are one of Ireland's most iconic acts, 50 year careers are extremely rare, they deserved more than what was afforded them last night. But that's RTE for you, they'd rather conduct pedestrian interviews with a former chess champion, a 60 year old who pulls 20 year old men, and Barry McGuigan talking about meeting the Queen!
I much prefer Framps and Barry to the Rah 'Tasches, honestly.
Garry Kasparov was the highlight of the night by a mile and to push the above off for lads who sing vaguely sectarian songs would have been stupid in the extreme for any television show.
There will be very little backlash.
Quote from: Syferus on March 29, 2014, 01:37:07 PM
I much prefer Framps and Barry to the Rah 'Tasches, honestly.
Garry Kasparov was the highlight of the night by a mile and to push the above off for lads who sing vaguely sectarian songs would have been stupid in the extreme for any television show.
There will be very little backlash.
Well on the Late Late Show, the song you heard was not 'A Nation Once Again', (or 'A NATION ONCE MOREEEEEEE' as you call it), but 'On The One Road' (a song about "inclusiveness", if that
is what you're after). So maybe with a level of knowledge like that of the music of the Wolfe Tones, it's possible that ignorance is the excuse for your comment about them being "vaguely sectarian".
Sectarian?? Hmmmmm...
"For far too long we've been a divided people" - (line from 'This is the Day')
So here's to those great Protestant Men, Who gave their lives to free our land - (line from 'Protestant Men')
For if ever the Catholics and Protestants united.... - (line from 'In Belfast')
While our north and south are divided, By religious bigotry, Our people have never decided to live, As one community. - ('Must Ireland Divided Be')
Now these days are gone and it's time to forget, The fights fought long ago. King Billy and James are in their graves, Where you can't felt friend from foe. (Line from 'Sash My Father Wore')
On another Late Late Music related theme - did anyone see The Riptide Movement on the LL last night - really good band - playing the Empire in Belfast 22 May. £10 - a bargain!
Quote from: The Wolfe Tones
And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on March 29, 2014, 03:41:02 PM
Quote from: The Wolfe Tones
And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Republicanism isn't sectarianism.
Quote from: Nally Stand on March 29, 2014, 04:36:24 PM
Quote from: All of a Sludden on March 29, 2014, 03:41:02 PM
Quote from: The Wolfe Tones
And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Republicanism isn't sectarianism.
But not for long. ::)
Quote from: Nally Stand on March 29, 2014, 04:36:24 PM
Quote from: All of a Sludden on March 29, 2014, 03:41:02 PM
Quote from: The Wolfe Tones
And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Republicanism isn't sectarianism.
Own who you are. Trying to dance around with semantics (yelling your support for a paramiltarty organisation linked with reems of sectarian violence isn't sectarian? Kay.) is why people like Adams and company are marginalised in the more moderate south.
Anyways, enjoyed Framps and his attitude to all this stuff will do more good for the north than a half century of Rah songs by the Wolfe Tones ever could.
Quote from: Syferus on March 29, 2014, 05:29:03 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on March 29, 2014, 04:36:24 PM
Quote from: All of a Sludden on March 29, 2014, 03:41:02 PM
Quote from: The Wolfe Tones
And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Republicanism isn't sectarianism.
Own who you are. Trying to dance around with semantics (yelling your support for a paramiltarty organisation linked with reems of sectarian violence isn't sectarian? Kay.) is why people like Adams and company are marginalised in the more moderate south.
Anyways, enjoyed Framps and his attitude to all this stuff will do more good for the north than a half century of Rah songs by the Wolfe Tones ever could.
Sectarian attacks didn't typify IRA activites at any time in the last century. But sure it's always easy to generalise isn't it? Anyway, didn't Gerry Adams top the poll in Louth? "Moderate south" ffs. Easy to hold "moderate" views when you've spent years getting spoonfed whatever Section 31 state censorship dictated that you were allowed to hear I suppose.
Quote from: Nally Stand on March 29, 2014, 05:56:21 PM
Quote from: Syferus on March 29, 2014, 05:29:03 PM
Quote from: Nally Stand on March 29, 2014, 04:36:24 PM
Quote from: All of a Sludden on March 29, 2014, 03:41:02 PM
Quote from: The Wolfe Tones
And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Republicanism isn't sectarianism.
Own who you are. Trying to dance around with semantics (yelling your support for a paramiltarty organisation linked with reems of sectarian violence isn't sectarian? Kay.) is why people like Adams and company are marginalised in the more moderate south.
Anyways, enjoyed Framps and his attitude to all this stuff will do more good for the north than a half century of Rah songs by the Wolfe Tones ever could.
Sectarian attacks didn't typify IRA activites at any time in the last century. But sure it's always easy to generalise isn't it? Anyway, didn't Gerry Adams top the poll in Louth? "Moderate south" ffs. Easy to hold "moderate" views when you've spent years getting spoonfed whatever Section 31 state censorship dictated that you were allowed to hear I suppose.
Lovely.
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And it said..............
Ooh ah up the Ra, say ooh ah up the Ra
How's that for inclusiveness.
Republicanism isn't sectarianism.
Own who you are. Trying to dance around with semantics (yelling your support for a paramiltarty organisation linked with reems of sectarian violence isn't sectarian? Kay.) is why people like Adams and company are marginalised in the more moderate south.
Anyways, enjoyed Framps and his attitude to all this stuff will do more good for the north than a half century of Rah songs by the Wolfe Tones ever could.
Sectarian attacks didn't typify IRA activites at any time in the last century. But sure it's always easy to generalise isn't it? Anyway, didn't Gerry Adams top the poll in Louth? "Moderate south" ffs. Easy to hold "moderate" views when you've spent years getting spoonfed whatever Section 31 state censorship dictated that you were allowed to hear I suppose.
Lovely.
What?
:-\ :-X :-[ Good on them for trying..
I am officially OLD. Jayo on The Late Late says he has a 15 year old son. Holy buck.
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 26, 2014, 06:55:50 PM
I am officially OLD. Jayo on The Late Late says he has a 15 year old son. Holy buck.
Well he is 38 and next year it will be 20 years since he won a AI medal!
Usually not mad about this show but great to see Dolores Keane on and on the way back after her battles with the drink and cancer. A singer who sang as she spoke with none of the ridiculous affections of others. Hope her new tour is a resounding success for her.
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I am officially OLD. Jayo on The Late Late says he has a 15 year old son. Holy buck.
Well he is 38 and next year it will be 20 years since he won a AI medal!
Fk I am getting old
I was on the hill when he won it against my red hand neighbours
As a northerner supporting the dubs
Hated them then
Ooh nothing changes.
It's fair muck tonight.
Yer one on now is the definition of a BOBFOC.
That last item..for the last of the series...who advises these fcukers?
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It's fair muck tonight.
Yer one on now is the definition of a BOBFOC.
She was no Debbie McGee in fairness!
http://spailpin.blogspot.ie/2014/09/the-black-hole-that-is-late-late-show.html (http://spailpin.blogspot.ie/2014/09/the-black-hole-that-is-late-late-show.html)
The Black Hole that is the Late Late Show
First published in the Western People on Monday.
If Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity is correct, there exist, somewhere in the universe, things called black holes. A black hole is a region of space where matter has become so compact it has collapsed into itself. A black hole's gravitational field is so strong that it draws everything around into it, allowing nothing – not light, not gravity, not anything – to escape.
In Ireland, we are familiar with black holes. One will start broadcasting against this Friday night at nine-thirty on RTÉ 1, holding all otherwise sentient, sensible people in its iron grasp for the next two and a half hours.
People once thought that the Late Late Show couldn't survive Gay Byrne's retirement. They've had to think again – although Uncle Gaybo has never really gone away, his last Late Late Show was fifteen years ago. And still the show goes on after him, Friday after Friday, year after year.
It is not entirely unreasonable to expect that, should the direst of warnings come true and Ireland is three feet underwater as a result of global warming, or the proliferation of windfarms and pylons and the Lord knows what has left the green isle of Erin habitable only by rats, badgers and the rougher sort of insect, there will still be a tower in Montrose that will fizzle fitfully into life every Friday in autumn, winter and spring to announce that tonight, ladies and gentlemen, it's the Late Late Show, and here is your host ...
Being the host of the Late Late Show is, supposedly, the premier job in Irish broadcasting. This is the reason RTÉ has historically paid its stars great pots of money for the apparently straightforward job of asking some British soap opera star how much she liked visiting Ireland and if, perhaps, she had any relations here. If someone like Pat Kenny wasn't paid a big ball of money, the fear was that he would go somewhere else, and take all his listenership with him, like the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
The interesting thing is that the bluff has been called. Newstalk made Pat Kenny an offer he couldn't refuse last year and so Kenny left RTÉ after forty years to do his old show for a new boss. Newstalk's plan was that Pat's pipes would sound from Marconi house, and Kenny's loyal listenership would obey the massive advertising campaign to "move the dial" and follow their leader.
Except that's not what happened at all. The latest figures are that Pat Kenny's radio show on Newstalk gets 143,000 listeners, while Pat's old show in RTÉ, now hosted by Seán O'Rourke, gets 307,000. That's a hiding by double scores in anybody's language.
The nation now has solid field data about what happens when a big star moves. Nothing is what happens when a big star moves. RTÉ get someone else, and someone else becomes a star instead. And what is the result of this? UTV come along and offer Pat even more money to do a Late Late-style show for them, once they get up and running. If this column were ever in a position to interview Pat Kenny, the first question would be "can you believe your luck?"
Pat Kenny's successor as host of the Late Late Show, Ryan Tubridy, is equally blessed in having a career that seems impervious to the market's opinion of him. In one way, Tubridy was given the media equivalent of a hospital pass when he was asked to replace Gerry Ryan in the 2FM schedule after Ryan's sudden death. Ryan was not everyone's cup of tea but those who liked him, loved him. And those who loved Gerry Ryan are not impressed by his replacement.
But in the bigger picture, the poor radio figures don't really matter. What is amazing about Tubridy is that in the age of the world wide web, internet streaming, Netflix, Sky plus, digital TV and more, Irish adults will sit down on Friday and watch the Late Late Show, let it matter a damn who's on it as a guest or who's presenting the show. It could be Ryan Tubridy interviewing Miriam O'Callaghan or Miriam O'Callaghan interviewing Ryan Tubridy. There's no real difference. It's Friday night, and this is what we do.
Ryan Tubridy's Late Late Show isn't the worst show of its kind on television. That strange show RTÉ broadcast after the nine o'clock news on Saturday night is surely the racing favourite for that dustbin honour. In fact, that show is so far from good it's hard to understand why it's not on TV3.
The galling thing is that the Late Late Show isn't meant to be a show that isn't the worst show on television. It's meant to be the best show on television, the show that holds a mirror up to Ireland as this great nation of talkers and wits discuss and debate the great issues of day, from Ireland's role in Europe to whether the nation should simply put Brian Cody in charge of everything and be done with it.
That is very different from listening to comedian Des Bishop, economist David McWilliams, stylist Lisa Fitzpatrick and Dolores Kehoe. Who on earth is Dolores Kehoe? Who cares what the other three think about anything?
Writing in the Irish Times about Tubridy's unhappy radio listenership figures, Laura Slattery suggested that the problem wasn't Tubridy but RTÉ management, for asking Tubridy to do a job for which he clearly isn't suited. But it's easy to see how RTÉ management could be puzzled by Tubridy, as he's not suited to presenting a TV show that holds a mirror to a nation either, and the figures for that show are solid as the rock of Gibraltar.
The answer, as is often the case, lies closer to home. It's us. It's the nation. The people of Ireland would watch the Late Late Show even if were presented by Lorcan Murray and featured the cast of Fair City reading tweets of the week. What incentive is there for the Late Late Show to be any good if there's no disincentive for it to be awful? Why can't we move the dial? Why do we feel we have to do what we've always done? What's the matter with us?
Who the f**k let that loudmouth on tv again? ::)
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Who the f**k let that loudmouth on tv again? ::)
Must be desperate for guests.
The woman deserves a good kicking.
I was sitting down having a coffee and a slice of cake and yer one put me off.
Whilst her intentions are far from humanitarian - has she not got some sort of point?
I thought she was class.
Whereas the comic fella talked bollocks
Ed sheeran is such a nice guy.
What's the answer lads?
Stephen Spielberg
Steven Gerrard
Stevie Wonder
Pull the plug on this shite. This once great show is brutal.
Yeah, once Francis Brennan came on, I got up and left... :-X
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Ed sheeran is such a nice guy.
Blessed you mean. That dross is considered music and he makes a living from it.
And he's by far not the worst.
You'd think Galvin would tuck in his shirt, FFS.
What the f**k was that...
Actually not that bad tonight.
Quote from: laoislad on December 19, 2014, 11:00:25 PM
Actually not that bad tonight.
Good for you, how is the Late Late?
WTF colour is Keane's woman?
Quote from: ONeill on December 19, 2014, 11:10:49 PM
WTF colour is Keane's woman?
Just turned it over. Looks a bit jaundiced alright. She should see a doctor. I'll get my white coat...
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WTF colour is Keane's woman?
Just turned it over. Looks a bit jaundiced alright. She should see a doctor. I'll get my white coat...
Wouldn't stop ya...
Good man Nathan Carter. Our Frank Sinatra.
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Good man Nathan Carter. Our Frank Sinatra.
Has he been promoted from being "The New Daniel O'Donnell"?
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WTF colour is Keane's woman?
Just turned it over. Looks a bit jaundiced alright. She should see a doctor. I'll get my white coat...
Wouldn't stop ya...
Wild horses wouldn't stop me ;D
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WTF colour is Keane's woman?
It looked like she fell into a bucket of mustard.
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Good man Nathan Carter. Our Frank Sinatra.
He's English....
Jesus the show tonight is a bit strange tonight. Has Ryan a few pints in him.
Strange and dreadful. Roll on The Saturday Night Show for better
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Strange and dreadful. Roll on The Saturday Night Show for better
Cringeworthy tonight to be honest.
Complete shite. Pure cringe fest.
The last doll got badly heckled. :o
Was tonight the worst ever edition of the Late Late Show? It was more like a bad night on Nighthawks..Pure shite.
A walk on the wild side ? This is putting a gloss on it.
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tonights-late-late-show-took-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-30991429.html
The first 5 mins of ROGs interview was comedy gold. He's a serious man
Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
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Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
Was it yourself who asked what we'll get angry or mad about today on the social media subject? Well it's the Late Late Show according to the wife's Facebook. The faux outrage is incredible. What the fcuk is happening to the people?
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Quote from: muppet on February 14, 2015, 08:34:45 AM
Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
Was it yourself who asked what we'll get angry or mad about today on the social media subject? Well it's the Late Late Show according to the wife's Facebook. The faux outrage is incredible. What the fcuk is happening to the people?
I did and that is exactly what I meant!
Great, let it be The LLS today.
But I am already worried that we may have nothing to be outraged at tomorrow. :-\
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Quote from: muppet on February 14, 2015, 08:34:45 AM
Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
Was it yourself who asked what we'll get angry or mad about today on the social media subject? Well it's the Late Late Show according to the wife's Facebook. The faux outrage is incredible. What the fcuk is happening to the people?
I did and that is exactly what I meant!
Great, let it be The LLS today.
But I am already worried that we may have nothing to be outraged at tomorrow. :-\
Ah come on now, chin up, this is Ireland, we will always find something to get outraged about!
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Quote from: muppet on February 14, 2015, 08:34:45 AM
Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
Was it yourself who asked what we'll get angry or mad about today on the social media subject? Well it's the Late Late Show according to the wife's Facebook. The faux outrage is incredible. What the fcuk is happening to the people?
I did and that is exactly what I meant!
Great, let it be The LLS today.
But I am already worried that we may have nothing to be outraged at tomorrow. :-\
Ah come on now, chin up, this is Ireland, we will always find something to get outraged about!
True, go on you pick tomorrow and I'll think of something for Monday.
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Quote from: muppet on February 14, 2015, 08:34:45 AM
Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
Was it yourself who asked what we'll get angry or mad about today on the social media subject? Well it's the Late Late Show according to the wife's Facebook. The faux outrage is incredible. What the fcuk is happening to the people?
What are they outraged about?
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Quote from: JoG2 on February 14, 2015, 09:01:54 AM
Quote from: muppet on February 14, 2015, 08:34:45 AM
Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
Was it yourself who asked what we'll get angry or mad about today on the social media subject? Well it's the Late Late Show according to the wife's Facebook. The faux outrage is incredible. What the fcuk is happening to the people?
What are they outraged about?
I reckon people were uncomfortable watching single people on a show make "eejits" of themselves due to their own personal insecurities more than anything else. Anxiety of being put in that situation manifesting in faux outrage would be my guess.
I didn't see it, so I'm not sure what you're on about. Sounds like top class stuff, but 'outraged' ?
The LLS used to generate laughs in the 80s about people being hypnotised live. It always had a bit of a circus about ot.
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The LLS used to generate laughs in the 80s about people being hypnotised live. It always had a bit of a circus about ot.
still does......except all the clowns were in the audience last night!
Quote from: frostbit on February 15, 2015, 03:49:24 PM
Ryan Tubrity needs the shepherds hook to be honest. I stopped watching it a long time ago because of him.
RTE should think outside the box for someone new to bring life back into it. Michael Lyster would be a shout.
Effin Eddie Moroney.
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Quote from: frostbit on February 15, 2015, 03:49:24 PM
Ryan Tubrity needs the shepherds hook to be honest. I stopped watching it a long time ago because of him.
RTE should think outside the box for someone new to bring life back into it. Michael Lyster would be a shout.
Effin Eddie Moroney.
The Bear have it!
I know eddies brother well. Lovely man.
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Quote from: frostbit on February 15, 2015, 03:49:24 PM
Ryan Tubrity needs the shepherds hook to be honest. I stopped watching it a long time ago because of him.
RTE should think outside the box for someone new to bring life back into it. Michael Lyster would be a shout.
Effin Eddie Moroney.
The Bear have it!
I know eddies brother well. Lovely man.
I'd love to see Eddie doing the LLS while Gerry Adams is telling him about his naked trampolining with the dog.
Don't watch it myself, but any show that has to wheel out Katie Hopkins every once in a while has to be struggling for ideas
Anyone else think Paul Murphy is a dick head?
Chris De Burgh is another one.
I'd say they're better than us at what they do.
Doubt it.
Do you reckon you could present the show better than Tubridy?
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Why do people still watch this so they can give out about it? ;D
My aul fella use to do the same with Glenroe.
Thats it....never tunning into the late late. Rte scrappin the barrel. Andy fcukin murrays fcukin mother for gods sake. How was her appearance fee.
Quote from: Hereiam on March 13, 2015, 09:43:31 PM
Thats it....never tunning into the late late. Rte scrappin the barrel. Andy fcukin murrays fcukin mother for gods sake. How was her appearance fee.
+1 Saw the guests advertised...what a load of shite
Irish rock night on BBC4 lads, take yourself over there and have a whiskey in the jar.
Quote from: armaghniac on March 13, 2015, 10:03:46 PM
Irish rock night on BBC4 lads, take yourself over there and have a whiskey in the jar.
Taped, Sky plussed or whatever the fcuk way it is recorded...any way looking forward to it.
Have to say I enjoyed Tubridy's aggressive style toward Creighton and Hobbs last night. They got a fair roasting. Poor Creighton who more than likely had already had a long day (and possibly a long week) doing interviews etc looked jaded, but just did enough to hold off Tubridys barking. As he said if they expect to be in with the Big Boys they have to face the tough questions. Terence Flanagan has already feck-up their PR start. And already they are being called Fine Gael Lite! Have to say I hate Hobbs, he epitomises all I hated about the Celtic tiger. He seems to be a bandwagon jumper!
Well that was interesting ;D
?
Jez Charlie Pride looks shagged!
Uh oh Pat is totally rambling!!
Spillane on telly telling us how to run the country! Next he'll be crying like Dunphy about how much he loves this country!
He's improved as he's gone on
Sweet Mother that's embarrassing!
He talks some shite.
Clown
Hard to watch that
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He's improved as he's gone on
I take it back. Pat the Bollocks indeed.
Feck sake it was not Rocket Science for the Postman to work out who to deliver a letter Addressed 'Pat the Bollocks' to.
Just goes to prove that winning 8 AI medals can mean you have your head up your own hole!
That was class from Aslan there.
Anyone decent on tonight? Considering turning over to watch.
Quote from: laoislad on September 11, 2015, 10:12:15 PM
That was class from Aslan there.
Class...some voice.....real down to earth sort.....
I see Naomi Campbell's still a lunatic......
These people and their dogs are lunatics.
This has just turned ridiculous......wise up hi.....
I'm looking forward to seeing old Dublin-Kerry rivals on tonight after the break.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 18, 2015, 09:51:46 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing old Dublin-Kerry rivals on tonight after the break.
Is that not what Up for the match is for?
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I'm looking forward to seeing old Dublin-Kerry rivals on tonight after the break.
Is that not what Up for the match is for?
Just the rugby boys were on...
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Quote from: laoislad on September 18, 2015, 10:00:34 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 18, 2015, 09:51:46 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing old Dublin-Kerry rivals on tonight after the break.
Is that not what Up for the match is for?
Just the rugby boys were on...
Yeah I know. I turned it off.
Still though my point remains.
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Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 18, 2015, 09:51:46 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing old Dublin-Kerry rivals on tonight after the break.
Is that not what Up for the match is for?
Dublin don't recognise 'Up for the match', so they get another programme aired at the same time called 'Dublin's Call'.
Who's the guy with cancer on the late late show?
Not easy watching.
Quote from: imtommygunn on September 25, 2015, 10:38:56 PM
Who's the guy with cancer on the late late show?
Not easy watching.
Is that the mystic fella? I turned him over.
The description of the show said it was a mystic guy but not sure it was him. Sounded like a sportsman though didn't catch it all?
Quote from: imtommygunn on September 25, 2015, 11:08:36 PM
The description of the show said it was a mystic guy but not sure it was him. Sounded like a sportsman though didn't catch it all?
Hugh Cooney, former head of Enterprise Ireland. Think he played a bit of hurling and football for Offaly, underage anyway.
Some interesting guests last night, Professor Green, the drag queen guy. the Jockeys. It can be good but Ryan, please listen to your guests. Asks them questions about what they've already said.
Tubridy's an idiot, guests are shite, and that house band very annoying. TLLS has fallen quite a long way since Gaybo.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 03, 2015, 12:13:46 PM
Tubridy's an idiot, guests are shite, and that house band very annoying. TLLS has fallen quite a long way since Gaybo.
It was nothing but the spules of the buck with Gaybo too in fairness
Never knew Tubs was a country music fan. PS, what's Brian Darcy doing? ::)
The colour in Declan's hair is holding up well.
That Declan Nerney hasn't a grey hair ::)
Quote from: Rossfan on October 23, 2015, 10:29:07 PM
That Declan Nerney hasn't a grey hair ::)
Is it dyed? ;D
Is it necessary for Irish country music artists to sing with American accent?
When is one of our major chat show hosts going to ask Daniel the question?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 23, 2015, 10:28:12 PM
The colour in Declan's hair is holding up well.
He goes to the same barber as Des Cahill.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on October 23, 2015, 10:52:36 PM
Is it necessary for Irish country music artists to sing with American accent?
Is it necessary for them to sing?
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 23, 2015, 11:02:01 PM
When is one of our major chat show hosts going to ask Daniel the question?
Which question would that be?
Best Late Late in years.
Don't watch it much but tonight was good and I am not a country fan.
Blanket on the Ground. Brilliant. Not many songs about blankets.
Quote from: ONeill on October 23, 2015, 11:33:13 PM
Blanket on the Ground. Brilliant. Not many songs about blankets.
Wasn't there one called "Jimmy's spreading blankets"?
Big Tom's fucked. Mor an trua :(
Quote from: Syferus on October 23, 2015, 11:21:22 PM
Best Late Late in years.
Lisa McHugh is nice eye candy alright.
Tripe tonight. You either love country music or hate it. Just not my cup of tea.
Oh God. This music is one of the reasons I packed the bags and left Longford as soon as I could.
And that dancing.
If there is music played in hell it's played on an accordion Declan Lynch once remarked.
Maybe so, but the feckin yeehaw music in played in the punishment cells.
That said, I did admire Declan Nerney's hair, the bit I saw of the show while I was flicking. There's black holes in the far far galaxies where more light escapes.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 24, 2015, 12:18:54 AM
Oh God. This music is one of the reasons I packed the bags and left Longford as soon as I could.
And that dancing.
If there is music played in hell it's played on an accordion Declan Lynch once remarked.
Maybe so, but the feckin yeehaw music in played in the punishment cells.
That said, I did admire Declan Nerney's hair, the bit I saw of the show while I was flicking. There's black holes in the far far galaxies where more light escapes.
If in the unlikely event of bollixes being scarce Declan Lynch would make a half dozen.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 24, 2015, 12:18:54 AM
Oh God. This music is one of the reasons I packed the bags and left Longford as soon as I could.
And that dancing.
If there is music played in hell it's played on an accordion Declan Lynch once remarked.
Maybe so, but the feckin yeehaw music in played in the punishment cells.
That said, I did admire Declan Nerney's hair, the bit I saw of the show while I was flicking. There's black holes in the far far galaxies where more light escapes.
Get out of it.
That was a great late late show.
Would you be a man for the auld Line Dancing Laoislad?
Did Laois ever produce a country and irish singer? Jazes, we produced more than our fair share in Longford!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 24, 2015, 10:41:16 AM
Would you be a man for the auld Line Dancing Laoislad?
Did Laois ever produce a country and irish singer? Jazes, we produced more than our fair share in Longford!
Have you never heard of Trudi Lalor! Shame on you SS.
Quote from: Rossfan on October 23, 2015, 10:29:07 PM
That Declan Nerney hasn't a grey hair ::)
He isn't from Loughglynn by any chance?
Quote from: ziggy90 on October 24, 2015, 03:02:34 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 23, 2015, 10:29:07 PM
That Declan Nerney hasn't a grey hair ::)
He isn't from Loughglynn by any chance?
Longford where all the cowboys come from ;)
Ok, it's the lack of grey ribs that threw me!! ;)
Tubs quoting Father Ted after the Jim McGuinness interview...
"Good luck with the book".
Angela Scanlon a rare breed of Irish woman I.e no fake tan.
Quare bit of flirting there from Tubridy.
Never realised mcguinness had it so tough. Flip me two brothers so young.
Enjoyable show tonight, long time since I said that about the late late
"Are you gay?"
Tubridy handled it well.
Quote from: ONeill on October 30, 2015, 11:03:26 PM
"Are you gay?"
Tubridy handled it well.
Was it not "are you Gaye?" Lol
It's been very good tonight.
That English actress woman was great banter.
Would love to see the interview. Is there a way to watch it on RTE player for us up in the 6 counties?
Quote from: An Watcher on October 30, 2015, 10:57:36 PM
Never realised mcguinness had it so tough. Flip me two brothers so young.
Yeah, the poor b*stard. Feck! Rough going! Jez!
Quote from: Captain Obvious on October 30, 2015, 10:45:09 PM
Angela Scanlon a rare breed of Irish woman I.e no fake tan.
Too ginger for that !!!!
Quote from: An Watcher on October 30, 2015, 10:57:36 PM
Never realised mcguinness had it so tough. Flip me two brothers so young.
McGuinness was one of the star players in Ulster that season in '98, definitely the standout on the Donegal team. After Brolly's late goal to win the final, he was heading to the states for the summer, and it was on the way to the airport that the crash that claimed his second brother happened in Fermanagh (near Lisnaskea, if I remember correctly). Took him a few years, understandably, to get back to anything approaching his best.
I foresee a remake of Misery, starring Bryan Adams and that crazy woman.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 13, 2015, 10:47:04 PM
I foresee a remake of Misery, starring Bryan Adams and that crazy woman.
Very good :)
Adams is getting a sledging a Tyrone man would be proud of.
Jaysus them Corr girls haven't aged a day 8).
Gab Hurl on now.
The Three Amigos. Ireland's answer to The Highwaymen? I don't think so!
Quote from: upthehoops on January 15, 2016, 10:35:43 PM
The Three Amigos. Ireland's answer to The Highwaymen? I don't think so!
I thought they were ok.
The LLS format is very tired though.
Quote from: seafoid on January 15, 2016, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: upthehoops on January 15, 2016, 10:35:43 PM
The Three Amigos. Ireland's answer to The Highwaymen? I don't think so!
I thought they were ok.
The LLS format is very tired though.
I thought Tubridy was setting up the athlete lad too much. The questions were forced.
Quote from: ONeill on January 15, 2016, 11:53:21 PM
Quote from: seafoid on January 15, 2016, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: upthehoops on January 15, 2016, 10:35:43 PM
The Three Amigos. Ireland's answer to The Highwaymen? I don't think so!
I thought they were ok.
The LLS format is very tired though.
I thought Tubridy was setting up the athlete lad too much. The questions were forced.
The LLS is crap - end of. Tubridy is useless, no charisma or impulse to react to answers
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Quote from: ONeill on January 15, 2016, 11:53:21 PM
Quote from: seafoid on January 15, 2016, 11:49:46 PM
Quote from: upthehoops on January 15, 2016, 10:35:43 PM
The Three Amigos. Ireland's answer to The Highwaymen? I don't think so!
I thought they were ok.
The LLS format is very tired though.
I thought Tubridy was setting up the athlete lad too much. The questions were forced.
The LLS is crap - end of. Tubridy is useless, no charisma or impulse to react to answers
He is very mediocre. Can't seem to get anything interesting out of the guests. Who are either entertainers plugging something , people briefly in the news or cancer survivors.
Brolly on, apparently.
Odd moment involving Eamon Holmes and his wife.......with their son present......
Awkward show the night. Ireland still not doing the romance too well.
Giving out condoms and stuff !!
Changed times.
Probably the maddest show.
The final segment when they made their match-ups reappear was gold. Poor Dean knew he had no chance so went on the sauce in the Green Room.
Free Durex for everyone in the audience?
Quote from: orangeman on February 13, 2016, 12:04:51 AM
Giving out condoms and stuff !!
Changed times.
Was thinking that meself.
The country's cowped.
Tubridy got the grope in there straight away.
Some verbal leakage on this board...................
Callan and the ex alcoholic turned business genius were superb
WTF was that?
Quote from: Rois on February 26, 2016, 11:25:55 PM
WTF was that?
What? I just turned it over to see Mike Denver so turned it over again!
Richard Gere judging a karaoke with the audience swaying out of sync to "Love Lift Us Up".
Quote from: Rois on February 26, 2016, 11:53:19 PM
Richard Gere judging a karaoke with the audience swaying out of sync to "Love Lift Us Up".
Ha! Classic LLS.
Quote from: Rois on February 26, 2016, 11:53:19 PM
Richard Gere judging a karaoke with the audience swaying out of sync to "Love Lift Us Up".
??? Mixed feelings as to whether or not I am glad I missed it.
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Quote from: Rois on February 26, 2016, 11:53:19 PM
Richard Gere judging a karaoke with the audience swaying out of sync to "Love Lift Us Up".
??? Mixed feelings as to whether or not I am glad I missed it.
It was a sing off too, of middlin standard. Great stuff. Gere was wobbling.
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Quote from: Rois on February 26, 2016, 11:53:19 PM
Richard Gere judging a karaoke with the audience swaying out of sync to "Love Lift Us Up".
??? Mixed feelings as to whether or not I am glad I missed it.
https://youtu.be/2VMgKNzpVCQ (https://youtu.be/2VMgKNzpVCQ)
Tubridy giving the Travellers a touch.
Who is that Cnut on now? Is he supposed to be a comedian?
The o'donovan brothers should be presenting their own show. Trying to understand the conversations between themselves, Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan would've been interesting. fair play to them and Annalise Murphy, great achievements.
I think the Donovan brothers could become very annoying very quickly.
Quote from: laoislad on September 02, 2016, 10:21:37 PM
I think the Donovan brothers could become very annoying very quickly.
They are great . Nothing contrived , no PR etc ....
So not just the Healy Raes on a boat then..
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I think the Donovan brothers could become very annoying very quickly.
aye we don't like success in this country ::)
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I think the Donovan brothers could become very annoying very quickly.
aye we don't like success in this country ::)
Yeah because that's exactly what I meant ::)
Is this guy meant to be funny?
Quote from: square_ball on September 02, 2016, 11:12:09 PM
Is this guy meant to be funny?
Yes. The emphasis on "meant ".
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Is this guy meant to be funny?
There's nothing funny about Shane Ross.
Quote from: laoislad on September 02, 2016, 10:21:37 PM
I think the Donovan brothers could become very annoying very quickly.
If they were wheeled out every second week yes but we probably won't see them again for a few years. Such is the nature of minority sport.
Kavanagh seems like a decent fella. Nice looking doll on now but she'll have to change the voice if she wants to snag me.
Anyone else thoroughly sick of Mario Rosenstock at this stage?
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 10, 2016, 08:12:53 AM
Anyone else thoroughly sick of Mario Rosenstock at this stage?
Never could stand that tool, or ever found him funny.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on September 10, 2016, 08:12:53 AM
Anyone else thoroughly sick of Mario Rosenstock at this stage?
A one trick pony no longer with said trick.
I was looking forward to seeing him but he annoyed the fook outta me.
It's a tough gig to keep fresh! Everything has a shelf life and it's nearly impossible to get new material.
They could just show repeats of last year's Late Late. I doubt anyone would notice. Same guests every year.
No doubt he'll be the Christmas party entertainment at Old Trafford this season?
Dr. Quinn Medicine woman still looks good for 65.
Definitely.
Quote from: laoislad on September 16, 2016, 10:59:00 PM
Dr. Quinn Medicine woman still looks good for 65.
Yes. Would be no embarrassment nailing thon. Debbie McGee not so much.
Fair play to John Connors remembering the Hungerstrikers of 1981, he took RTÉ off guard with that statement at the start of his interview.
Apparently Santa f**ked a unicorn.
Quote from: BennyCake on September 24, 2016, 12:19:13 AM
Apparently Santa f**ked a unicorn.
Aha! That explains why Rudolf's nose is always red.
Biscuits!
Oliver Callan on taking the piss out of Paschal Donohoe and how he speaks...thought it was close to the knuckle....surprised nobody has done the same with Jim Allister...maybe this is taboo for NI politicians...seems to be no problem with the lads in the south.
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Oliver Callan on taking the piss out of Paschal Donohoe and how he speaks...thought it was close to the knuckle....surprised nobody has done the same with Jim Allister...maybe this is taboo for NI politicians...seems to be no problem with the lads in the south.
Callan wasn't very funny . The impressions bar Kenny were at best average and the script was poor.
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Quote from: 5 Sams on October 14, 2016, 10:22:05 PM
Oliver Callan on taking the piss out of Paschal Donohoe and how he speaks...thought it was close to the knuckle....surprised nobody has done the same with Jim Allister...maybe this is taboo for NI politicians...seems to be no problem with the lads in the south.
I remember listening to his radio show last year when he was doing a Gerry Adams impression. His references to Bobby Sands during this skit were completely horrible. Callan is a fcukin w**ker.
+1. Himself and Rosenstock are getting played out. Same old same old with both...
Graham Norton is a better watch on a Friday night. Amy Adams on it tonight looking fantastic, but then I am partial to red heads.
2 Irish people on tonight too - we switched over. Wee Niall Horan's great, Chris O'Dowd's pissed.
Id love to hear more about the wedding Sean from Donegal was at
I wonder if it was in Donegal.
She was a horny one thats fo sure!! Away you find out Rois and let me know :)
Quote from: laoislad on October 14, 2016, 11:05:01 PM
Graham Norton is a better watch on a Friday night. Amy Adams on it tonight looking fantastic, but then I am partial to red heads.
How anybody would pick the Late Late over Graham Norton is beyond me. Graham Norton is genuinely excellent with decent guests most of the time.
Quote from: Rois on October 14, 2016, 11:18:43 PM
2 Irish people on tonight too - we switched over. Wee Niall Horan's great, Chris O'Dowd's pissed.
O dowd was wrote off but was some craic!
Great show. Niall Horan seems a good lad tbf
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Quote from: Rois on October 14, 2016, 11:18:43 PM
2 Irish people on tonight too - we switched over. Wee Niall Horan's great, Chris O'Dowd's pissed.
O dowd was wrote off but was some craic!
Great show. Niall Horan seems a good lad tbf
+1
Tubbs uncomfortable with Paxman here..can't match him intellectually.....despite the fact that Paxo obviously has a few on board. Car crash.
Paxman on the something
Quote from: ONeill on November 04, 2016, 11:14:35 PM
Paxman on the something
Sorry i missed that
Paxmans views on the North and the media pandering to bigoted orangemen and claiming the 12th is "a family fun day for all" is interesting
How many times are they going to roll out this Oliver Callan p***k. He isn't funny.
Awkward.....
Katie Hopkins is another p***k.
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Katie Hopkins is another p***k.
Such a w@nker....
Awkward trying to debate with someone who will not listen. And as smug as f###
who in the f*** was that leo boy? horrible piece of work... at least hopkins is gong back to england
Hopkins came , wound up the D4s , got her paw well greased and must be pissing herself laughing at the Micks.
Bring back Gaybo... and some decent guests.
Quote from: ashman on November 11, 2016, 10:22:11 PM
Hopkins came , wound up the D4s , got her paw well greased and must be pissing herself laughing at the Micks.
He has her on every year.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 11, 2016, 10:24:59 PM
Bring back Gaybo... and some decent guests.
Decent guests anyway.
Thought the John Whelan interview very good. Like Late Late back in the day when was relevant and Ryan let him speak. The whole Hopkins thing was a charade and it's a pity we don't have a Bill Maher type that would have destroyed her.
Katie Hopkins on the LLS fucks up the Feng Shui in so many ways. She's political dogshit and comes from a sub pool of English culture that doesn't exist in Ireland. Daily Mail gone turbo hatred.
She comes in with a load of built in assumptions about English superiority. And some of them relate to Oirish people. You fahkin paddys. Ha ha ha.
I was looking at a few twitter profiles the other day.
Michael Fennelly
@MFennellyKK
Lecturer in LIT & Setanta college ,playing the best Sport in the world - Hurling. Fashion, box set & Film Lover. Ambassador for @LahartsSkoda @ChiaBiaseed @Sure
My word is my bond
Michael Duignan @DuignanMichael 7 nov.
Brought one of my fav ever hurlers on holidays! Great read, inspirational & moving. @kenmcgrath78 @dawnmcg1 #respect
Niall McNamee @niallmc14 22 oct.
Extremely honoured to speak at @officialgaa Health & Wellbeing conference today & to spend time with wonderful people
Joe Canning retweeted UNICEF Ireland @unicefireland 7 nov.
Christmas gift idea: €28 could provide 4 blankets, keeping children safe this winter http://bit.ly/cosyblankets
That is a long way from where Hopkins is operating
Katie Taylor on tonight...magnificent athlete, superb boxer, great role model....but fcuk me that whiney monotone voice does my napper in...I'm out...
Quote from: 5 Sams on November 18, 2016, 07:38:05 PM
Katie Taylor on tonight...magnificent athlete, superb boxer, great role model....but fcuk me that whiney monotone voice does my napper in...I'm out...
Me too. Think I'll watch the paint drying on the kitchen walls instead.
Quote from: 5 Sams on November 18, 2016, 07:38:05 PM
Katie Taylor on tonight...magnificent athlete, superb boxer, great role model....but fcuk me that whiney monotone voice does my napper in...I'm out...
You need to pray for strength.
Jesus Christ, give the girl a break. Puts Ireland on the World Stage n all some people can talk about his her voice!!
Quote from: An Watcher on November 18, 2016, 08:44:49 PM
Jesus Christ, give the girl a break. Puts Ireland on the World Stage n all some people can talk about his her voice!!
In fairness Ireland was well established on the world stage in many aspects before she came along.
Nordies complaining about someone else's accent!
I've heard it all now... throwing stones in glasshouses...
Quote from: laoislad on November 18, 2016, 08:49:36 PM
Nordies complaining about someone else's accent!
I've heard it all now... throwing stones in glasshouses...
Nothing wrong with her accent LL...its the nasal monotone drone :(
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/watch-the-late-late-toy-show-could-be-next-bosco-slams-rt-for-axing-childrens-tv-programming-35247284.html
The Indo did another love in for uncle Gaybo
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/great-great-gaybo-how-gay-the-survivor-has-stayed-on-top-35243150.html
with those 2 ##legendary## interviews of Padraig Flynn and annie Murphy namechecked. Gaybo never went too deep into how the
Irish economy works. Maybe you should have, Marty. Maybe you should have.
I didn't realise that he was taken to the cleaners financially twice. Once by Russell Murphy and secondly on Anglo Irish Bank
Anyone watching Toy Show?
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 02, 2016, 10:02:31 PM
Anyone watching Toy Show?
Sure what else would anyone be doing tonight...!
True. I applied for tickets but no room for the likes of me :(
The Dubs won't have a clue what's going on here.
G'wan the culchies
Quote from: laoislad on December 02, 2016, 10:52:48 PM
The Dubs won't have a clue what's going on here.
G'wan the culchies
A bit like All Ireland Football final day from 1996-2010.
I thought it was the poorest one in a while. Camera work was shit and a lot of focus on 'talent'.
Quote from: ONeill on December 03, 2016, 12:59:57 AM
I thought it was the poorest one in a while. Camera work was shit and a lot of focus on 'talent'.
Camera work on LLS is always Shite. They try to hard. Being fair to Tubridy he does embrace the show and is better than Gaybo or Pat! The reality is TV has moved on and like Top of the Pops in it day, Fads and the like can be often not as important!
Harsh to call the late late toy show a fad!
When you think about it we have been treated to a few decades of some awful talk show hosts on RTE from Miriam O Callaghan,Brendan O Connor,Ray Darcy,Pat Kenny,Ryan Tubridy and all getting ridiculous high wages for their lack of skills or charisma to host these shows to begin with.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on December 03, 2016, 09:36:02 AM
When you think about it we have been treated to a few decades of some awful talk show hosts on RTE from Miriam O Callaghan,Brendan O Connor,Ray Darcy,Pat Kenny,Ryan Tubridy and all getting ridiculous high wages for their lack of skills or charisma to host these shows to begin with.
that is some sentence for one sentence...
RTE is on a very shaky scraw. Its advertising income never recovered from 2008. Part of this is purely economic but another part is what is happening online. The one size fits all ad is losing market share to data driven stuff culled from the Facebook info that RTE viewers share willingly online. Facebook knows more about the viewers than RTE does. And sells that to advertisers. Who are now looking at developing different ads for the same product for different market segments.
The national broadcaster model is under huge pressure. It is very hard to please everyone all of the time especially when people have choices.
Even Sky is suffering. People are not watching soccer matches for the full 90 minutes.
The TSG panel is a good example of the problem RTE has. The auld fellas love listening to Spillane talking shite. Younger people prefer Brolly. The 2 can't stand each other....
In the good old days RTE had a simple music system. The hotline with Tony Fenton for chart people and Dave Fanning for alternative stuff. Now kids can follow their noses online. No need for the Dave Fanning model. If teenagers want to know something now they'll go online to some vlogger before they'll go to RTE.
Tubridy is a relic of the old system in the new world. He probably thought he could emulate Gaybo and do it until he was 65.
RTE has a big challenge to stay relevant.
Who are these people?! :o
Who is that p***k acting Trump? He's about as funny as a kick in the goolies.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 20, 2017, 10:09:48 PM
Who is that p***k acting Trump? He's about as funny as a kick in the goolies.
Oliver Callan...Paul Galvin smacked him in a pub in Dublin one night...didnt hit the p***k hard enough..
Jaysis I'd love a Supermacs now...
Jesus lads the toilet brush must get some use in your house.
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Jaysis I'd love a Supermacs now...
LOL. Shnack box
Smokey bacon burger and a curry cheese chips!
Agreed..one schlight amendment however...garlic cheese chip.
I did a bit of electrical work for a few Supermacs outlets a few years ago and any store I visited would give me a free meal anytime I was there! I like the garlic cheese chips myself but only after a few pints.
Good man Finbarr... This was my wedding song.
That was excellent with Finbarr and Christy Dignam.
Flip sake when's O'Neill on but yes I have to agree finbarr n dignam were excellent there
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 20, 2017, 10:17:09 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on January 20, 2017, 10:09:48 PM
Who is that p***k acting Trump? He's about as funny as a kick in the goolies.
Oliver Callan...Paul Galvin smacked him in a pub in Dublin one night...didnt hit the p***k hard enough..
Good man, Galvin.
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Flip sake when's O'Neill on but yes I have to agree finbarr n dignam were excellent there
O'Neill is on the Late Late? FFS, why was this not in the bulletin?
Which O Neill? What bulletin??
That was the best Late Late in a long time.
If they stick to covering Irish stories, it's a decent show and occasionally excellent.
When they go chasing the cast-offs from Graham Norton & Jonathan Ross, it's a terrible show.
Aye good show tonight. Tubs no good with big celebs or sportspeople but some really great stuff with Finbarr and Christy.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 21, 2017, 12:25:52 AM
Aye good show tonight. Tubs no good with big celebs or sportspeople but some really great stuff with Finbarr and Christy.
100%. We give out about them wheeling people out of the RTE canteen for the Late Late...these lads are way above all that shite...could listen to them all night...
Rarely watch the Late Late show but I'll be tuning in to watch tonight's show on the RTE player. Great line up of guests. Would love to see a one off show where all of the old legends of Irish music came together. That rendition of The Green Fields of France was magical, sorry I missed it live but it was seriously gutsy of Christy Dignam to duet Finbar Fureys own song and I thought he pulled off a great job considering.
Great viewing with Finbar Furey and Christy Dignam, and the other night with Paddy Maloney and John Sheehan. Makes you wonder, when this generation goes, who will be regards as Ireland's National Treasures? Thon p***k Callan? Yer man from One Direction? Panti Bliss?
Quote from: BennyCake on January 21, 2017, 07:28:17 PM
Makes you wonder, when this generation goes, who will be regards as Ireland's National Treasures? Thon p***k Callan? Yer man from One Direction? Panti Bliss?
The moron luvvies in the media already regard Panti as such, it's a depressing thought about the media bubble and how it'll go in the future.
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Quote from: BennyCake on January 21, 2017, 07:28:17 PM
Makes you wonder, when this generation goes, who will be regards as Ireland's National Treasures? Thon p***k Callan? Yer man from One Direction? Panti Bliss?
The moron luvvies in the media already regard Panti as such, it's a depressing thought about the media bubble and how it'll go in the future.
We'll (and for every generation to come) have the likes of Finbar, Christy and all the great irish singers, writers on cd, mp3, vinyl to enjoy when wanted and needed. These other fly by nights will come and go
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Quote from: BennyCake on January 21, 2017, 07:28:17 PM
Makes you wonder, when this generation goes, who will be regards as Ireland's National Treasures? Thon p***k Callan? Yer man from One Direction? Panti Bliss?
The moron luvvies in the media already regard Panti as such, it's a depressing thought about the media bubble and how it'll go in the future.
We'll (and for every generation to come) have the likes of Finbar, Christy and all the great irish singers, writers on cd, mp3, vinyl to enjoy when wanted and needed. These other fly by nights will come and go
Yeah but eventually that will fade. How many today listen to, or even know of, John McCormack? Time will go on, and fewer will know of The Clancy's and Tommy Makem, Dubliners, fureys etc. there's few about today that will be able to take up the mantle from Christy Moore, Finbar Furey, John Sheehan etc.
On a positive note though, maybe TLLS has realised it's going down the tubes and the only way to save it is to ditch the reality tv nobody's and soap stars and put on the quality performers from their own country. Bring it on though. The LLS has become a joke. But the more guests like these guys, the better.
Unfortunately more guests like that will lower ratings. You'll find the Valentines special with a drunk audience and guests will be one of its top ratings. What would improve it regardless of guests would be a better presenter who doesn't stick to the script and can have a natural conversation.
Was all going grand until Sharon Shannon appeared accompanying Finbar Furey ... seriously, I can't understand the coverage she gets at every opportunity for all that she adds to the performance. If there's a vacant spot, the default seems to be to call Sharon Shannon.
Looking forward to seeing Christy Dignam next weekend in Dublin.
Finbar Furey gave a good performance, compared to the one he gave when on the same show just before Christmas with his version of the Little Drummer Boy, that was grim. He nailed the Green Field's of France, as he'd be expected to.
If the Late Late stick to showcasing Irish performers, it will be a step in the right direction but I won't hold my breath on that one.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 22, 2017, 03:26:14 PM
Unfortunately more guests like that will lower ratings. You'll find the Valentines special with a drunk audience and guests will be one of its top ratings. What would improve it regardless of guests would be a better presenter who doesn't stick to the script and can have a natural conversation.
Well yeah, there is that too.
Quote from: balladmaker on January 22, 2017, 03:39:17 PMIf there's a vacant spot, the default seems to be to call Sharon Shannon.
At least it's not Brush Shiels any more.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 22, 2017, 03:26:14 PM
Unfortunately more guests like that will lower ratings. You'll find the Valentines special with a drunk audience and guests will be one of its top ratings. What would improve it regardless of guests would be a better presenter who doesn't stick to the script and can have a natural conversation.
Going by his new show to date they should look no further than this man...
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Quote from: mrdeeds on January 22, 2017, 03:26:14 PM
Unfortunately more guests like that will lower ratings. You'll find the Valentines special with a drunk audience and guests will be one of its top ratings. What would improve it regardless of guests would be a better presenter who doesn't stick to the script and can have a natural conversation.
Going by his new show to date they should look no further than this man...
Agree big time. Tubridy can't let a conversation flow naturally and brings it back to next rehearsed question. Misses opportunity to get insight.
It'd be great entertainment but I don't think Tommy will ever be mainstream enough to host the Late Late, too much of a loose cannon..
Quote from: Boycey on January 22, 2017, 05:29:29 PM
It'd be great entertainment but I don't think Tommy will ever be mainstream enough to host the Late Late, too much of a loose cannon..
....but jaysus imagine the crack if they let him loose on it for a while ;D ;D ;D
Tommy can be hilarious one minute, and you have to reign him in the next.
Gerry Ryan would've been an ideal host.
Yer man has a fine set of teeth.
What in the name of Jaysus is this shit? And that Al Porter, it would take a long time to get tired of punching him.
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 10, 2017, 10:48:08 PM
What in the name of Jaysus is this shit? And that Al Porter, it would take a long time to get tired of punching him.
Lol. The words 'sweet' and 'jaysus' come to mind.
Dickie's not a bad aul singer
Spent 10 seconds top on this dung. There was a doll on who looked like Anna Geary and appeared to be blocked so it got the button!
My licence fee hard at work >:(
That program tonight was a new low for RTE.
It had to be the worst Late Late in the shows history, or any chat shows history, poor output from RTE ... but we shouldn't be surprised.
They were all steamin....even the Cork Camog was wrote off her face
That blind date couple were blocked and thick as f
Some tidy ones in the crowd
Was cringe for Tubridy trying to interview those messes
Gay Byrne will be turning in his gr... Oh wait.
Went to bed as soon as Crystal Swing were interviewed. What happened the blind date? I wonder do they remember themselves.
After last night, it really is time the plug was pulled on TLLS. That was a new low.
Graham Norton was excellent again last night. I watched 10 seconds of the Late Late. Cringe.
The Nadir from me was that luder Porter leaning on Ryan's desk indicating how he wanted his mother to shove the wooden spoon up his backside. What a sack.
Ashling Thompson mmmmm!
Blind fecking date last night and lip sync battles on Darcy tonight what's wrong with the world :-\
Quote from: Gold on February 11, 2017, 02:33:30 AM
They were all steamin....even the Cork Camog was wrote off her face
That blind date couple were blocked and thick as f
Some tidy ones in the crowd
Was cringe for Tubridy trying to interview those messes
Was that actually Anna Geary?! I turned it on and there was what appeared to be an Anna Geary lookalike chewing the face off herself!
Olivia O Leary and Brian D'Arcy look so alike!
When did the LLS start going to midnight? Thats part of it's problem. Too long. Quality not quantity.
Jesus Tubridy is like a cheese-grater on my ears. The awkwardness of this conversation with McGrath is pain-staking.
Quote from: trileacman on March 17, 2017, 10:14:53 PM
Jesus Tubridy is like a cheese-grater on my ears. The awkwardness of this conversation with McGrath is pain-staking.
He's part of the RTE nepotism circle He will see his days out there sucking up to Uncle Gaybo Finucane and co.
Quote from: trileacman on March 17, 2017, 10:14:53 PM
Jesus Tubridy is like a cheese-grater on my ears. The awkwardness of this conversation with McGrath is pain-staking.
Normally I would agree with you re: Tubridy; however, I thought his McGrath interview wasn't his worst moment. McGrath is a very sensitive and timid individual and needs to be handled with utmost care. Wasn't too bad under the circumstances.
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Quote from: trileacman on March 17, 2017, 10:14:53 PM
Jesus Tubridy is like a cheese-grater on my ears. The awkwardness of this conversation with McGrath is pain-staking.
Normally I would agree with you re: Tubridy; however, I thought his McGrath interview wasn't his worst moment. McGrath is a very sensitive and timid individual and needs to be handled with utmost care. Wasn't too bad under the circumstances.
Tha last couple of times I saw McGrath interviewed I thought he'd grown out of that. Seems a stronger, more secure chap at this stage of his life. Didn't see the LLS interview but Tubridy is generally awful on sport, no knowledge of, or interest in it.
Tubs should get his own politics show imo. Feels more comfortable interviewing ODoherty, Ogle and Lise Hand.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on March 31, 2017, 11:15:23 PM
Tubs should get his own politics show imo. Feels more comfortable interviewing ODoherty, Ogle and Lise Hand.
They never did quite get a good replacement for Bosco but Turbridy is top of the list if they are still looking
Ogle destroyed that vile p***k O'Doherty over the Bus Eireann dispute.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 01, 2017, 12:14:09 AM
Ogle destroyed that vile p***k O'Doherty over the Bus Eireann dispute.
Plenty RTE heads well able to attack any union who engage in industrial action.
"What about the poor pensioner who cant get to bingo?" A lot of those hit by strike realise what the Government and Ross The Minister for N.G.I (not getting involved) are up to.
Halligan McGrath and the other Independents dont give a shite as they have their head in the trough
Lads I hate the Late Late show and Ryan Tubridy but Ray Darcy is a disgrace as an interviewer. Plus the fact hos wages are obscene.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 02, 2017, 09:59:47 PM
Lads I hate the Late Late show and Ryan Tubridy but Ray Darcy is a disgrace as an interviewer. Plus the fact hos wages are obscene.
The format of both shows are dated and tired! D'arcy especially has been landed with some cringe games in the middle of his shows.
Television watching habits as it has been for the last 60 years is steady declining. People don't live their lives around programs anymore.
D'Arcy is actually much worse on the radio. Beats me how he gets away with it.
At least we have the good old Late Late country music special tonight Yeeeee Haaw
Keep her country --- ye-ha
Charlie Pride one of the greatest ever country music singers should be allowed to sing on his own than singing with mammys boy.
Lethal the night. You wouldn't get that in your America.
That's true. Wonder where Begley is.
Is Carter really playing that accordion?
Jaysus, Philomena, Margo and Susan coming on. The Holy Trinity.
Holy smokes. X-Rated stuff.
Making a holy show of us northerners
All in fine shape though.
Yous love the Queen in Tyrone.
Quote from: ONeill on April 14, 2017, 11:32:21 PM
All in fine shape though.
And not a single grey hair in their collective heads.
Tubridy: You've come from all corners of the island, if you can call it that.
Margo is having an off-day
Jesus, don't go back to Margo after that.
Thon Hagan doll a dose but a fine looking dose. Foster und Allen must still be working on their tax bill.
Quote from: hardstation on April 14, 2017, 11:49:59 PM
Hagan made an appearance at the very end.
b**tards.
It's like a teaser for next year.
It was taped earlier in the week wasn't it? So they could have cut out Margo's story if needed.
She's some Craic our philomena
Quote from: hardstation on April 14, 2017, 11:49:59 PM
Hagan made an appearance at the very end.
b**tards.
You may get away to a jive. Do McCooey's like the oul jiving or is it exclusively Culchie? I can't imagine it taking off in the Beehive.
Quote from: hardstation on April 15, 2017, 12:00:48 AM
McCooeys are more than happy to give jiving a go but they're put off by furious culchie women who decide their husband based on a dance to the likes of Wagonwheel.
Funny, the other half was never impressed or trusted my jiving.
Street lights switched off in Tyrone tonight.
They should have this on the late late every week or else just scrap the late late and let the singers at it.
Charlie Pride is some boyo in his 80th year.
It was great stuff.
Grew up on this and then somehow it turned to Chris de Burgh and Patricia the Stripper and then Meatloaf took over. And then CBs.
No danger they'd have a traditional music special.
Quote from: hardstation on April 14, 2017, 11:49:59 PM
Hagan made an appearance at the very end.
b**tards.
Shite I woulda stayed up for that fs
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 12:40:47 AM
No danger they'd have a traditional music special.
Theres only so much diddly eye you can listen to.
They need a Horslips special, for Shamrock Shore.
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 15, 2017, 04:28:26 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 12:40:47 AM
No danger they'd have a traditional music special.
Theres only so much diddly eye you can listen to.
Would listen to it every hour of everyday.
It's ours and certainly bates bucks from Longford or Cavan wearing cowboy hats singing in American accents.
Quote from: orangeman on April 15, 2017, 12:25:27 AM
They should have this on the late late every week or else just scrap the late late and let the singers at it.
Charlie Pride is some boyo in his 80th year.
+1.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 07:38:22 PM
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 15, 2017, 04:28:26 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 12:40:47 AM
No danger they'd have a traditional music special.
Theres only so much diddly eye you can listen to.
Would listen to it every hour of everyday.
It's ours and certainly bates bucks from Longford or Cavan wearing cowboy hats singing in American accents.
I'm partial to a wee bit of didley eye alright. A pub session is fine until some of the hoors start getting drunk and falling around the place. I can't stand what passes as C&W when you get some sham in an awful attempt at Deep South accent bawling out West Virginia or some maudlin dirgelike that. Real country singers are another matter. Johnny Cash could sing loads of different genres and I'd listen to him at any time. Same goes for Kris Kristofferson or Neil Diamond.
You can stuff TR Dallas and the likes.
Agreed Lar. Could listen to Kristoffersen any time.
He appeared with the Chieftains in Glasgow last year -saw it on Celtic Connections. Very shook - sang "for the good times" - quality still shone through despite the age.
Like Barney Mc Kenya when very incapacitated yet still class.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 07:38:22 PM
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 15, 2017, 04:28:26 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 12:40:47 AM
No danger they'd have a traditional music special.
Theres only so much diddly eye you can listen to.
Would listen to it every hour of everyday.
It's ours and certainly bates bucks from Longford or Cavan wearing cowboy hats singing in American accents.
So in other words if it's shite it's allright because it's our shite
It's not shite.
It's an amazing tradition that thank God has survived and is now a madly vibrant "scene" with followers and enthusiasts all over the globe.
Some change since the late 1940s when people thought it would be gone in 20 years.
Now if we could only do the same for our wonderful Gaeilge. .....
Quote from: Rossfan on April 16, 2017, 11:11:30 AM
Now if we could only do the same for our wonderful Gaeilge. .....
Can we make Gaelige fun, engaging and the other stuff that'll make people want to do it. Oh, and get you get your hole too?
At least that's why I presume the young fellas are in to it nowadays.
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 16, 2017, 01:50:09 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 07:38:22 PM
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 15, 2017, 04:28:26 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 15, 2017, 12:40:47 AM
No danger they'd have a traditional music special.
Theres only so much diddly eye you can listen to.
Would listen to it every hour of everyday.
It's ours and certainly bates bucks from Longford or Cavan wearing cowboy hats singing in American accents.
So in other words if it's shite it's allright because it's our shite
Trad has the quality. The Carolan stuff for example is world class.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 15, 2017, 05:35:11 PM
They need a Horslips special, for Shamrock Shore.
Last year Big Tom had the LLS audience on their feet, hands in the air, stamping their feet and gently jiving. It was just like a Horslips revival.
This year's closing medley was a tame affair by comparison, ie until Big Tom himself strode onto the stage and lifted the crowd off their seats.
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 15, 2017, 04:28:26 PM
Theres only so much diddly eye you can listen to.
Wouldn't be a huge fan of it myself but it's good to see it going strong. I can find it a bit hard to listen to in recorded form, but if it's live and accompanied by good dancing (Flatley style as opposed to rigid Scor or Ceili style) then I can enjoy it the very best.
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 16, 2017, 07:23:56 PM
Can we make Gaelige fun,
No. Stand up at the front of the room and decline them irregular verbs you were supposed to learn last night. And God help you if you get one of them wrong, there'll be hell to pay, you unpatriotic lazy wee sh*te!
Quote from: hardstation on April 15, 2017, 12:07:13 AM
There's no jiving in Scór, so no self respecting culchie should be at it anyway.
You wanna see the cultchies I know jive .. far more entertaining than ceili set
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 17, 2017, 09:29:57 PM
Quote from: Smokin Joe on April 16, 2017, 07:23:56 PM
Can we make Gaelige fun,
No. Stand up at the front of the room and decline them irregular verbs you were supposed to learn last night. And God help you if you get one of them wrong, there'll be hell to pay, you unpatriotic lazy wee sh*te!
On the plus side, Irish has about the smallest number of irregular verbs of any language.
Jo Nesbo a guest tonight. His Harry Hole novels are top class.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 21, 2017, 08:13:59 PM
Jo Nesbo a guest tonight. His Harry Hole novels are top class.
Harry Hurler.
Quote from: leenie on April 18, 2017, 12:27:01 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 15, 2017, 12:07:13 AM
There's no jiving in Scór, so no self respecting culchie should be at it anyway.
You wanna see the cultchies I know jive .. far more entertaining than ceili set
Is the word culchie used in the north?
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 21, 2017, 08:13:59 PM
Jo Nesbo a guest tonight. His Harry Hole novels are top class.
I watched the segment on the player, I liked Tubs' intro, 'Jo Nesbo's books have sold 30m around the world', just as Tubs was saying 'around the world', he provided a visual prop, waving his outstretched finger in a circular motion around an imaginary globe.
'What part of your brain did you dig Harry out of?' Tubs placed one hand directly on the right side of his brain to help us all out.
Jo is a very interesting character, somehow he could avoid getting distracted by Tubs' grandiose dramatic hand gestures, he could spin an interesting tale and even manage to relate a few lines before Tubs could no longer restrain his obsessive 'interruptitis' with an unrelated different question from the clipboard. And this is Tubs' strongest compartment of experience, his love of books. Possibly he was in awe of Jo and his nerves got the better of him, his interview with Richard Curran and that segment was a lot more relaxed.
I hate his interuptions. Jo Nesbo definitely an interesting character. Never realised his soccer and music background.
Fantastic facial hair from Logan
Fair play to Boxer Moran.
Carter wearing espadrilles. Not keepin her country.
Mary Black still lookin rightly.
Quote from: ONeill on May 19, 2017, 10:34:32 PM
Mary Black still lookin rightly.
The voice isn't what it was unfortunately
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 19, 2017, 10:33:47 PM
Carter wearing espadrilles. Not keepin her country.
He sang different lyrics tonight when doing Wagon Wheel
Jaysus should that child not be in bed.
Jesus Christ, can you imagine if Aidan O'Shea was at something like this - RTE and Indo would have a field day
Quote from: Tubberman on May 19, 2017, 11:17:04 PM
Jesus Christ, can you imagine if Aidan O'Shea was at something like this - RTE and Indo would have a field day
I doubt Tubridy would know who he was.
Quote from: hardstation on May 19, 2017, 11:49:17 PM
Quote from: mrdeeds on May 19, 2017, 11:09:18 PM
Jaysus should that child not be in bed.
If I was that age and my granny was on the Late Late, I'd be up.
I'd say them Blacks will have a bit of craic after the show and over the weekend, you can't beat the Antrim blood.
I wonder which brain box on the Late Late came up with this last night.
I'd loved to be at that prduction meeting??
f**king joke of an organisation. 😡
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 02, 2017, 12:18:38 PM
I wonder which brain box on the Late Late came up with this last night.
That is some joke. That show is well past it's sell by date.
Why would anyone be surprised?
A few years ago, the LLS did a GAA 125 Special. A complete car crash of a programme which underlined totally how Dublin fouresque the whole operation is. They brought on Brush Shields as some sort of GAA hero and him singing Fields of Athenry, a Rugby song and then he proceded to tell Plank Kelly that he hadn't been at a GAA match in five years, but sure he looked like a bogman, so he ticked the GAA box. Kenny then goaded Dara O Se with a picture of Tyrone winning the All ireland. Why and how Dara didnt bust him there and then is anyone's guess. They finished off with that red haired singer Tommy Fleming singing that awful Croke Park departure dirge ...'And May we Never Have to Say Goodbye'. If anyone was doing a dissertation on how far removed the RTE management is from the ordinary plain people of Ireland, that programme is a perfect case study for them. And remember - our national broadcaster and our national game on a significant anniversary in a tribute programme. In a normal society, they should have been able to do it with their eyes closed, but this is RTE and that map is the epitome of the attitude that exists there.
Quote from: Seany on September 02, 2017, 02:31:26 PM
Why would anyone be surprised?
A few years ago, the LLS did a GAA 125 Special. A complete car crash of a programme which underlined totally how Dublin fouresque the whole operation is. They brought on Brush Shields as some sort of GAA hero and him singing Fields of Athenry, a Rugby song and then he proceded to tell Plank Kelly that he hadn't been at a GAA match in five years, but sure he looked like a bogman, so he ticked the GAA box. Kenny then goaded Dara O Se with a picture of Tyrone winning the All ireland. Why and how Dara didnt bust him there and then is anyone's guess. They finished off with that red haired singer Tommy Fleming singing that awful Croke Park departure dirge ...'And May we Never Have to Say Goodbye'. If anyone was doing a dissertation on how far removed the RTE management is from the ordinary plain people of Ireland, that programme is a perfect case study for them. And remember - our national broadcaster and our national game on a significant anniversary in a tribute programme. In a normal society, they should have been able to do it with their eyes closed, but this is RTE and that map is the epitome of the attitude that exists there.
RTE do their Annual
'Complete car crash of a programme' every year. It's called
'Up for the Match'.
Ah here Up for the Match has it's own little place in niceness. It is shite but it's the garnd sum of two hours of harmless TV.
However, I think the prime time no1 show on TV needs to raise it.
Jon Snow had a very interesting viral speech on how the media live in a bubble and don't actually deal with real people anymore. Even getting in the door as a culchie in RTE you would soon live in South County Dublin, send your kids to fee paying schools and generally assimilate to all their cultural norms.
Then the simple country fold get thrown the odd bone with a GAA star interviewed, or Nathan Carter or someone similar. That keeps us happy!
Watching it now. It's actually not a bad programme. Like the Eurovision and Rose of Tralee, it is one of those things that has moved past all the stages and is now at iconic, post ironic status.
Ah come on it's brutal, can't even bring myself to watch it anymore. Des presenting is just the tin hat
Tubridy is a talentless tool and a classic example oh how RTE is such a closed shop. How does an ordinary person get an opportunity to audition? Do they advertise or what?
Any response yet from RTE on the complete and utter insult to the northern Irish?
Quote from: Orior on September 03, 2017, 01:17:41 PM
Any response yet from RTE on the complete and utter insult to the northern Irish?
Any response yet from RTE on the complete and utter insult to the Irish ?
Quote from: Seany on September 02, 2017, 02:31:26 PM
Why would anyone be surprised?
A few years ago, the LLS did a GAA 125 Special. A complete car crash of a programme which underlined totally how Dublin fouresque the whole operation is. They brought on Brush Shields as some sort of GAA hero and him singing Fields of Athenry, a Rugby song and then he proceded to tell Plank Kelly that he hadn't been at a GAA match in five years, but sure he looked like a bogman, so he ticked the GAA box. Kenny then goaded Dara O Se with a picture of Tyrone winning the All ireland. Why and how Dara didnt bust him there and then is anyone's guess. They finished off with that red haired singer Tommy Fleming singing that awful Croke Park departure dirge ...'And May we Never Have to Say Goodbye'. If anyone was doing a dissertation on how far removed the RTE management is from the ordinary plain people of Ireland, that programme is a perfect case study for them. And remember - our national broadcaster and our national game on a significant anniversary in a tribute programme. In a normal society, they should have been able to do it with their eyes closed, but this is RTE and that map is the epitome of the attitude that exists there.
Someone should tell Galway supporters that..
::)
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 02, 2017, 12:18:38 PM
I wonder which brain box on the Late Late came up with this last night.
What was that all about?
Was it a map of the effect of global warming on Ireland in 50 years time?
I wouldn't be one to buy into the rte anti Ulster bias conspiracy theories,don't really care if they try to promote rugby as the sport everyone in ireland actually loves when it is barely played by the vast majority of us,and definitely am not over sensitive.i wouldn't even go as far as saying that crazy map offended me,but I would wonder to myself why the national broadcaster would use that map.maybe it was just an oversight.i'd genuinely hope so.
How on earth could it be an oversight? It is the most obvious thing imaginable. An oversight insult might be using a map with the birder marked on it.
What was the map supposed to illustrate?
How many times have I tried to tell you all that the South now ideologically as well as practically,does not see the North as a part of their "Ireland" nor does any substantial portion of its population desire,much less try to bring about,reunification.
This is but another mere symptom.
Quote from: T Fearon on September 04, 2017, 07:24:30 AM
How many times have I tried to tell you all that the South now ideologically as well as practically,does not see the North as a part of their "Ireland" nor does any substantial portion of its population desire,much less try to bring about,reunification.
This is but another mere symptom.
RTE does not speak for the people.
There excuse was its the results of a poll and only people in the south were polled. Frank Mitchel wasn't having any of it
https://twitter.com/frank_broadcast/status/903933289202950144
I don't see or hear any significant protest from the people in the South.When will misguided Northern Nationalists and Unionists finally concede that they are not wanted or really cared about in Dublin or London? How many times has each to be shafted and humiliated before the penny/cent finally drops?
This is an outrage and I sympathise deeply with the widespread anguish and woe. If the results of a survey of life expectancy in Meath were presented in the form of a map of the area in which the survey was conducted (i.e. Meath) I can hardly imagine the dimensions of the injury, insult and affront it would represent. I would be forced to take drastic action. Fire and fury like the world has never seen. I might even go all the way and phone Joe Duffy.
No maps of Meath that don't show its place in Leinster. Ireland. Europe, feckit.
Hey - I welcome the new coastal counties of Cavan and Leitrim - means property prices in Longford could benefit.
As we'd say in Longford - ye've little to be worrying about.
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 09:33:35 AM
This is an outrage and I sympathise deeply with the widespread anguish and woe. If the results of a survey of life expectancy in Meath were presented in the form of a map of the area in which the survey was conducted (i.e. Meath) I can hardly imagine the dimensions of the injury, insult and affront it would represent. I would be forced to take drastic action. Fire and fury like the world has never seen. I might even go all the way and phone Joe Duffy.
No maps of Meath that don't show its place in Leinster. Ireland. Europe, feckit.
And there you go again, belittling the feelings of the northern Irish and making a joke of our nationalism. That's the attitude that is feeding Tony Fearon's separatist view.
We all know that the survey covered the 26 counties, but that is no excuse for cutting out the 6 counties. Unless of course, the person responsible had never heard of the Easter Rising nor the Troubles.
I agree with the lads from north of the wall here. There's no rationale for RTE cutting the 6 counties out of the picture, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was done deliberately. All they had to do, if they wanted to show just the area polled, was to include the six counties with a greyed out background or something to show it wasn't included in the numbers.
RTE are, without doubt, c***ts.
I mind RTE wetting their pants when Rory McIlroy said he was British.
The reaction to this is all rather comical.
I look forward to maps of Europe in which the six northeastern counties of this island as well our neighbouring island do not exist from March 2019 on.
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:24:30 AM
The reaction to this is all rather comical.
I look forward to maps of Europe in which the six northeastern counties of this island as well our neighbouring island do not exist from March 2019 on.
Why, is the north leaving Europe??
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 10:26:50 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:24:30 AM
The reaction to this is all rather comical.
I look forward to maps of Europe in which the six northeastern counties of this island as well our neighbouring island do not exist from March 2019 on.
Why, is the north leaving Europe??
Is the north part of the Republic of Ireland?
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:28:25 AM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 10:26:50 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:24:30 AM
The reaction to this is all rather comical.
I look forward to maps of Europe in which the six northeastern counties of this island as well our neighbouring island do not exist from March 2019 on.
Why, is the north leaving Europe??
Is the north part of the Republic of Ireland?
Why would you show a map of Europe without the north??
Look lads you can all slag about Europe and that but what us Irish men are angry about is because we live in the North of the Country and can expect them British C**ts to pull of a stunt like that (which they do regular) we certainly don't expect our fellow Irish men to put the boot in too, poor from RTE and a lot on here too.
You'll be looking to exclude us from the GAA next, maybe we should stop all GAA games in the North because we're not part of the setup ::)
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 04, 2017, 10:17:19 AM
I agree with the lads from north of the wall here. There's no rationale for RTE cutting the 6 counties out of the picture, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was done deliberately. All they had to do, if they wanted to show just the area polled, was to include the six counties with a greyed out background or something to show it wasn't included in the numbers.
RTE are, without doubt, c***ts.
Would ya stop. The Nordies would still find a way to be offended even if they did that.
Never mind this. Kate Middleton is pregnant. Rejoicing in the Republic of Ireland.
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 10:50:16 AM
Never mind this. Kate Middleton is pregnant. Rejoicing in the Republic of Ireland.
Who's de father?
Quote from: illdecide on September 04, 2017, 10:37:17 AM
Look lads you can all slag about Europe and that but what us Irish men are angry about is because we live in the North of the Country and can expect them British C**ts to pull of a stunt like that (which they do regular) we certainly don't expect our fellow Irish men to put the boot in too, poor from RTE and a lot on here too.
You'll be looking to exclude us from the GAA next, maybe we should stop all GAA games in the North because we're not part of the setup ::)
That would just be because ye are ruining it :)
A German/Greek lad I heard.
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 10:34:11 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:28:25 AM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 10:26:50 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:24:30 AM
The reaction to this is all rather comical.
I look forward to maps of Europe in which the six northeastern counties of this island as well our neighbouring island do not exist from March 2019 on.
Why, is the north leaving Europe??
Is the north part of the Republic of Ireland?
Why would you show a map of Europe without the north??
Sorry, mate, the European Union, to be precise.
A political entity that the north will not be part of as and from March 2019.
Just as it isn't currently part of the Republic of Ireland.
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/bbc-tries-to-claim-irish-golfer-paul-dunne-as-british-31388129.html
The BBC have done it again, last week it was Conor McGregor, now it's Paul Dunne – the Irish amateur who has stunned the golf world by leading the British Open going into the final day. The Irish amateur has not even won the tournament yet and already British sports pundits are trying to claim him as one of their own.
Ireland's latest sporting hero was lining up to take his tee shot on the 17th hole in St Andrew's after two British golfers hit out of bounds shortly beforehand, when Mark James commented that he did not want to see another British player hit three off the tee. "We saw Eddie Pepperell come to grief here... so lets not have anymore British out of bounds," he said
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/british-writer-under-fire-after-claiming-ireland-has-tenuous-claim-to-nationhood-35508997.html
A UK columnist has come under fire after suggesting that Ireland is not a real country.
In her comment piece for todays UK Times, Melanie Philips talks about moves by Republicans in Northern Ireland and nationalists in Scotland to seek independence from the UK.
https://twitter.com/LADFLEG/status/904617437265580036
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 10:15:20 AM
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 09:33:35 AM
This is an outrage and I sympathise deeply with the widespread anguish and woe. If the results of a survey of life expectancy in Meath were presented in the form of a map of the area in which the survey was conducted (i.e. Meath) I can hardly imagine the dimensions of the injury, insult and affront it would represent. I would be forced to take drastic action. Fire and fury like the world has never seen. I might even go all the way and phone Joe Duffy.
No maps of Meath that don't show its place in Leinster. Ireland. Europe, feckit.
And there you go again, belittling the feelings of the northern Irish and making a joke of our nationalism. That's the attitude that is feeding Tony Fearon's separatist view.
We all know that the survey covered the 26 counties, but that is no excuse for cutting out the 6 counties. Unless of course, the person responsible had never heard of the Easter Rising nor the Troubles.
Good man Orior. Always good for the wind-up.
It IS a wind-up - right?
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 03:53:07 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 10:15:20 AM
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 09:33:35 AM
This is an outrage and I sympathise deeply with the widespread anguish and woe. If the results of a survey of life expectancy in Meath were presented in the form of a map of the area in which the survey was conducted (i.e. Meath) I can hardly imagine the dimensions of the injury, insult and affront it would represent. I would be forced to take drastic action. Fire and fury like the world has never seen. I might even go all the way and phone Joe Duffy.
No maps of Meath that don't show its place in Leinster. Ireland. Europe, feckit.
And there you go again, belittling the feelings of the northern Irish and making a joke of our nationalism. That's the attitude that is feeding Tony Fearon's separatist view.
We all know that the survey covered the 26 counties, but that is no excuse for cutting out the 6 counties. Unless of course, the person responsible had never heard of the Easter Rising nor the Troubles.
Good man Orior. Always good for the wind-up.
It IS a wind-up - right?
Emmm, no. Believe it or not, there are hundreds of thousands up north who tune into the Late Late Show every week. They also watch RTE news before the BBC news. They also support the Republic soccer team and wouldn't cross the road to watch NI play. Ask yourself why so many people of all ages and economic position still carry Irish passports and do not recognise the border.
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 09:33:35 AM
This is an outrage and I sympathise deeply with the widespread anguish and woe. If the results of a survey of life expectancy in Meath were presented in the form of a map of the area in which the survey was conducted (i.e. Meath) I can hardly imagine the dimensions of the injury, insult and affront it would represent. I would be forced to take drastic action. Fire and fury like the world has never seen. I might even go all the way and phone Joe Duffy.
No maps of Meath that don't show its place in Leinster. Ireland. Europe, feckit.
Presuming that the people responsible for producing the Late Late show have got brains, then they would have to be very stupid or have absolutely no concept of Irish history to cut 6 counties out in the manner they did. I know that your comments are dripping with sarcasm but why would you not be offended at that. The minute I seen it, it got on my wick. Maybe it's something that only northern nationalists understand because what is more bizarre for me is RTE establishment cronies not realising the insult caused to residents in the 6 counties, or worse still deliberately doing it to get a reaction.
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 04, 2017, 10:17:19 AM
I agree with the lads from north of the wall here. There's no rationale for RTE cutting the 6 counties out of the picture, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was done deliberately. All they had to do, if they wanted to show just the area polled, was to include the six counties with a greyed out background or something to show it wasn't included in the numbers.
RTE are, without doubt, c***ts.
As long as they can make money from the North entering their weekly competition R.T.E. won't give a shite
As a former Northern Nationalist I would ask those who still aspire to reunite with the South to consider even the events of recent days.We have Southern Government Ministers now saying that Arlene Foster's recent proposition (i.e. To get Stormont up and running immediately and have parallel time limited negotiations on culture/language) is reasonable and that SF should take this up.
Believe me when you see that you have been shafted so many times and recognise the futility of fantasies like an unobtainable United Ireland,that a vast majority both North and South rejects,you will not be upset by maps on the Late Late Show.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 04:27:13 PM
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 03:53:07 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 10:15:20 AM
Quote from: Hardy on September 04, 2017, 09:33:35 AM
This is an outrage and I sympathise deeply with the widespread anguish and woe. If the results of a survey of life expectancy in Meath were presented in the form of a map of the area in which the survey was conducted (i.e. Meath) I can hardly imagine the dimensions of the injury, insult and affront it would represent. I would be forced to take drastic action. Fire and fury like the world has never seen. I might even go all the way and phone Joe Duffy.
No maps of Meath that don't show its place in Leinster. Ireland. Europe, feckit.
And there you go again, belittling the feelings of the northern Irish and making a joke of our nationalism. That's the attitude that is feeding Tony Fearon's separatist view.
We all know that the survey covered the 26 counties, but that is no excuse for cutting out the 6 counties. Unless of course, the person responsible had never heard of the Easter Rising nor the Troubles.
Good man Orior. Always good for the wind-up.
It IS a wind-up - right?
Emmm, no. Believe it or not, there are hundreds of thousands up north who tune into the Late Late Show every week. They also watch RTE news before the BBC news. They also support the Republic soccer team and wouldn't cross the road to watch NI play. Ask yourself why so many people of all ages and economic position still carry Irish passports and do not recognise the border.
And this has precisely what to do with my post or with the 26-county survey and the presentation of its results? Or is the survey itself the problem? All surveys should be 32-county? You'd need to get a grip if you really are serious.
You're not, are you?
Let's hope that at least in the use of Weather Maps,RTÉ make Ireland a Nation Once Again.
Hardy,
Yes, I am serious. I reckon I'm a fairly laid back person but maps showing the six counties cut out does annoy me. It is even more disappointing that some people in the free state do not understand why it would upset us. This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended". Plus, it is not just a few hardened republicans who cried foul.
No, we're not saying the survey should have been help in the 32 counties, but simply show all 32 counties with the northern grayed out.
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
If that annoys you,read the interview with Colm Eastwood,SDLP leader,in today's Irish Independent.His vision of a United Ireland (after spending years of convincing Unionists) is to retain Stormont in a federal type of arrangement as an acknowledgment that the North is different from the rest of Ireland! That differs from the status quo,how?
This reveals the current complete confusion and muddled state of Irish nationalism.Presumably Sinn Fein's vision is entirely different,whereas FF and FG will remain steadfast in keeping the North at arms length at all costs.
I wouldn't get upset about maps of this island,complete or incomplete.
Quote from: T Fearon on September 04, 2017, 10:29:17 PM
If that annoys you,read the interview with Colm Eastwood,SDLP leader,in today's Irish Independent.His vision of a United Ireland (after spending years of convincing Unionists) is to retain Stormont in a federal type of arrangement as an acknowledgment that the North is different from the rest of Ireland! That differs from the status quo,how?
He's pandering to the likes of you.
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Nice little rant there.
Pity for you that it doesn't bear any resemblance to reality.
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:06:06 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Nice little rant there.
Pity for you that it doesn't bear any resemblance to reality.
So, you're admitting you're just a wind up merchant?
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:28:14 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:06:06 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Nice little rant there.
Pity for you that it doesn't bear any resemblance to reality.
So, you're admitting you're just a wind up merchant?
To be fair, what else does the ridiculousness of your "non-WUM" WUM reaction to something so
utterly irrelevant deserve other than ridicule?
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:39:10 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:28:14 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:06:06 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Nice little rant there.
Pity for you that it doesn't bear any resemblance to reality.
So, you're admitting you're just a wind up merchant?
To be fair, what else does the ridiculousness of your "non-WUM" WUM reaction to something so utterly irrelevant deserve other than ridicule?
You just don't get it.
Quote from: Orior on September 05, 2017, 12:02:11 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:39:10 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:28:14 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:06:06 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Nice little rant there.
Pity for you that it doesn't bear any resemblance to reality.
So, you're admitting you're just a wind up merchant?
To be fair, what else does the ridiculousness of your "non-WUM" WUM reaction to something so utterly irrelevant deserve other than ridicule?
You just don't get it.
I get it that you're moaning childishly about something that is of no absolutely importance whatsoever.
I get it just fine, thanks!
Quote from: Orior on September 05, 2017, 12:02:11 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:39:10 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:28:14 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 11:06:06 PM
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Nice little rant there.
Pity for you that it doesn't bear any resemblance to reality.
So, you're admitting you're just a wind up merchant?
To be fair, what else does the ridiculousness of your "non-WUM" WUM reaction to something so utterly irrelevant deserve other than ridicule?
You just don't get it.
Give up Orior, you're dealing with someone whose grasp on geography and politics is so developed that he thinks Europe and the EU are the same thing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 11:01:22 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on September 04, 2017, 10:26:54 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 04, 2017, 11:44:32 AM
Don't you hate it when Nordies are over sensitive?
No, it's very amusing.
Quote from: Orior on September 04, 2017, 09:56:51 PM
This is not a case of "going out of our way to be offended".
Yes, it is.
Ah, I get it. You're a 26-county free stater who couldn't care less about your fellow countrymen. Would you be happy if the Ulster Championship consisted of only three teams?
Well it would be better than the one team championship at the moment
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 05, 2017, 08:59:12 AM
Give up Orior
Wise advice.
Which maybe you should also take.
No maybe about it, actually.
Quote from: T Fearon on September 04, 2017, 10:29:17 PM
If that annoys you,read the interview with Colm Eastwood,SDLP leader,in today's Irish Independent.His vision of a United Ireland (after spending years of convincing Unionists) is to retain Stormont in a federal type of arrangement as an acknowledgment that the North is different from the rest of Ireland! That differs from the status quo,how?
This reveals the current complete confusion and muddled state of Irish nationalism.Presumably Sinn Fein's vision is entirely different,whereas FF and FG will remain steadfast in keeping the North at arms length at all costs.
I wouldn't get upset about maps of this island,complete or incomplete.
It means the unionists would have representation in the Dail and given their numbers would probably hold the balance of power. It'd be very different from the status quo.
For a long time I've been saying that in the event of a united Ireland I wouldn't have a problem with Stormont being retained in its present form. Instead of being a regional assembly within the UK it'd be a regional assembly within a united Ireland. It'd be similar to how China handled Hong Kong after the handover. The idea was to have no sudden shocks to the system, which was very important for HK given its importance as a global financial centre. HK was to be brought into greater China as a "special administrative region." Seems sensible to me.
In other words Unionists would still rule the six counties due to their inbuilt majority,with none of the current checks and balances in place.Not that they will agree to waive their British identity for any form of United Ireland in any event or under any circumstances
Quote from: T Fearon on September 05, 2017, 06:40:21 PM
In other words Unionists would still rule the six counties due to their inbuilt majority,with none of the current checks and balances in place.Not that they will agree to waive their British identity for any form of United Ireland in any event or under any circumstances
I think you mean Unionists would still rule 3 counties / constituencies.
If Stormont is to be preserved, so will the six counties (even the SDLP concede we're different from the rest of Ireland), so I see no great practical difference from the status quo,not that unionists will ever agree to this or any other form of United Ireland
Anyway, don't talk about the occupied six - they don't exist according to some big GAA men on this board
Quote from: Orior on September 05, 2017, 07:20:59 PM
Quote from: T Fearon on September 05, 2017, 06:40:21 PM
In other words Unionists would still rule the six counties due to their inbuilt majority,with none of the current checks and balances in place.Not that they will agree to waive their British identity for any form of United Ireland in any event or under any circumstances
I think you mean Unionists would still rule 3 counties / constituencies.
And the dual Nationality feature if the GFA will if course be still there for residents of the North East Autonomous region of the All Ireland State.
Quote from: T Fearon on September 05, 2017, 06:40:21 PM
In other words Unionists would still rule the six counties due to their inbuilt majority,with none of the current checks and balances in place.Not that they will agree to waive their British identity for any form of United Ireland in any event or under any circumstances
No, by the time we have a united Ireland it means we've reached a nationalist majority in the north. If Stormont were retained in its present form it would mean that nationalists would have the upper hand in the north but the same checks and balances would be in place to keep power sharing. This time instead of our ones being the protected minority, their ones would be the protected minority.
Quote from: Orior on September 05, 2017, 07:20:59 PM
Quote from: T Fearon on September 05, 2017, 06:40:21 PM
In other words Unionists would still rule the six counties due to their inbuilt majority,with none of the current checks and balances in place.Not that they will agree to waive their British identity for any form of United Ireland in any event or under any circumstances
I think you mean Unionists would still rule 3 counties / constituencies.
The counties in the north were abolished in 1973 as far as local government is concerned. Some organizations like the Post Office and the GAA continue to use them as geographical markers though, but they no longer exist as political entities.
Quote from: sid waddell on September 05, 2017, 05:47:15 PM
Quote from: Fat Angry Motorist on September 05, 2017, 08:59:12 AM
Give up Orior
Wise advice.
Which maybe you should also take.
No maybe about it, actually.
Have you googled what the EU is Fr Dougal?
You can all turn it back on, the insufferable gobshite vogue williams is finished
It should be called the book show.
At last a half decent interview with a GAA legend on the Late Late...fair play Gooch you legend.
Have to say I found some of the topics asked and answered to be real Cringe TV. Gooch beginning to look a grabber!
Roll on The Kilkennys!
Quote from: balladmaker on October 06, 2017, 10:56:46 PM
Roll on The Kilkennys!
Are they on tonight? One of them used to be my apprentice
Quote from: From the Bunker on October 06, 2017, 10:24:32 PM
Have to say I found some of the topics asked and answered to be real Cringe TV. Gooch beginning to look a grabber!
Did he use the old Betty Davis to Wogan line? To be honest, I'd think more of a guest if they did actually say it.
Looks like Gooch told a bit a lie on the Late Late to get out of a sticky corner!
http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=276642 (http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=276642)
Joe Brolly has flatly rejected claims that he apologised to Colm Cooper for criticising his upcoming testimonial dinner.
Appearing on The Late Late Show last night to promote his new autobiography 'Gooch', Cooper claimed Brolly texted him to apologise for comments he had made about the groundbreaking corporate dinner in Dublin on October 27, which is expected to raise €250,000 and has greatly divided opinion within the GAA.
Two charities will benefit from a proportion of the proceeds - the Kerry Cancer Support Group and Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin as well as Kerry GAA and Cooper's club Dr Crokes.
Writing in the Sunday Independent recently, Brolly claimed the event had gone against the amateur ethos of the GAA.
"It is a great pity Colm has done this. The point of the GAA is supposed to be volunteerism and community activism. The question is supposed to be, 'What can I do?', not 'What can I get out of it?'," he wrote.
"As an icon of Irish sport, he could have set an example of altruism, but instead has chosen to enrich himself. What could and should have been a night the GAA could have taken great pride in, has instead become something cheap and self-serving."
Cooper said last night: "On a serious note, Joe actually sent me a text this week to say 'sorry about all the fuss'. He said he wishes there wasn't the reaction that there was and that it's gone overboard. And he's apologising for it.
"So he's obviously changed his tune since. And he fully respects that I'm entitled to have a testimonial dinner if I want. There's players doing dinner dances and speaking after events. There's brand ambassadors, there's players doing launches all the time. So unfortunately for the GAA, there are players earning money. So if that's the argument, I don't really get it."
However, Brolly later took to Twitter to say he hadn't apologised to his fellow Sunday Game panellist.
"I didn't apologise to Colm for anything I said. I stand by every word. I said I didn't intend him to be demonised as a result.
"This is a serious principled debate. I said face to fact to Colm he was wrong in doing this. I stand by that absolutely."
Can Brolly not mind his own bloody business for once?
I thought yer woman who lost all the weight spoke a lot of sense. Refreshing to see.
Quote from: Gaffer on October 07, 2017, 05:43:12 PM
Can Brolly not mind his own bloody business for once?
Clearly not and forever seeking attention.
Quote from: Gaffer on October 07, 2017, 05:43:12 PM
Can Brolly not mind his own bloody business for once?
Are GAA issues not his business?
Quote from: longballin on October 07, 2017, 10:12:26 PM
Quote from: Gaffer on October 07, 2017, 05:43:12 PM
Can Brolly not mind his own bloody business for once?
Are GAA issues not his business?
No -Courts and Law is his business.
Quote from: longballin on October 07, 2017, 10:12:26 PM
Quote from: Gaffer on October 07, 2017, 05:43:12 PM
Can Brolly not mind his own bloody business for once?
Are GAA issues not his business?
A group of people who wish to honour someone at a night out in an hotel in Dublin is none of Brolly's business
Of course he's still entitled to have an opinion on it like the rest of us.
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 12:18:36 AM
Of course he's still entitled to have an opinion on it like the rest of us.
Why? Absolutely nothing to do with him!!
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 12:24:42 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 12:18:36 AM
Of course he's still entitled to have an opinion on it like the rest of us.
Why? Absolutely nothing to do with him!!
In that case none of us would comment on anything.
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 12:24:42 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 12:18:36 AM
Of course he's still entitled to have an opinion on it like the rest of us.
Why? Absolutely nothing to do with him!!
Gooch's dinner is nothing to do with me - but I have a right to have an opinion or comment on it all the same.
A bit like Catelonia/Spain.
An opinion on it is fine but a Joe Brolly opinion is controversial one to catch the attention he craves.
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 01:06:05 AM
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 12:24:42 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 12:18:36 AM
Of course he's still entitled to have an opinion on it like the rest of us.
Why? Absolutely nothing to do with him!!
Gooch's dinner is nothing to do with me - but I have a right to have an opinion or comment on it all the same.
A bit like Catelonia/Spain.
Have I a right to comment or have an opinion on what you do on a Saturday night? It is absolutely none of my business what you get up to.
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 09:49:26 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 01:06:05 AM
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 12:24:42 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on October 08, 2017, 12:18:36 AM
Of course he's still entitled to have an opinion on it like the rest of us.
Why? Absolutely nothing to do with him!!
Gooch's dinner is nothing to do with me - but I have a right to have an opinion or comment on it all the same.
A bit like Catelonia/Spain.
Have I a right to comment or have an opinion on what you do on a Saturday night? It is absolutely none of my business what you get up to.
Surely it's also none of your business if he has an opinion on Gooch's dinner then?
So everybody's business is everybody's business ?
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 10:34:26 AM
So everybody's business is everybody's business ?
If it's in the public arena, I believe so. Gooch is carrying out his dinner in the public arena and using his profile to publicise it, so he's fair game for someone to offer their opinion on the matter. The whole point of a forum is to give opinions and discuss other people's business.
That's your opinion and that's fine. My view is that it is a matter which only concerns Gooch and those who choose to attend. Everyone else should get on with their own lives and butt out!!!
A hard hitting interview from Tubs if ever there was one. ::)
Agree with Brolly 100% on this. Wish more pundits were able to speak out the way he does and day what they genuinely think. Pretty soon the "journalism" and "analysis" from the likes of Sky and JOE will be all that's left. Lowest common denominator stuff.
Quote from: gallsman on October 08, 2017, 04:06:04 PM
A hard hitting interview from Tubs if ever there was one. ::)
Agree with Brolly 100% on this. Wish more pundits were able to speak out the way he does and day what they genuinely think. Pretty soon the "journalism" and "analysis" from the likes of Sky and JOE will be all that's left. Lowest common denominator stuff.
Coming from upper class Dublin, maybe Tubs actually understands how normal testimonials are?
A lot of people embarrassing themselves over a nothing event.
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 11:55:14 AM
That's your opinion and that's fine. My view is that it is a matter which only concerns Gooch and those who choose to attend. Everyone else should get on with their own lives and butt out!!!
Top GAA player having a testimonial is the business of GAA people. Too much of this trying to silence people from speaking out...
Quote from: longballin on October 08, 2017, 04:33:22 PM
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 11:55:14 AM
That's your opinion and that's fine. My view is that it is a matter which only concerns Gooch and those who choose to attend. Everyone else should get on with their own lives and butt out!!!
Top GAA player having a testimonial is the business of GAA people. Too much of this trying to silence people from speaking out...
In your opinion of course...... I am a GAA person and I don't believe it's my business!!!
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 05:08:00 PM
Quote from: longballin on October 08, 2017, 04:33:22 PM
Quote from: Gaffer on October 08, 2017, 11:55:14 AM
That's your opinion and that's fine. My view is that it is a matter which only concerns Gooch and those who choose to attend. Everyone else should get on with their own lives and butt out!!!
Top GAA player having a testimonial is the business of GAA people. Too much of this trying to silence people from speaking out...
In your opinion of course...... I am a GAA person and I don't believe it's my business!!!
so stop commenting :-X
Giving orders eh? ;D ;D
Brolly couldn't give a damn about what Gooch gets up to.
More interested in making headlines.
Should stick to his own life and not spouting about others
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 08, 2017, 06:21:05 PM
Brolly couldn't give a damn about what Gooch gets up to.
More interested in making headlines.
Should stick to his own life and not spouting about others
stop talking sh*te ye aul woman ya
Quote from: longballin on October 08, 2017, 06:28:40 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 08, 2017, 06:21:05 PM
Brolly couldn't give a damn about what Gooch gets up to.
More interested in making headlines.
Should stick to his own life and not spouting about others
stop talking sh*te ye aul woman ya
Stellar.
Quote from: Syferus on October 08, 2017, 06:41:38 PM
Quote from: longballin on October 08, 2017, 06:28:40 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 08, 2017, 06:21:05 PM
Brolly couldn't give a damn about what Gooch gets up to.
More interested in making headlines.
Should stick to his own life and not spouting about others
stop talking sh*te ye aul woman ya
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Stellar.
what does stellar mean?
Quote from: longballin on October 08, 2017, 06:28:40 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 08, 2017, 06:21:05 PM
Brolly couldn't give a damn about what Gooch gets up to.
More interested in making headlines.
Should stick to his own life and not spouting about others
stop talking sh*te ye aul woman ya
You are clearly a close relative of Brolly!! Jesus you re fighting tooth and nail for him here.
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 08, 2017, 07:19:32 PM
Quote from: longballin on October 08, 2017, 06:28:40 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 08, 2017, 06:21:05 PM
Brolly couldn't give a damn about what Gooch gets up to.
More interested in making headlines.
Should stick to his own life and not spouting about others
stop talking sh*te ye aul woman ya
You are clearly a close relative of Brolly!! Jesus you re fighting tooth and nail for him here.
Nah I'm not related but this idea of silencing people because you dont like their views... :-[
Power to the peoopppllleeeee!
Gooch is Greedy. He's even claimed a AI medal he played no part in winning. There's (sorta) no shame in that!
The Late Late interview was Cringe! He danced around the real questions and equated anybody who questioned him to the Rhetoric of Shure he thinks he's the best footballer ever!
He proceeded to lie with Ah shure Joe has apologised and sent me his blessing.
Moment fobbed off and we can move back to the plámásing from the Rte employee who employ me also.
Yer man in quare shape.
Robbie Williams obviously got his talent from the oul doll ??? ??? ??? ???
Philomena fecking Begley.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 21, 2017, 12:51:10 AM
Robbie Williams obviously got his talent from the oul doll ??? ??? ??? ???
Robbie is a glorified karaoke singer .
Christy moore.....legend.
Enjoyed that. Ruined by Nesbitt.
Quote from: 6th sam on November 17, 2017, 10:50:51 PM
Quote from: SHEEDY on November 17, 2017, 10:30:46 PM
Christy moore.....legend.
No matter how many times u see Christy , always brings a smile to your face.
Fair play to tubridy, unusually for RTE he allowed Christy to promote the fact that he takes pride in backing the underdog , a respected voice for controversial but conscientious causes.
Interesting how he uses creativity and talent to lighten the environment, while turning the screw on injustice , the Late late peaked tonight!
+1.
First time I looked at it in years because the Moorefield maestro was on it.
Christy magnificent .
Quote from: Rossfan on November 17, 2017, 11:41:27 PM
Quote from: 6th sam on November 17, 2017, 10:50:51 PM
Quote from: SHEEDY on November 17, 2017, 10:30:46 PM
Christy moore.....legend.
No matter how many times u see Christy , always brings a smile to your face.
Fair play to tubridy, unusually for RTE he allowed Christy to promote the fact that he takes pride in backing the underdog , a respected voice for controversial but conscientious causes.
Interesting how he uses creativity and talent to lighten the environment, while turning the screw on injustice , the Late late peaked tonight!
+1.
First time I looked at it in years because the Moorefield maestro was on it.
Christy magnificent .
I hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
QuoteI hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
Remember the night many years ago Christy played Newry Leisure Centre. When the gig was over, they locked the exits from the hall so the punters couldn't leave. The promoter took to the mic to announce no one was allowed to leave until Christy had left the carpark .... lovely.
Quote from: Syferus on November 18, 2017, 01:36:31 AM
Quote from: Rossfan on November 17, 2017, 11:41:27 PM
Quote from: 6th sam on November 17, 2017, 10:50:51 PM
Quote from: SHEEDY on November 17, 2017, 10:30:46 PM
Christy moore.....legend.
No matter how many times u see Christy , always brings a smile to your face.
Fair play to tubridy, unusually for RTE he allowed Christy to promote the fact that he takes pride in backing the underdog , a respected voice for controversial but conscientious causes.
Interesting how he uses creativity and talent to lighten the environment, while turning the screw on injustice , the Late late peaked tonight!
+1.
First time I looked at it in years because the Moorefield maestro was on it.
Christy magnificent .
I hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
Aye just right... pay to listen to him not some half cut tuneless arse singing along, shouting and clapping
Quote from: balladmaker on November 18, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
QuoteI hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
Remember the night many years ago Christy played Newry Leisure Centre. When the gig was over, they locked the exits from the hall so the punters couldn't leave. The promoter took to the mic to announce no one was allowed to leave until Christy had left the carpark .... lovely.
That being true, not much point singing about The Stardust then.
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on November 18, 2017, 04:13:25 PM
Quote from: balladmaker on November 18, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
QuoteI hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
Remember the night many years ago Christy played Newry Leisure Centre. When the gig was over, they locked the exits from the hall so the punters couldn't leave. The promoter took to the mic to announce no one was allowed to leave until Christy had left the carpark .... lovely.
That being true, not much point singing about The Stardust then.
As hypocritical as the rest of Irish establishment whether he likes it or not
The Toy Show is on this week, lads.
I actually got some tickets for Christy in Vicar's Street, he may be a sour buggar but his talent has never been in question. Looking forward to it.
Quote from: balladmaker on November 18, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
QuoteI hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
Remember the night many years ago Christy played Newry Leisure Centre. When the gig was over, they locked the exits from the hall so the punters couldn't leave. The promoter took to the mic to announce no one was allowed to leave until Christy had left the carpark .... lovely.
He was right.
Newry is an absolute mess to get through with heavy traffic. The lad needed a head start down the old Dublin road.
For the family men and women out there, be prepared, it's the Toy Show tonight. Get thinking of excuses if some one says, I hope Santy brings me that.
"Never write your Santa list before the Toy Show." That's my advice to my kids.
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Quote from: balladmaker on November 18, 2017, 01:04:12 PM
QuoteI hear he's a fair arse on stage though.
Remember the night many years ago Christy played Newry Leisure Centre. When the gig was over, they locked the exits from the hall so the punters couldn't leave. The promoter took to the mic to announce no one was allowed to leave until Christy had left the carpark .... lovely.
He was right.
Newry is an absolute mess to get through with heavy traffic. The lad needed a head start down the old Dublin road.
Are you sure he didn't just want out early to get a 99 in Timoney's?
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2017, 05:25:36 PM
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Jaysus you're a grumpy auld hoor.
I think it says something good about the disposition of Irish people when a toy show is the most watched program on television each year.
Fûck the usual begrudgers, it's usually good craic watching the toys not work half the time. Tubs has some monstrosity of a crowdsourced Christmas jumper he has to wear after trying to get away with wearing only a Christmas shirt last year.
Quote from: AZOffaly on December 01, 2017, 05:35:31 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2017, 05:25:36 PM
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Jaysus you're a grumpy auld hoor.
How dare y... Oh wait, maybe you're right! ;D
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2017, 05:25:36 PM
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Only in your head.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2017, 05:25:36 PM
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Big deal in our house ,our 7year old looking forward to it all week
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2017, 05:25:36 PM
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Whatever you say Ebenezer
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2017, 05:25:36 PM
The toy show is as annoying as Children in Need night. Avoid at all costs watching all that crap.
Calm down. Breathe. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Count to ten.
And don't be such a pessimist.
Why are the audience dressed like Mayo supporters? Especially when they are supposed to be under the sea?
Maybe it's a sign from Above - that Co Mayo is going to disappear under the Sea😀😁.
Bet the Ballagh will be glad they're in Ros then.
Tubridy is an absolute genius at this.
Very watchable
Quote from: thewobbler on December 01, 2017, 10:19:59 PM
Tubridy is an absolute genius at this.
Very watchable
" a genius" ? Geniuses invent life saving drugs , computer programmes , optimise land use .
Ryan is presenting a toy show .
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Quote from: thewobbler on December 01, 2017, 10:19:59 PM
Tubridy is an absolute genius at this.
Very watchable
" a genius" ? Geniuses invent life saving drugs , computer programmes , optimise land use .
Ryan is presenting a toy show .
There are many forms of genius, and the practical "right brain" definitely does not own copyright on the term.
There is genius in being able to entertain in any form. Do so as spontaneously as Tubridy does the Toy Show, is pure genius.
As much as I despise Tubridy on the actual LLS, he is made for this programme. Really should be on children's tv as he is able to engage with them at their level.
Tubridy has the gift of going with the flow and off script!
He gets better at this gig every year.
Tackling the housing issue with young Mia there. Nice touch with the holiday for the family.
Bringing the soldier home for his family was better than any of the celebrity cameos ever have been.
Quote from: Syferus on December 02, 2017, 12:09:42 AM
Bringing the soldier home for his family was better than any of the celebrity cameos ever have been.
You'd want a heart of stone not to be touched by the young lad roaring Daddy.
Quote from: Syferus on December 02, 2017, 12:09:42 AM
Bringing the soldier home for his family was better than any of the celebrity cameos ever have been.
Totally agree , brilliant to see the kids reaction
Thought it was a poor enough toy show this year. Would have liked to see more on the game consoles, more irish made toys. Was more of a toy show for the girls tbh
Quote from: Hereiam on December 02, 2017, 10:40:15 AM
Thought it was a poor enough toy show this year. Would have liked to see more on the game consoles, more irish made toys. Was more of a toy show for the girls tbh
Yeah, it's a tight schedule. Tubridy does a decent job hurrying the kids through their reviews without looking a Pr**k! There's a lot to fit in.
Quote from: Hereiam on December 02, 2017, 10:40:15 AM
Thought it was a poor enough toy show this year. Would have liked to see more on the game consoles, more irish made toys. Was more of a toy show for the girls tbh
It was one of the better ones.
Irish made toys tend to be shîte and not what kids actually want.
Oldie but a goodie. Awkward Lara Croft moment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtHlr9QAzYY
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on December 02, 2017, 04:58:39 PM
Oldie but a goodie. Awkward Lara Croft moment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtHlr9QAzYY
What was that all about?
Quote from: BennyCake on December 02, 2017, 05:32:58 PM
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on December 02, 2017, 04:58:39 PM
Oldie but a goodie. Awkward Lara Croft moment
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtHlr9QAzYY
What was that all about?
imagine sitting in the audience thinking wtf? theres a number of threads i could have posted this. Funny all the same.
Pat Shortt. Hmmmm.
Quote from: ONeill on December 08, 2017, 11:42:09 PM
Pat Shortt. Hmmmm.
Turned it off. Was giving me a redner.
Never heard any song of Ned Sheeran in my life before until last night. He was surprisingly good.
Aye ned Sheeran could do well for himself. Talented cub.
A very good Late Late show tonight...
Best Late Show in years.
The little Irish devil himself Charles J Haughey.
It's a while since I heard that Peat briquette tune.
Cigarettes evident on air and telegrams and busy phone lines to RTE to pay tribute.
All before emails and twitter.......
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 29, 2017, 10:48:01 PM
The little Irish devil himself Charles J Haughey.
I'd say Haughey would be deadly to follow on Twitter if he were around today.
Brilliant viewing music legends the lot of them.
Great piece of history tonight.
Took us back to what the LLS was when it was compulsory viewing.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 29, 2017, 10:48:01 PM
The little Irish devil himself Charles J Haughey.
https://www.rt.com/news/414560-mi5-uvf-haughey-plot/
Thought you might find this interesting.
Late Late tonight comprised of a series of Guests with Health issues. All sold as good news stories!
Is health now the national obsession?
Has this just become the theme of the Late Late?
Can RTE not attract/afford real celebrities anymore?
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 06, 2018, 12:41:28 AM
Late Late tonight comprised of a series of Guests with Health issues. All sold as good news stories!
Is health now the national obsession?
Has this just become the theme of the Late Late?
Can RTE not attract/afford real celebrities anymore?
It's January.
RTÉ news has been having a health crisis week.
Shock horror - numbers on trollies gone up as more people get sick in mid winter.
Or else Bowers was the only journalist rostered for the Christmas and New Year.
Quote from: Rossfan on December 30, 2017, 12:06:28 AM
Great piece of history tonight.
Took us back to what the LLS was when it was compulsory viewing.
the country operated in a much smaller mental space 30 years ago. Now you can follow any sleb on twitter and see what they think The days of everyone tuning into 1 programme are over.
Sher a lot of teenagers spend the time watching videos on YouTube and don't even watch telly.
Quote from: Rossfan on January 06, 2018, 11:55:29 AM
RTÉ news has been having a health crisis week.
Shock horror - numbers on trollies gone up as more people get sick in mid winter.
Or else Bowers was the only journalist rostered for the Christmas and New Year.
RTÉ is providing a public service by highlighting a disgrace. You wouldn't be sneering if you were on a trolley for 2 or 3 days.
Sean Spicer to appear on the show on Friday. Pity they couldn't have a tough interviewer like Browne or Cooper wheeled in to doi T rather than the fluff from Tubs the children's tv presenter.
Quote from: Rossfan on January 06, 2018, 11:55:29 AM
RTÉ news has been having a health crisis week.
Shock horror - numbers on trollies gone up as more people get sick in mid winter.
Or else Bowers was the only journalist rostered for the Christmas and New Year.
No need to expand services in Roscommon Hospital then!
Problems in the Health Service go back to 1987.
2,000 beds taken out if the system then as FF had to "correct" the public finances which they had fckd up between 1977 and 1981.
The population in 1987 was around 3.5 million.
Those beds were never replaced and now the population is 4.6m.
Be lovely to have a major hospital in Ros again but I'm afraid the status of Ros Hospital won't make much difference to the bigger picture.
Meanwhile RTÉ will discover the crisis in A&E every January as more people get sick and doctors surgeries close for Christmas and New Year.....
Liam Neeson: I'm 65.
Tubs: Are ya.
Some research done there.
Ham fisted attempt at answering about sexual harassment.
What is this shite with the bin and who are these prices pitting stuff in the bin. Is this seriously the best we can come up with.
Quote from: Itchy on January 12, 2018, 10:31:58 PM
What is this shite with the bin and who are these prices pitting stuff in the bin. Is this seriously the best we can come up with.
Budget version of Room 101.
Quote from: laoislad on January 12, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Why is the tool on the end of the couch not wearing socks.
Is that the fashion now?
Does he have skinny jeans and slip on shoes too
Think he was on before that boy with his brother.
His brother is a hard nut and trains McGregor.
Quote from: Gmac on January 12, 2018, 10:40:58 PM
Quote from: laoislad on January 12, 2018, 10:38:58 PM
Why is the tool on the end of the couch not wearing socks.
Is that the fashion now?
Does he have skinny jeans and slip on shoes too
https://youtu.be/kpZbaz3Wlfw
;D
If only Ryan would let a guest speak.
Oh, Sweet Jesus.
Drink taken.
What was Philomena Begley like? Mutton dressed as mutton
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 10, 2018, 02:28:15 PM
What was Philomena Begley like? Mutton dressed as mutton
Wash yer fcukin mouth out.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 10, 2018, 02:28:15 PM
What was Philomena Begley like? Mutton dressed as mutton
ffs! she's 75
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 10, 2018, 02:28:15 PM
What was Philomena Begley like? Mutton dressed as mutton
Classy.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 10, 2018, 02:28:15 PM
What was Philomena Begley like? Mutton dressed as mutton
You behave yourself hi
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 10, 2018, 02:28:15 PM
What was Philomena Begley like? Mutton dressed as mutton
That's didn't stop the bulge in your trousers
Actually one of the better ones tonight.
That woman should stop refering to the genocide in Ireland as a famine
Must say I feel compelled to go to that Art Exhibition. I thought she was very informative despite being rushed
Quote from: Seany on March 02, 2018, 10:32:38 PM
Actually one of the better ones tonight.
With guests brought in from the street.
Cliona looking good tonight
Quote from: Seany on March 02, 2018, 10:32:38 PM
Actually one of the better ones tonight.
I have to say Tubs is better at the more chaotic ones like the Toy Show etc.
Is Oliver Callan meant to be funny?
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 03, 2018, 12:13:28 PM
Is Oliver Callan meant to be funny?
I happened to flick to it when he was on. Changed again, I can't stand him.
Bro Jolly on tonight. The soft balls are being prepared as we speak to make build a platform for another sermon from the high sparrow
Oh sweet Jesus. Another reason to avoid Late Late (as if I don't have enough already).
Brolly will talk sweet shite and Tubs will lap it up.
No thank you - I'll watch the golf.
Can't wait to hear all about how Tyrone have ruined the game of Gaelic football. And even when it's other counties it's the fault of members of the back room staff hailing from Tyrone that are to blame.
Joe is always wheeled out after the NFL is finished to say something controversial and get people tuning in for the summer.
Quote from: RedHand88 on April 06, 2018, 01:22:34 PM
Can't wait to hear all about how Tyrone have ruined the game of Gaelic football. And even when it's other counties it's the fault of members of the back room staff hailing from Tyrone that are to blame.
A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Thought Brolly came across very well.
Very well indeed and honest.
Tubs useless with him. Better to just stick 50p in Joe and let him go but as usual Tubs had to keep jumping in with questions from his cue cards.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 06, 2018, 10:24:51 PM
Tubs useless with him. Better to just stick 50p in Joe and let him go but as usual Tubs had to keep jumping in with questions from his cue cards.
Yeah a couple of times when Joe literally said I'll tell ya a good story. FFS.
Joe's not everyone's cup of tea but can listen to him all right, an honest interview tonight, as for Tubridy a complete pain in the feckin hole!
Brolly would be a much better host of that programme. I'd bet he would treble the viewing figures.
Quote from: bannside on April 07, 2018, 12:46:08 AM
Brolly would be a much better host of that programme. I'd bet he would treble the viewing figures.
An interviewer is supposed to let the guest speak . Could be an issue on that score .
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 08:40:38 PM
Can't hide my excitement this evening.
And Big Tom buried today too.
Who's on the show tonight?
Fr Brian Darcy does a good Martin McHugh impression.
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 09:57:40 PM
This Big Tom stuff is shite tbh. Like an extension to his wake.
Thats a bit severe. He meant a lot to a lot of people. Press the remote button.
Ronan Keating a country music singer since when?
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 10:10:04 PM
Quote from: longballin on April 20, 2018, 10:05:26 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 09:57:40 PM
This Big Tom stuff is shite tbh. Like an extension to his wake.
Thats a bit severe. He meant a lot to a lot of people. Press the remote button.
How about play some of his music instead of having t**ts like Fr Darcy on chatting shite about him.
Go get offended by something else.
You're angry the nite Hardman... cool the jets lad :)
The oul biddies are showing the younguns up in the audience.
How do Country singers not get sued by the last act to release the exact same tune. Tipperary Girl is basically Hillbilly Rock.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 20, 2018, 10:15:13 PM
Ronan Keating a country music singer since when?
Oh dear. What song has he chosen to butcher now?
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 09:57:40 PM
This Big Tom stuff is shite tbh. Like an extension to his wake.
I'll be honest. I never heard of him to this week.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 20, 2018, 10:37:16 PM
How do Country singers not get sued by the last act to release the exact same tune. Tipperary Girl is basically Hillbilly Rock.
They get away with it because most fans like a nice tune with a good rhythm. They are not looking for in dept Lyrics or intricate music added to it. It's safe and their audience like safe. Nothing wrong with it if it is your thing. Just isn't mine!
I d say some Friday night concertss postponed throughout the country to put this show on.
"Sorry! LLS want me to appear on the Big Tom tribute show so stuff your patrons who had made arrangements"
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 20, 2018, 10:37:16 PM
How do Country singers not get sued by the last act to release the exact same tune. Tipperary Girl is basically Hillbilly Rock.
Maybe not...
https://youtu.be/Yd_yQv4v5i4
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 20, 2018, 11:05:26 PM
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 20, 2018, 10:37:16 PM
How do Country singers not get sued by the last act to release the exact same tune. Tipperary Girl is basically Hillbilly Rock.
Maybe not...
https://youtu.be/Yd_yQv4v5i4
That's Tipperary Girl though? I'm confused.
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
Good for her st the age
Was sandy Kelly the one that Johnny cash was entertaining
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Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
She sat on Turbridy's knee and then made reference (thrice) to him having "something in his pocket".
Meanwhile Norton had Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt LeBlanc, Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman in one night. #justsayin
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Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
She sat on Turbridy's knee and then made reference (thrice) to him having "something in his pocket".
Meanwhile Norton had Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt LeBlanc, Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman in one night. #justsayin
Of tharr I have heard of one and wouldn't pick her out of 20 strangers.....
Different folks.....
Quote from: Orchard park on April 20, 2018, 11:23:29 PM
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Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:11:03 PM
Quote from: Orchard park on April 20, 2018, 11:07:34 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
She sat on Turbridy's knee and then made reference (thrice) to him having "something in his pocket".
Meanwhile Norton had Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt LeBlanc, Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman in one night. #justsayin
Of tharr I have heard of one and wouldn't pick her out of 20 strangers.....
Different folks.....
Maybe some people like philomena flirting with a man half her age. One man's meat is another man's poison....
Quote from: RedHand88 on April 20, 2018, 11:28:34 PM
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Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:11:03 PM
Quote from: Orchard park on April 20, 2018, 11:07:34 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
She sat on Turbridy's knee and then made reference (thrice) to him having "something in his pocket".
Meanwhile Norton had Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt LeBlanc, Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman in one night. #justsayin
Of tharr I have heard of one and wouldn't pick her out of 20 strangers.....
Different folks.....
Maybe some people like philomena flirting with a man half her age. One man's meat is another man's poison....
Send Philomena onto Norton, and she'll turn him.
Quote from: RedHand88 on April 20, 2018, 11:28:34 PM
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Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:11:03 PM
Quote from: Orchard park on April 20, 2018, 11:07:34 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
She sat on Turbridy's knee and then made reference (thrice) to him having "something in his pocket".
Meanwhile Norton had Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt LeBlanc, Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman in one night. #justsayin
Of tharr I have heard of one and wouldn't pick her out of 20 strangers.....
Different folks.....
Maybe some people like philomena flirting with a man half her age. One man's meat is another man's poison....
I'm serious I never ever heard of 3 of the guests on norton you listed. What relevance that hss to philomeba begley i dont know
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Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:11:03 PM
Quote from: Orchard park on April 20, 2018, 11:07:34 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 20, 2018, 11:02:06 PM
Philomena, the aul hussy.
Is she fond of the blanket on the ground
She sat on Turbridy's knee and then made reference (thrice) to him having "something in his pocket".
Meanwhile Norton had Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt LeBlanc, Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman in one night. #justsayin
Of tharr I have heard of one and wouldn't pick her out of 20 strangers.....
Different folks.....
Maybe some people like philomena flirting with a man half her age. One man's meat is another man's poison....
I'm serious I never ever heard of 3 of the guests on norton you listed. What relevance that hss to philomeba begley i dont know
They're on at the same time on different channels.
And you prefer to watch BBC....
Quote from: Orchard park on April 20, 2018, 11:56:30 PM
And you prefer to watch BBC....
At that time on a Friday night absolutely.
The Late Late however bad is still better than the celebrity promo tour that is UK and US talk shows. Leaning into cultural moments (Big Tom) and societal issues is what the Late Late has always done well.
Last night is the annual country music show isn't it. Just a coincidence big Tom died.....
Not my cup of tea but must have a huge market when rte do it eacb year
It has but give me a few jigs and reels any day.
Bates lads in cowboy hats whining in American accents ;D
Quote from: Rossfan on April 21, 2018, 02:22:59 PM
It has but give me a few jigs and reels any day.
Bates lads in cowboy hats whining in American accents ;D
You literally don't like anything that isn't the most Irish possible version of anything, though.
And.......????
Quote from: Rossfan on April 21, 2018, 03:15:11 PM
And.......????
It's as one-dimensional as the GAA annual report.
Quote from: Orchard park on April 21, 2018, 12:06:04 PM
Last night is the annual country music show isn't it. Just a coincidence big Tom died.....
Not my cup of tea but must have a huge market when rte do it eacb year
The Sunday World entertainment ads are a good guideline.I imagine the top people make a lot of money.
In fairness RTE were very late in recognising the sector with a LLS show benediction. Country was officially recognised the same year as gay marriage.
The itinerants won't get a LLS for another few decades
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And.......????
It's as one-dimensional as the GAA annual report.
And.....?
The fact you don't see the problem says it all.
So youre just bullshitting again.
What's the problem?
I love (and try to play) Traditional music, I don't like Country and Western stuff.
Millions around the world have similar views.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 21, 2018, 05:28:20 PM
Quote from: Syferus on April 21, 2018, 04:27:11 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 21, 2018, 04:23:42 PM
Quote from: Syferus on April 21, 2018, 03:48:34 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 21, 2018, 03:15:11 PM
And.......????
It's as one-dimensional as the GAA annual report.
And.....?
The fact you don't see the problem says it all.
So youre just bullshitting again.
What's the problem?
I love (and try to play) Traditional music, I don't like Country and Western stuff.
Millions around the world have similar views.
As I said first, your preference extends to everything else too. Don't be trying to attach wheels to the goalposts like you usually do.
You'd better put that last post in English as it's totally incomprehensible -like most of what you post.
Fair play Rossfan. You've gone way up in my estimation. Roscommon have big names in Murtagh, Smith, Early, O'Gara etc but equally big hitters with names, Hanley, Guihan, Carlos, McGreevey and others. The biggest turnoff on the Late Late is when the producer gets the entire audience to clap their hands no matter who is playing
Wynne, McEviy, Carty, Gaffney.....
Disappointed to think I was down in your estimation :-\
No never down. Always great mates with Roscommon. Did we forget the greatest of them all. Molloy. Or which side of the border was he actually from.
Ours.....
He'# over 70 now
A great friend of a n exceptional accordionist from my town Seamus Shannon
Meanwhile on tonights Ray Darcys show and male porn star is interviewed.
Cripes! Seamus Shannon was the music at my wedding back in the day.
Lucky you.
Him and Terry (RIP) recorded "Men of Roscommon".
He does a programme every Sunday 12-2 on Shannonside.
Always starts with "How're ye all?".
Matt supports us but obviously can't say it too loud😂
Finally Philomena etc have had their day.
At least Lisa Mchugh gives us a nice bit of leg
That red head doll seems to have too much drink taken.
Speaker for No camp not convincing at all.
Quote from: longballin on April 27, 2018, 11:00:32 PM
Speaker for No camp not convincing at all.
Avoiding giving a straight answer all night.
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on April 27, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
Not nonsense at all but maybe you are more enlightened than Dr Boylan the Chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. As he explained thousands of abortions taking place dangerously and illegally using pills in Ireland and with a Yes vote this would be medically regulated. The 'NO' side was not convincing at all but case of that woman from the West who had to go to England certainly was a reason to vote Yes.
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on April 27, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
He's 100% correct.
He's a former Master of the National Maternity Hospital with over 40 years experience as an obstetrician. You're a blowhard on an internet forum.
Abortion is happening in Ireland and will continue to happen whether you like it or not.
The only sensible thing is to make it safe and legal rather than put extremely vulnerable women in danger.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 12:08:22 AM
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on April 27, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
He's 100% correct.
He's a former Master of the National Maternity Hospital with over 40 years experience as an obstetrician. You're a blowhard on an internet forum.
Abortion is happening in Ireland and will continue to happen whether you like it or not.
The only sensible thing is to make it safe and legal rather than put extremely vulnerable women in danger.
100% Sid
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 12:08:22 AM
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on April 27, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
He's 100% correct.
He's a former Master of the National Maternity Hospital with over 40 years experience as an obstetrician. You're a blowhard on an internet forum.
Abortion is happening in Ireland and will continue to happen whether you like it or not.
The only sensible thing is to make it safe and legal rather than put extremely vulnerable women in danger.
If the correct question was being asked, I'd vote yes.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 12:08:22 AM
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on April 27, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
He's 100% correct.
He's a former Master of the National Maternity Hospital with over 40 years experience as an obstetrician. You're a blowhard on an internet forum.
Abortion is happening in Ireland and will continue to happen whether you like it or not.
The only sensible thing is to make it safe and legal rather than put extremely vulnerable women in danger.
He is 100% correct but the same argument can be made for any law, whether it be drug use, murder, tax evasion, or parking violatations.
Medical doctors are experts on medicine not law btw so he is no better placed to give an opinion on the legal side of the argument than than any other layman.
Quote from: longballin on April 28, 2018, 12:09:21 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 12:08:22 AM
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on April 27, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
Dr Peter Boylan (Yes Advocate) : "If you vote NO you are voting against legal abortion and are therefore voting for illegal abortion".
What nonsense.
He's 100% correct.
He's a former Master of the National Maternity Hospital with over 40 years experience as an obstetrician. You're a blowhard on an internet forum.
Abortion is happening in Ireland and will continue to happen whether you like it or not.
The only sensible thing is to make it safe and legal rather than put extremely vulnerable women in danger.
100% Sid
I have great respect for Dr Boylan (he was my wife's gynaecologist in Holles Street when our children were born) but I disagree with his views on abortion.
I don't agree with the argument that because abortion is widely available across Europe it should therefore be available in Ireland.
I don't agree that abortion should be legalised because it is possible to purchase abortion pills online.
Eminent medical people have conceded that the 8th Amendment has not prevented the best treatment being provided to women in cases where their lives were in danger (I do agree that this did not happen in the Savita case but this was a case of medical negligence).
Removing the 8th Amendment will mean that there is no protection for the unborn between conception and 12 weeks (this could be extended in the future by Dail vote). It will open the doors to abortion on demand and will normalise abortion in this society. Of course people will argue that this has already happened as women travel to the UK and purchase abortion pills on line but in my opinion this arguement does not validate abortion on demand.
PS
Your calling me a "blowhard on an internet forum" says more about you that about me but I will not bother posting any more on this topic in the face of such abuse.
Just to clarify....the above post was in response to Sid Waddell.
The same Sid was responsible for this post on the main forum:
"I'd imagine there will be a couple of reasonable people to whom facts are important and who have thought through the issues in a calm and considered manner on the Yes side, and a couple of backward, shouting, lying ignoramuses to whom facts are irrelevant on the No side".
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
That is the sort of situation you want to allow happen again.
It is an utterly shameful reflection on Ireland that pregnant women cannot access treatment to protect their health in this country.
Think about that.
There is no situation in which I, as a man, cannot access treatment to protect my health if I need to.
Women do not have that right according to our constitution.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 11:08:38 AM
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
It's great the way a tragic case of medical malpractice has been cynically used by pro-abortion activists to open the door for abortion on demand.
There's a world of difference between Savita and a Sharon who got a drunk and pregnant by a Spanish sailor.
Quote from: Premier Emperor on April 28, 2018, 12:04:24 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 11:08:38 AM
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
It's great the way a tragic case of medical malpractice has been cynically used by pro-abortion activists to open the door for abortion on demand.
There's a world of difference between Savita and a Sharon who got a drunk and pregnant by a Spanish sailor.
Exactly. There's this strange attenpt at equivalence when it comes to abortion. Rape, incest and threat to mother all seem to be peddled our when people are trying to support abortion on demand. If that was all the yes campaign want to achieve why is not reflected in the proposed legislation?
I'm a man. I'll never get pregnant. I wonder what the out come would be if only women could vote?
Quote from: Denn Forever on April 28, 2018, 12:42:19 PM
I'm a man. I'll never get pregnant. I wonder what the out come would be if only women could vote?
That is one of the reasons why I'm considering not voting to be honest.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 11:08:38 AM
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
That is the sort of situation you want to allow happen again.
It is an utterly shameful reflection on Ireland that pregnant women cannot access treatment to protect their health in this country.
Think about that.
There is no situation in which I, as a man, cannot access treatment to protect my health if I need to.
Women do not have that right according to our constitution.
Under the status quo the rights of adult women are subordinated to the rights of a foetus.
For men the only equivalent would be if a cancer tumour was recognised by the law.
Far too many died when they didn't have to.
Seafoid , I think characterising your son or daughter as a cancer tumour says everything.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 28, 2018, 02:18:23 PM
Syferus , I think characterising your son or daughter as a cancer tumour says everything.
? ?
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 11:08:38 AM
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
That is the sort of situation you want to allow happen again.
It is an utterly shameful reflection on Ireland that pregnant women cannot access treatment to protect their health in this country.
Think about that.
There is no situation in which I, as a man, cannot access treatment to protect my health if I need to.
Women do not have that right according to our constitution.
Seriously? In a country where public patients are deteriorating and dying on waiting lists where they are waiting years for vital medical procedures? Only someone who has and has always had good private health insurance could come out with a statement as obnoxious as that.
This galway man who spends his days on his hands and knees with back pain has been told he'll have to wait 3 years for surgery.....
http://connachttribune.ie/botched-back-op-leaves-father-on-all-fours-576/
Quote from: Syferus on April 28, 2018, 02:27:53 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on April 28, 2018, 02:18:23 PM
Syferus , I think characterising your son or daughter as a cancer tumour says everything.
? ?
My apologies, I was using the phone.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 28, 2018, 12:51:29 PM
Quote from: Denn Forever on April 28, 2018, 12:42:19 PM
I'm a man. I'll never get pregnant. I wonder what the out come would be if only women could vote?
That is one of the reasons why I'm considering not voting to be honest.
Presumably you didn't vote in the gay marriage ref then?
Anyway As I understand it all men were in a womb at one point.
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 03:43:04 PM
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Not bringing an unwanted child into the world is taking far more responsibility for your actions than a lot of people who have children.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 28, 2018, 12:51:29 PM
Quote from: Denn Forever on April 28, 2018, 12:42:19 PM
I'm a man. I'll never get pregnant. I wonder what the out come would be if only women could vote?
That is one of the reasons why I'm considering not voting to be honest.
Tell the truth. You are taking the Friday off to go on the piss
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 28, 2018, 02:45:39 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 11:08:38 AM
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
That is the sort of situation you want to allow happen again.
It is an utterly shameful reflection on Ireland that pregnant women cannot access treatment to protect their health in this country.
Think about that.
There is no situation in which I, as a man, cannot access treatment to protect my health if I need to.
Women do not have that right according to our constitution.
Seriously? In a country where public patients are deteriorating and dying on waiting lists where they are waiting years for vital medical procedures? Only someone who has and has always had good private health insurance could come out with a statement as obnoxious as that.
This galway man who spends his days on his hands and knees with back pain has been told he'll have to wait 3 years for surgery.....
http://connachttribune.ie/botched-back-op-leaves-father-on-all-fours-576/
Could you please stop trying to mendaciously twist my words to suit your own agenda and name me a situation in which the law denies me, as a man, access to treatment which protects my health in the same way in which the law denies a pregnant woman access to treatment which would protect her health?
How does quoting you amount to twisting your words? You wrote the bit in bold, not me. Half the country "cannot access" the medical treatment they need when they need it, something your pontifications didn't allow for.
You're twisting your own words with that question about where the law denies people treatment.
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 28, 2018, 06:58:31 PM
How does quoting you amount to twisting your words? You wrote the bit in bold, not me. Half the country "cannot access" the medical treatment they need when they need it, something your pontifications didn't allow for.
You're twisting your own words with that question about where the law denies people treatment.
Don't play silly buggers, it's not a good look - attempting to rabbit hole only shows up your lack of an argument.
Can you name me an instance where our consitution and the law denies healthcare to men?
Because the 8th Amendment of our constitution and the law that follows from it specifically denies healthcare, essential healthcare, to women.
Savita Halappanavar was a victim of this and she paid with her life.
If the 8th Amendment didn't exist, she'd be alive, because she'd have got the essential healthcare she needed.
Medical staff wouldn't have had to wait for her situation to worsen and become life threatening.
That she couldn't get this essential heathcare because she was a pregnant woman shows Ireland up as an utterly backward country when it comes to its treatment of women - the system she was a victim of is one of outright discrimination.
This discriminatory situation can only be rectified by the obliteration of the 8th Amendment.
Any influence of Roman Catholic doctrine over healthcare and law in this country needs to be obliterated too.
That's the same Roman Catholic doctrine which means we never got a National Health Service, by the way.
As a Mayoman said not so long ago, read your history.
I've no interest in the abortion debate Sid. I won't be voting and abortion had nothing to do with the reason I found that line of yours annoying.
Quote from: Syferus on April 28, 2018, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 03:43:04 PM
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Not bringing an unwanted child into the world is taking far more responsibility for your actions than a lot of people who have children.
Lad I couldn't care less what a Muppet like you thinks and your comments will have no bearing on the way I vote
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 28, 2018, 09:53:12 PM
I've no interest in the abortion debate Sid. I won't be voting and abortion had nothing to do with the reason I found that line of yours annoying.
Lack of comprehension is the reason.
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 10:21:28 PM
Quote from: Syferus on April 28, 2018, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 03:43:04 PM
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Not bringing an unwanted child into the world is taking far more responsibility for your actions than a lot of people who have children.
Lad I couldn't care less what a Muppet like you thinks and your comments will have no bearing on the way I vote
You wouldn't have to tell me you couldn't care less if you couldn't care less.
Quote from: Syferus on April 28, 2018, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 03:43:04 PM
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Not bringing an unwanted child into the world is taking far more responsibility for your actions than a lot of people who have children.
:o
Good Lord!
This sent me dashing to the dictionary for the definition of responsibility. Thankfully my understanding was close enough to it... so I could only conclude that this poster either has no idea of what responsibility means or they just have no idea what is involved in raising a child.
Presumably its the latter
Quote from: omaghjoe on April 29, 2018, 01:59:54 AM
Quote from: Syferus on April 28, 2018, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 03:43:04 PM
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Not bringing an unwanted child into the world is taking far more responsibility for your actions than a lot of people who have children.
:o
Good Lord!
This sent me dashing to the dictionary for the definition of responsibility. Thankfully my understanding was close enough to it... so I could only conclude that this poster either has no idea of what responsibility means or they just have no idea what is involved in raising a child.
Presumably its the latter
Sometimes I wonder how people can so totally miss the most obvious of points just to get a dig in, and then I remember on GAABoard you're usually on the right track assuming the person is arguing in bad faith.
Quote from: Premier Emperor on April 28, 2018, 12:04:24 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 11:08:38 AM
Savita Halappanavar died because she couldn't have an abortion.
It's great the way a tragic case of medical malpractice has been cynically used by pro-abortion activists to open the door for abortion on demand.
There's a world of difference between Savita and a Sharon who got a drunk and pregnant by a Spanish sailor.
I thought it was Georgie Burgess?
Quote from: Syferus on April 29, 2018, 03:06:05 AM
Quote from: omaghjoe on April 29, 2018, 01:59:54 AM
Quote from: Syferus on April 28, 2018, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: Itchy on April 28, 2018, 03:43:04 PM
I'm a wavering yes voter. I don't like the idea of abortion on demand as I believe people should take responsibility for their actions. I do believe in extreme cases such as rape, incest etc that abortion should be allowed. However my wavering is that a law seems to be being justified by a tiny minority of extreme cases. Maybe my position isn't possible to legislate around
Not bringing an unwanted child into the world is taking far more responsibility for your actions than a lot of people who have children.
:o
Good Lord!
This sent me dashing to the dictionary for the definition of responsibility. Thankfully my understanding was close enough to it... so I could only conclude that this poster either has no idea of what responsibility means or they just have no idea what is involved in raising a child.
Presumably its the latter
Sometimes I wonder how people can so totally miss the most obvious of points just to get a dig in, and then I remember on GAABoard you're usually on the right track assuming the person is arguing in bad faith.
You could easily have made your point without having a dig at parents.
I thought your main point dug a big enough obvious hole for itself to even warrant a rebuke, Sy. Your point is that.... abortions are carried out by people undertaking a responsibility....
Sorry Sy, but the opposite is the case.
This reminds me a bit of Brexit & Trump say the opposite of what is actually the case, and for some reason people will start to believe it.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 10:36:06 PM
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 28, 2018, 09:53:12 PM
I've no interest in the abortion debate Sid. I won't be voting and abortion had nothing to do with the reason I found that line of yours annoying.
Lack of comprehension is the reason.
"There is no situation in which I, as a man, cannot access treatment to protect my health if I need to."
It's a blinkered middle-class pontification and your condescension about my comprehension goes well with it.
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 29, 2018, 07:22:31 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 28, 2018, 10:36:06 PM
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 28, 2018, 09:53:12 PM
I've no interest in the abortion debate Sid. I won't be voting and abortion had nothing to do with the reason I found that line of yours annoying.
Lack of comprehension is the reason.
"There is no situation in which I, as a man, cannot access treatment to protect my health if I need to."
It's a blinkered middle-class pontification and your condescension about my comprehension goes well with it.
And you conveniently left out the next sentence: "Women do not have that right according to our constitution."
Again, you show your lack of comprehension skills, and it's also clear you're lying about not having an interest in the debate about the 8th Amendment, otherwise you wouldn't be commenting.
There's only one possible reason for that - that you have a vested interest in denying women healthcare by retaining the 8th Amendment.
And you still can't name one situation in which I would be denied healthcare because I'm a man, preferring to invent an imagined little strawman scenario abot mysef in your own head to suit your own agenda.
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
What made it worse was that she was a foreigner. She would still be alive if she had gone to hospital in France.
She wasn't one of our women who can be abused because they are Irish and deserve it.
The law isn't very good when it comes to the messy business of human bodies.
Justine McCarthy in the Sunday Times reports that our new National Maternity Hospital "will have to uphold the ethos of nuns".
It's time for the Roman Catholic church to fook off and leave ordinary people alone.
2013
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c62bbd6e-5661-11e2-aa70-00144feab49a.html
January 6, 2013 7:29 pm
Savita Halappanavar checked into a hospital in Galway, a city on the west coast of Ireland, on October 21 last year with back pain and was found to be having a miscarriage. A week later the 31-year-old dentist from India, who was 17 weeks pregnant, died of septicaemia following the refusal of medical staff to perform an abortion.
"They told my wife they couldn't terminate the foetus when there was still a foetal heart beat even though the baby could not survive. They said it was because this was a Catholic country," says Praveen Halappanavar. "I have no doubt that Savita would still be with us if we lived in another country. How can this happen in a country like Ireland in the 21st century?"
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/no-point-in-saving-economy-if-child-s-right-to-life-compromised-says-harte-1.963998
Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte told thousands attending Saturday's "Unite for Life Vigil" in Dublin he was "most concerned that this Government proposes to legislate for abortion".
There was, he said "no issue more important than the protection of human life. There's no point in saving the economy if a child's right to life is compromised or forgotten".
Introduced by Dr Eoghan de Faoite of Youth Defence as "the most successful Tyrone manager of all time, GAA hero and all- round Irish statesman", Mr Harte continued: "our political leaders must not give in to the inclination to be pragmatic".
The idea, now enshrined in our Constitution, that there is an equal right to life of the unborn child and of the mother is nonsense, as is the contention that the unborn child has an unconditional right to life, irrespective of what cost that might be to the person (ie the mother) who alone can give that child sustenance until birth.
There is no unconditional right to life on the part of anybody. For instance, a person in need of a kidney transplant has no right to demand of a suitable donor to give over their spare kidney to them.
Just think of the reaction there would be were the Oireachtas to pass a law requiring healthy males to donate a kidney to another person, urgently in need of a transplant, even though a healthy male could easily live a healthy and full life thereafter with the remaining kidney.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/equal-right-to-life-of-the-unborn-is-a-nonsense-1.961962
How is that worse than requiring a woman to give her body to the sustenance of another human being when doing so would injure her life very considerably?
Suppose a healthy male, in hospital for a minor operation, were to awake to find himself hooked up to another person for a few months, so that this other person would live. Would any of us consider it would be okay for a law to be passed that criminalised that male for refusing to give sustenance to the other person? And criminalise anybody who assisted that healthy male in unhooking him from that other person, even when thereby that other person would die?
2014
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ireland-woman-forced-birth-denied-abortion
A young woman has been legally forced to give birth by caesarean section after being denied an abortion in Ireland, in a case experts say exposes flaws in recent reform meant to allow limited terminations.
The woman, who is an immigrant and cannot be named for legal reasons, was refused an abortion even though at eight weeks she demanded a termination, claiming she was suicidal.
After she then threatened a hunger strike to protest the decision, local health authorities obtained a court order to deliver the baby prematurely – at around 25 weeks according to some reports – to ensure its safety. The infant has been placed in care.
The case is the first proper test of the 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, which allows for limited abortions in Irish hospitals. The law provides for cases where the woman's life would be in danger if she goes full term, or in cases where she is suicidal in such instances as rape and incest. Critics say that in this instance the law has proved of no practical value to the woman concerned.
The case also highlights medical guidelines given to Irish doctors, which pro-choice organisations said would seriously obstruct suicidal women seeking abortions. The guidelines mean that women seeking an abortion could need approval from up to seven experts.
and the absolute pits
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/18/irish-doctors-legal-advice-brain-dead-pregnant-woman
Ireland's highly restrictive abortion laws have come under renewed focus after it emerged that doctors in an Irish hospital are seeking legal advice over whether they can switch off the life support machine of a brain-dead woman who is 16 weeks pregnant.
The family of the woman want the medical team there to allow her to die. The woman, who is understood to be in her mid to late twenties, suffered head trauma and a clot to the brain.
But even though there is no chance of revival, doctors at the hospital are reluctant to carry out her family's wishes because she is 16 weeks pregnant.
Under the 8th amendment to the Irish Republic's constitution the foetus inside her is as much an Irish citizen as the clinically dead mother.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/why-ireland-became-the-only-country-in-the-democratic-world-to-have-a-constitutional-ban-on-abortion-1.1907610
Why Ireland became the only country in the democratic world to have a constitutional ban on abortion
Opinion: Sectarian, paranoid, apocalyptic ideology gave us the eighth amendment
Fintan O'Toole
Tue, Aug 26, 2014, 12:01
First published:Tue, Aug 26, 2014, 12:01
The most successful single issue movement in the history of the State, the Pro-Life Amendment Campaign (PLAC), was established in January 1981 by 13 organisations: the Congress of Catholic Secondary School Parents' Associations; the Irish Catholic Doctors' Guild; the Guild of Catholic Nurses; the Guild of Catholic Pharmacists; the Catholic Young Men's Society; the St Thomas More Society; the Irish Pro-Life Movement; the National Association of the Ovulation Method ("natural" contraception endorsed by the Catholic church); the Council of Social Concern (COSC); the Irish Responsible Society; the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children; the St Joseph's Young Priests Society (young Catholic priests, that is); and the Christian Brothers Schools Parents' Federation. The initial meeting was chaired by the head of a 14th organisation that was immensely influential on the campaign behind the scenes, the secretive, all-male brotherhood the Order of the Knights of Columbanus.
These are the bodies that made Ireland unique in the democratic world in having a ban on abortion in its constitution. In spite of a great deal of revisionism, their sectarian character is obvious: 10 of these bodies were explicitly and exclusively Catholic. The other four were almost entirely made up of conservative Catholic activists. (By contrast, all Irish Protestant churches opposed the amendment.) For all of these groups, abortion was just one front in a wider religious war.
Amendment
The meeting that established PLAC was called by John O'Reilly, described in Tom Hesketh's fine history of the amendment (written from a pro-amendment point of view), The Second Partitioning of Ireland, as "perhaps the main instigator of PLAC". He was vice-chairman of COSC and secretary and co-founder of the Irish Responsible Society.
He seems to have been the person who first conceived the idea of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment, as far back as 1974. O'Reilly generally kept a low profile but he broke the surface in an extraordinary court case.
In 1973, he got his daughters, aged 10 and nine, to write to the Irish Family Planning Association in Dublin, posing as adults, enclosing money and asking for condoms and spermicide. He then succeeded in having criminal charges brought against the IFPA.
John O'Reilly explicitly regarded a successful anti-abortion amendment as a prelude to action against contraception and "illegitimacy": "The campaign for a pro-life amendment would enjoy widespread support now and the success of the campaign would serve to halt the permissive tide in other areas."
For O'Reilly "pro-life" was the opposite of "anti-life", a term which incorporated the availability of contraception and (weirdly) the rising number of babies born out of wedlock.
But COSC's agenda was wide: its first attack was on the formation of a multidenominational primary school in Dalkey in 1976. Its member organisations, such as the League of Decency, cut their teeth in campaigns against "dirty" TV shows, family planning clinics and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
The Irish Responsible Society, of which five key PLAC leaders were members, was the Irish branch of the group led by the English right-wing Catholic activist Valerie Riches (now a papal dame). For Riches, the degeneration of society through sexual permissiveness was a conspiracy driven by International Planned Parenthood.
She and her Irish followers were especially obsessed with the dangers of sex education, especially that which "emphasises that homosexual activity is normal and natural".
The morning-after pill was also, in their eyes, a special horror because it changed "the definition of the moment when human life starts from fertilisation to implantation". All of this conjured an apocalyptic vision: "the issue at stake concerns the very fabric of society, the very future of the human race."
Headquarters
Riches warned a meeting at the Knights of Columbanus headquarters in Dublin in 1980 of an ascending scale of moral depravity from contraception to abortion to homosexuality.
The first action of her Irish followers was to campaign against a small State grant to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Its next campaign was against the removal of the stigma of illegitimacy from children born out of wedlock.
This is the ideology – sectarian, paranoid, apocalyptic – that gave us the eighth amendment. It was utterly dismissive of any qualifications to its absolutist views and saw all "sob stories" as liberal conspiracies.
Bernadette Bonar, a leading PLAC and Responsible Society figure, warned of pro-abortion conspirators turning up at a TD's clinics: "seemingly respectable little women giving him sob stories about 12-year-olds being raped."
Loretto Browne, also a prominent PLAC and Responsible Society leader, told me in 1982 that rape very seldom results in pregnancy because "men that go in for rape are usually not fertile, they tend to be impotent".
She pointed, moreover, to the rising numbers of alleged homosexuals in Ireland as further evidence of conspiracy: "By natural law we couldn't have that many misfits ... there couldn't be that many physically deformed people in society."
These were the people who created the Irish abortion regime. Most of them are long gone from the public stage – COSC and the Irish Responsible Society no longer exist. Their world view is marginal. But their legacy abides for women not born when it was in its pomp
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
I'm voting Yes, but I disagree with you using the tragic Savita case. She may not be the only one, but she's the only one I'm aware of who died from medical negligence as a result of an interpretation of the 8th. Many women received the treatment that Savita didn't.
Your last sentence is interesting. A lot of people believe abortion is barbaric, and not just the religious. That's what makes it such a difficult subject. It really is best not to even think about the procedure where the baby's body has been formed.
I don't know anything about the workings / side effects of the morning after pill, but you'd think having it widely available and easy to obtain would be a good thing and vastly reduce the need/want for abortions. Although perhaps there is a medical reason for not having a container of them beside your vitamins, etc.
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
I'm voting Yes, but I disagree with you using the tragic Savita case. She may not be the only one, but she's the only one I'm aware of who died from medical negligence as a result of an interpretation of the 8th. Many women received the treatment that Savita didn't.
Your last sentence is interesting. A lot of people believe abortion is barbaric, and not just the religious. That's what makes it such a difficult subject. It really is best not to even think about the procedure where the baby's body has been formed.
I don't know anything about the workings / side effects of the morning after pill, but you'd think having it widely available and easy to obtain would be a good thing and vastly reduce the need/want for abortions. Although perhaps there is a medical reason for not having a container of them beside your vitamins, etc.
The Savita case is highlighted because it proves that having medical neglicence enshrined in our constitution results in unnecessary death.
There's a reason people don't like it being highlighted. It forces Irish people to confront the reality that our constitution discriminates against women.
The Michelle Harte case in another which shows the reality of Ireland's unequal access to healthcare based on the sex of the patient.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/abortion-nightmare-for-cancer-sufferer-michelle-27340507.html
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that our abortion laws are "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/un-says-ireland-s-abortion-ban-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading-1.2678246
That situation can only be rectified by obliterating the 8th Amendment.
A 12 week old foetus is nowhere near a fully formed human being and has no ability to survive independently. It has no ability whatsoever to feel anything.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 11:29:04 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
I'm voting Yes, but I disagree with you using the tragic Savita case. She may not be the only one, but she's the only one I'm aware of who died from medical negligence as a result of an interpretation of the 8th. Many women received the treatment that Savita didn't.
Your last sentence is interesting. A lot of people believe abortion is barbaric, and not just the religious. That's what makes it such a difficult subject. It really is best not to even think about the procedure where the baby's body has been formed.
I don't know anything about the workings / side effects of the morning after pill, but you'd think having it widely available and easy to obtain would be a good thing and vastly reduce the need/want for abortions. Although perhaps there is a medical reason for not having a container of them beside your vitamins, etc.
The Savita case is highlighted because it proves that having medical neglicence enshrined in our constitution results in unnecessary death.
There's a reason people don't like it being highlighted. It forces Irish people to confront the reality that our constitution discriminates against women.
The Michelle Harte case in another which shows the reality of Ireland's unequal access to healthcare based on the sex of the patient.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/abortion-nightmare-for-cancer-sufferer-michelle-27340507.html
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that our abortion laws are "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/un-says-ireland-s-abortion-ban-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading-1.2678246
That situation can only be rectified by obliterating the 8th Amendment.
A 12 week old foetus is nowhere near a fully formed human being and has no ability to survive independently. It has no ability whatsoever to feel anything.
The amendment was overwhelmed by reality.
The Savita case, the suicidal migrant case and the dead woman on life support case all happened because of the Amendment.
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 11:29:04 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
I'm voting Yes, but I disagree with you using the tragic Savita case. She may not be the only one, but she's the only one I'm aware of who died from medical negligence as a result of an interpretation of the 8th. Many women received the treatment that Savita didn't.
Your last sentence is interesting. A lot of people believe abortion is barbaric, and not just the religious. That's what makes it such a difficult subject. It really is best not to even think about the procedure where the baby's body has been formed.
I don't know anything about the workings / side effects of the morning after pill, but you'd think having it widely available and easy to obtain would be a good thing and vastly reduce the need/want for abortions. Although perhaps there is a medical reason for not having a container of them beside your vitamins, etc.
The Savita case is highlighted because it proves that having medical neglicence enshrined in our constitution results in unnecessary death.
There's a reason people don't like it being highlighted. It forces Irish people to confront the reality that our constitution discriminates against women.
The Michelle Harte case in another which shows the reality of Ireland's unequal access to healthcare based on the sex of the patient.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/abortion-nightmare-for-cancer-sufferer-michelle-27340507.html
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that our abortion laws are "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/un-says-ireland-s-abortion-ban-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading-1.2678246
That situation can only be rectified by obliterating the 8th Amendment.
A 12 week old foetus is nowhere near a fully formed human being and has no ability to survive independently. It has no ability whatsoever to feel anything.
This is what it seems the on demand abortion side of argument relies on and it is bandied about as fact when it is anything but.
No human can survive independently, and no human can survive without fairly constant care until a few years after birth
There is brain activity well before the 12 week mark, to what extend they have a conscious experience no one knows. What we do know is that there is a unique human life present that is expressing a desire to survive and grow.
I would be in favour of abortion being available in cases of foetal abnormalities and in rape cases. There is no excuse for it being used as a method of birth control , given that we are in the 21st century and the availability of contraceptives.
Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 01, 2018, 07:28:57 AM
I would be in favour of abortion being available in cases of foetal abnormalities and in rape cases. There is no excuse for it being used as a method of birth control , given that we are in the 21st century and the availability of contraceptives.
This is another quandary, among a myriad of complex issues in this debate.
If someone thinks it's wrong to allow abortions, but it's ok to abort the baby where the baby's father was a rapist.
If it's wrong/murder, then it's still wrong/murder no matter what kind of evil hoor the baby's father happens to be. Beyond horrible for the mother / rape victim, however, being put through 9 months of unwanted pregnancy with constant reminders of the rape is no excuse to murder an innocent (if that's what you believe abortion is). Baby will have no shortage of takers if put up for adoption.
And then you've the potential situation (thankfully very rare, but not unheard of) of a mother who'd prefer suicide to carrying and delivering a baby. A no brainer if you think abortion is just another medical procedure. But where you think abortion is murder, it's an absolute minefield.
Quote from: omaghjoe on May 01, 2018, 07:09:54 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 11:29:04 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
I'm voting Yes, but I disagree with you using the tragic Savita case. She may not be the only one, but she's the only one I'm aware of who died from medical negligence as a result of an interpretation of the 8th. Many women received the treatment that Savita didn't.
Your last sentence is interesting. A lot of people believe abortion is barbaric, and not just the religious. That's what makes it such a difficult subject. It really is best not to even think about the procedure where the baby's body has been formed.
I don't know anything about the workings / side effects of the morning after pill, but you'd think having it widely available and easy to obtain would be a good thing and vastly reduce the need/want for abortions. Although perhaps there is a medical reason for not having a container of them beside your vitamins, etc.
The Savita case is highlighted because it proves that having medical neglicence enshrined in our constitution results in unnecessary death.
There's a reason people don't like it being highlighted. It forces Irish people to confront the reality that our constitution discriminates against women.
The Michelle Harte case in another which shows the reality of Ireland's unequal access to healthcare based on the sex of the patient.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/abortion-nightmare-for-cancer-sufferer-michelle-27340507.html
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that our abortion laws are "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/un-says-ireland-s-abortion-ban-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading-1.2678246
That situation can only be rectified by obliterating the 8th Amendment.
A 12 week old foetus is nowhere near a fully formed human being and has no ability to survive independently. It has no ability whatsoever to feel anything.
This is what it seems the on demand abortion side of argument relies on and it is bandied about as fact when it is anything but.
No human can survive independently, and no human can survive without fairly constant care until a few years after birth
There is brain activity well before the 12 week mark, to what extend they have a conscious experience no one knows. What we do know is that there is a unique human life present that is expressing a desire to survive and grow.
I said way back I wouldn't say any more on this thread but I can't let repeated uses of this bullshit term pass. It's completely inaccurate and disingenuous. It's crystal clear what people are voting on and it is not "on demand abortion". By using such terminology you either show an alarming misunderstanding of the situation or it's something more sinister. The "No" side talk about compassion and support for women yet use clearly divisive and destructive terms like the above - it's a huge contradiction which underlines that care for women is not really on their agenda.
There is no "on demand abortion" side. There are people who understand the need for choice and flexibility so that proper care can be given to women. No one is running over to England and going - yippee, I just got an abortion. It's a horrible decision that come people make in their particular circumstances because in their judgement it's less bad than the alternative. That's all. I'll leave ye to it.
Quote from: omaghjoe on May 01, 2018, 07:09:54 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 11:29:04 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on April 30, 2018, 09:31:06 AM
Quote from: Hound on April 30, 2018, 09:21:16 AM
I thought Savita was a case of medical negligence rather than the 8th? Albeit a mis-reading of the 8th seems to have caused it. There have been many many women who received the treatment that Savita required, and very few who died from lack of it.
Unfortunately, it's nearly every day that there's a report in the paper about a compensation case against the HSE for medical incompetence in some hospital or another leading to death or life altering circumstances
The 8th Amendment enshrines medical negligence in the constitution.
A woman cannot get essential healthcare when there is a threat to her health.
The threat to her health has to develop into a threat to her life.
Until it's too late, in other words.
Essential healthcare in Savita's case was an abortion. She couldn't get one. If she had, she'd be alive.
The 8th Amendment is barbaric.
I'm voting Yes, but I disagree with you using the tragic Savita case. She may not be the only one, but she's the only one I'm aware of who died from medical negligence as a result of an interpretation of the 8th. Many women received the treatment that Savita didn't.
Your last sentence is interesting. A lot of people believe abortion is barbaric, and not just the religious. That's what makes it such a difficult subject. It really is best not to even think about the procedure where the baby's body has been formed.
I don't know anything about the workings / side effects of the morning after pill, but you'd think having it widely available and easy to obtain would be a good thing and vastly reduce the need/want for abortions. Although perhaps there is a medical reason for not having a container of them beside your vitamins, etc.
The Savita case is highlighted because it proves that having medical neglicence enshrined in our constitution results in unnecessary death.
There's a reason people don't like it being highlighted. It forces Irish people to confront the reality that our constitution discriminates against women.
The Michelle Harte case in another which shows the reality of Ireland's unequal access to healthcare based on the sex of the patient.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/abortion-nightmare-for-cancer-sufferer-michelle-27340507.html
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that our abortion laws are "cruel, inhuman and degrading".
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/un-says-ireland-s-abortion-ban-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading-1.2678246
That situation can only be rectified by obliterating the 8th Amendment.
A 12 week old foetus is nowhere near a fully formed human being and has no ability to survive independently. It has no ability whatsoever to feel anything.
This is what it seems the on demand abortion side of argument relies on and it is bandied about as fact when it is anything but.
No human can survive independently, and no human can survive without fairly constant care until a few years after birth
There is brain activity well before the 12 week mark, to what extend they have a conscious experience no one knows. What we do know is that there is a unique human life present that is expressing a desire to survive and grow.
A 12 week old foetus cannot survive outside the womb. That's what I mean by surviving independently, as you well know.
We do know what conscious experience a 12 week old foetus has.
The answer is none whatsoever.
It's hard to have a debate when one side is so intent on spreading lies.
Quote from: Hound on May 01, 2018, 08:17:38 AM
Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 01, 2018, 07:28:57 AM
I would be in favour of abortion being available in cases of foetal abnormalities and in rape cases. There is no excuse for it being used as a method of birth control , given that we are in the 21st century and the availability of contraceptives.
This is another quandary, among a myriad of complex issues in this debate.
If someone thinks it's wrong to allow abortions, but it's ok to abort the baby where the baby's father was a rapist.
If it's wrong/murder, then it's still wrong/murder no matter what kind of evil hoor the baby's father happens to be. Beyond horrible for the mother / rape victim, however, being put through 9 months of unwanted pregnancy with constant reminders of the rape is no excuse to murder an innocent (if that's what you believe abortion is). Baby will have no shortage of takers if put up for adoption.
And then you've the potential situation (thankfully very rare, but not unheard of) of a mother who'd prefer suicide to carrying and delivering a baby. A no brainer if you think abortion is just another medical procedure. But where you think abortion is murder, it's an absolute minefield.
Anybody who genuinely thinks abortion amounts to murder should be pushing for the abolition of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
None of them are, because it would show them up for what they are.
Seanie,
I might be wrong, but I thought the referendum proposes abortions in any circumstances up to 12 weeks? Is that not essentially elective abortions?
I read the website from the referendum commission, and what is being proposed is :
"The present legal position is therefore that it is lawful for a pregnancy to be terminated only where it poses a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, including a risk of suicide. This is determined in accordance with the 2013 Act. Otherwise, it is a criminal offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life."
"If a majority votes Yes, this will allow the Oireachtas to pass laws regulating the termination of pregnancy. These laws need not limit the availability of termination to circumstances where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother. Any law may be changed by the Oireachtas. If challenged, any law may be declared invalid by the courts if it conflicts with the Constitution.
If a majority votes Yes, the current law, including the law on travel and information, will remain in place unless and until it is changed by new law or is declared invalid by the courts."
Therefore, if the question is about protecting people like Savita, the constitution already seems to provide for that.
If the question is about cases of pregnancy after rape or incest, or fatal foetal abnormalities, why is that not specifically provided for in the proposed change?
By wording it the way they have, they are actually proposing a change which will allow laws be passed to make Abortion a legal option in many different circumstances.
And just to be clear, while the referendum does not explicitly mention 12 weeks, the proposed bill which would be brought forward on a Yes vote has the following section..
Head 7: Early pregnancy (12 weeks)
7. (1) It shall be lawful to carry out a termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Head
where a medical practitioner certifies, that in his or her reasonable opinion formed in good
faith, the pregnancy concerned has not exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy.
(2) It shall be necessary for 72 hours to elapse between the time of the certification referred to
in subhead (1) and the termination of pregnancy being carried out.
(3) The medical practitioner referred to in subhead (1) shall make such arrangements as he or
she shall deem to be necessary for the carrying out of the termination of pregnancy as soon as
may be after the period referred to in subhead (2) has elapsed but before the pregnancy has
exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy.
(4) For the purposes of this Head, ―12 weeks of pregnancy‖ shall be construed in
accordance with the medical principle that pregnancy is dated from the first day of a
woman's last menstrual period.
That, if enacted, woud allow for abortion in ANY circumstances up to 12 weeks. Abortion must be an horrific decision, and I can absolutely see circumstances where it may be the 'least bad' option, however I do feel uncomfortable with that provision in the bill, and with a referendum which allows for such a provision.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 12:58:12 PM
Therefore, if the question is about protecting people like Savita, the constitution already seems to provide for that.
It doesn't.
In the Savita case it was deemed that there was not a risk to her life, only to her health.
By the time it was deemed there was a risk to her life, it was too late.
Note that this is still the case even after the passing of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
Quote from: sid waddell on May 01, 2018, 01:08:30 PM
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 12:58:12 PM
Therefore, if the question is about protecting people like Savita, the constitution already seems to provide for that.
It doesn't.
In the Savita case it was deemed that there was not a risk to her life, only to her health.
By the time it was deemed there was a risk to her life, it was too late.
Note that this is still the case even after the passing of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
But is that not a case of medical malpractice potentially. i.e. they minimised the threat to her life? The current legislation should have been sufficient in her case, but the doctors botched it.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 01:10:28 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 01, 2018, 01:08:30 PM
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 12:58:12 PM
Therefore, if the question is about protecting people like Savita, the constitution already seems to provide for that.
It doesn't.
In the Savita case it was deemed that there was not a risk to her life, only to her health.
By the time it was deemed there was a risk to her life, it was too late.
Note that this is still the case even after the passing of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
But is that not a case of medical malpractice potentially. i.e. they minimised the threat to her life? The current legislation should have been sufficient in her case, but the doctors botched it.
No.
In, say, any other European country, where there is no 8th Amendment, it would undoubtedly have been medical negligence and malpractice. But what would be medical negligence and malpractice anywhere else, is specifically enshrined in our constitution.
The Savita case was the constitution working exactly as it was designed to work. The 8th Amendment takes no account of the real consequences for women of rigid, ideological religious dogma.
Sorry sid, but on reading the actual constitution wording, I can't agree with that. There is specific provision to allow for termination where there is a real or substantive risk. If the doctors think there is no risk, and are wrong, then they have made an arse of it.
If they feel there is a risk, the constitution allows for the termination to save the mother. It seems black and white, and is not otherwise 'enshrined' in the constitution.
If the 2013 act puts too much of a burden on proving a real risk to life of the mother, then perhaps the 2013 act needs to be reviewed in that context, rather than what is currently being proposed.
I won't paste the actual PDF because it's too long, but the link is here...http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/35/enacted/en/pdf (http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/35/enacted/en/pdf)
My reading is that the act should have saved Savita's life, but the doctors were casual or late in determining the risk.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 01:24:29 PM
Sorry sid, but on reading the actual constitution wording, I can't agree with that. There is specific provision to allow for termination where there is a real or substantive risk. If the doctors think there is no risk, and are wrong, then they have made an arse of it.
If they feel there is a risk, the constitution allows for the termination to save the mother. It seems black and white, and is not otherwise 'enshrined' in the constitution.
If the 2013 act puts too much of a burden on proving a real risk to life of the mother, then perhaps the 2013 act needs to be reviewed in that context, rather than what is currently being proposed.
I won't paste the actual PDF because it's too long, but the link is here...http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/35/enacted/en/pdf (http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2013/act/35/enacted/en/pdf)
My reading is that the act should have saved Savita's life, but the doctors were casual or late in determining the risk.
The 2013 act is irrelevant to a case such as the Savita one. The Savita case merely brought public pressure on the Government to legislate for the existing X Case ruling, which had been on the books for over 20 years but not legislated for.
The problem is the constitution. Proper medical care depends on prompt action. In the Savita case that prompt action would have been an abortion. Both Peter Boylan and the author of the independent report into her death, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, are in agreement on this, and are in agreement that had she been granted an abortion when she asked for one, she would not have died.
The constitution negates prompt action being taken by medical staff. They have to be sure there is a threat to the life of the mother. That isn't good enough. It is medical malpractice enshrined as a sacred cow.
It has to go.
Well then modify the 2013 act to allow the levels of 'risk' to be more generous. I don't understand the need for the 12 weeks in any circumstances.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 01:56:50 PM
Well then modify the 2013 act to allow the levels of 'risk' to be more generous. I don't understand the need for the 12 weeks in any circumstances.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/ireland-woman-forced-birth-denied-abortion
A young woman has been legally forced to give birth by caesarean section after being denied an abortion in Ireland, in a case experts say exposes flaws in recent reform meant to allow limited terminations.
The woman, who is an immigrant and cannot be named for legal reasons, was refused an abortion even though at eight weeks she demanded a termination, claiming she was suicidal.
After she then threatened a hunger strike to protest the decision, local health authorities obtained a court order to deliver the baby prematurely – at around 25 weeks according to some reports – to ensure its safety. The infant has been placed in care.
The case is the first proper test of the 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, which allows for limited abortions in Irish hospitals. The law provides for cases where the woman's life would be in danger if she goes full term, or in cases where she is suicidal in such instances as rape and incest. Critics say that in this instance the law has proved of no practical value to the woman concerned.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 01:56:50 PM
Well then modify the 2013 act to allow the levels of 'risk' to be more generous. I don't understand the need for the 12 weeks in any circumstances.
That would be unconstitutional.
Provision for essential healthcare for pregnant women in Ireland can only be obtained by changing the constitution.
The proposal for 12 weeks is because a majority of people are in favour of a woman's right to bodily autonomy. An Irish Government is for once tackling an issue head on and with honesty and courage.
Had they not done so, it would have been a major campaign issue.
Legislating for anything less than the right to choose, such as allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, is a legal and practical minefield.
How do you prove that a woman has been raped within 39 weeks, never mind 12 weeks? Proving rape is an incredibly difficult task in any time frame.
I'm very uneasy with the blanket 12 week approach. I do feel the health aspect needs legislating for, but I think the 12 week aspect is a step too far. I don't see why they couldn't have had this referendum without allowing for the provision to legislate for term based abortions, rather than of medical necessity or aggravating factors.
I am in no way meaning to be facetious here, or trivialise the horrible decision a woman would make in those circumstances, but I don't agree with elective abortions.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 02:39:01 PM
I'm very uneasy with the blanket 12 week approach. I do feel the health aspect needs legislating for, but I think the 12 week aspect is a step too far. I don't see why they couldn't have had this referendum without allowing for the provision to legislate for term based abortions, rather than of medical necessity or aggravating factors.
I am in no way meaning to be facetious here, or trivialise the horrible decision a woman would make in those circumstances, but I don't agree with elective abortions.
The referendum is not on the proposed legislation.
It's on the proposed abolition of the 8th Amendment.
Politicians are elected by the public to draft and enact legislation. That is their job and that is our political system. Legislation on such a matter will inevitably reflect public opinion.
If you can't see why there is proposed legislation ready to be debated in the event of a Yes vote, I can't help you.
It's because women are fed up with being treated like shit and rightly want change. And a huge proportion of men feel the same way about the issue too.
Quote from: sid waddell on May 01, 2018, 02:54:59 PM
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 02:39:01 PM
I'm very uneasy with the blanket 12 week approach. I do feel the health aspect needs legislating for, but I think the 12 week aspect is a step too far. I don't see why they couldn't have had this referendum without allowing for the provision to legislate for term based abortions, rather than of medical necessity or aggravating factors.
I am in no way meaning to be facetious here, or trivialise the horrible decision a woman would make in those circumstances, but I don't agree with elective abortions.
The referendum is not on the proposed legislation.
It's on the proposed abolition of the 8th Amendment.
Politicians are elected by the public to draft and enact legislation. That is their job and that is our political system. Legislation on such a matter will inevitably reflect public opinion.
If you can't see why there is proposed legislation ready to be debated in the event of a Yes vote, I can't help you.
It's because women are fed up with being treated like shit and rightly want change. And a huge proportion of men feel the same way about the issue too.
I understand what the referendum is about. I posted that in my first post. But the referendum, the way it is phrased, allows for the proposed legislation to be passed. I think the 8th could have been repealed or amended further without opening the door for elective abortion legislation.
I understand why it is drafted and ready to be debated, I just don't like it. And the only way it can be stopped is by voting down the referendum, which is a pity because that means some necessary changes would also be shot down.
If you feel that legislation which allows for elective abortions up to 12 weeks (and perhaps further legislation that would extend that to later in future years) is a good thing because it give women a choice over their bodies, then again I understand your stance, I just don't agree with it.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 03:00:43 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on May 01, 2018, 02:54:59 PM
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 02:39:01 PM
I'm very uneasy with the blanket 12 week approach. I do feel the health aspect needs legislating for, but I think the 12 week aspect is a step too far. I don't see why they couldn't have had this referendum without allowing for the provision to legislate for term based abortions, rather than of medical necessity or aggravating factors.
I am in no way meaning to be facetious here, or trivialise the horrible decision a woman would make in those circumstances, but I don't agree with elective abortions.
The referendum is not on the proposed legislation.
It's on the proposed abolition of the 8th Amendment.
Politicians are elected by the public to draft and enact legislation. That is their job and that is our political system. Legislation on such a matter will inevitably reflect public opinion.
If you can't see why there is proposed legislation ready to be debated in the event of a Yes vote, I can't help you.
It's because women are fed up with being treated like shit and rightly want change. And a huge proportion of men feel the same way about the issue too.
I understand what the referendum is about. I posted that in my first post. But the referendum, the way it is phrased, allows for the proposed legislation to be passed. I think the 8th could have been repealed or amended further without opening the door for elective abortion legislation.
I understand why it is drafted and ready to be debated, I just don't like it. And the only way it can be stopped is by voting down the referendum, which is a pity because that means some necessary changes would also be shot down.
If you feel that legislation which allows for elective abortions up to 12 weeks (and perhaps further legislation that would extend that to later in future years) is a good thing because it give women a choice over their bodies, then again I understand your stance, I just don't agree with it.
AZ
The government organised a popular assembly and asked for submissions on the subject of abortion and the proposed legislation is what they came up with.
This referendum would have been utterly pointless if elective abortion was not on the table, AZ. We'd just end up having another referendum later if we showed that lack of courage now.
The people who want the 8th repealed nearly universially support elective abortion so it had to be offered in the public vote if we were going to have an honest and fair referendum. This is actually evidence of a democracy working as intended.
If it's not what the majority want it will be defeated - if indeed it is, you'll just have to live with it. It will probably be easier to live with than it was for young women to travel hundreds of miles for abortions because they couldn't get proper medical care at home, though.
AZ - as you have pointed out the referendum is about removing the 8th amendment. It's that simple. As has been rightly pointed out for there to be any movement on this the 8th amendment cannot stay in the constitution. In my opinion the constitution is entirely the wrong place for provisions on this issue which is so nuanced and unsuited to a black and white approach.
The recommendations that have been arrived at via and long and considered process including the Citizens Assembly and Oireachtas committee. They are a compromise position taking into account the realities of what is happening every day in this country and the needs of female healthcare. They're also still pretty conservative compared to most EU countries. You say you're uneasy with the blanket 12 week approach - effectively you're uneasy with it happening in Ireland. That's what you're saying. Whether we like it or not women are travelling to England for elective abortions and are ordering pills over the internet. We've seen the terrible consequences of putting our heads in the sand as a nation many times in the past - it's about time we faced up to this uncomfortable reality.
When the referendum is all over the focus needs to be on building a more caring society where respect and tolerance underpins everything This will save more lives than any legislation but requires real commitment and honesty - not throwaway slogans and rhetoric.
Seanie, Ireland is the only country I have a voice. I'm uneasy with elective abortion anywhere.
Syf, absolutely, I agree with the principles of democracy. I can also disagree with certain laws but can accept that if I want to live in this country, I have to accept the will of the majority. I agree with the majority on most things.
And again, I'm not trivialising it, but the term 'medical treatment' implies there is some sort of medical intervention required to save the woman. There's not. What you are talking about is elective abortion to remove a viable pregnancy because the woman (or the couple) doesn't want it.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 03:56:37 PM
Seanie, Ireland is the only country I have a voice. I'm uneasy with elective abortion anywhere.
Syf, absolutely, I agree with the principles of democracy. I can also disagree with certain laws but can accept that if I want to live in this country, I have to accept the will of the majority. I agree with the majority on most things.
And again, I'm not trivialising it, but the term 'medical treatment' implies there is some sort of medical intervention required to save the woman. There's not. What you are talking about is elective abortion to remove a viable pregnancy because the woman (or the couple) doesn't want it.
No one should be coerced into giving birth against their will. Preventing that is certainly medical care.
Fair enough. That's an understandable position. There are others who say nobody deserves to have the chance of life taken away from them as they are in their mothers womb, and I think that's also an understandable position.
*To clarify, in case anyone thinks I'm being cowardly here, I fall into the latter category. But I understand it's not an easy thing. I don't think people will be using this as a form of contraception, or be blasé about it. I know that has been put forth by the No side too.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 04:03:33 PM
Fair enough. That's an understandable position. There are others who say nobody deserves to have the chance of life taken away from them as they are in their mothers womb, and I think that's also an understandable position.
*To clarify, in case anyone thinks I'm being cowardly here, I fall into the latter category. But I understand it's not an easy thing. I don't think people will be using this as a form of contraception, or be blasé about it. I know that has been put forth by the No side too.
Unfortunately I think there will be instances where a woman finds herself pregnant, without planning to have a baby and will seek to have an abortion, if she feels it may hamper her career or some other issue. It's niave to think otherwise. It might not be an everyday occurrence but it will happen.
Quote from: ardtole on May 01, 2018, 04:10:36 PM
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 04:03:33 PM
Fair enough. That's an understandable position. There are others who say nobody deserves to have the chance of life taken away from them as they are in their mothers womb, and I think that's also an understandable position.
*To clarify, in case anyone thinks I'm being cowardly here, I fall into the latter category. But I understand it's not an easy thing. I don't think people will be using this as a form of contraception, or be blasé about it. I know that has been put forth by the No side too.
Unfortunately I think there will be instances where a woman finds herself pregnant, without planning to have a baby and will seek to have an abortion, if she feels it may hamper her career or some other issue. It's niave to think otherwise. It might not be an everyday occurrence but it will happen.
You will always have outliers. I don't think the clinics will be swamped by pregnant women who decided to abort the pregnancy. But you are right, there will be some and I don't agree with the premise.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 04:03:33 PM
Fair enough. That's an understandable position. There are others who say nobody deserves to have the chance of life taken away from them as they are in their mothers womb, and I think that's also an understandable position.
*To clarify, in case anyone thinks I'm being cowardly here, I fall into the latter category. But I understand it's not an easy thing. I don't think people will be using this as a form of contraception, or be blasé about it. I know that has been put forth by the No side too.
I used to think so too, but it's a position that only worked in the abstract the more I thought about it.
If someone has an unexpected pregnancy and doesn't want to have an abortion no one on the pro-choice side tries to stop her; the same in not true in the reverse. It's an invasion into the private lives of citizens in a similar manner to the ban on same sex marriage. Ultimately the rights of the fully-grown woman are more important than those of an embryo, to put it in the coldest terms possible. The No side wants to pretend the potential human is completely equal to the full grown one - that is hard position to fathom on a logical rather than emotional level.
There are many issues short of the potential death of the mother that should be considered grounds for a termination in my view. The example mentioned by Dr Boylan the other night is a good one. Surprise pregnancy. Mother has diabetic condition so carrying child to term may result in complications such as loss of sight, limbs etc. Mother A has no children and has tried several rounds of unsuccessful IVF. Mother B has 3 children already at home. Mother A might be willing to take the risk. Mother B may not be so willing. Tell me who is wrong? If the 8th amendment is not removed then pregnancies like this MUST continue in Ireland. I wouldn't want that for my wife or my two girls.
The elective terminations up to 12 weeks is a separate issue. I don't stand in the shoes of the women who are going on Ryanair every week currently. I don't know their circumstances or what's going on in their lives. Perhaps if they didn't have to go and we had good supports and counselling in place less would choose to terminate. I'd suggest that's where a lot of energy should be placed if the new proposed regime comes in. Crucially, also, this 12 weeks covers potentially victims of sexual assault or rape who for many reasons (as we've seen recently) do not want to report the crime. The reality is there are many of these women as the stats on unreported crimes of this nature are significant.
It's a very difficult area. One thing I'm absolutely certain of though is that the 8th amendment needs to go. The proposed legislation has been arrived at via a tortuous process - I cannot see any appetite in the bigger parties to deal with this issue any time soon so talk of extensions of timeframes are a bit fanciful I think. Even SF won't have the appetite - they're barely holding the ship together on it at the moment.
True. A lot of this is emotional. If you look at it in a 'cold' way, as you put it, I can see the logic.
However, for me, the possible things that child could be, or do, or what it might feel or contribute to society, all make it very difficult for me to agree with aborting the pregnancy where the baby would have a perfectly healthy start to life.
For cases like rape and incest, or where fatal foetal abnormalities are detected, I do have a more sympathetic view, although a rapist's baby is not at fault for the sins of the father, I can still see the emotional turmoil a situation like that would lead to.
** Sorry, I was responding to Syf here, but yes Seanie, one thing I agree with you on is that this is very complex question, and neither a blanket ban, nor open season, are the way to go. Leaving this in the hands of politicians is also something I am uneasy with. Look at Simon Harris, and the way his department are handling the Cervical Cancer issue. Do you trust that lad to draft legislation? And if the elective abortions is legislated, do you really, really believe that effective supports would be put in place to make more women choose to keep the baby? Pardon my French, but it will in my arse. This will be seen as an answer to a societal problem, and if anything there will be less supports and less incentive for people to see the pregnancy through.
Repeal the law, and you'll see abortions during your lunch hour. It'll become so common it'll be like getting a tooth filled. Once you go there, there's no way back.
This talk of an abortion because having a child is an inconvenience to career etc, well there's no excuse these days. Plenty of birth control methods easily available.
Nearly 200,000 abortions in England and Wales annually. That's 2 million in a decade. Just think about that for a minute.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2018, 04:19:42 PM
True. A lot of this is emotional. If you look at it in a 'cold' way, as you put it, I can see the logic.
However, for me, the possible things that child could be, or do, or what it might feel or contribute to society, all make it very difficult for me to agree with aborting the pregnancy where the baby would have a perfectly healthy start to life.
For cases like rape and incest, or where fatal foetal abnormalities are detected, I do have a more sympathetic view, although a rapist's baby is not at fault for the sins of the father, I can still see the emotional turmoil a situation like that would lead to.
** Sorry, I was responding to Syf here, but yes Seanie, one thing I agree with you on is that this is very complex question, and neither a blanket ban, nor open season, are the way to go. Leaving this in the hands of politicians is also something I am uneasy with. Look at Simon Harris, and the way his department are handling the Cervical Cancer issue. Do you trust that lad to draft legislation? And if the elective abortions is legislated, do you really, really believe that effective supports would be put in place to make more women choose to keep the baby? Pardon my French, but it will in my arse. This will be seen as an answer to a societal problem, and if anything there will be less supports and less incentive for people to see the pregnancy through.
Of course I'd be sceptical - I think a lot of the talk about this is absolute hypocrisy. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. People focus on the headline issue when societies ills run much deeper. Why are women seeking abortions for non health related reasons? Are they just mindless murderers? Personally I do not think so and to view it/them as such shows a poor grasp of reality or a lack of willingness to face facts. Interesting example above mentioned of a woman electing for an abortion for career reasons - even citing that as an example indicates a deeper societal issue. There's no way a woman should think that way but of course they do because it does in many cases impact their careers.
To be fair - I'm the first to criticise politicians but what other option do we have to our democracy? And in the case you mention I think we'll all eventually find out it is Mary Harney who is holding the smoking gun. Not that Harris is anything to defend.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 01, 2018, 04:23:42 PM
Repeal the law, and you'll see abortions during your lunch hour. It'll become so common it'll be like getting a tooth filled. Once you go there, there's no way back.
This talk of an abortion because having a child is an inconvenience to career etc, well there's no excuse these days. Plenty of birth control methods easily available.
Nearly 200,000 abortions in England and Wales annually. That's 2 million in a decade. Just think about that for a minute.
You are aware that thousands of Irish women each year are having abortions either by travelling to Britain or ordering pills online? They're among that number. Reducing that number should be the main goal of everyone. A Yes or No vote in isolation will not impact that one little bit.
Lads can this be moved to the new 8th Amendment thread rather than LLS.
Thought I would tune into this last night, it being from London and all. Wish I hadn't as it was pretty poor and the standard of guest wasn't great either. I mean McCarthy and mcguigan. The whole McCarthy interview was cringe and I don't think he particularly enjoyed it himself. Not sure if it improved after that as I turned it off
Quote from: An Watcher on October 13, 2018, 08:19:21 AM
Thought I would tune into this last night, it being from London and all. Wish I hadn't as it was pretty poor and the standard of guest wasn't great either. I mean McCarthy and mcguigan. The whole McCarthy interview was cringe and I don't think he particularly enjoyed it himself. Not sure if it improved after that as I turned it off
McCarthy got pretty annoyed with him alright. Tubs didn't know what to do when he wouldn't answer questions on Saipan. It was a stupid thing to be bringing up anyway, it was a night about Irish people living in Britain. I would have preferred to hear McCarthy talking about his upbringing or the like than going over Saipan for the millionth time. He'd just started to talk about his Dad being from Waterford and going to hurling matches when Tubridy thought it be funny to make jokes about there being two civil wars in Ireland, one being Saipan. If things don't go according to the script he gets lost.
Also was Imelda May high or drunk? Seemed to me she didn't know the words of Sweet Sixteen and was a bit dopey throughout her interview.
The problem with last nights show was it had all the usual guests except they were being interviewed in London. Was a great opportunity to have a few 'New' guests in. Topics like Brexit were begging to be discussed last night.
Quote from: An Watcher on October 13, 2018, 08:19:21 AM
Thought I would tune into this last night, it being from London and all. Wish I hadn't as it was pretty poor and the standard of guest wasn't great either. I mean McCarthy and mcguigan. The whole McCarthy interview was cringe and I don't think he particularly enjoyed it himself. Not sure if it improved after that as I turned it off
Mick/barry interview was poor. Was interested to hear about his background but tubs killed it. Was an odd duo anyway, and neither got adequate time to talk.
Poor show, same guests in a different city. Finbar Furey/Imelda May duo was awful, had to be the worst rendition of a great song I've ever heard. Imelda seemed to be on something, she seemed a little bit slow on the pickup last night. McGuigan/McCarthy interview awful, some of the audience chats were no better. What is it about RTÉ that they can take an idea with potential and turn it into a load of crap.
Quote from: From the Bunker on October 13, 2018, 09:55:56 AM
The problem with last nights show was it had all the usual guests except they were being interviewed in London. Was a great opportunity to have a few 'New' guests in. Topics like Brexit were begging to be discussed last night.
Wasn't it discussed at the end of the show? didn't watch it as seeing Nigel Farages face on TV was enough to change the channel.
Quote from: From the Bunker on October 13, 2018, 09:55:56 AM
The problem with last nights show was it had all the usual guests except they were being interviewed in London. Was a great opportunity to have a few 'New' guests in. Topics like Brexit were begging to be discussed last night.
What I saw was excellent. They interviewed crowd members and even the famous people were very heart felt in what it was like being away from home. And they had Nigel Farrage (probably the most questionable decision) on at the end so Brexit was definitely a big topic. Probably the best Late Late in years outside of the Toy Show.
It was a back slapping exercise. Look at us arent we great. Mcguigan shouldve been questioned about the frampton cash and courtcase. Finbar furey is on constantly. Oh and of course the constant apology for the moronic northeners who gave the rest of the country a bad name for so long. Very poor show. No new vuests same sh1t just a diff stage this time
Quote from: snoopdog on October 13, 2018, 07:01:52 PM
It was a back slapping exercise. Look at us arent we great. Mcguigan shouldve been questioned about the frampton cash and courtcase. Finbar furey is on constantly. Oh and of course the constant apology for the moronic northeners who gave the rest of the country a bad name for so long. Very poor show. No new vuests same sh1t just a diff stage this time
Yeah, a celebration of the dispora is the time to amush McGuigan with questions about a court case. Would ya ever get over yourself.
Mindlessly parroting the 'Late Late is shît' skit even when it's quite obviously not shows a remarkable dedication to dogma.
I actually thought Farage came across well in the debate and I'm not a fan.
Mario Rosenstock on tonight...again. ::)
Peter O'Mahony on celebrating his friendly win.
Lynch's feckin raging!!
Will be in bodder over that. Tubridy standing up to some but not others.
Lynch stealing a living after all these years is amazing.
Tubridy really is a tool!! Big Lynch shudda reached for him for the craic!!
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 23, 2018, 10:11:09 PM
Peter O'Mahony on celebrating his friendly win.
I see the upset about everything nordie attitude is alive and well.
Is that Rosenstock meant to be funny or something? RTE really are scraping the barrel.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 24, 2018, 09:55:05 AM
Is that Rosenstock meant to be funny or something? RTE really are scraping the barrel.
Was funny when he started off around 15 yrs ago. Or maybe it was me as a teenager back then.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 24, 2018, 01:58:14 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on November 24, 2018, 09:55:05 AM
Is that Rosenstock meant to be funny or something? RTE really are scraping the barrel.
Was funny when he started off around 15 yrs ago. Or maybe it was me as a teenager back then.
He is a good mimic, he doesn't always have the lines.
Quote from: Syferus on November 23, 2018, 11:24:44 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 23, 2018, 10:11:09 PM
Peter O'Mahony on celebrating his friendly win.
I see the upset about everything nordie attitude is alive and well.
f**k up you free state p***k....
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
Amen to that.
Post catholic Ireland really is a fucked up place.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 08, 2019, 10:01:52 PM
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
Amen to that.
Post catholic Ireland really is a fucked up place.
It's mainly the ould Catholics left watching the Late Late
Saw a bit of the last Valentine's Day one... pathetic cringeworthy shite. I don't think you have to be a Catholic to see that.
Quote from: Tubberman on February 08, 2019, 10:47:36 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on February 08, 2019, 10:01:52 PM
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
Amen to that.
Post catholic Ireland really is a fucked up place.
It's mainly the ould Catholics left watching the Late Late
But if that's the case, why put on this valentines shite? Anyone who regularly tuned in won't be tuning in tonight.
It's be like Daniel O'Donnell putting on a heavy metal concert at one of his tour dates.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 08, 2019, 10:01:52 PM
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
Amen to that.
Post catholic Ireland really is a fucked up place.
Sunday mass used to be like a Late Late Show Valentine's special - except the priest would choose which young boy he wanted to have sex with afterwards.
At least this show involves consenting adults (at least I think so, notwithstanding the amount of alcohol clearly consumed).
Quote from: sid waddell on February 08, 2019, 11:15:01 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on February 08, 2019, 10:01:52 PM
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
Amen to that.
Post catholic Ireland really is a fucked up place.
Sunday mass used to be like a Late Late Show Valentine's special - except the priest would choose which young boy he wanted to have sex with afterwards.
At least this show involves consenting adults (at least I think so, notwithstanding the amount of alcohol clearly consumed).
Ah come on. Sure as Fr Ted said...
"Say if there are 200 million priests in the world and five percent are paedophiles. That's still only 10 million."
Seriously though, you're exaggerating just a tad.
Quote from: hardstation on February 08, 2019, 11:04:27 PM
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
It's a cringey Friday night tv programme ffs. Ireland doesn't ever want John Charles McQuaid or anything like him back. That's a poor comment tbh.
The pendulum swings too far in each direction. We don't want Charles McQuaid, nor the opposite, but something in the middle.
Sid that's a ridiculous comment to make. Is that really what Sunday Mass used to be like. The thousands of good decent hard working priests who don't think like that at all should be hugely offended by your attempt to label the vast majority of good priests with the relatively small number of offenders.
I'm not an apologist for the Catholic Church, far from it, I take the view they are bang out of order on a range of issues, but I couldn't let your lazy analysis pass without letting you know it's cheap and particularly nasty.
Quote from: bannside on February 09, 2019, 08:50:12 AM
Sid that's a ridiculous comment to make. Is that really what Sunday Mass used to be like. The thousands of good decent hard working priests who don't think like that at all should be hugely offended by your attempt to label the vast majority of good priests with the relatively small number of offenders.
I'm not an apologist for the Catholic Church, far from it, I take the view they are bang out of order on a range of issues, but I couldn't let your lazy analysis pass without letting you know it's cheap and particularly nasty.
Well said. As I said before on this forum my uncle was a priest in South Korea on the missions. He worked hard building churches and the like. He was no paedophile either, judging by all the well wishes from people out there at his funeral. And like yourself bannside, I think the church got an awful lot wrong too. I also believe they should stay out of referendum campaigns and primary schools also.
Sounds like the Tubridy sh1te hit a new low last night?
Quote from: hardstation on February 08, 2019, 11:04:27 PM
Quote from: Seany on February 08, 2019, 09:56:55 PM
Valentines Day edition tonight. My God. If this is what post Catholic Ireland looks like, bring back Archbishop McQuaid.
It's a cringey Friday night tv programme ffs. Ireland doesn't ever want John Charles McQuaid or anything like him back. That's a poor comment tbh.
Im not sure the quote was intended to be taken literally
Quote from: bannside on February 09, 2019, 08:50:12 AM
Sid that's a ridiculous comment to make. Is that really what Sunday Mass used to be like. The thousands of good decent hard working priests who don't think like that at all should be hugely offended by your attempt to label the vast majority of good priests with the relatively small number of offenders.
I'm not an apologist for the Catholic Church, far from it, I take the view they are bang out of order on a range of issues, but I couldn't let your lazy analysis pass without letting you know it's cheap and particularly nasty.
+1
Quote from: bannside on February 09, 2019, 08:50:12 AM
Sid that's a ridiculous comment to make. Is that really what Sunday Mass used to be like. The thousands of good decent hard working priests who don't think like that at all should be hugely offended by your attempt to label the vast majority of good priests with the relatively small number of offenders.
I'm not an apologist for the Catholic Church, far from it, I take the view they are bang out of order on a range of issues, but I couldn't let your lazy analysis pass without letting you know it's cheap and particularly nasty.
Sid - or Eamonnca1 as he is otherwise known as on the board - has a hatred of the church which he's displayed many times due to their conservative outlook and will use any excuse to stick the boot in.
Don't say a bad word about lads in dresses or illegal immigrants or he'll be calling you a names quicker than a Virginia governor can get out the shoe polish.
At least it saves me some money but disappointing to see us Nordies excluded from the late late competitions.
Quote from: An Watcher on February 22, 2019, 10:16:07 PM
At least it saves me some money but disappointing to see us Nordies excluded from the late late competitions.
Fancied that trip to Lisbon with 10 grand on the hip. Brexit backlash on the LLS?
Quote from: An Watcher on February 22, 2019, 10:16:07 PM
At least it saves me some money but disappointing to see us Nordies excluded from the late late competitions.
Partitionist bastards!
Maybe if ye volunteered to pay €160 to RTÉ they might let us back in😉
Quote from: Rossfan on February 23, 2019, 10:30:52 AM
Maybe if ye volunteered to pay €160 to RTÉ they might let us back in😉
And we volunteered to pay their licence fee to watch GB and NI television................(excluding UTV cos that's shite). To be honest, I think we are getting the better deal here!
Great show tonight, Rod Stewart singing Grace and emotional re 1916 and even name checking internment , so poignant given the Bloody Sunday fiasco this week.
Though revisionists and apologists try to underestimate the historical significance of 1916 and the anglo-Irish war, this was an extremely proud moment in our history as a nation , it's ironic that it was emotionally recognised even by a knighted cockney tonight, fair play Rod.
The parents of the 1916 generation survived the famine, and at that time there was an environment which quite frankly had enough of imperialist bullying. They stood up to an empire and history showed that the British , as always in these circumstances, didn't play by the rules . That same ( we've had enough) mentality engendered the civil rights movement of 50 years ago, and we see now 50 years later that the British still are not playing by the rules, they've ignored the GFA, they're still manipulating and dodging a bullet in Bloody Sunday . Irish history has shown that things happen in cycles I've no doubt that Ireland will once again say enough is enough ! Time for the end game , united ireland and finally wave goodbye to Britain's ignominious involvemrment in this country .
Rod Stewart was fantastic I have to say. Comes across as very down to earth and very sincere. Standing ovation at the end
It was a good show tonight for a change alright.
I enjoyed the Rod Stewart section.I didn't think he did a great job of singing Grace though imo,or of Maggie May for that matter
Quote from: 6th sam on March 15, 2019, 11:40:18 PM
Great show tonight, Rod Stewart singing Grace and emotional re 1916 and even name checking internment , so poignant given the Bloody Sunday fiasco this week.
Though revisionists and apologists try to underestimate the historical significance of 1916 and the anglo-Irish war, this was an extremely proud moment in our history as a nation , it's ironic that it was emotionally recognised even by a knighted cockney tonight, fair play Rod.
The parents of the 1916 generation survived the famine, and at that time there was an environment which quite frankly had enough of imperialist bullying. They stood up to an empire and history showed that the British , as always in these circumstances, didn't play by the rules . That same ( we've had enough) mentality engendered the civil rights movement of 50 years ago, and we see now 50 years later that the British still are not playing by the rules, they've ignored the GFA, they're still manipulating and dodging a bullet in Bloody Sunday . Irish history has shown that things happen in cycles I've no doubt that Ireland will once again say enough is enough ! Time for the end game , united ireland and finally wave goodbye to Britain's ignominious involvemrment in this country .
What's the plan then for the 1 million or so British people in Ulster?
Quote from: michaelg on March 16, 2019, 09:21:16 AM
Quote from: 6th sam on March 15, 2019, 11:40:18 PM
Great show tonight, Rod Stewart singing Grace and emotional re 1916 and even name checking internment , so poignant given the Bloody Sunday fiasco this week.
Though revisionists and apologists try to underestimate the historical significance of 1916 and the anglo-Irish war, this was an extremely proud moment in our history as a nation , it's ironic that it was emotionally recognised even by a knighted cockney tonight, fair play Rod.
The parents of the 1916 generation survived the famine, and at that time there was an environment which quite frankly had enough of imperialist bullying. They stood up to an empire and history showed that the British , as always in these circumstances, didn't play by the rules . That same ( we've had enough) mentality engendered the civil rights movement of 50 years ago, and we see now 50 years later that the British still are not playing by the rules, they've ignored the GFA, they're still manipulating and dodging a bullet in Bloody Sunday . Irish history has shown that things happen in cycles I've no doubt that Ireland will once again say enough is enough ! Time for the end game , united ireland and finally wave goodbye to Britain's ignominious involvemrment in this country .
What's the plan then for the 1 million or so British people in Ulster?
They are welcome to stay in Ireland if they wish.
Quote from: laoislad on March 16, 2019, 06:42:12 AM
It was a good show tonight for a change alright.
I enjoyed the Rod Stewart section.I didn't think he did a great job of singing Grace though imo,or of Maggie May for that matter
Well he is in his 70s.
Quote from: michaelg on March 16, 2019, 09:21:16 AM
Quote from: 6th sam on March 15, 2019, 11:40:18 PM
Great show tonight, Rod Stewart singing Grace and emotional re 1916 and even name checking internment , so poignant given the Bloody Sunday fiasco this week.
Though revisionists and apologists try to underestimate the historical significance of 1916 and the anglo-Irish war, this was an extremely proud moment in our history as a nation , it's ironic that it was emotionally recognised even by a knighted cockney tonight, fair play Rod.
The parents of the 1916 generation survived the famine, and at that time there was an environment which quite frankly had enough of imperialist bullying. They stood up to an empire and history showed that the British , as always in these circumstances, didn't play by the rules . That same ( we've had enough) mentality engendered the civil rights movement of 50 years ago, and we see now 50 years later that the British still are not playing by the rules, they've ignored the GFA, they're still manipulating and dodging a bullet in Bloody Sunday . Irish history has shown that things happen in cycles I've no doubt that Ireland will once again say enough is enough ! Time for the end game , united ireland and finally wave goodbye to Britain's ignominious involvemrment in this country .
What's the plan then for the 1 million or so British people in Ulster?
There'll be no change for those who live in the Cavan/Dpnegal/Monaghan part of it anyway.
The 800k in the other 6 Cos. - check the GFA. The entitlement to British, Irish or both citizenships/ pasdports/nationalities remains.
Mind you if the Scots go Independent first....???
Quote from: Rossfan on March 16, 2019, 09:56:35 AM
Quote from: michaelg on March 16, 2019, 09:21:16 AM
Quote from: 6th sam on March 15, 2019, 11:40:18 PM
Great show tonight, Rod Stewart singing Grace and emotional re 1916 and even name checking internment , so poignant given the Bloody Sunday fiasco this week.
Though revisionists and apologists try to underestimate the historical significance of 1916 and the anglo-Irish war, this was an extremely proud moment in our history as a nation , it's ironic that it was emotionally recognised even by a knighted cockney tonight, fair play Rod.
The parents of the 1916 generation survived the famine, and at that time there was an environment which quite frankly had enough of imperialist bullying. They stood up to an empire and history showed that the British , as always in these circumstances, didn't play by the rules . That same ( we've had enough) mentality engendered the civil rights movement of 50 years ago, and we see now 50 years later that the British still are not playing by the rules, they've ignored the GFA, they're still manipulating and dodging a bullet in Bloody Sunday . Irish history has shown that things happen in cycles I've no doubt that Ireland will once again say enough is enough ! Time for the end game , united ireland and finally wave goodbye to Britain's ignominious involvemrment in this country .
What's the plan then for the 1 million or so British people in Ulster?
There'll be no change for those who live in the Cavan/Dpnegal/Monaghan part of it anyway.
The 800k in the other 6 Cos. - check the GFA. The entitlement to British, Irish or both citizenships/ pasdports/nationalities remains.
Mind you if the Scots go Independent first....???
We have British people living in Monaghan :o
Quote from: laoislad on March 16, 2019, 06:42:12 AM
It was a good show tonight for a change alright.
I enjoyed the Rod Stewart section.I didn't think he did a great job of singing Grace though imo,or of Maggie May for that matter
Sir Rod..... indeed.
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 16, 2019, 09:36:21 AM
Quote from: laoislad on March 16, 2019, 06:42:12 AM
It was a good show tonight for a change alright.
I enjoyed the Rod Stewart section.I didn't think he did a great job of singing Grace though imo,or of Maggie May for that matter
Well he is in his 70s.
74 and had to recover his voice after a throat cancer operation.
He still plays football.
Quote from: Rossfan on March 16, 2019, 09:56:35 AM
Quote from: michaelg on March 16, 2019, 09:21:16 AM
Quote from: 6th sam on March 15, 2019, 11:40:18 PM
Great show tonight, Rod Stewart singing Grace and emotional re 1916 and even name checking internment , so poignant given the Bloody Sunday fiasco this week.
Though revisionists and apologists try to underestimate the historical significance of 1916 and the anglo-Irish war, this was an extremely proud moment in our history as a nation , it's ironic that it was emotionally recognised even by a knighted cockney tonight, fair play Rod.
The parents of the 1916 generation survived the famine, and at that time there was an environment which quite frankly had enough of imperialist bullying. They stood up to an empire and history showed that the British , as always in these circumstances, didn't play by the rules . That same ( we've had enough) mentality engendered the civil rights movement of 50 years ago, and we see now 50 years later that the British still are not playing by the rules, they've ignored the GFA, they're still manipulating and dodging a bullet in Bloody Sunday . Irish history has shown that things happen in cycles I've no doubt that Ireland will once again say enough is enough ! Time for the end game , united ireland and finally wave goodbye to Britain's ignominious involvemrment in this country .
What's the plan then for the 1 million or so British people in Ulster?
There'll be no change for those who live in the Cavan/Dpnegal/Monaghan part of it anyway.
The 800k in the other 6 Cos. - check the GFA. The entitlement to British, Irish or both citizenships/ pasdports/nationalities remains.
Mind you if the Scots go Independent first....???
No flies round you.
Enjoyed the LLS last night (channel hopping tbh) but hit it perfect timing when Rod was on. Jasus complaining about his voice...he was put on the spot a bit, no warm up or his usual band and live. What did u expect?.
Oh looks like I upset all the Celtic fans. ;D
He murdered a classic song. Might have been better not singing it at all.
Quote from: illdecide on March 16, 2019, 12:48:01 PM
Enjoyed the LLS last night (channel hopping tbh) but hit it perfect timing when Rod was on. Jasus complaining about his voice...he was put on the spot a bit, no warm up or his usual band and live. What did u expect?.
There's no need to excuse how you happened upon Rod on the LLS :) There are fellahs here who watch the LLS avidly, week after week and come on here whining after each episode. You'd think their mood would be lighter, probably not smart enough to subtly negotiate a bit of quality nookie time as compensation for sitting with her throughout the show.
Rod got real emotional when presented with the poetry book. Amazing to think with all his fame and wealth, that it's something like that which seemed to really mean a lot.
Just out of interest, does Rod have any links with Ireland?
Quote from: laoislad on March 16, 2019, 12:52:56 PM
Oh looks like I upset all the Celtic fans. ;D
He murdered a classic song. Might have been better not singing it at all.
Thankfully he only murdered a song...
Quote from: BennyCake on March 16, 2019, 11:25:01 PM
Rod got real emotional when presented with the poetry book. Amazing to think with all his fame and wealth, that it's something like that which seemed to really mean a lot.
Just out of interest, does Rod have any links with Ireland?
Irish heart.
What's fame and wealth got to do with it?
The "wagon wheel of fortune"
Life will never be the same again.........
On another note Daniel looks like he's slowly morphing into Martin O'Neill
Not a fan of the show but a Johnny Walters fan. That interview was a tough watch. Would love to have seen Tommy Tiernan do it.
There's a Healy-Rae love in on the Late Late Show tonight!!
Does this mean the old theme tune is back for good?
Sinead o Connor was incredible tonight. She may have her issues but her voice is so pure. The rest of show was usual shite bar Aisling Bea who seems good craic.
Incredible
Drowned out a bit by the orchestra though
Was Maura Higgins f-ing and blinding her way through her interview?
Quote from: Gold on September 07, 2019, 12:31:49 AM
Incredible
Drowned out a bit by the orchestra though
Quote from: Itchy on September 07, 2019, 12:14:39 AM
Sinead o Connor was incredible tonight. She may have her issues but her voice is so pure.
I think you were watching a different show than i was! :o
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 10:12:03 AM
Quote from: Gold on September 07, 2019, 12:31:49 AM
Incredible
Drowned out a bit by the orchestra though
Quote from: Itchy on September 07, 2019, 12:14:39 AM
Sinead o Connor was incredible tonight. She may have her issues but her voice is so pure.
I think you were watching a different show than i was! :o
Seriously? Her voice is still there.
Just after watching, she sounded fantastic and judging by that little smile at the end, she might be in a good place at the moment.
https://youtu.be/5KuGUP-C9Ko
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on September 07, 2019, 12:14:48 PM
Just after watching, she sounded fantastic and judging by that little smile at the end, she might be in a good place at the moment.
https://youtu.be/5KuGUP-C9Ko
Class is permanent, great to see Sinéad back and sounding so well. Rainy Night In Soho was superb as well. Hopefully the demons are gone for her now.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2019, 11:43:11 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 10:12:03 AM
Quote from: Gold on September 07, 2019, 12:31:49 AM
Incredible
Drowned out a bit by the orchestra though
Quote from: Itchy on September 07, 2019, 12:14:39 AM
Sinead o Connor was incredible tonight. She may have her issues but her voice is so pure.
I think you were watching a different show than i was! :o
Seriously? Her voice is still there.
Her voice was never there.
Ye could call her manys a thing but a bad singer/poor voice wouldnt be one...
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 01:59:15 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2019, 11:43:11 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 10:12:03 AM
Quote from: Gold on September 07, 2019, 12:31:49 AM
Incredible
Drowned out a bit by the orchestra though
Quote from: Itchy on September 07, 2019, 12:14:39 AM
Sinead o Connor was incredible tonight. She may have her issues but her voice is so pure.
I think you were watching a different show than i was! :o
Seriously? Her voice is still there.
Her voice was never there.
Benny. You're making a fool of yourself saying that.
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 01:59:15 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2019, 11:43:11 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 10:12:03 AM
Quote from: Gold on September 07, 2019, 12:31:49 AM
Incredible
Drowned out a bit by the orchestra though
Quote from: Itchy on September 07, 2019, 12:14:39 AM
Sinead o Connor was incredible tonight. She may have her issues but her voice is so pure.
I think you were watching a different show than i was! :o
Seriously? Her voice is still there.
Her voice was never there.
So Sinead O Connor can't sing and DeGea is a shite goal keeper.
Safe to say your judgement skills are a bit off.....
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 07, 2019, 02:54:38 PM
Ye could call her manys a thing but a bad singer/poor voice wouldnt be one...
Never thought she had any talent. As for that Pogues cover last night, feck me she butchered it that much my ears hurt.
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 05:29:47 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 07, 2019, 02:54:38 PM
Ye could call her manys a thing but a bad singer/poor voice wouldnt be one...
Never thought she had any talent. As for that Pogues cover last night, feck me she butchered it that much my ears hurt.
No ill will toward her. But I find her voice annoying. I suppose art is a individual thing. Anyway there is a plethora of people who think otherwise.
She is a troubled creature who is probably looking too deep for a meaning to her existence.
She is her own worst enemy and her new religious rant is annoying.
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 05:29:47 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 07, 2019, 02:54:38 PM
Ye could call her manys a thing but a bad singer/poor voice wouldnt be one...
Never thought she had any talent. As for that Pogues cover last night, feck me she butchered it that much my ears hurt.
Have to agree, thought she butchered Rainy Night in Soho, she was far better singing Nothing Compares to be fair but I detest that song to be honest.
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 07, 2019, 07:15:24 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on September 07, 2019, 05:29:47 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 07, 2019, 02:54:38 PM
Ye could call her manys a thing but a bad singer/poor voice wouldnt be one...
Never thought she had any talent. As for that Pogues cover last night, feck me she butchered it that much my ears hurt.
No ill will toward her. But I find her voice annoying. I suppose art is a individual thing. Anyway there is a plethora of people who think otherwise.
She is a troubled creature who is probably looking too deep for a meaning to her existence.
She is her own worst enemy and her new religious rant is annoying.
Yes, I thought so too.
I think she's given too much leeway in what she says as well. Running down the Catholic Church and those who follow it. Yes the Catholic Church has a lot of faults, but there are still thousands of followers in Ireland, who don't need to be hearing their faith being criticised and run down. But sure, it's Sinead, she's a legend don't ya know, she has her troubles, so we'll just let her have her say, no matter how offensive it is.
Is she still a bishop?
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on September 07, 2019, 09:32:03 PM
Is she still a bishop?
Did Sinead do a bit of Hare Kristna? There was a rastafarian stage?
In fairness she said a lot about the Catholic Church when it took guts to say those things!
Is she a Muslim now?
I enjoyed the versions of both songs by Sinead.
I don't know about Christian or Muslim, but bipolar rocks.
Rainy night in Soho was originally sang bu shane McGowan ffs. Do you think sinead o connor could copy that? No so she has to do her own version of it, it's not supposed to sound like McGowan. Fair enough if someone doesn't like her voice but to say she "butchered " a song or can't sing is ridiculous.
Quote from: Itchy on September 08, 2019, 12:17:22 AM
Rainy night in Soho was originally sang bu shane McGowan ffs. Do you think sinead o connor could copy that? No so she has to do her own version of it, it's not supposed to sound like McGowan. Fair enough if someone doesn't like her voice but to say she "butchered " a song or can't sing is ridiculous.
But she did butcher it, Katie Price can sound good on a recording doesn't mean she can sing.
Crazy how people talk about mental health etc and then in the same breath get stuck into Sinead.
She has had her issues, but there are very few people who sound better live than in the studio or where the music almost gets in the way of their amazing voice.
Me and the missus are heading to Trip to Tipp in a few weeks, when I heard she was headlining one of the nights I thought that I'd be leaving early to miss her. However, after the LLS, I have to say I'm looking forward to hearing her live
Maybe we need to get her on some show with Roy Keane ?
Tough listen that life story of Sophia Murphy. Some evil bastard her dad was.
Just caught the end did i see a bit of emotion from the Tubridy man
Big tribute show to Gaybo on this evening
Quote from: Jim Bob on November 05, 2019, 10:27:21 PM
Big tribute show to Gaybo on this evening
What was wrong with Nell McCafferty? Looked like an awkward moment for Tubridy.
Quote from: balladmaker on November 05, 2019, 11:15:31 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on November 05, 2019, 10:27:21 PM
Big tribute show to Gaybo on this evening
What was wrong with Nell McCafferty? Looked like an awkward moment for Tubridy.
Think she was huffed Tubbs did not interview her!
Where did Nell go. :o
Quote from: Rudi on November 05, 2019, 11:18:20 PM
Where did Nell go. :o
The woman did not look well. Had a shake and looked like she didn't know where she was.
Other than that it was actually a really good show. Some lineup in trad group.
Quote from: Rudi on November 05, 2019, 11:18:20 PM
Where did Nell go. :o
It looked like it was going to be another Bridgette Nielsen moment.
Russell Murphy the accountant who ripped off Gay of a large sum of money is Eoghan Murphy td minister for housings grand father. Killian Scott the actor is really Cillian Murphy the younger brother of Eoghan Murphy td. Just something I found out today and thought it might be of interest to people on here, I didn't really know where to put it.
Quote from: Capt Pat on November 07, 2019, 12:15:12 AM
Russell Murphy the accountant who ripped off Gay of a large sum of money is Eoghan Murphy td minister for housings grand father. Killian Scott the actor is really Cillian Murphy the younger brother of Eoghan Murphy td. Just something I found out today and thought it might be of interest to people on here, I didn't really know where to put it.
That is interesting.
Quote from: clarshack on November 07, 2019, 09:49:47 AM
Quote from: Capt Pat on November 07, 2019, 12:15:12 AM
Russell Murphy the accountant who ripped off Gay of a large sum of money is Eoghan Murphy td minister for housings grand father. Killian Scott the actor is really Cillian Murphy the younger brother of Eoghan Murphy td. Just something I found out today and thought it might be of interest to people on here, I didn't really know where to put it.
That is interesting.
Their father Henry Murphy "shot to fame as a leading member of the Mahon Tribunal team, for which he was paid in excess of €2.3m"
https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/sex-politics-drama-law-all-in-the-family-30638849.html
Some little country we have.
It's going to be pure scutter tonight, young wans trying to save the planet.
Quote from: Rudi on November 15, 2019, 09:46:52 PM
It's going to be pure scutter tonight, young wans trying to save the planet.
Some youngster telling us not to be burning turf. That was enough for me.
Never mind saving the planet, but Mary Black whom I always loved as a singer was pure brutal with "No Frontiers" but the sycophancy of that interview with Brendan Grace's family was shocking. Time for that show to go
Niall Tóibín doing Brendan Behan on TG4 earlier.
Brilliant!!
Quote from: Rossfan on November 16, 2019, 12:16:48 AM
Niall Tóibín doing Brendan Behan on TG4 earlier.
Brilliant!!
Watched most of that - was very good! Even for the old footage of Dublin alone
Quote from: Rudi on November 15, 2019, 09:46:52 PM
It's going to be pure scutter tonight, young wans trying to save the planet.
Save the planet? How dare they!
Christy in top form last night. He's getting better with age if anything, less intense ..
Just watching a record of the Toy show. I can't take anymore, I'm in bits here. Some of the shite those wee youngsters deal with makes you realise how lucky a lot of us are.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2019, 10:40:46 PM
Just watching a record of the Toy show. I can't take anymore, I'm in bits here. Some of the shite those wee youngsters deal with makes you realise how lucky a lot of us are.
Was one of the best toy shows! A lot of emotional issues dealt with. To be fair Tubridy is very good at dealing with kids!
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 01, 2019, 11:04:33 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2019, 10:40:46 PM
Just watching a record of the Toy show. I can't take anymore, I'm in bits here. Some of the shite those wee youngsters deal with makes you realise how lucky a lot of us are.
Was one of the best toy shows! A lot of emotional issues dealt with. To be fair Tubridy is very good at dealing with kids!
Totally agree ,I would be far from his biggest fan but he is superb on the toy show ,
The Toy was possibly the greatest thing RTE have done in a decade. Credit where it is due, leading the way on some key issues effecting children. Well done to Tubridy too.
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 01, 2019, 11:04:33 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on December 01, 2019, 10:40:46 PM
Just watching a record of the Toy show. I can't take anymore, I'm in bits here. Some of the shite those wee youngsters deal with makes you realise how lucky a lot of us are.
Was one of the best toy shows! A lot of emotional issues dealt with. To be fair Tubridy is very good at dealing with kids!
You're trying to humour The Grinch?
McGowan and Begley was the most surreal moment on TV this decade. A fitting tribute to Gay Byrne.
Quote from: ONeill on December 14, 2019, 11:04:33 AM
McGowan and Begley was the most surreal moment on TV this decade. A fitting tribute to Gay Byrne.
A shocking moment .... Philomena a very poor choice, didn't know the song well enough, didn't have the voice for it, sang over Shane's lines .... cringeworthy!
Regardless of last night, Philomena Begley remains the undisputed Queen of Country.
Must be the only wan in ireland that doesnt know the words
Tubridy stupidly brings up the 'lousy f**got' lyric, and Shane rightly tells him to f**k off.
Does anyone really think Jason Byrne is funny cos I think he's feckin brutal, and that tool Tubridy encouraging him with his false laugh, as for Pat Short.....
Quote from: Targetman on December 14, 2019, 08:04:51 PM
Does anyone really think Jason Byrne is funny cos I think he's feckin brutal, and that tool Tubridy encouraging him with his false laugh, as for Pat Short.....
Jason Byrne has his moments, but he was absolutely brutal last night.
Pat Short in normal conversation is very funny, but I just don't get that kind of comedy. That d'unbelievable's stuff was brutal as well.
Nordies are well into self flagellation, religiously watch the LLS in order to be offended by the soapy standard of the fare offered, sponsored by the republic's citizens and without fail take the time to record their disgust on social media. Just stop watching the fcking LLS.
It plumbed new depths the other night.
Quote from: Main Street on December 15, 2019, 12:25:09 AM
Nordies are well into self flagellation, religiously watch the LLS in order to be offended by the soapy standard of the fare offered, sponsored by the republic's citizens and without fail take the time to record their disgust on social media. Just stop watching the fcking LLS.
It's called having an opinion. Nobody said they were offended.
Quote from: Main Street on December 15, 2019, 12:25:09 AM
Nordies are well into self flagellation, religiously watch the LLS in order to be offended by the soapy standard of the fare offered, sponsored by the republic's citizens and without fail take the time to record their disgust on social media. Just stop watching the fcking LLS.
Never mind not being allowed to enter the competitions #26only
Quote from: BennyCake on December 15, 2019, 11:09:19 AM
Quote from: Main Street on December 15, 2019, 12:25:09 AM
Nordies are well into self flagellation, religiously watch the LLS in order to be offended by the soapy standard of the fare offered, sponsored by the republic's citizens and without fail take the time to record their disgust on social media. Just stop watching the fcking LLS.
It's called having an opinion. Nobody said they were offended.
Takes a special kind of stupid to turn thon Late Late debacle into a North South thang so well done on that MS
Quote from: ONeill on December 14, 2019, 11:04:33 AM
McGowan and Begley was the most surreal moment on TV this decade. A fitting tribute to Gay Byrne.
McGowan telling her she was an auld slut on junk was greatest thing ever put on tv.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 15, 2019, 10:31:33 AM
It plumbed new depths the other night.
Buy yourself a Brendan Grace DVD for Christmas lad
Quote from: BennyCake on December 14, 2019, 07:02:54 PM
Tubridy stupidly brings up the 'lousy f**got' lyric, and Shane rightly tells him to f**k off.
In fairness, it's in the news so he had to. Got a nice short response to it lol
Quote from: hardstation on December 15, 2019, 08:25:35 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 15, 2019, 10:31:33 AM
It plumbed new depths the other night.
Did they play a Mirinda advert? I dare say it doesn't get lower than that.
I fail to see the relevance of a stupid ad from 1971 done to get a few bob to buy equipment to what was on tv last Fri night.
A desperately unfunny Pat Short
An even unfunnier Jason Byrne
A fake pub scene with an obviously drink - damaged Shane McGowan in situ.
Philomena Begley butchering Fairytale.
It was badly thought out and badly presented in my opinion.
But he looks so happy they didn't cancel.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 16, 2019, 10:40:16 AM
Quote from: hardstation on December 15, 2019, 08:25:35 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 15, 2019, 10:31:33 AM
It plumbed new depths the other night.
Did they play a Mirinda advert? I dare say it doesn't get lower than that.
I fail to see the relevance of a stupid ad from 1971 done to get a few bob to buy equipment to what was on tv last Fri night.
A desperately unfunny Pat Short
An even unfunnier Jason Byrne
A fake pub scene with an obviously drink - damaged Shane McGowan in situ.
Philomena Begley butchering Fairytale.
It was badly thought out and badly presented in my opinion.
Shane sometimes takes a while to get his answers out, but Tubridy never let him say anything beyond one sentence. Always skipping onto someone else, when the man in question was right beside him, and could talk for himself.
It was nearly like being at a wake, but the person is still alive. Was a strange night.
I've read a book of interviews with Shane, and he's a highly intelligent and articulate man. It had some great stories a brilliant read, but we got very little of that on the LLS.
I have to say, I just cannot abide Tubridy.
The LLS is all about him, it doesn't matter who he "interviews". I haven't watched it now in years he annoys me that much.
I think on the Toy Show even, he's too condescending to the kids.
Quote from: ONeill on December 14, 2019, 11:04:33 AM
McGowan and Begley was the most surreal moment on TV this decade. A fitting tribute to Gay Byrne.
Incredibly Philomena Begley has that big of a notion of herself she didn't either; a) think to learn the words or b) tell the producers she didn't know them. Shocking arrogance. I always heard she was a bit of a... but this confirms it.
Time this show was confined to the bin.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 16, 2019, 01:56:30 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 16, 2019, 10:40:16 AM
Quote from: hardstation on December 15, 2019, 08:25:35 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 15, 2019, 10:31:33 AM
It plumbed new depths the other night.
Did they play a Mirinda advert? I dare say it doesn't get lower than that.
I fail to see the relevance of a stupid ad from 1971 done to get a few bob to buy equipment to what was on tv last Fri night.
A desperately unfunny Pat Short
An even unfunnier Jason Byrne
A fake pub scene with an obviously drink - damaged Shane McGowan in situ.
Philomena Begley butchering Fairytale.
It was badly thought out and badly presented in my opinion.
Shane sometimes takes a while to get his answers out, but Tubridy never let him say anything beyond one sentence. Always skipping onto someone else, when the man in question was right beside him, and could talk for himself.
It was nearly like being at a wake, but the person is still alive. Was a strange night.
I've read a book of interviews with Shane, and he's a highly intelligent and articulate man. It had some great stories a brilliant read, but we got very little of that on the LLS.
What was the book - wouldnt mind a read at that myself.
Agreed with everyone else who said Tubridy is a p***k - Would love a change to the presenter
Quote from: trailer on December 17, 2019, 01:19:07 PM
Quote from: ONeill on December 14, 2019, 11:04:33 AM
McGowan and Begley was the most surreal moment on TV this decade. A fitting tribute to Gay Byrne.
Incredibly Philomena Begley has that big of a notion of herself she didn't either; a) think to learn the words or b) tell the producers she didn't know them. Shocking arrogance. I always heard she was a bit of a... but this confirms it.
Time this show was confined to the bin.
Youd often meet Philomena about home and she wouldnt give you this impression - she seems to down to earth enough.
Although when asked on to sing fairytale of New York you'd think she'd have made sure she learned the words UNLESS they sprung this on her at the show as they hadn't planned it!
IT WAS AWFUL!
Quote from: WT4E on December 17, 2019, 02:05:35 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on December 16, 2019, 01:56:30 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 16, 2019, 10:40:16 AM
Quote from: hardstation on December 15, 2019, 08:25:35 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 15, 2019, 10:31:33 AM
It plumbed new depths the other night.
Did they play a Mirinda advert? I dare say it doesn't get lower than that.
I fail to see the relevance of a stupid ad from 1971 done to get a few bob to buy equipment to what was on tv last Fri night.
A desperately unfunny Pat Short
An even unfunnier Jason Byrne
A fake pub scene with an obviously drink - damaged Shane McGowan in situ.
Philomena Begley butchering Fairytale.
It was badly thought out and badly presented in my opinion.
Shane sometimes takes a while to get his answers out, but Tubridy never let him say anything beyond one sentence. Always skipping onto someone else, when the man in question was right beside him, and could talk for himself.
It was nearly like being at a wake, but the person is still alive. Was a strange night.
I've read a book of interviews with Shane, and he's a highly intelligent and articulate man. It had some great stories a brilliant read, but we got very little of that on the LLS.
What was the book - wouldnt mind a read at that myself.
Agreed with everyone else who said Tubridy is a p***k - Would love a change to the presenter
It's a great read...
Any chance chart toppers The Wolfe Tones will make an appearance tonight?
Quote from: BennyCake on January 10, 2020, 03:01:54 PM
Any chance chart toppers The Wolfe Tones will make an appearance tonight?
I can confirm not.
Do they usually have the band that are top of a iTunes chart on every week????
Quote from: laoislad on January 10, 2020, 04:17:32 PM
Do they usually have the band that are top of a iTunes chart on every week????
No .... apparently they only have bands on who are prepared to fill a brown envelope as advance payment for the appearance ... or so I've heard.
#FuckVeganuary ;D
Does people really need to be told on how to wash their hands?
Barry Keoghan full of stuff.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 06, 2020, 09:49:04 PM
Does people really need to be told on how to wash their hands?
People from Armagh watch that show, so it won't do any harm.
Quote from: hardstation on April 03, 2020, 10:05:58 PM
At what point are they going to try and cheer us up on a Friday night?
Fcukin hell like....
Philomena Begley will be on soon.. fcuk sake as if things weren't bad enough
Hope she does fairytale of new york again 😂
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Then we wouldn't be able to ate a hang sangwedge.
Dont get me started on kearney/carney
Or dublin full back FitzImmons/FitziMMons
Quote from: Silver hill on April 04, 2020, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Same reason free staters talk about Fine Gael as "Fine Gwale," or the Gaeltacht becomes the "Gwaletacht." I always thought that was weird.
Any of these pronunciations are in the ha'penny place when you compare to the Tyrone/Armagh way of saying Hughes
Quze
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on April 05, 2020, 09:36:11 AM
Any of these pronunciations are in the ha'penny place when you compare to the Tyrone/Armagh way of saying Hughes
Quze
I don't say it like that and I'm from Armagh.
Went for a run this morning
I passed a field full of kettle ;D
Quote from: laoislad on April 05, 2020, 10:28:38 AM
Went for a run this morning
I passed a field full of kettle ;D
Don't you mean
A field fulla cyyyattle hey.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:23 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on April 04, 2020, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Same reason free staters talk about Fine Gael as "Fine Gwale," or the Gaeltacht becomes the "Gwaletacht." I always thought that was weird.
Stop making an eejit of yourself Eamon.
The proper pronunciations are " Finneh Gwael" and "Gwaletochth".
They are both Gaeilge😉.
Most eejits say Feeneh or Fine Gale. They also refer to GAA people as "Gales"😁
Quote from: hardstation on April 05, 2020, 12:41:23 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2020, 12:31:01 PM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:23 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on April 04, 2020, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Same reason free staters talk about Fine Gael as "Fine Gwale," or the Gaeltacht becomes the "Gwaletacht." I always thought that was weird.
Stop making an eejit of yourself Eamon.
The proper pronunciations are " Finneh Gwael" and "Gwaletochth".
They are both Gaeilge😉.
Most eejits say Feeneh or Fine Gale. They also refer to GAA people as "Gales"😁
Would that be Gwaeilge?
Or Queeva or Caoimhe????
the unionist education nordies receive certainly influences pronunciation ;)
They can always learn Gaeilge no matter what.
One that always makes me wince is their pronunciation of Róisín.
Quote from: Mikhail Prokhorov on April 05, 2020, 02:51:15 PM
the unionist education nordies receive certainly influences pronunciation ;)
We haven't morphed into saying 'Bell-ack-y' or 'Mackera-felt' just yet though.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2020, 12:31:01 PM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:23 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on April 04, 2020, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Same reason free staters talk about Fine Gael as "Fine Gwale," or the Gaeltacht becomes the "Gwaletacht." I always thought that was weird.
Stop making an eejit of yourself Eamon.
The proper pronunciations are " Finneh Gwael" and "Gwaletochth".
They are both Gaeilge😉.
Most eejits say Feeneh or Fine Gale. They also refer to GAA people as "Gales"😁
Not in Donegal Irish.
Quote from: J70 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:50 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2020, 12:31:01 PM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:23 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on April 04, 2020, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Same reason free staters talk about Fine Gael as "Fine Gwale," or the Gaeltacht becomes the "Gwaletacht." I always thought that was weird.
Stop making an eejit of yourself Eamon.
The proper pronunciations are " Finneh Gwael" and "Gwaletochth".
They are both Gaeilge😉.
Most eejits say Feeneh or Fine Gale. They also refer to GAA people as "Gales"😁
Not in Donegal Irish.
Gaeltart
Would be a great name for a cafe in Donegal
Quote from: seafoid on April 05, 2020, 05:10:22 PM
Quote from: J70 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:50 PM
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2020, 12:31:01 PM
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on April 05, 2020, 04:57:23 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on April 04, 2020, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 03, 2020, 10:22:22 PM
Here she is...I presume when she said Kettle she meant Cattle? Would be weird if they were rearing kettles on the farm.
Just on pronunciation, why can people (in particular those from the 26 counties) not pronoun the word sandwiches, there's no 'g' so why do they say 'sang wi jes' ?
Same reason free staters talk about Fine Gael as "Fine Gwale," or the Gaeltacht becomes the "Gwaletacht." I always thought that was weird.
Stop making an eejit of yourself Eamon.
The proper pronunciations are " Finneh Gwael" and "Gwaletochth".
They are both Gaeilge😉.
Most eejits say Feeneh or Fine Gale. They also refer to GAA people as "Gales"😁
Not in Donegal Irish.
Gaeltart
Would be a great name for a cafe in Donegal
Them lot pronounce Doire as "Dhy yah"
What are you boys on about??
Quote from: hardstation on April 05, 2020, 07:44:32 PM
Those would be specifically Gaoth Dobhair or Gee Doy.
And the Rinn (Ryne) crowd who pronounce Cill as Kyle :D
Quote from: BennyCake on April 05, 2020, 10:23:47 AM
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on April 05, 2020, 09:36:11 AM
Any of these pronunciations are in the ha'penny place when you compare to the Tyrone/Armagh way of saying Hughes
Quze
I don't say it like that and I'm from Armagh.
congrats
Quote from: BennyCake on April 05, 2020, 03:53:10 PM
Quote from: Mikhail Prokhorov on April 05, 2020, 02:51:15 PM
the unionist education nordies receive certainly influences pronunciation ;)
We haven't morphed into saying 'Bell-ack-y' or 'Mackera-felt' just yet though.
The worst kind.
Quote from: hardstation on April 17, 2020, 10:46:20 PM
Christ the night. The Coronavirus is here. It's a huge thing. I get that.
We aren't lacking coverage on it.
Some Friday night, light entertainment perhaps?
Stopped watching! Even light hearted skype interviews remind you that we are in a Covid-19 world!
Can't listen to another celebrity talk about how much things have changed and how they are coping.
Turned it off. Binged watched 4 episodes of Sunderland till I die instead.
Stopped watching this show after Stockon Wing and the Dubliners episode. How long was that? Late 80'
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 17, 2020, 10:56:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 17, 2020, 10:46:20 PM
Christ the night. The Coronavirus is here. It's a huge thing. I get that.
We aren't lacking coverage on it.
Some Friday night, light entertainment perhaps?
Stopped watching! Even light hearted skype interviews remind you that we are in a Covid-19 world!
Can't listen to another celebrity talk about how much things have changed and how they are coping.
I ve never seen as many bookcases in my life as I have seen the past few weeks during home interviews !
Quote from: laoislad on April 17, 2020, 11:57:09 PM
Turned it off. Binged watched 4 episodes of Sunderland till I die instead.
Was thinkin how fcuked Sunderland must be now.
No gates, no income, dinner lady probably let go...Chairman must be losing his mind.
Need a 3rd series
Quote from: Jim Bob on April 18, 2020, 01:04:43 AM
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 17, 2020, 10:56:12 PM
Quote from: hardstation on April 17, 2020, 10:46:20 PM
Christ the night. The Coronavirus is here. It's a huge thing. I get that.
We aren't lacking coverage on it.
Some Friday night, light entertainment perhaps?
Stopped watching! Even light hearted skype interviews remind you that we are in a Covid-19 world!
Can't listen to another celebrity talk about how much things have changed and how they are coping.
I ve never seen as many bookcases in my life as I have seen the past few weeks during home interviews !
Compared to the normal show where most guests are interviewed to promote their books.
Quote from: Gold on April 18, 2020, 03:54:24 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 17, 2020, 11:57:09 PM
Turned it off. Binged watched 4 episodes of Sunderland till I die instead.
Was thinkin how fcuked Sunderland must be now.
No gates, no income, dinner lady probably let go...Chairman must be losing his mind.
Need a 3rd series
Only finishing up Season 1. Great show though.
Such an Irish love-in on this show. How great you all are - anybody else think it's way over the top.
I saw a bit of it tonight and thought it was like, give yourselves a clap on the back. Society getting more like this with all the social media waffle re: clapping for the health professionals etc.
None of that oul soft sh1te up North I bet ;D
Good oul hate and bitterness still rule ::)
Quote from: marty34 on May 02, 2020, 12:03:45 AM
Such an Irish love-in on this show. How great you all are - anybody else think it's way over the top.
I saw a bit of it tonight and thought it was like, give yourselves a clap on the back. Society getting more like this with all the social media waffle re: clapping for the health professionals etc.
Agreed. Michelle lad the way on that yesterday
Quote from: Rossfan on May 02, 2020, 12:25:01 AM
None of that oul soft sh1te up North I bet ;D
Good oul hate and bitterness still rule ::)
Say's Rossfan, bitterly.
Next week on the LLS live from self isolation in Belfast it's Milltown Row and his dishwasher.
Quote from: seafoid on May 03, 2020, 02:52:43 PM
Next week on the LLS live from self isolation in Belfast it's Milltown Row and his dishwasher.
special guest eamonca via Skype giving a tutorial on how to load it properly .
Some going to raise 1.7 Million euro for pieta house during the show tonight.
Jedward pure enlightenment, you would have to question the wisdom of putting these eggits on a show primarily geared for over 25s.
Quote from: Rudi on September 25, 2020, 10:06:40 PM
Jedward pure enlightenment, you would have to question the wisdom of putting these eggits on a show primarily geared for over 25s.
Over 55s I would have thought, though mostly only the dumber variety.
It wasn't the worst Late Late show by any means, Sam Bennett was appropriate and Fauci was good enough craic.
Following Mary McAleese being on, there was some discussion elswhere of this rather hilarious account of one person meeting her
https://twitter.com/shockproofbeats/status/992006545473966082
Some gear on yer wan.
Couldn't find anywhere better to out this
Tá Máirtín Tom Sheánín ag eiri as
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/rte-rnag-broadcaster-mairtin-tom-sheainin-retires-this-week-after-31-years-39697541.html
Whoever write that must think his surname is Sheánín ;D
Did Tubridy just say bollocks on the toy show
Quote from: Rudi on November 27, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Did Tubridy just say bollocks on the toy show
I thought it was F**k
He must have lost a bet to Dick Byrne.
#PollyProtestant
Quote from: laoislad on November 27, 2020, 11:40:11 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on November 27, 2020, 11:27:28 PM
Quote from: Rudi on November 27, 2020, 11:13:16 PM
Did Tubridy just say bollocks on the toy show
I thought it was F**k
Thats what I thought also.
Sounded like that. An automatic reaction when a bottle of fizzy orange explodes all over you. Would challenge anyone not to say fcuk. All the funnier for a kid sitting 2 yards from him.
Tubridy as ever is dreadful. Little Saoirse was the star of that show
Quote from: Cunny Funt on November 28, 2020, 01:50:22 AM
Tubridy as ever is dreadful. Little Saoirse was the star of that show
Disagree. If there is one thing Tubridy is good at its the Toy Show. I thought he done well last night and the whole show itself was great.
I find it hard to watch the LLS because I don't like Tubs, and don't think he's any good at interviewing guests.
However, for the Toy Show he is very good most years. This year he was great. Helped of course by an array of inspiring young guests. Tubs would probably be a much better presenter of the Den or something like that, rather that the LLS, but I don't think there's anyone who'd do the Toy Show better.
Quote from: laoislad on November 28, 2020, 08:00:41 AM
Disagree. If there is one thing Tubridy is good at its the Toy Show. I thought he done well last night and the whole show itself was great.
Snap!
Quote from: Hound on November 28, 2020, 08:01:07 AM
I find it hard to watch the LLS because I don't like Tubs, and don't think he's any good at interviewing guests.
However, for the Toy Show he is very good most years. This year he was great. Helped of course by an array of inspiring young guests. Tubs would probably be a much better presenter of the Den or something like that, rather that the LLS, but I don't think there's anyone who'd do the Toy Show better.
Quote from: laoislad on November 28, 2020, 08:00:41 AM
Disagree. If there is one thing Tubridy is good at its the Toy Show. I thought he done well last night and the whole show itself was great.
Snap!
He's grand at it. But Gay Byrne was brilliant at it back in the day
Suggesting Tubridy was dreadful is pure haters gonna hate stuff.
I don't particularly like his style 364 days of every year. But if he was put on this earth to do anything, it's to do the Toy Show. He is absolutely perfect for it.
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on November 28, 2020, 08:23:47 AM
Quote from: Hound on November 28, 2020, 08:01:07 AM
I find it hard to watch the LLS because I don't like Tubs, and don't think he's any good at interviewing guests.
However, for the Toy Show he is very good most years. This year he was great. Helped of course by an array of inspiring young guests. Tubs would probably be a much better presenter of the Den or something like that, rather that the LLS, but I don't think there's anyone who'd do the Toy Show better.
Quote from: laoislad on November 28, 2020, 08:00:41 AM
Disagree. If there is one thing Tubridy is good at its the Toy Show. I thought he done well last night and the whole show itself was great.
Snap!
He's grand at it. But Gay Byrne was brilliant at it back in the day
Gay's day was more about the toys. With Tubridy it's about the kids. Couldn't tell you about any toys last night other than the dinosaur outfit.
Tubridy is great at it because he's a big eejit around kids and lepps around like a galoot. The wee girl who lost the leg and the lad in the wheelchair waving at the porter, jaysus you'd have a heart of stone if that didn't affect you.
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 28, 2020, 10:42:48 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:16:38 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 28, 2020, 10:42:48 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
probably coz he gave it to old 10k teeth?
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on November 28, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:16:38 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 28, 2020, 10:42:48 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
probably coz he gave it to old 10k teeth?
I dont understand what that means but my main reason was how he treated Annie Murphy but as an uber right winger you were probably OK with that yourself.
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:33:47 PM
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on November 28, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
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Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
probably coz he gave it to old 10k teeth?
I dont understand what that means but my main reason was how he treated Annie Murphy but as an uber right winger you were probably OK with that yourself.
??? right wing ffs
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Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:33:47 PM
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on November 28, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:16:38 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 28, 2020, 10:42:48 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
probably coz he gave it to old 10k teeth?
I dont understand what that means but my main reason was how he treated Annie Murphy but as an uber right winger you were probably OK with that yourself.
??? right wing ffs
Do you pick your tv presenters based on their abortion stance? Tubs would be pro choice I'd say but good auld Gaybo, he had the bishops hand up his hole he'd be your type of man. Do you do the same when picking your barber, butcher etc.
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:16:38 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 28, 2020, 10:42:48 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
Nah couldn't have Gaybo either. And he did have that condescending way about him.
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:48:58 PM
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on November 28, 2020, 11:36:08 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:33:47 PM
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on November 28, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 11:16:38 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 28, 2020, 10:42:48 PM
Quote from: Itchy on November 28, 2020, 10:13:57 PM
Jesus I cant believe the negativity on Tubridy, thought he was brilliant. I particularly enjoyed polly protestant, a star in the making.
Aye. No point saying he's universally shit - he's not great with sportspeople but he's made the toy show.
Hes not good with sports people but then need was Pat Kenny or Gay Byrne. Personally I couldn't stand that condescending p***k Gay Byrne.
probably coz he gave it to old 10k teeth?
I dont understand what that means but my main reason was how he treated Annie Murphy but as an uber right winger you were probably OK with that yourself.
??? right wing ffs
Do you pick your tv presenters based on their abortion stance? Tubs would be pro choice I'd say but good auld Gaybo, he had the bishops hand up his hole he'd be your type of man. Do you do the same when picking your barber, butcher etc.
yep i always check my barbers arse for quick entry evidence before i get my hair cut lol
Janey, Adam Clayton has a serious lockdown haircut, he looks worse than me.
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
Quote from: balladmaker on December 05, 2020, 01:47:16 AM
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
To be fair it's not like she courts the public!
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Quote from: balladmaker on December 05, 2020, 01:47:16 AM
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
To be fair it's not like she courts the public!
I know it's ridiculous, you should only get on tv if you're a reality Tv star or controversial. Tubridy would need to have a look at himself , for choosing musical geniuses for their talent , I mean, she's not even on Instagram 😂
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Quote from: balladmaker on December 05, 2020, 01:47:16 AM
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
To be fair it's not like she courts the public!
I know it's ridiculous, you should only get on tv if you're a reality Tv star or controversial. Tubridy would need to have a look at himself , for choosing musical geniuses for their talent , I mean, she's not even on Instagram 😂
Well said sir! lol
Quote from: 6th sam on December 05, 2020, 09:20:06 AM
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 05, 2020, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: balladmaker on December 05, 2020, 01:47:16 AM
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
To be fair it's not like she courts the public!
I know it's ridiculous, you should only get on tv if you're a reality Tv star or controversial. Tubridy would need to have a look at himself , for choosing musical geniuses for their talent , I mean, she's not even on Instagram 😂
Or a Country 'star' who can't sing, RTÉ scraped the bottom of the barrel last night.
Quote from: balladmaker on December 05, 2020, 01:47:16 AM
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
Worth a fortune, and applied for and got all 3 of the government grants to help musicians during this pandemic. I know a tonne of bands / musicians and none of them got a penny. Sharon's part of the 'haves'. Does anyone actually know anyone outside of the rte / media darlings who got help through these grants?
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Quote from: balladmaker on December 05, 2020, 01:47:16 AM
Sharon Shannon gets massive exposure for some reason, never did quite get her.
Worth a fortune, and applied for and got all 3 of the government grants to help musicians during this pandemic. I know a tonne of bands / musicians and none of them got a penny. Sharon's part of the 'haves'. Does anyone actually know anyone outside of the rte / media darlings who got help through these grants?
Don't know the specifics, but artists have been the forgotten victims of this pandemic. Our artistic flair is one of our best attributes as a nation. The contribution of the Arts to health and well-being is massive , but government appears to have shown no empathy to musicians etc. Much like the pubs, these businesses have been told to shut up shop to save lives, and they have done so, but if they don't get financial help , many will go under and our society and culture will be irreparably damaged.
Jaysus that "poet" would give ya a serious dose of the trots.
Didn't mind the poet but given the array of talent there it was one borefest. Turbidy at his worst but That Bono is one p***k . For a 90 minute show there wasn't 30 mins music. Wonder do Rte accept donations from the black north but just can't allow nordies to enter their competitions
Good show tonight . Not normally a fan of Late Late, but RT and his team have been excellent throughout the pandemic, telling stories, raising awareness and attempting to maintain a degree of normalcy in these challenging times. The piece tonight re Jennifer Pim recently bereaved as a result of Covid was incredible TV. Very emotional , sensitive and informative. Tubridy has shone in this pandemic , his respectful empathy , and clear messaging has been outstanding.
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Good show tonight . Not normally a fan of Late Late, but RT and his team have been excellent throughout the pandemic, telling stories, raising awareness and attempting to maintain a degree of normalcy in these challenging times. The piece tonight re Jennifer Pim recently bereaved as a result of Covid was incredible TV. Very emotional , sensitive and informative. Tubridy has shone in this pandemic , his respectful empathy , and clear messaging has been outstanding.
Sorry can't agree. We're bombarded with Covid all week and then the Friday night light hearted programme is now full of Covid, death and misery. Time and place. We need cheering up.
I know we're in a pandemic but it's depressing tuning in sometimes. Having said that, that woman's story was heartbreaking. And I know her message was to people to wear masks, wash hands , don't meet up etc. But maybe messages need to be directed towards politicians and governments for letting countless flights into the country, and for not enforcing quarantine. The country is fighting a losing battle looking out for themselves without countless totally unnecessary spanner's being chucked into the mix.
By the way, can the TLLS not go one week without hearing from some gobshite politician from America? Why is this country obsessed with everything American? Politics, music, celebrities, sport etc etc. Feckin do your head in.
Let's ignore Covid and it'll go away ::)
Switched off when I saw Frankie Gavin who must be entitled to an RTÉ pension at this stage.
A lot of these Covid health officials, i.e. the top dogs like the media.
They're never off the tv and radio. You'd wonder why they get a chance to do any work.
Fast becoming celebs!
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Quote from: 6th sam on January 22, 2021, 11:12:08 PM
Good show tonight . Not normally a fan of Late Late, but RT and his team have been excellent throughout the pandemic, telling stories, raising awareness and attempting to maintain a degree of normalcy in these challenging times. The piece tonight re Jennifer Pim recently bereaved as a result of Covid was incredible TV. Very emotional , sensitive and informative. Tubridy has shone in this pandemic , his respectful empathy , and clear messaging has been outstanding.
Sorry can't agree. We're bombarded with Covid all week and then the Friday night light hearted programme is now full of Covid, death and misery. Time and place. We need cheering up.
The Late Late Show has
always covered the main issues of the day. It has
never been a purely light entertainment programme. It's the national television programme, and it's essential that it's used to get the message out to stay home.
I wouldn't be a huge fan of Tubridy's radio programme but he's good on the telly and while I didn't see last night's show I agree with 6th Sam that he has been on point during the pandemic in spreading the right messaging.
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Quote from: 6th sam on January 22, 2021, 11:12:08 PM
Good show tonight . Not normally a fan of Late Late, but RT and his team have been excellent throughout the pandemic, telling stories, raising awareness and attempting to maintain a degree of normalcy in these challenging times. The piece tonight re Jennifer Pim recently bereaved as a result of Covid was incredible TV. Very emotional , sensitive and informative. Tubridy has shone in this pandemic , his respectful empathy , and clear messaging has been outstanding.
Sorry can't agree. We're bombarded with Covid all week and then the Friday night light hearted programme is now full of Covid, death and misery. Time and place. We need cheering up.
The Late Late Show has always covered the main issues of the day. It has never been a purely light entertainment programme. It's the national television programme, and it's essential that it's used to get the message out to stay home.
I wouldn't be a huge fan of Tubridy's radio programme but he's good on the telly and while I didn't see last night's show I agree with 6th Sam that he has been on point during the pandemic in spreading the right messaging.
Talk about Covid ok but every guest now has a tragic element. Last week Nicola Coughlan a comedy actress was talking about death and obviously Barry McGuigan.
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
Not long ago, they had General Mike Jackson on as a guest. Second in command of the Parachute Regiment at the time of both the Ballymurphy Massacre and Bloody Sunday.
Both Tubridy and the audience fawned over him and his stories of "heroism" in the British Army.
What depressing guests are they having on this week? The undertaker from bunclody with a good news story of business is booming?
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Doesn't take much to trigger some lads here, does it
The free speech haters are out in force
Thankfully we don't have the North Korean style TV they demand
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Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
It's amazing how the free staters think there was a time when sectarian murder was fully acceptable.
Tonight is the night where a shill who is paid nearly 500k a year, an offspring of an old IRA terrorist will skirt around asking a former high ranking official in a disbanded, disgraced sectarian police force a few tough questions.
There will be no questions about his role in quashing an investigation in the Glenanne gang, a sectarian murder gang involved in the O'Dowd/Reavey murders, the Dublin/Monaghan bombings, the Miami Showband killings and many more.
We will however have plenty of questions about his father, an RUC man who was killed by the Provos.
And I see we have Eoghan Harris triggered already by mentioning the RTE/RUC propaganda that will be on display tonight
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Tubridy knew he was on to a loser asking it, but he was told to ask it by the head honchos, I'd imagine. The same way Gaybo was told not shake Adams's hand.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 12, 2021, 09:32:26 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Tubridy knew he was on to a loser asking it, but he was told to ask it by the head honchos, I'd imagine. The same way Gaybo was told not shake Adams's hand.
I don't think Tubridy needed much prompting but it was great to watch.
We'll take no more lecturers from the Free Staters.
"No, I'm not triggered, you're triggered"
Ah class ;D
Funnily enough the forum's answer to Alan Partridge has always proclaimed his love for the trigger, in a quite literal sense
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:35:19 PM
We'll take no more lecturers from the Free Staters.
Do you feel threatened? ;D
Quote from: sid waddell on February 12, 2021, 09:35:45 PM
"No, I'm not triggered, you're triggered"
Ah class ;D
Funnily enough the forum's answer to Alan Partridge has always proclaimed his love for the trigger, in a quite literal sense
I'm not triggered though Sid.
You reacted to myself and Marty having a good exchange about the propaganda on RTE, how they will do a fluff piece with a high ranking official of a disbanded, disgraced sectarian police force tonight, a man who if you were interested in informing yourself rather than exercising petty personal grievances had a despicable role to play in denying many victims of The Troubles justice.
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:35:19 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on February 12, 2021, 09:32:26 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Tubridy knew he was on to a loser asking it, but he was told to ask it by the head honchos, I'd imagine. The same way Gaybo was told not shake Adams's hand.
I don't think Tubridy needed much prompting but it was great to watch.
We'll take no more lecturers from the Free Staters.
It was excellent viewing, great to see Tubridy absolutely reeling.
This was another brilliant one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcvGYTFrNgE
Quote from: BennyCake on February 12, 2021, 09:32:26 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Tubridy knew he was on to a loser asking it, but he was told to ask it by the head honchos, I'd imagine. The same way Gaybo was told not shake Adams's hand.
This is one where gay refused to shake Gerry's hand.
AKA, the Free State Ambush
Adams soared like a phoenix that night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU)
"But I'm NOT triggered!!!!!" ;D
Oh mercy
Really nasty sectarian air in here as regards the Garda Commissioner by the way
Quote from: Main Street on February 12, 2021, 09:43:40 PM
Adams soared like a phoenix that night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU)
Sinn Fein's popularity has soared like a phoenix alright, despite humiliating defeat in the Troubles, thousands of needless dead, and being riddled with British agents
Shows you can fool some of the people some of the time
Quote from: sid waddell on February 12, 2021, 09:37:09 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:35:19 PM
We'll take no more lecturers from the Free Staters.
Do you feel threatened? ;D
Certainly not.
As I say we'll be taking no more lectures from the Free Staters.
Cleaned out.
Quote from: Main Street on February 12, 2021, 09:43:40 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on February 12, 2021, 09:32:26 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Tubridy knew he was on to a loser asking it, but he was told to ask it by the head honchos, I'd imagine. The same way Gaybo was told not shake Adams's hand.
This is one where gay refused to shake Gerry's hand.
AKA, the Free State Ambush
Adams soared like a phoenix that night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU)
There's a poster here behaving like Hugh Leonard that night.
Quote from: Main Street on February 12, 2021, 09:43:40 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on February 12, 2021, 09:32:26 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 08:48:21 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 06:38:45 PM
Drew Harris on the Late Late Show tonight.
Turbidy will ask the hard questions!!
If Tubridy had any bottle or nous to him as a presenter he'd ask him about the Glenanne gang.
The time Adams made an absolute tool out of the entitled hypocrite was brilliant TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqRqWjR33o
Tubridy gave it the classic old line of "different time" etc and he soon shut up when he knew what was coming...lol.
The good old IRA and the 'blood on your hands" new IRA.
When the crowd starting clapping, Tubridy knew the game was up.
You could feel the bitterness in Tubridy. Adams took him down a peg. Great viewing.
Tubridy knew he was on to a loser asking it, but he was told to ask it by the head honchos, I'd imagine. The same way Gaybo was told not shake Adams's hand.
This is one where gay refused to shake Gerry's hand.
AKA, the Free State Ambush
Adams soared like a phoenix that night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kS-4tpsXsU)
A classic. Great entertainment.
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:46:52 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on February 12, 2021, 09:37:09 PM
Quote from: marty34 on February 12, 2021, 09:35:19 PM
We'll take no more lecturers from the Free Staters.
Do you feel threatened? ;D
Certainly not.
As I say we'll be taking no more lectures from the Free Staters.
Cleaned out.
It definitely sounds like you feel threatened
Perhaps you might spare a thought for the many innocent victims of the PIRA who felt similar in the moments before they were murdered in cold blood
Nah, I doubt it somehow
There has been renewed – or belated – interest in the appointment of Garda Commissioner Drew Harris following the RTÉ airing of Unquiet Graves.
Unquiet Graves tells the story of the Glenanne Gang and investigates the role of the British state and its Armed Forces in the killing of 120 Irish Catholic civilians during the conflict in Ireland – on both sides of the British border. Commissioner Drew Harris makes an appearance.
It is a devastatingly powerful piece of filmmaking by award-winning director, Seán Murray, featuring astounding efforts over the past few decades by the families, Pat Finucane Centre and Justice for the Forgotten.
Viewers noted that Commissioner Drew Harris was in the thick of it as his former employers, Royal Ulster Constabulary/Police Service Northern Ireland tried to thwart the families in their fight for truth and justice – even forcing the families through costly, time-wasting and damaging court cases.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was appointed to the role in 2018 but we considered that he was not independent – to put it mildly – and could not properly fulfil his duties under Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Irish Constitution, or Garda Síochána Act. We also considered it incompatible with his adherence to the British Official Secrets Act as he may have known information in legacy cases but could not/would not share those with Gardaí investigators. Read more...
Police Service Northern Ireland Drew Harris
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, then Deputy Chief Police Service Northern Ireland Drew Harris
At the same time, former Deputy Director of Irish Military Intelligence, Michael Murphy, raised serious concerns that Commissioner Harris was not properly vetted for potential links to British Military Intelligence/Intelligence Services/MI5 – vetting which also should have included people close to him. Read more...
The Irish High Court disagreed and the Irish Government swore in Commissioner Harris at the bewitching hour of midnight – either before we could lodge an emergency injunction first thing on Monday morning or his police car turned into a pumpkin.
We tried, we failed but our point was made.
During the High Court case, we were advised not to publicize it as we would have done in north of Ireland so we did not do much PR at the time. Indeed, we had to bite our tongues when a lot of misinformed opinion about the origins of the case was published/discussed in the Irish media.
So, in light of the renewed or belated interest in the appointment of Commissioner Drew Harris, here are just some the points we discussed with our lawyers and the courts – many of which are being discussed on social media today:
At the time of the Jean Smyth killing, the RUC were part of the British Army's radio network and were well aware that British soldiers had mistakenly killed the deceased. The RUC however, in a repetition of the McGurks bombing, blamed the IRA for the killing and repeated this untruth at the inquest in November 1972. When the HET reviewed the killing in 2008, with ACC Harris as Officer in charge, they too blamed the IRA. So too did the PSNI refuse to deal with the case once the new evidence was found in 2014, which led to the court case. The case itself was prolonged for more than two years due to PSNI prevarication and delay, something for which they were, criticised for by the judiciary. Again, this happened while ACC Harris was in control of the HET.
I now wish to turn to the Barnard case (Glenanne set of cases) exhibited at CMA – 7, where the Court concluded at paragraph 209: "The unfairness here is extreme – where the Applicant had believed that the murder of his brother would finally be considered in context for the purposes of discovering if there was any evidence of collusion in the murder, that process is now completed and will not be taken up by any other body. The frustration of the HET commitment communicated by the ACC completely undermined the '... primary aim [of the HET] to address as far as possible, all the unresolved concerns that families have'. It has completely undermined the confidence of the families whose concerns are not only still unresolved but compounded by the effects of the decisions taken by the then Chief Constable. It is a matter of very grave concern that almost two decades after the McKerr series of judgments decisions were taken apparently by the Chief Constable to dismantle and abandon the principles adopted and put forward to the [Council of Ministers] to achieve art 2 compliance. There is a real risk that this will fuel in the minds of the families the fear that the State has resiled from its public commitments because it is not genuinely committed to addressing the unresolved concerns that the families have of State involvement. "
The Assistant Chief Constable referred to above is DCC Harris.
I say and believe that the decision to appoint Deputy Chief Constable Harris of the PSNI to the position of Commissioner of An Garda Síochána is in flagrant breach of section 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights Act, 2003.
There are clear findings in the cases already referred to in Re Bernard and McQuillan that the investigations published by first the RUC and then the PSNI do not comply with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. A key person in all of these flawed reports from the PSNI, in particular in 2006 and 2007 DCC Harris, who at the time held the role of Assistant Chief Constable.
I say that the decision to appoint him as Commissioner of An Garda Síochána is appointing him to a position where by having control and direction of An Garda Síochána he has control and responsibility for the direction of the investigation of crimes and the vindication of human rights.
He has failed to do so to date and it violates my right as a citizen to vindicate the right to life of my deceased relatives. And I fear it will result in a failure to discharge the ongoing duty of An Garda Síochána pursuant to paragraph 7 of the Act to investigate crime, particularly crime against Irish citizens where there is credible evidence of British State collusion
I further say and believe and am so advised that by virtue of his previous service and his involvement with British State security agencies and his oaths under the Official Secrets Act that he has an ongoing duty to Britain under that Act. I say and believe that in order for Deputy Chief Constable Harris to have discharged and to continue to discharge his ongoing duty loyally and faithfully to Britain, a duty which persists even after he is out of office, that he is precluded from being appointed to the position of Commissioner of An Garda Siochana under the Garda Siochana Act 2005.
I say and believe that he could not possibly fulfil his obligations to Ireland were he to be appointed as Commissioner of An Garda Síochána because he would be legally thwarted and curtailed in so doing due to his ongoing legally binding commitments and duties of loyalty to another State. I say that under Article 5 of the Constitution of Ireland, Ireland is an independent, sovereign, democratic State. Yet it is proposed now to have Deputy Chief Constable Harris who has sworn an oath of allegiance to another State, namely Britain, discharging this role. I do not believe that it can be discharged due to the glaring conflict of duties, loyalties and interests; and I further believe he is precluded by his loyal and faithful service to Britain from discharging that role in controlling and directing the Gardaí. As the most senior Counter Terrorist and Intelligence Officer in the North these oaths are binding, even after he leaves the appointment. This makes it impossible that he could fully discharge his duties in respect of national security in Ireland as he will still be bound by the UK Official Secrets Act which is incompatible with the duties under the Garda Síochána in areas of the security of the State.
I say that this same conflict of allegiance arises in respect of the McGurk's Bar bombing in which my relations were killed and injured. Deputy Chief Constable Harris by virtue of sworn undertakings will be bound not to disclose his knowledge of matters pertaining to the investigation by virtue of his prior service. For clarity, the UK Official Secrets Act and the 1989 Act in particular is a comprehensive document that specifies that includes security intelligence which includes the work of or in support of the security and intelligence services or any part of them.
I say and believe and am so advised that what constitutes prohibited disclosure is any information which he would have come in to by virtue of his position as a member of the security and intelligence services.
I further say that these bombings took place prior to the amendment of the Constitution of Ireland and the territory of the Six Counties was disputed territory between two sovereign States, Britain and Ireland, while Deputy Assistant Chief Constable Harris was a member of the RUC. Ireland and Britain are two sovereign States. To have a sworn allegiance to one, I respectfully submit, means that he cannot fulfil the requirements incumbent in swearing allegiance to the other, in the context of occupying the highest-ranking policing role in that State. That is particularly true in light of the legal context in hand. Most certainly, he cannot discharge duties under the Official Secrets Acts of both countries.
While this may not be a problem in terms of ordinary crime, I say that where there is credible evidence of State collusion by the British Security Services, and their agents, of involvement in the murder of Citizens of Ireland then there is a clear conflict as he is already bound by his oaths and duties to Britain.
I say that the State has a duty to vindicate the rights of all its citizens as set out in Article 40.3.2 of the Constitution and under the Garda Síochána Act.
This duty is ongoing and continuing and there is a clear conflict in respect of this role being discharged under the direction and control of Deputy Chief Constable Harris.
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 09:56:34 PM
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Are you aware of his role in the RUC/PSNI?
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 09:59:10 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 09:56:34 PM
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Are you aware of his role in the RUC/PSNI?
I know he was deputy commissioner. As with practically everything in the north, it seems very difficult if not impossible, to get a balanced account of him.
So I'll judge on what I see for myself.
I'm surprised the forum Partridge objects to somebody who worked for Crown forces, given he eulogises Martin McGuinness
Total hypocrisy ;D
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Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 09:59:10 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 09:56:34 PM
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Are you aware of his role in the RUC/PSNI?
I know he was deputy commissioner. As with practically everything in the north, it seems very difficult if not impossible, to get a balanced account of him.
So I'll judge on what I see for myself.
So you aren't aware of the significant and prolonged role he played in quashing any sort of justice relatives of victims of the Glenanne Gang could get?
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 10:11:37 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 10:03:03 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 09:59:10 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 09:56:34 PM
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Are you aware of his role in the RUC/PSNI?
I know he was deputy commissioner. As with practically everything in the north, it seems very difficult if not impossible, to get a balanced account of him.
So I'll judge on what I see for myself.
So you aren't aware of the significant and prolonged role he played in quashing any sort of justice relatives of victims of the Glenanne Gang could get?
Heard something about it this week - his decision was overruled or something? As I said, I don't know much about him and I don't expect to get a balanced view from you.
He seems boring but decent - definitely fits the bill so to speak!
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 10:03:03 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 09:59:10 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 09:56:34 PM
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Are you aware of his role in the RUC/PSNI?
I know he was deputy commissioner. As with practically everything in the north, it seems very difficult if not impossible, to get a balanced account of him.
So I'll judge on what I see for myself.
You are entitled to do that but I would request, as a GAA man, that you read more about his role in facilitating a lack of transparency in to murders which involved collusion between the RUC and Loyalist paramilitaries.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/05/12/news/sean-brown-s-family-make-renewed-call-for-inquest-1328072/
That's some set of gnashers that Price one has on her!
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Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 10:11:37 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 10:03:03 PM
Quote from: Angelo on February 12, 2021, 09:59:10 PM
Quote from: Tubberman on February 12, 2021, 09:56:34 PM
Comes across as a decent man. He's not trying to plamás or bullshit.
Are you aware of his role in the RUC/PSNI?
I know he was deputy commissioner. As with practically everything in the north, it seems very difficult if not impossible, to get a balanced account of him.
So I'll judge on what I see for myself.
So you aren't aware of the significant and prolonged role he played in quashing any sort of justice relatives of victims of the Glenanne Gang could get?
Heard something about it this week - his decision was overruled or something? As I said, I don't know much about him and I don't expect to get a balanced view from you.
He seems boring but decent - definitely fits the bill so to speak!
I doubt you will get a balanced view from it from any northern nationalist as his pawmarks are over suppression of justice for many innocent victims of the trouble.
Do you think a decent man would do engage in this in his role as a high ranking police official in a state that aims to oppress one community on their political/religious orientations?
Best interview of the evening was the ordinary Joe from Galway. Enjoyed that, no bull chit.
Cavan footballer Oisin Kiernan will be on tomorrow night's show.
A late late show about cancer. After all the late lates about covid. Give us a break. Have Bobby Davro on or something light hearted once in a while.
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 26, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
A late late show about cancer. After all the late lates about covid. Give us a break. Have Bobby Davro on or something light hearted once in a while.
The house band should be Garbage & the theme song changed to " only happy when it rains"
Pour your misery down in deed, I,ve given up on it. Tommy Tiernan is miles better than Tubridy.
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 26, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
A late late show about cancer. After all the late lates about covid. Give us a break. Have Bobby Davro on or something light hearted once in a while.
Was thinking the same myself tonight. Jeez people need a bit of light relief, even for one night.
Jesus, Tubridy is a frustrating interviewer.
Bores the fcuk outta potential good ones.
Quote from: ONeill on April 16, 2021, 11:03:24 PM
Jesus, Tubridy is a frustrating interviewer.
Bores the fcuk outta potential good ones.
Tommy Tiernans show is far better than the Late Late!
Jimmy McGuinness on tonight, have met him & played ball with him before he was famous. One of the few people in this world I would love to have a lock in with. Gotta say I find him a deeply interesting character.
Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson on the show tonight.
Quote from: laoislad on May 28, 2021, 09:40:13 PM
Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson on the show tonight.
Paul McGrath's on it again?
Quote from: laoislad on May 28, 2021, 09:40:13 PM
Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson on the show tonight.
She is indeed.
Ah feck off will ye. Ireland's greatest sportsperson, me hole.
By far
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 28, 2021, 09:59:27 PM
By far
Women's boxing shouldn't even be in the conversation. Ireland's Greatest Woman Boxer is what she is.
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Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 28, 2021, 09:59:27 PM
By far
Women's boxing shouldn't even be in the conversation. Ireland's Greatest Woman Boxer is what she is.
Her sport and her gender is irrelevant.
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Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 28, 2021, 09:59:27 PM
By far
Women's boxing shouldn't even be in the conversation. Ireland's Greatest Woman Boxer is what she is.
That's Baloney Tony.
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Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 28, 2021, 10:05:20 PM
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 28, 2021, 09:59:27 PM
By far
Women's boxing shouldn't even be in the conversation. Ireland's Greatest Woman Boxer is what she is.
That's Baloney Tony.
Rubbish. You and I both know Rory McIlroy is Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson.
McIlroy ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Olympic boxing titles should not be in the picture when talking about greatest ever Irish sportsperson.
It's just a class below elite, to put it mildly.
Katie is world professional champion, and that's fantastic. She's an inspiration but it's a minority sport, so I'd put her on par with another multiple champion in a minority sport, Conor McGregor, personal feelings aside.
Both behind McIlroy, Harrington, Roy Keane, McGrath and Brady as truly world class operators in highly competitive sports.
George Best outdoes all of the above. And not far behind is Alex Higgins. Another absolute genius. Two world titles and a host of other wins. Even aged 40 beat Stephen Hendry in the Irish Masters final! And when Ireland won 3 in a row world titles, Higgins played 30 frames and won 26. 26-4 against top opposition is incredible. But after the 3 in a row, the authorities split us into north and south teams and the run ended.
But Georgie's probably the best ever. Pity he didn't get his wish to play in an All Ireland soccer team and then he could have show the whole world how good he was.
Says Olympic gold medals are a level below elite and says Katie participates in a "minority sport" (whatever that means) but then goes on to mention Alex Higgins as being not fair behind the top, as if snooker isn't a "minority sport". ;D
Deluded would be an understatement.
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 12:45:39 AM
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
You are comparing our Hurlers and Gaelic footballers to whom?
Again, her sport and her gender is irrelevant. McIlroy fan boys are very touchy
Pat Spillane used to talk in derision about the Irish Football team. What have they won? He would ask. Look at all the AI's my Kerry team won and we don't get half the recognition!
But you see Pat was living in small town Ireland. Where huge weight is put on local achievements. Often exaggerated in the eyes of local pride. No harm in that. No harm at all. But the reality is when you go out into the Big bad world there is a huge shift in standard, no matter how much the sport is seen as a minority sport.
golf, snooker and darts don't count as they requires no real physical fitness and you can be competitive until you are 60 and older
katie is not my first choice but her achievements are up there with the best we've produced
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 12:45:39 AM
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
I'd pay big money to see the likes of you and Tony Baloney step into a ring with Katie. I'd absolutely love to see it. ;D
Quote from: laoislad on May 29, 2021, 07:31:30 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 12:45:39 AM
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
I'd pay big money to see the likes of you and Tony Baloney step into a ring with Katie. I'd absolutely love to see it. ;D
Aye, and David Clifford would leave me on my arse and my head spinning if I marked him in a match. And Roy Keane in his day wouldn't have give me a kick of the ball either. But what does that prove?
Raving about women's boxing, lads. Jesus Christ. Get a grip.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 09:48:54 AM
Quote from: laoislad on May 29, 2021, 07:31:30 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 12:45:39 AM
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
I'd pay big money to see the likes of you and Tony Baloney step into a ring with Katie. I'd absolutely love to see it. ;D
Aye, and David Clifford would leave me on my arse and my head spinning if I marked him in a match. And Roy Keane in his day wouldn't have give me a kick of the ball either. But what does that prove?
Raving about women's boxing, lads. Jesus Christ. Get a grip.
I didn't say it would prove anything, I'd just love to see someone batter the head off you ;D
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 09:48:54 AM
Quote from: laoislad on May 29, 2021, 07:31:30 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 12:45:39 AM
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
I'd pay big money to see the likes of you and Tony Baloney step into a ring with Katie. I'd absolutely love to see it. ;D
Aye, and David Clifford would leave me on my arse and my head spinning if I marked him in a match. And Roy Keane in his day wouldn't have give me a kick of the ball either. But what does that prove?
Raving about women's boxing, lads. Jesus Christ. Get a grip.
It's all subjective but to just discount her because of "women's boxing" :o
If there was a grading to it that would give you a points score then you might be able to see who's the best Irish sportsperson.
World number one
Years in the top ten
Earnings
Participation (global sport, non minority)
Supporters
Popularity
Viewing figures
As it is it's just who you prefer or typically Irish, it's who we are against
Earnings too skewed depending on sport. E.g. a championship footballer would probably make more than a lot of sports.
In fact the bottom five criteria outdated rule a lot of sports out.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 29, 2021, 11:02:33 AM
If there was a grading to it that would give you a points score then you might be able to see who's the best Irish sportsperson.
World number one
Years in the top ten
Earnings
Participation (global sport, non minority)
Supporters
Popularity
Viewing figures
As it is it's just who you prefer or typically Irish, it's who we are against
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT%C3%89_Sports_Person_of_the_Year
Her sporting achievements outweigh everyone else's, by far.
Ireland's greatest sportsperson. It's that simple.
Quote from: imtommygunn on May 29, 2021, 10:42:47 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 09:48:54 AM
Quote from: laoislad on May 29, 2021, 07:31:30 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 12:45:39 AM
The hurlers, Gaelic footballers, soccer players, golfers and athletes Ireland have produced, and a woman boxer is the greatest sportsperson? Aye, dead on ::)
I'd pay big money to see the likes of you and Tony Baloney step into a ring with Katie. I'd absolutely love to see it. ;D
Aye, and David Clifford would leave me on my arse and my head spinning if I marked him in a match. And Roy Keane in his day wouldn't have give me a kick of the ball either. But what does that prove?
Raving about women's boxing, lads. Jesus Christ. Get a grip.
It's all subjective but to just discount her because of "women's boxing" :o
Agreed.
Blatant sexism. Her gender is irrelevant. Wonder will the mods clamp down on that.
Seems to be quite bitter about boxing too, likely went to a few training sessions and got head bate off him so must be still quite resentful.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 11:39:40 AM
Her sporting achievements outweigh everyone else's, by far.
Ireland's greatest sportsperson. It's that simple.
Just cause you says it's that simple doesn't make it correct or fact. It's personal choice.
There's as many charts/polls having someone else at the top, it's that simple
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 11:39:40 AM
Her sporting achievements outweigh everyone else's, by far.
Ireland's greatest sportsperson. It's that simple.
Yeah it's pretty straightforward.
She's not Ireland's greatest sportsperson. I'd say less than 1% of the Irish population has seen Taylor fight. I wonder how many of these people who seem to think she's Ireland's greatest sport person have ever been to a female boxing match.
Quote from: trileacman on May 29, 2021, 12:32:51 PM
She's not Ireland's greatest sportsperson. I'd say less than 1% of the Irish population has seen Taylor fight. I wonder how many of these people who seem to think she's Ireland's greatest sport person have ever been to a female boxing match.
This post could go in the Things that make you go What the f**k Thread.
Quote from: trileacman on May 29, 2021, 12:32:51 PM
She's not Ireland's greatest sportsperson. I'd say less than 1% of the Irish population has seen Taylor fight. I wonder how many of these people who seem to think she's Ireland's greatest sport person have ever been to a female boxing match.
If an English soccer team was playing and a woman was boxing in a ring there would be no contest, the soccer loving public will watch it over Katie Taylor, personally I'd watch a Cork Kilkenny camogie match before women's boxing.
That doesn't take away her achievements, think she's brilliant, seen her in Bray for her homecoming, by chance, and my kids at the time loved it, but it's not a big sport
MR2 there with another couple of posts for the Things that make you go what the f**k thread.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 12:55:49 PM
MR2 there with another couple of posts for the Things that make you go what the f**k thread.
That won't change my view on it, it's a minority sport like the stuff McGregor competes in.
Boxing even in male boxers support isn't even in the top ten watched sports
Tbh when any Irish person is competing on that world stage I would turn any soccer match over to watch them. Most gaa matches though would be conflicted for an Antrim one.
On the athletics Sarah Healy a big name to watch out for in future years.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 29, 2021, 01:00:55 PM
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 12:55:49 PM
MR2 there with another couple of posts for the Things that make you go what the f**k thread.
That won't change my view on it, it's a minority sport like the stuff McGregor competes in.
Boxing even in male boxers support isn't even in the top ten watched sports
Evidence for that statement?
"Minority sport" doesn't make sense.
Boxing is Ireland's most successful sport on the world stage. So that argument doesn't stand up.
Her achievements are better than everyone else's. It's not even a debate in my opinion.
Quote from: imtommygunn on May 29, 2021, 01:06:16 PM
Tbh when any Irish person is competing on that world stage I would turn any soccer match over to watch them. Most gaa matches though would be conflicted for an Antrim one.
On the athletics Sarah Healy a big name to watch out for in future years.
Irish bowling ?
My da loves bowls so yes...
Quote from: trileacman on May 29, 2021, 12:32:51 PM
She's not Ireland's greatest sportsperson. I'd say less than 1% of the Irish population has seen Taylor fight. I wonder how many of these people who seem to think she's Ireland's greatest sport person have ever been to a female boxing match.
I'd rather watch cricket than Taylor fight. No interest whatsoever in women's boxing. If that's sexist, then so be it.
You might as well say McGregor is Ireland's greatest sportsperson. Someone who participates in a sport resembling two thugs fighting in a car park. It's an abomination.
Cricket. Haha. Probably the worst and most boring sport in the world.
I'll give that poster and his opinion a by ball in this then.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 01:40:49 PM
Cricket. Haha. Probably the worst and most boring sport in the world.
I'll give that poster and his opinion a by ball in this then.
That's the point.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 01:53:18 PM
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 01:40:49 PM
Cricket. Haha. Probably the worst and most boring sport in the world.
I'll give that poster and his opinion a by ball in this then.
That's the point.
You said you have no interest in her or her sport. So you're automatically biased against her achievements. So you won't be taken seriously in this debate if you can't put your bias to one side.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 29, 2021, 01:53:18 PM
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on May 29, 2021, 01:40:49 PM
Cricket. Haha. Probably the worst and most boring sport in the world.
I'll give that poster and his opinion a by ball in this then.
That's the point.
Cricket has 2.5 billion people watching it, Asia UK and Australia being the main support base. Women's boxing has 20 thousand participants, of that number most are classes boxing classes that would be done in a gym
So by that logic because the Indians are decent at cricket and that country has over a billion people means automatically all those people in India watch cricket and automatically means therefore an Irish cricket ( ;D ) player ranks higher than Katie Taylor in Ireland's greatest sportspeople. ;D
Beyond moronic.
Katie Taylor fought a policewoman a few months ago.
Women's boxing not long going. What's the rolling eyes for... You asked and I answered :D
Quote from: mrdeeds on May 29, 2021, 03:49:44 PM
Katie Taylor fought a policewoman a few months ago.
When's the court case?
Just flicked on the Late Late. The 3 Amigos. Talentless or what . How do guys like this steal a living
Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
Quote from: Sportacus on October 01, 2021, 11:12:17 PM
Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
There's nothing to get. He's not been a Rock Star since the early '80. But he's been a decent Business man since.
Quote from: Sportacus on October 01, 2021, 11:12:17 PM
Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
Hes a complete ass hole and what better place for an asshole to celebrate his birthday than with Ryan Tubridy. Oh and that's Sir Bob to you peasant.
What was Bob chewing throughout the show? Looked ridiculous
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 02, 2021, 02:44:34 PM
What was Bob chewing throughout the show? Looked ridiculous
Because he's a prat. Who would go on the Late Late and chew constantly ... also he showed a lack of respect for former President, Mary Robinson, a few times I thought. He just comes across as an egotistical ignoramus.
Best line of the night goes to Dustin The Turkey ... 'You only did Live Aid to get a gig for the Boomtown Rats' ... Sir Bob seemed a little perturbed by that comment :-)
Quote from: balladmaker on October 02, 2021, 08:40:27 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 02, 2021, 02:44:34 PM
What was Bob chewing throughout the show? Looked ridiculous
Because he's a prat. Who would go on the Late Late and chew constantly ... also he showed a lack of respect for former President, Mary Robinson, a few times I thought. He just comes across as an egotistical ignoramus.
Best line of the night goes to Dustin The Turkey ... 'You only did Live Aid to get a gig for the Boomtown Rats' ... Sir Bob seemed a little perturbed by that comment :-)
A joke that's been told a thousand times. Whatever about Bob Geldof,
how did Dustin the Turkey ever become a thing? and then for the craic that gimmick was sent to Eurovision to represent Ireland.
Quote from: Sportacus on October 01, 2021, 11:12:17 PM
Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
Sir Bob is a national treasure.
Quote from: sid waddell on October 02, 2021, 09:11:30 PM
Quote from: Sportacus on October 01, 2021, 11:12:17 PM
Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
Sir Bob is a national treasure.
It depends what nation you are talking about!
Does Andrea Corr do birthday parties? I have a birthday coming up.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 02, 2021, 09:15:45 PM
Does Andrea Corr do birthday parties? I have a birthday coming up.
You know what? it can be done!
https://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/6791/the-corrs/ (https://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/6791/the-corrs/)
Ask Jim for a vaccine certificate before you let him in ;D
Quote from: imtommygunn on October 02, 2021, 09:34:17 PM
Ask Jim for a vaccine certificate before you let him in ;D
I actually wasn't bothered about Jim.
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Quote from: Sportacus on October 01, 2021, 11:12:17 PM
Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
There's nothing to get. He's not been a Rock Star since the early '80. But he's been a decent Business man since.
Did they have a nice bowl of soup for him on the show?
Quote from: GJL on October 03, 2021, 12:10:21 AM
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Big Geldof party tonight. He galvanised people to do big things. I never really got him. Is he a bit marmite?
There's nothing to get. He's not been a Rock Star since the early '80. But he's been a decent Business man since.
Did they have a nice bowl of soup for him on the show?
Robert McGeldof lol
To qualify for soup taking joke you have to have been one thing and changed to another. Geldoff has always been an unsufferable west brit know all and hypocrite. I'm not sure what food type should be associated with that.
Toad in the hole.
Quote from: Itchy on October 03, 2021, 10:09:59 AM
To qualify for soup taking joke you have to have been one thing and changed to another. Geldoff has always been an unsufferable west brit know all and hypocrite. I'm not sure what food type should be associated with that.
I'm interested to know why you think he's a West Brit. I've never really taken an interest in Geldof or his music, and other than him being involved with Live Aid and hearing him on the odd interview, I don't know too much about him, his background or his beliefs.
I dont know how to put images up here but Google geldoff & thatcher, Google geldoff and 1916 rising and then see for yourself. Google geldoff handing back freedom of Dublin in protest but no issue holding onto his knighthood when you tbink of some of the scumbags that held that title. He has nothing but contempt for Ireland.
Quote from: Itchy on October 03, 2021, 12:45:06 PM
I dont know how to put images up here but Google geldoff & thatcher, Google geldoff and 1916 rising and then see for yourself. Google geldoff handing back freedom of Dublin in protest but no issue holding onto his knighthood when you tbink of some of the scumbags that held that title. He has nothing but contempt for Ireland.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishcentral.com/news/famine-beginning-of-irish-nation-geldof.amp (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishcentral.com/news/famine-beginning-of-irish-nation-geldof.amp)
The Republic of Telly show could not make this thread any more Irish
Just a tip, folks.
"West Brit" is not an argument or even a good barb. It only ever makes the person who aims it look like the gobshite.
If you want to persuade people about why they should dislike somebody or something, using "West Brit" about them as a substitute for an argument is an automatic fail.
Again, Sir Bob is a national treasure.
...in your opinion.
West Brit works well for me in that i know exactly what the person is trying to say when they use it
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 03, 2021, 08:31:58 PM
...in your opinion.
West Brit works well for me in that i know exactly what the person is trying to say when they use it
Aiming "West Brit" at somebody is ethnonationalist name calling which demands a voluntary ossification of the mind and a crushing conformity and deference to an imaginary, fake, pastiche version of "Irishness" which is in fact viciously anti-Irish, because it rejects all the diversity and non-conformity which encompasses real Irishness.
It's the exact same as Trump and supporters of the party of Q shrieking "they hate America" at (insert the name of any non-Trumpist/s).
Sir Bob is a far greater Irishman than any of the pastiche Irishness merchants, he's one of our greatest real Irishmen.
Genuinely sorry i responded now. Ive read that twice and now my head hurts. Ill know for again
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 08:43:21 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 03, 2021, 08:31:58 PM
...in your opinion.
West Brit works well for me in that i know exactly what the person is trying to say when they use it
Aiming "West Brit" at somebody is ethnonationalist name calling which demands a voluntary ossification of the mind and a crushing conformity and deference to an imaginary, fake, pastiche version of "Irishness" which is in fact viciously anti-Irish, because it rejects all the diversity and non-conformity which encompasses real Irishness.
It's the exact same as Trump and supporters of the party of Q shrieking "they hate America" at (insert the name of any non-Trumpist/s).
Sir Bob is a far greater Irishman than any of the pastiche Irishness merchants, he's one of our greatest real Irishmen.
Bringing Trump into the Late Late thread! Sid strikes again. Obsessed.
Quote from: RedHand88 on October 03, 2021, 09:17:24 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 08:43:21 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 03, 2021, 08:31:58 PM
...in your opinion.
West Brit works well for me in that i know exactly what the person is trying to say when they use it
Aiming "West Brit" at somebody is ethnonationalist name calling which demands a voluntary ossification of the mind and a crushing conformity and deference to an imaginary, fake, pastiche version of "Irishness" which is in fact viciously anti-Irish, because it rejects all the diversity and non-conformity which encompasses real Irishness.
It's the exact same as Trump and supporters of the party of Q shrieking "they hate America" at (insert the name of any non-Trumpist/s).
Sir Bob is a far greater Irishman than any of the pastiche Irishness merchants, he's one of our greatest real Irishmen.
Bringing Trump into the Late Late thread! Sid strikes again. Obsessed.
What's the difference between Trump shrieking "they hate America" at the likes of AOC, Farage shrieking about Remainers being agents of an evil EU "empire" and lads here shrieking "West Brit" at Bob Geldof?
It's a serious question.
The answer of course, is there is none.
All of them are the scoundrelism of fake "patriots" with nothing to say and nothing to offer.
If you could offer a serious riposte as to why shrieking "West Brit" is in any way different to the poison that comes out of the mouths of Trump and Farage I'd be all ears.
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 09:36:24 PM
If you could offer a serious riposte as to why shrieking "West Brit" is in any way different to the poison that comes out of the mouths of Trump and Farage I'd be all ears.
Because it is true, and Farage and Trump are talking bollix?
Quote from: armaghniac on October 03, 2021, 10:03:07 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 09:36:24 PM
If you could offer a serious riposte as to why shrieking "West Brit" is in any way different to the poison that comes out of the mouths of Trump and Farage I'd be all ears.
Because it is true, and Farage and Trump are talking bollix?
That's not an argument. There's no reasoning there.
We all know the main "reason" Bob Geldof gets called a "West Brit" here and elsewhere is because he was fervently anti-PIRA.
Same reason Bono gets the same abuse from the same people.
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 10:44:40 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on October 03, 2021, 10:03:07 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 09:36:24 PM
If you could offer a serious riposte as to why shrieking "West Brit" is in any way different to the poison that comes out of the mouths of Trump and Farage I'd be all ears.
Because it is true, and Farage and Trump are talking bollix?
That's not an argument. There's no reasoning there.
We all know the main "reason" Bob Geldof gets called a "West Brit" here and elsewhere is because he was fervently anti-PIRA.
Same reason Bono gets the same abuse from the same people.
Geldof left the country and moved to Britain first chance he got. You cannot say that of Bono.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 03, 2021, 11:06:50 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 10:44:40 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on October 03, 2021, 10:03:07 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 03, 2021, 09:36:24 PM
If you could offer a serious riposte as to why shrieking "West Brit" is in any way different to the poison that comes out of the mouths of Trump and Farage I'd be all ears.
Because it is true, and Farage and Trump are talking bollix?
That's not an argument. There's no reasoning there.
We all know the main "reason" Bob Geldof gets called a "West Brit" here and elsewhere is because he was fervently anti-PIRA.
Same reason Bono gets the same abuse from the same people.
Geldof left the country and moved to Britain first chance he got. You cannot say that of Bono.
So did half the country! And fair play to them!
This is the bit that sums Bob up for me - charging $100k to deliver a speech about ending poverty (the below taken from a newspaper article in Australia at the time):
ANTI-poverty campaigner Sir Bob Geldof has charged Australian organisers $100,000 to give a speech about world suffering.
Geldof, 54, spoke about the tragedy of Third World poverty and the failure of governments to combat the crisis at a Crown casino function in Melbourne on Thursday night.
But he charged about $100,000 for his troubles - a speakers fee that included the cost of luxury hotel rooms and first-class airfares.
Fellow activist, World Vision CEO the Reverend Tim Costello, spoke for free. An event insider said the Geldof payments, which included the costs of a minder, appeared hypocritical.
Jesus that show was a puke fest. Geldof's head must've been some size after it. And that singing of happy birthday at the end was cringeworthy
The late late show has totally gone to the dogs
I recorded it and fast forwarded.
The guests were strange. Like Andrea and Imelda........wha?
Shur, they weren't born when the Rats were having hits. No Pete Holidai, no Blades, no Tom Dunne.
It was just fluff....and pukey at times for sure.
Did Imelda do one of her 'po-emms'?
3 ex UK PMs and no ex Teashops. It's bad when even Bertie didn't get the nod.
Ringo Starr is 81. He looks 60. What's the story?
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 10:51:50 AM
I recorded it and fast forwarded.
3 ex UK PMs and no ex Teashops.
West Brit right enough ;D
Quote from: BennyCake on October 04, 2021, 10:21:16 AM
Jesus that show was a puke fest. Geldof's head must've been some size after it. And that singing of happy birthday at the end was cringeworthy
The late late show has totally gone to the dogs
Ah gwan they did not
Jebus thats nothing but a stain on the undies of Ireland that show, pure establishment drivel
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 10:51:50 AM
I recorded it and fast forwarded.
The guests were strange. Like Andrea and Imelda........wha?
Shur, they weren't born when the Rats were having hits. No Pete Holidai, no Blades, no Tom Dunne.
It was just fluff....and pukey at times for sure.
Did Imelda do one of her 'po-emms'?
3 ex UK PMs and no ex Teashops. It's bad when even Bertie didn't get the nod.
Ringo Starr is 81. He looks 60. What's the story?
Imelda is a sad case, she is always hanging around these types of things. Maybe that is the way of showbiz but I'd rather see her succeed because what talent she has rather than whose arse she kisses.
BTW when will the late late do a birthday bash for some of the real heroes in this country - The nurses/doctors that kept the lights on during covid or Father Peter McVerry (a man who wouldn't charge at all to talk about homelessness unlike Sir Bob). There are lots of people who are an inspiration in this country yet RTE goes running around after assholes like Geldoff and Bono. Thats why Tommy Tiernans show is so far ahead, its 1) the host and 2) the interesting guests he has on.
Same hoors will be dragged back when Sinead turns 70.......even if RTE have to exhume a few.
Its gonna be some craic watching the establishment squirm when SF romp the next election, maybe they can clear house on some of this propagandist horse shit
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 12:55:51 PM
Its gonna be some craic watching the establishment squirm when SF romp the next election, maybe they can clear house on some of this propagandist horse shit
No political party in Ireland uses propaganda more than Sinn Fein.
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 01:11:11 PM
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 12:55:51 PM
Its gonna be some craic watching the establishment squirm when SF romp the next election, maybe they can clear house on some of this propagandist horse shit
No political party in Ireland uses propaganda more has been more oppressed by propaganda than Sinn Fein.
Fixed that for you
Section 31 ring a bell?
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 11:37:53 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on October 04, 2021, 10:21:16 AM
Jesus that show was a puke fest. Geldof's head must've been some size after it. And that singing of happy birthday at the end was cringeworthy
The late late show has totally gone to the dogs
Ah gwan they did not
Jebus thats nothing but a stain on the undies of Ireland that show, pure establishment drivel
They did!
You're right on the establishment though. A lackey as host, arselicking week on week. No more so than when that gangster Enda Kenny was on a while back. I've never seen such a smarmy , slimey creep being interviewed. All going unchallenged by tubridy
Quote from: Itchy on October 04, 2021, 11:42:22 AM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 10:51:50 AM
I recorded it and fast forwarded.
The guests were strange. Like Andrea and Imelda........wha?
Shur, they weren't born when the Rats were having hits. No Pete Holidai, no Blades, no Tom Dunne.
It was just fluff....and pukey at times for sure.
Did Imelda do one of her 'po-emms'?
3 ex UK PMs and no ex Teashops. It's bad when even Bertie didn't get the nod.
Ringo Starr is 81. He looks 60. What's the story?
Imelda is a sad case, she is always hanging around these types of things. Maybe that is the way of showbiz but I'd rather see her succeed because what talent she has rather than whose arse she kisses.
BTW when will the late late do a birthday bash for some of the real heroes in this country - The nurses/doctors that kept the lights on during covid or Father Peter McVerry (a man who wouldn't charge at all to talk about homelessness unlike Sir Bob). There are lots of people who are an inspiration in this country yet RTE goes running around after assholes like Geldoff and Bono. Thats why Tommy Tiernans show is so far ahead, its 1) the host and 2) the interesting guests he has on.
Imelda and Andrea looked lost (and winging it)on stage during one of Bobs songs.
Fr. Peter McVerry is a serious hero! He's so humble, he'd never agree to being displayed like a piece of meat on the LLS.
When Geldoff appeared on Tommy Tiernans show. Tiernan asked Geldoff
''if his equipment still worked and did he still crave the ride?''
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 12:48:48 PM
Same hoors will be dragged back when Sinead turns 70.......even if RTE have to exhume a few.
Like her or not, at least Sinéad, one among many Irish traditional singers, is/was a talent. Geldof has zilch to offer as a legacy.
Wild horses wouldn't have dragged me to one of their gigs. He was always 2nd division, then got demoted ignominiously to the Leinster League.
He's been recognised already for the Live Aid thing, that was 35 years ago.
Don't despair just yet, Johnny Fean must be touching 70 ;D
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 01:24:40 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 01:11:11 PM
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 12:55:51 PM
Its gonna be some craic watching the establishment squirm when SF romp the next election, maybe they can clear house on some of this propagandist horse shit
No political party in Ireland uses propaganda more has been more oppressed by propaganda than Sinn Fein.
Fixed that for you
Section 31 ring a bell?
On that basis, I presume you'd think the Kinahans, or anti-vaxxers or, hey, ISIS, are oppressed by propaganda.
Quote from: Main Street on October 04, 2021, 09:26:43 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 12:48:48 PM
Same hoors will be dragged back when Sinead turns 70.......even if RTE have to exhume a few.
Like her or not, at least Sinéad, one among many Irish traditional singers, is/was a talent. Geldof has zilch to offer as a legacy.
Wild horses wouldn't have dragged me to one of their gigs. He was always 2nd division, then got demoted ignominiously to the Leinster League.
He's been recognised already for the Live Aid thing, that was 35 years ago.
Don't despair just yet, Johnny Fean must be touching 70 ;D
I love Sinead but in truth, most people could name no more than two songs of hers, and one of those was written by Prince.
On a par with Boomtown then...
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 11:13:47 PM
Quote from: Main Street on October 04, 2021, 09:26:43 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 12:48:48 PM
Same hoors will be dragged back when Sinead turns 70.......even if RTE have to exhume a few.
Like her or not, at least Sinéad, one among many Irish traditional singers, is/was a talent. Geldof has zilch to offer as a legacy.
Wild horses wouldn't have dragged me to one of their gigs. He was always 2nd division, then got demoted ignominiously to the Leinster League.
He's been recognised already for the Live Aid thing, that was 35 years ago.
Don't despair just yet, Johnny Fean must be touching 70 ;D
I love Sinead but in truth, most people could name no more than two songs of hers, and one of those was written by Prince.
Most people like you Sid probably, but in truth she's in the elite when it comes to renditions of traditional Irish songs.
Stopped watching this when Gay retired, even then it was a few years before that, Norton can be good, but actually I've more or less stopped watching these types of shows as very rarely they'd have an A lister or a decent interesting guest. As for the questions they ask, it's embarrassing at times.
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 11:10:24 PM
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 01:24:40 PM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 01:11:11 PM
Quote from: tiempo on October 04, 2021, 12:55:51 PM
Its gonna be some craic watching the establishment squirm when SF romp the next election, maybe they can clear house on some of this propagandist horse shit
No political party in Ireland uses propaganda more has been more oppressed by propaganda than Sinn Fein.
Fixed that for you
Section 31 ring a bell?
On that basis, I presume you'd think the Kinahans, or anti-vaxxers or, hey, ISIS, are oppressed by propaganda.
Weak
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 11:13:47 PM
Quote from: Main Street on October 04, 2021, 09:26:43 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 12:48:48 PM
Same hoors will be dragged back when Sinead turns 70.......even if RTE have to exhume a few.
Like her or not, at least Sinéad, one among many Irish traditional singers, is/was a talent. Geldof has zilch to offer as a legacy.
Wild horses wouldn't have dragged me to one of their gigs. He was always 2nd division, then got demoted ignominiously to the Leinster League.
He's been recognised already for the Live Aid thing, that was 35 years ago.
Don't despair just yet, Johnny Fean must be touching 70 ;D
I love Sinead but in truth, most people could name no more than two songs of hers, and one of those was written by Prince.
She's got some mileage out of that Prince song! 31 years and counting! Can't stand the woman. A vastly overrated attention seeker, who continually gets wheeled out for big occasions for some strange inexplicable reason
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 10:51:50 AM
I recorded it and fast forwarded.
The guests were strange. Like Andrea and Imelda........wha?
Shur, they weren't born when the Rats were having hits. No Pete Holidai, no Blades, no Tom Dunne.
It was just fluff....and pukey at times for sure.
Did Imelda do one of her 'po-emms'?
3 ex UK PMs and no ex Teashops. It's bad when even Bertie didn't get the nod.
Ringo Starr is 81. He looks 60. What's the story?
I heard he was togging out for the Guish at the weekend.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 05, 2021, 10:03:41 AM
Quote from: sid waddell on October 04, 2021, 11:13:47 PM
Quote from: Main Street on October 04, 2021, 09:26:43 PM
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 04, 2021, 12:48:48 PM
Same hoors will be dragged back when Sinead turns 70.......even if RTE have to exhume a few.
Like her or not, at least Sinéad, one among many Irish traditional singers, is/was a talent. Geldof has zilch to offer as a legacy.
Wild horses wouldn't have dragged me to one of their gigs. He was always 2nd division, then got demoted ignominiously to the Leinster League.
He's been recognised already for the Live Aid thing, that was 35 years ago.
Don't despair just yet, Johnny Fean must be touching 70 ;D
I love Sinead but in truth, most people could name no more than two songs of hers, and one of those was written by Prince.
She's got some mileage out of that Prince song! 31 years and counting! Can't stand the woman. A vastly overrated attention seeker, who continually gets wheeled out for big occasions for some strange inexplicable reason
Benny, She has lots more songs and albums maybe open your mind a bit. Like saying poques only had thst one sing fairytale of new York.
Geldof is a bit like Feargal Sharkey. Championship standard music but built a very impressive career off the back of it.
Plus in Geldof's case there was unbearable personal tragedy.
He is more interesting than Bono.
Caught the late late last night.
Have to say, the unrehearsed ballad that Finbar furey and John Sheehan played in tribute to Paddy Maloney was incredible.
Very moving and a moment that made me very proud to be Irish.
Quote from: Silver hill on October 16, 2021, 08:12:01 AM
Caught the late late last night.
Have to say, the unrehearsed ballad that Finbar furey and John Sheehan played in tribute to Paddy Maloney was incredible.
Very moving and a moment that made me very proud to be Irish.
That stopped me in my tracks. Absolutely brilliant, that was.
Instead of TLLS having specials for Geldof's birthday or that awful valentines night thing, bring these guys and their mates in and have a night with them. The Irish musical legends are slipping away one by one. We need to treasure them while they are still here. So get them all together and showcase the incredible talent this country has.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 16, 2021, 09:57:45 AM
Quote from: Silver hill on October 16, 2021, 08:12:01 AM
Caught the late late last night.
Have to say, the unrehearsed ballad that Finbar furey and John Sheehan played in tribute to Paddy Maloney was incredible.
Very moving and a moment that made me very proud to be Irish.
That stopped me in my tracks. Absolutely brilliant, that was.
Instead of TLLS having specials for Geldof's birthday or that awful valentines night thing, bring these guys and their mates in and have a night with them. The Irish musical legends are slipping away one by one. We need to treasure them while they are still here. So get them all together and showcase the incredible talent this country has.
Hear hear
Quote from: Silver hill on October 16, 2021, 08:12:01 AM
Caught the late late last night.
Have to say, the unrehearsed ballad that Finbar furey and John Sheehan played in tribute to Paddy Maloney was incredible.
Very moving and a moment that made me very proud to be Irish.
Different class .
Absolutely amazing spontaneous unrehearsed tribute by them.
Sé mo laoch rendition also brilliant.
Paddy moloney was a genuine world superstar. Debbie Harry's tribute said it all. When it comes to music we really punch above our weight on the world stage .
Yer man coked off his head wearing a sarong.
Mario Bollocksack, holy mother of Jesus!!
Christy Moore.
First song and he gets stuck in straight away.
Ryan looking very uncomfortable....
Quote from: BennyCake on November 19, 2021, 10:10:40 PM
Mario Bollocksack, holy mother of Jesus!!
Changed channel when he came on. It's like they have guests on rotation.
Quote from: FermGael on November 19, 2021, 10:31:48 PM
Christy Moore.
First song and he gets stuck in straight away.
Ryan looking very uncomfortable....
Think Christy was looking to sing another few, Tubridy's a tool!
Quote from: Targetman on November 19, 2021, 10:52:47 PM
Quote from: FermGael on November 19, 2021, 10:31:48 PM
Christy Moore.
First song and he gets stuck in straight away.
Ryan looking very uncomfortable....
Think Christy was looking to sing another few, Tubridy's a tool!
Tubridy doesn't know how to have a natural converstation.
He can do OTT fawning stuff which is cringe to watch and I'm guessing Christy didn't want it either .
So the alternative is to sing the songs and end it there!
Better off that way if you ask me!
Vicky Phelan is a superwoman. Legacy of Tony Hoolohon there.
I have to admit to being a bit confused by the whole smear test controversy.
As I understood it, there was always a margin of error meaning some positive cases would be missed.
So, if that's the case, is the issue that the false negative wasn't notified ASAP?
Quote from: Targetman on November 19, 2021, 10:52:47 PM
Quote from: FermGael on November 19, 2021, 10:31:48 PM
Christy Moore.
First song and he gets stuck in straight away.
Ryan looking very uncomfortable....
Think Christy was looking to sing another few, Tubridy's a tool!
Indeed, Christy picked up the second guitar and was ready to sing on, but was cut off by Tubridy. In fairness to Tubridy, anyone who has been to the Late Late show will quickly realise that he's literally only the presenter ... he's being controlled by the floor manager, and when told to cut from behind the camera, that's what he has to do. He is very uncomfortable it seems however when faced with a few ballads, his body language gives that away ... one mention of Long Kesh and he's looking to the side for cover.
Vicky Phelan ... what can be said, nothing but total respect.
Quote from: mrdeeds on November 19, 2021, 11:32:57 PM
Vicky Phelan is a superwoman. Legacy of Tony Hoolohon there.
I didn't realise her trip to the US didn't achieve anything. It's awful to think she will probably die.
Fair play to Vicki but so sad and avoidable.
Seafoid, for your info you and I and everyone else WILL die, no probably about it.
It has been said on here many times that Tubs would be rather covering stories of misery, arse-licking or doing the toy show. Has never been any use with sports people or anyone with potential for controversy.
Quote from: Rossfan on November 20, 2021, 12:14:07 PM
Fair play to Vicki but so sad and avoidable.
Seafoid, for your info you and I and everyone else WILL die, no probably about it.
Not when our kids are teenagers. That's the worst thing .
Is The Late Late Show the only talk show that deals in a constant basis with death? It seems that week in week out, the theme of death is touched on by a Chronically ill guest or by a Chronically ill subject.
Should be a Late Late bingo card for guests:
Mario Rosenstock
A fellow RTÉ presenter
Imelda May
Nathan Carter
Westlife/Boyzone
Christy Dignam
Bob Geldof
Dermot Bannon
Pat Shortt
Daniel O'Donnell
Oliver Callan
Someone who is ill
Bernard O'Shea
Finbarr Furey
A victim of a crime
Davy Fitz
Sinead O'connor
Have I missed anyone?
Fr Darcy.....surprised he wasn't there last night
You can add Christy Moore to that list.
Brendan o Carroll
Brush Shields
Twink
Jedward
Just seen a clip of the nonsense on Friday night. Ireland's call and green flags!
How pathetically RTE. An embarrassment of a 'national' television channel.
Quote from: GJL on January 30, 2022, 03:22:36 PM
Just seen a clip of the nonsense on Friday night. Ireland's call and green flags!
How pathetically RTE. An embarrassment of a 'national' television channel.
I don't watch it but I saw the clip. It's amazing how far removed from reality Tubridy and his team at the Late Late are
Tubridy lives in a Dublin 4 bubble.
Haven't watch this shite, bar the toy show, in 2 years. West brit shit fest is all it is.
Looks like they got the 'Rugby' crowd in. Green Flags? Looks sterile!
Tubridy was never particularly good doing to the late late show, however his false sense of being the country's positive spokesperson during the pandemic, has driven me elsewhere on a Friday night. I just can't watch the fool. Tommy Tiernan on a Saturday night is fantastic, the man listens & doesn't feel the need to constantly interrupt or be constrained by time/ set list of questions.
Quote from: Rudi on January 31, 2022, 09:52:11 AM
Tubridy was never particularly good doing to the late late show, however his false sense of being the country's positive spokesperson during the pandemic, has driven me elsewhere on a Friday night. I just can't watch the fool. Tommy Tiernan on a Saturday night is fantastic, the man listens & doesn't feel the need to constantly interrupt or be constrained by time/ set list of questions.
Agree 100%.
I really dont like him or his style. No matter the topic or interviewee.....he always manages to make it about him.
The toy show is just him making condescending remarks about the kids whilst winking at the camera to let everyone see how clever he is.
I refuse to watch anything he's on.
Quote from: Rudi on January 31, 2022, 09:52:11 AM
Tubridy was never particularly good doing to the late late show, however his false sense of being the country's positive spokesperson during the pandemic, has driven me elsewhere on a Friday night. I just can't watch the fool. Tommy Tiernan on a Saturday night is fantastic, the man listens & doesn't feel the need to constantly interrupt or be constrained by time/ set list of questions.
This.
It'd be better if she said no lol
I thought Leona Maguire was great on it last night.
In the continuing on from Covid hype on a Friday night, we have now have the Ukraine show roll into town.
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
To hide the yawns
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
RTE are getting ready for the Winter. Covid was a huge money making exercise for our National Station. RTE made a profit for the first time in years during Covid!
Having a show without masks is admitting that it is over and RTE are in deep sh1t as they will not be receiving money from their main donor the Government anymore!
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
Why is the Late Late still wheeling out these country music "stars"
Quote from: laoislad on April 15, 2022, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
Why is the Late Late still wheeling out these country music "stars"
That's the target audience anymore!
That was some craic with the misogynistic comment. Tubridy squirming.
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 15, 2022, 10:34:57 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 15, 2022, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
Why is the Late Late still wheeling out these country music "stars"
That's the target audience anymore!
Could have been worse at least they left Philomena Begley at home tonight.
Anyone see that Derry Girl wan with her snowflake feminist bullshite 🙄 Misogynist me hole.
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Quote from: laoislad on April 15, 2022, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
Why is the Late Late still wheeling out these country music "stars"
That's the target audience anymore!
Could have been worse at least they left Philomena Begley at home tonight.
Anyone see that Derry Girl wan with her snowflake feminist bullshite 🙄 Misogynist me hole.
There is only so much that the Irish audience can take of stories of Covid, Cancer, Chronic illness and general health hardship on a Friday night after a weeks work!
Where is The LLS in relation to TAM Ratings anymore? Or do they still do that Sh1t?
Mary McAleese is paid a pension of €137,749.14
Quote from: laoislad on April 15, 2022, 10:38:17 PM
Could have been worse at least they left Philomena Begley at home tonight.
Anyone see that Derry Girl wan with her snowflake feminist bullshite 🙄 Misogynist me hole.
Didn't watch it, what's this about?
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 16, 2022, 08:56:31 AM
Tubridy asked her age. She stopped short of burning her bra.
He could do some research on his guest instead of being a shite presenter
I don't watch the show but I read about this. Yes he's a bollix all right but clearly so is she. Her age is public knowledge on Wikipedia so I can't understand why she made such a song and dance about it.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on April 16, 2022, 04:15:40 PM
I don't watch the show but I read about this. Yes he's a bollix all right but clearly so is she. Her age is public knowledge on Wikipedia so I can't understand why she made such a song and dance about it.
Trying to be relevant
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on April 16, 2022, 04:15:40 PM
I don't watch the show but I read about this. Yes he's a bollix all right but clearly so is she. Her age is public knowledge on Wikipedia so I can't understand why she made such a song and dance about it.
Actually no, her age isn't recorded on Wikipedia, she's an ageless wonder.
She came out of it quite well I thought
In this instance it was Tubridy who acted the maggot, said it might be a rude question to ask but asked it anyway and even after she clearly didn't want to answer it to his satisfaction, he pursued it regardless. He just couldn't give up on his prepared follow-up line from the clipboard.
It's about the only clip from the LLS that I've watched since an 80 year old Big Tom had the whole LLS audience up on their feet dancing in the aisles.
Quote from: laoislad on April 15, 2022, 10:38:17 PM
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 15, 2022, 10:34:57 PM
Quote from: laoislad on April 15, 2022, 10:30:37 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 15, 2022, 09:50:28 PM
Why are the audience STILL wearing masks?
Why is the Late Late still wheeling out these country music "stars"
That's the target audience anymore!
Could have been worse at least they left Philomena Begley at home tonight.
Anyone see that Derry Girl wan with her snowflake feminist bullshite 🙄 Misogynist me hole.
Embarrassed for her tbh, as we say in Derry she needed to wise up and wind her neck in
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Quote from: Dougal Maguire on April 16, 2022, 04:15:40 PM
I don't watch the show but I read about this. Yes he's a bollix all right but clearly so is she. Her age is public knowledge on Wikipedia so I can't understand why she made such a song and dance about it.
Actually no, her age isn't recorded on Wikipedia, she's an ageless wonder.
She came out of it quite well I thought
In this instance it was Tubridy who acted the maggot, said it might be a rude question to ask but asked it anyway and even after she clearly didn't want to answer it to his satisfaction, he pursued it regardless. He just couldn't give up on his prepared follow-up line from the clipboard.
It's about the only clip from the LLS that I've watched since an 80 year old Big Tom had the whole LLS audience up on their feet dancing in the aisles.
Was probably aiming at saying you look fantastic for acting as teenager. Massive chips on some women's shoulders these days
Turbidy is a tube but did nothing wrong in this instance. She will be wishing she was on the show being asked her age in 5 years time, but by then she'll be forgotten about.
Quote from: nrico2006 on April 16, 2022, 07:59:49 PM
Turbidy is a tube but did nothing wrong in this instance. She will be wishing she was on the show being asked her age in 5 years time, but by then she'll be forgotten about.
Would agree with all that, showed a lack of class playing the feminist misogyny card, I wouldn't have her back if I was Tubs. Dope of the highest order & an irrelevant nobody.
She came across as a dose, which is a shame because there's loads of goodwill for the show, its writer and actors / actresses.
Quote from: Rudi on April 16, 2022, 10:00:38 PM
Quote from: nrico2006 on April 16, 2022, 07:59:49 PM
Turbidy is a tube but did nothing wrong in this instance. She will be wishing she was on the show being asked her age in 5 years time, but by then she'll be forgotten about.
Would agree with all that, showed a lack of class playing the feminist misogyny card, I wouldn't have her back if I was Tubs. Dope of the highest order & an irrelevant nobody.
She showed a lack of class. She could have just said that she did her A levels a couple of years ago or something like that and the question would have been defused.
Quote from: nrico2006 on April 16, 2022, 07:59:49 PM
Turbidy is a tube but did nothing wrong in this instance. She will be wishing she was on the show being asked her age in 5 years time, but by then she'll be forgotten about.
So the show in five years time and her own acting career will be finished in 5 years? Pretty short lived then. Any other tips.
Turbity sort of epotomises the 'west Brittness' of RTE. It is time he and the Late Late are called time on. Both are a bit pathetic in terms of being a true reflection of proper modern Irishness.
Quote from: GJL on April 16, 2022, 11:29:44 PM
Turbity sort of epotomises the 'west Brittness' of RTE. It is time he and the Late Late are called time on. Both are a bit pathetic in terms of being a true reflection of proper modern Irishness.
What is "proper modern Irishness"????
Quote from: Rossfan on April 16, 2022, 11:37:04 PM
Quote from: GJL on April 16, 2022, 11:29:44 PM
Turbity sort of epotomises the 'west Brittness' of RTE. It is time he and the Late Late are called time on. Both are a bit pathetic in terms of being a true reflection of proper modern Irishness.
What is "proper modern Irishness"????
I think he means "Sinn Fein supporter".
:D :D ;D ;) :D ;D
Quote from: GJL on April 16, 2022, 11:29:44 PM
Turbity sort of epotomises the 'west Brittness' of RTE. It is time he and the Late Late are called time on. Both are a bit pathetic in terms of being a true reflection of proper modern Irishness.
West Brit - translation - You're not as Irish as me. You're not really Irish. A sort of casual racism / sectarianism. Do you feel the same way about people from Africa, or mainland Europe who make their lives in Ireland?
Sad way to be.
Quote from: trailer on April 17, 2022, 08:02:11 AM
Quote from: GJL on April 16, 2022, 11:29:44 PM
Turbity sort of epotomises the 'west Brittness' of RTE. It is time he and the Late Late are called time on. Both are a bit pathetic in terms of being a true reflection of proper modern Irishness.
West Brit - translation - You're not as Irish as me. You're not really Irish. A sort of casual racism / sectarianism. Do you feel the same way about people from Africa, or mainland Europe who make their lives in Ireland?
Sad way to be.
It also means you did not support the activities of the IRA
Is that not castle catholic? Maybe that's a Belfast saying though not sure.
West Brit = people who'd have preferred we stayed as part of Britain and long for us to rejoin. At least where I am from.
Castle Catholic was the "I'm alright Jack" brigade who had a comfy job and weren't too bothered about the civil rights struggles of their neighbours.
I dont think Tubridy is either, he's just a bit ignorant on a lot of subjects
Quote from: Itchy on April 17, 2022, 01:29:34 PM
West Brit = people who'd have preferred we stayed as part of Britain and long for us to rejoin. At least where I am from.
Castle Catholic was the "I'm alright Jack" brigade who had a comfy job and weren't too bothered about the civil rights struggles of their neighbours.
I dont think Tubridy is either, he's just a bit ignorant on a lot of subjects
this
plenty of both on this board, you can tell from the language they use and views they espouse
it's subtle at times but calculated in a way as to promote the status quo
sad reflection on Ireland as a whole
tubridy is undoubtedly a west brit ::)
The usual bollocks from you.
You'd have to be a special kind of paranoid delusional person to think there's any material amount of 'West Brits' (as defined above) in the south. Barring actual Brits or NI unionists who have moved down here, the % would be in the 0.000x category.
I see there has been a radio interview after being dug up where he asked her the same thing and she called him out on it.
Sure they are all trying to be 'relevant' and they are feckin delighted there is a 'social media storm' over it all.
It really confuses me why so many people still watch the show. I mean it's pure dung 90% of the time and f**k me is it meant to be light entertainment because it was misery porn for two years during Covid.
If you don't like it don't watch it. Some of it is misery, some of it is good. The piece a few weeks ago with Charlie Bird, in my honest opinion Ryan was very sincere about the issue as were others, which you don't see often in tv land.
I don't watch it but can't avoid it if you use any social media after things like the Derry Girls craic.
And, of course it has its moments but it's terrible value for money (with his wages) and most of the time it's RTÉ talking to RTÉ.
The Late Late Show used to have debates, controversial themes and international guests.
It's now reduced to hearing hard luck stories, A revolving door of the same (local) Guests and Tubbs telling us how great we all are.
To give it breathing space, D'arcys Saturday night show looks to have been let drift off!
Panti Bliss is up to her (pokie) tits on something!
https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI (https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI)
Posted without comment.
Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 17, 2022, 08:15:53 PM
https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI (https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI)
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Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
Two more people who have butchered that song
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 17, 2022, 08:36:59 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 17, 2022, 08:15:53 PM
https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI (https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI)
Posted without comment.
Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
Two more people who have butchered that song
Forgive them for they know not what they do.
The LLS is a carousel of repeat guests. Most which are plucked from the RTE canteen midweek.
''It happened on the Late Late Show''
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 17, 2022, 08:15:53 PM
Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
They've been doing that for years with Late Late clips
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 17, 2022, 08:15:53 PM
https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI (https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI)
Posted without comment.
Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
If you are to do a tribute one should either skip the line they don't want to sing or not change the lyrics of the song to suit a PG audience.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on December 17, 2022, 09:18:25 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 17, 2022, 08:15:53 PM
Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
They've been doing that for years with Late Late clips
In this world there are two types of people.
- Those who love the LLS and take it as fact that: Brendan O'Carroll is funny, That Pat Shortt is funny, Mary McAleese is speaking for everyone, Luke O'Neill is incisive and knows what he's talking about, Every foreign guest has a Irish connection, That Mary Lou is our only option as an alternative for government.
- Those who don't watch it.
Quote from: Blowitupref on December 17, 2022, 09:34:09 PM
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 17, 2022, 08:15:53 PM
https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI (https://youtu.be/ZvlvpHpVzoI)
Posted without comment.
Not "posting without allowing comments", which is what RTE did with it...
If you are to do a tribute one should either skip the line they don't want to sing or not change the lyrics of the song to suit a PG audience.
That's the bit I didn't understand. Why is crackhead any less offensive than f**got?
Jesus that interview with Lee just ended abruptly.
Gearoid Farrelly. A comedian. You're having a laugh! So unfunny and brought Turbidy's sycophancy to the fore
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 20, 2023, 10:01:26 PM
Jesus that interview with Lee just ended abruptly.
Agreed, up to that point I thought it was very good. He was very open and honest that possibly the commitment of county football may have been at the expense of his own personal / work career and is realising now that this now must take priority. At the end of the day we will all go for a mortgage and at that stage playing for your county and the number of medals you won is irrelevant.
Quote from: LC on January 21, 2023, 10:56:45 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 20, 2023, 10:01:26 PM
Jesus that interview with Lee just ended abruptly.
Agreed, up to that point I thought it was very good. He was very open and honest that possibly the commitment of county football may have been at the expense of his own personal / work career and is realising now that this now must take priority. At the end of the day we will all go for a mortgage and at that stage playing for your county and the number of medals you won is irrelevant.
Was an average enough interview. Tubridy just can't interview sports people. Hand Keegan a spot on Tommy Tiernans show and we'll see a proper interview
Quote from: AustinPowers on January 21, 2023, 03:44:00 PM
Quote from: LC on January 21, 2023, 10:56:45 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 20, 2023, 10:01:26 PM
Jesus that interview with Lee just ended abruptly.
Agreed, up to that point I thought it was very good. He was very open and honest that possibly the commitment of county football may have been at the expense of his own personal / work career and is realising now that this now must take priority. At the end of the day we will all go for a mortgage and at that stage playing for your county and the number of medals you won is irrelevant.
Was an average enough interview. Tubridy just can't interview sports people. Hand Keegan a spot on Tommy Tiernans show and we'll see a proper interview
I thought it was good. Let Lee chat away and say his piece, and he spoke well. What did he not ask?
Tubridy is happily held back by staying within the question constraints that a modern RTE presenter can ask his guests.
His interviews are scripted and time managed also. You see when anything goes off script, the guest is reeled back and pointed in a different direction.
Quote from: Sportacus on January 21, 2023, 06:24:03 PM
Quote from: AustinPowers on January 21, 2023, 03:44:00 PM
Quote from: LC on January 21, 2023, 10:56:45 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 20, 2023, 10:01:26 PM
Jesus that interview with Lee just ended abruptly.
Agreed, up to that point I thought it was very good. He was very open and honest that possibly the commitment of county football may have been at the expense of his own personal / work career and is realising now that this now must take priority. At the end of the day we will all go for a mortgage and at that stage playing for your county and the number of medals you won is irrelevant.
Was an average enough interview. Tubridy just can't interview sports people. Hand Keegan a spot on Tommy Tiernans show and we'll see a proper interview
I thought it was good. Let Lee chat away and say his piece, and he spoke well. What did he not ask?
Could he have mentioned it any more times that Keegan didn't win an All Ireland? . He also asked about whether he'd like to do punditry , when he's been doing it for a year or two already
Tubridy isn't a sports fan and it clearly shows.
I suppose since Tommy Tiernan has had some great interviews in recent times , anything else seems quite bland and mundane by comparison
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 21, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Tommy has already survived through a dozen Spanish Inquisitions, what has he done now?
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Quote from: mrdeeds on January 21, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Tommy has already survived through a dozen Spanish Inquisitions, what has he done now?
Racist joke. Sponsor pulled out of RTE over it.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 22, 2023, 10:54:56 AM
Quote from: Main Street on January 22, 2023, 12:17:12 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 21, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Tommy has already survived through a dozen Spanish Inquisitions, what has he done now?
Racist joke. Sponsor pulled out of RTE over it.
A very poor joke to boot.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 22, 2023, 11:03:35 AM
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Quote from: Main Street on January 22, 2023, 12:17:12 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 21, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Tommy has already survived through a dozen Spanish Inquisitions, what has he done now?
Racist joke. Sponsor pulled out of RTE over it.
A very poor joke to boot.
I have just read it and yes it was a píss poor joke as well as being racist, he should've followed his daughter's advice and dropped it. It's not so much as the joke being racially offensive but its woke up effect on the rabid Irish anti-immigrant racist slime who bombarded the Afro ethnic complainant with a barrage of racist slurs and the incident was commandeered into an altogether different murky racist context. I read that Tommy (genuinely) apologized relatively quickly without reservation. Probably the first time he has apologized for any of his edgy banter which crossed lines with a bullet on previous occasions.
Quote from: Main Street on January 23, 2023, 11:07:06 PM
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Quote from: Main Street on January 22, 2023, 12:17:12 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 21, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Tommy has already survived through a dozen Spanish Inquisitions, what has he done now?
Racist joke. Sponsor pulled out of RTE over it.
A very poor joke to boot.
I have just read it and yes it was a píss poor joke as well as being racist, he should've followed his daughter's advice and dropped it. It's not so much as the joke being racially offensive but its woke up effect on the rabid Irish anti-immigrant racist slime who bombarded the Afro ethnic complainant with a barrage of racist slurs and the incident was commandeered into an altogether different murky racist context. I read that Tommy (genuinely) apologized relatively quickly without reservation. Probably the first time he has apologized for any of his edgy banter which crossed lines with a bullet on previous occasions.
Any link to what he said?
Quote from: AustinPowers on January 23, 2023, 11:08:28 PM
Quote from: Main Street on January 23, 2023, 11:07:06 PM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 22, 2023, 11:03:35 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 22, 2023, 10:54:56 AM
Quote from: Main Street on January 22, 2023, 12:17:12 AM
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 21, 2023, 08:35:09 PM
Is Tommy gonna be finished now after latest news?
Tommy has already survived through a dozen Spanish Inquisitions, what has he done now?
Racist joke. Sponsor pulled out of RTE over it.
A very poor joke to boot.
I have just read it and yes it was a píss poor joke as well as being racist, he should've followed his daughter's advice and dropped it. It's not so much as the joke being racially offensive but its woke up effect on the rabid Irish anti-immigrant racist slime who bombarded the Afro ethnic complainant with a barrage of racist slurs and the incident was commandeered into an altogether different murky racist context. I read that Tommy (genuinely) apologized relatively quickly without reservation. Probably the first time he has apologized for any of his edgy banter which crossed lines with a bullet on previous occasions.
Any link to what he said?
"So I was at the zoo the other day and looking at the penguins they are like little nuns walking around with rosary beads.
Then the wolves so Irish fierce/strong then we went to the African Savannah and ..... it was full of taxis drivers!'"
The woman in question is rightly arguing this is an issue overall but I think people are insane not to recognise the role bots and trolls play.
One lad on Twitter was taking screen shots of comments and saying Tiernan has to stop his followers.
FFS @antoti789 and the likes are not even people! This is going to roll on.
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on January 24, 2023, 12:21:54 AM
The woman in question is rightly arguing this is an issue overall but I think people are insane not to recognise the role bots and trolls play.
One lad on Twitter was taking screen shots of comments and saying Tiernan has to stop his followers.
FFS @antoti789 and the likes are not even people! This is going to roll on.
what woman in question? What are you talking about?
Emer O'Neill
Tiernan emailed her and talked to her on the phone apologising for the joke and that he'd never use it again
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9xw251w9yyo
TV host Emer O'Neill was the person who Tommy apologised to. She walked out of the show where he said the joke.
Thanks both
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on January 24, 2023, 12:45:43 AM
TV host Emer O'Neill was the person who Tommy apologised to. She walked out of the show where he said the joke.
Is her dad a taxi driver? Too soon?
The p***k is leaving.. Thank god
Like Liverpool. New talent required
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/03/16/breaking-ryan-tubridy-to-step-down-from-late-late-show/
But we still have wrap-up show to go :-X
Huge surprise how Tubridy could get this gig in the first place. He was very scripted, couldn't handle when conversation deviated away from this set list. Nothing organic or natural about his interviewing style. Jumped in to next question without giving interviewee chance to elaborate. Was a bit of a populist in that he gave some people a hard time & others a free ride. Like Von De Leyen, was there to be crucified, but Tubs was a good wee euro boyoo that night.
His replacement will probably be a woman, Miriam O Callaghan ( I shall put my boot through the tele) Scare Byrne, maybe even thon McInereny . Netflix subscription renewed.
Quote from: Rudi on March 16, 2023, 11:56:19 AM
Huge surprise how Tubridy could get this gig in the first place. He was very scripted, couldn't handle when conversation deviated away from this set list. Nothing organic or natural about his interviewing style. Jumped in to next question without giving interviewee chance to elaborate. Was a bit of a populist in that he gave some people a hard time & others a free ride. Like Von De Leyen, was there to be crucified, but Tubs was a good wee euro boyoo that night.
His replacement will probably be a woman, Miriam O Callaghan ( I shall put my boot through the tele) Scare Byrne, maybe even thon McInereny . Netflix subscription renewed.
Does anyone even watch it anymore i would flick over the odd time but couldn't stomach tubs so rarely looked at it for more than a few minutes unless there was someone interesting on which wouldn't be often.
Quote from: Rudi on March 16, 2023, 11:56:19 AM
Huge surprise how Tubridy could get this gig in the first place. He was very scripted, couldn't handle when conversation deviated away from this set list. Nothing organic or natural about his interviewing style. Jumped in to next question without giving interviewee chance to elaborate. Was a bit of a populist in that he gave some people a hard time & others a free ride. Like Von De Leyen, was there to be crucified, but Tubs was a good wee euro boyoo that night.
His replacement will probably be a woman, Miriam O Callaghan ( I shall put my boot through the tele) Scare Byrne, maybe even thon McInereny . Netflix subscription renewed.
He was so feckin lick arse that night. Spineless git
To be honest though , It's impossible to fill a show for over 2 hours a week for 9 months of the year . TLLS tries to do everything, spreading itself wide , and ends up doing nothing well
Quote from: Rudi on March 16, 2023, 11:56:19 AM
Huge surprise how Tubridy could get this gig in the first place. He was very scripted, couldn't handle when conversation deviated away from this set list. Nothing organic or natural about his interviewing style. Jumped in to next question without giving interviewee chance to elaborate. Was a bit of a populist in that he gave some people a hard time & others a free ride. Like Von De Leyen, was there to be crucified, but Tubs was a good wee euro boyoo that night.
His replacement will probably be a woman, Miriam O Callaghan ( I shall put my boot through the tele) Scare Byrne, maybe even thon McInereny . Netflix subscription renewed.
Why would you waste your best journalist on shite like the late late show. Sarah McInerney needs to be left where she is, holding wafflers to account. Tommy Tiernan has to be front runner but I'd rather see it discontinued
eamon dunphy or joe brolly for next host.
The Two Johnnies.
They should replace it with a GAA analysis programme with 20 minutes per county so there is no whingeing. Demand for such programming is unlimited.
https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2023/03/16/ryan-tubridy-wrestled-with-a-big-beast-for-as-long-as-he-could-who-will-take-on-the-late-late-show-next/
Ryan Tubridy wrestled with The Late Late Show as long as he could. Who will take it on next?
RTÉ flagship chat show is a demanding, often unwieldy, format battling a decline in TV viewership – whoever inherits the job will soon realise it is not easy
After 14 years, he's off. Ryan Tubridy has decided to abdicate from his Late Late Show throne at the end of the current season in May, and who can blame him? Live television of this kind is an exhausting business and the RTÉ flagship chatshow is more demanding than most.
Having put in a reign that was both admirable and flawed – sometimes within the same segment – Tubridy must have felt a law of diminishing returns would apply if he kept going in this historic hot seat (which these days is a mossy green cloth).
The world of television was a different place when Tubridy succeeded Pat Kenny to become only the third long-term host of The Late Late Show in 2009.
Despite Kenny's valiant, steady efforts over the previous decade, the programme was most associated with the broadcaster who made it what it was: Gay Byrne. Tubridy, who had been hosting a Saturday night chatshow, was deemed by Montrose bosses to have the requisite range and personality to handle what was required of a Late Late Show host.
Then in his mid-30s, his appointment also marked a generational change, though with the presenter proud of his "young fogey" credentials, this was less apparent on screen than it might have been. Executives hinted at a shake-up in the format but little changed.
On his first show the guests were actors Saoirse Ronan and Joan Collins, singers Sharon Corr and David Gray, footballer Niall Quinn and Cherie Blair, with the line-up completed by then taoiseach Brian Cowen. The debut secured average ratings of 927,000 – the highest in a decade – and a whopping 62 per cent share of the audience watching television at the time.
While his interviews with adults could sometimes become stilted, that was never the case with children, with whom he was always funny, natural and free of condescension
Tubridy's sophomore season of 2010-2011 was buoyed by recession, which prompted a rise in television viewership but thereafter the ratings began a slow, inexorable decline, with vanishingly few reversals in the trend. This was almost certainly less his fault than it was a mirror of what was happening to viewing patterns across television more widely.
The show entered an awkward phase, becoming a Twitter "hate-watch", with social media users making gags about guests plucked straight from the RTÉ canteen and highlighting every perceived slip-up or error in judgment. Tubridy could be witty and incisive, the perfect host. But he could also induce cringes that made viewers long for the relief of an ad break.
Even at the time, however, producers knew that it was better to be talked about, than not talked about. The ratings of this period look enviably healthy from a 2023 lens. Part of the problem is that average viewership is just that – average. If the audience goes to bed en masse halfway through, the tail end of the Late Late Show's lengthy running time drags down the ratings performance of what is usually a much-watched first half-hour.
The show changed executive producers more than once during Tubridy's stint but some television insiders maintained throughout that – notwithstanding the broader industry backdrop and the difficulties posed by the show's eclectic, unwieldy format – it was the host who needed replacing.
Two factors extended Tubridy's run and put him in a position to choose his own destiny and quit on his own terms. Both were mentioned in the statement released by RTÉ announcing his departure. First, while his interviews with adults could sometimes become stilted – triggering the suspicion that the host was phoning it in – that was never the case with children, with whom he was always funny, natural and free of condescension.
Tubridy is, by some distance, the best host to date of The Late Late Toy Show, turning what was a popular toy-fest into an annual celebration, a true Christmas institution. Nothing on Irish television comes close to it in terms of viewership. In 2020 and 2021 the average audience exceeded 1.7 million on the night. In 2022 it softened a little but still left everything else for dust.
The second fillip came in virus form: during the pandemic, audiences were looking for solace, reassurance and hard information as the world around them became abruptly unsettling. RTÉ and The Late Late Show stepped up. Although Tubridy was himself benched by Covid on one of the key nights of the crisis in March 2020, for much of the rest of the year he overcame video-link interviewing hurdles and the absence of a studio audience to deliver a strong Covid-era show.
But by 2021 there was a sense that viewers were wearying once more of his pandemic pulpit. It was time to ease up on the "national parlour" side of the show and return to more standard celebrity plug-fest fare – entertainment. It has done all this while still being compared to chatshows on the BBC (The Graham Norton Show) and elsewhere on RTÉ (The Tommy Tiernan Show) that are not broadcast live and have the benefit of being edited into a snappier product.
Hot seat contenders
So who will inherit The Late Late Show now and what, exactly, will they be inheriting?
Internal names in the frame are led by Claire Byrne and Miriam O'Callaghan.
Ladbrokes has already installed O'Callaghan as favourite. Her name was linked to the job last time around and she stood in for Tubridy when he had Covid, broadcasting to 876,000 people in what was the most-watched edition of The Late Late Show, excluding the toy show, that year. (In 2022, the most-watched edition garnered an audience of 567,000.)
But Byrne is extremely well-liked by executives at RTÉ and recently departed her Monday night current affairs programme Claire Byrne Live, hinting that she would like to do more television in the future. Her midmorning Radio 1 show confirms she has the ability to preside over the typical light-and-shade running order of The Late Late Show.
Sarah McInerney, meanwhile, is a rising star within RTÉ and shouldn't be ruled out from the gig.
The most likely man – note, man – to be appointed is surely Brendan O'Connor. He is a veteran of the Saturday night chatshow circuit and has done well with his weekend Radio 1 show over the past two years. His Late Late Show would be less predictable, perhaps, but who needs predictability on live television?
The other possibility is that RTÉ might plump for an outsider, persuading someone of the calibre of comedian and presenter Dara Ó Briain to take on the challenge. If it does go down a more left-field path, it may signal a desire to tear up a format that can be said to have veered from flexible and eclectic to old-fashioned and stale.
[ 'It has been a privilege': Ryan Tubridy to step down from The Late Late Show ]
The Late Late Show's St Patrick's Day special on Friday night is on air from 9.35pm-11.30pm, similar to last week's runtime. This is an extraordinary amount of live television, even considering RTÉ's trumpeting of the show as a bedrock of its public service broadcasting commitments.
Now in its seventh decade, The Late Late Show competes not just with other broadcasters but with streaming services, social media apps and sleep, and needs to be reinvigorated sooner rather than later to retain what is left of its relevance. It is to Tubridy's credit that he realised this should happen without him.
The presenter tends to end his shows with advice to "mind yourself and each other". Now is the right time for him to mind himself and leave the Late Late Show to others. Let them find out how hard it is.
Why is he leaving? Or why now?
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 16, 2023, 06:10:16 PM
Why is he leaving? Or why now?
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0316/1363571-late-late/
It's amazing how wound up some people get about Ryan Tubridy. Like really annoyed about him and even a bit of hatred. What's the big deal? Don't watch him if you don't like him. There's are plenty of channels.
The reason people get wound up is because The Late Late Show is a much loved institution and people hate to see it in poor hands. It would be akin to finding out that Honeysuckle had been sold and the new owner was using her to plough fields
Even with years of experience in the Late Late show hot seat he always came across as forced/fake personality and uncomfortable in his style of interviewing and presenting the show.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 16, 2023, 09:19:59 PM
Even with years of experience in the Late Late show hot seat he always came across as forced/fake personality and uncomfortable in his style of interviewing and presenting the show.
In comparison to patronizing Gay Byrne and wooden Pat Kenny I thought he was much better. The bar was low. I think he does a great job of the toy show. Imagine Miriam O Callaghan doing the toy show ffs.
A more comedic light entertainment approach is needed for this show.
Cut the show to an hour or 1 hour 15. Quality not quantity.
Have less dreary issues discussed
Most interviews on TLLS I can't wait to finish. With tommy tiernan , I don't want most interviews to end.
Quote from: Itchy on March 16, 2023, 10:28:20 PM
In comparison to patronizing Gay Byrne and wooden Pat Kenny I thought he was much better. The bar was low. I think he does a great job of the toy show. Imagine Miriam O Callaghan doing the toy show ffs.
At least Gay Byrne had a certain amount of charisma about him. I agree about Pat very wooden.
I couldn't stand Tubridy, hated his fakeness with a passion. But the Tommy Tiernan show grates me an awful lot too. The first few times it was grand but not every interview should descend into a tortured examination of the meaning of life.
Tubridy is a proper West Brit.
Glad he's gone.
Quote from: AustinPowers on March 16, 2023, 11:14:02 PM
Cut the show to an hour or 1 hour 15. Quality not quantity.
Have less dreary issues discussed
Most interviews on TLLS I can't wait to finish. With tommy tiernan , I don't want most interviews to end.
The LLS is live and longer.
The Tiernan show is edited and much shorter. So of course it's sharper.
The LLS is a hard gig to pull off. A 2 hour live show is a big enough challenge but the content varies wildly from light and fluffy to people who have lost children or are dying from something, and everything in between. It also has to get "names" to attract people to watch who otherwise wouldn't bother and it's clearly difficult to get names all year round, hence we have repetition in the guest list. It's not all Tubs' fault - he's great with children but poor with sportspeople as sport in general seems to have passed him by for some reason. Good luck to whoever takes it over (likely to be a woman).
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A more comedic light entertainment approach is needed for this show.
Yer arse. It's not Friday night entertainment if you can't listen to intricate detail of a person's afflictions.
"And how did it make you feel... being treated like that?"
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Quote from: AustinPowers on March 16, 2023, 11:14:02 PM
Cut the show to an hour or 1 hour 15. Quality not quantity.
Have less dreary issues discussed
Most interviews on TLLS I can't wait to finish. With tommy tiernan , I don't want most interviews to end.
The LLS is live and longer.
The Tiernan show is edited and much shorter. So of course it's sharper.
Tiernan's show has to be edited as there is always a chance of controversy.
TLLS can be fairy harrowing alright. The one Kenny done with the GAA man with swollen blood, that was very sad but probably his best moment.
I think the route to take is to rotate the host of the late late show on a weekly basis.
Found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFvkNb5vBOE
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 17, 2023, 07:52:03 AM
The LLS is a hard gig to pull off. A 2 hour live show is a big enough challenge but the content varies wildly from light and fluffy to people who have lost children or are dying from something, and everything in between. It also has to get "names" to attract people to watch who otherwise wouldn't bother and it's clearly difficult to get names all year round, hence we have repetition in the guest list. It's not all Tubs' fault - he's great with children but poor with sportspeople as sport in general seems to have passed him by for some reason. Good luck to whoever takes it over (likely to be a woman).
Stopped watching it ages ago. Every week dominated by someone that died or about to die.
It's too big to fail, but they are also too scared to lose it's core audience by making any real changes. Tubridy got a lot of love for one big show a year, but there are plenty of bad interviews where his research was awful in there too.
500k now for a few hours of radio is it? Both TV and Radio with massive teams doing the work too, so I hate this notion that the presenter is the be all and end all.
Looking at options...Tommy Tiernan is great once he likes the person and he wouldn't be able to fake interest in his 3rd interview with Dermot Bannon that year...
Miriam is all over the shop when it comes to the off the cuff stuff. Claire Byrne is minus craic. Jennifer Zamparelli isn't great. Angela Scanlon is the most fake person on telly. Katie Hannon could be good and I like Sinead Kennedy. She would be known by the older crowd from Winning Streak and is easy-going too.
IT WILL BE A WOMAN FROM WITHIN RTÉ!
Two possible male presenters are John Creedon, Dáithí O'Se.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 17, 2023, 04:48:59 PM
Two possible male presenters are John Creedon, Dáithí O'Se.
I would prefer Panti Bliss to Daithi O Se. ;D
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Two possible male presenters are John Creedon, Dáithí O'Se.
I would prefer Panti Bliss to Daithi O Se. ;D
I would prefer this to Panti Bliss
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Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 17, 2023, 04:48:59 PM
Two possible male presenters are John Creedon, Dáithí O'Se.
I would prefer Panti Bliss to Daithi O Se. ;D
I would prefer this to Panti Bliss
Daithi O Se would be a huge draw for guests and viewers especially if he was handing out those coveted signed photos of his.
Could do one for everyone in the audience too.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/rte-late-late-show-next-26485664
A spokesperson for BoyleSports said: "Tubridy has taken us all by surprise by hanging up his Late Late hat and no doubt all of telly's favourites will be jockeying for position for the top job! Miriam remains our favourite at Even money, but Dancing With The Stars host Jen Zamparelli is RTE's jewel in the crown and could be a good outside bet."
Next Permanent Late Late Show Host After Ryan Tubridy ~ Next Late Late Show Permanent Host
EVS Miriam O'Callaghan
5-2 Brendan O'Connor
6 Claire Byrne
6 Tommy Tiernan
8 Jennifer Zamparelli
12 Ray D'Arcy
16 Sarah McInerney
16 Daithi O Se
20 Graham Norton
20 Dara O Briain
33 Angela Scanlon
50 Nicky Byrne
50 Craig Doyle
66 Doireann Garrihy
66 Kathryn Thomas
66 Hector O Heochagain
100 Matt Cooper
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https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/rte-late-late-show-next-26485664
A spokesperson for BoyleSports said: "Tubridy has taken us all by surprise by hanging up his Late Late hat and no doubt all of telly's favourites will be jockeying for position for the top job! Miriam remains our favourite at Even money, but Dancing With The Stars host Jen Zamparelli is RTE's jewel in the crown and could be a good outside bet."
Next Permanent Late Late Show Host After Ryan Tubridy ~ Next Late Late Show Permanent Host
EVS Miriam O'Callaghan
5-2 Brendan O'Connor
6 Claire Byrne
6 Tommy Tiernan
8 Jennifer Zamparelli
12 Ray D'Arcy
16 Sarah McInerney
16 Daithi O Se
20 Graham Norton
20 Dara O Briain
33 Angela Scanlon
50 Nicky Byrne
50 Craig Doyle
66 Doireann Garrihy
66 Kathryn Thomas
66 Hector O Heochagain
100 Matt Cooper
Like most viewers watching the show
Quote from: seafoid on March 17, 2023, 07:08:29 PM
EVS Miriam O'Callaghan
5-2 Brendan O'Connor
6 Claire Byrne
6 Tommy Tiernan
8 Jennifer Zamparelli
12 Ray D'Arcy
16 Sarah McInerney
16 Daithi O Se
20 Graham Norton
20 Dara O Briain
33 Angela Scanlon
50 Nicky Byrne
50 Craig Doyle
66 Doireann Garrihy
66 Kathryn Thomas
66 Hector O Heochagain
100 Matt Cooper
Nothing there to lift the show like a Phoenix from the ashes.
Why not two presenters (at the same time)?
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Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 17, 2023, 04:48:59 PM
Two possible male presenters are John Creedon, Dáithí O'Se.
I would prefer Panti Bliss to Daithi O Se. ;D
I would prefer this to Panti Bliss
Daithi O Se would be a huge draw for guests and viewers especially if he was handing out those coveted signed photos of his.
Could do one for everyone in the audience too.
Was unfortunate enough to catch an episode of his morning programme on Virgin 2 or whatever it is and seen him giving out signed photos for prizes, I assumed it was a pisstake, is his ego really that inflated?
Quote from: Rudi on March 17, 2023, 12:55:13 PM
I think the route to take is to rotate the host of the late late show on a weekly basis.
Good idea
I would imagine Claire Byrne will get the gig
Tommy Tiernan is too much of a loose cannon. He wouldn't toe the line like Tubridy does
Miriam would be ok for a week or two. Not sure I could put up with her long term
Decided to watch tonight to see James Martin. Had to pull he pin, outside off Marty Morrissey ive never seen a more insincere creep than Tubridy
Quote from: pbat on March 17, 2023, 10:28:44 PM
Decided to watch tonight to see James Martin. Had to pull he pin, outside off Marty Morrissey ive never seen a more insincere creep than Tubridy
A h, you will have missed the big egg. It was like something fro Fr Ted.
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Quote from: pbat on March 17, 2023, 10:28:44 PM
Decided to watch tonight to see James Martin. Had to pull he pin, outside off Marty Morrissey ive never seen a more insincere creep than Tubridy
A h, you will have missed the big egg. It was like something fro Fr Ted.
;D
Keep watching. The All Ireland mixed doubles Ludo champions are up shortly
Dara O Briain or Tommy Tiernan to take the show in a more comedic direction. They would be my favourites.
Quote from: pbat on March 17, 2023, 10:28:44 PM
Decided to watch tonight to see James Martin. Had to pull he pin, outside off Marty Morrissey ive never seen a more insincere creep than Tubridy
So you haven't bought a ticket to the Marty party :-\
Quote from: From the Bunker on March 17, 2023, 08:14:31 PM
Why not two presenters (at the same time)?
As a one off LLS guest presenter, Steve Coogan would bring the house down, potentially even the country :)
Re Tommy Tiernan, the deeper he gets inside the RTE culture the more he would have to control one of his main comic assets which some people interpret as offensive.
Anyway, how likely is it that RTE are going to risk an embarrassment with TT? He already is a good earner for them, is cocooned from RTE ethos to a degree, he's carved out a very successful niche for himself with the challenging (blind) interviews on stage format.
It has to be Miriam.
Haven't watched it since Gay, but why not bring in Daniel?
Tubridy said last night about his successor , and mentioned "she", so I'm assuming it's already been sorted , and it's a woman.
So who does that leave, Miriam and Claire Byrne?
Quote from: AustinPowers on March 18, 2023, 01:50:50 PM
Tubridy said last night about his successor , and mentioned "she", so I'm assuming it's already been sorted , and it's a woman.
So who does that leave, Miriam and Claire Byrne?
Pat Kenny said it would be a '
she' also. Seems this has been planned from a distance.
Miriam is @2/1 go for it sure!
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Quote from: From the Bunker on March 17, 2023, 05:10:53 PM
Quote from: Rudi on March 17, 2023, 04:56:46 PM
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 17, 2023, 04:48:59 PM
Two possible male presenters are John Creedon, Dáithí O'Se.
I would prefer Panti Bliss to Daithi O Se. ;D
I would prefer this to Panti Bliss
Daithi O Se would be a huge draw for guests and viewers especially if he was handing out those coveted signed photos of his.
Could do one for everyone in the audience too.
Was unfortunate enough to catch an episode of his morning programme on Virgin 2 or whatever it is and seen him giving out signed photos for prizes, I assumed it was a pisstake, is his ego really that inflated?
You'd think it couldn't be real but either way cringey AF.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0321/1365507-miriam-ocallaghan-late-late-gig-wont-be-happening/
How about Steve Nolan? ;D
Claire Byrne confirmed.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 24, 2023, 09:56:40 PM
Claire Byrne confirmed.
More appealing to the eye the Tubridy anyway.
Speak for yourself
Jesus was skinny. As was Mother Teresa after she turned 60.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 24, 2023, 09:56:40 PM
Claire Byrne confirmed.
She also made her first communion.
They will decide in the summer
No time for her, since Brolly was pointing out a no. Of undeniable facts about the DUP on the live show one night and she cut him off. But let the DUP rant
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on March 25, 2023, 09:55:54 PM
No time for her, since Brolly was pointing out a no. Of undeniable facts about the DUP on the live show one night and she cut him off. But let the DUP rant
That was the producer of the show's call. You can bet s/he was in her ear!
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on March 25, 2023, 09:55:54 PM
No time for her, since Brolly was pointing out a no. Of undeniable facts about the DUP on the live show one night and she cut him off. But let the DUP rant
One of the better moments of recent RTE. Brolly had too free a reign to spout unverified nonsense about anyone up to then.
If u lived up here, u know what he was saying was true, but what the hell does anyone down south know about it Not alot it seems.
Quote from: Olly on March 24, 2023, 10:42:58 PM
Jesus was skinny. As was Mother Teresa after she turned 60.
How do you know what Jesus looked like? probably didn't look like one of Bee gees as portrayed.
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If u lived up here, u know what he was saying was true, but what the hell does anyone down south know about it Not alot it seems.
I read and heard enough of the biased shite he had to say about footballers "from down south" to know he has a dirty streak in him.
Claire Byrne is in the pocket of FFG and their cronies. I think it would be fitting to see her end out her tv days interviewing Imelda May 6 times a year on a Friday evening.
We'll see some purge when Itchy and the Shinners take over ::)
Quote from: Rossfan on March 26, 2023, 10:14:36 AM
We'll see some purge when Itchy and the Shinners take over ::)
Not really but just even things up - it's called being neutral.
There's a great photo of Tubbs pre-interview with leaders of FFG and then one with O'Neill.
The body language of Tubbs is a giveaway!
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We'll see some purge when Itchy and the Shinners take over ::)
Not really but just even things up - it's called being neutral.
There's a great photo of Tubbs pre-interview with leaders of FFG and then one with O'Neill.
The body language of Tubbs is a giveaway!
Can you post it?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 24, 2023, 09:56:40 PM
Claire Byrne confirmed.
Similar to myself she's hot and she's from Laois. A great combination to be fair.
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Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 24, 2023, 09:56:40 PM
Claire Byrne confirmed.
Similar to myself she's hot and she's from Laois. A great combination to be fair.
Does she have any brudders? Is she a mudder?
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No time for her, since Brolly was pointing out a no. Of undeniable facts about the DUP on the live show one night and she cut him off. But let the DUP rant
One of the better moments of recent RTE. Brolly had too free a reign to spout unverified nonsense about anyone up to then.
So you don't like his football views? Big woop. Neither do I, but that hardly means it was good to see him cut off a live broadcast for calling Gregory Campbell a homophobe. Does Gregory not deserve to be called a homophobe? If you're not sure, here's some of Gregory's comments on the subject:
EDIT
He also called Gregory a racist. Again, hardly without evidence. It was only a short time before that Clare Byrne show that Gregory put out a press release complaining that an episode of BBC Songs of Praise didn't have any white people in it.
But yeah, good job Clare Byrne wouldn't let anyone call out the racist homophobe eh?
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0504/1380760-claire-byrne-rules-herself-out-as-new-late-late-host/
Blows the race wide open. Anybody could get it now.
Quote from: IolarCoisCuain on May 04, 2023, 06:45:35 PM
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0504/1380760-claire-byrne-rules-herself-out-as-new-late-late-host/
Blows the race wide open. Anybody could get it now.
Delighted to be honest. I don't want her hosting the show. It needs a comedian imho.
Wouldn't be surprised if Ryan T stayed on for a year at this rate.
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https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0504/1380760-claire-byrne-rules-herself-out-as-new-late-late-host/
Blows the race wide open. Anybody could get it now.
Delighted to be honest. I don't want her hosting the show. It needs a comedian imho.
She's really awful on that new quiz show on RTE. Wooden and lacking any kind of charisma
So who's left now?
Ray darcy?
Brendan o Connor?
Joe Duffy?
Miriam?
Or pat Kenny coming in like big Sam to plug the hole?
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 05, 2023, 10:15:05 AM
So who's left now?
Ray darcy?
Brendan o Connor?
Joe Duffy?
Miriam?
Or pat Kenny coming in like big Sam to plug the hole?
Rory's Stories
What's Hector doing these days?
Sarah McInerney has ruled herself out.
Should rotate the host on a weekly basis, too much pressure for one person. The week Angela Scanlon is on, I shall watch replays of the British Kings Coronation. Or else I will just put my boot through the TV. ;D
Quote from: Rudi on May 05, 2023, 12:13:19 PM
Should rotate the host on a weekly basis, too much pressure for one person. The week Angela Scanlon is on, I shall watch replays of the British Kings Coronation. Or else I will just put my boot through the TV. ;D
I suspect that Scanlon puts it on a bit and could do it rightly if she put her mind to it.
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 05, 2023, 10:15:05 AM
So who's left now?
Ray darcy?
Brendan o Connor?
Joe Duffy?
Miriam?
Or pat Kenny coming in like big Sam to plug the hole?
Bin it!
Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2023, 11:24:29 AM
Sarah McInerney has ruled herself out.
Glad to see McInerney gone. The woman has zero charisma.
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Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2023, 11:24:29 AM
Sarah McInerney has ruled herself out.
Glad to see McInerney gone. The woman has zero charisma.
She's a top class presenter and is much better suited to grilling horrible FFG lying politicians than wasting away doing the late late show fluff. I'm delighted to hear she removed herself from the conversation. Maybe Enda Kenny could do it?
It'll probably be another man
Quote from: seafoid on May 05, 2023, 05:15:11 PM
It'll probably be another man
Let's face it , whoever it is will have to toe the RTE line , be a spineless wimp, never asking the important questions to corrupt politicians and other gangsters. Gay Byrne was a complete lackey , and Tubridy even more so. I expect that will continue with the new host.
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Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2023, 11:24:29 AM
Sarah McInerney has ruled herself out.
Glad to see McInerney gone. The woman has zero charisma.
She's a top class presenter and is much better suited to grilling horrible FFG lying politicians than wasting away doing the late late show fluff. I'm delighted to hear she removed herself from the conversation. Maybe Enda Kenny could do it?
Yep, she'd be a bigger loss to current affairs than she'd be a gain to light entertainment. Better off where she is.
The Late Late Show reminds me of the latter days of Top of the Pops.
There is a nostalgia that people will be sad when it goes, even though most won't notice.
It is the world's second longest-running late-night talk show, after the American The Tonight Show. Perceived as the official flagship television programme of the Republic of Ireland's public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), it is regarded as an Irish television institution.
That said tossing it to the fireheap would not be easy.
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Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2023, 11:24:29 AM
Sarah McInerney has ruled herself out.
Glad to see McInerney gone. The woman has zero charisma.
She must have really hurt you Border. Don't worry. Time is a great healer. Plenty more fish in the sea.
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Quote from: armaghniac on May 05, 2023, 11:24:29 AM
Sarah McInerney has ruled herself out.
Glad to see McInerney gone. The woman has zero charisma.
She must have really hurt you Border. Don't worry. Time is a great healer. Plenty more fish in the sea.
The Galway Mayo rivalry is strong.
See they went down a road of saying it'll be a woman so now they need tgo get a woman but God forbid they look outside their 4 walls. Like McInerney and Byrne and pure current affairs heads who are not suited.
The thing is no-one wants to be at the wheel when it gets binned despite the fact it's losing viewers. Then that will continue and the presenter will get the blame.
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on May 07, 2023, 12:27:32 PM
See they went down a road of saying it'll be a woman so now they need tgo get a woman but God forbid they look outside their 4 walls. Like McInerney and Byrne and pure current affairs heads who are not suited.
The thing is no-one wants to be at the wheel when it gets binned despite the fact it's losing viewers. Then that will continue and the presenter will get the blame.
I honestly think Tubridy was let go , but told by rte to say he wanted to do other things, spend time with family etc. If he said he was sacked , that says all is not rosey with the TLLS. But this way, both parties come out looking good.
Everyone knows it's losing viewers drastically. Tubridy himself said it was a "her" taking over. To me , that's Byrne or Miriam. They're probably the biggest mainstream names in rte (darcy maybe , but sure they axed his show!) . Now they've ruled themselves out, who really is left?
The fact they didn't announce a new host fairly straight away suggests the show really is in turmoil, nobody wants the role , and the longer it rolls on , the more I think the show is actually going to be axed
Kielty and kat Daly double act.
Mario Rosenstock again!
Vogue Williams again!
I think they bshould really put this show out of its misery.
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 19, 2023, 11:32:30 PM
Mario Rosenstock again!
Vogue Williams again!
I think they bshould really put this show out of its misery.
Flicked over earlier and seen Vogue Williams which was enough to watch something elsewhere. Who was the blonde yoke on with her?
It won't matter who the presenter is if they keep serving up the same guests on rotation. Format needs a change. Graham Norton show the ideal format though obviously they won't be getting the calibre of guests he does.
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 19, 2023, 11:32:30 PM
Mario Rosenstock again!
Vogue Williams again!
I think they bshould really put this show out of its misery.
I thought it was a repeat!!
Next week, the final week, will be some 'love-in' with Tubridy.
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 19, 2023, 11:32:30 PM
Mario Rosenstock again!
Vogue Williams again!
I think they bshould really put this show out of its misery.
They even showed a highlight reel of his best bits on the late late before he came on. Not even trying to hide it!
Kielty gets her
Might start watching it now
Had the misfortune of watchng bits of it over the last few weeks and its pure cringe, like a long goodbye for Tubridy. I'd imagine next week will be unbearable. He was good at doing the toyshow but overall not a natural interviewer. Kielty has the likeability factor but it remains to be seen how he gets on in a programme that definitely needs a change in format. And its also long past the point where they get the unavailability of RTE in the north issue sorted out.
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/05/20/patrick-kielty-announced-as-new-host-of-the-late-late-show/
Quote from: yellowcard on May 20, 2023, 12:33:07 PM
Had the misfortune of watchng bits of it over the last few weeks and its pure cringe, like a long goodbye for Tubridy. I'd imagine next week will be unbearable. He was good at doing the toyshow but overall not a natural interviewer. Kielty has the likeability factor but it remains to be seen how he gets on in a programme that definitely needs a change in format. And its also long past the point where they get the unavailability of RTE in the north issue sorted out.
Had the misfortune of watching bits of it ??? Explain that one ..
Kielty appointment as presenter of the LLS is just brilliant.
ooh ah up the 'Ra
ooh ah up the 'RA.
He'll have 6 months of how shit it is and how he doesn't get it because he's a Nordy or doesn't live in Dublin or some shite but I've no doubt he'll bring a freshness to it and move it on to where it should be!
Quote from: screenexile on May 21, 2023, 11:38:36 PM
He'll have 6 months of how shit it is and how he doesn't get it because he's a Nordy or doesn't live in Dublin or some shite but I've no doubt he'll bring a freshness to it and move it on to where it should be!
Kelty won't be the problem. The format of quantity over quality isn't sustainable.
He does radio 5 live on a Sunday morning, it was a bit uncomfortable at the start but it's improving but the late late is different gravy
Undoubtedly nordies are just so superior to the southern neanderthals, there is no doubt that Patrick will succeed with his LLS appointment, however in the small possibility that he doesn't, that will surely be down to the pervasive stench of southern 'neanderthalism'. Should the free staters be patient and give him space and time, no doubt Patrick will drag the retrograde free staters into a new universal understanding of the Island's potential, which naturally recognizes nordies (of all shapes and sizes) as the exalted ones.
Yawn
not living in Ireland is a huge mistake and should have been prerequisite for getting the gig
you do not and cannot know what is going on in a country where you do not reside permanently
this is not a nordie dig either as he seems decent enough (not angry enough after years living in england ;))
Quote from: Mikhail Prokhorov on May 22, 2023, 12:27:52 AM
not living in Ireland is a huge mistake and should have been prerequisite for getting the gig
you do not and cannot know what is going on in a country where you do not reside permanently
this is not a nordie dig either as he seems decent enough (not angry enough after years living in england ;))
1/10 for effort, 0/10 for creativity
Quote from: Mikhail Prokhorov on May 22, 2023, 12:27:52 AM
not living in Ireland is a huge mistake and should have been prerequisite for getting the gig
you do not and cannot know what is going on in a country where you do not reside permanently
this is not a nordie dig either as he seems decent enough (not angry enough after years living in england ;))
Yeah you have a point
All the stuff happening in the south , politically especially, you'd have to be following day to day. TLLS regularly deals with political matters and politicians so you'd need to keep up to date . That's hard enough to do even if you lived in the north , never mind London
Unless the new TLLS format veers away from all things political , as well as the dreary depressing stuff. And I hope they do . It's an entertainment show after all. . If you want to talk about politics, illnesses, refugees, drugs or basically the state of the country, do it in some other show
Quote from: Mikhail Prokhorov on May 22, 2023, 12:27:52 AM
not living in Ireland is a huge mistake and should have been prerequisite for getting the gig
you do not and cannot know what is going on in a country where you do not reside permanently
this is not a nordie dig either as he seems decent enough (not angry enough after years living in england ;))
He probably has a mobile phone and zoom and a research team.
It's not the same as the ould lads in Kilburn ringing home on Sunday evening for the county championship results.
Quote from: Main Street on May 22, 2023, 12:02:20 AM
Undoubtedly nordies are just so superior to the southern neanderthals, there is no doubt that Patrick will succeed with his LLS appointment, however in the small possibility that he doesn't, that will surely be down to the pervasive stench of southern 'neanderthalism'. Should the free staters be patient and give him space and time, no doubt Patrick will drag the retrograde free staters into a new universal understanding of the Island's potential, which naturally recognizes nordies (of all shapes and sizes) as the exalted ones.
Right... no other craic then
Quote from: Main Street on May 22, 2023, 12:02:20 AM
Undoubtedly nordies are just so superior to the southern neanderthals, there is no doubt that Patrick will succeed with his LLS appointment, however in the small possibility that he doesn't, that will surely be down to the pervasive stench of southern 'neanderthalism'. Should the free staters be patient and give him space and time, no doubt Patrick will drag the retrograde free staters into a new universal understanding of the Island's potential, which naturally recognizes nordies (of all shapes and sizes) as the exalted ones.
That's not what I was trying to say. The Late Late is stale and needs a freshness to it I think we can all agree on that.
He'll face a backlash for not being from or living in the South though let's be honest. It's already started FFS!
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/can-patrick-kielty-fly-it-in-new-late-late-show-host-to-stay-living-in-london-while-presenting-rte-show/a1772191903.html
Quote from: screenexile on May 22, 2023, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: Main Street on May 22, 2023, 12:02:20 AM
Undoubtedly nordies are just so superior to the southern neanderthals, there is no doubt that Patrick will succeed with his LLS appointment, however in the small possibility that he doesn't, that will surely be down to the pervasive stench of southern 'neanderthalism'. Should the free staters be patient and give him space and time, no doubt Patrick will drag the retrograde free staters into a new universal understanding of the Island's potential, which naturally recognizes nordies (of all shapes and sizes) as the exalted ones.
That's not what I was trying to say. The Late Late is stale and needs a freshness to it I think we can all agree on that.
He'll face a backlash for not being from or living in the South though let's be honest. It's already started FFS!
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/can-patrick-kielty-fly-it-in-new-late-late-show-host-to-stay-living-in-london-while-presenting-rte-show/a1772191903.html
This is not a backlash for not living the the South, it is a backlash for not living in the country. It is a fair point, although Gabyo did a bit commuting to Manchester in his early days he did mainly live here.
I hear there is a big house being built/renovated in Dundrum Co Down as we speak.
Quote from: snoopdog on May 22, 2023, 10:34:43 AM
I hear there is a big house being built/renovated in Dundrum Co Down as we speak.
And the bridge at narrow water castle is getting done over the week end too :)
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Quote from: snoopdog on May 22, 2023, 10:34:43 AM
I hear there is a big house being built/renovated in Dundrum Co Down as we speak.
And the bridge at narrow water castle is getting done over the week end too :)
Has that ever started?
Quote from: snoopdog on May 22, 2023, 10:34:43 AM
I hear there is a big house being built/renovated in Dundrum Co Down as we speak.
Kielty has a house in Maghera.
Did they even try to get Nolan?
Surprised they didn't give the gig to Rhonda, she presented a chat show in the south
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/co-down-bar-promises-free-shots-every-time-patrick-kielty-mentions-home-town-on-late-late-show/798972391.html
A Co Down bar has promised customers free shots every time Patrick Kielty mentions his home town on the Late Late Show.
The Dundrum comedian said he was "absolutely thrilled" after being announced as the new host of RTE's flagship Late Late Show on Saturday.
Punters at the Dundrum Inn are likely to be equally pleased if the comic mentions his home town, after the bar posted on social media that "every time Paddy Kielty mentions Dundrum on the Late Late show – we will set a round of shots up in the bar".
RTÉ admits paying Tubridy €345,000 more than declared
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0622/1390614-rte/
Tubridy saw the cloud coming and left, he probably doesn't need the money at this stage. He is not on the radio tomorrow, apparently.
Nothing to do with him 345000 just came into his account by accident.3
Is anyone suprised? Is Ireland the most corrupt country in Europe?
RTE, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail = corrupt, corrupt, corrupt
Poor lad had no idea where that extra 75k was coming from. He just presumed there were loads of typos when his salary was made public every year.
Yeah non story. Easy mistake to make. Has happened to me before
Lots more to come on this and more top earners feeling the heat.
Auditors are a pain in the butt you know.
Quote from: RedHand88 on June 22, 2023, 08:11:50 PM
Is anyone suprised? Is Ireland the most corrupt country in Europe?
It's giving Ukraine a run for its money that's for sure.
I find it hard to believe that this is a one off
I'm sure there were other sweetheart deals going on
Let's see home many people lose their jobs over this
People are losing the run of themselves if they think Ireland is especially corrupt or anything like Ukraine. This is A bit odd as RTÉ are obliged to release this information, but seem to have messed up. There is no question of tax not being paid etc. The important thing is that someone in RTÉ is held responsible for this. I don't see that Tubridy should do RTÉ's accounting for them or even know anything about it.
Quote from: clarshack on June 23, 2023, 09:29:38 AM
Quote from: RedHand88 on June 22, 2023, 08:11:50 PM
Is anyone suprised? Is Ireland the most corrupt country in Europe?
It's giving Ukraine a run for its money that's for sure.
is it as corrupt as the UK? I would be very surprised.
RTE suspend Dee Forbes. This story is going to explode and blow open a lot of shaded going ons.
Dee Forbes, director general of RTE, was suspended by the board of RTE last Wednesday. We can only presume it's because of these payments. Unbelievable stuff really. Tubridy is now finished as a tv personality, his only hope is to join FF and run for office.
Quote from: Itchy on June 23, 2023, 12:17:16 PM
Dee Forbes, director general of RTE, was suspended by the board of RTE last Wednesday. We can only presume it's because of these payments. Unbelievable stuff really. Tubridy is now finished as a tv personality, his only hope is to join FF and run for office.
He's far from finished, he'll do a Wogan and BBC will snap him up. He'll help Norton do the Eurovision and in 12 months will be talking about the UK entry as we.
What sticks in the craw is Tubridy getting all 'down with the kids' talking about accepting pay cuts, we're all in this together boys and girls, while, in reality, was he?
I find it hard to accept he has no responsibility. Surely he knew that his payments were being under-reported by RTE publicly and he should have raised a concern.
But that would have negated point 1 above.
He claims he didn't know about the overpayment. Sure €345k is pocket change. I wonder if he would be so oblivious if he was "accidentally" underpaid.
Ewan is having a field day on Twitter anyway!
Quote from: RedHand88 on June 23, 2023, 12:44:45 PM
Ewan is having a field day on Twitter anyway!
He's like a dog in heat
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 23, 2023, 12:39:51 PM
What sticks in the craw is Tubridy getting all 'down with the kids' talking about accepting pay cuts, we're all in this together boys and girls, while, in reality, was he?
I find it hard to accept he has no responsibility. Surely he knew that his payments were being under-reported by RTE publicly and he should have raised a concern.
But that would have negated point 1 above.
He is trying to defend the money but Dee Forbes has just been thrown under the bus. He might end up leaving RTÉ. These media storms can go very far.
Quote from: CK_Redhand on June 23, 2023, 12:43:59 PM
He claims he didn't know about the overpayment. Sure €345k is pocket change. I wonder if he would be so oblivious if he was "accidentally" underpaid.
It's all relative, if you are in crazy money you could miss it I suppose, especially as a paye worker who assumes accounts have everything in order. But then I wonder is Ryan not self employed like a lot of the RTE folk, in that instance wouldn't he be submitting invoices and does his own tax returns. If that's the case he could not have missed it
Either way, if it's a mistake Ryan didn't pick up on then I'm sure he will simply do what any of us would have to do in that situation, just pay it all back
His account would have know and told him if he was self employed, though I do love finding that tenner in a pair of jeans ya haven't worn in a while!
These controversies have their own momentum and logic. They are often political. Usually the outrage is fed and intensifies until someone resigns.
It's ok boys and girls
Livewhinge is sorting it all out.
Liveline had callers saying poor Ryan. Witch hunt was used...
Like in the last year there was a major breach of confidentiality with the interview of the new top job. David Mcredmond could have rightly sued.
Huge governance questions over GAAGO. Still waiting for an answer there...
And now this.
If Tubridy is thinking he should return the money. Nobody is defending him and his future earnings are at risk.
He'll be SNAPPED UP by the BBC...
Quote from: Captain Scarlet on June 25, 2023, 08:53:58 AM
Liveline had callers saying poor Ryan. Witch hunt was used...
Like in the last year there was a major breach of confidentiality with the interview of the new top job. David Mcredmond could have rightly sued.
Huge governance questions over GAAGO. Still waiting for an answer there...
And now this.
That Joe Duffy is another bluffer. Complete bluffer.
People ring in and he just asks a few questions and keeps the chat going. The most overly high paid job ever.
They should check out all their pay/contracts. If Tubridy is getting a bit extra, you'd think they'll all be getting something maybe. Especially under the same management/agent.
You'd need Michael O'Leary of Ryanair running RTÉ and cut out the chaff in it big time.
The majority of them are paid far too much.
Its not like there is a vast pool of alternative employers for them - dunno why in contract negotiations RTÉ don't just say "grand so, go away off wherever you want then, we'll get someone else"
Ye'd soon find that the bulk of them would moderate their pay demands then.
Quote from: seafoid on June 23, 2023, 01:37:37 PM
These controversies have their own momentum and logic. They are often political. Usually the outrage is fed and intensifies until someone resigns.
Exactly. All very neatly choreographed and timed, to cover over the cover up.
Quote from: CK_Redhand on June 23, 2023, 12:43:59 PM
He claims he didn't know about the overpayment. Sure €345k is pocket change. I wonder if he would be so oblivious if he was "accidentally" underpaid.
I think the technical term is a ' Tubsidy '
Quote from: grounded on June 25, 2023, 12:22:12 PM
Quote from: CK_Redhand on June 23, 2023, 12:43:59 PM
He claims he didn't know about the overpayment. Sure €345k is pocket change. I wonder if he would be so oblivious if he was "accidentally" underpaid.
I think the technical term is a ' Tubsidy '
Good one!! ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: CK_Redhand on June 23, 2023, 12:43:59 PM
He claims he didn't know about the overpayment. Sure €345k is pocket change. I wonder if he would be so oblivious if he was "accidentally" underpaid.
I am sure it wasn't an overpayment. It was clearly part of his contract.
Someone was saying that because of the job there was other areas that he'd be missing out on and this would be seen as compensation of sorts
No Black card there for DOC, Lucky!
Quote from: From the Bunker on June 25, 2023, 03:28:39 PM
No Black card there for DOC, Lucky!
So lucky they'll be discussing it on the Late Late this week! ;D
Man multi tasking, very easy to get caught out.
Quote from: RedHand88 on June 25, 2023, 03:32:00 PM
Quote from: From the Bunker on June 25, 2023, 03:28:39 PM
No Black card there for DOC, Lucky!
So lucky they'll be discussing it on the Late Late this week! ;D
Was wondering where i posted that? ;D
a corrupt mafia
So the 75k that this commercial partner was going to pay Tubs was at the expense of a corresponding credit note against their advertising account, so no actual saving to RTE whatsoever.
Forbes' statement flat out says they moved something from column A to column B and hails out as some sort of achievement. Madness.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0907/1403879-late-late-show-releases-trailer-for-15-september-return/ (https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0907/1403879-late-late-show-releases-trailer-for-15-september-return/)
Can almost feel young PK's Northern Soul in the intro here ;)
Very rarely would watch the Late Late Show, but would listen the odd time to Patrick on 5 Live Sat Mornings when I'm taking the dogs out for a dander, when he first started that show I thought he was a bit crap, but I've warmed to him a bit, very tuned in on most topics and it's not all jokes and taking the piss.
Be interesting to see how it goes for him and I wish him all the best
I look forward to seeing how Pat in prime position uses his opportunity to educate the southern ignoramuses about mundane matters such as the nordie experience, or will he just pander to the sponsors who pay his wages, pander to the current RTÉ ethos and carry the baton of shameless corny trivial commercial centric enhanced entertainment that Tubridy is handing over. Mind you, considering that nordies are just quaking in their boots just to be able to hand over hard earned cash and participate in the many Late Late Show scams, maybe he can work out some 32 county scam where nordies have no obstacle to hopelessly gambling away their cash.
I fancy an aul whiskey myself tonight ;D
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2023, 11:05:24 PM
I fancy an aul whiskey myself tonight ;D
Just take a serious pause after knocking back the first bottle. I don't know why I care enough about you to offer such brotherly advice.
Quote from: Main Street on September 08, 2023, 11:03:09 PM
I look forward to seeing how Pat in prime position uses his opportunity to educate the southern ignoramuses about mundane matters such as the nordie experience, or will he just pander to the sponsors who pay his wages, pander to the current RTÉ ethos and carry the baton of shameless corny trivial commercial centric enhanced entertainment that Tubridy is handing over. Mind you, considering that nordies are just quaking in their boots just to be able to hand over hard earned cash and participate in the many Late Late Show scams, maybe he can work out some 32 county scam where nordies have no obstacle to hopelessly gambling away their cash.
But will Nordies be able to enter the quiz?!! Will Patrick make a stand for his own people?!! Or just treat them as second-class Irish on the island of Ireland.
Paddy has already been on RTE earlier this year and devil a bit of heed the bauld 26 county electric picnic singing Wolfe tone worshiping rebels paid to him.
https://x.com/mrvirtuesignal/status/1614549131388657664?s=46&t=upCstAqzkTQY5JtOIziaYg
Quote from: weareros on September 08, 2023, 11:36:17 PM
Paddy has already been on RTE earlier this year and devil a bit of heed the bauld 26 county electric picnic singing Wolfe tone worshiping rebels paid to him.
https://x.com/mrvirtuesignal/status/1614549131388657664?s=46&t=upCstAqzkTQY5JtOIziaYg
Fairly clear that Paddy doesn't understand "the commonwealth furniture".
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0909/1404285-kielty-for-me-its-the-most-irish-thing-in-the-world/
"Growing up in Dundrum, watching that show. Sitting on the sofa with your ma and da. We had the two aerials. In Co Down, you needed two aerials to watch the telly. One went to Belfast and one went to Dublin. There was a wee switch underneath the TV.
Same in South Derry - you had to buy your own (expensive) aerial as the Unionist controlled Magherafelt District Council wouldn't allow a mast to facilitate reception of RTÉ. Many bought the RTÉ aerial so that we could connect with our fellow Irish people. RTÉ has repaid that loyality by making Irish people in the 6 county part of the island of Ireland second-class Irish citizens. They have achieved what the Council couldn't!!
How are the TV licences going now for RTPÉ?!!
Quote from: Aristo 60 on September 07, 2023, 02:55:26 PM
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0907/1403879-late-late-show-releases-trailer-for-15-september-return/ (https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0907/1403879-late-late-show-releases-trailer-for-15-september-return/)
Can almost feel young PK's Northern Soul in the intro here ;)
He has some neck on him.
Quote from: restorepride on September 09, 2023, 10:20:06 PM
Same in South Derry - you had to buy your own (expensive) aerial as the Unionist controlled Magherafelt District Council wouldn't allow a mast to facilitate reception of RTÉ. Many bought the RTÉ aerial so that we could connect with our fellow Irish people. RTÉ has repaid that loyality by making Irish people in the 6 county part of the island of Ireland second-class Irish citizens. They have achieved what the Council couldn't!!
What mast? Do you mean some sort of communal aerial, RTÉ was not broadcast in the 6 counties until after 1998 and then it used the same transmitters as the BBC etc.
QuoteHow are the TV licences going now for RTPÉ?!!
The last time they checked nobody complaining in the 6 counties had paid one to them.
Quote from: restorepride on September 09, 2023, 10:20:06 PM
Same in South Derry - you had to buy your own (expensive) aerial as the Unionist controlled Magherafelt District Council wouldn't allow a mast to facilitate reception of RTÉ. Many bought the RTÉ aerial so that we could connect with our fellow Irish people. RTÉ has repaid that loyality by making Irish people in the 6 county part of the island of Ireland second-class Irish citizens. They have achieved what the Council couldn't!!
How are the TV licences going now for RTPÉ?!!
Is the passport not good enough for you?
Iarrann Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála na hÉireann ar gach n-aon lena mbaineann ligean dá shealbhóir seo, saoránach d'Éirinn, gabháil ar aghaidh gan bhac gan chosc agus gach cúnamh agus caomhnú is gá a thabhairt don sealbhóir.
In English:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland requests all whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a citizen of Ireland, to pass freely and without hindrance and to afford the bearer all necessary assistance and protection.
Would you prefer a British passport? Or are the competitions more important?
e coe competitions more important?
Quote from: armaghniac on September 09, 2023, 10:40:24 PM
Quote from: restorepride on September 09, 2023, 10:20:06 PM
Same in South Derry - you had to buy your own (expensive) aerial as the Unionist controlled Magherafelt District Council wouldn't allow a mast to facilitate reception of RTÉ. Many bought the RTÉ aerial so that we could connect with our fellow Irish people. RTÉ has repaid that loyality by making Irish people in the 6 county part of the island of Ireland second-class Irish citizens. They have achieved what the Council couldn't!!
What mast? Do you mean some sort of communal aerial, RTÉ was not broadcast in the 6 counties until after 1998 and then it used the same transmitters as the BBC etc.
QuoteHow are the TV licences going now for RTPÉ?!!
The last time they checked nobody complaining in the 6 counties had paid one to them.
Have heard all that shit before. As regard the RTÉ reception in the 1970s, an RTÉ mast could have been facilitated but was turned down by Magherafelt Council. Check your facts.
Quote from: seafoid on September 09, 2023, 10:49:21 PM
Quote from: restorepride on September 09, 2023, 10:20:06 PM
Same in South Derry - you had to buy your own (expensive) aerial as the Unionist controlled Magherafelt District Council wouldn't allow a mast to facilitate reception of RTÉ. Many bought the RTÉ aerial so that we could connect with our fellow Irish people. RTÉ has repaid that loyality by making Irish people in the 6 county part of the island of Ireland second-class Irish citizens. They have achieved what the Council couldn't!!
How are the TV licences going now for RTPÉ?!!
Is the passport not good enough for you?
Iarrann Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála na hÉireann ar gach n-aon lena mbaineann ligean dá shealbhóir seo, saoránach d'Éirinn, gabháil ar aghaidh gan bhac gan chosc agus gach cúnamh agus caomhnú is gá a thabhairt don sealbhóir.
In English:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland requests all whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a citizen of Ireland, to pass freely and without hindrance and to afford the bearer all necessary assistance and protection.
Would you prefer a British passport? Or are the competitions more important?
e coe competitions more important?
Tá mé sásta go maith le mo phas Éireannach. Foireann as na sé chontae i gcluiche ceannais peile na hÉireann is ní thig lena muintir cur isteach ar chomórtas na dticéad? Tú compordach leis sin?
Strong start!
Ouch.... that's a deep deep burn
He's a bit wooden with this interview.
Nervy enough I'd say. He'll be glad to get the first one out of the way
Trying to hard to be a mix between Graham Norton and Johnathan Ross.
Hard for kielty to get a word in with that dose Tommy Tiernan.... that hector chap hasn't spoken
There definitely rolling out the big guns anyway.
He showed more wit and charisma in that first 5 minutes than the previous tube did in however long he done the gig for.
He'll be limited by the calibre of guests that RTE can get for him. Hopefully they can pull out all the stops for him.
Quote from: restorepride on September 09, 2023, 10:20:06 PM
Same in South Derry - you had to buy your own (expensive) aerial as the Unionist controlled Magherafelt District Council wouldn't allow a mast to facilitate reception of RTÉ. Many bought the RTÉ aerial so that we could connect with our fellow Irish people. RTÉ has repaid that loyality by making Irish people in the 6 county part of the island of Ireland second-class Irish citizens. They have achieved what the Council couldn't!!
How are the TV licences going now for RTPÉ?!!
There was no mast in any area in the north ya lunatic.
The masts were in Dublin and Athlone and if you happened to have an aerial , you could pick up rte in south Derry.
Jesus this band 🤦🏼♂️
He's doing rightly
Far more charisma than anything before as stated above
That part with the audience was painful. Plenty of improvement needed. Give him a pass for his first night.
Ah f**k now it's these two Tipperary gobshites.
Quote from: square_ball on September 15, 2023, 10:07:51 PM
He showed more wit and charisma in that first 5 minutes than the previous tube did in however long he done the gig for.
He'll be limited by the calibre of guests that RTE can get for him. Hopefully they can pull out all the stops for him.
This
Some his stuff takes me back to when he was on BBC all them yonks ago. Mostly good if not perfect. Far funnier and more genuine than others but the quality of guests won't help. Good luck to him
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 15, 2023, 10:46:30 PM
Quote from: square_ball on September 15, 2023, 10:07:51 PM
He showed more wit and charisma in that first 5 minutes than the previous tube did in however long he done the gig for.
He'll be limited by the calibre of guests that RTE can get for him. Hopefully they can pull out all the stops for him.
This
Some his stuff takes me back to when he was on BBC all them yonks ago. Mostly good if not perfect. Far funnier and more genuine than others but the quality of guests won't help. Good luck to him
Agreed, he's genuinely funny. I'm laughing my balls off and sortve forgetting it's the late late
Far more genuine and watchable
Obviously a bit nervy at the start but he's likeable
A new Era. Up Down!
How come Imelda May wasn't on for f**k sake.
Also, can't believe they didn't get the Astro physicist from Portmarnock on.
Nervy enough start.
McAleese and McClean on a different level to the rest of the guests.
Jaysus. The fella seems likeable and actually gives a shite about his guests...that's a big improvement!
I thought the trio was a bad move for a booking and the 2Johnnies comes across as lazy - RTE canteen. Again nitot on him.
I was suprised that mcclean had never been on before, considering how much of an Irish sporting icon he is and everything that has happened him.
Quote from: Itchy on September 15, 2023, 11:10:39 PM
How come Imelda May wasn't on for f**k sake.
Also, can't believe they didn't get the Astro physicist from Portmarnock on.
Haha. That is a great story.
I think what'll help PK is that show is only 90mins, plus it'll be a shorter LLS season.
Throw in an ad or two and it'll be down to 80 mins. Very manageable.
The actor's strike is not going to help him in the short run. Thought McClean was excellent and what Kielty done well was let guests talk uninterrupted. Also looks like McClean doesn't think Kenny should stay on.
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on September 15, 2023, 11:23:17 PM
Nervy enough start.
McAleese and McClean on a different level to the rest of the guests.
The northern guests better than the southern guests is essentially what you're saying
How come Mary McAleese says she's a Co Down woman. I thought she was from North Belfast which is Co Antrim
I really liked his intro
https://www.rte.ie/video/id/7575/
and the bit about the grandfather who was from Wexford and ended up in Dundrum. Because it was always one country and is temporarily divided.
Those road signs that say "Enniskillen- the West" . FFS.
I think it's important to have someone from the North presenting the flagship conversation now.
Quote from: Mario on September 16, 2023, 09:25:10 AM
How come Mary McAleese says she's a Co Down woman. I thought she was from North Belfast which is Co Antrim
Though she was from Ardoyne?
Quote from: Tubberman on September 16, 2023, 09:17:29 AM
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on September 15, 2023, 11:23:17 PM
Nervy enough start.
McAleese and McClean on a different level to the rest of the guests.
The northern guests better than the southern guests is essentially what you're saying
Not necessaeily. A level beneath, maybe? Didn't see McClean, but McAleese was clearly full of poo.
Quote from: Tubberman on September 16, 2023, 09:17:29 AM
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on September 15, 2023, 11:23:17 PM
Nervy enough start.
McAleese and McClean on a different level to the rest of the guests.
The northern guests better than the southern guests is essentially what you're saying
They were in last night's show, but that's not essentially what I'm saying, no.
What was you opinion of the guests?
Tubridy would have questioned his poppy stance.
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 16, 2023, 09:36:08 AM
Quote from: Mario on September 16, 2023, 09:25:10 AM
How come Mary McAleese says she's a Co Down woman. I thought she was from North Belfast which is Co Antrim
Though she was from Ardoyne?
Originally, yes, but moved to south Down early on.
The reaction of the audience was class.
Quote from: RedHand88 on September 16, 2023, 12:12:11 PM
Tubridy would have questioned his poppy stance.
Tubridys mother had
The Wolfe tones play at a recent family do.
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 17, 2023, 10:19:23 AM
Quote from: RedHand88 on September 16, 2023, 12:12:11 PM
Tubridy would have questioned his poppy stance.
Tubridys mother had The Wolfe tones play at a recent family do.
No expenses spared.
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 17, 2023, 10:19:23 AM
Quote from: RedHand88 on September 16, 2023, 12:12:11 PM
Tubridy would have questioned his poppy stance.
Tubridys mother had The Wolfe tones play at a recent family do.
Wasn't recent, was over 40 years ago! It was an 80th Birthday party for Ryan Tubridy's Grandfather, Todd Andrews .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Andrews
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
It is the caliber of guests and topics covered which will make or break PK. the second he has Vogue Williams on then that's the end for me.
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AM
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 11:32:20 AM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AM
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Not sure what this means at all?
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 11:32:20 AM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AM
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Greffrey and Jamey are pleased.
Has to have Sean Quinn as next weeks guest
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 12:10:07 PM
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 11:32:20 AM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AM
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Not sure what this means at all?
I remember one conversation in the early 90s with a colleague who told me that the North was a different country. A sizeable number of people would still believe that in the South. If there is going to be a United Ireland we need as much exposure to each other as possible.
Quote from: Hereiam on September 18, 2023, 12:33:30 PM
Has to have Sean Quinn as next weeks guest
Ciara Mageean is on this Friday night
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 01:20:13 PM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 12:10:07 PM
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 11:32:20 AM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AM
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Not sure what this means at all?
I remember one conversation in the early 90s with a colleague who told me that the North was a different country. A sizeable number of people would still believe that in the South. If there is going to be a United Ireland we need as much exposure to each other as possible.
So based on a conversation over 20 years ago you think RTE have chosen Kielty to further the case for a United Ireland?
That same RTE who have always been pushing for a UI I guess?
I thought he was nervous and understandably so, one thing he has that Ryan didn't have is a bit of empathy. McAleese was disappointing and Mc Clean did well for someone obviously unsure of TV. Tommy was ok as well, joe's wife and the Johnny's would have been better of in the pub.
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 02:43:34 PM
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 01:20:13 PM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 12:10:07 PM
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 11:32:20 AM
Quote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AM
Kielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Not sure what this means at all?
I remember one conversation in the early 90s with a colleague who told me that the North was a different country. A sizeable number of people would still believe that in the South. If there is going to be a United Ireland we need as much exposure to each other as possible.
So based on a conversation over 20 years ago you think RTE have chosen Kielty to further the case for a United Ireland?
That same RTE who have always been pushing for a UI I guess?
I think we are on the way to an United Ireland and that it is qualitatively different to 2003.
Kielty is a reflection rather than the cause. I don't care whether you agree or not. Nobody asked you to.
Quote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 05:34:36 PMQuote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 02:43:34 PMQuote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 01:20:13 PMQuote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 12:10:07 PMQuote from: seafoid on September 18, 2023, 11:32:20 AMQuote from: Taylor on September 18, 2023, 09:15:15 AMKielty was nervy enough in parts of the show but that was to be expected.
Was good to hear someone that actually knew what he was talking about when interviewing or discussing sport.
Did Hector even speak?
Tiernan & Brollys wife (forget her name) were grand for a bit of craic
McAleese was poor/full of it
Two Johnnies were better off staying in the green room
McLean was decent but doesnt seem comfortable in front of the camera
Overall a huge step up in terms of presenting/interacting with guests than the previous presenter
McLean's story and the input from his wife were very interesting as well as important Not everyone has media training.
It's not by chance that the new presenter is from the Occupied Territories.
Not sure what this means at all?
I remember one conversation in the early 90s with a colleague who told me that the North was a different country. A sizeable number of people would still believe that in the South. If there is going to be a United Ireland we need as much exposure to each other as possible.
So based on a conversation over 20 years ago you think RTE have chosen Kielty to further the case for a United Ireland?
That same RTE who have always been pushing for a UI I guess?
I think we are on the way to an United Ireland and that it is qualitatively different to 2003.
Kielty is a reflection rather than the cause. I don't care whether you agree or not. Nobody asked you to.
;D
Course you dont care..........that has been the issue for decades
Quote from: Hereiam on September 18, 2023, 10:18:24 AMIt is the caliber of guests and topics covered which will make or break PK. the second he has Vogue Williams on then that's the end for me.
No more Late Late for you then! ;D
These 3 guests do not go well together. A lot of awkwardness and forced laughter.
Quote from: Hereiam on September 18, 2023, 10:18:24 AMIt is the caliber of guests and topics covered which will make or break PK. the second he has Vogue Williams on then that's the end for me.
And thats that....2nd show in and shes on.
Quote from: Hereiam on September 22, 2023, 09:44:31 PMQuote from: Hereiam on September 18, 2023, 10:18:24 AMIt is the caliber of guests and topics covered which will make or break PK. the second he has Vogue Williams on then that's the end for me.
And thats that....2nd show in and shes on.
She's never feckin off it. All we need now is that bollox Rosenstock.
Vogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
Quote from: Blowitupref on September 22, 2023, 09:54:04 PMVogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
You know what - I like her!
Ciara McGeean can talk ......... and talk
This Vogue wan is an awful dose.
........... and then Vogue declares she has a mixed house of Catholic and Protestant of children.
Quote from: Hereiam on September 22, 2023, 09:44:31 PMQuote from: Hereiam on September 18, 2023, 10:18:24 AMIt is the caliber of guests and topics covered which will make or break PK. the second he has Vogue Williams on then that's the end for me.
And thats that....2nd show in and shes on.
;D She'd give you the skitter.
All the goys enjoying their Heinos in Paris.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 22, 2023, 10:21:36 PMQuote from: Hereiam on September 22, 2023, 09:44:31 PMQuote from: Hereiam on September 18, 2023, 10:18:24 AMIt is the caliber of guests and topics covered which will make or break PK. the second he has Vogue Williams on then that's the end for me.
And thats that....2nd show in and shes on.
;D She'd give you the skitter.
The three guests together doesn't work unless that part of the show is longer like the Graham Norton show.
Holohan is very matter-of-fact, but I thought that was a very good interview.
Tubridy would have been too giddy and would have interrupted far too often - Kielty let him talk and I thought it was great viewing.
Quote from: Blowitupref on September 22, 2023, 09:54:04 PMVogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
Honestly, never even heard of her.
Quote from: burdizzo on September 22, 2023, 11:39:51 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on September 22, 2023, 09:54:04 PMVogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
Honestly, never even heard of her.
Lucky for you that you never seen those terrible TV adverts or when she was moaning to the media after some chap chosen not to switch seats with her on a flight last year.
Anyone called Vouge is a red flag straight away. And those complaining about seats on a plane need to be put in the hull of the plane!
You mustn't read the Sunday Indo if you've never heard of Vogue. They run articles every week on what she thinks of everything, what she has for breakfast and much she loves her hubby
Leave poor vogue alone ;D . In fairness I thought she was alright in that holiday show a few yrs back with Tommy Bowe.
Quote from: Tubberman on September 22, 2023, 11:12:00 PMHolohan is very matter-of-fact, but I thought that was a very good interview.
Tubridy would have been too giddy and would have interrupted far too often - Kielty let him talk and I thought it was great viewing.
A very soft interview, I understand it being that way with the questions about his deceased wife. But, no push to ask Holohan on the disgraceful Cervical Check fiasco and cover-up, Covid restrictions, His quango job in Trinity that went tits up when it went public that it transpired he actually was going to do nothing.
A very wealthy man, with a huge pension - now writing a vanity book about himself.
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 23, 2023, 11:59:41 AMQuote from: Tubberman on September 22, 2023, 11:12:00 PMHolohan is very matter-of-fact, but I thought that was a very good interview.
Tubridy would have been too giddy and would have interrupted far too often - Kielty let him talk and I thought it was great viewing.
A very soft interview, I understand it being that way with the questions about his deceased wife. But, no push to ask Holohan on the disgraceful Cervical Check fiasco and cover-up, Covid restrictions, His quango job in Trinity that went tits up when it went public that it transpired he actually was going to do nothing.
It was a soft interview, and never intended to be anything else.
QuoteA very wealthy man, with a huge pension - now writing a vanity book about himself.
I think that you have a distorted view of very wealthy, Holohan is decently well off, as every member of his graduating medical class is, but the wealthiest person in that studio was interviewer not the interviewee.
Got it in one Armaghniac.
How far have we really come from the Neanderthal when TV interviewers get paid about 4 times a Top Doc gets while fkn soccer players get paid as much as 250 Nurses :-\ :-*
Quote from: Blowitupref on September 23, 2023, 12:57:13 AMQuote from: burdizzo on September 22, 2023, 11:39:51 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on September 22, 2023, 09:54:04 PMVogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
Honestly, never even heard of her.
Lucky for you that you never seen those terrible TV adverts or when she was moaning to the media after some chap chosen not to switch seats with her on a flight last year.
She really does sicken my shite. Can't abide her
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 23, 2023, 11:59:41 AMQuote from: Tubberman on September 22, 2023, 11:12:00 PMHolohan is very matter-of-fact, but I thought that was a very good interview.
Tubridy would have been too giddy and would have interrupted far too often - Kielty let him talk and I thought it was great viewing.
A very soft interview, I understand it being that way with the questions about his deceased wife. But, no push to ask Holohan on the disgraceful Cervical Check fiasco and cover-up, Covid restrictions, His quango job in Trinity that went tits up when it went public that it transpired he actually was going to do nothing.
A very wealthy man, with a huge pension - now writing a vanity book about himself.
What way does this work?
As LLS usually has quite a few on who have just released a book, does the writer/book company pay for an interview or does RTÉ pay the guest for the 20 min interview?
Quote from: red hander on September 23, 2023, 03:25:49 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on September 23, 2023, 12:57:13 AMQuote from: burdizzo on September 22, 2023, 11:39:51 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on September 22, 2023, 09:54:04 PMVogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
Honestly, never even heard of her.
Lucky for you that you never seen those terrible TV adverts or when she was moaning to the media after some chap chosen not to switch seats with her on a flight last year.
She really does sicken my shite. Can't abide her
Famous for being famous...hard to listen to.
Quote from: marty34 on September 23, 2023, 03:26:19 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on September 23, 2023, 11:59:41 AMQuote from: Tubberman on September 22, 2023, 11:12:00 PMHolohan is very matter-of-fact, but I thought that was a very good interview.
Tubridy would have been too giddy and would have interrupted far too often - Kielty let him talk and I thought it was great viewing.
A very soft interview, I understand it being that way with the questions about his deceased wife. But, no push to ask Holohan on the disgraceful Cervical Check fiasco and cover-up, Covid restrictions, His quango job in Trinity that went tits up when it went public that it transpired he actually was going to do nothing.
A very wealthy man, with a huge pension - now writing a vanity book about himself.
What way does this work?
As LLS usually has quite a few on who have just released a book, does the writer/book company pay for an interview or does RTÉ pay the guest for the 20 min interview?
I think it's more that the only time many 'celebs' have any reason to do interviews is when they have something to plug - either a film or book or TV series
Had to laugh when that Vogue one appeared, given that @hereiam mentioned her last week. What is she actually famous for? Is she Ireland's answer to the Kardashians or what?
Looks like it's still going to be the same old faces from the rte canteen . Rosenstock will no doubt be wheeled out any week now. Brendan o Carroll is never off it either.
Who?
Quote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2023, 07:03:39 PMHad to laugh when that Vogue one appeared, given that @hereiam mentioned her last week. What is she actually famous for? Is she Ireland's answer to the Kardashians or what?
Looks like it's still going to be the same old faces from the rte canteen . Rosenstock will no doubt be wheeled out any week now. Brendan's o Carroll is never off it either.
Who is he
Bored already.........
Actually I switched off when I heard "the two Johnnies"
When the LLS was compelling in say the 80s, the viewing public was very different. They believed that les Francais adorent le Piat D'Or. The French love Piat D'or. Now it's all Chardonnay and Argentinian or Australian red.
I remember one time they had a hypnotist on and the crowd went bananas. It was easier to entertain everyone.
Brigid and Eamonn mined a very rich load by taking the piss out of the parents of the previous generation .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqe0OxKwK-E
There are still people who love listening to Vogue Williams but it's not the whole audience any more. Even 2 FMs audience is splintered. They used to be able to play the same playlist all day.
There are things that would transcedne the usual and bring people together and not all are celebrity . There are still a lot of things that we don't talk about like why are house prices so high and the unification and the short season and misogyny and the Christian Brothers and GAA coaching and what happened to MAn Utd and the Leaving Cert. They probably need to pivot a bit.
Just in case you missed what Vogue said on the late late, the Indo has made it into an exciting article...
https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/two-of-my-kids-are-protestant-and-one-is-catholic-vogue-williams-discusses-her-children-being-different-religions-on-late-late-show/a1256020116.html
Quote from: Itchy on September 25, 2023, 12:37:50 PMJust in case you missed what Vogue said on the late late, the Indo has made it into an exciting article...
https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/two-of-my-kids-are-protestant-and-one-is-catholic-vogue-williams-discusses-her-children-being-different-religions-on-late-late-show/a1256020116.html
That should have really went in the WTF thread Itchy.
Never have I heard a bigger idiot on TV - and that is saying something
Quote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2023, 07:03:39 PMHad to laugh when that Vogue one appeared, given that @hereiam mentioned her last week. What is she actually famous for? Is she Ireland's answer to the Kardashians or what?
Looks like it's still going to be the same old faces from the rte canteen . Rosenstock will no doubt be wheeled out any week now. Brendan o Carroll is never off it either.
Have give it 2 weeks and that's me done with it, wont be going out of my way to sit down and watch it. Same old shite with an odd joke threw in by PK here and there. The 3 guests out at the same time is just not working as the conversation is just not flowing well enough and there are too many awkward pauses. The whole desk and staging just doesn't work either.
Quote from: Taylor on September 25, 2023, 02:01:41 PMQuote from: Itchy on September 25, 2023, 12:37:50 PMJust in case you missed what Vogue said on the late late, the Indo has made it into an exciting article...
https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/two-of-my-kids-are-protestant-and-one-is-catholic-vogue-williams-discusses-her-children-being-different-religions-on-late-late-show/a1256020116.html
That should have really went in the WTF thread Itchy.
Never have I heard a bigger idiot on TV - and that is saying something
It's should have GONE
How many of Dermot Bannon,Mario Rosenstock,Oliver Callan,Jason Byrne have been on the latest shows? they seemed to be hand picked guests by RTE with the last presenter.
Quote from: Hereiam on September 25, 2023, 05:01:03 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 23, 2023, 07:03:39 PMHad to laugh when that Vogue one appeared, given that @hereiam mentioned her last week. What is she actually famous for? Is she Ireland's answer to the Kardashians or what?
Looks like it's still going to be the same old faces from the rte canteen . Rosenstock will no doubt be wheeled out any week now. Brendan o Carroll is never off it either.
Have give it 2 weeks and that's me done with it, wont be going out of my way to sit down and watch it. Same old shite with an odd joke threw in by PK here and there. The 3 guests out at the same time is just not working as the conversation is just not flowing well enough and there are too many awkward pauses. The whole desk and staging just doesn't work either.
Yeah that is strange. Guests sitting sideways on their chairs and PK sitting uncomfortably like the headmaster.
Set up for TV cameras , but just looks and probably feels uncomfortable, You're not going to get the best out of your guests while they aren't sitting right or looking st the presenter
Patrick's chair is a fair bit higher than the guest's, enhanced stature syndrome? I'd say it's a toss up whether he'd be better or worse than the bould Daniel as host.
Too many guests and not enough time to really delve into anything other than the book or TV show they're promoting.
Kielty touched on the cervical smear controversy but Holohan chose to ignore it and talk about Covid, a very softball interview dictated by the guest, he'll need to get better at that.
Quote from: johnnycool on September 26, 2023, 07:57:33 AMToo many guests and not enough time to really delve into anything other than the book or TV show they're promoting.
Kielty touched on the cervical smear controversy but Holohan chose to ignore it and talk about Covid, a very softball interview dictated by the guest, he'll need to get better at that.
He did mention that many people had restricted funerals due to policies from his office but he didn't pursue it. It's a tough one as people would equally be going nuts if gave him a proper grilling when he was on to talk about his wife dying from cancer. It's not a Turbridy or Kielty issue - the LLS tries to be light entertainment and going deep into personal and social stories. It's an editorial policy which I'm not sure they're as successful with as often as they'd like.
I want to see Conor Moore on with Lowry and McIlroy, with Conor taking the piss out of them and Paddy.
Getting big guests on an Irish chat show is going to be tricky. Even big Irish stars don't really want to do them unless they're promoting something.
The writers strike is over, everything back on, there will be a serious amount of promoting going on soon
tv outside of live sport is dying i think
Quote from: Eire90 on September 26, 2023, 06:43:47 PMtv outside of live sport is dying i think
It's probably the only live TV I've watched this last few years. Anything else you can get on catch up or stream.
Do people still watch the news on TV?
Quote from: RedHand88 on September 26, 2023, 07:36:13 PMQuote from: Eire90 on September 26, 2023, 06:43:47 PMtv outside of live sport is dying i think
It's probably the only live TV I've watched this last few years. Anything else you can get on catch up or stream.
Do people still watch the news on TV?
Al Jeezera.
Keeps you rounded
I wouldn't watch much tv but this new show on tv you just couldn't miss, pure quality
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41230786.html
Quote from: Itchy on September 27, 2023, 10:38:47 PMI wouldn't watch much tv but this new show on tv you just couldn't miss, pure quality
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41230786.html
Eire90 point about TV dying is backed up with programs like that.
Quote from: Blowitupref on September 22, 2023, 09:54:04 PMVogue Williams your modern day celebrity for doing what? Must be short on guests already just two shows in.
Vogue wins top British podcast, probably Joanne McNally did the best bit
https://www.thejournal.ie/vogue-williams-joanne-mcnallys-podcast-my-therapist-ghosted-me-british-podcast-award-6182185-Sep2023
Another awkward interview with 3 guests
Quote from: jcpen on September 29, 2023, 09:43:46 PMAnother awkward interview with 3 guests
Three randomers collected together is hard work.
Now Mick Lynch, a man with good Culloville heritage, although he has less hair than those who remained.
Mick Lynch threw the audience there when he praised the English for being tolerant. Awkward silence lol. An interesting guy to listen to.
Mick Lynch was wasted there.
Paddy had an opportunity to make people think.
Thrown away.
is late late show just a book promotion show
A great interview with Rob Delaney. Enjoyed the Mick Lynch interview too.
Jeebus I've only seen bits but PK a hundred times more genuine than his predecessor.
Quote from: Eire90 on September 29, 2023, 10:49:02 PMis late late show just a book promotion show
Haven't watched any Patrick Kielty's late late shows thus far however of the Tubridy shows I watched the strong themes was talking to someone that's about to die or knew someone that died tragically and if that person has brought out a book about it all the better.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on September 29, 2023, 11:45:57 PMQuote from: Eire90 on September 29, 2023, 10:49:02 PMis late late show just a book promotion show
Haven't watched any Patrick Kielty's late late shows thus far however of the Tubridy shows I watched the strong themes was talking to someone that's about to die or knew someone that died tragically and if that person has brought out a book about it all the better.
The Rob Delaney interview was exactly that, but it was very compelling and genuine. Powerful.
Viewing numbers peaked at 934,000 (average 830,000) for Kielty's first show last month but that number dropped to 548,000 in his second week, and to an average audience of 486,000 in his third show last week.
Tonight is a county music show that was pre-recorded during the week. That show normal attract 500,000 viewers.
He'll get a good viewership from Tyrone tonight but I'd rather eat my own shite than listen to country music.
Tumbling Paddies country music? Although the song they sang is wrote by Derek Ryan.
And now singing ABBA certainly not country music.
That Longford cowboy Nerney should be locked up for crimes against hair!!
Quote from: Itchy on October 06, 2023, 09:16:39 PMHe'll get a good viewership from Tyrone tonight but I'd rather eat my own shite than listen to country music.
You're up jiving round the front room!
Quote from: Rossfan on October 06, 2023, 10:10:26 PMThat Longford cowboy Nerney should be locked up for crimes against hair!!
It's a fine colour for a man in his mid-60s. And as for the fringe :o
Quote from: Blowitupref on October 06, 2023, 09:59:50 PMTumbling Paddies country music? Although the song they sang is wrote by Derek Ryan.
And now singing ABBA certainly not country music.
Bjorn Ulvaeus started in the Hootenanny Singers, they wouldn't be too far removed.
Quote from: Rossfan on October 06, 2023, 10:10:26 PMThat Longford cowboy Nerney should be locked up for crimes against hair!!
I'd have thought he'd be locked up for crimes against music
Is there 2 bigger bollixes in Ireland. Brendan O Carroll & Jason Byrne.
Kielty is poor,but he cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
Quote from: Rudi on October 13, 2023, 10:05:42 PMIs there 2 bigger bollixes in Ireland. Brendan O Carroll & Jason Byrne.
Kielty is poor,but he cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
Was thinking that too about his guests - jeez they are making it hard for him.
Quote from: Rudi on October 13, 2023, 10:05:42 PMIs there 2 bigger bollixes in Ireland. Brendan O Carroll & Jason Byrne.
Kielty is poor,but he cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
I wouldn't agree he's poor. If you watched his Mick Lynch or Rob Delaney interview you wouldn't say he's poor.
Quote from: Rudi on October 13, 2023, 10:05:42 PMIs there 2 bigger bollixes in Ireland. Brendan O Carroll & Jason Byrne.
Kielty is poor,but he cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
The Snapper is on RTE 2 and far better watch.
Quote from: mrdeeds on October 13, 2023, 10:26:14 PMQuote from: Rudi on October 13, 2023, 10:05:42 PMIs there 2 bigger bollixes in Ireland. Brendan O Carroll & Jason Byrne.
Kielty is poor,but he cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
I wouldn't agree he's poor. If you watched his Mick Lynch or Rob Delaney interview you wouldn't say he's poor.
Seen the Mick Lynch interview, far to friendly no difficult questions asked. Bit like Tubridy & Von Der Leyen last year.
Early days yet, dont like the format of multiple interviewees, brainchild of some Scottish director.
Crowd clapped Pat there because he said he thinks he hasn't insulted anyone in his book.
Fair play to pat..... Great handshake at the end.
Also the only f**king good thing about the late late show was the theme tune and they have replaced it with some shite.
Spillane father never seen him or his brothers win an AI. Sure that's no big deal. There are a plethora of Mayo footballers whose fathers never seen their sons win AI's in the last 72 years.
(I am only kidding)
Just seen the handshake (RTE +1) - Class moment!
Jezis that show has gone to the dogs
Same guests every year by and large
Just don't know on Kielty
Prepared to give him a go after the first show but no, don't think it's the gig for him
All very staged, scripted feel about it .. it's as if he's trying to bring in an American Saturday night chat show feel and it aint working
Can't believe I'm saying it but I prefer the old version
Think paddy needs decent guests. Less comedians would be a start
Jason Byrne a comedian, c'mon now!
Jason Byrne is a funny as syphilis.
As somebody mentioned earlier, usual suspects as guests.
C raters.
I'd rather have 2 or 3 guests on, bit of music and more indepth 'interviews'.
Yer man Jason Byrne seems to be a regular on LLS. My dog is funnier. I think Kielty is doing OK as a host. The guests are shite.
Kielty is doing well given the quality of the Guests it attracts. Only people on these shows are ppl flogging a book or a show or some shitty TV series. It's a circuit. Think there is room for it to go back down the social issues route. Kielty would be good at that. Doubt it will happen.
I feel as though I am supposed to support Kielty as he is a northerner but in reality I can't listen to him with his posh county Down accent and I never found him that funny. Also what was the purpose of the Palestine conflict speech? People over there aren't going to be watching The Late late show or even clips of it on YouTube. Maybe it is directed at people from that region living here. Cringey stuff either way although Tubridy did cringey speeches like that too especially during Covid.
Liam Brady or Paul McGrath.
Who's the goat?
I'll go McGrath didn't see Brady in his prime
Is Vogue Williams on yet?
Van Damne up in Belfast yesterday
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 20, 2023, 10:14:58 PMI'll go McGrath didn't see Brady in his prime
It's an incredibly difficult call; one question that doesn't have a wrong answer.
I'd liked to have seen more of Brady but fact he headed to Italy and was a success says plenty.
7 Irish in that Arsenal team any wonder theyve a few Irish fans.
Is VanDamme releasing Irish Whiskey?! Somethin not right there lol
Roy Keane
Better tonight.
Paddy starting to settle in
Quote from: WT4E on October 27, 2023, 10:19:27 PMBetter tonight.
Paddy starting to settle in
Decent guests, who can talk to each other.
Quote from: WT4E on October 27, 2023, 10:19:27 PMBetter tonight.
Paddy starting to settle in
Good guests, Paddy relaxed and working well together. Much better indeed
Not sure what the audience is it's aimed at.
Quote from: ONeill on October 27, 2023, 10:54:06 PMNot sure what the audience is it's aimed at.
People who stay in on Friday evenings
Quote from: seafoid on October 28, 2023, 09:12:30 AMQuote from: ONeill on October 27, 2023, 10:54:06 PMNot sure what the audience is it's aimed at.
People who stay in on Friday evenings
It's depressing me to think I'm in that demographic now.
Judging by how quiet most pubs are on a Friday, I don't think you are alone.
Quote from: ONeill on October 27, 2023, 10:54:06 PMNot sure what the audience is it's aimed at.
It is lightweight. Tomlinson is quite an interesting character and I expect that he has views on current events and no doubt Bonin could have talked about the environment at greater length. Gay Byrne would have got more out of them.
No doubt. Its early yet.
Gay Byrne was good but plenty of big mistakes
Quote from: WT4E on October 28, 2023, 10:48:49 AMNo doubt. Its early yet.
Gay Byrne was good but plenty of big mistakes
3 hours a week for 30 years, of course he had mistakes. On a live programme it is not easy to be good all the time.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 28, 2023, 10:26:11 AMQuote from: ONeill on October 27, 2023, 10:54:06 PMNot sure what the audience is it's aimed at.
It is lightweight. Tomlinson is quite an interesting character and I expect that he has views on current events and no doubt Bonin could have talked about the environment at greater length. Gay Byrne would have got more out of them.
Gay Byrne was
allowed to get more out of his guests.
RTE is a scripted organisation, there is no colouring outside the lines.
Quote from: From the Bunker on October 28, 2023, 12:56:27 PMQuote from: armaghniac on October 28, 2023, 10:26:11 AMQuote from: ONeill on October 27, 2023, 10:54:06 PMNot sure what the audience is it's aimed at.
It is lightweight. Tomlinson is quite an interesting character and I expect that he has views on current events and no doubt Bonin could have talked about the environment at greater length. Gay Byrne would have got more out of them.
Gay Byrne was allowed to get more out of his guests.
RTE is a scripted organisation, there is no colouring outside the lines.
He wasn't allowed to shake Gerry Adams's hand though
Tubs confirmed as a Virgin Radio presenter.
The late late still has the same old guests and paddy should do away with the attempts at jokes at the start. They are more cringe than funny.
Thought it was decent tonight.
Keith Earls was excellent. And fair play to Tony Christie.
What's the verdict on the toy show then?
Seems to be going rightly
Quote from: smort on November 24, 2023, 10:47:22 PMWhat's the verdict on the toy show then?
Seems to be going rightly
Only watched a small bit. The reaction of the young girl on the wheelchair getting tickets to next years Olympic games was priceless
Ah Kielty is growing into it. Tubridy nailed the Toy Show and is a hard act to follow.
A small bit of trivia.
Paddy Kielty is the first (full time) presenter of the LLS to have sons.....
Sheamie's some boy!
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on November 24, 2023, 11:09:00 PMSheamie's some boy!
He'll be hitting Coppers when thy show ends seeing as he's up in the Big Schmoke for the night.
Good show tonight Kielty growing into it.
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 24, 2023, 10:56:17 PMAh Kielty is growing into it. Tubridy nailed the Toy Show and is a hard act to follow.
Kielty knocking it out of park. All about the toys and kids, rather then Tubridy when it was all about him. Best I've seen in years.
Quote from: mrdeeds on November 24, 2023, 11:33:22 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on November 24, 2023, 10:56:17 PMAh Kielty is growing into it. Tubridy nailed the Toy Show and is a hard act to follow.
Kielty knocking it out of park. All about the toys and kids, rather then Tubridy when it was all about him. Best I've seen in years.
Wasn't a fan of Tubridy in general but one thing he did do well was the Toy Show.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on November 24, 2023, 11:09:00 PMSheamie's some boy!
Reminds me of one of those Clare hurlers back in 95. Can't remember which one though
Quite the character.
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 24, 2023, 11:08:47 PMA small bit of trivia.
Paddy Kielty is the first (full time) presenter of the LLS to have sons.....
And it shows. natural fit for this show. Pat Kenny and Tubridy was either wooden, awkward or used a forced personality for this Toy show.
The young girl towards the end of the show did a good cover version of Vampire Olivia Rodrigo song. Not a easy song to sing and understandably that version had the lyrics toned down.
Well done to my old mucker Paddy, thought he did very well tonight.
Paddy did well. Fair play.
Watched the toy show on the rte player on sat night as we'd the transfer test on Sat am.
It's the first time in years we watched the whole thing. It felt like it was about the children and the toys again.
Kielty has a much better persona and approach to this, he really was excellent. The children had a chance to talk without any condescending remarks from the presenter who just wanted attention on himself.
Still had the obligatory amount of cheese, which is actually great.
Thought the tribute to Shane McGowan to open show last night was brilliant. Patrick Kielty was an excellent facilitator who just let the guests speak and remember without interruption.
What county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
Quote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
Not guilty this time your honour. Blame the lakeland County for this.
Quote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
Fermanagh I believe they are from. You ones love them, they even packed out the recent ploughing championships I attended in Ratheniska.
Quote from: Blowitupref on December 31, 2023, 11:34:26 PMQuote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
Fermanagh I believe they are from. You ones love them, they even packed out the recent ploughing championships I attended in Ratheniska.
I had to go to YouTube and get Dubliners/Pogues version afterwards to purge that shite from my head.
Quote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
You can't blame Tyrone for everything.
I had to switch over when I heard Paddy introducing three "influencers" :o
Quote from: Blowitupref on December 31, 2023, 11:34:26 PMQuote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
Fermanagh I believe they are from. You ones love them, they even packed out the recent ploughing championships I attended in Ratheniska.
Aye McManus and Maguire among their number. Not my cuppa tae but they draw big crowds amongst people who are into that stuff. I'd say the Venn Diagram of their fans and fans of Derek Ryan and Nathan Carter is a single circle.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 01, 2024, 12:05:56 AMQuote from: Blowitupref on December 31, 2023, 11:34:26 PMQuote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
Fermanagh I believe they are from. You ones love them, they even packed out the recent ploughing championships I attended in Ratheniska.
Aye McManus and Maguire among their number. Not my cuppa tae but they draw big crowds amongst people who are into that stuff. I'd say the Venn Diagram of their fans and fans of Derek Ryan and Nathan Carter is a single circle.
According to their own website each band member has won a medal for being All-Ireland Fleadh Champion in their own right. Derek Ryan wrote one of their hit songs the way I am.
The Mary Wallopers over on Jools holland a band going places.
Jools also had a talented young singer from Donegal too - Muireann Bradley. RTE/LLS very disappointing. I even moved over to one hit wonder Rick Astley on BBC.
Quote from: clarshack on December 31, 2023, 11:54:54 PMQuote from: Tubberman on December 31, 2023, 11:26:12 PMWhat county inflicted The Tumbling Paddy's upon us?
I'm going to guess Tyrone.
Jesus they'd want to stop that singer with his faux American country accent, it's terrible shite
You can't blame Tyrone for everything.
No, but I certainly try! ;D
Flip me , but that LLS was brutal tonight
Anyone who wants to see those guys they are in the INF in Hilltown soon. They love them out West. I was at the bunniconlan agricultural show in Aug and they were the headline act.
Quote from: weareros on January 01, 2024, 01:29:14 AMJools also had a talented young singer from Donegal too - Muireann Bradley. RTE/LLS very disappointing. I even moved over to one hit wonder Rick Astley on BBC.
Rick has a really strong back catalogue.
LLS was shite and you knew it wasnt filmed live as there more atmosphere at a bloody wake
Quote from: Hereiam on January 01, 2024, 01:56:36 PMLLS was shite and you knew it wasnt filmed live as there more atmosphere at a bloody wake
Was poor alright. Paddy struggles with reading an autocue.
As for the Tumbling Paddies....Nathan Carters pet project at the minute so they'll go places. Rest of the guests were poor, the whole influencers tipped it for me too. Jools was streets ahead. All the music, bar Rod, was fantastic. The Wallopers are really going places, great band and lovely people. Great for Da Town!
Hard to believe that these shows are recorded weeks ago and no one bats an eyelid on the whole 'live' show charade!!
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 01, 2024, 05:22:23 PMQuote from: Hereiam on January 01, 2024, 01:56:36 PMLLS was shite and you knew it wasnt filmed live as there more atmosphere at a bloody wake
Was poor alright. Paddy struggles with reading an autocue.
As for the Tumbling Paddies....Nathan Carters pet project at the minute so they'll go places. Rest of the guests were poor, the whole influencers tipped it for me too. Jools was streets ahead. All the music, bar Rod, was fantastic. The Wallopers are really going places, great band and lovely people. Great for Da Town!
Hard to believe that these shows are recorded weeks ago and no one bats an eyelid on the whole 'live' show charade!!
Late late Show was probably trying too hard to be like Jools Holland.
Quote from: Aaron Boone on January 01, 2024, 01:51:10 PMQuote from: weareros on January 01, 2024, 01:29:14 AMJools also had a talented young singer from Donegal too - Muireann Bradley. RTE/LLS very disappointing. I even moved over to one hit wonder Rick Astley on BBC.
Rick has a really strong back catalogue.
Watched Jools as well, Muireann got a deserved standing ovation, different, but good.have a listen
https://youtu.be/YnFEEnzgg_A?si=dtWXd3GiF9laJ2yQ
Loving the music on the show tonight.
Have stopped watching it tbh
Sofia Vergara on The Graham Norton Show a better bet :o
Fcuk me.
Descending to the paddywackery of a segment where Conan O'B makes fun of his being unable to pronounce Irish names.
How original.
How hilarious.
Quote from: Blowitupref on January 12, 2024, 10:16:02 PMLoving the music on the show tonight.
Music was superb. Ralph McTell the icing on the cake. Really enjoyed it.
The Irish names thing from O'Brien was cringy but I mainly enjoyed him too.
Great show, seemed like people there were enjoying it.
Really bad cringe,Kielty not much of an upgrade on Tubs.
In fairness Kielty has not much of a canvas to paint on!
Quote from: Rois on January 13, 2024, 12:38:00 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on January 12, 2024, 10:16:02 PMLoving the music on the show tonight.
Music was superb. Ralph McTell the icing on the cake. Really enjoyed it.
The Irish names thing from O'Brien was cringy but I mainly enjoyed him too.
Great show, seemed like people there were enjoying it.
Oh bloody hell , I can't abide that man singing. Streets of London is up there with Sweet Caroline with songs that make my ears bleed
Quote from: AustinPowers on January 13, 2024, 09:05:05 PMQuote from: Rois on January 13, 2024, 12:38:00 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on January 12, 2024, 10:16:02 PMLoving the music on the show tonight.
Music was superb. Ralph McTell the icing on the cake. Really enjoyed it.
The Irish names thing from O'Brien was cringy but I mainly enjoyed him too.
Great show, seemed like people there were enjoying it.
Oh bloody hell , I can't abide that man singing. Streets of London is up there with Sweet Caroline with songs that make my ears bleed
A serious ear condition you must have. Two classic and timeless tunes.
That girl from Donegal has some talent. Blues stuff wouldn't be my cup of tea but you have to admire the talent.
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 19, 2024, 10:30:23 PMThat girl from Donegal has some talent. Blues stuff wouldn't be my cup of tea but you have to admire the talent.
Not watching it. I take it's the wee girl that was on Jools Holland's Hootenanny. She was good.
Last night three audience members were asked to estimate the total number of points Ireland won in the Eurovision grand final 1965-24. The highest estimate was 900 and something. The answer was 3000 and something. Maths is a national weakness.
Another poor show apart from Paul McGrath
Quote from: seafoid on January 20, 2024, 08:47:23 AMLast night three audience members were asked to estimate the total number of points Ireland won in the Eurovision grand final 1965-24. The highest estimate was 900 and something. The answer was 3000 and something. Maths is a national weakness.
Truly shocking, a 60 year period and we won it 7 times with 100+ scores in those years at least.
Quote from: Turf on January 20, 2024, 08:56:32 AMAnother poor show apart from Paul McGrath
Thought the Paul McGrath segment was poor as well. The usual questions: The injury going into the Italy game, Ferguson, Big Jack. Don't think the interview was more than 7 minutes.
Footnote:
Paul McGrath is a Legend, and the above comments don't reflect on this status. Even legends can be bombarded by the same boring stereotype questions.
Living with Lucy got the closest to a proper interview recently.
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 20, 2024, 01:26:14 PMQuote from: Turf on January 20, 2024, 08:56:32 AMAnother poor show apart from Paul McGrath
Thought the Paul McGrath segment was poor as well. The usual questions: The injury going into the Italy game, Ferguson, Big Jack. Don't think the interview was more than 7 minutes.
Footnote:
Paul McGrath is a Legend, and the above comments don't reflect on this status. Even legends can be bombarded by the same boring stereotype questions.
Living with Lucy got the closest to a proper interview recently.
Paul McGrath interview was the media equivalent of jelly and icrecream on a dessert menu
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 20, 2024, 01:26:14 PMQuote from: Turf on January 20, 2024, 08:56:32 AMAnother poor show apart from Paul McGrath
Thought the Paul McGrath segment was poor as well. The usual questions: The injury going into the Italy game, Ferguson, Big Jack. Don't think the interview was more than 7 minutes.
Footnote:
Paul McGrath is a Legend, and the above comments don't reflect on this status. Even legends can be bombarded by the same boring stereotype questions.
Living with Lucy got the closest to a proper interview recently.
Aye, he would of told that dose anything to get her out of his house.
Paul McGrath is a legend , but he's not a great interviewee. He's not a natural speaker , and I was hoping Patrick would step in every so often to give him a dig out
Those two actors interviewed was quite boring.
But that Donegal girl, wow she was mesmerising! I loved her playing , and she has a very unique voice
Dressed like a schoolgirl and counting in Irish is one of the efforts for the Irish song in the Eurovision. It's like they are trying not to win it.
My lovely horse doesn't look so ridiculous now eh?
Surely there have to be better songs out there being rejected by RTE.
Marilyn Manson lookalike off to Eurovision.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 26, 2024, 11:29:25 PMMarilyn Manson lookalike off to Eurovision.
One of the better picks - reminds me of Poppy!
Didn't realise what a decent song the Ukrainian winner was from two years ago. Thought it was a sympathy vote but a good song.
Bambi definitely has a stage presence. Good set. Good looking woman too behind it all, she'll draw a few admirers around Europe. The song I don't know. Will struggle to make final on musical merit.
For the most part, the rest of the songs, the panel and Paddy himself were pure torture.
Edit: I read afterwards that Bambie identifies as non-binary so no offense meant with above post. Hope they go onto win in Sweden.
Doomsday Blue will do ok. From being at Euro Song last year in Liverpool, you realise how quirky a song needs to be.
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 26, 2024, 11:36:28 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on January 26, 2024, 11:29:25 PMMarilyn Manson lookalike off to Eurovision.
One of the better picks - reminds me of Poppy!
It's not a song as such but what a performance, the best offer from Ireland since ..... Johnny Logan.
Quote from: Main Street on January 28, 2024, 12:00:50 AMQuote from: From the Bunker on January 26, 2024, 11:36:28 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on January 26, 2024, 11:29:25 PMMarilyn Manson lookalike off to Eurovision.
One of the better picks - reminds me of Poppy!
It's not a song as such but what a performance, the best offer from Ireland since ..... Johnny Logan.
Didn't mind it, actually. Nice runic iconography, and all!
Ireland obviously going for the biggest freak on show this year, like Lordi or yer woman with the beard.
As mad as it sounds , she will probably win . Nothing would surprise me about Eurovision.
I can just see her taking her place among the Eurovision winners from yesteryear. She'd be sure to be wheeled out annually onto the late late show for the next 50 years.
Quote from: weareros on January 26, 2024, 11:50:17 PMDidn't realise what a decent song the Ukrainian winner was from two years ago. Thought it was a sympathy vote but a good song.
Bambi definitely has a stage presence. Good set. Good looking woman too behind it all, she'll draw a few admirers around Europe. The song I don't know. Will struggle to make final on musical merit.
For the most part, the rest of the songs, the panel and Paddy himself were pure torture.
Edit: I read afterwards that Bambie identifies as non-binary so no offense meant with above post. Hope they go onto win in Sweden.
For stage presence alone she has a great chance.
It's an awful load of shite.
We should be boycotting this utter shite.
Quote from: seafoid on January 28, 2024, 11:43:01 AMQuote from: weareros on January 26, 2024, 11:50:17 PMDidn't realise what a decent song the Ukrainian winner was from two years ago. Thought it was a sympathy vote but a good song.
Bambi definitely has a stage presence. Good set. Good looking woman too behind it all, she'll draw a few admirers around Europe. The song I don't know. Will struggle to make final on musical merit.
For the most part, the rest of the songs, the panel and Paddy himself were pure torture.
Edit: I read afterwards that Bambie identifies as non-binary so no offense meant with above post. Hope they go onto win in Sweden.
For stage presence alone she has a great chance.
Still has to be a decent song to do well and I'll be surprised if Ireland aren't eliminated at the semi finals stage again with that effort.
I listen to the heaviest stuff u would listen to,Slayer etc, this is crap, probably a sure winner.
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on January 28, 2024, 11:58:37 PMI listen to the heaviest stuff u would listen to,Slayer etc, this is crap, probably a sure winner.
You listen to the heaviest stuff, trash metal? it goes without saying that you'd think this is crap.
Why would you even listen to Bambi? The name itself should offer a hint :D
When it comes to genre, Bambi and trash metal are polar opposites.
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on January 28, 2024, 11:58:37 PMI listen to the heaviest stuff u would listen to,Slayer etc, this is crap, probably a sure winner.
I listen to Slayer. This is not a heavy metal competition. It's a popular song competition.
It's been a while since Ireland has had a serious contender. We really pissed about the last 30 years sending a puppet Turkey, Donna and Joe, Mickey Joe Harte (with a cloned song - ala My lovely horse), Jedward, Dervish (who had to mime playing their instruments), A repackaged older Niamh Kavanagh, (Westlife's) Nicky Byrne. We even had RTE merging a novice talent show with the prize of going to Eurovision. Putting local pub talent into an internationally viewed audience and out of their depth.
We got completely caught up in the gimmick, True you need a gimmick, but you need a song to go with the gimmick.
We blamed block voting and the extra entrants from Eastern Europe.
This song has a bit of balls to it, it has the gimmick, it has the LGBTQ+ stuff, and there is a decent song there in all the madness.
When will it be renamed "The Ulster Late Late Show So It Is"?
Quote from: Tubberman on February 16, 2024, 10:31:59 PMWhen will it be renamed "The Ulster Late Late Show So It Is"?
..... and sure what harm is it to have a bit of Northern representation on
our National Station?
Sure we had this not so lomg ago ........
Thought MON came across very well there
I think she comes across to the ordinary people as genuine enough.
She seems good with people - a warm personality.
Best show to date from PK I thought
It must have been some craic in the Green room with Kevin McAleer and Michelle O'Neill nattering away in Tyrone dialect.
Quote from: Tubberman on February 16, 2024, 10:31:59 PMWhen will it be renamed "The Ulster Late Late Show So It Is"?
Well it was never renamed the Leinster Late Late in previous incarnations so I would say your idea is unlikely.
I though Michelle O Neill was good as was Kielty who asked her some probing questions.
It's a pity they then refused to allow the Aisling singers permission to sing with while they wore Gaza Tee Shirts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRjVS4X3Wfo
Watching that clip it sounds like they muted the audience as Michelle walks in.
PK is not bad and not brilliant. But it's not easy make a silk purse out of a Pigs ear. Talk shows have changed a lot. Big names no longer give their time. More choices mean there is less of a hold on an audience on a Friday night. Social media has made interviews, quotes and stories more accessible.
Quote from: Wee Barky on February 17, 2024, 10:51:29 AMWatching that clip it sounds like they muted the audience as Michelle walks in.
Yes, good call - there seems to be a controlled element to it.
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 17, 2024, 12:14:14 PMQuote from: Wee Barky on February 17, 2024, 10:51:29 AMWatching that clip it sounds like they muted the audience as Michelle walks in.
Yes, good call - there seems to be a controlled element to it.
Jaysus, it seemed the Shinner goons in the audience were clapping and cheering her every banal soundbite. Not much control there, then.
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 17, 2024, 12:14:14 PMQuote from: Wee Barky on February 17, 2024, 10:51:29 AMWatching that clip it sounds like they muted the audience as Michelle walks in.
Yes, good call - there seems to be a controlled element to it.
Definitely muted as it appeared Michelle was receiving a rapturous welcome from the audience, music turned up, audience turned down ... maybe FG/FF had a word beforehand, surely not?
Quote from: balladmaker on February 17, 2024, 12:50:42 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on February 17, 2024, 12:14:14 PMQuote from: Wee Barky on February 17, 2024, 10:51:29 AMWatching that clip it sounds like they muted the audience as Michelle walks in.
Yes, good call - there seems to be a controlled element to it.
Definitely muted as it appeared Michelle was receiving a rapturous welcome from the audience, music turned up, audience turned down ... maybe FG/FF had a word beforehand, surely not?
Lol would you's all wise up. There is no big conspiracy. This is why southerners laugh at us.
The music comes on and goes into the sound mixer along with audience mics. Of course the audience will appear quieter. The final output has to be equalised so the entire country isn't turning their TV up and down throughout the broadcast.
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 17, 2024, 12:11:34 PMPK is not bad and not brilliant. But it's not easy make a silk purse out of a Pigs ear. Talk shows have changed a lot. Big names no longer give their time. More choices mean there is less of a hold on an audience on a Friday night. Social media has made interviews, quotes and stories more accessible.
The range of potential guests is really limited compared to 30 or 40 years ago. Entertainment is like soccer. Superstars get all of the money. Peter Ustinov or Barry Humphries spent years refining their talent whereas very few get the space to do that now. Entertainment was way better in the past.
Stewart Lee was interviewed in the Financial Times a while ago
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bea2c458-14fd-11e1-a2a6-00144feabdc0.html#
Towards the end of lunch, though, he becomes quite angry about present conditions. There's no way he would have made it to Oxford today, he says. "For a start, I was adopted. In the 1960s, the process took three months, now it can take three years. That's going to affect people differently. I might have been damaged by longer in care. And I wouldn't have gone anyway because of the debts. There's no way I would take that on. Thirdly, a whole generation of people are being made to feel that they shouldn't be studying the arts. They're being told that their degree has got to be cost-effective."
He especially regrets the disappearance of the old "support networks", such as the unemployment and housing benefits, that enabled artists to live cheaply and find their way. "It's all over. There'll come a point when somebody will suddenly realise – there's loads and loads of Coldplay but there isn't a Radiohead, there's loads and loads of ITV1 sitcoms, and things with Robert Lindsay in a house, but there isn't a League of Gentlemen. Someone will be reading an embossed novel about a missing artefact, and they will suddenly think, 'Didn't there use to be books that were not just a list of events?' " (Lee's well-known parody of a typical Dan Brown sentence goes: "The famous man looked at the red cup.") In 40 years, he reckons, people will be saying, "Where's all that stuff gone that was ... good?"
I thought Paddy was respectful and pressed MO'N without turning it into a confrontation. I also thought she answered well. We are nearly 30 years post ceasefire, MO'N wasn't involved in the conflict so this constant need of political opponents of SF to make them ear sackcloth and ashes is a bit pathetic. I recently saw pictures of the pogroms of 69 where the RUC were petrol bombing Catholic houses in Belfast. Those who condemn her for saying that many saw no other option should take a good look at these.
I liked Paddy's dig at the end of the interview when he was talking about the competition and told Michelle not to bother entering as she was from the North and we couldn't enter.
Good interview the Kneecap there. PK was marginally uncomfortable. Tubridy would never have had them on or if he did would be able to have that interview as open.
Aye Paddy was a bit flummoxed but he did OK, he's over a barrell with RTE policy on Palestine. Thought the three lads were brilliant highlighting the genocide and good too on sectarianism and a need for a workers' revolution.... "more in common with a working class lad on the Shankill than a rich man in Dublin even if we have the same passport".. or words to that effect. True dat!
How many times has Imelda May been on the LLS at this stage?
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 08, 2024, 09:40:53 PMHow many times has Imelda May been on the LLS at this stage?
Save me the bother and let me know who else is on. I watched the pre-ad intro where he was announcing the guests and I heard Cheltenham jockey, GAA All Star etc.
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 08, 2024, 09:40:53 PMHow many times has Imelda May been on the LLS at this stage?
Fr Darcy must be due on some time soon too
I see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
Quote from: marty34 on March 30, 2024, 07:28:11 AMI see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
Avoid avoid avoid
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 30, 2024, 11:27:19 AMQuote from: marty34 on March 30, 2024, 07:28:11 AMI see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
Avoid avoid avoid
They should merge themes like GAA and country music
Quote from: seafoid on March 30, 2024, 11:51:11 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on March 30, 2024, 11:27:19 AMQuote from: marty34 on March 30, 2024, 07:28:11 AMI see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
Avoid avoid avoid
They should merge themes like GAA and country music
Jarlath Burns is a decent singer.
Quote from: seafoid on March 30, 2024, 11:51:11 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on March 30, 2024, 11:27:19 AMQuote from: marty34 on March 30, 2024, 07:28:11 AMI see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
Avoid avoid avoid
They should merge themes like GAA and country music
In fairness, PK will know a bit more about the GAA than the previous plebs who hosted the LLS.
Quote from: armaghniac on March 30, 2024, 11:55:37 AMQuote from: seafoid on March 30, 2024, 11:51:11 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on March 30, 2024, 11:27:19 AMQuote from: marty34 on March 30, 2024, 07:28:11 AMI see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
Avoid avoid avoid
They should merge themes like GAA and country music
Jarlath Burns is a decent singer.
I think the Gaelic football counties are highly correlated with country music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMuTSu1iYvg
Quote from: marty34 on March 30, 2024, 07:28:11 AMI see the LLS is doing a GAA special next Friday evening.
The last one they did in 2009 was legendary for the wrong reasons.
GAA Late Late starting now
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2024, 09:36:13 PMGAA Late Late starting now
What are the odds Pat Spillane will be on it flogging a book?
Never had much time for Michael Dara MacAualey, but Jesus, he and his family have been through an awful lot. Great to see his sister there tonight
Brolly. Hope Mickey Harte gets a pass.
Brolly, what an absolute dose
Shock horror Joe Brolly name drops Pat Gilroy already
Quote from: tintin25 on April 05, 2024, 10:16:50 PMBrolly, what an absolute dose
Absolute gobshite.
I'm sure he does a lot of good work, but he tells stories that are obviously bullshit, which I suspect is the case again tonight (himself and McAuley dancing around a Chinese).
He has to have his laugh at Mayo again, and they all laugh despite the story being about a child who died.
Surprised RTE asked him on or Joe went on with his constant comments about RTE on his podcast.
Something slightly uncomfortable about that.
In this history of the GAA, Wexford had the best song.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 10:31:44 PMIn this history of the GAA, Wexford had the best song.
Still sounds great 28 years later. Great tune
Brolly knows what he's at. He recognises that he has about 15 minutes and to avoid answering any direct question that may be uncomfortable, he gets in first just talking shite and telling wee random stories.
How to avoid cross examination in simple steps.
Don't think Kielty had any interest in asking him anything awkward.
Quote from: ONeill on April 05, 2024, 10:41:21 PMDon't think Kielty had any interest in asking him anything awkward.
It isn't really that type of night.
Will he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
Quote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Quote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Yeah they'd want to take two good fucks for themselves.
Really enjoyed that show though and lovely touch the Down lads at the end.
GAA special starts off with a buicín who's taking up Yankee stuff.
Switched off at that stage.
Quote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 05, 2024, 10:35:12 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 10:31:44 PMIn this history of the GAA, Wexford had the best song.
Still sounds great 28 years later. Great tune
Very true. Great tune.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:21:59 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
It was a bit of craic on April Fools Day from a company long associated with the GAA. Paddy Power is at it every day of the week. Trumped up nonsense from know alls in HQ who have lost the run of themselves. The same muppets who would ban charity advertising on jerseys and are driving the GAAGO paywall.
Quote from: Sportacus on April 05, 2024, 11:32:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:21:59 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
It was a bit of craic on April Fools Day from a company long associated with the GAA. Paddy Power is at it every day of the week. Trumped up nonsense from know alls in HQ who have lost the run of themselves. The same muppets who would ban charity advertising on jerseys and are driving the GAAGO paywall.
I think they 'banned' Tipperary from wearing the DQ Foundation jerseys last year iirc.
Bit of common sense would go down well at HQ.
Quote from: marty34 on April 05, 2024, 11:38:24 PMQuote from: Sportacus on April 05, 2024, 11:32:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:21:59 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
It was a bit of craic on April Fools Day from a company long associated with the GAA. Paddy Power is at it every day of the week. Trumped up nonsense from know alls in HQ who have lost the run of themselves. The same muppets who would ban charity advertising on jerseys and are driving the GAAGO paywall.
I think they 'banned' Tipperary from wearing the DQ Foundation jerseys last year iirc.
Bit of common sense would go down well at HQ.
Can only hope Jarlath will knock a few heads together and bring decision making back to the basics - look after your community and cherish the things that are unique about the GAA.
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 05, 2024, 10:38:38 PMBrolly knows what he's at. He recognises that he has about 15 minutes and to avoid answering any direct question that may be uncomfortable, he gets in first just talking shite and telling wee random stories.
How to avoid cross examination in simple steps.
Brolly was on the show tonight? thankfully I gave it a miss.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2024, 11:21:37 PMGAA special starts off with a buicín who's taking up Yankee stuff.
Switched off at that stage.
No you didn't.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:21:59 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
Unfortunately I don't think that's true. Peter McKenna runs Croke Park as a corporate entity, there to make money, and as far as I can see he couldn't care less whether it's Taylor Swift or an All-Ireland final that's booked in, as long as it brings in the cash.
He's as far removed from the local club volunteers as it's possible to be.
I mention Peter McKenna as he's the name I know, but presumably there's a large team of people involved.
Quote from: Tubberman on April 06, 2024, 09:23:32 AMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:21:59 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
Unfortunately I don't think that's true. Peter McKenna runs Croke Park as a corporate entity, there to make money, and as far as I can see he couldn't care less whether it's Taylor Swift or an All-Ireland final that's booked in, as long as it brings in the cash.
He's as far removed from the local club volunteers as it's possible to be.
I mention Peter McKenna as he's the name I know, but presumably there's a large team of people involved.
Peter McKee a does what he us told to do, which includes bringing in more money, which then makes its way to local clubs.
It us fine to say that he should d stop trying to make money, if you are happy to raise that money some other way or do without.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 05, 2024, 11:21:37 PMGAA special starts off with a buicín who's taking up Yankee stuff.
Switched off at that stage.
Some gael you are. Would you not wish a young lad well going off to live his dream?
Quote from: armaghniac on April 06, 2024, 10:26:12 AMQuote from: Tubberman on April 06, 2024, 09:23:32 AMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:21:59 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 11:16:19 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 05, 2024, 11:08:36 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 05, 2024, 10:50:39 PMWill he ask about the embarrassing legal threat to Supermacs over the April Fools joke?
They'll not apologise for clamping down on ambush marketing and rightly so.
They'd want to pick and choose their battles.
Corporate Croke Park against a homegrown company that is a big GAA sponsor isn't likely to win much popular support.
Who is "corporate Croke Park"? There is only one GAA and these people are charged with protecting the brand to raise revenue for all of us. Supermacs should be undermining the brand in this way and would likely be just as protective of anyone using their brand.
Unfortunately I don't think that's true. Peter McKenna runs Croke Park as a corporate entity, there to make money, and as far as I can see he couldn't care less whether it's Taylor Swift or an All-Ireland final that's booked in, as long as it brings in the cash.
He's as far removed from the local club volunteers as it's possible to be.
I mention Peter McKenna as he's the name I know, but presumably there's a large team of people involved.
Peter McKee a does what he us told to do, which includes bringing in more money, which then makes its way to local clubs.
It us fine to say that he should d stop trying to make money, if you are happy to raise that money some other way or do without.
Any idea what this looks like in a practical sense? If I'm a random club in the middle of Armagh, how am I seeing this revenue coming in? And what sort of money are we talking annually?
"Gael" is such a quaint old term ;D
Best of luck to him personally but I'd have expected a "GAA Special" to be about gaelic games players not some ladeen playing another sport overseas.
Just watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the
That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 12:17:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
No, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit?
I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the
I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMNo, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
The format of the Late Late is that the first guest stays on and plays a small part in the subsequent discussion. Brolly is a bit of a windbag, but the format of the show was what you would expect.
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
What was the point of that opening bit ? John Finucane, Fergal Mc Custer etc. Same with going to a Trinity with Gilroy? Why was any of that relevant?
And I noticed he still does the arm across thing, when MDMA contributed something . Basically, shut up, I'm talking.
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 12:17:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
No, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
I'm no lover of Joe either and you are entitled to your opinion. It's the constant need for people to keep telling us all how much they don't like Brolly every time he pops up somewhere. Twitter is a classic case of that. And in this case, you went to YouTube and sat through 12 minutes of it letting it wreck your head. If he does that much turn it off or watch something else on YouTube. That's the bit I don't get!
Quote from: armaghniac on April 06, 2024, 12:43:21 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMNo, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
The format of the Late Late is that the first guest stays on and plays a small part in the subsequent discussion. Brolly is a bit of a windbag, but the format of the show was what you would expect.
The Cringe bit was that MDMA was the topic of the subsequent discussion. ;D
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 01:10:10 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 12:17:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
No, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
I'm no lover of Joe either and you are entitled to your opinion. It's the constant need for people to keep telling us all how much they don't like Brolly every time he pops up somewhere. Twitter is a classic case of that. And in this case, you went to YouTube and sat through 12 minutes of it letting it wreck your head. If he does that much turn it off or watch something else on YouTube. That's the bit I don't get!
It popped up on my Youtude algorithm on my TV. I had a look...and looked at something else afterwards.
If my opinions wreck your head then you can just ignore me, that's as easy to do as for me to not watch 12 minutes of the LLS.
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 01:21:30 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 01:10:10 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 12:17:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
No, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
I'm no lover of Joe either and you are entitled to your opinion. It's the constant need for people to keep telling us all how much they don't like Brolly every time he pops up somewhere. Twitter is a classic case of that. And in this case, you went to YouTube and sat through 12 minutes of it letting it wreck your head. If he does that much turn it off or watch something else on YouTube. That's the bit I don't get!
It popped up on my Youtude algorithm on my TV. I had a look...and looked at something else afterwards.
If my opinions wreck your head then you can just ignore me, that's as easy to do as for me to not watch 12 minutes of the LLS.
Fair enough. Though I never said your opinions wreck my head. Re-read my post. You're entitled to one as much as the next person. It's the bit where people keep watching things they don't like and then give out about it. I don't understand that (but not in a way that wrecks my head 🤪). Context is everything on the original post.
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 06, 2024, 01:06:47 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
What was the point of that opening bit ? John Finucane, Fergal Mc Custer etc. Same with going to a Trinity with Gilroy? Why was any of that relevant?
And I noticed he still does the arm across thing, when MDMA contributed something . Basically, shut up, I'm talking.
I was thinking exactly the same.
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 02:11:03 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 01:21:30 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 01:10:10 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 12:17:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
No, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
I'm no lover of Joe either and you are entitled to your opinion. It's the constant need for people to keep telling us all how much they don't like Brolly every time he pops up somewhere. Twitter is a classic case of that. And in this case, you went to YouTube and sat through 12 minutes of it letting it wreck your head. If he does that much turn it off or watch something else on YouTube. That's the bit I don't get!
It popped up on my Youtude algorithm on my TV. I had a look...and looked at something else afterwards.
If my opinions wreck your head then you can just ignore me, that's as easy to do as for me to not watch 12 minutes of the LLS.
Fair enough. Though I never said your opinions wreck my head. Re-read my post. You're entitled to one as much as the next person. It's the bit where people keep watching things they don't like and then give out about it. I don't understand that (but not in a way that wrecks my head 🤪). Context is everything on the original post.
Yes, and you are totally correct on the context of the Video - I did not realise this and it changes a fair bit of the context. Peace
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 02:51:52 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 02:11:03 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 01:21:30 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 01:10:10 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMQuote from: 93-DY-SAM on April 06, 2024, 12:17:55 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:01:20 PMJust watched Brolly and MDMA on Youtube.
12 minutes of an interview. Interview dominated by Brolly, All bar a couple of seconds given to MDMA.
Told a couple of stories about MDMA - With MDMA giving him the That's not what really happened Stare.
Then there was the touchy feely stuff during all of this with Brolly. MDMA a guest who ended up an audience member. You can see at the end MDMA is anxious to get the f*** out of there. Cringe!
So you didn't bother watching the 10/15 mins before that where Paddy was talking to Michael Darragh on his own and in particular about his families experience with organ donation. Brolly was brought on as a guest along side Michael Darragh after that interview. But sure why let facts get in the way of the fact you need to let the rest of us know how much you dislike Brolly.
No, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
I'm no lover of Joe either and you are entitled to your opinion. It's the constant need for people to keep telling us all how much they don't like Brolly every time he pops up somewhere. Twitter is a classic case of that. And in this case, you went to YouTube and sat through 12 minutes of it letting it wreck your head. If he does that much turn it off or watch something else on YouTube. That's the bit I don't get!
It popped up on my Youtude algorithm on my TV. I had a look...and looked at something else afterwards.
If my opinions wreck your head then you can just ignore me, that's as easy to do as for me to not watch 12 minutes of the LLS.
Fair enough. Though I never said your opinions wreck my head. Re-read my post. You're entitled to one as much as the next person. It's the bit where people keep watching things they don't like and then give out about it. I don't understand that (but not in a way that wrecks my head 🤪). Context is everything on the original post.
Yes, and you are totally correct on the context of the Video - I did not realise this and it changes a fair bit of the context. Peace
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Fair play.
Well this is nice 😀
Gaaboard has gone soft.
Just watched it back there - think mdma probably thinks brolly a bit of a tool.
Entertaining show. Kielty is a likeable sort unlike his predecessor. Definitely a better fit for the show.
Quote from: ONeill on April 06, 2024, 07:49:19 PMGaaboard has gone soft.
Not half. I've seen it all now - people admitting they are wrong rather than doubling down just doesn't seem right.
John Flynn getting the community spirit award was the highlight for me, but I really enjoyed the show overall.
That was a super Down minor team in 87. Was the basis of the 91 and 94 senior teams.
Quote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:23:47 AMJohn Flynn getting the community spirit award was the highlight for me, but I really enjoyed the show overall.
That was a super Down minor team in 87. Was the basis of the 91 and 94 senior teams.
In what regard?
I'm surprised Joe is still peddling the Gilroy and MDMA boot story, when it was debunked.
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 07, 2024, 06:47:11 AMQuote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:23:47 AMJohn Flynn getting the community spirit award was the highlight for me, but I really enjoyed the show overall.
That was a super Down minor team in 87. Was the basis of the 91 and 94 senior teams.
In what regard?
I only spotted James McCartan, Conor Deegan and Michael Magill in that crowd
who else went on to play in 91/94?
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on April 07, 2024, 09:19:13 AMI'm surprised Joe is still peddling the Gilroy and MDMA boot story, when it was debunked.
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906
Especially with the boy who it's about sitting beside him.
Yeah not overly many from that down minor team though I think it maybe showed them they could compete with the best of them too.
Quote from: imtommygunn on April 07, 2024, 11:25:21 AMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on April 07, 2024, 09:19:13 AMI'm surprised Joe is still peddling the Gilroy and MDMA boot story, when it was debunked.
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906
Especially with the boy who it's about sitting beside him.
Yeah not overly many from that down minor team though I think it maybe showed them they could compete with the best of them too.
Yeah , I found that boots story very odd (whether it was true or not) , especially with MDMA actually sat there. It's like Joe knows more about the sanctity of the Dublin dressing room than a fella who was actually there!
But we all know Joe likes to cosy up to successful teams. They do everything right and the rest do everything wrong ::)
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 07, 2024, 06:47:11 AMQuote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:23:47 AMJohn Flynn getting the community spirit award was the highlight for me, but I really enjoyed the show overall.
That was a super Down minor team in 87. Was the basis of the 91 and 94 senior teams.
In what regard?
If you look at both the management and players of that 87 minor team i think most Down supporters will agree they were pivotal in the later senior successes.
Down had been starved of success with only a single AI minor title in 1977, an AI U21 in 1979 and a national league senior title in 1981. A lot of those players involved in 77,79,81 were reaching the twilight of their careers the likes of Paddy O Rourke, Liam Austin, Ambrose Sr etc and hadnt seen any real county senior success.
Pete McGrath was the manager of that minor team and he and his selector Barney Treanor went on to manage/select the 91/94 teams.
Often forgotten is Dan McCartan's role. He was a selector back in 87 and he provided a link back to the 1979 u21 All ireland Down team who he managed and also to the senior 1981 team who he managed to the national league title. He was involved as the Down minor manager before Pete took the job.
He would have provided the link back to Ambrose sr, Liam Austin, Paddy O Rourke, Mickey Linden, Greg Blaney, his own Son Mark and a host of others that won the senior in 91.
Between the three of them what with Saint Colmans as well, there were very few of the 1991 panel that werent coached/managed by Pete, Dan or Barney.
Of course the 87 team itself included a number of key players for the winning 91 and 94 teams including James mcCartan, Connor Deegan and Micheal Magill and a number of other players who made the county seniors during that period including Geoffrey Breen, Collie Burns and Cathal Murray.
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 01:15:22 PMQuote from: armaghniac on April 06, 2024, 12:43:21 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 06, 2024, 12:40:40 PMNo, I didn't see the earlier bit or know about it. Why have MDMA still there, if he had said his bit? I don't like Brolly, that my prerogative. He craves attention. His stories are renowned for the I was talking to such and such and that was the magic formula for winning the AI.
I understand you are from Derry and have a different perspective or Loyalty. And good for you!
The format of the Late Late is that the first guest stays on and plays a small part in the subsequent discussion. Brolly is a bit of a windbag, but the format of the show was what you would expect.
The Cringe bit was that MDMA was the topic of the subsequent discussion. ;D
"I hope he doesn't come out and start insincerely licking MDMA's hole" is what I said. Cue him doing exactly that. Then the usual hand on his leg to stop him talking when he was about to say something in response. Would've been better to hear about the championship and teams prospects etc rather than that shite
"He couldn't kick a 20 yard kickpass" is probably his honest view.
Just totally insincere in my wholly irrelevant opinion.
Loved the show though and think Kielty is playing a blinder....HE comes across as wholly genuine and is doing as well as anyone could. There's a real feel good factor about the show now and it's warm and what we need (totally at odds with my slabbering above).
Don't get the anti North agenda by loads on twitter any time there's a 6 county guest on. In my view it's just 1 rock and who gives a f**k whether it's a man from Kerry or Antrim on.
Although having worked years in Dublin it sadly comes as no shock having been told I wasn't really Irish and sneered at more times than I care to remember!
Albeit not by GAA types
Some of you guys are pathetic, bordering on spiteful. If you took the time you would know Brolly has known MDMCA for quite a while and Brolly had been eulogising about the charitable work M Dara had been doing on the Freestate podcast last year.
Quote from: Rawhide on April 07, 2024, 01:42:13 PMSome of you guys are pathetic, bordering on spiteful. If you took the time you would know Brolly has known MDMCA for quite a while and Brolly had been eulogising about the charitable work M Dara had been doing on the Freestate podcast last year.
What exactly did Joe Brolly do wrong? Told a few anecdotes and talked about the links throughout the GAA fraternity and his charity CF. It was only one small part of the show anyway.
He did nothing wrong, the echo chamber of spitefulness and hate that exist in some people hearts posting here is simply dreadful. Go and do something nice for someone. You never know how it will inspire u
Quote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:11:43 PMQuote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 07, 2024, 06:47:11 AMQuote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:23:47 AMJohn Flynn getting the community spirit award was the highlight for me, but I really enjoyed the show overall.
That was a super Down minor team in 87. Was the basis of the 91 and 94 senior teams.
In what regard?
If you look at both the management and players of that 87 minor team i think most Down supporters will agree they were pivotal in the later senior successes.
Down had been starved of success with only a single AI minor title in 1977, an AI U21 in 1979 and a national league senior title in 1981. A lot of those players involved in 77,79,81 were reaching the twilight of their careers the likes of Paddy O Rourke, Liam Austin, Ambrose Sr etc and hadnt seen any real county senior success.
Pete McGrath was the manager of that minor team and he and his selector Barney Treanor went on to manage/select the 91/94 teams.
Often forgotten is Dan McCartan's role. He was a selector back in 87 and he provided a link back to the 1979 u21 All ireland Down team who he managed and also to the senior 1981 team who he managed to the national league title. He was involved as the Down minor manager before Pete took the job.
He would have provided the link back to Ambrose sr, Liam Austin, Paddy O Rourke, Mickey Linden, Greg Blaney, his own Son Mark and a host of others that won the senior in 91.
Between the three of them what with Saint Colmans as well, there were very few of the 1991 panel that werent coached/managed by Pete, Dan or Barney.
Of course the 87 team itself included a number of key players for the winning 91 and 94 teams including James mcCartan, Connor Deegan and Micheal Magill and a number of other players who made the county seniors during that period including Geoffrey Breen, Collie Burns and Cathal Murray.
Dan McCartan made a huge contribution as a player and mentor ; however, it was 1983, not 81, when Down won the League, and brother James was the manager.
A good show on Friday but hopefully we won't have to listen to Joe the blow again
Quote from: Caitlin on April 07, 2024, 02:24:56 PMQuote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:11:43 PMQuote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on April 07, 2024, 06:47:11 AMQuote from: grounded on April 07, 2024, 12:23:47 AMJohn Flynn getting the community spirit award was the highlight for me, but I really enjoyed the show overall.
That was a super Down minor team in 87. Was the basis of the 91 and 94 senior teams.
In what regard?
If you look at both the management and players of that 87 minor team i think most Down supporters will agree they were pivotal in the later senior successes.
Down had been starved of success with only a single AI minor title in 1977, an AI U21 in 1979 and a national league senior title in 1981. A lot of those players involved in 77,79,81 were reaching the twilight of their careers the likes of Paddy O Rourke, Liam Austin, Ambrose Sr etc and hadnt seen any real county senior success.
Pete McGrath was the manager of that minor team and he and his selector Barney Treanor went on to manage/select the 91/94 teams.
Often forgotten is Dan McCartan's role. He was a selector back in 87 and he provided a link back to the 1979 u21 All ireland Down team who he managed and also to the senior 1981 team who he managed to the national league title. He was involved as the Down minor manager before Pete took the job.
He would have provided the link back to Ambrose sr, Liam Austin, Paddy O Rourke, Mickey Linden, Greg Blaney, his own Son Mark and a host of others that won the senior in 91.
Between the three of them what with Saint Colmans as well, there were very few of the 1991 panel that werent coached/managed by Pete, Dan or Barney.
Of course the 87 team itself included a number of key players for the winning 91 and 94 teams including James mcCartan, Connor Deegan and Micheal Magill and a number of other players who made the county seniors during that period including Geoffrey Breen, Collie Burns and Cathal Murray.
Dan McCartan made a huge contribution as a player and mentor ; however, it was 1983, not 81, when Down won the League, and brother James was the manager.
A good show on Friday but hopefully we won't have to listen to Joe the blow again
https://clonduffgac.net/down-win-national-football-league-1983/
Your right of course,I'm not sure how 81 got into my head. I think Galway won it that year?
Yes James sr managed that team but was Dan not involved?
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2024, 11:40:05 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on April 07, 2024, 11:25:21 AMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on April 07, 2024, 09:19:13 AMI'm surprised Joe is still peddling the Gilroy and MDMA boot story, when it was debunked.
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906
Especially with the boy who it's about sitting beside him.
Yeah not overly many from that down minor team though I think it maybe showed them they could compete with the best of them too.
Yeah , I found that boots story very odd (whether it was true or not) , especially with MDMA actually sat there. It's like Joe knows more about the sanctity of the Dublin dressing room than a fella who was actually there!
But we all know Joe likes to cosy up to successful teams. They do everything right and the rest do everything wrong ::)
Photo/video evidence and the internet have debunked a lot of latter day sporting yarns.
Jason McAteer and Tony Cascarino have also been caught out telling porkies about their Ireland days too.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on April 07, 2024, 07:48:45 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2024, 11:40:05 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on April 07, 2024, 11:25:21 AMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on April 07, 2024, 09:19:13 AMI'm surprised Joe is still peddling the Gilroy and MDMA boot story, when it was debunked.
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906
Especially with the boy who it's about sitting beside him.
Yeah not overly many from that down minor team though I think it maybe showed them they could compete with the best of them too.
Yeah , I found that boots story very odd (whether it was true or not) , especially with MDMA actually sat there. It's like Joe knows more about the sanctity of the Dublin dressing room than a fella who was actually there!
But we all know Joe likes to cosy up to successful teams. They do everything right and the rest do everything wrong ::)
Photo/video evidence and the internet have debunked a lot of latter day sporting yarns.
Jason McAteer and Tony Cascarino have also been caught out telling porkies about their Ireland days too.
These yarns are essential for the after-dinner circuit.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on April 07, 2024, 09:19:13 AMI'm surprised Joe is still peddling the Gilroy and MDMA boot story, when it was debunked.
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906
And the story about him not knowing what Sean Cavanagh
looked like ???
Cavanagh had been about the county scene for a while by that stage. Bound to have known him
I think the late Late missed a trick here. I don't know why Marty was freezing his bollocks of in Longford. There should have been a greater celebration of Clubs, a nod to John McKillop would have been nice. I am also sick of the sight of Staunton and Jacob, surely there are better female role models out there? I saw Michael Dara in a new light, Brolly was mildly entertaining in a boring uncle sort of way. Perhaps a longer show?
Feckin' Rosenstock...again!!!
Quote from: AustinPowers on May 03, 2024, 10:18:08 PMFeckin' Rosenstock...again!!!
Nothing new at all other than trying to be a bit of innuendo about Michael D, and even that is stale.
Surely everyone has heard those impressions a hundred times before.