Joe Brolly

[restorepride]

He's just a total narcissist. Listened to his podcast last week about self-help books. It's a topic he's spoken about many times on different platforms and every time, he ends up just using it as an excuse to make some really quite nasty and vitriolic attacks on Enda McNulty purely because Enda apparently wrote a few such self-help books. He told some story on last weeks episode about how he and Enda were once both speaking at a school prizegiving in Newry and the general gist of the whole story was: 'When Enda's speech was over, I was introduced as the man speaker and I got up and belittled Enda and oh the place exploded and everyone thought I was hilarious'. I've listened to most of his podcasts (since most are about post conflict society in the north and he's generally provides a good analysis of where it's at and eloquently makes a mockery of the free-stater 'I know better' bulls**t analysis provided by Dion Fanning) but f**k me he really doesn't miss an opportunity to remind everyone that he went to Trinity and that he does lots for charity. I've lost count of the number of times of late that I've heard/read him mention how he recently had a high level meeting with senior Goldmann Sachs executives in New York

Total narcissist is correct. Always question the motive and the accuracy of his selective narrative. On Red Lines he talks about his uncle Eunan - who was on the first St Pat's Maghera team to reach a MacRory final - yet Joe has him as a "St. Columb's Scholar". Then we have the recent personal and insulting comments on some of the current Derry team. On our best forward Shane McGuigan — "he can't run" according to Joe. The kidney donation explanation? Is he taking advice from anyone? He has left himself open to a lot of questioning in that regard, if true? And yet with his natural charm he just about seems to get paway with it - in the media. He could run out of road.

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He's just a total narcissist. Listened to his podcast last week about self-help books. It's a topic he's spoken about many times on different platforms and every time, he ends up just using it as an excuse to make some really quite nasty and vitriolic attacks on Enda McNulty purely because Enda apparently wrote a few such self-help books. He told some story on last weeks episode about how he and Enda were once both speaking at a school prizegiving in Newry and the general gist of the whole story was: 'When Enda's speech was over, I was introduced as the man speaker and I got up and belittled Enda and oh the place exploded and everyone thought I was hilarious'. I've listened to most of his podcasts (since most are about post conflict society in the north and he's generally provides a good analysis of where it's at and eloquently makes a mockery of the free-stater 'I know better' bulls**t analysis provided by Dion Fanning) but f**k me he really doesn't miss an opportunity to remind everyone that he went to Trinity and that he does lots for charity. I've lost count of the number of times of late that I've heard/read him mention how he recently had a high level meeting with senior Goldmann Sachs executives in New York

Total narcissist is correct. Always question the motive and the accuracy of his selective narrative. On Red Lines he talks about his uncle Eunan - who was on the first St Pat's Maghera team to reach a MacRory final - yet Joe has him as a "St. Columb's Scholar". Then we have the recent personal and insulting comments on some of the current Derry team. On our best forward Shane McGuigan — "he can't run" according to Joe. The kidney donation explanation? Is he taking advice from anyone? He has left himself open to a lot of questioning in that regard, if true? And yet with his natural charm he just about seems to get paway with it - in the media. He could run out of road.

He has run completely out of road, hence he's ended up doing a podcast cause nobody would give him a platform.

[imtommygunn]

I still can't understand the stuff with RTE. How does he think that his personal attacks on Sean Cavanagh, Grimley or David Gough are acceptable? How does such an intelligent guy still not get this?

[NAG1]

I still can't understand the stuff with RTE. How does he think that his personal attacks on Sean Cavanagh, Grimley or David Gough are acceptable? How does such an intelligent guy still not get this?

I generally think he thinks most of his arguments out, but the RTE stuff seems to be when he is tackling a bottle of red wine.

[yellowcard]

He is a complete paradox. One minute charming, thoughtful and articulate. The next minute nasty, vindictive and downright insulting. He even managed to insult Richard Ford, a Pulitzer prize winning author, on one of his Podcasts I listened to recently. Ford sounded perplexed by his line of questioning, it actually was a bit embarrassing only that you actually couldn't embarrass Joe. No doubt he is a very clever guy, a great speaker and can be funny and generous but I think he is a bit of a narcissist also and he has definitely got worse in recent years. The RTE stuff took him out of the public eye and that must have hurt him a lot and he does love settling old scores with his tongue.

Politics would not be ready for Joe Brolly although I'd love to hear Nolan try and interview him, I might even tune back into the Nolan show for that. 

[imtommygunn]

He has been on Nolan. It's the only one I ever watched. It was kidney stuff though round some fleg protest time and was filled with some very angry people. Bryson was on it but this was way before he became a thing - tbh part of why he became a thing.

[Wildweasel74]

He doesn't get a pass from me for representing a certain Individual, that were any opinion changed of him. Forget anything from a football basis

[Milltown Row2]

Yet you lot still give him a platform or talk about him or listen to his podcasts

[Wildweasel74]

Who us lot, when u commenting on a gaa forum page about him??

[Milltown Row2]

Who us lot, when u commenting on a gaa forum page about him??

You are talking about him on his own thread here. So yeah, you. Would you care to find out how many posts you've mentioned him?

Any publicity is good publicity, as they say

[Armamike]

I still can't understand the stuff with RTE. How does he think that his personal attacks on Sean Cavanagh, Grimley or David Gough are acceptable? How does such an intelligent guy still not get this?

Add Marty Morrissey to that list.  There's the good side to Joe, which is the generosity of time he gives to clubs for fundraisers etc. but there's the other side that comes out more in the media.

[rrhf]

He's exactly what we need in politics

[restorepride]

He's exactly what we need in politics

He wouldn't last a month.

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He's exactly what we need in politics

Is he f**k. We've enough arseholes without him spouting shite.

[Tubberman]

He's exactly what we need in politics

Is he f**k. We've enough arseholes without him spouting shite.

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