RTE are a feicin disgrace :(

miju

God knows I'm not the most patriotic of people anymore. But RTE have just REALLY , REALLY irked me.

On a day when people are celebrating the Irish culture our national broadcaster cuts off coverage of the parade half way through to show the film Big Foot

You'd think on the one day when the worlds eyes is on Ireland every year that they could be actually bothered to show some bloody interest :mad: :mad: :mad:

It's things like this that make a case for these ****ers to lose their monopoly on the TV license fee and have it divvied up equally. RTE if your reading this your ****HEADS

DarkJager

RTE have been and always will be an absolute mess of station...

Nightwish

They did it 2 years ago to show Home Alone 2.

RuggieBear

if it means so much to you why aren't you at it?

WindSock

The coverage was crap too, It kept cutting off. Same as the presenters and commentaters, cutting every one off.

Sierra Oscar

Grrr thats RTE for you.

parsi

TV3 is worse.. corrie, emmer, idols, dancing, ice.

faceman

C'mon guys, you hardly expected coverage of the parade to be entertainin!

copacetic

miju wrote:

It's things like this that make a case for these ****ers to lose their monopoly on the TV license fee and have it divvied up equally. RTE if your reading this your ****HEADS

really? not covering enough of the parade for you at a time when anybody with much interest is at it anyway? This is a reason for splitting up the license fee?
How was the TV3 coverage, oh yeah, none at all.

That's one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Coverage was shíte alright.
Presenters yip-yapping away in Irish... then cut to commercials.
I just turned it off half way though, pathetic effort.
Won't bother my arse watching it next year.

nicolo

you all sound like a bunch of grannies

DonkeyStyle \o/

nicolo wrote:

you all sound like a bunch of grannies

We are all grannies.
*offers nicolo a stale biscuit*

humanji

RuggieBear wrote:

if it means so much to you why aren't you at it?

rofl, QFT !!!

miju

reason why I wasnt at it is because my 5yr old is sick so he was watching it on de telly

Dave!

Can't believe I missed 'Big Foot'!!!! Haven't seen it for years!

Thrill

copacetic wrote:

really? not covering enough of the parade for you at a time when anybody with much interest is at it anyway? This is a reason for splitting up the license fee?
How was the TV3 coverage, oh yeah, none at all.

That's one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.

TV3 could not show the parades because RTE have bought exclusive rights to show all the parades.
Next year it will be Pay Per View.
Tv3 have bought the highlights package though, so you can watch that tonight.:)

I never watch the parades myself. I find them a bore fest.
Now, i'm off to watch Bigfoot.

copacetic

thrill wrote:

TV3 could not show the parades because RTE have bought exclusive rights to show all the parades.
Next year it will be Pay Per View.
Tv3 have bought the highlights package though, so you can watch that tonight.:)

I never watch the parades myself. I find them a bore fest.
Now, i'm off to watch Bigfoot.

I actually think Setanta must have got the highlights. They are setting up a parade channel I think.

Sierra Oscar

Did anyone get their signal interrupted with the night screen during the France V Sctoland game?

kraggy

yes, at the most crucial time in the match.

couldn't believe it.

kraggy

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Presenters yip-yapping away in Irish...

WTF????????

What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:

DonkeyStyle \o/

kraggy wrote:

What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:

Oh, rolleyes yourself.

DarkJager

Yeah but the whole "speaking Irish" thing exclusively for Paddys day seems a bit artificial...

copacetic

DarkJager wrote:

Yeah but the whole "speaking Irish" thing exclusively for Paddys day seems a bit artificial...

It's not just paddys day, the tv and radio have been doing it all week it is Seachtain na Gaeilge after all.

coolcon

copacetic wrote:

It's not just paddys day, the tv and radio have been doing it all week it is Seachtain na Gaeilge after all.

and so they should be!

kraggy

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Oh, rolleyes yourself.

very strong argument made there.

BopNiblets

Big Foot was half Irish you guys, omg.

monkeyfudge

I just caught the end of Big Foot. It looked like a pretty outstanding film.

Flukey

Sierra Oscar wrote:

Did anyone get their signal interrupted with the night screen during the France V Sctoland game?

Yes, but fortunately it was very brief, so we didn't really miss anything.

chalkitdown1

Good topic.

patrickc

i watched bigfoot hadn't seen it in years, is such a funny film...

MisterAnarchy

kraggy wrote:

WTF????????

What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:

It was that Blathnaid Hag from the afternoon show.
Someone should shoot her ,please

DonkeyStyle \o/

kraggy wrote:

very strong argument made there.

Oh, very strong argument yourself :rolleyes:

Futureman

kraggy wrote:

WTF????????

What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:

No it isn't. A first language, native language, or mother tongue is the first language that a person learned. Most of our population speak English as their first language. D-D-D-DUH! How could you not know this?

afatbollix

i know one of teh camera men there ( well think it was him his style) theres not much you can do to make a perade exciting... as much as he tryed moving the camera about

Muggy Dev

patrickc2006 wrote:

i watched bigfoot hadn't seen it in years, is such a funny film...

.....the bit were the David Suchet character paces the jail cell while'st his cellmates move around to avoid him chillingly reminds me of someone close to home at the moment.:(

superdudeman007

There should be some Irish channels in the style of all those cheapskates on Sky but with more Irish programmes. Even a few live shows a day would eventually pass out RTE and by the look of most of the crappy local channels on Sky, they could work with second hand equipment, some camcorders and a DVD player :rolleyes:

afatbollix

superdudeman007 wrote:

There should be some Irish channels in the style of all those cheapskates on Sky but with more Irish programmes. Even a few live shows a day would eventually pass out RTE and by the look of most of the crappy local channels on Sky, they could work with second hand equipment, some camcorders and a DVD player :rolleyes:

i wish it was that easy:rolleyes:

yet you could have then babe ones speaking irish... all they are is webcams... with a few extra control room people....

Mossy Monk

superdudeman007 wrote:

There should be some Irish channels in the style of all those cheapskates on Sky but with more Irish programmes. Even a few live shows a day would eventually pass out RTE and by the look of most of the crappy local channels on Sky, they could work with second hand equipment, some camcorders and a DVD player :rolleyes:

someone make this person director general of RTÉ. he seems to think its all very easy

zuutroy

Futureman wrote:

No it isn't. A first language, native language, or mother tongue is the first language that a person learned. Most of our population speak English as their first language. D-D-D-DUH! How could you not know this?

WRONG!...The Irish Constitution states the Irish is the first language. D-D-D-DUH! How could you not know this?

faceman

zuutroy wrote:

WRONG!...The Irish Constitution states the Irish is the first language. D-D-D-DUH! How could you not know this?

and we'd prove it if one of us could speak irish!

OPENROAD

kraggy wrote:

WTF????????

What's wrong with that? It's our first language.:rolleyes:

really???, could have fooled me

Elmo

First of all the Irish was spoken by a group of presenters who are actually from the Gealtachs in Ireland.

An Dara Rud, usoideann siad Bearla agus Gealige anios agus aris tri an séo, deaneann RTE gealige agus bearl gach blian tri an feila.

And finally the parade is still a load of cac, regardless of language.

(My irish is bad, sorry!!!)