Most annoying voice on radio

flanders1979

Yes indeed to Rick O Shea. An even worse version of Tony Fenton.
Any Irish woman with the fyi accent on Spin or any other station.

uberwolf

Ian Guider. Every morning I wince as the man butchers his 'th' on Newstalk breakfast.

later12

Charlie Bird (who seems to have replaced the lovely Rachel English from the Saturday View?:mad:) on Radio One.

I don't know how he managed to reach such a position in Radio. The man ought to be a producer behind the scenes, at best. He has no talent for radio, and his grating voice make his insufferably inane questions all the more difficult to tolerate.

I find it impossible to listen to him without getting the feeling that he hasn't a cuckoo's about what's happening in current affairs

gcgirl

wellboy76 wrote: »

The fella on fair city who does tonnes of adds. Case in point, the strepsils add or as he pronounces it schtreppppschils.

Assclown

Wayne Malloy
I know irratates me too

jimbobaloobob

never noticed that wayne molloy fella.

the voice for harvey norman wrecks my head

keithb93

Fergal D'arcy!

Sky King

That Emma one with the D4 accent on Radio 1 in the mornings.

And that oul wan with the really annoying lisp who saysh whas ish saysh in the papershf

What annoys me most of all is the fact that there are plenty of us in Ireland who can speak properly, currently out of work.

valc

Rick O'Shea!

followed closely by Jenny on the Ray D'arcy show

later12

Sky King wrote: »

That Emma one with the D4 accent on Radio 1 in the mornings.

And that oul wan with the really annoying lisp who saysh whas ish saysh in the papershf

What annoys me most of all is the fact that there are plenty of us in Ireland who can speak properly, currently out of work.

Who gets to say what "speaking properly" is?

Why ought the Dublin 4 accent be any less valid than another regional accent?

Also, radio journalism or presenting is not merely about elocution.

Viral Vector

Ruth Scott....it's like listening to a buzzsaw and she does have a face for radio!!!

darlett

I really love the music on RadioNova. But the morning DJ is disgustingly awful to listen to so I cant really tune in before 12. Tom McCourtney is it? Hes australia and does everything with the hyper morning cheeseie DJ style with gimmicks galore. Very similar to listening to an extended Harvey Norman ad.
Not for me then. :mad:


Of course he often does ads during the day, so can be hard to escape as I like the music in general.

mikemac1

Mary Louise O Donnell
"And this week I'm in Westport out whest were the cottages are thatched and the sheep are aplently. I see the real people of Ireland, simple people with simple lifes. They have faces round like the moon and a smell of porridge. And now we dive and rise and meander and motor along the booreen to the next valley. Yes this is Mayo"

Paddy O'Gorman
He's not so bad but the people he interviews are, Paddy is the very definition of bleeding heart. I bet you could walk up to Paddy and punch in the face and he'd take pity on you and want to take about your difficult lifestyle and struggles.
This month a women in the Black Lion in Inchicore smoking and drinking and bitching that the department are reviewing her disability and calling her in for an exam.
And last month someone with emphysema smoking forty a day and moaning that her rent allowance got reviewed and now she's short a few euro every month.

force eleven

Sean Moncrieff.

His rictus grinning voice is annoying to be sure.

Jesus Wept

Guy who voices the McDonalds ads and also did that modelling show that was on RTE a while back, a voice I'd like to punch.

Chuchoter

David Norris when he was on Newstalk.

jackdock88

Chuchoter wrote: »

David Norris when he was on Newstalk.

Norris was bad but I think George hook takes the biscuit! Can't stand him!

mikemac1

That Cork wan on Newstalk who used to work for Radio Kerry

Orla Barry

She doesn't talks, she screeches

tbh

mikemac1 wrote: »

Paddy O'Gorman
He's not so bad but the people he interviews are, Paddy is the very definition of bleeding heart. I bet you could walk up to Paddy and punch in the face and he'd take pity on you and want to take about your difficult lifestyle and struggles.
This month a women in the Black Lion in Inchicore smoking and drinking and bitching that the department are reviewing her disability and calling her in for an exam.
And last month someone with emphysema smoking forty a day and moaning that her rent allowance got reviewed and now she's short a few euro every month.

don't want to "go against the rant" here, but if you listen to P O'G outside of the interview - he's the very opposite of a bleeding heart. I totally get where you're coming from, but when you listen to him talk about the people he interviews on today with PK, or as the background to his podcasts, for example, he's the very first to point out the issues with the people he's talking to - sometimes, to be perfectly honest with you, I think he's a little too harsh on them!

el diablo

Eamon Horan. RTÉ sportsnews reader.

Celly Smunt

ferguscork wrote: »

Louise Duffy - morneen, farteen, burpeen, etc

I find her voice quite sexy actually...

token101

Victor Barry, Red FM in Cork. He'd inspire hatred in a Saint.

Nailz

Me.

mike.l

Don't listen to very much radio any-more...... but by far my favourite of all-time was always the Legend who was Gerry Ryan! R.I.P.

el diablo

Nailz wrote: »

Me.

Who are you?

Bodacious

Sara Cox on Radio 1 UK, Northern bird with the most annoying low pitched, monotone voice on the Universe!

Nailz

el diablo wrote: »

Who are you?

Flirt FM DJ in Galway, college student is my full-time duty, I do a 1 hour music show at 8am on a Wednesday morning and my voice isn't radio-esque as one would expect from, well... Some dude on the radio...

el diablo

Nailz wrote: »

Flirt FM DJ in Galway, college student is my full-time duty, I do a 1 hour music show at 8am on a Wednesday morning and my voice isn't radio-esque as one would expect from, well... Some dude on the radio...

Must be be Cavan accent.

Nailz

el diablo wrote: »

Must be be Cavan accent.

Haha! You'd be surprised, you can have a listen for yourself by clicking the link in my sig.

uch

I'm goin retro and have to say, Gay Byrne was the hardest cúnt to listen to ever

ToddyDoody

Ruth Scott of 2fm. Fun to listen to but if she can sing i'll happily do a bunjee jump.. Her voice is somewhat grating

born2bwild

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to listen to any radio these days - that vowel shift from /ou/ to /ai/ is almost complete now. It's become standard, received (on this side of the Irish Sea) pronunciation to say 'ite' instead of 'out', 'tine' instead of of 'town'. It grates on my nerves so badly that I sit in the car in the morning swearing and shouting in protest.

The defining instance is that girl on Newstalk who does the voice fills - "fyeetir preef" she screeches (I think she's saying 'future proof', whatever that means)

I'm nearly 40 years old and I'm already a grumpy old man.

I don't know what I'm going to do when Marty Whelan retires.

hondasam

Lucy Kennedy, Weekend Breakfast with Baz & Lucy, she is very annoying.

mattser

That female whispering RTE Radio 1 just before the ads. Isn't is about time they changed the tune at the start of the news. They used to do it every few years, but the present one, and that annoying whisper, seem to be there for 20 years.

aaronjumper

The DJ's. Always yammering on and on, just play the fcucking song!

John Doe1

Ray "fcucking" foley

Kurz

Mark Coleman from Newstalk. A man who can't complete a single sentence without hacking up a buckletload of phlegm. Truly stomach-churning.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I can't stand that Marty Whelan fella, the guy really gets to me. He's being sacked on multiple occasions but RTE insist on finding him a new gig each time. It's disgraceful really, is the fella on some sort of life contract or what?

Toby Take a Bow

This is an old thread, so I've probably mentioned it before, but George Hook. I think he's deliberately mispronouncing vowels and over-emphasising syllables, but my god, is he annoying. His constant references to his wife are beyond cringey. A twat of the highest order.

Dudess

Ray Shah - mother of god! :eek:

Any of those gimps that do ads with a posh accent, even for something mundane like bread. And the auld fella who does the latest Dairygold ad - a kind of nasal sneering bray.

slavetothegrind

the morning djs on nova need removing.

they make it infuriatingly impossible to listen to that station.

FFS who picked them?

Sean moncrieff is not allowed to be sick or absent anymore, if i hear twink on that show again i may derail......

Ivan is annoying me now too, one trick pony that he is.

later12

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

This is an old thread, so I've probably mentioned it before, but George Hook. I think he's deliberately mispronouncing vowels and over-emphasising syllables, but my god, is he annoying. His constant references to his wife are beyond cringey. A twat of the highest order.

I read that EnTOIRE post in Georrge Hook's vOICE

eth0

Stephen P wrote: »

When I've no choice but to listen to Gerry Ryan I find his voice very monotonous. Especially if his show is on in a doctors waiting room. It feels like an eternity!! :mad:

Good to know you don't have this problem anymore.

NIMAN

Pick from either Joe Duffy, Baz or that Hector guy for 3rd place.

1st place and 2nd place is a toss off between Nathan Murphy and Michael McMullan.

I think McMullan just pips it.

ejabrod

Johnny fookin Lyons on 98fm (mentioned on page 35)
Ray D'arsehole
Ray fooknuts Foley
Colm dumb cnut Hayes
.......the list goes on

{rant over}

(Oh, yeas, I do realise this is a 2 year old thread lol)

Lucifer MorningStar

Paul Claffey

The One Doctor

Nicky Whatshisface on 2FM. He sounds like the cretin to end all cretins.