Oiling up the Tape Players out in Montrose.

RINO87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120470734#Comment_120470734

Irrelevant to this thread really, but for some paywalled stuff just click a link on the page, turn off data and wi-fi, then hit the back button, pay wall gone. Works on Independent and Irish Times anyway. Incognito mode/clearing cookies works too.

RINO87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120470372#Comment_120470372

In sticking with the theme of Reduce Re-use Recycle......that Hot Mess series has been played out a silly amount of times at this stage.

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120472404#Comment_120472404

😮😲😯

Nice one 👍

amlinopta

Bryan Dobson off News at One since 16th June, Gavin Jennings covering up until recently. John Murray seems to have finished up with Weekend Sport, haven't heard him elsewhere. Ciara King in for Darcy for a couple of weeks.

NIMAN

T'is the summer, don't ya know.

Most of rtes main 'stars' get a lot of time off, to add to the decent amount they get throughout the rest of the year.

Brendan Bendar

I was wondering where John Murray has gone, not heard of for yonks.

RINO87

A lot of our Gaeilgeor's from an Nuacht are getting an airing on the main news bulletins this week! It's actually a bit strange to hear them speaking english when you are so used to hearing them in our native tongue.

amlinopta

Claire back tomorrow after a month off, PBH "disappearing for a few months" in his own words to make a couple of TV documentaries. Ella McSweeney continuing on Countrywide in his absence.

Brendan Bendar

Talking about ‘disappearing’ where the fuuherke is Sean Whelan our Washington Corr.

State of Hawaii is on fire….. huge disaster…. I have t seen or heard of him for a month.

Anyone know where the lad is.

Apologies if I just keep missing his reportage.

Expunge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120977988#Comment_120977988

I wonder will he have a chapter on it when he does the obligatory Washington Corr book at the end of his tour of duty?

inajock

40 weeks a year would seem to be the standard working year out on Nutly Avenue. Havnt heard a squik from the environment or education correspondents in a long time either.

Expunge

I see yer wan who was the Arts and Media Correspondent and who managed to write and publish a number of novels, while working full time, is off to a shiny new gig at the Media Commission.

amlinopta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120978060#Comment_120978060

George Lee four years as environment correspondent. Of all the handy numbers going, he must have one of the handiest. Pops up every couple of weeks at most. And on a nice €179k basic in 2021.

cute geoge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120978257#Comment_120978257

Doomsday George is the typical rte steoreotype pushing their own agenda ,everynight he comes on the news ,the world is ending soon .He nearly drove the country into a state of depression with his nightly covid updates in comparison when Fergal Bowers took over reporting nightly he gave proper unbiased updates .I actually think George is getting worse with his skewed greenwashing

dvcireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120978257#Comment_120978257

I spotted Philip Bromwell last week doing his usual "..and finally.." fluffy piece, hadn't seen him for years

inajock

Theres just not enough journalism to go around.

thesandeman

A Miriam musical highlights show today. I presume that counts as a proper show in her contract.

Brendan Bendar

I see Seanie Whelan has emerged out of the shadows after it seems a long hiatus while America burned.

Lad is on every news and current affairs today and yesterday…..appeared as if nothing had happened over there…seemed well rested !!!

amlinopta

John Kenny in for Rick on Gold for a fortnight, presenting a lunchtime show on Gold and a sports bulletin on The News at One at the same time!

Brendan Bendar

I see the RTE Deputy Foreign Editor has come out from under his stone recently.

Edmund Heaphy is the lads name…. O’Mongáin had that gig recently.

Furze99

Anyone here ever catch the Farming Programme 8-9 on Sat mornings?

Damien O'Reilly I think it was ran it for many years, was credible and knew his stuff. Ella McSweeney has also done the slot with a more science background but OK.

Last several weeks it's been Brenda - now Brenda was grand talking knickers with Derek Mooney or about mams and babies in her documentaries. But it's clear she knows sweet FA about farming. Talk about a square peg in a round hole, cringey stuff.

RINO87

I thought Lord Boucher Hayes got that gig?

Cannot imagine how bad Brenda O'Donoghue would be in that slot, bloody hell.....

amlinopta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121294258#Comment_121294258

LBH took over from October to June but is away for months seemingly on TV assignments. Ella took over June to September but has stepped away.

Atlantic Dawn

I don't know what was the point in RTÉ radio covering all the Ireland games in the Rugby World Cup and then not covering the final. Next time don't bother covering it all if you are not covering the final, next week they will be waffling about upping their game in covering sports for blind listeners etc etc.

SPDUB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121294928#Comment_121294928

Presumably people were interested in the Irish games so that's why they covered them but it's now 215pm on Sunday and I have heard 3 RTE bulletins and most of a BBC bulletin and I still don't know who won

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121294928#Comment_121294928

Bizarrely they previewed it heavily on Friday & Saturday on several shows but no coverage of actual final. Then reviewed it today. Like a bread bun burger with nothing in the middle.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121299766#Comment_121299766

A Nothing Burger 🤣 as a particular pro-Tubs poster put it on the Tubridy money thread 🤣

B2021M

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121299766#Comment_121299766

Do you mean any coverage or commentary on the match? Is this not covered by rights agreements?

Pelvis Parsley

I don't get the ire over this, it was covered very well on RTE2 TV-I sat in a pub with some visiting relatives watching it?

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300454#Comment_121300454

My bad, I tuned into the RTE Player and didn't see it there. Tried radio as per this forum, didn't find it there. Went to Virgin Media.

Brendan Bendar

Will be particularly interesting this year to see if RTE will do its usual ‘shutdown’ over the holiday period.

I have no doubt at all that they will , so the so called ‘talent’ will vanish from early on till Jan 08.

Thats the respect they have for JQTaxpayer who bailed them out when they tried to bankrupt the gaff with loose management.

Will the Renault man get the two hour gig and the music by numbers lad delight us with hits from Declan Nerney.

A nation holds his breath…

Losty Dublin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121498557#Comment_121498557

Some of them have gone awol already; the man himself PBH put in a shift this week.

Brendan Bendar

No lad or lass over in TelAviv recently . Two dudes splitting a week each in the place up to recently.

War must be over or the Israelis kicked them out?

Any truncated programmes yet.....

amlinopta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121499453#Comment_121499453

PBH was in for Claire Byrne as her kid was at a Christmas event. He returned to Countrywide on 11 November after a long break, I think he said he was involved in TV work.

Brendan Bendar

And we are away to a good start…. O’Mongáin replaced by Barry ‘Dark Cloud’ Lenihan on the Saturday 1300 show.

Nothing positive will come from Lenihan, you can be sure of that.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121502804#Comment_121502804

ah Barry lenihan is cheerful compared to Michael Lehane who sounds like he’s constantly hearing bad news and is sick of it.

Itssoeasy

So who will be the first to take off and on what day ? I doubt anyone will make it Friday.

Expunge

Ray D'Arcy made reference to the RTE car park being "half empty" yesterday.

He then pauses and wonders if he'll be "in trouble" for saying that on air.

His stellar popularity with his staff colleagues - especially the Sound Operators, whose services he refuses to use - will only grow, one would imagine.

RINO87

Which petrol station will Brenda Donohue have a documentary from this year? Or maybe even a mart??

How much Elton John can Neil Doherty squeeze in to a single show?

How many re-runs of "Shur it was Better in" will we need to endure? Will it be double teamed with "Pantisocracy" (from 2021!) again?

I cannot wait.....

RINO87

Not forgetting the RTE Concert Orchestra doing covers of mildly popular music, again....

ford fiesta

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121513352#Comment_121513352

Once Elton is out of the way, Neil will focus on Abba, The Shires and the Dixie Chicks

Brendan Bendar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121513352#Comment_121513352

Rin, ,my friend, nothing but …..😁

Its Brenda Donohue, it Paschal Donohue

Its Tony O’Donohue.

If we could get those three right with the ‘O’ letter the world would be a better place.

The rest of the name spelling wise is not that important…just the ‘Os’

RINO87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121514744#Comment_121514744

Have rectified the situation Brenner....

We will also be treated to "the best" of the Doc on One - Blackrock Boys will no doubt be played out again. A very serious, and sensitive topic yes, but not one for Christmas, not that it'll matter.

One good thing I guess is we will be treated to re-runs of Caravan Radio - I like this show, even tho it'll be the 3rd time the series has played out since August, and the presenter makes many references to summer.

RINO87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121513527#Comment_121513527

Careful now, they're just "The Chicks" these days.....yes, "Chicks without Dix".

amlinopta

Looks like Claire Byrne has left the building - says PBH will be with us tomorrow. She didn't sign off for Christmas as such but must be odds against reappearing on Friday.

thesandeman

PBH in for Claire tomorrow. She didn't say Happy Christmas though so she might be back.

Losty Dublin

And I see that Joe Grumpy will be back on with his annual December 26th reading out of the years death list, which is pornography to him. And it'll be replayed out on New Years Day. Huzzah 🙄

Red Fred

Shay Byrne finished Risin' Time proper today. He's on 11am to 1pm on Christmas Eve and 6 to 8 on Christmas morning (even though the RTE Guide says Lillian Smith) and after that as he said himself it will be a mixture of Lillian Smith, Michael Cahill and "a few others". He'll be back sometime around the third week of January.

RINO87

Didn't think I'd be checking off the bingo card so soon but Brenda's petrol station extravaganza was on today.....christ

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121534394#Comment_121534394

But now you know where to find the best cheeseburgers if you're driving around in a campervan.....or something 🙄.