Newstalk Megathread

beagle

who was that standing in for Moncreif today? I seem to recognise his voice but I never caught his name.

armchair fusilier

Diarmaid Ferriter.

kneemos

beagle wrote: »

who was that standing in for Moncreif today? I seem to recognise his voice but I never caught his name.

Dry as a cracker.

Wilberto

kneemos wrote: »

Dry as a cracker.

Oh God yes!! I'd take Fionn Davenport over him any day. That just says it all really!

Loafing Oaf

armchair fusilier wrote: »

Diarmaid Ferriter.

Good to see them giving an opportunity to someone who really needs it.

JonathanAnon

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Anybody having trouble with reception in the south kildare area.. I can only assume that RTE have given up competing with NT and have invested in a signal jammer.

Turns out it was the big metal sheet I leaned against the side of the house..

Layinghen

Found Diarmuid Ferriter very uninspiring today. Normally like him on the radio when he is on as a guest. Didn't think he was good holding down a full programme.

Snake Plisken

found your man Diarmuid boring as hell had to switch over as I was worried I'd fall asleep at the wheel listening to him bring back Mr Davenport who is a better replacement for Sean.

Harry Angstrom

Who decides on these guest presenters?? From Diarmuid Ferriter standing in for Moncrieff to CIE man standing in for George Hook at times. It's mad.

spank_inferno

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Who decides on these guest presenters?? From Diarmuid Ferriter standing in for Moncrieff to CIE man standing in for George Hook at times. It's mad.

I assume it was down to:
a) Who will do it for free
b) Who has an ego sufficient to think they can do it.

Loafing Oaf

Layinghen wrote: »

Found Diarmuid Ferriter very uninspiring today. Normally like him on the radio when he is on as a guest. Didn't think he was good holding down a full programme.

Hosting a radio/tv radio show seems like a piece of piss, something any articulate and knowledgeable person could do, but when someone who hasn't got the knack is put in the chair completely disproves that. I remember listening to Eddie Hobbs filling in for George Hook once and he was similarly unimpressive.

mike65

Eddie Hobbs?! He is barely articulate as a guest.

touts

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Turns out it was the big metal sheet I leaned against the side of the house..

Ah here! There isn't much life in Diarmuid Ferriter but I wouldn't call him a big metal sheet leaning against a wall......

scotchy

armchair fusilier wrote: »

Diarmaid Ferriter.

I thought he was good and I enjoyed his show

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armchair fusilier

scotchy wrote: »

I thought he was good and I enjoyed his show

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He's OK, he might have grown into it a bit more by Friday. If not, who cares - he's just filling in for a week.

Layinghen

Fionn Davenport was filling in for Tom Dunne today, so that kept him busy!

green_bow

mike65 wrote: »

Eddie Hobbs?! He is barely articulate as a guest.

but the ego , the ego !

mjv2ydratu679c

Is Marc Coleman gone? Best of on tonight instead of normal show.

whirlwind

Who is hosting the show on newstalk now and what is wrong when he speaks? its like he keeps sneezing like Rosenstock doing Vinne Browne

ballsymchugh

it's marc coleman. he has chronic bronchitis. has often mentioned it before but not in ages.

Dave!

Can't stand Marc Coleman. Never noticed any chestiness though tbh.

green_bow

Dave! wrote: »

Can't stand Marc Coleman. Never noticed any chestiness though tbh.

I like him myself , one of the very few conservative broadcasters on irish radio or tv

constitutionus

gotta give it to newstalk.

first to let me know rob heffernan won gold just now in speed walking with actual decent coverage leading up to it.

congratulations to the guy, from coming 4th in london to this must be great for the guy.

Layinghen

Hear hear, well done Rob. Fantastic achievement.

serfboard

constitutionus wrote: »

gotta give it to newstalk.

first to let me know rob heffernan won gold just now in speed walking with actual decent coverage leading up to it.

Will join you in giving them the kudos. Being able to listen to live coverage was great.

Robdundalk

Gilroy and Molloy will have a field day... Pouring over the psychology of it..."did the 4th place at the Olympics play on your mind" etc etc ad nauseum

Loafing Oaf

scotchy wrote: »

I thought he was good and I enjoyed his show

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Yes, on second thoughts, I thought he was quite impressive interviewing that Jesus book guy, less exciteable and 'tabloid' in his approach than Sean would be, not feeling the need to spell out everything in block capitals. Probably he could make a decent host if he could focus on congenial subject matter.

Lovely Bloke

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

that Jesus book guy,

I don't suppose anyone caught this person's name, or even the name of the book?

Loafing Oaf

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I don't suppose anyone caught this person's name, or even the name of the book?

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

I thought this sort of demystifying was pretty much old hat by now, but apparently he got ambushed by some nut on Fox, turning him into the Edward Snowden of Biblical scholarship or something.

beagle

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan

I thought this sort of demystifying was pretty much old hat by now, but apparently he got ambushed by some nut on Fox, turning him into the Edward Snowden of Biblical scholarship or something.

http://www.wsbt.com/sns-viral-video-fox-news-interview-reza-aslan-html,0,681163.htmlstory

Basically makes the reporter look stupid.

CorsendonkX

serfboard wrote: »

Will join you in giving them the kudos. Being able to listen to live coverage was great.

Jonathan Healy was all confused on the Lunchtime Show, interviewed Rob Heffernan wife Marian after 1 pm live from Moscow and then told her at the end that she" might want to get a bit of sleep, it's heading towards night time" Moscow is only two hours ahead of us.:D

Neeson

Was listening to a bit of George and one doing the travel updates starting saying "Dort" for Dart and "Paurt" for Part.

That's just pathetic.

CorsendonkX

Neeson wrote: »

Was listening to a bit of George and one doing the travel updates starting saying "Dort" for Dart and "Paurt" for Part.

That's just pathetic.

Hook was on full form yesterday in the film review slot giving us an alternative version of history, Mary Queen of Scots and Mary I of England were the same person according to the King of Waffle.

Harry Angstrom

Why do people go to the Off The Ball Roadshow if they don't want to listen to what's being said? If they want to chat they should just go down to their local pub. It was difficult enough hear Johnny Giles. Think I'll switch off now as it's only bound to get louder and rowdier.

michael999999

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Why do people go to the Off The Ball Roadshow if they don't want to listen to what's being said? If they want to chat they should just go down to their local pub. It was difficult enough hear Johnny Giles. Think I'll switch off now as it's only bound to get louder and rowdier.

Ya its a head wrecker alright. You could hear people sssshhhing them aswell and they were still roaring!

You would imagine they would have mics to drowned out most of the backgroumd noise.

JonathanAnon

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Why do people go to the Off The Ball Roadshow if they don't want to listen to what's being said? It was difficult enough hear Johnny Giles. Think I'll switch off now as it's only bound to get louder and rowdier.

Shushhhh Harry, I'm trying to hear Roddy..

Have to agree though, I've never heard it this noisy at the roadshow.. You cant hear the guests..

Skid X

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Why do people go to the Off The Ball Roadshow if they don't want to listen to what's being said? If they want to chat they should just go down to their local pub. It was difficult enough hear Johnny Giles. Think I'll switch off now as it's only bound to get louder and rowdier.

From my experience of it (back in the McDevitt era) half the people are there for the show, and half are dragged along by their mates and don't have much interest in the show (lured by the free t-shirt and the possibility of a free pint).

As the evening goes on, the punters get more lubricated and talk louder.

Wilberto

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Shushhhh Harry, I'm trying to hear Roddy..

Have to agree though, I've never heard it this noisy at the roadshow.. You cant hear the guests..

Strange. I'm trying similarly hard not to hear him! :P!!!

JonathanAnon

Who is this now?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Any word yet on whats happening to the Parachute Man when Pat starts at the station?

Loafing Oaf

Newstalk Sunday Show seems to have a different format to the standard Sunday morning gabfest today: was just Coleman and Eamon Delaney for the first half an hour. Anyone know if this is an ongoing thing?

Muff Richardson

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Any word yet on whats happening to the Parachute Man when Pat starts at the station?

best case scenario: P45

worst case scenario: P45 and a comeback tour with that s*it band he was in

Snake Plisken

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Any word yet on whats happening to the Parachute Man when Pat starts at the station?

Was wondering that myself there doesn't seem to be any room in the weekday schedule for him. Maybe he'll move back to Today FM?

Badabing

No room at Today FM either other than weekends maybe, more likely go to Phanthom or 98FM

kneemos

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Any word yet on whats happening to the Parachute Man when Pat starts at the station?

Evening or night time slots could change I suppose.

JonathanAnon

Aoibheann has claws after all....

wicklowdub

Anyone know whats going on with all the presenters on newstalk? Surely its not a coincidence they are all on holidays at the same time?

Tom Dunne
Sean Moncrief
George Hook

all 3 shows have stand in presenters again today?

elvis jones

Thats been going on in Rte for years, nothing new.

wnolan1992

I'd imagine they could all be on two weeks holidays before Pat Kenny starts and a rejig of the schedule.

Ol' Donie

wicklowdub wrote: »

Anyone know whats going on with all the presenters on newstalk? Surely its not a coincidence they are all on holidays at the same time?

Tom Dunne
Sean Moncrief
George Hook

all 3 shows have stand in presenters again today?

Chris Donoghue was missing from Breakfast today.

(The proper lads are missing from OTB, too. But let's not get into that). :-D