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Loafing Oaf · 17-10-2014 4:42pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

George flagged an item about how Coke can take years off your life, presumably not in the G Ryan sense. Thank God I have a 2l Pepsi in the fridge instead...

Calhoun · 17-10-2014 5:39pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

Who is that Dr self important ?

morebarn2 · 17-10-2014 6:00pm

Calhoun wrote: »

Who is that Dr self important ?

Dr. Ciara Kelly, GP. I think she was on the Late Late,or Saturday night show last season,talking about how the downturn had affected GPs etc. A regular on George Hook.

CountyHurler · 17-10-2014 6:09pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

She's off laughing already... How long before we're talking about obesity in children and sugary drinks for the millionth time..

There could be a threat of nuclear war and Ciara Kelly would still be talking about the dangers of sugar..

Calhoun · 17-10-2014 6:21pm

morebarn2 wrote: »

Dr. Ciara Kelly, GP. I think she was on the Late Late,or Saturday night show last season,talking about how the downturn had affected GPs etc. A regular on George Hook.

Yes so Dr self important it Is.

Judgement Day · 17-10-2014 7:07pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

There could be a threat of nuclear war and Ciara Kelly would still be talking about the dangers of sugar..

Perhaps, but this day last week she was highlighting Ireland's laughable state of preparedness to deal with Ebola - a week on and 'protocols' are being put in place. Anyway, it's nice to have somebody refined on the programme.

nicedryturf · 20-10-2014 10:08am

I'm not a fan of Ivan Yates. The obnoxious, smart-alecky tone always grated. This morning though, he pulled no punches with Mary Lou. I've never heard her sound so unconvincing.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-10-2014 1:22pm

Healy is a really bad host

Del.Monte · 20-10-2014 1:32pm

nicedryturf wrote: »

I'm not a fan of Ivan Yates. The obnoxious, smart-alecky tone always grated. This morning though, he pulled no punches with Mary Lou. I've never heard her sound so unconvincing.

I was stunned at his sudden realisation that SF are a bunch of fascists.

Wilberto · 21-10-2014 6:39pm

For anyone who was listening to the travel slot just there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjaBVmOlAHU

:pac:

Judgement Day · 21-10-2014 6:51pm

Another of my pet Newstalk hates is the way they support the mutilating of the English language: three that come to mind are Philip Molloy on the Right Hook Movie slot - segway - I can't find it in the dictionary; get-go by Jonathan Healy (does anybody really use that instead of saying at the start/outset etc...) and his favourite new expression of 'thrown under the bus'. It was gobdaws like Healy, Hook etc that were cheerleaders for 'going forward', 'we are where we are', 'pension pot' etcccccccccccccccc!!!!:mad:

wnolan1992 · 21-10-2014 7:12pm

How do you pronounce segue?

I've never heard anything other than seg-way.

Judgement Day · 21-10-2014 7:19pm

wnolan1992 wrote: »

How do you pronounce segue?

I've never heard anything other than seg-way.

It was wasn't the pronunciation that I was on about - it was the word itself. Thanks to your spelling I have now been able to look it up and find out what it means. I'm 55 and in all my life I can honestly say that Molloy and the "parrot" Hook are the only two people that I've ever heard use the word. I must have led a sheltered life.

wnolan1992 · 21-10-2014 7:22pm

Judgement Day wrote: »

It was wasn't the pronunciation that I was on about - it was the word itself. Thanks to your spelling I have now been able to look it up and find out what it means. I'm 55 and in all my life I can honestly say that Molloy and the "parrot" Hook are the only two people that I've ever heard use the word. I must have led a sheltered life.

Oh right! Sorry, I completely misunderstood your post then. :P

From "the get-go" also irritates me greatly.

Ol' Donie · 21-10-2014 10:02pm

nicedryturf wrote: »

I'm not a fan of Ivan Yates. The obnoxious, smart-alecky tone always grated. This morning though, he pulled no punches with Mary Lou. I've never heard her sound so unconvincing.

Any idea what time that was at? I'd like to give it a listen.

wnolan1992 · 21-10-2014 10:06pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Any idea what time that was at? I'd like to give it a listen.

I believe it was between 8:00-8:25.

neris · 22-10-2014 7:02am

What is the point of the 630am business show? its only for a bout 15 minutes between the news headlines at the start and the breaks. The break at the end of the show is a joke. He goes to a break and then all he does after is say shows over see you tomorrow. cushy number

ballsymchugh · 22-10-2014 9:49am

neris wrote: »

What is the point of the 630am business show? its only for a bout 15 minutes between the news headlines at the start and the breaks. The break at the end of the show is a joke. He goes to a break and then all he does after is say shows over see you tomorrow. cushy number

5live have a similar 'wake up to money' show that starts at 5.30 for half an hour. getting up to be in for a show at that hour is not a cushy number. reading stuff from asian markets and overnight from USA would need to be done too.

CountyHurler · 22-10-2014 1:52pm

Does Colm O'Gorman ever stop giving out.. You'd think getting 110k a year from Amnesty would make you a bit more positive about life..

hotmail.com · 22-10-2014 10:45pm

CountyHurler wrote: »

Does Colm O'Gorman ever stop giving out.. You'd think getting 110k a year from Amnesty would make you a bit more positive about life..

He doesn't get all that money for saying everything is rosie.

neris · 23-10-2014 7:37am

CountyHurler wrote: »

Does Colm O'Gorman ever stop giving out.. You'd think getting 110k a year from Amnesty would make you a bit more positive about life..

Along with Peter McVerry, Fungus Finlay & John O'Shea, O'Gorman is one of Irish lifes better known "Glass 1/2 empty" thinkers

Meathlass · 23-10-2014 10:51am

neris wrote: »

Along with Peter McVerry, Fungus Finlay & John O'Shea, O'Gorman is one of Irish lifes better known "Glass 1/2 empty" thinkers

For a second there I was wondering why our heroic goal-scorer was a pessimist :pac:

CountyHurler · 23-10-2014 12:43pm

neris wrote: »

Along with Peter McVerry, Fungus Finlay & John O'Shea, O'Gorman is one of Irish lifes better known "Glass 1/2 empty" thinkers

We'll, all of The people I purport to represent have a glass half full, but my glass is overflowing with gravy.

Robert2012 · 23-10-2014 5:07pm

Hooks show is a shambles today, Bobby Kerr and Shane Colman standing in for Hook at the "EY entrepreneur of the year awards" ( it's obviously been renamed to prevent Bobby from calling it "the EARNEST and Young entrepreneur of the year awards"

brooke 2 · 23-10-2014 5:14pm

Robert2012 wrote: »

Hooks show is a shambles today, Bobby Kerr and Shane Colman standing in for Hook at the "EY entrepreneur of the year awards" ( it's obviously been renamed to prevent Bobby from calling it "the EARNEST and Young entrepreneur of the year awards"

CanNOT listen to that man's voice.

ballsymchugh · 23-10-2014 5:39pm

Robert2012 wrote: »

Hooks show is a shambles today, Bobby Kerr and Shane Colman standing in for Hook at the "EY entrepreneur of the year awards" ( it's obviously been renamed to prevent Bobby from calling it "the EARNEST and Young entrepreneur of the year awards"

:pac:

Robert2012 · 23-10-2014 5:45pm

brooke 2 wrote: »

CanNOT listen to that man's voice.

He has neither the voice for radio, nor the face for television, or the personality for either...I cannot understand how he has a media profile, other than as an example of somebody who should not be allowed anywhere near the airwaves.

Poly · 23-10-2014 5:50pm

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

Robert2012 · 23-10-2014 5:54pm

Poly wrote: »

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

Dave Fanning on 2fm has my business at that time on a Saturday

wnolan1992 · 23-10-2014 6:11pm

Poly wrote: »

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

I think his show has come on in leaps and bounds over the last year or so.

His voice does grate, but the content on the show is pretty good in fairness.

Muff Richardson · 23-10-2014 7:52pm

Poly wrote: »

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty good.

I think his business show on Sat morning is pretty sh*te.

ThisRegard · 23-10-2014 8:31pm

Can't take to the man after he refused to pass on the VAT reduction to his customers a few years back.

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 1:53pm

Chris O'Dowd on the Moncrieff show now.

Hilarious combination!

ballsymchugh · 24-10-2014 1:58pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Chris O'Dowd on the Moncrieff show now.

Hilarious combination!

he takes a similar approach to chatting up women as i do!

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 2:07pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

he takes a similar approach to chatting up women as i do!

Haha. His line "that was what I thought would impress women when I was in college" had me squirming uncomfortably in my seat!

Meathlass · 24-10-2014 2:08pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Haha. His line "that was what I thought would impress women when I was in college" had me squirming uncomfortably in my seat!

What was his chat up line? Missed it listening to unfunny Friday

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 2:18pm

It wasn't a chat up line as such.

He reckoned, because he was tall, that he could swing his foot above anyone's head.

But he tried it after a few drinks, caught some poor girl in the temple, and knocked her clean out.

Ol' Donie · 24-10-2014 3:01pm

Very funny show today.

Sean delaying for the news: "There's no one here to read the news...eh...maybe that's 'cos...em...nothing happened today."

Nerdlingr · 24-10-2014 3:15pm

This is brilliant , I could listen to this dude all day!

:D

WILL NEVER LOG OFF · 24-10-2014 3:36pm

is it just me, or is moncrieff strictly allergic to criticism ?

any time i've heard a critical text being read-out, he goes on a long, awkward, extra-jugular defensive.

he's the weak chink in the NT weekday schedule IMO

Calhoun · 24-10-2014 3:44pm

WILL NEVER LOG OFF wrote: »

is it just me, or is moncrieff strictly allergic to criticism ?

any time i've heard a critical text being read-out, he goes on a long, awkward, extra-jugular defensive.

he's the weak chink in the NT weekday schedule IMO

I don't agree with this? I would have thought he is quite strong in his slot. You obviously haven't heard George rant at critism.

I quite like Sean love how he covers a wide range of topics in a light way and really like when he gets foreign author ect on .

Muff Richardson · 24-10-2014 6:54pm

Calhoun wrote: »

I don't agree with this? I would have thought he is quite strong in his slot. You obviously haven't heard George rant at critism.

I quite like Sean love how he covers a wide range of topics in a light way and really like when he gets foreign author ect on .

I've commented on this before, Moncrieff really seems to take it to heart when he gets a negative text, then attempts to respond with smart alec type put down. It just comes across as being a litte bit pathetic and chucking his toys out of the pram because he was slagged off. Hook on the otherhand seems to love the criticism, the more personal the better, I think it feels it adds to his 'I'm an auld fart who has conquered the planet and don't care what anyone thinks of me' persona which he so desperately wants to pass off so often...which of course is also completely untrue, he's an egotistical fat slob who loves attention of any kind.

I think Moncrieff is an arsehole by the way, very annoying, his career also seems to be going further and further downhill which may explain his petit defensiveness at criticism, how many years now on newstalk with debating fascinating mid afternoon slots on topics such as excrement, vulva and farts?

ballsymchugh · 24-10-2014 6:59pm

WILL NEVER LOG OFF wrote: »

is it just me, or is moncrieff strictly allergic to criticism ?

any time i've heard a critical text being read-out, he goes on a long, awkward, extra-jugular defensive.

he's the weak chink in the NT weekday schedule IMO

i've mentioned this before. while i still like the show, it's really bloody annoying when someone texts in with a vaguely conservative tone. some dude yesterday got called a bigot and a homophobe, perhaps for not agreeing with something colm o'gorman said when he was on. unless the texter is guaranteed a right of reply, it's a pretty nasty thing to say.

Say Your Number · 24-10-2014 7:16pm

Most of the texters that Sean criticizes usually come across as arseholes themselves or have a gaping hole in their argument, on the rare occasion someone puts together a well reasoned alternative point of view Sean's response is usually 'fair enough'

foxtrot101 · 24-10-2014 7:38pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

i've mentioned this before. while i still like the show, it's really bloody annoying when someone texts in with a vaguely conservative tone. some dude yesterday got called a bigot and a homophobe, perhaps for not agreeing with something colm o'gorman said when he was on. unless the texter is guaranteed a right of reply, it's a pretty nasty thing to say.

From what I remember, that text was bigoted and homphobic and he deserved what he got.

ballsymchugh · 24-10-2014 8:48pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

Most of the texters that Sean criticizes usually come across as arseholes themselves or have a gaping hole in their argument, on the rare occasion someone puts together a well reasoned alternative point of view Sean's response is usually 'fair enough'

the texts, as far as i can remember, were along the lines of public displays of affection. if you tut when you see a gay couple doing it, then you're a homophobe etc.

someone i think did get a fair enough out of him when they said about using the phrase 'get a room' to a couple who are eating each other's face off.
say it to a straight couple and everyone laughs it off, say it to a gay couple and then you're a homophobe.

Say Your Number · 24-10-2014 9:22pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the texts, as far as i can remember, were along the lines of public displays of affection. if you tut when you see a gay couple doing it, then you're a homophobe etc.

someone i think did get a fair enough out of him when they said about using the phrase 'get a room' to a couple who are eating each other's face off.
say it to a straight couple and everyone laughs it off, say it to a gay couple and then you're a homophobe.

Actually I didn't hear that bit, I was just speaking in general, the texters he gives out to usually come across as aggressive and ignorant but when but when someoe texts in an opposing view in a logical and thoughtful way he goes 'fair enough'

Say Your Number · 25-10-2014 8:28am

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the texts, as far as i can remember, were along the lines of public displays of affection. if you tut when you see a gay couple doing it, then you're a homophobe etc.

Just listened back there, the texter he called a bigoted homophobe/racist had texted in to congraulate an English taxi firm for providing white drivers on request and it must really wind up Mon "liberal-lefty" crieff and his liberal lefty gay pal, so as Foxtrot said he got what he deserved

It's at 9:30 here
www.newstalk.ie/player/listen_back/8/13702/22nd_October_2014_-_Moncrieff_Part_2

ballsymchugh · 25-10-2014 1:42pm

Say Your Number wrote: »

Just listened back there, the texter he called a bigoted homophobe/racist had texted in to congraulate an English taxi firm for providing white drivers on request and it must really wind up Mon "liberal-lefty" crieff and his liberal lefty gay pal, so as Foxtrot said he got what he deserved

It's at 9:30 here
www.newstalk.ie/player/listen_back/8/13702/22nd_October_2014_-_Moncrieff_Part_2

:eek::eek:

oh Christ!

Loafing Oaf · 25-10-2014 3:19pm

WILL NEVER LOG OFF wrote: »

is it just me, or is moncrieff strictly allergic to criticism ?

any time i've heard a critical text being read-out, he goes on a long, awkward, extra-jugular defensive.

he's the weak chink in the NT weekday schedule IMO

He can hardly match NT's big dog for thin-skinedness though...

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