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dh0661

Cazale wrote: »

Had to turn it off.

The guy filling in for Dumphy on Sunday had no control at all, everyone including the the presenter were all talking over each other -- TOTAL TURN OFF.

JonathanAnon

dh0661 wrote: »

The guy filling in for Dumphy on Sunday had no control at all

Hi Donna, I just pulled down the podcast and listened to it now... I would agree.. It was a mess at the end.. everybody just talking over each other..

Also, I dont know why they didnt just lock Leo Varadkar in to the stocks and throw sponges at him.. I mean he's in Cabinet for a wet week and they expect him to rip up all the previous agreements negotiated by Fianna Fáil... I mean give them a chance, they are taking over an awful situation..

And how many times did Colleran mention THE STAR....

Crazyivan 1979

Anyone hear those vile, cowardly animals being interviewed by Henry McKeen just now.

Pauleta

Crazyivan 1979 wrote: »

Anyone hear those vile, cowardly animals being interviewed by Henry McKeen just now.

Yeah, absolute savages. The moral outrage of one of the scummers when a garda searched a females bag was laughable. I feel for the good residents of the area these people live in. One of the key points one of them made was that they liked it in prison. What sort of prison system do we have if people like being in there . They also said there was nothing to do in the area apart from a youth club. There is no youth club where i live but there are not people out stabbing each other and biting off peoples ears.

Lapin

Newstalk have been milking that interview since, and in doing so the initial shock value of the piece diminishes each time.

I've lost count of the number of times I've heard clips of it on various programmes and promos.

It was a decent piece of journalism but the more it gets aired, the more kuduos the flesh eating knacker gets from his good for fúckall, parasitic 'hard man' peers.

Newstalk should either follow it up by naming the scúmbag and let natural justice take its course, or put it to bed and move on to something else.

Fulton Crown

Who was the new cat on Newstalk brekki this morn.....couldnt understand a word he said ...talked real fast....and had a severe dose of the DIS an Dats........

Where is Radio going with gimps like this.....

telekon

Has Bobby Kerr got the most boring voice in radio??

I swore when I turned on the radio this morning, this fella was introducing the show...




ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....................

fred funk }{

Has Bobby Kerr got the most boring voice in radio??

Yes. His monotone is terrible. He seems like a decent fella but he's not for radio.

delta_bravo

dh0661 wrote: »

The guy filling in for Dumphy on Sunday had no control at all, everyone including the the presenter were all talking over each other -- TOTAL TURN OFF.

I was listening to Dunphy repeat last night and he apologised for the conduct of one of the people on last weeks show. Apparently someone compared members of the public service to the IRA and UVF! Anyone know who it was.

omerin

I'm sure it was Jim Power Coleman. He compared the public service to the IRA - financial terrorism. He later apologised. I think they were been a bit over the top and PC to be honest. He said it off the cuff, in reaction to what someone else said, nothing malicious.

Benny_Cake

Ah, Jim "soft landing" Power. I had no idea he was back sharing his wisdom on the airwaves again!

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/down-on-your-knees-prayer-is-best-housing-policy-weve-got-136779.html

mrsdewinter

omerin wrote: »

I'm sure it was Jim Power. He compared the public service to the IRA - financial terrorism. He later apologised. I think they were been a bit over the top and PC to be honest. He said it off the cuff, in reaction to what someone else said, nothing malicious.

Was it not that Coleman guy? The bloke who's running for the Senate?

barneygumble

It was Coleman. He did indeed apologise.

ballsymchugh

dear God. dil from global village is trying her hand at stand up. stay away from the international bar on tuesdays and wednesdays!

Sergeant

ballsymchugh wrote: »

dear God. dil from global village is trying her hand at stand up. stay away from the international bar on tuesdays and wednesdays!

Thank's for the warning. I'll leave the country for the next year, just to be careful!

ballsymchugh

Sergeant wrote: »

Thank's for the warning. I'll leave the country for the next year, just to be careful!

actually, we better all go. otherwise we'll all be accused of being homophobic racists!

fred funk }{

The Ivan and Chris slagging matches are really grating in me lately. I find myself turning over to a different station when Ivan starts. I hate saying it but it's verging on bullying.

Do station bosses not realise the negative impact it's having on the show on general. On another point, I've noticed Ivan seems disinterested lately almost like he has a pain in his hole doing the show. Maybe he won't be there much longer.

Badabing

If the JNLR doesn't improve by at least 8-10,000 there will have to be changes, Breakfast shows should be the driver of a stations performance and Newstalk is struggling big time. Tom Dunne is a big problem aswell i think Sean Moncrieff should be brought into the 9-12 slot.

telekon

Badabing wrote: »

If the JNLR doesn't improve by at least 8-10,000 there will have to be changes, Breakfast shows should be the driver of a stations performance and Newstalk is struggling big time. Tom Dunne is a big problem aswell i think Sean Moncrieff should be brought into the 9-12 slot.

Concur. This would certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons. Someone actually entertaining up against d'arse and Tubridy.

Poor old Tom, like him myself but he seems to rub a lot of people up the wrong way. He should go back to Today FM and do a music show again.

ballsymchugh

telekon wrote: »

Concur. This would certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons. Someone actually entertaining up against d'arse and Tubridy.

Poor old Tom, like him myself but he seems to rub a lot of people up the wrong way. He should go back to Today FM and do a music show again.

what would we do in the afternoons then though?? i suppose we could listen to repeats.

neris

ballsymchugh wrote: »

what would we do in the afternoons then though?? i suppose we could listen to repeats.

Sile Seoige or Fionn Davenport would probably be stuck in that 130 slot :(

ballsymchugh

neris wrote: »

Sile Seoige or Fionn Davenport would probably be stuck in that 130 slot :(

oh God no. they might even go back to the revolving presenters.... jennifer maguire and brian dowling. :mad:

mike65

Here's a mad idea, find some new talent!

ballsymchugh

personally, it'd mean listening to richard bacon on 5live in the afternoons if moncreiff did move. he usually has some good guests on whenever i do listen to him.

at the moment it's 6 music in the mornings for the music fix. i'd probably have to get up earlier to get that then!

miketv

George hook very good at the minute with Mary lou, getting very heated

michael999999

Does anyone else think that damian kibird at lunchtime sounds a little strange lately?

Poochie05

michael999999 wrote: »

Does anyone else think that damian kibird at lunchtime sounds a little strange lately?

Is that not because it's Jonathan Healy? It was most of last week anyway:)

HivemindXX

barneygumble wrote: »

It was Coleman. He did indeed apologise.

He only apologised after the subject moved on to the murder of a police officer by actual terrorists.

Terrorists are the new nazis. He was perfectly happy to equate the public sector (actually the ESB I believe) with murderers when he thought it would be a bit of populist rabble rousing. It was only when he realised it might be interpreted as insulting to the memory of Ronan Kerr that he changed his tune.

neris

mike65 wrote: »

Here's a mad idea, find some new talent!

What about Anton Savage? He,d be new for NT but proven to work on todayfm and has that happy sarcastic jokey personality that might work. Put him up against darcy at 10am

ButtersSuki

neris wrote: »

What about Anton Savage? He,d be new for NT but proven to work on todayfm and has that happy sarcastic jokey personality that might work. Put him up against darcy at 10am

Please.....God.....NO!

mike65

Can't stand Anton Savage I've decided, I look forward to Coopers return when I hear him.

michael999999

Christ almighty, ivan is really starting to annoy me with hes constant slagging of chris. It seems to be occuring between every segment now, i think chris is even getting sick of it! The worst thing is the repeditive nature of the comments about chris love life,tiggs the dog and man utd fans! the jokes are not even original anymore,its just the same crap churned out every day.

One of the producers really need to have a word, or else he needs to be given the road. It wont be long before i switch back to morning ireland. Its like listening to the messer at the back of the class!

McDave

michael999999 wrote: »

Christ almighty, ivan is really starting to annoy me with hes constant slagging of chris. It seems to be occuring between every segment now, i think chris is even getting sick of it! The worst thing is the repeditive nature of the comments about chris love life,tiggs the dog and man utd fans! the jokes are not even original anymore,its just the same crap churned out every day.

One of the producers really need to have a word, or else he needs to be given the road. It wont be long before i switch back to morning ireland. Its like listening to the messer at the back of the class!

Is that stuff still going on?

Once I get my news essentials on Boring Ireland, I move over to Lyric rather than listen to the Yates' mean-spirited, unprofessional schoolyard slagging. It's a great pity as Yates has a lot of experience to bring to the table. I like Chris's enthusiasm and positivity, but he gets rudely shoved off the air by Yates.

It's not really the kind of vibe I want to be exposed to first thing in the morning.

michael999999

McDave wrote: »

Is that stuff still going on?

Once I get my news essentials on Boring Ireland, I move over to Lyric rather than listen to the Yates' mean-spirited, unprofessional schoolyard slagging. It's a great pity as Yates has a lot of experience to bring to the table. I like Chris's enthusiasm and positivity, but he gets rudely shoved off the air by Yates.

It's not really the kind of vibe I want to be exposed to first thing in the morning.

The concept and the format of the show are great,Ivan just needs to grow up and become more professional!

Or at least keep it till the last 5 mins of the show!

mrbright

Sile S. in for Tom Dunne today - disasterous I think. Moncrieff is the best of the lot!

michael999999

I listened to her interviewing the winner of the BT young scientist a few months back,you could tell 30 seconds in she was lost,so she cut the interview after maybe 2 minutes without asking an intelligible question of him or hes project!

Absolutely nothing between the ears!

neris

What was the story wit that interview this morning with guy about the ufos? Really scraping to fill in a few minutes and got the impression from Ivan that he was lost with the interview and getting pissed off

Oh_Noes

I love when Jessie Magee reads the news and says "I'm Jessie Magee" at the start. It really reminds me of Christina Applegate in Anchorman.

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

mike65

Ivan has bats in his belfry

Floppybits

michael999999 wrote: »

Christ almighty, ivan is really starting to annoy me with hes constant slagging of chris. It seems to be occuring between every segment now, i think chris is even getting sick of it! The worst thing is the repeditive nature of the comments about chris love life,tiggs the dog and man utd fans! the jokes are not even original anymore,its just the same crap churned out every day.

One of the producers really need to have a word, or else he needs to be given the road. It wont be long before i switch back to morning ireland. Its like listening to the messer at the back of the class!

Have to agree with you there. Ivan is acting very unprofessional lately. I think he is doing to get some sort of reaction. What really annoys me though is his lack of respect for the people they invite on the show if it is dealing with something he has a problem with. The way he treated the UFO guy the other day was a disgrace and then again this morning the guy on talking about bats. If Newstalk are going to invite these people onto the show they Yates should treat them with respect. The other week when he was having a go at people on tracker mortgages as well, saying they should be torn up and this is from the man that is claiming his ministerial pension.

Fair play to Paddy Creand (not sure of the spelling) when he hung up on him one morning. I would love to see guests boycott the show until Yates is either gone or starts acting in a professional manner.

mike65

Paddy Creand was a disgrace that morning, he is a cheerleader for Manchester
Utd and is I think regarded as a bit of a joke. I have yet to hear him be remotely objective or honest about Utd on radio.

neris

In fairness that ufo interview was a waste of time for a breakfast news show and more like a moncrief type interview.

JonathanAnon

mike65 wrote: »

Paddy Creand was a disgrace that morning, he is a cheerleader for Manchester.

I always find him this way, Mike.. Most contributors, like say Ronnie Whelan and Ray Houghton on Liverpool, still have a grá for the club, but can still comment objectively on a bad Liverpool player or a bad Liverpool performance...

Crerand seems unable to do similar, it's like he's defending his son or something.. He cannot accept any moderate criticism of Man Utd..

Rubik.

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I always find him this way, Mike.. Most contributors, like say Ronnie Whelan and Ray Houghton on Liverpool, still have a grá for the club, but can still comment objectively on a bad Liverpool player or a bad Liverpool performance...

I think most Liverpool fans would accuse Whelan of being overly critical, his analysis during most of the Benitez years was laughably bad at times. Phil Thompson would be Liverpool's version of Crerand, funnily enough I don't mind Thompson's bias at all.

Skid

mike65 wrote: »

Paddy Creand was a disgrace that morning, he is a cheerleader for Manchester
Utd and is I think regarded as a bit of a joke. I have yet to hear him be remotely objective or honest about Utd on radio.

Paddy Crerand has always been a ridiculous pundit.

When Cantona did his Kung-Fu kick in the crowd at Crystal Palace, Crerand said he should be applauded as it was something any man would do to defend his honour.

By that logic most matches would see the teams taking on the opposing fans within seconds of the kick off.

A lot of players have loyalties to their former clubs, some disguise it better than others, but Paddy Crerand is a league of his own for bias - he shouldn't be indulged by Newstalk.

jimmyw

Well I dont know, I dont listen to Ian Dempsey nor morning Ireland but I do listen to NT breakfast and I quite like the banter between Ivan and Chris.Yes Ivan can be a bit, well, lets say traditional to put it nicely;) in his views sometimes.But he is only playing devils advocate.You cant have guests on with just a one sided view.He certainly does like to berate MU all right. That fella that was on a while back who hung up the phone because Ivan was giving out about MU was been a total child about it.I cant listen to MI for too long, its just so bloody sterile I have to change over.:rolleyes:.Chris does get his own back on Ivan, but he can take it gracefully though.So all in all I like the show.

Masked Man

Rubik. wrote: »

I think most Liverpool fans would accuse Whelan of being overly critical, his analysis during most of the Benitez years was laughably bad at times. Phil Thompson would be Liverpool's version of Crerand, funnily enough I don't mind Thompson's bias at all.

You cannot be serious?

neris wrote: »

In fairness that ufo interview was a waste of time for a breakfast news show and more like a moncrief type interview.

Doesn't excuse Ivan's lack of professionalism. Usually I don't mind Ivan that much, I assume all the stuff with Chris is just annoying banter that he'll probably tone down as some stage. I couldn't stand him when I heard the ufo interview. The interview wasn't about ufos anyway iirc, it was about a centre for people that had seen/claimed to see them.

Harry Angstrom

Does anyone else find Keith Barry REALLY annoying? Just listening to him on Moncrieff yet again with his pseudo psychology and he's really starting to p!ss me off.

michael999999

did anyone hear the phone number to enter the comp tonight?

Rubik.

michael999999 wrote: »

did anyone hear the phone number to enter the comp tonight?

I think you text Carlsberg, your nomination and the reason to the usual number - 53106.