Marian Finucane

grey_so_what

Lapin wrote: »

The cloud of arrogance that follows Finnucane around became even denser yesterday as she wheezed herself back on the airwaves without as much as a word of thanks to any of those who filled her shoes over the last few months.

Not so much as a name mentioned or even an acknowledgement from the €50 per minute presenter.

Someone should tell her that a bit of manners costs nothing.

They should send that little bit of wisdom to all the presenters Lapin!....;)

Happyman42

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Ah, if it isn't me ould adversary Happyman!

That ^^^ would suggest we are equals. :rolleyes::D:D

Callan57

Amazing all the research Marian does & still this morning she didn't seem to have an idea what the Mick Wallace controversry was about ... but then I suppose if you're on your "teacher" holidays it might easily have slipped by you :rolleyes:

Harry Angstrom

Happyman42 wrote: »

That ^^^ would suggest we are equals. :rolleyes::D:D

Ah, sure some of us are more equal than others

mike65

My music is my shield.....who is this spoofer?

Harry Angstrom

This is getting fierce boring. 45 minutes interviewing a pop group doesn't make for good radio. At least we've got Leonard Cohen on Radio 2.

Dirigent

FFS, Marion, is there not enough fukcing sport on radio already?

JonathanAnon

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

This is getting fierce boring. 45 minutes interviewing a pop group doesn't make for good radio. At least we've got Leonard Cohen on Radio 2.

Yeah, they seem like sound guys but the whole "mad thing girl fans have done" section got a bit nauseating after a while.. They were a lot more entertaining when I saw them on the LLS a while back..

Callan57

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Yeah, they seem like sound guys but the whole "mad thing girl fans have done" section got a bit nauseating after a while.. They were a lot more entertaining when I saw them on the LLS a while back..

I had no idea who they were

Brussels Sprout

Unusual to hear her discuss the Croke Park agreement. Usually herself and Pat Kenny keep a wide berth of that topic as it's a little too close to home

EchoO

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Unusual to hear her discuss the Croke Park agreement. Usually herself and Pat Kenny keep a wide berth of that topic as it's a little too close to home

Yeah, the first thing that sprang to mind was that interview that Marian gave to the Irish Times a couple of years ago and Pat's "We're paid peanuts compared to soccer stars" Indo interview.

Maggie 2

Would I be er right in saying ah that am Marian must be nearing retirement? Also ah that er she doesn't am actually get paid direct? So, it goes into her company, to er pay researchers to oh do the er actual work for her? That is probably an am family member?

JonathanAnon

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Unusual to hear her discuss the Croke Park agreement. Usually herself and Pat Kenny keep a wide berth of that topic as it's a little too close to home

Well her Duffy, Kenny and the rest are all private contractors so they wouldnt be covered by the Croke Park Agreement... What is confusing is why they seem to be given the BETTER conditions than even those who are members of strong unions and protected by such agreements... In any properly run company, Finucane would have been let go, but nobody in RTE has the balls to make such a decision as they would be thinking "if marian does her three weeks a year on another station and it's a huge success, I will be held accountable for letting her go and being a public servant this is something I am VERY uncomfortable with".

A company running a 17 million deficit can afford to pay 500k for a woman that shows up only when the weather forecast for le weekend in France is bad.. it's baffling.

donaghs

Had to pay my RTE licence recently after too many warnings. Sick of having to pay for this crap. Has this joker been heard on air recently?

europa11

donaghs wrote: »

Had to pay my RTE licence recently after too many warnings. Sick of having to pay for this crap. Has this joker been heard on air recently?

Appears she's been seen in and around the studio recently......:rolleyes:

GSF

Never heard of this ex FF councillor who is claiming his life was ruined by all the publicity. Maybe he does protest too much. Hes no Kate Middleton anyway.

mike65

Had to laugh at the way Finucane talked about topless bathing on the beaches of southern France, sounded like she was very familiar with such locales!

GSF

Discussion about freedom to criticise religion cut short by the Angelus bell

constitutionus

There ya go lads NONE of us had money problems during the boom.

FFS this upper class love in is doing my head in . No wonder montrose thinks we all partied

donaghs

Flicking stations today, heard that too. She's back on air anyway. Sickened after 5 minutes of discussion about money saving tips. And of course how money was "never a problem" for anyone during the boom. Back some to Radio 4, very informative, without being insulting either

Rebelheart

Ahem! Go to 6.52:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeTY8i9sK0

mike65

She sounded so posh back then! She was no doubt a bit of well do to hippy chic back then, now she'd evict hippies of course.

Itssoeasy

Its seems Marion has alway been paid by the taxpayer.

newcavanman

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Its seems Marion has alway been paid by the taxpayer.

Paid far far too much for the drivel she produces

JonathanAnon

Out the door at 12.52 today.. 8 minutes of ads on top of the two ad breaks... to pay for her no doubt.

honeybear

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Out the door at 12.52 today.. 8 minutes of ads on top of the two ad breaks... to pay for her no doubt.

that's gas-spotted that as well

mike65

No weather forecast?

mike65

God she drones on.

JoeGil

She just told us that a spend € 48k a year net for a family of four to live off is "impossible" withouth a hint of irony in her voice.

mikom

Conor Pope: "I put down a figure of 1,200 a year for an average families cost covering home repairs and upkeep."

Marion Finucane: " Oh, that seems like so much"


Yeah, love, it's a weekends wages for you........ extracted from the public.

Makes me fucking sick, and the thing is people lap this shite up.
To paraphrase an old TV tax advert "Marion, could you live with the shame".
Obviously you can.
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Callan57

That interview with Malcom McArthur's mother made for fascinating listening ... David Hanley really was the master interviewer.

GSF

Callan57 wrote: »

That interview with Malcom McArthur's mother made for fascinating listening ... David Hanley really was the master interviewer.

Not sure which was posher though!

washiskin

Callan57 wrote: »

That interview with Malcom McArthur's mother made for fascinating listening ... David Hanley really was the master interviewer.

I used to respect him greatly until he launched a sneak attack on a Red Cross/Crescent rep on air one morning in the late nineties about Hezbollah or some other group using Red Cross/Crescent ambulances as suicide bomb carriers. I remember being horrified at his sudden shift in questioning and genuinely wondering if he had taken leave of his senses mid-segment.

my friend

MF @ 12:26

'I'll be back to you with the foreign stuff after the break'

I kid you not

P. Breathnach

And what's wrong with that? Up to that point, the programme had been dealing with domestic news.

Callan57

God Almighty but that Paul Sommerville is one depressing chap ... lighten up Paul. I did like his side swipe at the economists though, could that be poor soft landing Jim Power he was referring to I wonder. :rolleyes:

constitutionus

Paul willams !

That's enough for me I'm off

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

God she drones on.

and on and on.

A truly awful programme she really is just phoning this in.

Birdsong

I cant listen to Marian anymore - its so bad today

Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative programme to listen on a sunday morning, Today FM or Newstalk any better

JonathanAnon

Birdsong wrote: »

I cant listen to Marian anymore - its so bad today
Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative programme to listen on a sunday morning, Today FM or Newstalk any better

Newstalk have a combination of that sanctimonious hypocrite Fergus Finlay.. He uses the show as a soapbox to put his left wing spin on the papers.. Him, a former political spin doctor, now adopting the moral high ground and pocketing 100k from Barnardos.. Michael O'Regan presents it when he's not there (or vice versa, maybe it's a job sharing scheme).. He is constantly trying to be funny, which he is not... I've stopped downloading the podcast cos I cant listen to either of them...

I think Anton Savage is presenting the show on Today FM, but it's not up on podcast so I never hear it.. I always found him easy enough to listen to..

deekster

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Newstalk have a combination of that sanctimonious hypocrite Fergus Finlay.. He uses the show as a soapbox to put his left wing spin on the papers.. Him, a former political spin doctor, now adopting the moral high ground and pocketing 100k from Barnardos.. Michael O'Regan presents it when he's not there (or vice versa, maybe it's a job sharing scheme).. He is constantly trying to be funny, which he is not... I've stopped downloading the podcast cos I cant listen to either of them...

I think Anton Savage is presenting the show on Today FM, but it's not up on podcast so I never hear it.. I always found him easy enough to listen to..

Savage Sunday Podcast feed url has always been here:
http://media.todayfm.com/mediamanager/podcast_series/items/733/feedformat_itunes/.xml

signostic

Mick Wallace on with her this morning, shall the call him "The Moan" ? or does he have another nick?

mike65

Ah that's who it is (wasn't paying attention) is it me or does Maid Marian have some Celtic
Tiger loser on her programme every weekend?

Callan57

Mick Wallace AGAIN ... go away we've had enough of you. :mad:
"Loyalty is big in the construction industry" ... don't make me laugh. These are the guys who have destroyed the lives of thousands of families, loyalty to themselves maybe but zero loyalty to the misfortunate people who bought their over priced, badly built properties.
Get off the stage Mick we've had ENOUGH of the lot of you :mad:

JonathanAnon

This is getting interesting..

Is Mick just admitting to signing a contract for intimidation.. ?

mike65

News for Jim - it does define you.

Itssoeasy

Mick wallace has a neck like a jockey's bollocks.

Liveline yesterday was the same poor me bull****.

P. Breathnach

JonathanAnon wrote: »

This is getting interesting..

Is Mick just admitting to signing a contract for intimidation.. ?

No.

He is describing how he bluffed a debtor into thinking that he had.

my friend

listening to Mick I wonder will Marian read any angry texts?

oh sorry, its Marian.

JonathanAnon

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Mick wallace has a neck like a jockey's bollocks.
Liveline yesterday was the same poor me bull****.

I completely disagree.. The people yesterday were just greedy. They created nothing and generated no revenue (aside from stamp duty) for the state. They wanted to flip houses to get a stack of money they would have had to otherwise work years for...

Mick was running a proper business for years before the boom, paying lots of taxes and providing loads of jobs. He certainly hasnt done everything right, but it seems that the Dublin media take a preference for vilifying him over say Johnny Ronan, Richard Barrett, Sean Dunne etc etc..