Marian Finucane

P. Breathnach

Callan57 wrote: »

And we're back to the "well heeled ex senior civil servants" ...

I take you are referring to the highly-paid Ryanair director.

constitutionus

Insiders in not seeing berlosconi result coming shocker

These guys thought monti would win for god sake

constitutionus

Oh Jesus now sterling is going down because of a strong euro ?

FFS !

Stg is going down because they're printing money and have lost their AAA rating !

Mother of god these gobdaws know nothing

Bloody*Mary

constitutionus wrote: »

Oh Jesus now sterling is going down because of a strong euro ?

FFS !

Stg is going down because they're printing money and have lost their AAA rating !

Mother of god these gobdaws know nothing

Sweet Jeebus,Paddy Agnew on from Rome.

Prepare to be confused and dragged off the topic

JonathanAnon

Another retired guard, sounding very young to be retired, telling us about the difficulties of the job.. Does Marian know anybody STILL working in the public service.. ?

constitutionus

And Marion telling us what "we" all think.

Can't help thinking her we is a number that is falling to single digets in terms of the general population.

Oh and Marion decides not to tell us at all he's a FG Politician !

A fecking hour of free publicity (i.e we paid for it ) for her political friends/aims !

I swear to fuk if there was an option I'd change channel

JonathanAnon

constitutionus wrote: »

Oh and Marion decides not to tell us at all he's a FG Politician !

Yeah I only copped it when he started the usual plamás about the candidate in the upcoming by-election..

Wacker The Attacker

Does Marian Finucane have a rugby fetish?

She was practically rubbing one out when Ronan O'Gara's name was mentioned.


Also I wish she'd stop making that noise with her mouth. That really sounds like she's picking her holes.

JonathanAnon

There's another psychological trick that you can use as well.. Pretend to yourself that you spend the whole week reading papers and this will justify to yourself getting paid a fortune for four hours work..

constitutionus

It is funny that this guy on now prob did more research for a laugh than Marion did for work .

I've a feeling she's taking notes

constitutionus

Dear Jesus I've read better reviews of movies on boards than were getting here . Are we paying for this guy ?

And a show that's 11 to 1 finishes at 10 to.

Callan57

Anyone notice Marian mention when she was talking to that ex-Garda that something was "mentioned in the brief" .... that's code for a week of research!

Fully agree, it was not very professional failing to mention at the outset of the interview that he was a current FG councillor.

Harry Angstrom

Callan57 wrote: »

Fully agree, it was not very professional failing to mention at the outset of the interview that he was a current FG councillor.

And he didn't forget to get the plug in for the Fine Gael candidate in the upcoming Meath East by election. Nice to see Fine Gael perpetuating the whole "family seat" thing, considering it's been so beneficial for this country over the years :rolleyes:

Callan57

Retired Civil Servant again .... this is getting ridiculous every weekend :mad:

mike65

Violin Central.

JonathanAnon

Nice panel of elite pals again today as usual... And two civil servants today, I hope Marion brought the Ferrer Roché. You would think given the state of the country any ex senior civil servants would be embarrassed to come on panel shows like this. But Marion's show is just like the civil service - no difficult questions, no reponsibility for your actions. Just keep kissing a$$ , dont upset anybody and the state fill your bank account every week.

Dear RTE, can we have some real people on the show please... If Marion wants to have her friends over, she can organise another coffee morning..

JonathanAnon

JESUS, who is this dissenting voice.. I can see her falling through the trap door during the break..

Bobba Fett

Whoever is on the faders today must be asleep. Late fades all over the shop.

JonathanAnon

This is all a bit odd isnt it? Would he not be wiser keeping his mouth shut until the court case is over? He was on Newstalk as well.. I mean we all know exactly what those two yanks are from that CCTV footage in the taxi, but is he risking the defence saying that it is "not possible to have a fair trial because of Mr Furlong's comments in the world media"

ballygowan1

I wonder will she feel the pinch with the property tax? She is only on 600k a year you know.

Callan57

ballygowan1 wrote: »

I wonder will she feel the pinch with the property tax? She is only on 600k a year you know.

Might be a few investment properties thought ... for the old pension don't you know :rolleyes:

constitutionus

JonathanAnon wrote: »

This is all a bit odd isnt it? Would he not be wiser keeping his mouth shut until the court case is over? He was on Newstalk as well.. I mean we all know exactly what those two yanks are from that CCTV footage in the taxi, but is he risking the defence saying that it is "not possible to have a fair trial because of Mr Furlong's comments in the world media"

I found that whole peice very irresponsible.

Marions made up her mind on the guilt of those involved and gives an example of what our media would be like if they got the chance to comment on cases here .

Look how starkly it contrasts with the Gary o flynn affair where they wouldn't even NAME him for days on end for fear of consequences .

Makes me glad I'm protected by the courts here as Marion and co would clearly bury me if it helped one of hers based on what I heard here

JonathanAnon

The Late Debate is very interesting for listeners of marian finucane's show.. Brendan Burgess having a real go at a well paid public servant who is strategically defaulting. She should have gone on with marian if she wanted to be throw puffballs all night.

SEPT 23 1989

Bono likes the sound of his own voice

Harry Angstrom

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Bono likes the sound of his own voice

St. Bono cares so much about the distribution of other people's wealth but not his own. I don't know why people keep giving this eejit the time of day.

constitutionus

How come Dave Allen didn't merit a clip ?

Half the jobbing comics wouldnt have a gig if not for aping him (im looking at you Dylan moran )

It's criminal you can't get his 90 s shows on DVDs. Pure comedy masterclass . thank god for YouTube .

Sergeant

constitutionus wrote: »

How come Dave Allen didn't merit a clip ?

Half the jobbing comics wouldnt have a gig if not for aping him (im looking at you Dylan moran )

It's criminal you can't get his 90 s shows on DVDs. Pure comedy masterclass . thank god for YouTube .

I was only listening it in the background, but I was sure I did hear a Dave Allen clip? I think Dylan Moran is fairly open about Allen being his comedy inspiration. As you say there's no harm in the aping the masters.

On another note, I really like Lawlor as a host. She's a very adequate replacement for Marian.

Lapin

JonathanAnon wrote: »

The Late Debate is very interesting for listeners of marian finucane's show.. Brendan Burgess having a real go at a well paid public servant who is strategically defaulting. She should have gone on with marian if she wanted to be throw puffballs all night.

He's at it again right now on Saturday with Claire Byrne.

Really getting stuck in !

Sergeant

Lapin wrote: »

He's at it again right now on Saturday with Claire Byrne.

Really getting stuck in !

I find Burgess very hard to take seriously. He was one of the people continuously talking up the property market during the 'Celtic Tiger', and his road to Damascus conversion doesn't really wash with me.

RadioRetro

constitutionus wrote: »

It's criminal you can't get his 90 s shows on DVDs.

There's this compilation available on DVD.

JonathanAnon

Sergeant wrote: »

I find Burgess very hard to take .... He was one of the people continuously talking up the property market during the 'Celtic Tiger',

Was he, I cant remember him being that prominent.. Not in the same way as Jim Power, Brendan Keenan, Austin Hughes etc.. I agree with Burgess completely though.. Any "debt forgiveness" (or whatever you want to call it) should not facilitate rich people staying in huge houses... If they are not able to afford the mortgage, then they should trade down to something more manageable.. This will reduce other overheads like property tax, lighting/heating as well..

Like Brendan said to Caroline Lennon-Nally the other night.. If the price of her house had kept going up she wouldnt be trying to socialise the profit, so why should she be allowed to socialize the debt? She is essentially strategically defaulting because she thinks it's all very unfair on her, and aligning herself with genuinely sad cases to get the same deal as them... She keeps claiming "I'm an intelligent woman", yet does not want to be responsible for a deal that she (being intelligent) signed up to, but instead wants me (who she would not see as intelligent as herself) to pay for it instead... even though I didnt buy because I suspected that houses were hugely overvalued and a crash was imminent... But I guess that's her public service mentality, 'I made the decision but I'm not responsible for it'.

Doodah7

Sergeant wrote: »

I find Burgess very hard to take seriously. He was one of the people continuously talking up the property market during the 'Celtic Tiger', and his road to Damascus conversion doesn't really wash with me.

Complete garbage. In fact on the bulletin board website he runs, the discussion of property prices has always been prohibited - in the good times and bad...

yosser hughes

tallpaul wrote: »

Complete garbage. In fact on the bulletin board website he runs, the discussion of property prices has always been prohibited - in the good times and bad...

Well he banned people,including myself who tried to sound warnings about the bubble. He allowed complete buffoons away with talking it up.

However on this issue he is absolutely correct.

edit: I disagree on Aíne Lawlor, I can't stand her. People seem to like her voice and mistake that for actual substance. She's as lightweight as Clare Byrne.

A P

I agree with Burgess on the debt-forgiveness, but here's a horror-show from 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2q7bBVAo74

HeidiHeidi

A P wrote: »

I agree with Burgess on the debt-forgiveness, but here's a horror-show from 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2q7bBVAo74

:eek:

yosser hughes

A P wrote: »

I agree with Burgess on the debt-forgiveness, but here's a horror-show from 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2q7bBVAo74

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7inIiXeROpU

Try this one for size! Brendan Keenan,is still well paid in the Independent and is regularly asked on to RTE panels and asked his opinion.Jim Power too although he has at least admitted he was wrong unlike Austin Hughes, Dan McLaughlin,etc.
The media cheer leaders are as culpable as everyone else for the mess this country is in .

Brendan O'Connor who has no financial training whatsoever also was a massive cheerleader for Bertie, Fianna Fail and the property bubble. He is currently hosting his own show on RTE! Fianna Fail are topping the opinion polls.

JonathanAnon

A P wrote: »

I agree with Burgess on the debt-forgiveness, but here's a horror-show from 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2q7bBVAo74

Hadnt seen that.. Cant believe that he was so naive about how "well regulated" the banks were, shur he was taking cases in the late 1990s against Irish Nationwide for overcharging and all sorts of nefarious activities.. He must have been aware that they didnt have a computer system, how did he think that they were well run?

Callan57

yosser hughes wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7inIiXeROpU

Try this one for size! Brendan Keenan,is still well paid in the Independent and is regularly asked on to RTE panels and asked his opinion.Jim Power too although he has at least admitted he was wrong unlike Austin Hughes, Dan McLaughlin,etc.
The media cheer leaders are as culpable as everyone else for the mess this country is in .

Brendan O'Connor who has no financial training whatsoever also was a massive cheerleader for Bertie, Fianna Fail and the property bubble. He is currently hosting his own show on RTE! Fianna Fail are topping the opinion polls.

What's become of Dan? I remember when no news bulletin was complete without Dan's cheerful, smiling face & incisive observations :rolleyes::rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

So as well as paying Marian a fortune, they now have to pay Aíne golden time or green time to cover for the Queen on Paddy's Day... You really dont get much for your half million these days, do you.. How on earth can RTE allow this to continue, it makes the whole organisation look like a bunch of clowns..

Oh and with regard to Dan McLaughlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlZ6-8YTOwY

It seems he's still knocking about Callan. You'll notice that it was uploaded by the Bank Of Ireland..

JonathanAnon

I think it's a bit much of Diarmuid Ferriter writing off Ming Flanagan as being full of "pious rhetoric".. Flanagan has certainly made an unholy mess of this penalty points thing but he has shaken things up in Roscommon County Council they way that it needs to be shaken up in EVERY County Council.. And for that alone, he has contributed more than any of Ferriter's press reports on The Famine..

Callan57

Thanks for that JonathanAnon ... so glad Dan is till Chief Economist: makes me feel a whole lot better knowing someone with such an insightful read on the economy in his well paid position :rolleyes:

Infoanon

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I think it's a bit much of Diarmuid Ferriter writing off Ming Flanagan as being full of "pious rhetoric".. Flanagan has certainly made an unholy mess of this penalty points thing but he has shaken things up in Roscommon County Council they way that it needs to be shaken up in EVERY County Council.. And for that alone, he has contributed more than any of Ferriter's press reports on The Famine..

Another day and another hatchet job on Luke Ming Flanagan.......and once again Michael Lowrys and that 'phone call' gets completely ignored....

Turned off for the second half of the show - was Cyprus,Corporation tax rate and depositers mentioned at any stage ?

Thought todays show was poor - (g)emma Hussey certainly didn't bring anything to the table

Callan57

Infoanon wrote: »

Another day and another hatchet job on Luke Ming Flanagan.......and once again Michael Lowrys and that 'phone call' gets completely ignored....

Turned off for the second half of the show - was Cyprus,Corporation tax rate and depositers mentioned at any stage ?

Thought todays show was poor - (g)emma Hussey certainly didn't bring anything to the table

I can't abide Ming but there is something not quite right about a situation where the law does not apply across the board regardless of who you are. It must be a bit of a sickener for a guard to have issued penalty points to someone and then find them being deleted by a senior officer. There is very much the whiff of the golden circle about the whole thing, I just wish it was a TD with more credibility who had raised it.

Agree, today's show was a pathetic effort

Rebelheart

Words fail me:


Marian Finucane media firm posts €791,000 profit

"According to accounts recently filed by Finucane’s Montrose Services Ltd to the Companies Office, accumulated profits at the firm increased by €206,641 from €584,272 to €790,913 in the 12 months to the end of October 31st last.
The firm’s cash during the year increased by more than €100,000 from €201,192 to €307,047. The firm values Finucane’s image rights at €600,000."

Callan57

Rebelheart wrote: »

Words fail me:


Marian Finucane media firm posts €791,000 profit

"According to accounts recently filed by Finucane’s Montrose Services Ltd to the Companies Office, accumulated profits at the firm increased by €206,641 from €584,272 to €790,913 in the 12 months to the end of October 31st last.
The firm’s cash during the year increased by more than €100,000 from €201,192 to €307,047. The firm values Finucane’s image rights at €600,000."

To quote John McEnroe "You can't be serious"

michael999999

Rebelheart wrote: »

Words fail me:


Marian Finucane media firm posts €791,000 profit

"According to accounts recently filed by Finucane’s Montrose Services Ltd to the Companies Office, accumulated profits at the firm increased by €206,641 from €584,272 to €790,913 in the 12 months to the end of October 31st last.
The firm’s cash during the year increased by more than €100,000 from €201,192 to €307,047. The firm values Finucane’s image rights at €600,000."

Is this solely from payments from RTE?

JonathanAnon

Rebelheart wrote: »

"According to accounts recently filed by Finucane’s Montrose Services Ltd to the Companies Office, accumulated profits at the firm increased by €206,641 from €584,272 to €790,913 in the 12 months to the end of October 31st last.

You have to wonder how Marian has the brass neck to say "but we've suffered enough austerity" and "we cant take any more".. I can only assume that she is using "we" as a metaphor for "the plebs"..

RTE really need to grow a pair of balls.. They had something like a 16 million deficit last year.. She's a contractor and should have had her fees reduced hugely or not had her contract renewed. All the private stations are in trouble, none of them were ever gonna be able to make her a deal as good as that..

The firm values Finucane’s image rights at €600,000."

I can only assume this is because it is so difficult to catch a glimpse of her image around RTE..

Welsh Megaman

Wooo...fancy new intro music! Money well spent!

constitutionus

Jeeeeeeesus.

WTF is the point of this ?

Not helping that this blokes voice is like aurel prozac .

Get onto stuff that matters for gods sake . It's not like Cyprus might be using the pound on Tuesday or anything .

EDIT.

Uncle was taoiseach. So another Joe soap then . Jesus wept

RadioRetro

John Reynolds about to get the wrath of the masses about his head after lauding Maggie Thatcher as one of his "heroes".