Marian Finucane

JonathanAnon

Oh Breda, just go home before you embarrass yourself further..

Mearings

Because of his involvement in the inquest had the facts, he also remained calm & rational. Ms O'Brien was silly to argue.

JonathanAnon

Here's Declan Power now... Everybody put on your military jacket and head to the war room...

mike65

"I'm not sure who's coming and going but after the break..." a true professional!

Infoanon

Mearings wrote: »

Because of his involvement in the inquest had the facts, he also remained calm & rational. Ms O'Brien was silly to argue.

Bredas' 'people have told me' (Breda the teacher & Iona Institute member(Director?) Vs the expert Doctor with forensic knowledge of the case,

When I heard Marian reading out the guest list it was depressing to hear Breda O'Brien being named as a guest (no mention of allegiance to Iona).

Then I heard Peter Boylan being introduced to the debate and for the first time in a long time on the Marian show I knew there would be some balance.

I shudder at the thought that If Peter Boylan had not been on the show Breda would probably have got away with sprouting her nonsense and revisionalisms.

mikom

Iona Institute freaks spouting waffle and hearsay again.
Say two our fathers and a decade of the rosary in penance.

Callan57

I'd trust Dr Boylan with my life .... I wouldn't trust Brenda to clip my nails :eek:

JonathanAnon

Listened to the last bit of the show in the car... Had to laugh at Declan Power getting the Dr Boylan treatment from their American guest on the topic of the atomic bomb..

You'd half to laugh at Marian's assertion that she "spends all week reading the papers and researching the show".. It took her a full minute to list all of the contributing guests, researchers and other people who helped create the show..

delaad

Infoanon wrote: »

Bredas' 'people have told me' (Breda the teacher & Iona Institute member(Director?) Vs the expert Doctor with forensic knowledge of the case,

When I heard Marian reading out the guest list it was depressing to hear Breda O'Brien being named as a guest (no mention of allegiance to Iona).

Then I heard Peter Boylan being introduced to the debate and for the first time in a long time on the Marian show I knew there would be some balance.

I shudder at the thought that If Peter Boylan had not been on the show Breda would probably have got away with sprouting her nonsense and revisionalisms.

Was good radio ok

Callan57

Not often I say it but Mary Lou was outstanding this morning

P. Breathnach

Callan57 wrote: »

Not often I say it but Mary Lou was outstanding this morning

On Marian's programme on a Monday?

LordSutch

Outstanding to Sinn Fein supporters no doubt. Usually she bluffs & bashes her way through an interview by stating the bleedin obvious!
whilst gaining extra brownie points for 'the cause' from the young & gullible. Anyway, I presume we are talking about yesterdays show?

JonathanAnon

LordSutch wrote: »

whilst gaining extra brownie points for 'the cause' from the young & gullible. Anyway, I presume we are talking about yesterdays show?

No, today's Pat Kenny Show.. Posted on this thread by mistake I think.

Callan57

LordSutch wrote: »

Outstanding to Sinn Fein supporters no doubt. Usually she bluffs & bashes her way through an interview by stating the bleedin obvious!
whilst gaining extra brownie points for 'the cause' from the young & gullible. Anyway, I presume we are talking about yesterdays show?

My apologies should have been posting in Pat Kenny Show topic ... put it down to Monday morning or mayby just shock at being impressed by Mary Lou

Asbury Park

Marian has lost 73,000 listeners on a Sunday over the course of a year, and 27,000 on a Saturday. If that doesn't tell RTE management that she's becoming a liability, then I don't know what will. When her contract comes up for renewal, I think it should be goodbye Marian. 73,000 turned off by the turgid nonsense of her Sunday program "So Mr. or Ms. Overpaid, tell the little people out there how they should just be getting on with things"

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/listeners-increasingly-tuning-out-of-rt%C3%A9-s-weekend-radio-shows-1.1373198

Lady Chatterton

The Indo have carried a report on Marian's falling figures too. It's hardly surprising that she is losing listeners, she's away from her show far too often. I listen most Saturdays but I can't stand her Sunday gathering of retired politicians and civil servants so I avoid that at all costs.

Ms Finucane, who ranked third in the top 10 highest paid RTE presenters list in 2011 before her massive €491,770 pay packet was reduced to €295,000 this year, continues to lose listeners on both her Saturday and Sunday current-affairs shows, according to the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures released yesterday.

Her Sunday programme lost 14,000 listeners between this month and last January following a loss of 20,000 listeners on the same show between last October and January.

Her Saturday show is also down 5,000 listeners from January following a massive loss of 25,000 listeners between January and the previous October.

http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/rtes-golden-girls-losing-listeners-but-2fms-pulling-them-in-29223247.html

Callan57

Definitely the Sunday show must surely rank as the laziest production on Radio.

And as for Miriam Meets ... an hour of amazings, so sweets, so touchings & so emotionals etc etc. :eek:

That said I really enjoyed last Sundays show with Kevin McAleer & his wife but with Kevin there Miriam was entirely surplus.
Apologies for going off topic there.

tayto lover

Asbury Park wrote: »

Marian has lost 73,000 listeners on a Sunday over the course of a year, and 27,000 on a Saturday. If that doesn't tell RTE management that she's becoming a liability, then I don't know what will. When her contract comes up for renewal, I think it should be goodbye Marian. 73,000 turned off by the turgid nonsense of her Sunday program "So Mr. or Ms. Overpaid, tell the little people out there how they should just be getting on with things"

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/listeners-increasingly-tuning-out-of-rt%C3%A9-s-weekend-radio-shows-1.1373198

Cough, cough, splutter, splutter. butt-in, cut off the speaker at the important point.
Same old guests by and large who say the right things and don't rock the boat.

Any wonder people have stopped listening?

Lady Chatterton

Callan57 wrote: »

And as for Miriam Meets ... an hour of amazings, so sweets, so touchings & so emotionals etc etc. :eek:

Ah Callan, how could you forget 'gen-u-inely' :D

JonathanAnon

Great interview with Paul Kimmage.. I'd say Stephen Roche had the radio on, on the bike this morning.

mike65

She was about two weeks late to party - Newstalk had him on the 9-10 slot if I remember right.

take everything

Peter Matthews not making much sense this morning.

SEPT 23 1989

He is a bit shook after Dunphy went for him in the first minute

Infoanon

Is this the same Marian Finucane show who ignored the Michael Lowry tapes and now gives headline prominence to the labour TD tapes (which only confirm what we all knew) ??

Only 10 minutes spent on the economy.....

JonathanAnon

Maybe we could give the Bangladeshi's a few tips on regulation.. Maybe send out the guys in the council who oversaw Priory Hall?

JonathanAnon

The second half of Marian's show is a complete snoozefest...

constitutionus

if anything todays episode showed me just how much i miss dunphy on the radio. no matter what ya think of him he provided riviting radio. that was the first finucane show in ages to actually get a bit edgy.

me thinks marion just had her replacement on

Layinghen

Yes Eamon was on fire today:D

Infoanon

Layinghen wrote: »

Yes Eamon was on fire today:D

Disgaree on that - he was being sensationalist - would have been better staying quiet and letting Peter Matthews dig a very deep hole for himself.

As already said the second half of the show was a snoozefest - is the non-coverage of Irish stories the reaction to the week in politics starting on TV at 12 ? - if it is its fairly short sighted in my view.

And yes Marian did say 'things not looking good in Italy' completely unaware that the formation of a government had been agreed......if only there was a studio cam to see the contributors reaction !

Layinghen

Sorry what I meant by being on fire was that he livened up the programme. His style is combative to put it mildly and even though it wasn't great journalism at least for the first time in ages it was good to listen to.

Imhof Tank

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Great interview with Paul Kimmage.. I'd say Stephen Roche had the radio on, on the bike this morning.

It was different from the sort of piece Kimmage has done many times on OTB, but equally good.

He got very choked up at one point where he was asked what Roche's problem with the Rough Ride book was, given they had been childhood friends etc. Kimmage said something like "...... he thought I betrayed him ........", with a quiver in his voice then 5 seconds silence.

Marion did the right thing by just shutting up. It was powerfull radio.

TheSpeaker

constitutionus wrote: »

if anything todays episode showed me just how much i miss dunphy on the radio. no matter what ya think of him he provided riviting radio. that was the first finucane show in ages to actually get a bit edgy.

me thinks marion just had her replacement on

Was anyone else annoyed how he was off mic for a lot the time. His voice was lower than everyone else on the panel yet no effort seemed to be made to bring him closer to the mic.

Harry Angstrom

Dunphy is a breath of fresh air on the Marian Finucane Show. Whether or not you agree with him, he livens up an otherwise anodyne programme. I'd given up listening to Marian's Sunday morning show but I'd definitely be tuning in every week if Eamon Dunphy was on the panel.

Eunan Plumb

TheSpeaker wrote: »

Was anyone else annoyed how he was off mic for a lot the time. His voice was lower than everyone else on the panel yet no effort seemed to be made to bring him closer to the mic.

Would agree ...Dunphy is far superior

Roger_007

Just caught the last part of the Shay Healy tribute. I like Shay Healy but I absolutely hate these "tribute" shows. A lot of people telling totally uninteresting stories and pointless mutual backslapping. Everyone sounds so superficial. Also, you never hear any bad stuff even though there must be some; we all have our skeletons. Nobody could enjoy being the subject of one of these shows unless they are supremely egotistical.

Callan57

Roger_007 wrote: »

Just caught the last part of the Shay Healy tribute. I like Shay Healy but I absolutely hate these "tribute" shows. A lot of people telling totally uninteresting stories and pointless mutual backslapping. Everyone sounds so superficial. Also, you never hear any bad stuff even though there must be some; we all have our skeletons. Nobody could enjoy being the subject of one of these shows unless they are supremely egotistical.

Agree completly & I love Shay too but these shows are just embarrassing for everyone.

Enjoyed the Douglas Kennedy interview ... love his books.

JonathanAnon

Agree with the above.. I too, like Shay Healy, but all the backslapping and "you're a great lad" followed by "ah no, but you're a great lad as well" gets a bit nauseating after a while.. Shay looked really sick on the TV the last time I saw him.. Horrible affliction that has befallen him.

Callan57

Paul Williams is one painful self-publicist :eek:

Roger_007

Callan57 wrote: »

Paul Williams is one painful self-publicist :eek:

Yea, and he thinks its ok for guards to quash penalty points for their friends and neighbours and for himself, of course. He didn't explain how he got 10 penalty points. There is no single offence for which you can get that many points except drink driving. He worse that a self-publicist, he is a hypocrite.

Callan57

Gerald Keane is actually talking sense for once ... MLOD busy making sure she keeps her cushy little number.

Infoanon

Poor show today - when the reasoning for keeping the Seanad is that its a cultural institute you know you are in trouble......though at least avoiding the 'a' word

honeybear

another repeat of oliver callan clip from drivetime show. only a short clip but something new please ..........

Callan57

I don't think Callan Kicks is going to rock much ... where is The Savage Eye?:mad:

Roger_007

Col Tobin's play nominated for loads of awards but is closing after 2 weeks!. The reason being its a load of pretentious rubbish.

Callan57

Roger_007 wrote: »

Col Tobin's play nominated for loads of awards but is closing after 2 weeks!. The reason being its a load of pretentious rubbish.

I read the book which I really liked & it seems to me to be a very interesting & attractive take on the character of Mary - I'd imagine Fiona Shaw would be absolutely brilliant in the role.

Layinghen

Tuned out early today MLODs bickering with Gerald Keane was doing my head in.

Callan57

Layinghen wrote: »

Tuned out early today MLODs bickering with Gerald Keane was doing my head in.

Normally I can't take MLOD but she was somewhat subdued (for her) today .. perhaps Marion had her muzzled. She failed miserably when asked what she actually did in the Seanad though ... apparently she does what we all though she did - NOTHING

JonathanAnon

MLOD's argument for the Seanad were very feeble.. This whole argument that "we're there as quality assurance for any legislation being passed"... Of course she leaves out the fact that many of the members of the Seanad, including herself, are hand picked by the political parties. They have no objectivity, and are unlikely to say or do anything that would lose them their ticket on the gravy train..

I was very disappointed in Enda Kenny. He said he would give people a vote on the Seanad, and the first thing he did when he was elected Taoiseach was to give that foghorn a 70k job in there..

mattser

Callan57 wrote: »

I don't think Callan Kicks is going to rock much ... where is The Savage Eye?:mad:

Where it belongs. Consigned to history.

constitutionus

Roger_007 wrote: »

Yea, and he thinks its ok for guards to quash penalty points for their friends and neighbours and for himself, of course. He didn't explain how he got 10 penalty points. There is no single offence for which you can get that many points except drink driving. He worse that a self-publicist, he is a hypocrite.

Not to mention his entire career depends on leaks from the gardai.

Something which in and of itself is illegal .