Marian Finucane

lufties

sudzs wrote: »

Is there no end to the recession misery discussion on RTE? It seems that every time I tune in there is moaning and groaning about how dire things are. I don't think it's helpful, in fact it is probably bringing down the mood of the nation. They are talking us all into depression. :rolleyes:

I agree with you, I was home recently for a visit and hardly wanted to get out of bed in the morning with the misery around.

Harry Angstrom

What happened to the film and TV preview? This travel thing is very boring.

mike65

More filler than Poly Fila

Callan57

I think the coverage of the Ryanair issue this week is very unfair. The company PR guy on with Matt Cooper yesterday as good as blamed the staff on the counter - no mention of the fact that, I am quite certain, the "staff on the counter" do not have the discretion to waive any charge.
Typical if it was good news it is all down to management but when its a bad news story blame the "staff on the counter" ... cowardly management but to be expected.

constitutionus

thats a very convoluted answer for the point that "there are pricks everywhere"

(on the double baptism issue)

Oops69

An invalid cardinal dealing with an invalid baptism?

constitutionus

oh i bet ford liked that one.

apparently a focus isnt good enough for our margie !

Callan57

constitutionus wrote: »

thats a very convoluted answer for the point that "there are pricks everywhere"

(on the double baptism issue)

Did you ever hear such a load of hogwash? I hope the Pope really does put an end to these "Orthodoxy snitches" sneakily sending complaints to HQ reminds me so much of Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia.
That's hardly surprising now I think of it! :rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

So George Lee thinks FG are a bunch of sneaks... I wonder is that him just waiting in the long grass for Enda Kenny.. If RTE are prepared to allow him to comment on Politics, they should at least give us the disclaimer that he was a FG member and left the party...

And the whole premise for the argument is that FG arent objective enough to lead an enquiry!! The irony..

JonathanAnon

Okay George you've won me back over by making my point about the civil servants.

JonathanAnon

Earnest & Young..

I lot of people make that mistake, both with the name and the inference.

Callan57

That is my long running complaint - why are the so-called "professional" auditors not being questioned. This is just ridiculous the same gang of wasters who produced glowing reports on Anglo and the other banks while they were going over the cliff are now going to do assessments of the loan books of these same bank and will be paid obscene amounts again. Is this some kind of a joke?
I wouldn't believe one word on any report these so called professionals produced much less invest my money on the basis of their works of fiction.

michael999999

Callan57 wrote: »

That is my long running complaint - why are the so-called "professional" auditors not being questioned. This is just ridiculous the same gang of wasters who produced glowing reports on Anglo and the other banks while they were going over the cliff are now going to do assessments of the loan books of these same bank and will be paid obscene amounts again. Is this some kind of a joke?
I wouldn't believe one word on any report these so called professionals produced much less invest my money on the basis of their works of fiction.

We don't do responsibilty in Ireland.

Marcusm

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Earnest & Young..

I lot of people make that mistake, both with the name and the inference.

Historically referred to in London as Ernst & Thug. It's all shortened to EY now though. My favourite is still Toilet & Douche. Price Whorehouse comes a close second.

Callan57

Marcusm wrote: »

Historically referred to in London as Ernst & Thug. It's all shortened to EY now though. My favourite is still Toilet & Douche. Price Whorehouse comes a close second.

Many a true word spoken in jest :mad:

mike65

She really is a lazy presenter, terrible interview about a serious matter. "Terrorist Incident for Idiots" level stuff.

JonathanAnon

Callan57 wrote: »

I wouldn't believe one word on any report these so called professionals produced much less invest my money on the basis of their works of fiction.

Dont worry, Sean Quinn is taking them for a billion...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/pwc-sued-for-1bn-by-quinn-insurance-over-negligence-1.1478425

Where's Declan Power when you need him.. He's probably over there, having stormed the shopping centre like Bruce Willis and clear out all the terrorists?
“Yippee ki-yay m*therf*cker”

JonathanAnon

Was John O'Mahony another one that took the pot of gold, and pulled up the ladder behind him? Like Pat Spillane?

Callan57

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Dont worry, Sean Quinn is taking them for a billion...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/pwc-sued-for-1bn-by-quinn-insurance-over-negligence-1.1478425

Where's Declan Power when you need him.. He's probably over there, having stormed the shopping centre like Bruce Willis and clear out all the terrorists?
“Yippee ki-yay m*therf*cker”

I'm no cheer leader for Mr Quinn but I do hope he cleans them out.:mad:

I have visions of Declan Power waking up from that dream :rolleyes:

JonathanAnon

"The Harrington Road Agreement"

No wonder Padraig's golf game has gone to hell, if he's been spending all his time working as a union negotiator..

constitutionus

question.

how many people in RTE were teachers in times gone by?

Callan57

There are people worse off than teachers .... now there's a statement of the blindingly obvious.

snubbleste

How do I get on that panel as snubbleste, a citizen ?
I'm sure I could waffle just as well

Oops69

That girl going on about the tickets really missed some one of her usual pills this morning , totally hysterical

Callan57

Oops69 wrote: »

That girl going on about the tickets really missed some one of her usual pills this morning , totally hysterical

Agree she's a bit hyper & the subject hardly deserves that level of hysteria

JonathanAnon

I teach a not for profit marketing class... :D

Oops69

Poor George is counting the minutes till he can get out given what he's been left surrounding him , the guys have humped off to the match

constitutionus

ha .

lads not going to be happy with george calling like it is on the latest growth figures.

ill be honest and say i dont belive em. i mean 0.4%. whats the fupping margin of error on any figures? usually about 1% or so, so its impossible to call it on such tight figues as that, yet were getting "good times are here again" off everyone in the media.

bare in mind we were supposed to be hitting 3% now.

Harry Angstrom

Oops69 wrote: »

That girl going on about the tickets really missed some one of her usual pills this morning , totally hysterical

For somebody who described herself as a huge GAA fan, she doesn't seem to have heard of the season ticket system which entitles dedicated fans to an All Ireland ticket if their team get to the final. Typical tabloid journo.

JonathanAnon

"some of those jobs may have been taken from people who emigrated"

That point was worthy of Liveline..

Rebelheart

I've heard it all now. Finucane, chief parasite of Irish radio, organising a gang against teachers who refuse to be glorified babysitters and who therefore opposed their conditions of employment being ravaged by the HRA.

My views on her salary as opposed to a teacher's salary are here in this thread nearly two years ago. Not a single person was brought on to the panel to defend the 'No' vote, even though that was the majority ASTI position. Why? Instead we are offered "what on earth were No voters thinking?" by the entire panel singing from the same hymnsheet. The ignorance, the tabloidism of it all.

And then Joe O'Toole followed all this up with a defence of the utterly pointless and elitist Seanad Éireann, from which he has received hundreds of thousands of euro in salary, expenses and pensions throughout the decades. Pass the bucket.

Heaven forfend that there could be any representative character to the make-up of a panel on the Marian Finucane show. She remains the most obnoxiously privileged individual on Irish radio by a long shot. Her conditions of employment are totally and utterly indefensible.

Callan57

JonathanAnon wrote: »

"some of those jobs may have been taken from people who emigrated"

That point was worthy of Liveline..

Worthy of Pudsy Ryan more like :rolleyes:

Harry Angstrom

I had to laugh at Joe O'Toole, a founder member of "Democracy" Matters, placing more store in a one in three minority in favour of retaining the Seanad, as opposed to more than one in two in favour of its abolition. Maybe that's the way "democracy" works in places like North Korea :rolleyes:

Infoanon

Callan57 wrote: »

I'm no cheer leader for Mr Quinn but I do hope he cleans them out.:mad:

'Them' is you and me ie the taxpayers.....

michael999999

Infoanon wrote: »

'Them' is you and me ie the taxpayers.....

I think he was referring to price waterhouse cooper!

Callan57

michael999999 wrote: »

I think he was referring to price waterhouse cooper!

Exactly - the great guys who produced the great works of fiction known as the Anglo Irish Bank Annual AUDITED accounts.

michael999999

Callan57 wrote: »

Exactly - the great guys who produced the great works of fiction known as the Anglo Irish Bank Annual AUDITED accounts.

There probably still doing work for the current Government!

Harry Angstrom

I was liking Sean Barrett until he tried to justify the Dail bar and politicians' perks :rolleyes:

stepinnman

Was Marion just accused of asking a 'lazy question' by Nidge?! Distinct feeling that didn't go down well...although it is of course spot on!

Oops69

An anti salt zealot chef ,nearly as bad as cute whoor Cavan chef , it's amazing he hasn't been flying down the road from black lion for his fee

Oops69

Where's cute whoor Cavan chef NEvan, he usually bombing down the road from black lion for his fee!

Layinghen

Marion seems to be scrapping the bottom of the barrel with her chef guest - an awful lot about nothing. As for your man at the moment, how many times can he say RTE without drawing a breath.

Harry Angstrom

Jim Lockhart seems to have a direct line to Marian's guest chair. I'm surprised his sidekick Dave Fanning isn't with him.

Oops69

Marion's guest budget must be running low , I wonder why , possibly because 99% of the shows budget is spent on someone's salary

Callan57

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I was liking Sean Barrett until he tried to justify the Dail bar and politicians' perks :rolleyes:

Mother of God what is it with men and their meetings? I'm on this committee and that committee and this sub-committe and this ad-hog group ... yea, yea but what did you ACTUALLY DO?

Sean Barrett this morning IMO gave a great insight into much that is wrong with the antiquated & obsolete Dail system. Such pomposity and pretentiousness!

His remarks on the "lapgate" incident were patronising and dismissive. As a woman who worked in an all male environment in the 1980s I too got the "sure it's only a joke" and "to work here you have to be able to take a bit of messing" ... thankfully Europe has now changed that attitude in workplaces all over the country but obviously not in our Parliament. IMO his attitude proves how unsuitable he is to be Ceann Comhairle.

His comments on the Dail bar made it sound like an 17th century Gentlemen's Club

No wonder women in the main don't want anything to do with this antiquated male creche. :mad:

One other point on his concern for poor TD's who might loose their seat & be deprived of their cushy number - he should have a good look around this country & see all the 40 & 50+ unemployed who through no fault of theirs lost their good jobs & may never work again & there is no golden parachute for them ... why should a TD be any different?. Marian should have picked him up on this but then she's hardly in a position to!

Oops69

Judge Catherine mc GUinness is beginning to put years on me ,going on like some elder stateswoman , were all supposed to be in awe when she opens her trap, time to retire now , you got your referendum commission gig , go away !

Callan57

Eamon Ryan again

JonathanAnon

"You have to think about the senators. For some of them it's their livelihood".

That's the sort of rubbish that we simply cannot afford any more. Public sector jobs that exist to give jobs to public servants, as opposed to actually serving any public purpose..

I, as a non member of Elite Ireland Inc, am only getting one opportunity to have a say in the Seanad, so I'm getting rid of it... After it's gone, all those people who were in favour of the Seanad can submit white papers for a proposed alternative second chamber. And then we can decide on what the function of such a chamber should be, who and how the people should be elected... Instead of just being satisfied with the current Seanad, just cos it already exists.

constitutionus

Callan57 wrote: »

Eamon Ryan again

fantastic ad for the yes side.

JonathanAnon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CCxv2ueiQ

I think Marian should have played the above clip before introducing this section with another rearview mirror expert.. Brendan Keenan predicted less that 5% losses in the banks... He's supposedly an expert economist and he got it hugely wrong, so him querying Brian Cowan's credbility is a bit fkn rich...