Marian Finucane

Callan57

my friend wrote: »

Guess who isn't in Montrose today?

Well it is 7 weeks since Xmas - "because I'm worth it" due a break

CountyHurler

ESB Man:"My heart goes out to that woman"..

She doesnt want your heart, she wants a technician

Roger_007

Callan57 wrote: »

Well it is 7 weeks since Xmas - "because I'm worth it" due a break

Yea, wouldn't you be just worn out after 28 hrs work crammed into just 7 weeks.:rolleyes:

Bits_n_Bobs

Usual fawning interview. ESB your service is broke, you're charging people, go and fix it. You'd think they were a bloody charity providing a service for free rather than one of the most expensive providers in Europe.

mike65

Jasus keyboard warriors ahoy, the ESB have been set the biggest logistic challenge in its history, and I say that as no fan of theirs!

CountyHurler

Roger_007

Tricky area this where there is an intellectual disability. There is a fine line between the right to have a sexual relationship and being exploited or abused. There is no easy answer!

Callan57

Bits_n_Bobs wrote: »

Usual fawning interview. ESB your service is broke, you're charging people, go and fix it. You'd think they were a bloody charity providing a service for free rather than one of the most expensive providers in Europe.

Go have a look at some of the places they are working - ESB lines go across farmland, forestry & mountainous areas of the country that are never ever visited by the average person.
IMO they are doing trojan work & certainly deserve their pay far more than someone working 4 hours a week in a studio & a lot of the "hands on" guys are working for contractors so perhaps not all that well paid!
And NO I don't work for the ESB

my friend

ESB Networks really need to get a strong spokesperson that has the balls to tell the Whingey McWhiners of this nation to cop de fugg on

The workers may have lost a lot of goodwill due to Ogles antics but it's been restored over the last few weeks

I witnessed crews working in atrocious weather, rain and wind

RTE, Duffy, L'Oreal etc need to reconsider allowing every local cranky whine bag access to the airwaves

mikom

Callan57 wrote: »

Go have a look at some of the places they are working - ESB lines go across farmland, forestry & mountainous areas of the country that are never ever visited by the average person.

Cept perhaps Mountain Rescue, the volunteer service.

P. Breathnach

Maybe I missed stuff (certainly I missed anything on Liveline, because I don't listen to it) but I had an impression that many people coming on air to tell about the difficulties of being without power were very understanding of the scale of the problem and appreciated the heroic efforts of the crews working in difficult conditions in order to get them connected. The tone of the reports was restoring some of my faith in human nature.

Roger_007

These farmers who can't milk their cows really p1ss me off. Businesses which rely on having electricity all the time usually have a stand-by generator. What's wrong with farmers that they can't do that........or is it that they want yet another grant?

my friend

Roger_007 wrote: »

These farmers who can't milk their cows really p1ss me off. Businesses which rely on having electricity all the time usually have a stand-by generator. What's wrong with farmers that they can't do that........or is it that they want yet another grant?

Was thinking the same, fail to prepare, prepare.....

Farmer on Whineline beat all, lad in Tipp wanted to know why there hadn't been a specific storm warning for Tipp, thought it was a crank call, but no, he was also complaining about trees that fell on his land ..... Special people out there!

CountyHurler

"If politics is the art of the possible, then Labour was the specialist in doing the impossible"..

just not what any good at doing what they said they were going to do...

CountyHurler

They should consider putting music over the show any time Dave is on, or any time Aíne is laughing..

IvyTheTerrible

Roger_007 wrote: »

Tricky area this where there is an intellectual disability. There is a fine line between the right to have a sexual relationship and being exploited or abused. There is no easy answer!

You should watch the film Yo, tambien http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289449/. Really excellent film on the subject.

Harry Angstrom

Dave Fanning seems to revel in his ignorance. Annoying twit.

my friend

RIP and condolences to those affected by the death of a worker restoring storm damaged Eircom line services today

The Joe Duffy / Marian F Brigade of impatient foot stampers should be ashamed of their whinging.

CountyHurler

Does Ivana Bacik every describe any statement as anything other then "unfortunate"... mealy mouthed nonsense..

"Ring fencing the wagons" That's certainly a new metaphor to me.. :pac:

Roger_007

CountyHurler wrote: »

Does Ivana Bacik every describe any statement as anything other then "unfortunate"... mealy mouthed nonsense..

"Ring fencing the wagons" That's certainly a new metaphor to me.. :pac:

It's all "smoke and daggers".

CountyHurler

It's like funny friday in the studio today... i.e. not many funny jokes but a lot of laughing..

my friend

Who's the idiot in the studio that didn't get the subtle funny part of the McDonalds ad, ie: The joke in that ad was that the other lads were looking weirdly at the lad that said he waxed

Callan57

my friend wrote: »

Who's the idiot in the studio that didn't get the subtle funny part of the McDonalds ad, ie: The joke in that ad was that the other lads were looking weirdly at the lad that said he waxed

Not the target audience I guess

CountyHurler

my friend wrote: »

Who's the idiot in the studio that didn't get the subtle funny part of the McDonalds ad, ie: The joke in that ad was that the other lads were looking weirdly at the lad that said he waxed

Nora Owen... Yeah, she seemed to think that it was normalizing men waxing their chest, when in fact the joke was "look at this group of girly boys talking about waxing themselves."... It was more reinforcing of male stereotypes than adding anything new to the debate... much like those idiot guy, clever woman ads..

emo72

why does ivana bacik get airtime at all? who does she represent?

my friend

emo72 wrote: »

why does ivana bacik get airtime at all? who does she represent?

She represents Labours attempt to strangle and force feed the smart electorate that Labour social engineers deem stupid.

She has consistently been rejected by the electorate yet she is continually foisted upon us

Labour think it's the 'tough decisions' that will hurt them in upcoming elections, fact is it's their social engineering experiments that will actually hurt them

Evan DietrichSmith

my friend wrote: »

She represents Labours attempt to strangle and force feed the smart electorate that Labour social engineers deem stupid.

She has consistently been rejected by the electorate yet she is continually foisted upon us

Labour think it's the 'tough decisions' that will hurt them in upcoming elections, fact is it's their social engineering experiments that will actually hurt them

Very very simple, she is not a Labour person.

She is a radical who hitched herself to Labour and quite frankly the electorate saw through that like a clear pane of glass- many many times.

It's great, to be honest ,to see that mouthpieces can't bully their way into Leinster house.

Callan57

Breda O'Brien of IONA - that's me out of here

Harry Angstrom

We've heard plenty of Panti over the past few weeks. It's only fair that Breda O'Brien has her right to reply.

Roger_007

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

We've heard plenty of Panti over the past few weeks. It's only fair that Breda O'Brien has her right to reply.

Breda O'Brien is complaining about the airtime given to Panti. She does not seem to appreciate that she has had 10 times more airtime and page spaceto spout her intolerant views than ever Panti had.
"Mammy are we in danger..........". FFs:mad:

Oops69

Marian hit the nail on the head for once

Roger_007

Oops69 wrote: »

Marian hit the nail on the head for once

Agree. Breda hasn't a leg to stand on. She is, in fact, arguing against adoption in any circumstances. She is the pitts........!

Oops69

She's showing her true colours now , homophobe was probably the mildest category she could be put in to.

Oops69

Breda is just proving panti's point over and over again, keep going Breda , when you're finished digging your hating hole , throw the shovel up for the rest of your freak friends in the institute .

iwantmydinner

MORE airtime for that wagon?!

Roger_007

Breda was fat as a teenager!..........well that hasn't changed!

WinnyThePoo

Was shocked at her adoption story..

"Mom why would you give me away"

Lapin

iwantmydinner wrote: »

MORE airtime for that wagon?!

She's only on for 4 hours a week.

(On the weekends she turns up).

Roger_007

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

Was shocked at her adoption story..

"Mom why would you give me away"

I knew she was anti gay marriage, but I never realised she was anti adoption as well! I'm looking forward to her explaining that away!
At least everyone can now see just how intolerant she really is.:eek:

Lapin

What the hell is Charlie Bird prattling on about ?

Callan57

Not easy to shut Charlie up - just pull the plug Marian

I'm thinking of starting a campaign to replace the Angelus with Sean O'Rourke's watch :)

Oops69

Brent doing a half hearted attempt at being an Irish supporter , the things people have to do for a few bob !

Lapin

Margie - "Lets go live to Twickenham and talk to Brent Pope. What's the atmosphere like over there Brent?"

Popey - "I'm in the studio here Marian. Next door to you."

honeybear

Oops69 wrote: »

Brent doing a half hearted attempt at being an Irish supporter , the things people have to do for a few bob !

Have to say, any time that I've heard Brent talking he is very pro Ireland. Brent fan here.

Xenophile

Pity that Breda opposes Ireland taking it's place among the progressive nations of the world. Maybe she would be more comfortable living and being a Patron in an institute patronised in Putin's Russia!

Lapin

Popey is one of the good guys.

I always liked the man.

honeybear

Marion finished show in record time today (1:50). Wonder whether she's going to the rugby.

Harry Angstrom

honeybear wrote: »

Marion finished show in record time today (1:50). Wonder whether she's going to the rugby.

Marian's current location...

hotmail.com

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

We've heard plenty of Panti over the past few weeks. It's only fair that Breda O'Brien has her right to reply.

We've been hearing from Breda and the Iona for years now.

Breda and the Iona were offered a right of reply after Rory's interview and declined it and instead threatened to sue.

Not only that, but they refused to take part in the homophobia debate on The Saturday Night Show.

CountyHurler

Sounds like yesterday's show was fun.. I may listen back..

I think that Former Fianna Fáil candidate Noel Whelan should be announced as such if they are all putting their cards on the table..