Marian Finucane

michael999999

CountyHurler wrote: »

Brendan Keenan certainly could be accused of being a whistler blower... "The banks losses will be 5%".... And still introduced to us by RTE as an Economic expert....

Who is this guy with all the emotion of a sat nav?

And works for a media company that needed a 400 million debt write off!

Harry Angstrom

CountyHurler wrote: »

Brendan Keenan certainly could be accused of being a whistler blower... "The banks losses will be 5%".... And still introduced to us by RTE as an Economic expert....

Who is this guy with all the emotion of a sat nav?

All the experts are in this morning, we've even got expert businesswoman Jackie Lavin.

Sligo Quay

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I was hoping they'd spend a bit more time talking about Nulty and his "indiscretions". They moved on too quickly.

Well you see, it's done and dusted, Nulty has done the honourable thing and resigned, unlike most politicans, it's when they don't resigned, it festers and drags on and on, that tax cheat from Wexford should have done that long ago, Nulty a moment of madness, but he is paying for it now.

Harry Angstrom

Sligo Quay wrote: »

Well you see, it's done and dusted, Nulty has done the honourable thing and resigned, unlike most politicans, it's when they don't resigned, it festers and drags on and on, that tax cheat from Wexford should have done that long ago, Nulty a moment of madness, but he is paying for it now.

I'm not sure it was just one moment of madness though. Not according to some newspapers this morning.

CountyHurler

Sligo Quay wrote: »

Well you see, it's done and dusted, Nulty has done the honourable thing and resigned, unlike most politicans.

Apparently they tracked the GeoLocation of the messages sent to the girl, and the location showed up as being the Dáil.. then it was put to him that it was him sending the messages and he had no choice but to admit it... I have a feeling if it was Mick Wallace, that Marion and guests would still be talking about it in the second hour of the show.

dvcireland

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

All the experts are in this morning, we've even got expert businesswoman Jackie Lavin.

Marian: ".....can you get a hold of Eddie Hobbs ?...."

Researcher: ".....no, he's stranded in Cape Verde....."

Roger_007

Sligo Quay wrote: »

Well you see, it's done and dusted, Nulty has done the honourable thing and resigned, unlike most politicans, it's when they don't resigned, it festers and drags on and on, that tax cheat from Wexford should have done that long ago, Nulty a moment of madness, but he is paying for it now.

Agree. There is nothing more that can be said other than the usual ranting about social media being the cause of all undesirable behaviour.........as if everyone was perfectly behaved before Facebook/Twitter etc.!

Callan57

That pilot makes for interesting listening - amazing someone who actually knows what he's talking about

Roger_007

dvcireland wrote: »

Marian: ".....can you get a hold of Eddie Hobbs ?...."

Researcher: ".....no, he's stranded in Cape Verde....."

A rescue mission will have to be mounted!:eek:

CountyHurler

Roger_007 wrote: »

A rescue mission will have to be mounted!:eek:

We may prioritize our resources.. I'm pulling all the spotter planes off the search for MH370 and sending them looking for Eddie.

CountyHurler

Callan57 wrote: »

That pilot makes for interesting listening - amazing someone who actually knows what he's talking about

I wonder could we get him to sing a few bars of Dicey Riley before he flies away.

Sligo Quay

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I'm not sure it was just one moment of madness though. Not according to some newspapers this morning.

I absolutely agree, but he has resigned, that's why the Garda whistleblower controversy is still in the news after many weeks, because the persons concerned haven't resigned, the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice should have resigned, but they are still there and the controversy drags on.

my friend

Jaysus , Jackie and the histrionics .... Poor Bill

CountyHurler

The whole real estate sector is a seedy business... My old man went to bid on a property a while back at a local property auction... The minute he walked in to the place he spotted the professional shills... He started the bidding, then the choreographed bids pushed the price higher... There was a break in proceedings, so he took the opportunity to say goodbye to the shills and he (the only real bidder) drove away to leave them "fight it out" between themselves..

Roger_007

my friend wrote: »

Jaysus , Jackie and the histrionics .... Poor Bill

She hasn't a clue what she's talking about..........one of Ireland's leading businesswomen, eh. No wonder she got into trouble!

CountyHurler

my friend wrote: »

Jaysus , Jackie and the histrionics .... Poor Bill

As I heard her hysterics, I imagined Bill still lying in bed talking on the phone to someone saying "Why buy a dog and bark yourself"..

*disclaimer: this of course could not be the case as Bill will have been up since about 3am and have already done a 10k run and 1000 pressups*

Sligo Quay

CountyHurler wrote: »

I have a feeling if it was Mick Wallace, that Marion and guests would still be talking about it in the second hour of the show.

They certainly would, because Wallace hasn't the guts to resign, he should have resign when he was exposed as a tax cheat, if he did, he'd be history, that's my point.

Mr Pseudonym

Five Lamps wrote: »

All I'm hearing is begrudgery.

If you can deliver 350k listeners two mornings a week, you'll get a similar reward.

Clearly she is providing compelling radio listening for a big chunk of the listening nation and bringing in the advertisers that ultimately fund much of the less commercial and minority programming on RTE.

But, it's a prime slot which is likely to catch weekend travellers. €295k is patently inflated when you consider that Joe Duffy, whose show is the second most popular in the country and on five times per week, is paid €300k.

The long-running principal host of BBC Radio 4's Today show, John Humphrys, is paid €450k for 150 shows per year (6-9am). Today is the most listened to R4 show, and is a slicker and more engaging equivalent of Morning Ireland. It has a listenership of 7m+. One imagines, therefore, that Humphrys is one of the channel's best paid. Is Finucane's salary justifiable in comparison?

Harry Angstrom

"Southern Ireland" :rolleyes:

CountyHurler

So Keenan is quoting Morgan Kelly now... Give me strength...

CountyHurler

The gunmen shouted in a foreign language

"Tiocfaidh Ár Lá" ?

Roger_007

CountyHurler wrote: »

So Keenan is quoting Morgan Kelly now... Give me strength...

Hardly surprising given that there are only two people in the world who have the gift of infallibility........the Pope and Morgan Kelly.:rolleyes:



(P.S. I'm not even sure about the Pope)

my friend

Roger_007 wrote: »

She hasn't a clue what she's talking about..........one of Ireland's leading businesswomen, eh. No wonder she got into trouble!

Was thinking the same listening to her yabber about the property tax, if she has difficulties understanding LPT then anything beyond being a cashier would seem a reach

my friend

How are the 3 women shocked at what Cullen is saying about developing countries airlines?
Are they really so naive and surprisable?

Drama.

CountyHurler

"Autocratic Governments, when they have a serious problem, try to cover it up"...

Has Keenan even been listening to the Anglo trial at all ?

Harry Angstrom

This professor is like a broken record. "Power leads to increased testosterone..." yada yada yada.

Oops69

Nice objective and insightful view from the scot , is he a professor ??? And in an Irish university ??? ,god help us

my friend

Marian: 'tell us about Putin and how we might or might not handle him'

*Marian the over the hill part time radio show host

Harry Angstrom

They should replay the interview that Miriam O'Callaghan did with John Pilger this morning, instead of talking to this guy.

my friend

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

This professor is like a broken record. "Power leads to increased testosterone..." yada yada yada.

Prof sounds like a eunuch ... Might explain his circuitous interest in what a real man consists of.

Callan57

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

They should replay the interview that Miriam O'Callaghan did with John Pilger this morning, instead of talking to this guy.

It was superb - and thankfully Miriam omitted her usual silly/fatuous questions asked in a fake little girl voice & let him talk. An amazing man without doubt & boy do we need his "alternative analysis" nowadays.

CountyHurler

thewinnereffect.dot.com...

I dont think there's any chance that the server is gonna crash any time soon..

Harry Angstrom

I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when Gilmore had the Russian Ambassador in. I bet he went straight back to the embassy and had a great laugh about it

my friend

Are these idiots for real? They talk about the Europe response while that which they speak of was the US response, the real movers with respect to Europe in the Ukrainian issue are the Germans, not one of them mentioned the Germans not even the supposed expert professor

Once again our experts only understand that which they can read in English.

Low brow even in academia it's clear.

Oops69

Looks like the scot is trying to fit a theory to facts , classic scientific mistakes , when's his book out ?

CountyHurler

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when Gilmore had the Russian Ambassador in. I bet he went straight back to the embassy and had a great laugh about it

It's Labour's way or Moscow's way

CountyHurler

Ah yes, the ability of teenage children to teach themselves to use the web.. Thank you internet porn...

Evan DietrichSmith

my friend wrote: »

How are the 3 women shocked at what Cullen is saying about developing countries airlines?
Are they really so naive and surprisable?

Drama.

Struck me as well.

Marzie would have a bit of African flying experience I'm sure.

How she would not have been aware of those things is not credible.

Stick her on a 'Zambia wings' B727-100 to Kitwe and she'd be pretty well clued in.

Zambia wings*

Not a real airline.

Wulfie

Any idea who that indian guy was on that short clip? I want to hear more.

my friend

The guy from UCD must have spent Paddys day in the US

Harry Angstrom

Wulfie wrote: »

Any idea who that indian guy was on that short clip? I want to hear more.

Sugata Mitra

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud

CountyHurler

Wulfie wrote: »

Any idea who that indian guy was on that short clip? I want to hear more.

I did a google search for "used to work teaching computer programming left slum kids computer " and it came up with.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/schools-in-the-cloud-could-teach-children-to-teach-themselves-20130305-2fij2.html

Sugata Mitra

my friend

And she's out at 12:53

Wulfie

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Sugata Mitra

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud

Thank you very much.I was doing stuff and only caught part of the clip.I will listen to that later.

my friend

Spanky

That's Nultys name from here on.

CountyHurler

my friend wrote: »

And she's out at 12:53

And she even has a pilot on standby to fly her back to France.. I'd say he's taxi-ing the plane in the RTE car park as we speak.

CountyHurler

You know, now that I remember.. when I was passing past Nulty's office I hear this blaring out the window..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFSx9fE1qJ8

delaad

CountyHurler wrote: »

"Autocratic Governments, when they have a serious problem, try to cover it up"...

Has Keenan even been listening to the Anglo trial at all ?

He was part of the cover-up!

Yvonne23R

I wish Marian's troath wasn't always at her though. She's always sounding like she wants to have a good cough.

A.J.Plumb

Yvonne23R wrote: »

I wish Marian's troath wasn't always at her though. She's always sounding like she wants to have a good cough.

Her troath ? What part of her is that ?