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O'Gorman in Dungloe

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  • 31-08-2010 11:27am
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    Thumpette
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    Gawd, did anyone see this programme?

    I got to see it last night on realplayer- never seen the show in general before so maybe this is just his style.

    Overall I thought the people individually came across grand, (with the exception of the first eejit in the car) but oh dear what a gloomy picture was painted!

    Yeah there is high unemployment in Donegal- particularly in the West, and yes there are single lonely men, but there are also plently gainfully employed, well educated, happy familiy-ed people which seem to have been ignored in the favour of painting the particular picture he wanted.

    My dad was saying that it was discussed on shaun doherty and that some people were saying it might encourage tourism, but to be honest unless people are only interested in the many shots of pubs that were shown, and in being depressed to hell, I think it will cause more people to cancel their holidays than to book!

    Also, what he said to that poor alcocolic sitting outside Sweeneys hotel was a disgrace!


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    North_West_Art
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    I only heard about it couple of nights ago... apparently it looked as if he was going around depressing people with his angle of questioning. Its a new low level of dregs RTE have stooped to.

    There is a program broadcast once a week in up-state New York called out of Ireland. It does features on certain areas and towns of Ireland, the arts & theatre, history etc etc. RTE should have a look.

    It sounds like a similar program that used to be on UTV called McGilloway's Way, if anyone remembers it.


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    Thumpette
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    North_West_Art wrote: »
    I only heard about it couple of nights ago... apparently it looked as if he was going around depressing people with his angle of questioning. Its a new low level of dregs RTE have stooped to.

    .

    Yeah it definately had an agenda. My sister was telling me of a couple of other people he interviewed but didnt show in the programme, people who werent dependant on benefits and didnt have a tale of woe that sounded straight out of dickens.

    I thought the old man talking about his life in the tatty hoking and tunnels, and about sending money home was really interesting, but I just felt the whole show was completely unbalanced. If you are going to claim to show life in a town- show all of it- the good, the bad and the ugly.

    I think the only thing RTE have done of value programming wise is reeling in the years. More of that sort of thing!


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    mk2
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    http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1079408


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    North_West_Art
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    right... I just watched it and if anything, it puts any good work done by Bord Failte back about 100 years. It seems at one stage, as if he only talks to men, all of which are unemployed.
    He manages to convince the 3 old guys that being single at that stage of their life must be depressing; he looks as if he is trying to put the AA guy back on the booze after 19 years on the dry; and during the course of another interview, one old guy walks away, but O'Gorman follows him around the corner for another hummiliating cross examination...

    And RTE broadcast it...

    Considering the recent push to promote the county, with the Donegal expo in Dublin last May, the various Discover Donegal groups there are on Facebook, and the Taste of Donegal festival last weekend that attracted 30,000 people to Donegal Town... (the list goes on)
    you would think that the least our national broadcaster could do would be to give unemployment black-spots a boost by creating positive media presentations in a bid to attract visitors.

    At least they got a fine day for filming it.


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    fontanalis
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    North_West_Art wrote: »
    I only heard about it couple of nights ago... apparently it looked as if he was going around depressing people with his angle of questioning. Its a new low level of dregs RTE have stooped to.

    There is a program broadcast once a week in up-state New York called out of Ireland. It does features on certain areas and towns of Ireland, the arts & theatre, history etc etc. RTE should have a look.

    It sounds like a similar program that used to be on UTV called McGilloway's Way, if anyone remembers it.

    Somehow this show (haven't seen it) seems to lack the class of McGilloways shows.


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    GoldenGreen
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    watched this show a few weeks back but it was not the donegal one, it was from Gort (i think) and it was the same style, made Gort look like a depressing place and chatting to mostly old single men.


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    Thumpette
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    I agree completely.

    I would actually seriously consider writing a mail to RTE in complaint of my licence fee being used to make such horrendous and as was rightly pointed out anti-tourism programming.

    It would be great if we could get some more reaction on this thread to allow them to see the negative reaction towards this programme.


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    danjo
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    I would not get excited about it because this is O'Gorman's style.

    Most of his shows focus on people in hard times.

    I may be wrong but I seem to recall he may have had a difficult start in life....hence his focus.
    I would not see this as a poor reflection on Dungloe as the tenor would be the same in any Irish town.

    I did however object to his taunting of the man who had stopped drinking and attending AA. I thought that was very poor form if not downright stupidity. :mad:


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    ToniTuddle
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    Just after watching it.

    What the hell is wrong with him :mad:

    Yes these men are single....you have established that a serious amount of times! That part was quite cruel to watch. He was like trying to break them down.

    I don't even think he congratulated the AA dude on staying off the beer for 19 years instead talked in a manner that you really shouldn't in front of a recovering alcoholic.


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    North_West_Art
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    O'Gorman strives for a certain cheap controversy as flimsy subterfuge for his inability to either talk to, or interview people. This is where the license money is going folks... one of the reasons I haven't had a tv since 2003!


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    changes
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    Yeah i seen it too. I thought that o gorman was very poor, hard to listen to also. Pointless questioning and he appeared to be rubbing the AA guys nose in not being able to drink.... what a prat.

    Hopefully thats the last time he comes up to donegal.


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    ednwireland
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    shock, reporter wanders round small town during the day and finds noone to talk to who is in a job.

    thats cos they are all at work you fupping idiot

    ogorman is a tool how he manages to still get paid by rte i'll never know... mind that goes for a lot of them in rte.

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    donegalgirl28
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    Just watched this now. I'm from Dungloe and grew up there. Who the **** (excuse my language) does he think he is? He strolls up with his dog and in that stupid cream suit and hat of his when he's trying to understand small town life?

    Not to mention his patronising way of interviewing and rudeness. They way he spoke to that recovering alcoholic was dreadful, he goes "oooh when I finish work, I'm gonna have a pint", was absolutely shameful. I just hope the poor man didn't go home and have a pint after that ****ing interview.

    As for the lad in the car, well I was 17 when I got my car and my licence. Basically you do NEED a car living in Dungloe. There is barely any bus services to any of the main towns (Dohertys who run at 9.30am in the morning and return at 3.30pm in the afternoon (Swilly and McGeehan have withdrawn their services)) There is SFA for teenagers/young adults to do, hence they learn how to drive in order to get more freedom and be able to actually do something so yes, it becomes a way to socialise.

    The way he spoke to the 4 auld men was so condensing. So what if they're single, it's their choice. The way he went on and on about it, absolutely shocking.

    I am very embarrassed of this picture he painted of my hometown, he should have shown the culture side of Dungloe aka the history and the local festivals and "celebrities".

    God. O'Gorman is such a condensing fat man in a cream suit... actually no, sorry, he would probably correct me and say "actually it's ivory".

    :rolleyes:


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