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Lottie Ryan

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    #482
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    Ahwell wrote: »
    Nephew of a former chair of the Radio Éireann Authority, Eamonn Andrews. Who was also Gerry's Godfather.

    I don't think Eamonn Andrews was a direct "Uncle" to both Gerry and Mike Ryan, but yes a Godfather to Gerry.

    https://www.limerickpost.ie/2010/04/30/bourke-mourns-first-cousin-gerry-ryan/


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    #483
    Ahwell
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    I don't think Eamonn Andrews was a direct "Uncle" to both Gerry and Mike Ryan, but yes a Godfather to Gerry.

    https://www.limerickpost.ie/2010/04/30/bourke-mourns-first-cousin-gerry-ryan/

    Their mother's sister was married to Eamonn Andrews.


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    #484
    Elmo
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    Ahwell wrote: »
    Their mother's sister was married to Eamonn Andrews.

    Eamonn Andrews was only in RTÉ for a few years when it first started. By the time Gerry was on Radio 2, he was presenting This is Your Life on ITV.


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    #485
    Wanderer2010
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    Lottie has a job for life in radio. Strange how so many of her co workers have been shifted around to different slots or stations but never her, she seems to be the constant. She seems to have no ambition at all and is happy to stay in the one gig forever. Deep down she knows the only reason she has the job is because of who her father was. Cold hard fact.


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    #486
    Breaston Plants
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    Jaysus that voice/ accent can't be for real can it?


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    #487
    Moon_shoes
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    Too much focus on Lottie. How did Rick O'Shea and Will Leahy manage to be made full-time RTE employees, meaning they can't be got rid off until their 65th birthday? Both gentlemen have been unwanted since 2013 but since they are employees, they have to find something for them to do.


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    #488
    Elmo
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    Moon_shoes wrote: »
    Too much focus on Lottie. How did Rick O'Shea and Will Leahy manage to be made full-time RTE employees, meaning they can't be got rid off until their 65th birthday? Both gentlemen have been unwanted since 2013 but since they are employees, they have to find something for them to do.

    Is Will Leahy not a practising Solicitors/Barrister.


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    #489
    Moon_shoes
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    Elmo wrote: »
    Is Will Leahy not a practising Solicitors/Barrister.

    Yes as well as being a full-time RTE employee


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    #490
    Shefwedfan
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    Moon_shoes wrote: »
    Too much focus on Lottie. How did Rick O'Shea and Will Leahy manage to be made full-time RTE employees, meaning they can't be got rid off until their 65th birthday? Both gentlemen have been unwanted since 2013 but since they are employees, they have to find something for them to do.


    It's a Lottie Ryan thread, if you want to discuss other presentors I would expect you can start a thread on them.


    Will Leahy was actually decent when he used to do the afternoon show. I found him better than most of the other wasters on RTE. I spent a lot of time on road up/down from Cork and he seemed to be on at the time when I was driving and he was better than anything else on at time on radio stations available


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    #491
    KevRossi
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    So I just tuned in to Lottie, more out of interest from reading this thread rather than interest in Radio 2 (their music isn't to my taste, which is fair enough).

    I heard her interview with the lady about the views, it was very poor. Way too quick, she has a tendency to almost shout questions rather than talk. Also twice she made the interview about herself; musing as to whether she should do the course and mentioning her fear of bees. That was in the space of about 120 seconds.

    Poor standard overall. If you listen to John Creedon, he's often talking to the microphone, he has nobody to interview, but he does it in a calm, reasoned, interesting way. If Lottie was new to the game, I'd be more forgiving and just say she has a lot to learn, but she's been around RTE for 7 years and has had plenty of time to listen to others and listen back to herself, analyse what she does right and what she does wrong. But she obviously hasn't bothered, too much time spent networking in the canteen, rather than trying to improve herself.

    She's not there on merit, that's for sure.


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    #492
    ButtersSuki
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    Moon_shoes wrote: »
    Too much focus on Lottie.

    Not enough actually. Lots of questions should be asked.

    Was there an open competition for any post you have held in RTE would be a good starting point, be that internally or externally?


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    #493
    Ahwell
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    Elmo wrote: »
    Eamonn Andrews was only in RTÉ for a few years when it first started.

    I know. Around the same time Ryan Tubridy's grandfather was the Chairman of the RTE Authority.


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    #494
    Gods Gift
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    Just a suggestion, but could they swap around George lee and Lottie. George could do the entertainment news and Lottie could tell us all how we’re all going to be boiling in our own piss come 2050.


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    #495
    Tork
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    If Lottie was good at her job, this thread wouldn't be still going nearly 7 years later. Her father wasn't to everyone's taste but I think most people would agree that he was a talented radio presenter who connected with a large audience. I don't think you'd hear many people complaining about Gerry's voice or his accent - two features of Lottie's radio style which seem to grate on many people. If you look across the water to the UK, you've got families like the Dimblebys and the Snows on the box for years. I'm sure there was nepotism at play with them but when they're good at what they do, it doesn't matter after a while. Lottie was handed a gilt-edged opportunity to make a career in radio for herself but it never took off. She has been passed over for numerous daytime shows, which tells you everything you need to know about how she's rated on the station. Imagine what a PR coup it would've been if she'd gone on to host her father's old morning show instead of Jennifer Zamparelli?


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    #496
    dxhound2005
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    It's only a few people having a moan and not even getting to 500 posts after 7 years. Liveline threads do 10,000 posts every few weeks.


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    #497
    PieOhMy
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    It's only a few people having a moan and not even getting to 500 posts after 7 years. Liveline threads do 10,000 posts every few weeks.

    What's your point?


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    #498
    radiotrickster
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    It's only a few people having a moan and not even getting to 500 posts after 7 years. Liveline threads do 10,000 posts every few weeks.

    You can’t expect a ton of posts regularly on an entertainment news reader. It’s only when she presents is there more to talk about really.


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    #499
    dxhound2005
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    There were zero posts on the thread between August 2014 and April 2019. Was she off the radio during all that time?


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    #500
    PieOhMy
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    There were zero posts on the thread between August 2014 and April 2019. Was she off the radio during all that time?

    Still dont get what the point you are trying to make is


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    #501
    tabby aspreme
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    Lottie's uncle also works in RTE Radio - Mike Ryan.

    I remember him doing a few programs years ago, total gobs#ite with a ridiculous false accent .


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    #502
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Tork wrote: »
    If Lottie was good at her job, this thread wouldn't be still going nearly 7 years later. Her father wasn't to everyone's taste but I think most people would agree that he was a talented radio presenter who connected with a large audience. I don't think you'd hear many people complaining about Gerry's voice or his accent - two features of Lottie's radio style which seem to grate on many people. If you look across the water to the UK, you've got families like the Dimblebys and the Snows on the box for years. I'm sure there was nepotism at play with them but when they're good at what they do, it doesn't matter after a while. Lottie was handed a gilt-edged opportunity to make a career in radio for herself but it never took off. She has been passed over for numerous daytime shows, which tells you everything you need to know about how she's rated on the station. Imagine what a PR coup it would've been if she'd gone on to host her father's old morning show instead of Jennifer Zamparelli?

    You would think she would get the hint that shes not rated at all within the station and move on. But she has it too cushy to leave. She only got the job because of her surname and she knows she isnt good enough to climb the ladder, hence all around her gets promoted and upgraded and shifted around and shes still rotting away in amateur slots. Its laughable to see her lack of ambition but i guess without the rte gig she has no publicity, no magazine interviews etc...


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    #503
    ButtersSuki
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    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    You would think she would get the hint that shes not rated at all within the station and move on. But she has it too cushy to leave. She only got the job because of her surname and she knows she isnt good enough to climb the ladder, hence all around her gets promoted and upgraded and shifted around and shes still rotting away in amateur slots. Its laughable to see her lack of ambition but i guess without the rte gig she has no publicity, no magazine interviews etc...

    It's fairly easy have a lack of ambition when you're probably getting 6 figures+ for a few hours work a week, as well as many sideline enrichment opportunities from photoshoots in magazines, public appearances etc.

    Golden Handcuffs.


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    #504
    KevRossi
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    If anybody questions the family name being responsible for where she is, just remember her sister's sing&dance group were given a slot on prime time TV to strut their stuff. Babbette appeared on Ray D'Arcy's show a couple of years back, but alas that wasn't enough to push her career up to that of Beyonce, Jay Z, Kim Kardashian etc. etc.

    We used to have a lot of talented musicians in this country, you could angle for a bit of TV publicity by getting a slot on the Late Late or similar and hope that that would get you the push you needed. Think of U2, Boomtown Rats, Undertones, Horslips, Something Happens, The Stunning.......

    That's mostly finished now, because if you're not some sort of bubblegum pop act where your earnings go into Louis Walsh's arse pocket, you don't matter. How the hell Babette Ryan managed to wangle a slot on a Saturday night chat show, I don't know ( :rolleyes: ), but again it wasn't down to talent.

    It's a kick in the teeth to anyone who tries to do their best in this country when someone from a family connection or an old boys club gets ahead of them, solely due to who they are and not how good they are at their job. It's been said before; if she was on private station, nobody would be bothered as that's their decision, but she's paid out of the public purse and it's just wrong.


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    #505
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    KevRossi wrote: »
    That's mostly finished now, because if you're not some sort of bubblegum pop act where your earnings go into Louis Walsh's arse pocket, you don't matter.

    Are you living in 2001 ?


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    Wanderer2010
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    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    It's fairly easy have a lack of ambition when you're probably getting 6 figures+ for a few hours work a week, as well as many sideline enrichment opportunities from photoshoots in magazines, public appearances etc.

    Golden Handcuffs.

    6+ figures?? Lotties salary is hardly at least 100k a year is it?


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    #507
    balliali
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    She should drop the Lottie. I presume Charlotte is her real name, much more pleasant sounding.
    ...presumed wrong.... his children were Lottie, Rex, Bonnie, Babette, and Elliot.


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    #508
    ButtersSuki
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    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    6+ figures?? Lotties salary is hardly at least 100k a year is it?

    I don't think Noel Kelly would be representing her for less than that tbh. Look at his client list

    https://www.nkmanagement.ie/

    Wouldn't be worth HIS while representing her if she's not.

    I'm speculating of course, but this is RTE - isn't the AVERAGE salary of all employees there 70k? She's there 7+ years at least, you really think she's on less than that? She'd have gotten 30K alone for Dancing With the Staff based on the figures in the papers.

    I'm not all that interested in the Top 10 earners in RTE info. when it comes out anymore, what I'd be far more intested in is seeing No.'s 11-500.


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    #509
    ford fiesta
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    Is Lottie Ryan full time RTE Staff?

    I get the impression that Dan Hegarty and Cormac Battle (and a few of the younger presenters who would work in RTE Sales or Multimedia such as Emma Power) are the only full time staff presenters on 2FM?


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    #510
    Tork
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    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    You would think she would get the hint that shes not rated at all within the station and move on. But she has it too cushy to leave. She only got the job because of her surname and she knows she isnt good enough to climb the ladder, hence all around her gets promoted and upgraded and shifted around and shes still rotting away in amateur slots. Its laughable to see her lack of ambition but i guess without the rte gig she has no publicity, no magazine interviews etc...

    She obviously has some people with clout looking out for her. I've no idea what she earns but the fault lies with the people who are continually renewing her contract and paying her well(?). It beats having a proper job, which is a nightmare scenario for many in the entertainment industry.


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    #511
    ButtersSuki
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    ford fiesta wrote: »
    Is Lottie Ryan full time RTE Staff?

    I get the impression that Dan Hegarty and Cormac Battle (and a few of the younger presenters who would work in RTE Sales or Multimedia such as Emma Power) are the only full time staff presenters on 2FM?

    She's likely a contractor given she's under Noel Kelly's wings. But a contractor would earn more than a salaried employee as well as getting the benefits that accrue to same - another reason I suspect she's on 6 figures.


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