Sean O'Rourke Today Show

Callan57

Is this lady for real they should have had "Carte blanche" ... that's my tax euro she's talking about :mad:

neris

Enda Kenny is the only person in the country with belief in John Tierney

touts

neris wrote: »

Enda Kenny is the only person in the country with belief in John Tierney

John Tierney seems to have a huge amount of belief in John Tierney.

Meathlass

Unreal sense of entitlement there from that Director. Pet kenneling and grocery shops for 'volunteers' is not appropriate.

Another example I'm afraid of poor governance in a publically funded body. Can the Directors be required to pay back any misspent funds?

Callan57

OMG 42 tablets a day - poor woman.
Who on earth could deny this poor woman her right to decide when she has had enough?

Bits_n_Bobs

Callan57 wrote: »

OMG 42 tablets a day - poor woman.
Who on earth could deny this poor woman her right to decide when she has had enough?

People who think the sky god would not approve?

CountyHurler

lol @ Oliver Callan and Irish Water..:pac:

CountyHurler

Uh oh.. The Sinn Fein mask is slipping again...

Harry Palmr

Shinners really need to take a deep breath and play a straight ball without this distraction and obfuscation.

neris

Shinner doing what shinners do best. Shout and deny

CountyHurler

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Shinners really need to take a deep breath and play a straight ball without this distraction and obfuscation.

Cormac O'Hara made a very good point last night.. the Sinn Fein line this week was "anybody who has been a victim of sexual abuse should go to the PSNI"... Yet only a few months ago they were discrediting the PSNI, and accusing them of being politically motivated when they arrested Gerry Adams ...



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zoobizoo

At least some priests spoke out against the church when the abuse scandal came out.......

I have yet to hear a local councillor come out and condemn the actions of the sf leadership.

Yakuza

All sorts of noises coming up in the broadcast (some kind of timer or message notification from a mobile?) coupled with SOR talking to (presumably) the producer on an open mike. He needs a shot of coffee or something!

CountyHurler

Yakuza wrote: »

He needs a shot of coffee or something!

It's a pity he doesnt work in Newstalk, cos Bobby Kerr is always hanging around outside the studio waiting for any opportunity to get on air..

Harry Angstrom

According to herself, Liz O'Donnell is "board-ready". It's a posher way of a FAS facilitator telling you you're "job-ready".

I hate the way that all these ex-PD's are crawling out of the woodwork again.

SEPT 23 1989

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

According to herself, Liz O'Donnell is "board-ready". It's a posher way of a FAS facilitator telling you you're "job-ready".

I hate the way that all these ex-PD's are crawling out of the woodwork again.

completely on top of her brief going by that interview:D

Callan57

Valid point Sean .. has anyone costed this plan?

neris

These 1916 leaders relatives are a bunch of self rightous twats. All about them & not about the country

Callan57

neris wrote: »

These 1916 leaders relatives are a bunch of self rightous twats. All about them & not about the country

It did sound a bit like ever blade of grass an 1916 fighter stood on needs to be preserved - at any cost.

My late Dad always said if everyone who claimed to be in the GPO had been there we'd have beaten the Brits hands down ... an awful lot of bandwagon jumping I'm afraid. :rolleyes:

Callan57

I'd hate to be dining in the company of these two ........... booooooooring!

honeybear

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

completely on top of her brief going by that interview:D

I agree. I was also taken aback by her salary (approx 11k, if I heard right) I thought that it would be more

Callan57

honeybear wrote: »

I agree. I was also taken aback by her salary (approx 11k, if I heard right) I thought that it would be more

Why would it be more ... not bad at all IMO for attending probably a half dozen meetings. Even Gay admitted it wasn't an arduous gig!

Oops69

This vet has a serious 'messiah ' complex , one of the most annoying people I've listened to on the radio all year , Keelin doesn't know when to END an item.......and now I've just heard his tv programme is called ' supervet ' !!

CountyHurler

Oops69 wrote: »

This vet has a serious 'messiah ' complex , one of the most annoying people I've listened to on the radio all year , Keelin doesn't know when to END an item.

I enjoyed his enthusiasm and genuine belief in the work that he does... As opposed to this hypocrite who earns over 100k a year a preaches socialism to us...

this section has the feel of some sort "right of reply" that they are affording Jack O'Connor because of something they have misquoted him on in a previous program..

Oops69

CountyHurler wrote: »

I enjoyed his enthusiasm and genuine belief in the work that he does... As opposed to this hypocrite who earns over 100k a year a preaches socialism to us...

I've just demoted the vet to 2nd most annoying when the hypocrite came on.

SEPT 23 1989

Comrade Jack wont have any problem paying

CountyHurler

Get your facts right John Halligan, Jack O'Connor did not say that SIPTU were not supporting the march.. He said that he was sitting squarely on the fence.. :pac:

CountyHurler

I have a friend who lives near that estate and he says that there is a lot more to that Waterford house protest than the D4 media would like to report....

SEPT 23 1989

CountyHurler wrote: »

I have a friend who lives near that estate and he says that there is a lot more to that Waterford house protest than the D4 media would like to report....

another Rotherham situation?

Callan57

CountyHurler wrote: »

I have a friend who lives near that estate and he says that there is a lot more to that Waterford house protest than the D4 media would like to report....

As we have seen it takes a hell of a lot to get Irish people onto the streets protesting so there must be more to this story & I for one would like to hear it.
Kneejerk namecalling is no substitute for ferriting out the actual facts

CountyHurler

Callan57 wrote: »

so there must be more to this story & I for one would like to hear it.

Well the story goes that the families have serious involvement in crime and causing absolute havoc... I remember back in the old days when your local Sinn Féin representative would have this thing sorted out very quickly..

Callan57

CountyHurler wrote: »

Well the story goes that the families have serious involvement in crime and causing absolute havoc... I remember back in the old days when your local Sinn Féin representative would have this thing sorted out very quickly..

CountyHurler

lol.. this is off the wall... :pac:

realdanbreen

Wouldn't be a fan of the Springs or Labour but he wiped the floor with Ming.

Callan57

OH wow ... best old style batting match.
More heat than light though :rolleyes:

SEPT 23 1989

Ryan lives in fantasy land

touts

realdanbreen wrote: »

Wouldn't be a fan of the Springs or Labour but he wiped the floor with Ming.

Ming is usually a much better performer but god he was rambling and incoherent today. It sounded like he has been enjoying the benefits of liberal Europe.

CountyHurler

Hasnt it been a great hour of arguing and bickering altogether...

touts

Straight after Spring slaughtered Ming, Colm McCarthy is now giving Eamon Ryan one hell of a beating on the economic costs of "green" energy. Today's show is a bit like Thunderdome. Two men enter! One man leaves!

CountyHurler

Anybody hear Eugene McGee saying "Lord Jesus Christ" under his breath as Sean was introducing the section

touts

CountyHurler wrote: »

Anybody hear Eugene McGee saying "Lord Jesus Christ" under his breath as Sean was introducing the section

He was probably telling Eamon Ryan to pull himself together and stop sobbing in the corner after the last segment.

Callan57

touts wrote: »

Ming is usually a much better performer but god he was rambling and incoherent today. It sounded like he has been enjoying the benefits of liberal Europe.

New baby keeping him up all night - sleep deprivation? :cool:

Lapin

Definitely not one of Ming's better performances.

Harry Angstrom

In fairness to Ming, this is an issue that personally affects him. It can't be much fun having a new-born baby and not being able to use tap water to clean him/her. It's hard not to blame him for getting a bit emotional, and his point about being told to "shut up" by one of Spring's party colleagues when trying to question John Tierney a few months back is absolutely spot on now.

zoobizoo

touts wrote: »

Ming is usually a much better performer but god he was rambling and incoherent today. It sounded like he has been enjoying the benefits of liberal Europe.

When I tuned in initially I thought it was just some outspoken old lady from the country who was on.

I was pretty surprised when I found out it was Ming.

padd b1975

touts wrote: »

Straight after Spring slaughtered Ming, Colm McCarthy is now giving Eamon Ryan one hell of a beating on the economic costs of "green" energy. Today's show is a bit like Thunderdome. Two men enter! One man leaves!

It was a good old fashioned filleting right enough, something Sean used to do regularly on The News at One, now sadly not so much....

His wishy-washy interview with Mary Coughlan a few months back being a classic example of this softer approach.

CountyHurler

I'd say Sean O'Rourke may feel more like bouncer by the end of this week's show..

CountyHurler

Why does this guy think that he's some sort of secret agent working for the CIA... He was a politician's lapdog..

Callan57

CountyHurler wrote: »

Why does this guy think that he's some sort of secret agent working for the CIA... He was a politician's lapdog..

Advisors that are "highly intelligent" & "whip smart" = arrogant knowalls seriously lacking is common sense.

I'd suggest to Enda that he show the door to these "whip smart" advisors & take in a couple of grass-root operators who have an ear to the ground & a handle on what the "man/woman in the street" is prepared to swallow.

Judgement Day

Poor old SO'R doesn't notice the humour in sending Edel Coffey out to do a report on coffee.