Sean O'Rourke Today Show

touts

M'Lady O'Donnell gracing a GAA hall in rural Ireland with her dancing skills. I'm off to see what Pat is talking about.

CountyHurler

If a foreigner ever ask me "What did you mean when you said that guy is speaking absolute and complete b*ll*x", and I needed and example to demonstrate to him what I meant.... I would let him tune in to one of Marie Louise O'Donnell's reports.

my friend

Another jewel from Paddy O'Gorman

A Lady on disability borrowing €1500 from money lender and another €1500 from the CU to buy stuff for her 15 years old son for Christmas

Callan57

my friend wrote: »

Another jewel from Paddy O'Gorman

A Lady on disability borrowing €1500 from money lender and another €1500 from the CU to buy stuff for her 15 years old son for Christmas

I spoke with a lady over the weekend who is probably in the well over 100,000 annual salary & she told me her two boys will be getting one Santa gift between them. But then she's self employed so her boys aren't being reared with a monumental "sense of entitlement".

neris

Callan57 wrote: »

Ah that well know economic guru AGAIN ... Jim Power (is he camping in Donnybrook?)

I heard some of that segment and some of the stuff he said was alot more sensible then the tripe been spouted from the trade union rep who thinks the govt and private sector are there to heap blanket payrises on his members.

Lapin

Kevin Myers' words of complaint the last time he appeared on this programme appear to have paid dividend.

Looking forward to this book. I miss his regular columns in the Times and Indo.

CountyHurler

Jim Power on Economics, Marie Louise O'Donnell on dancing, and Fiona Looney on sport.... Well done RTE, well done...

Callan57

CountyHurler wrote: »

Jim Power on Economics, Marie Louise O'Donnell on dancing, and Fiona Looney on sport.... Well done RTE, well done...

Enough to send you back to bed for the week

Oops69

Callan57 wrote: »

I spoke with a lady over the weekend who is probably in the well over 100,000 annual salary & she told me her two boys will be getting one Santa gift between them. But then she's self employed so her boys aren't being reared with a monumental "sense of entitlement".

If that's true it's disgusiting , every child deserves an individual gift from Santa.

serfboard

Callan57 wrote: »

I spoke with a lady over the weekend who is probably in the well over 100,000 annual salary & she told me her two boys will be getting one Santa gift between them. But then she's self employed so her boys aren't being reared with a monumental "sense of entitlement".

Oh I see. So it's only those whose parents are on social welfare who have a "sense of entitlement" and not those whose parents are on six-figure salaries? :rolleyes:

Lapin

People on large salaries have earned their 'entitlement' and most likely worked bloody hard to acquire it.

Nody

//MOD

I don't know if it is the spirit of Christmas pasts that's haunting this forum lately but please stop the offtopic sliding and gliding on salaries and amount spent on christmas presents and what not.

//MOD

serfboard

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Oops69

Valerie cox , the roving squirrel reporter is a treasure to Rte , consummate professional over the years .

Oops69

Oops69 wrote: »

Valerie cox , the roving squirrel reporter is a treasure to Rte , consummate professional over the years .

Couldn't disagree more, causes me to lunge for the off button every time I hear her

Oops69

Deleted User wrote: »

Couldn't disagree more, causes me to lunge for the off button every time I hear her

Different strokes I suupose , Paddy O Gorman does the same to me , I'd say you love him

Oops69

Oops69 wrote: »

Different strokes I suupose , Paddy O Gorman does the same to me , I'd say you love him

Of course all just personal taste, but I do like him Paddy O'Gorman.

Was maybe a bit harsh on Valerie, as she comes across as a nice person, but can't imagine how she could be regarded as a "treasure".

artful_codger

And so concludes another run down of dysfunctional over breeding, under educated slobs with sob stories of alcoholism and the price of designer clothes.

Callan57

OMG what is he doing to poor Babe?

CountyHurler

"Damien is now on a better line"..

He took the thing off speaker phone, Sean..

CountyHurler

I was surprised to hear this referee guy coming out and admitting that he attempted to commit suicide.. He must not be reffing again, is he?

I think he was a bit naive, given that he was a GAA ref, having a public Twitter account and a public Facebook account. It's really just painting a target on your back...

touts

CountyHurler wrote: »

I was surprised to hear this referee guy coming out and admitting that he attempted to commit suicide.. He must not be reffing again, is he?

I think he was a bit naive, given that he was a GAA ref, having a public Twitter account and a public Facebook account. It's really just painting a target on your back...

I think anyone is entitled to a private life including being on Twitter and Facebook. He is naïve going onto this show seemingly without the GAA lined up to support him but he is not naïve for using social media just like everyone else.

touts

How can one judge decide to kick out every Go-Safe summons and evidence and another judge in the next county/town decide to accept the exact same summons and evidence. Surely justice should be implemented consistently and it should be determined by the law not the personal opinion of the judge.

CountyHurler

touts wrote: »

How can one judge decide to kick out every Go-Safe summons

These judges all have a very high opinion of their own opinion.. Did you hear the other judge saying "I'm not sure the DPP must have seen this".... Accusing your boss publicly of negligence. Where would you hear it except from the pompous, condescending judiciary.. They seem to be held is such high esteem that they can say what they want without anybody reprimanding them..

Meathlass

Anyone else think the delivery of some of these poems is over-wrought?

L1011

CountyHurler wrote: »

These judges all have a very high opinion of their own opinion.. Did you hear the other judge saying "I'm not sure the DPP must have seen this".... Accusing your boss publicly of negligence. Where would you hear it except from the pompous, condescending judiciary.. They seem to be held is such high esteem that they can say what they want without anybody reprimanding them..

The DPP isn't a Judge's boss nor should they ever consider them to be. If a judge considers the DPP to have not made their case they need to dismiss the case / acquit, end of story. That's why we have a judiciary.

Lapin

For a party that has serious and somewhat realistic ambitions to form a part of the next government, Sinn Fein are doing their best to blow themselves to smithereens.

hullaballoo

CountyHurler wrote: »

These judges all have a very high opinion of their own opinion.. Did you hear the other judge saying "I'm not sure the DPP must have seen this".... Accusing your boss publicly of negligence. Where would you hear it except from the pompous, condescending judiciary.. They seem to be held is such high esteem that they can say what they want without anybody reprimanding them..

This is absolute tripe of the highest order. Condemn the judiciary all you want but don't do it on a false premise.

Democracy requires an independent judiciary precisely so that the government of the day or other limbs of the State can't interfere with the justice system. Judges don't have a "boss" so that they cannot be influenced by external concerns when they're making their decisions. (This is why lawyers were going mad about the referendum on judge's pay - now, the government can influence judges with the threat of reducing their pay if they don't step into line with whatever agenda the party of the day has. Thanks to Shatter's propaganda and bunch of blind idiots, we now have a judiciary that's only partially independent of the government. Much like China.)

You're talking here about a couple of District Court judges who have decided that speed vans are not being operated lawfully. Their decisions aren't binding on any other court or judge, so all other District Court judges can make up their own minds. If the DPP wants to appeal the decision, they can do.

My own view is that outsourcing police work can't be lawful and I'm not surprised these judges have made such a stand.

As for judges being pompous and condescending, I'd suggest you take the time to go an visit the Four Courts any given day, pick a court and have a look at the day's proceedings before you make such baseless and idiotic accusations.

michael999999

Lapin wrote: »

For a party that has serious and somewhat realistic ambitions to form a part of the next government, Sinn Fein are doing their best to blow themselves to smithereens.

By showing up once more the brown envelope and self enriching politics of Fianna fail/ fine Gael. Fair play to them I say!

Sean o Rourke getting very narky with the Sinn Fein TD this morning. Maybe if the national broadcaster done there job over the years in highlighting the many frauds by FF/FG. We wouldn't need politicians using privilege to expose it!

who_ru

michael999999 wrote: »

By showing up once more the brown envelope and self enriching politics of Fianna fail/ fine Gael. Fair play to them I say!

Sean o Rourke getting very narky with the Sinn Fein TD this morning. Maybe if the national broadcaster done there job over the years in highlighting the many frauds by FF/FG. We wouldn't need politicians using privilege to expose it!

it's shoot the messenger time.

Callan57

Why didn't he ask that man how he would feel if the sister "he had the very frank discussion" with decided to work as a prostitue?

delaad

michael999999 wrote: »

By showing up once more the brown envelope and self enriching politics of Fianna fail/ fine Gael. Fair play to them I say!

Sean o Rourke getting very narky with the Sinn Fein TD this morning. Maybe if the national broadcaster done there job over the years in highlighting the many frauds by FF/FG. We wouldn't need politicians using privilege to expose it!

Not surprising really, as Sean is, imho, a 100% Establishment shill.

Callan57

That guy should just stop digging

HeidiHeidi

I was only half-listening to that PN interview - did he say at the end (before Seán seemed to cut him off unceremoniously) that he was caring for the dregs of society?

What a bizarre thing for a nurse to say.

Think I might have to listen back to that one properly.....

mikom

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I was only half-listening to that PN interview - did he say at the end (before Seán seemed to cut him off unceremoniously) that he was caring for the dregs of society?

What a bizarre thing for a nurse to say.

Think I might have to listen back to that one properly.....

You should listen back properly.
You will hear the nurse say that management told him he was caring for the dregs of society.

HeidiHeidi

mikom wrote: »

You should listen back properly.
You will hear the nurse say that management told him he was caring for the dregs of society.

Ah. OK, that's a different kettle of fish.

Will listen back later.

HeidiHeidi

John Creedon got to this fella a long time before MLOD - and did a far more interesting (IMO) interview with him!

Didn't have quite the same level of hyberbole/hysteria about it.

Oops69

This psychiatric nurses rep. Will have to resign.

CountyHurler

"I agree with outlawing prostitution for other people but not for mine. Mine are escorts"

CountyHurler

"We have a van that works in the Red Light District and I've worked in it."

The van or the Red Light District?

Callan57

Me thinks that lady doth protest too much

P. Breathnach

Sean's interview with David McWilliams was great. McWilliams is clearly unused to being met with a bit of scepticism, and started to flounder.

CountyHurler

Why do RTE continue to give this populist self publicist Brendan Ogle time on the airwaves..?

touts

Jasus Brendan Ogle is now leading the anti water charge campaign?? After being run out of both CIE and the ESB by the workers he claimed to represent wouldn't you think he would get the message that not even the socialists want his sort of radical socialism in this country.

Callan57

Do these protestors really believe that the guys & gals with the swimming pools, multiple power showers and BMW's to wash should get "free" water?

Representing working class people?????????? truly bizarre

Callan57

Bit silly calling for this man's resignation or the minister's ... neither of whom abused anyone. Easy way out for the abusers :mad:

neris

I dont drink. But i have a pint of Guinness. That crack cocaine obviously did a bit more damage then jimmy thought

Callan57

neris wrote: »

I dont drink. But i have a pint of Guinness. That crack cocaine obviously did a bit more damage then jimmy thought

Don't know about his snooker but it certainly took from his looks

touts

I know he went through hell to expose what went on in cycling but I can't help thinking Paul Kimmage gets very very very angry with everyone around him every time he speaks on this issue and needs to move on and leave it to other journalists for his own sake.

"Do you read anything Shane?? DO YOU??" He's basically shouting at the others now.

I'm in no way condoning doping in sport and it wouldn't at all surprise me if everything he is saying it true but one of these days he is going to have a stroke in a studio.

my friend

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Sean's interview with David McWilliams was great. McWilliams is clearly unused to being met with a bit of scepticism, and started to flounder.

What date was that please? Would like to review it..