Newstalk - Breakfast Show

Patrick2010

Had to switch off this morning with Cuddihy and Coleman in full virtue signal mode regarding asylum seekers, none of the usual apparently taking opposite sides on an arguement.
Cuddihy thought proposed spending of 320 million on direct provision centres didn't go far enough !. Tell that to people whose carers hours or special needs assistants have been cut due to lack of funding.
Someone texted in that there was a difference between asylum seekers and economic migrants but Coleman was having none of it.
"Who would we have staffing our hospitals if it wasn't for economic migrants", thereby putting an East African with no education or English arriving in the back of a lorry on the same level as an educated Filipino nurse who arrived through the legal channels.

meeeeh

Isn't it funny how people mention carers or homeless only in connection to migrants. Same people who are so worried about them when there is a discussion about migration will call carers or homeless entitled spungers in another thread.

I'm not denying there are issues with migration but stop insulting people's intelligence it's because you are worried about carers.

Patrick2010

meeeeh wrote: »

Isn't it funny how people mention carers or homeless only in connection to migrants. Same people who are so worried about them when there is a discussion about migration will call carers or homeless entitled spungers in another thread.

I'm not denying there are issues with migration but stop insulting people's intelligence it's because you are worried about carers.

Have not done this and tbh have never seen anyone call carers spongers. Unless I know otherwise I take posters posts in good faith

Dick_Swiveller

Patrick2010 wrote: »

Had to switch off this morning with Cuddihy and Coleman in full virtue signal mode regarding asylum seekers, none of the usual apparently taking opposite sides on an arguement.
Cuddihy thought proposed spending of 320 million on direct provision centres didn't go far enough !. Tell that to people whose carers hours or special needs assistants have been cut due to lack of funding.
Someone texted in that there was a difference between asylum seekers and economic migrants but Coleman was having none of it.
"Who would we have staffing our hospitals if it wasn't for economic migrants", thereby putting an East African with no education or English arriving in the back of a lorry on the same level as an educated Filipino nurse who arrived through the legal channels.

It's the predictability of it all that grates. Always the same narrative repeated ad nauseum, the same debunked talking points reaffirmed, the wishy washy approach adopted by Coleman. When Susan Keogh was in full scale virtue signalling mode last week in relation to Grealish's comments he cut a pathetic figure, barely challenging her in case he fell foul of the woke squad in Digges Lane.

Pathetic stuff.

plodder

Patrick2010 wrote: »

Had to switch off this morning with Cuddihy and Coleman in full virtue signal mode regarding asylum seekers, none of the usual apparently taking opposite sides on an arguement.
Cuddihy thought proposed spending of 320 million on direct provision centres didn't go far enough !. Tell that to people whose carers hours or special needs assistants have been cut due to lack of funding.

Didn't hear the piece, but I think the problem is that it's not a choice between spending on asylum seekers or SNA's. We have international obligations to look after asylum seekers when they show up here.

Someone texted in that there was a difference between asylum seekers and economic migrants but Coleman was having none of it.
"Who would we have staffing our hospitals if it wasn't for economic migrants", thereby putting an East African with no education or English arriving in the back of a lorry on the same level as an educated Filipino nurse who arrived through the legal channels.

Given the chance I think asylum seekers would be able to contribute, but I think the point is valid. If there was no difference between asylum seekers and legal migrants then why bother with a system of legal migration?

Technocentral

Open your ears and eyes for goodness sake! Sexual assault, Russia ties, Ukraine, wakeup man!!

Dick_Swiveller

Technocentral wrote: »

Open your ears and eyes for goodness sake! Sexual assault, Russia ties, Ukraine, wakeup man!!

Think you've got the wrong thread there, Tech.

BillyBird

Patrick2010 wrote: »

Cuddihy thought proposed spending of 320 million on direct provision centres didn't go far enough !. Tell that to people whose carers hours or special needs assistants have been cut due to lack of funding.

Were the carers hours and special needs assistants hours cut back due to funding?


We have all sorts of money for bank bailouts, horse racing and greyhounds, more tax free inheritance, fighting the EU so Apple can keep their taxes, unvouched TD & ministerial expenses, funding political parties, shaving a few minutes of a drive between two towns Mayo, paying carbon tax fines, RTE.


Why people are so ready to pit groups in need of help against each other while staying silent on money that is mostly going to the rich is beyond me.

jay0109

BillyBird wrote: »

Why people are so ready to pit groups in need of help against each other while staying silent on money that is mostly going to the rich is beyond me.

When one group have be shown to be absolute con artists using asylum as a route to gain entry to this country, when they would never stand a chance through going the legal route!

EmmetSpiceland

Lads, come on, there’s the “Current Affairs” forum for this sort of, vicious, nonsense.

jay0109

The Breakfast Show spent the morning bigging-up their exclusive and 'extraordinary' story about an Asylum Seeker here from Zimbabwe who 'smuggled' her 6yr old child into Ireland 3 weeks ago to join her.
The 'smuggling' involved taking a direct flight from Sth Africa into Dublin, probably with the Smuggler the Mother paid, and then the child was presented to the authorities at the airport while the Smuggler jumped back on the next flight home.

Hardly 'extraordinary'.

EmmetSpiceland

jay0109 wrote: »

The Breakfast Show spent the morning bigging-up their exclusive and 'extraordinary' story about an Asylum Seeker here from Zimbabwe who 'smuggled' her 6yr old child into Ireland 3 weeks ago to join her.
The 'smuggling' involved taking a direct flight from Sth Africa into Dublin, probably with the Smuggler the Mother paid, and then the child was presented to the authorities at the airport while the Smuggler jumped back on the next flight home.

Hardly 'extraordinary'.

The mother didn’t pay, her family did. She didn’t want him sent over as she thought it was too dangerous.

In the end he was at whatever risk she was at so they didn’t think there was any choice but to send him away. She wasn’t expecting it and only found out when she was phoned by the authorities.

jay0109

Ah come on, do you really believe that?

She's in for some surprise on xmas eve when the rest of the family arrive*

*I made that bit up...possibly!

EmmetSpiceland

jay0109 wrote: »

Ah come on, do you really believe that?

She's in for some surprise on xmas eve when the rest of the family arrive*

*I made that bit up...possibly!

It doesn’t matter what I believe, I’m just pointing out what she said.

The way you phased it, and you might well believe it, sounded like that’s how she said it happened but that’s not what she said.

Just working off what the lady said, nothing more.

Brock Turnpike

Callers on this morning in relation to the farmers protest and how it is impacting everyone this morning. Catriona in Ballsbridge went on a huge rant accusing the government of protecting the beef industry because of connections between the head of the beef industry and Simon Coveney.

The panic and scrambling from Coleman while she was ranting was spectacular.

PearlJ

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Callers on this morning in relation to the farmers protest and how it is impacting everyone this morning. Catriona in Ballsbridge went on a huge rant accusing the government of protecting the beef industry because of connections between the head of the beef industry and Simon Coveney.

The panic and scrambling from Coleman while she was ranting was spectacular.

It was excellent! The first time I actually enjoyed that God awful call in segment.

RINO87

First time listening today in quite a while, I tried Morning Ireland for a while (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz), but have since settled on Lyric in the mornings!

Today was funny hearing Coleman sweat, he didn't know what to say, was sh1tting his pants

....and then they went on to talk about pavlova or some such nonsense.

plodder

RINO87 wrote: »

First time listening today in quite a while, I tried Morning Ireland for a while (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz), but have since settled on Lyric in the mornings!

Today was funny hearing Coleman sweat, he didn't know what to say, was sh1tting his pants

That was funny all right. Not the response they were expecting from a 'Caitriona from Ballsbridge'.

....and then they went on to talk about pavlova or some such nonsense.

Yes, Andrea asked the woman what her favourite type was ..

Dick_Swiveller

Has this programme improved since Williams' departure?

I stayed with it for a while when Cuddihy came on board, but his banal, PC views (where do they get these people? Is there a cupboard full of them in Newstalk headquarters; when one of them leaves another one is rolled out with the exact same opinions) were a turn off.

I like Coleman but he seems to be getting weaselier (is that a word?) as he gets older; never really offering a concrete view on anything, always afraid to upset a certain interest group

I've been a radio junkie for as long as I remember but I find the programmes on offer these days to be generally awful.

Azatadine

No, it's actually, unbelievably, worse. Those two together are terrible.

tototoe

Dick_Swiveller wrote: »

Has this programme improved since Williams' departure?

I stayed with it for a while when Cuddihy came on board, but his banal, PC views (where do they get these people? Is there a cupboard full of them in Newstalk headquarters; when one of them leaves another one is rolled out with the exact same opinions) were a turn off.

I like Coleman but he seems to be getting weaselier (is that a word?) as he gets older; never really offering a concrete view on anything, always afraid to upset a certain interest group

I've been a radio junkie for as long as I remember but I find the programmes on offer these days to be generally awful.

It's as bad if.not.worse. it's like a daily lecture from these two.

ButtersSuki

First time in a while listening to "Quinny" this morning. Amongst the highlights were:

"they now have 8 wons in a row" (wins)
"which changed the complexity of the game" (complexion)

Coleman: Connacht were playing well, but they were outmuscled by Gloucester
Quinny: Yeah they were doing ok but then they were outmuscled by Gloucester


I've said it more than once, he's a joke. Completely out of his depth in what should be a p*ss easy segment reading results or offering some very topline "analysis" of the weekend's sport. The fact that it's a conversation with Coleman or Cuddihy rather than him doing it solo shows how bad he truly is.

Tim76

tototoe wrote: »

It's as bad if.not.worse. it's like a daily lecture from these two.

Coleman is a pontificating c*nt. He's always got a hair up his arse about something.

tototoe

ButtersSuki wrote: »

First time in a while listening to "Quinny" this morning. Amongst the highlights were:

"they now have 8 wons in a row" (wins)
"which changed the complexity of the game" (complexion)

Coleman: Connacht were playing well, but they were outmuscled by Gloucester
Quinny: Yeah they were doing ok but then they were outmuscled by Gloucester


I've said it more than once, he's a joke. Completely out of his depth in what should be a p*ss easy segment reading results or offering some very topline "analysis" of the weekend's sport. The fact that it's a conversation with Coleman or Cuddihy rather than him doing it solo shows how bad he truly is.

He's bad alright, but far from the worst thing about this show.

cutelad

Cuddihy is a total joke. A secret Green party lover..... His latest ban turf..... No solution to what replaces it..... Dear god

Dick_Swiveller

ButtersSuki wrote: »

First time in a while listening to "Quinny" this morning. Amongst the highlights were:

"they now have 8 wons in a row" (wins)
"which changed the complexity of the game" (complexion)

Coleman: Connacht were playing well, but they were outmuscled by Gloucester
Quinny: Yeah they were doing ok but then they were outmuscled by Gloucester


I've said it more than once, he's a joke. Completely out of his depth in what should be a p*ss easy segment reading results or offering some very topline "analysis" of the weekend's sport. The fact that it's a conversation with Coleman or Cuddihy rather than him doing it solo shows how bad he truly is.

I actually feel sorry for him. I tuned in the other day for the first time in a long time and he's still way out of his depth. It's obvious that he has absolutely no interest in any sport that isn't rugby.

Why do they make him give a monologue on the weekend's premier league action?

Are they trying to embarrass the poor lad?

Free Quinlan!

meeeeh

cutelad wrote: »

Cuddihy is a total joke. A secret Green party lover..... His latest ban turf..... No solution to what replaces it..... Dear god

Just about any cleaner energy source?

Professor Genius

What’s with Coleman’s puns? It’s not funny. It’s not ironic. It’s not so bad it’s funny. It’s just pointless and makes him look a fool

Azatadine

He is a fool, despite his opinion of himself.

BillyBird

meeeeh wrote: »

Just about any cleaner energy source?

Might not be as much an issue in the open country but Dublin and I resume any built up area is nuts with smoke in the air. Yesterday pretty bad given calmer day but that smoke isn't disappearing once it goes up the chimney.


And to hear TDs moan "what will people do" really grinds my gears - you're a TD, how about you do your job rather than looking to a radio presenter for answers.

Simmer down

The lads are thoroughly depressed this morning. It's hilarious. Go Boris!

NufcNavan

Simmer down wrote: »

The lads are thoroughly depressed this morning. It's hilarious. Go Boris!

They were trying to talk about anything bar the election. You'd be guaranteed wall to wall coverage if the result went another way. I had to switch over to Mourning Ireland to get any sort of decent coverage.

mr_edge_to_you

Really enjoyed this morning's show. They were talking about Christmas movies. They read out a text someone sent in about The Sound Of Music and I nearly pissed myself.

There was a couple of other comments which were funny too. I got a few laughs on the way to work!

ButtersSuki

Cuddihy was at his woke SJW PC libtard worst this morning when interviewing Niall Ring on the issue of commemorating the RIC and the Black and Tans.

Tuff Gong

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Cuddihy was at his woke SJW PC libtard worst this morning when interviewing Niall Ring on the issue of commemorating the RIC and the Black and Tans.

Thank fuk I don't tune in anymore. Couldn't take any more of their sh¡te. They used to put me in bad form listening to them on my way to work. Absolute muppets!

Tim76

Me: Surely things can't get worse after Paul Williams.

Newstalk: Hold my beer...

Phoebas

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Cuddihy was at his woke SJW PC libtard worst this morning when interviewing Niall Ring on the issue of commemorating the RIC and the Black and Tans.

Is 'woke SJW PC libtard' just a phrase you apply to people who you don't agree with?

Tuff Gong

Phoebas wrote: »

Is 'woke SJW PC libtard' just a phrase you apply to people who you don't agree with?

If you ever heard Cuddihy, then that would be the EXACT phrase to be applied.

Professor Genius

Phoebas wrote: »

Is 'woke SJW PC libtard' just a phrase you apply to people who you don't agree with?

It’s a phrase that generally applies to bedwetting cucks

Brock Turnpike

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Cuddihy was at his woke SJW PC libtard worst this morning when interviewing Niall Ring on the issue of commemorating the RIC and the Black and Tans.

I'll be honest... You using those type of words has you coming out of this sounding far worse than Cuddihy.

BillyBird

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Cuddihy was at his woke SJW PC libtard worst this morning when interviewing Niall Ring on the issue of commemorating the RIC and the Black and Tans.

That's how how these interviews work. Not much of an interview if it's just Cuddihy & Ring stroking themselves off to completion about how poor a decision this commemoration is. Cuddihy had to challenge Ring (who could have done better), otherwise what's the point?


(The commemoration is a poor idea, most people myself include seem to think so. I'd guess Cuddihy also thinks so.)

ButtersSuki wrote: »

woke SJW PC libtard

:rolleyes:

jay0109

Ring couldn't argue his way out of a wet paper bag. But Cuddihy was just being his usual snide 'I know better than you' self during the interview.
Terrible stuff on what should have a been an interesting debate

ButtersSuki

Phoebas wrote: »

Is 'woke SJW PC libtard' just a phrase you apply to people who you don't agree with?

Not at all. It's I suspect the first time I've ever used it in all of my 24,500+ posts in the Radio Forum. As predictable as your reply was I am surprised you left out "Ok boomer".

redmgar

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

I'll be honest... You using those type of words has you coming out of this sounding far worse than Cuddihy.

Its a result of watching far too many youtube videos.

ButtersSuki

BillyBird wrote: »

That's how how these interviews work. Not much of an interview if it's just Cuddihy & Ring stroking themselves off to completion about how poor a decision this commemoration is. Cuddihy had to challenge Ring (who could have done better), otherwise what's the point?


(The commemoration is a poor idea, most people myself include seem to think so. I'd guess Cuddihy also thinks so.)

Au contraire, Cuddihy was all for it. His portrayal of the RIC and the Black & Tans was of the jolly bobbies whistling their way around Ireland twirling their batons and saying "off to school with you, you rascals" type. Then he very snidely and curtly cut across Ring twice with "What about the atrocities the IRA committed?". Whataboutery at it's finest.

ButtersSuki

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

I'll be honest... You using those type of words has you coming out of this sounding far worse than Cuddihy.

In your opinion, perhaps.

ButtersSuki

3 weeks of no commentary on the Newstalk Breakfast page (which is more the norm than the exception these days) and the use of the phrase "woke SJW PC libtard" generates a slew of outrage and visits (some of the usual faces but many first timers - interesting, couldn't possibly be co-ordinated could it? :rolleyes:) from the.............well, fill in the blanks.

Phoebas

ButtersSuki wrote: »

3 weeks of no commentary on the Newstalk Breakfast page (which is more the norm than the exception these days) and the use of the phrase "woke SJW PC libtard" generates a slew of outrage and visits (some of the usual faces but many first timers - interesting, couldn't possibly be co-ordinated could it? :rolleyes:) from the.............well, fill in the blanks.

Yes, your ideas are a threat to us, so we organised a coordinated response.

BillyBird

ButtersSuki wrote: »

3 weeks of no commentary on the Newstalk Breakfast page (which is more the norm than the exception these days) and the use of the phrase "woke SJW PC libtard" generates a slew of outrage and visits (some of the usual faces but many first timers - interesting, couldn't possibly be co-ordinated could it? :rolleyes:) from the.............well, fill in the blanks.

Jaysus, you think a lot of yourself if you think anybody is coordinating a response to your posts.


You get pushback from me because I hate the idea of this American nonsense getting any foothold in Ireland. The yanks are welcome to it.

ButtersSuki

BillyBird wrote: »

Jaysus, you think a lot of yourself if you think anybody is coordinating a response to your posts.


You get pushback from me because I hate the idea of this American nonsense getting any foothold in Ireland. The yanks are welcome to it.

It's happened before - as verified by the mods actually.

Re. your second point, can you not see that's what I'm having a go at too?