Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 **Mod Warning post 1, 1263, 1610**

Mr Whom

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

There is no meaningful substance whatsoever to the embarrassing diddly Oirish cringe that briefly turned a village into a cheap theme park. One fella milked his tenuous link to Obama for all it was worth and he got all the cream. I passed through Moneygall myself last summer out of curiosity. The place is stone dead, a ghost town as you say, all that was missing was the tumbleweed.

Poor fookers have been bypassed years ago

Del.Monte

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

There is no meaningful substance whatsoever to the embarrassing diddly Oirish cringe that briefly turned a village into a cheap theme park. One fella milked his tenuous link to Obama for all it was worth and he got all the cream. I passed through Moneygall myself last summer out of curiosity. The place is stone dead, a ghost town as you say, all that was missing was the tumbleweed.

What about the Barack Obama Plaza? http://barackobamaplaza.ie

sligojoek

I'm originally from Toomevara, The next village to Monegal on the old N7. Even when the Dublin Limerick traffic was going through it, it had nothing going for it. I went out there for a few pints 5 years ago and the place was buzzing after Obamas visit. Bus tours and stag parties, etc. I was there two weeks ago and as someone said above, "Tumbleweed".
Pity as there are some wonderful people living there.

Jimmy Garlic

Del.Monte wrote: »

What about the Barack Obama Plaza? http://barackobamaplaza.ie

Ironically the glorified petrol station most likely sucked what life was left out of the family owned businesses in Moneygall, guaranteeing that the village would have no passing trade whatsoever. Some minimum wage dead end jobs in a chipper and a Spar, and that's about the sum of it.

Harry Angstrom

These places all have a finite financial existence. I doubt anybody goes to Ballyporeen any more because of its association with Ronald Regan - similarly New Ross with the Kennedy connection. The inhabitants make a few quid for a few years but the bandwagon moves swiftly on.

Jimmy Garlic

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

The inhabitants make a few quid for a few years but the bandwagon moves swiftly on.

It's usually one or two self appointed local chiefs that cash in.

TheHomeService

BAI hearing adjudication being read out.

Harry Angstrom

Great stuff.

constitutionus

ha ha ha ha ha.

SEPT 23 1989

getting his paw slapped

sligojoek

Not a word about it when he comes on.

liam7831

Ah jaasus not another one

Odyssey 2005

Does the thick even know ?.
He lives in fukin La La Land

Odyssey 2005

TheHomeService wrote: »

BAI hearing adjudication being read out.

By a computer generated voice

sligojoek

Chocolate biscuits? Ah now , Ray

Atlantic Dawn

How come he doesn't read it out himself, instead some stooge does?

constitutionus

sligojoek wrote: »

Not a word about it when he comes on.

yup.

should be a prerequiset that the fecker has to read it out himself to put manners on the fool.

lovelythings

lovelythingstobuy.com

liam7831

He is definitely over compensating on his happiness today as if to say it does not bother him so must do a lot

Odyssey 2005

This is brilliant....PORRIDGE

Mena Mitty

'Be still my beating heart' yeah right. Be still my beating jocks morelike.

Red Kev

What was the apology about? Abortion?

sligojoek

The porridge eating championship.

Can I complain that nobody from the anti-porridge lobby was on?

constitutionus

porridge eating competion.

is the man mentally ill or something?

i thought you lads were messing about such stuff !

razorblunt

Free Porridge across the Nation!

Right2Write

I intensely dislike the tactics of these 'prolife' groups trying to skew, distort and silence media coverage of abortion issues. Self appointed moral guardians, the valley of the squinting windows.

sligojoek

Porridge with an egg on top.

Double Bingo

wnolan1992

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

How come he doesn't read it out himself, instead some stooge does?

Pretty standard tbh. By getting someone else to do it, it distances it from actual show. You'll get a lot of people who'll only half listen because they'll be like "Oh, just another ad, show hasn't started yet."

It's a good tactic to be fair.

constitutionus

TRUMP time.

:D

now i wonder how this will work out ?

Red Kev

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

How come he doesn't read it out himself, instead some stooge does?

It's been done a couple of times, but it's usually along the line of

"...eh..somebody just handed me...this..eh... no idea what it is...eh...I've been told to read it *sigh...eh..on behalf of RTE...we ...eh? ehat'd this word? apolo...apology...?? ...aplogise ..*sigh, harrumph...eh............for..what the hell is this?...nothing to do with me...anyway...apologise for an interview on July 23rd last...was I even here?...eh...."

(and so on and so forth)

Well that used to be the Joe Duffy special on it, heard Ray throwing a similar tantrum on Today FM as well back in the day. They get an intern/stooge/lackey to do it, so they can claim in future (very indignantly) that they never apologised for what they did, as it was never wrong in the first place as they are always right..[and so on].