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2smiggy

lambayire wrote: »

Where is he off to?

he made a few jokes (?) about working with the 2 Johnnies ? Who knows.

Not his greatest fan, too much local GAA type rubbish. Who knows if pushed or he went himself

ILikeBoats

Wasn't a fan myself

Homer

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Where's he off to?

98FM Sports Darren Cleary also finishing this week

I'm Darrennnn Cleeeaaarrrryyyy

If I never hear him do that again it will be too soon..

Snake Plisken

Sad to see Paul leaving I though he worked very well with Ian's show and way better then the likes of the bland Ritchie McCormack on Newstalk.

Rackard

Collins was terrible - probably the most clueless sports reporter around.

prunudo

Rackard wrote: »

Collins was terrible - probably the most clueless sports reporter around.

You've obviously never heard Alan Quinlan on Newstalk so.

Pussyhands

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Thank God. He's terrible. Been blocking genuinely talented and informed sports reporters from doing that slot for years.

Yes, doesn't have great diction for radio imo. Speaks like he has a blocked nose.

Pussyhands

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Where's he off to?

98FM Sports Darren Cleary also finishing this week

I'm Darrennnn Cleeeaaarrrryyyy

Fool just trying to make his own "thing" like Johnny Lyons.

Pussyhands

jvan wrote: »

You've obviously never heard Alan Quinlan on Newstalk so.

I lol'd one morning when I switched on newstalk and heard Alan Quinlan on about some other sports apart from rugby. Getting former pros of a sport and getting them to talk about other sports just seems wrong.

djemba djemba

Is Paul Collins the last of the original Today FM/Radio Ireland staff to leave.

BPKS

djemba djemba wrote: »

Is Paul Collins the last of the original Today FM/Radio Ireland staff to leave.

Would Phil Cawley have been there from the start?

razorblunt

He was actually awful to listen to with earphones in, he'd do this "nasally inhale" at the end of every sentence or two and once you notice it you always did.

I see he even committed to word "unrale" to his statement.


Seemed like a nice ol fella all the same though.

JoeA3

BPKS wrote: »

Would Phil Cawley have been there from the start?

Yep, Phil was there from day 1 afaik. So he's possibly the only one left.

2smiggy

sort of sudden for it to happen at 8.30 on a monday morning, hope nothing personally wrong because he does seem a very nice man

BPKS

I'd be shocked if he isnt replaced by a female.

buckfasterer

Oh no, Paul Collins is leaving. How will we ever know now what each county is called in Irish or that a manager is known as bainisteor.

Itssoeasy

One of the better things to happen to todayfm. I don't know how he stayed there so long. He's a sports reader who knows only about GAA(kind of) and never had any knowledge about other sports nor showed a desire to learn even the most basic things about other sports.

Rackard

jvan wrote: »

You've obviously never heard Alan Quinlan on Newstalk so.

At least Quinlan knows something about Rugby. Collins hasn't a clue about any sport, even GAA. A bluffer but fair play to him for carrying it on for so long.

JoeA3

Rackard wrote: »

At least Quinlan knows something about Rugby. Collins hasn't a clue about any sport, even GAA. A bluffer but fair play to him for carrying it on for so long.

Does he really need to be an expert though? Do the newsreaders know everything there is to know about every story they're reading from a script? No. Iano read out 2 or 3 texts from listeners. All of them said something along the lines of "sure, I know nothing about sport, but I'll miss hearing your voice Paul...".

Personally I'd prefer that over someone who's clearly biased towards one sport - i.e. Quinlan.

Rackard

JoeA3 wrote: »

Does he really need to be an expert though? Do the newsreaders know everything there is to know about every story they're reading from a script? No. Iano read out 2 or 3 texts from listeners. All of them said something along the lines of "sure, I know nothing about sport, but I'll miss hearing your voice Paul...".

Personally I'd prefer that over someone who's clearly biased towards one sport - i.e. Quinlan.

An expert? No. But know something about the job he's supposed to do.
Didn't even know or have interest in basic sports stuff.

BPKS

BPKS wrote: »

I'd be shocked if he isnt replaced by a female.

Anna Geary fighting with Doireann Gahirty furiously for their 15th career change/opportunity

prunudo

I don't really get the hate for Paul Collins, he never bothered me, plenty of others on Today Fm I'd ditch first. Wish him well in wherever he ends up.

LowOdour

Havent listened to todayfm breakfast shows in years. Am I right in saying Collins never done anything with OffTheBall.com like other former TodayFm presenters have e.g John Duggan,Phillip Egan etc?

Declan A Walsh

I must have first heard Paul Collins on Radio Ireland / Today FM during April 1997, about a month in from the launch of Radio Ireland. I'm not sure if he was there from the very beginning. Maybe someone could confirm when exactly he started there.

Since Declan Meehan was let go in June 2016, Phil Cawley has been the only music presenter from the Radio Ireland days and, indeed, from the very start of the station. With Paul Collins going, Phil Cawley will now be the only voice from the Radio Ireland days.

giveitholly

Anyone know where Michael McMullen went to when he left soccer Saturday a few years ago?

patrickc

giveitholly wrote: »

Anyone know where Michael McMullen went to when he left soccer Saturday a few years ago?

have heard him on tv3 doing a champions league thing

Brock Turnpike

giveitholly wrote: »

Anyone know where Michael McMullen went to when he left soccer Saturday a few years ago?

You mean Moichael McMullen?

_feedback_

giveitholly wrote: »

Anyone know where Michael McMullen went to when he left soccer Saturday a few years ago?

Regularly hear him on the snooker scene podcast with Dave Hendon, which would suggest to me that he's UK based and doing some form of snooker journalism, but not entirely sure!

BPKS

giveitholly wrote: »

Anyone know where Michael McMullen went to when he left soccer Saturday a few years ago?

Not like after Michael McMullen left, there was a Michelle McMullen reading the news.

I was always a bit suspicious of that.

threein99

Say Stuff That Suits the Music this morning was hilarious