Liveline Thread from 14th March 2017

Donal55

pilly wrote: »

It's hard to believe that a newspaper article now can be based on a phone call to a radio show.

I mean that could be a totally made up story??

The Indo & journalism! LOL.
A contradiction in terms to be more precise.

Red Kev

The Indo lost all credibility years ago. Once the Irish Press was gone, it had no real competitor; the Irish Times is still considered too highbrow for many and the Examiner is considered too regional based.

The rise of the tabloids here over he past 20 years, took some of the readers from the Indo and to combat that, they decided to go downmarket. So we now have the biggest selling paper in the country being not much more than the equivalent of the Daily Mail in terms of journalistic quality. Sad really.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Won't matter to the Indo, all libel from anything dodgy will rest with RTÉ as the original broadcaster.

Nope. Repeating a defamatory remark is still defamation, so they can be sued as well if they repeat it and it isn't true.

pilly

Red Kev wrote:

Nope. Repeating a defamatory remark is still defamation, so they can be sued as well if they repeat it and it isn't true.

I thought that. And RTE are not actually broadcasting it as fact if it's just a conversation.

Red Kev

pilly wrote: »

I thought that. And RTE are not actually broadcasting it as fact if it's just a conversation.

It still doesn't matter, RTE are liable as they are the medium through which the defamation is made. One very well known case a few years ago was Mary Harney being called an alcoholic by Nell McCafferty on Newstalk, Harney sued Newstalk and won €450,000.

Now she could have sued McCafferty, but obviously Newstalk would have the ready cash to pay her out.

Newstalk, in turn could have sued McCafferty, but they didn't because she either doesn't have the means, and/or it's bad publicity.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/harney-receives-450000-over-radio-alcoholic-slur-26729698.html

rabjoshu

WHOY? demands our Joe

Roger_007

Is she an illegal immigrant or just 'undocumented '.......?

Dan Jaman

This is madness - a US pensioner bringing in money and putting it into the Irish economy, is told to sling her hook.
I wonder what doughball thought this up?

Daz_

How is this possible when you can come from other countries and get free Everything from the state ?! This angers me !

manodepeeple

Jaykers!

Faith 'n' begorrah,

Top o' de mornin' to ya,

etc., etc...

2smiggy

public transport is not much use in Ballydehob

Jan_de_Bakker

And she says she's not wealthy ??

Oops69

What needs will she have in the future though and can she fund a nursing home or full time care if needed?

rabjoshu

I have spent €100,000 in two years

PeterTheNinth

Why does he NEVER mention the TV license... What about that Joe. Or are you afraid that it would bring attention to your


FEES

sligojoek

Hilarious, Joe

SEPT 23 1989

Dan Jaman wrote: »

This is madness - a US pensioner bringing in money and putting it into the Irish economy, is told to sling her hook.
I wonder what doughball thought this up?

Tries to immigrate to Ireland, gets rejected and her first step is to ring Joe Duffy. She clearly has naturalized already.

Atlantic Dawn

De 2-17 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:

Wurkdays in 2-17 to date so to speak: 53
Joe Shows: 45
No Show Joe Shows: 8
PBH Shows: 0
D'Omen Shows: 8
AN Udder Shows: 0

manodepeeple

Oh how I long for the time a caller deliberately questions Joe on his awful attempts at humour.

Joe: makes normal f**kin' stupid joke followed bu hyena-laugh

Caller: Sorry Joe, I don't understand.

Joe: <through hyena-laugh> Well... I mean... you see... <realisation that his humour just isn't even mildly funny> OK. Back after deese...

Mena Mitty

More to this story methinks, illegal aliens sotospeak. I always wondered what the chit chat was like fado fado in the Aliens office.

Atlantic Dawn

Do tourists usually have appointments booked with cardiologists in forden countries?

Roger_007

She would definitely qualify as a 'traveller'.......?

Ally Dick

I'm surprised. I thought it would be Unfunny Thursday

2smiggy

she should try that going and coming from america for non Americans then ...

Red Kev

Obvious from the off how far Joe has his tongue buried in her wotsit. Rich old lady? That's right up his fawning alley.

There's more to this than meets the eye, bits of the story are slowly coming out. One extension after another isn't the way to do it.

She should go back to the States and do the process properly. But she's dirtied her bib now.

Joe getting more biased as the show goes on.

Dan Jaman

Oops69 wrote: »

What needs will she have in the future though and can she fund a nursing home or full time care if needed?

I suspect the alarm bells started ringing in some Dublin office when the cardiac problems were brought up.
"Oh, bejeezus, she's going to need some medical attention. Right so, out with her."

Mena Mitty

Mena Mitty wrote: »

More to this story methinks, illegal aliens sotospeak. I always wondered what the chit chat was like fado fado in the Aliens office.

There HAS to be more to this story.

Atlantic Dawn

Someone arriving by ferry from France doesn't exactly project a wealthy image of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, their means would be perceived as low so to speak.

Mena Mitty

Perhaps Enda has a plan...50,000 American oldies can stay in the old sod for President Trump allowing 50 thou. Irish illegals staying in dear old Americay.

PeterTheNinth

There's those jokes that the other poster was talking about above.

ButtersSuki

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

De 2-17 Joe Duffy Wurkday Calculator and dat:

Wurkdays in 2-17 to date so to speak: 53
Joe Shows: 45
No Show Joe Shows: 8
PBH Shows: 0
D'Omen Shows: 8
AN Udder Shows: 0

Can't listen to the show today so just had a quick look at de thread and dat so to speak. He'll be due an extended breaken with all those days hours (that's a grand total of 56 and a quarter hours he's been on air for incl. breaks THIS YEAR!) he's wurked. Poor creatureen must be shattered so to speak. And him only taking home around €100,000 in fees for dat de poor creatureen so to speak.

Dan Jaman

Bet she's now regretting coming to the Besht Shmall Country in the World to retire to.

PeterTheNinth

"It was a secure area and you had to be vetted by security on the way in and the way out".

And did you ring Joe Duffy about that?

What does Ballydehob have that Washington not have?

It doesn't have crippling bureaucracy.

Oh wait.

2smiggy

Lovely weather in Washington State ???

Jan_de_Bakker

Ireland was born in us !!!

Oh shut the f*ck up !!!

Dan Jaman

If she had chosen to stay in France, I bet the French govt would be glad to see her.

manodepeeple

Wait. Does Joe know he's on air?

Roger_007

She is 'cast down'?

2smiggy

2smiggy wrote: »

Lovely weather in Washington State ???

It rains almost as much as Galway in WA.

Joe struggled to remember which ocean its on, so I doubt he knows what the weather is like.

PeterTheNinth

I thought she said that she WASN'T here for the benefits?

Dan Jaman

Roger_007 wrote: »

She is 'cast down'?

At least she's not fallen pregnant.

2smiggy

True, she probably retire happily on her pension in lovely west Cork. Joe going on about Vancouver , fine for someone on his wages !!

SEPT 23 1989

we have enough pensioners on trolleys

Red Kev

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Someone arriving by ferry from France doesn't exactly project a wealthy image of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, their means would be perceived as low so to speak.

Last time I was on the Cherbourg ferry there were 5 Ferraris on it from some German club. Most expensive was supposedly worth €600,000. Cheapest well over €150,000.

She's hiding something.

SEPT 23 1989

50k a year for a pensioner :eek:

2smiggy

€30000 , nice pension !

PeterTheNinth

1/9 of what Joe gets... See how he directed that conversation away from the woman when she was about to say "I dont know why anybody would need more than that to live on".

Dan Jaman

So, she's got €30K p.a. and has inshurdance.
Wtf, is the problem, really?

Red Kev

Ehhhhh... You can have our gaff in Roscommon for €140,000. Which is €40,000 over market price.