RTÉ 6.1 News changes

Brendan Bendar · 20-03-2019 8:21pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Just watching now. I'm wondering why Samantha Libreri is in South Africa doing a report on farmers' problems out there. How much did that cost and what bearing has that on us here?

Sponsored by some crowd Joe, like the Della(D4) Kilroys trips to Haiti.

She’s still at the ‘Noos’ stuff which annoys me intensely.

Lot of that going around.

Edit.... supported by the Simon Cumber media fund Joe

AndyBoBandy · 20-03-2019 10:07pm

Tony back on the scene on the 9pm news

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 21-03-2019 12:37am

Well anybody that is presenting the 6 or 9 news should have been reading the news on the radio or somewhere else prior to being appointed. Purely from an experience point of view. There is no point in hiring a reporter to do it and throwing them straight into it.

In the interest of balance I think there should be a female and a male presenter as well. But I know RTE is too 'woke' for that now.

*They can piss off with an increase to the license fee too*

Pussyhands · 21-03-2019 12:46am

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Well anybody that is presenting the 6 or 9 news should have been reading the news on the radio or somewhere else prior to being appointed. Purely from an experience point of view. There is no point in hiring a reporter to do it and throwing them straight into it.

In the interest of balance I think there should be a female and a male presenter as well. But I know RTE is too 'woke' for that now.

*They can piss off with an increase to the license fee too*

The female quotas are beginning to get on my nerve. The mens rugby they had a woman on but for the womens rugby they had no man on. Why is that?

Joanne Cantwell hosting the Sunday game - rubbish and not suited to it.

Perry is not good enough for the news. She must be great pals with someone in RTE to give her that job. Because she obviously wanted to come back to Ireland to have kids so something like the news was the only thing they could give her that wouldn't be a step down from US correspondent.

mattser · 21-03-2019 12:50am

Say what you will of Caitriona.....but hells bells she was a multitudinal better U.S. correspondent than her successor.

AndyBoBandy · 21-03-2019 7:23am

mattser wrote: »

Say what you will of Caitriona.....but hells bells she was a multitudinal better U.S. correspondent than her successor.

Disagree.

wirelessdude01 · 21-03-2019 7:42am

mattser wrote:

Say what you will of Caitriona.....but hells bells she was a multitudinal better U.S. correspondent than her successor.

I actually much prefer him to her. She always came across as someone who has notions, think he has far more 'normality' about him.

lawred2 · 21-03-2019 7:54am

mattser wrote: »

Say what you will of Caitriona.....but hells bells she was a multitudinal better U.S. correspondent than her successor.

I don't find that at all.

Brendan Bendar · 21-03-2019 9:28am

lawred2 wrote: »

I don't find that at all.

Neither do I.

Pussyhands · 21-03-2019 9:44am

Brian O'Donovan is great. Has a great voice for reporting and doesn't show any bias. Perry just spouted on how Trump was terrible for the last 2 years or so.

Brendan Bendar · 21-03-2019 4:21pm

Pussyhands wrote: »

Brian O'Donovan is great. Has a great voice for reporting and doesn't show any bias. Perry just spouted on how Trump was terrible for the last 2 years or so.

Bit unfair on her there, in my opinion,thought she did a very competent job in the US.

California Dreamer · 21-03-2019 8:27pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Bit unfair on her there, in my opinion,thought she did a very competent job in the US.

Very late to the game all the time. Made excuses for not getting to Berkeley for 24 hours.

mattser · 21-03-2019 10:25pm

Pussyhands wrote: »

Brian O'Donovan is great. Has a great voice for reporting and doesn't show any bias. Perry just spouted on how Trump was terrible for the last 2 years or so.

That's my biggest problem with him. Far too combative, and as regards that forever pause at the end before..........' Washington ', ugh.

sligojoek · 21-03-2019 10:46pm

mattser wrote: »

That's my biggest problem with him. Far too combative, and as regards that forever pause at the end before..........' Washington ', ugh.

That drives me mad.

Another one id Dave Kelly who does the sports.

.. and Mo Salah scored a last minute goal........... for Liverpool.

AndyBoBandy · 21-03-2019 10:49pm

Brendan wright was the worst.

Brendan Wright

AreTÉ News.

Belfast.

Go Harvey Go · 23-03-2019 4:30am

Pussyhands wrote: »

Joanne Cantwell hosting the Sunday game - rubbish and not suited to it.

I disagree completely.

And you *do* know she played football for the Dublin ladies before moving into broadcasting, don't you...?

https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/my-sideline-supporter-joanne-cantwell-looks-back-fondly-on-her-dads-support-26801084.html

mattser · 23-03-2019 9:24am

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Pussyhands wrote: »

Joanne Cantwell hosting the Sunday game - rubbish and not suited to it.

I disagree completely.

And you *do* know she played football for the Dublin ladies before moving into broadcasting, don't you...?

https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/my-sideline-supporter-joanne-cantwell-looks-back-fondly-on-her-dads-support-26801084.html

Joanne is very professional and always knows her stuff.

Muahahaha · 27-03-2019 2:15pm

mattser wrote: »

Joanne is very professional and always knows her stuff.

Have to agree with this, she 'gets' the game and knows what she is talking about. Asks good questions too.

Ireland trains · 11-04-2019 9:47pm

Juat wondering if Mary Calpin and Karen Creed are still with rte news as i have not seen them presenting in a while.
I assume when catriona goes on leave ray will take her place on six one.
Alao is it just me or was the old intro style (music start ups and goes straight into headlines with welcome after intro) better than the new format where they start with the welcome

TheRiverman · 16-05-2019 11:28pm

Ray Kennedy and Sharon Tobin are excellent on Six One News at present.They should be the main presenters all the time.

Muahahaha · 16-05-2019 11:31pm

yeah would agree with that, the dream team is a rotation of Ray Kennedy, Sharon Tobin and Keelin Shanley. Tobin is especially impressive imo. Now that Perry is gone off on maternity leave you wouldnt miss her at all. With any luck the head of news will have taken note of the improvement lately.

STB. · 06-08-2019 7:00pm

Karen Creed doing Six One this evening.

She was very good. You can tell that she's been presenting for some time. I gather she is ex France24.

Not many female newsreaders taller than her Id imagine!

02-09-2019 11:16pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

yeah would agree with that, the dream team is a rotation of Ray Kennedy, Sharon Tobin and Keelin Shanley. Tobin is especially impressive imo. Now that Perry is gone off on maternity leave you wouldnt miss her at all. With any luck the head of news will have taken note of the improvement lately.

Ray and Sharron on this evening, hopefully a permanent fixture given it's the first "long" news since the summer it's a good sign. Both great at what they do and infinity better than the previous paring and have been there long enough but deserve the spot on merit rather than time served. Haven't seen Keelin in ages, she's been on the radio now and then but not to be seen on the news.

EDIT: Who is the lad on the weather recently , with the beard? He has a voice of a DJ if ever I heard one.