RTE's coverage of the pope's visit

Hitman3000 · 26-08-2018 4:26pm

Very poor turnout, where's the other 370,000?

Irish Kings · 26-08-2018 4:26pm

I'm amazed there is even that given the weather and crimes

bobbyss · 26-08-2018 4:27pm

Any reference to the crowd size on RTE?

GarIT · 26-08-2018 4:29pm

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Very poor turnout, where's the other 370,000?

I believe the tickets didn't even sell out so there were never 500,000 expected.

memorystick · 26-08-2018 4:30pm

Plenty of near empty paddocks at the start. Reminds me of Trump's inauguration.

hotmail.com · 26-08-2018 4:31pm

GarIT wrote:

I believe the tickets didn't even sell out so there were never 500,000 expected.

They've been trying to manage expectations gently, but the turnout is far lower than their worst expectations.

anthonyjmaher · 26-08-2018 4:34pm

There's nora casey!!!

TheRiverman · 26-08-2018 4:37pm

Many empty seats in Croke Park last night,definitely not 45,000 in Knock this morning and a figure of 130,000 being quoted for the Phoenix Park.I don't know what size the crowds were at the events in the RDS,but a lot of reflection to be done when it is all over.

sligojoek · 26-08-2018 4:37pm

Tzardine wrote: »

Posters and banners were prohibited.

Buzz-killingtons.

Down with this sort of thing.

appledrop · 26-08-2018 4:40pm

The aerial photos make the place look empty. You would get more people at bloom.

Totally overhyped. Fair play to Leo though for a great speech.

TheRiverman · 26-08-2018 4:40pm

We have the crowd spin man on now.

sligojoek · 26-08-2018 4:41pm

Tzardine wrote: »

Less than 130,000 being reported by Gardai, based on entry at gates.

More like 30,000 so.

newbie2 · 26-08-2018 4:41pm

136000

Fr. sean Spicer has just said 500000

Try_harder · 26-08-2018 4:42pm

He didnt update his figures

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-08-2018 4:42pm

Didn't a load of hippies snap up tickets to stop people going? Between that and the weather I don't know how people could expect it to be full.

Try_harder · 26-08-2018 4:43pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Didn't a load of hippies snap up tickets to stop people going? Between that and the weather I don't know how people could expect it to be full.

The hippies made no difference- you couldnt give away tickets this week

Try_harder · 26-08-2018 4:44pm

Rome home match- clever pope

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-08-2018 4:45pm

Try_harder wrote: »

The hippies made no difference- you couldnt give away tickets this week

I hadn't paid much attention so wasn't sure how big the campaign had got. Have RTE given the protests much air?

Try_harder · 26-08-2018 4:46pm

Did Ed Sheerin pull bigger numbers?

appledrop · 26-08-2018 4:46pm

Try_harder wrote: »

The hippies made no difference- you couldnt give away tickets this week

That's not true . I know loads of people who were giving away tickets this week. The facts speak for themselves thousands were no shows.

Try_harder · 26-08-2018 4:47pm

appledrop wrote: »

That's not true . I know loads of people who were giving away tickets this week. The facts speak for themselves thousands were no shows.

Are we not saying the same thing?

TheRiverman · 26-08-2018 4:48pm

Playing it safe announcing Rome for 2021.

appledrop · 26-08-2018 4:49pm

Try_harder wrote: »

Are we not saying the same thing?

Sorry I read your message wrong! I thought you said no one was giving them away.

ouxbbkqtswdfaw · 26-08-2018 4:51pm

Much more women than men.

HeidiHeidi · 26-08-2018 4:52pm

Jeepers they really shouldn't show those aerial shots of the mass site..... :eek:

Sam Quentin · 26-08-2018 4:52pm

Hippies!? More like evil anti Catholic anti Christian scumbags...
With similar hatred akin to the hatred shown by Isis towards Christians!?
Ireland has shown the World in a mere 2 days that this Country is strong and getting stronger in it's Catholic Christian faith.
Amen.

Irish Kings · 26-08-2018 4:52pm

cjpgdx6vm9n7a4 wrote: »

Much more women than men.

and men are supposed to be the stupid ones these days. hmmmm

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-08-2018 4:53pm

Irish Kings wrote: »

and men are supposed to be the stupid ones these days. hmmmm

I presume anyone that wanted to go went and anyone who didn't want to go didn't.

pc7 · 26-08-2018 4:56pm

Try_harder wrote: »

Rome home match- clever pope

Too right he must be knackered, he’s an old man

yabadabado · 26-08-2018 4:56pm

I wonder will there be official figures released?

Every ticket was scanned on entry so they know exactly how many were there,probably be too embarrassed to say .

pc7 · 26-08-2018 4:58pm

After Rome, reckon visits like this will be to third world countries.

Anyhoo mass and Catholicism not for me but some lovely singing and RTÉ did well, country looked good even with the rain over the two days

splinter65 · 26-08-2018 4:59pm

yabadabado wrote: »

You didn't really, I got the train 6.00am this morning to Claremorris .Free shuttle bus to Knock left within 10 minutes walk to Church ,inside at my area at 9am.

Imagine. That was good going. Proves that using public transport really was the best advice.

Hitman3000 · 26-08-2018 4:59pm

Sam Quentin wrote:

Hippies!? More like evil anti Catholic anti Christian scumbags... With similar hatred akin to the hatred shown by Isis towards Christians!? Ireland has shown the World in a mere 2 days that this Country is strong and getting stronger in it's Catholic Christian faith. Amen.

What are you smoking?

Irish Kings · 26-08-2018 5:00pm

Hitman3000 wrote: »

What are you smoking?

tickets ?

TheRiverman · 26-08-2018 5:00pm

Who's the commentator with Aine Lawlor?

splinter65 · 26-08-2018 5:02pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jeepers they really shouldn't show those aerial shots of the mass site..... :eek:

A lot of people started leaving after communion. My friend and her family are there and they left at communion and are still queueing to get out.

Odelay · 26-08-2018 5:02pm

TheRiverman wrote: »

Who's the commentator with Aine Lawlor?

He sounds like he is crying every so often..

iamwhoiam · 26-08-2018 5:03pm

Are people nicking the flowers now ?

Odelay · 26-08-2018 5:04pm

splinter65 wrote: »

A lot of people started leaving after communion. My friend and her family are there and they left at communion and are still queueing to get out.

Something's never change. Was there many standing down the back if the church?

Irish Kings · 26-08-2018 5:05pm

splinter65 wrote: »

A lot of people started leaving after communion. My friend and her family are there and they left at communion and are still queueing to get out.

queuing for what, there was nobody there

kilkenny31 · 26-08-2018 5:13pm

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Hippies!? More like evil anti Catholic anti Christian scumbags...
With similar hatred akin to the hatred shown by Isis towards Christians!?
Ireland has shown the World in a mere 2 days that this Country is strong and getting stronger in it's Catholic Christian faith.
Amen.

Strong and getting stronger my ar*e. 1.25 million out of a population of less than three million turned out in 1979. I'd say there wasn't 200,000 there today out of a population of over 4.5 million. The church is dead in Ireland.

3rdDegree · 26-08-2018 5:15pm

Are people claiming that there was an organised campaign to pick up a load of tickets with the intention of not attending and thus sabotaging the event? That seems a little far-fetched!

3rdDegree · 26-08-2018 5:18pm

kilkenny31 wrote: »

Strong and getting stronger my ar*e. 1.25 million out of a population of less than three million turned out in 1979. I'd say there wasn't 200,000 there today out of a population of over 4.5 million. The church is dead in Ireland.

In total, they estimate that 2.7 million out of a population of 3.36 million went to see John Paul during his entire visit in 1979. Things have changed alright!

Irish Kings · 26-08-2018 5:19pm

3rdDegree wrote: »

Are people claiming that there was an organised campaign to pick up a load of tickets with the intention of not attending and thus sabotaging the event? That seems a little far-fetched!

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/we-might-burn-them-popes-phoenix-park-visit-sees-protesters-book-hundreds-of-tickets-they-wont-use-37051741.html

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-08-2018 5:23pm

3rdDegree wrote: »

Are people claiming that there was an organised campaign to pick up a load of tickets with the intention of not attending and thus sabotaging the event? That seems a little far-fetched!

People on my facebook were doing it and pleading on their news feeds for others to do it. I don't know how big a campaign it was though, the people in question would be fairly militant.

mloc123 · 26-08-2018 5:28pm

I think it is safe to guess this will be the final pope to visit Ireland?

3rdDegree · 26-08-2018 5:29pm

Patww79 wrote: »

People on my facebook were doing it and pleading on their news feeds for others to do it. I don't know how big a campaign it was though, the people in question would be fairly militant.

I'm sure a few tried, but no way did 370,000 of them pull off a stunt like that!

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-08-2018 5:32pm

3rdDegree wrote: »

I'm sure a few tried, but no way did 370,000 of them pull off a stunt like that!

I fail to see the reason to celebrate it anyway. It's not for me, but I'm glad anyone that wanted to go got to go.

3rdDegree · 26-08-2018 5:34pm

Patww79 wrote: »

I fail to see the reason to celebrate it anyway. It's not for me, but I'm glad anyone that wanted to go got to go.

Absolutely. Not for me either, but live and let live. Trying to sabotage it seems petty and childish.

harr · 26-08-2018 5:36pm

mloc123 wrote: »

I think it is safe to guess this will be the final pope to visit Ireland?

Might not be the last but I imagine the next popes visit will be a lot more low key and probably more like any other head off state visit and probably more political in nature...it definitely won’t be 3 big public events like this one.
They could have in reality left out the mass today and did a slightly bigger event in knock.

RTE's coverage of the pope's visit

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