Marian Finucane Thread

Beechwoodspark

Who the hell is this frantic cork gobsh1te rambling on and on and on about his mundane life??

honeybear

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Who the hell is this frantic cork gobsh1te rambling on and on and on about his mundane life??

I’m enjoying this piece. It makes a change from “celebrities”.

jeremyj1968

I kissed a horse and I liked it.

Callan57

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Who the hell is this frantic cork gobsh1te rambling on and on and on about his mundane life??

Only caught some of it but I think he's from LIMERICK ... seems interesting the bit I heard but a lot of PC jargon.

honeybear

How many times has this lady mentioned her book?

padd b1975

Callan57 wrote: »

Only caught some of it but I think he's from LIMERICK ... seems interesting the bit I heard but a lot of PC jargon.

Psychobabble.

padd b1975

padd b1975 wrote: »

Psychobabble.

Most of the discussion wasn't even about psychotherapy (which is a questionable mode of treatment anyway, as opposed to clinical psychology and psychiatric medicine). He was talking about the - perhaps, unique--ability of horses to perceive and understand human body language.

Anyone who knows horses knows this is to be completely true. Unlike dogs, who innately trust us, a horse has evolved to perceive the most minor changes in your body language which might indicate a threat or the absence of same.

These are such sensitive animals that a good horse, even one that weighs three quarter of a tonne, s capable of understanding that a slight movement of his rider's outside leg means he must change direction and turn left - without the rider even touching the reins.

And even a normally calm horse can flip-out and become a liability when there is someone around who is not confident around him.

That is a glimpse of how sensitive they are, and I find it nó wonder that they are being used to help people deal with their own sensitivities and emotions.

jeremyj1968

Great interview with Mary Black this morning. Elaine Paige next week.

Oops69

Marion's constantly' shocked ' by information about health service shortages , given she covers the topic almost every single week , a bit of research to inform herself in advance of covering the topic would be helpful.
being ' shocked ' might be good for her radio image but it does'nt really help to investigate the cause of the problems in the health service

decifits. Bed blockers.

"Net effect cockup or conspiricy"

jayzus.

Oops69

This Manchester Comparison gives me a pain in the hole , Manchester isn't 300 miles from north to south......and it doesn't have healy Reas's , the head case in waterford and countless other parochial gombeens to deal with .

honeybear

Think the guests are particularly poor this morning. Wish they’d kept Eamonn Dunphy on the phone. They are all repeating each other’s points and, repeating last weeks content.

Beechwoodspark

honeybear wrote: »

Think the guests are particularly poor this morning. Wish they’d kept Eamonn Dunphy on the phone. They are all repeating each other’s points and, repeating last weeks content.

In fairness eamo is well past his sell by date as well

His podcast series is very much evidence of that. Same topics same views same guests on repeat.

Beechwoodspark

Lazy and cliche ridden “opinions” from Marian

Same ol same Ol

She’s stealing a living. Shameful and brazen self entitled lazy broadcasting.

RTÉ -get rid.

Brendan Bendar

honeybear wrote: »

Think the guests are particularly poor this morning. Wish they’d kept Eamonn Dunphy on the phone. They are all repeating each other’s points and, repeating last weeks content.

Bit disappointed with Dunphy to be honest this morning, never mentioned the endemic lack of judgement shown by those such a Damien Duff and Stephen Kenny when they went into print concerning the Liam Miller game in Cork.

These guys vilified the GAA in print about something that had nothing to do with the GAA, whilst being ‘connected’ with probably the worst run corrupt major sporting organisation on this island .

Beggars belief to be honest that people like this are still ‘ connected’ to the FAI and soccer in general.

Dunphy needs to forget about this “football people” stuff as if it was a closed shop, and nobody other than ‘football people’ understand what is going on.

Time to open windows and let some fresh air in, however I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Mad_maxx

Oops69 wrote: »

Marion's constantly' shocked ' by information about health service shortages , given she covers the topic almost every single week , a bit of research to inform herself in advance of covering the topic would be helpful.
being ' shocked ' might be good for her radio image but it does'nt really help to investigate the cause of the problems in the health service

Marion expresses shock when she hears Monday follows Sunday

That's her thing.

Dreadful woman.

Brendan Bendar

Did anyone notice the ‘dead air’ when someone mentioned the ‘huge salary’ €360k John Delaney was getting.

At least Delaney was running a major sporting organisation full time, not producing four hours of fairly fluffy radio output a week, questioning people and reacting to newspaper reports.

Say my name

Those quotes that Dr.Jennifer Cassidy read out there. Who were they from?

The Black Oil

This woman is quite entertaining.

serfboard

The Black Oil wrote: »

This woman is quite entertaining.

A poisonous POS. Not my idea of entertainment.

EchoIndia

Say my name wrote: »

Those quotes that Dr.Jennifer Cassidy read out there. Who were they from?

Hannah Arendt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/12806.Hannah_Arendt

Say my name

EchoIndia wrote: »

Hannah Arendt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/12806.Hannah_Arendt

Thanking you very much.

EchoIndia

EchoIndia wrote: »

Hannah Arendt:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/12806.Hannah_Arendt

I didn't really get that point. Those quotes were very specifically stated in relation to Nazi Germany. From what I've seen, Jennifer Cassidy seems to take a lot of observations on Nazi Germany and relate them to contemporary times.

That's not only problematic in an ethical sense, in that it tends to conflate genocide with angry, even racist facebook dads, but also problematic because Nazi Germany then becomes 'the bar', and no matter how bad things are getting with press freedoms and civil rights, people will always be able to accuse you of exaggerating because you haven't reached the bar that you have needlessly set.

Nazi Germany doesn't have to be the immediate go-to resource when talking about genuine concerns involving Trump, the press, and human rights.

pc7

Just listening back now, when she was on to the American republican did she pause and mutter ‘for God’s sake’ (mf)

pc7

pc7 wrote: »

Just listening back now, when she was on to the American republican did she pause and mutter ‘for God’s sake’ (mf)

I didn't pick up the exact words but she was definitely boiling over on the back hob while Marian was chatting to that manic Trump fan.

Dónal O'Donovan made some good points about both sides being somewhat correct, but there is also some derangement on both sides.

LazerShark

Jennifer Cassidy is so irritating. She completely hogs the programme and takes forever to get to the point. Her whole rant about Boris and Oxford was cringeworthy. She unfortunately appears to have become a regular.

Brendan Bendar

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I didn't pick up the exact words but she was definitely boiling over on the back hob while Marian was chatting to that manic Trump fan.

Dónal O'Donovan made some good points about both sides being somewhat correct, but there is also some derangement on both sides.

“Boiling over on the back hob”.....I like it.

jeremyj1968

Is interviewing two ex sports stars about their golfing hobby really the best use of Marian's very expensive time. A whole afternoon of sport and they didn't have time to include this item in THEIR schedule.

Callan57

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

Is interviewing two ex sports stars about their golfing hobby really the best use of Marian's very expensive time. A whole afternoon of sport and they didn't have time to include this item in THEIR schedule.

It's ridiculous & anyway JP and Adare Manor can well afford to pay for their advertising!

Callan57

If Rees-Mogg produces an encyclical on pronunciation & articulation next it will keep Gay Byrne happy at least. :rolleyes:

jeremyj1968

Callan57 wrote: »

If Rees-Mogg produces an encyclical on pronunciation & articulation next it will keep Gay Byrne happy at least. :rolleyes:

He was on fire on his debut performance. I particularly like this retort to a snide, mean spirited remark from one of the Lib Dems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzfKcJF0XA

jeremyj1968

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

He was on fire on his debut performance

Now there's a nice thought

jeremyj1968

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Now there's a nice thought

So somebody setting Jacob Rees Mogg on fire would be a good thing then, yeah? I wonder how that comment would be treated if I were to make it? I suspect that I would look up in the top right corner and seeing a little red one in what I refer to as the "Mod disagrees with your opinion" notification box.

Shur go on hit me with one anyway. Haven't had one in a while.

Oops69

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

So somebody setting Jacob Rees Mogg on fire would be a good thing then, yeah? I wonder how that comment would be treated if I were to make it? I suspect that I would look up in the top right corner and seeing a little red one in what I refer to as the "Mod disagrees with your opinion" notification box.

Shur go on hit me with one anyway. Haven't had one in a while.

you didn't really expect impartiality on Boards did you ?

Oops69

Oops69 wrote: »

you didn't really expect impartiality on Boards did you ?

Oh give-over, this isn't a public meeting for everyone who has a gripe with a mod; nobody is being attacked, or even carded, but it is a request to stay on topic - Mod.

quintana76

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

So somebody setting Jacob Rees Mogg on fire would be a good thing then, yeah? I wonder how that comment would be treated if I were to make it? I suspect that I would look up in the top right corner and seeing a little red one in what I refer to as the "Mod disagrees with your opinion" notification box.

Shur go on hit me with one anyway. Haven't had one in a while.

Imagine the reaction if such a statement was made about Michael D or other similar leftist/media **** mag material. There would be eruptions (ooh matron) of joyous outrage and threats of legal consequences. We must have the worst media outside Burkina Faso. Even they probably try to be at least a bit patriotic.

Oops69

absolutely , I've just had my innocuous reply deleted .

quintana76

quintana76 wrote: »

We must have the worst media outside Burkina Faso.

So our media are worse than that of, say, North Korea?

Marian Finucane didn't even say anything denigrating about Rees Mogg, in fact she said he had very high standards, even if it was in a slightly mocking tone.

I don't think this makes Marian Finucane akin to that North Korean 'pink lady' newsreader.

RSF puts Ireland in the top 10% of countries in the world for the greatest press freedoms, way ahead of Canada, the UK, the United States -- well, most of the western world, really.

quintana76

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

So our media are worse than that of, say, North Korea?

Marian Finucane didn't even say anything denigrating about Rees Mogg, in fact she said he had very high standards, even if it was in a slightly mocking tone.

I don't think this makes Marian Finucane akin to that North Korean 'pink lady' newsreader.

RSF puts Ireland in the top 10% of countries in the world for the greatest press freedoms, way ahead of Canada, the UK, the United States -- well, most of the western world, really.

We might technically have high press freedom but when media types self censor and mostly hold and express the same views and agenda it makes the point moot.

boombang

The young woman on now about Zimbabwe is very inarticulate. "You know", "kinda", "like".

quintana76

boombang wrote: »

The young woman on now about Zimbabwe is very inarticulate. "You know", "kinda", "like".

It must have been a good listen with Marian coughing and wheezing at the same time. Wasn't bothered to listen myself, she is probably on holiday. A well deserved one I may say so considering her exhausting work schedule.

honeybear

boombang wrote: »

The young woman on now about Zimbabwe is very inarticulate. "You know", "kinda", "like".

She kept saying “so”

Beechwoodspark

Just turned on

who is yer wan Gill/Gail??

Possibly the WORST radio voice I’ve ever heard !!

jeremyj1968

Jim Power (accusingly): "And did the parents not know that this wasn't a great place?".

No, Jim, they were oblivious to it, when you would have maybe expected that they should have know about the dangers. A bit like you and the economic crash. Why is this man still allowed on the national airwaves.

Del.Monte

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

Jim Power (accusingly): "And did the parents not know that this wasn't a great place?".

No, Jim, they were oblivious to it, when you would have maybe expected that they should have know about the dangers. A bit like you and the economic crash. Why is this man still allowed on the national airwaves.

The same could be said for Bertie Ahern and Micheal McDowell both of whom haven't a shred of credibility left but keep gracing the national airwaves.

Del.Monte

Del.Monte wrote: »

The same could be said for Bertie Ahern and Micheal McDowell both of whom haven't a shred of credibility left but keep gracing the national airwaves.

I'm a bit divided on this. Ahern was Taoiseach and MInister for Finance during some of the most remarkable political conditions you could imagine -- from economic ruination to enormous economic growth (plus ca change), from conflict to peace. McDowell, as a commentator, lawyer, Minister and Attorney General has arguably had a bigger influence on this country's system of justice and its constitution than anyone since that constitution came into being in 1937.

The recollections and statements of guys like this are invaluable to historians. Interviews like these will be used for decades, or centuries to come, to corroborate or contradict various interpretations of the history of Ireland during a very crucial period, where me moved from a situation of conflict to real peace.

I don't have any time for the political views of either person, yet given the offices they have held in the past, I think it would be wrong to ignore them, and to abandon the pursuit of a further understanding of the past, and what we can learn from it.

jeremyj1968

"It's shameful that this woman has to pay her own way in Harlequins" says the texter.

It's getting to the point that every woman who is involved in any sport expects to be paid for playing, just because a small subsection of men are paid vast amounts of money. There needs to be some sense of realism brought to these sorts of discussions.

jeremyj1968

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

"It's shameful that this woman has to pay her own way in Harlequins" says the texter.

It's getting to the point that every woman who is involved in any sport expects to be paid for playing, just because a small subsection of men are paid vast amounts of money. There needs to be some sense of realism brought to these sorts of discussions.

Leah Lyons plays for Ireland, and plays in a top-15 club in the UK. She's not some amateur kicking a ball around Belfield a couple of nights a week after work ffs.

Brendan Bendar

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Leah Lyons plays for Ireland, and plays in a top-15 club in the UK. She's not some amateur kicking a ball around Belfield a couple of nights a week after work ffs.

And your point is?

Brendan Bendar

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

And your point is?

That these players are not comparable to just any woman kicking a ball around like an amateur. She plays for one of the biggest teams in women's rugby in the whole of the UK, and as was obvious from the interview, that takes enormous sacrifice.

Putting a player like that in the same bracket as some woman playing for Thurles Women's RFC -- or even Munster Ladies -- makes absolutely no sense. You're talking a completely different level of skill.