Ray D'arcy on RTE Radio 1 Mod Warning post 1 27th Jan Forward

Joe_ Public · 26-02-2021 4:06pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Jack and Grace were the most popular names last year.

That's the first 20 minutes sorted.

Weighed in. With profoundly unfunny totp countdown riff.

Shoelaces · 26-02-2021 4:53pm

Jesus these are wildly dull people

bmorrissey · 26-02-2021 4:56pm

Shoelaces wrote: »

Jesus these are wildly dull people

Awfully awkward and not helped by the crazy delay with the French guy

SpitfireIV · 26-02-2021 8:28pm

Ten Pin wrote: »

"If you're going to do something, tell everyone and then do it"

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/around-town/darcy-id-emigrate-if-kenny-was-taoiseach-27942078.html

Just like all those celebrities who were going to leave America if Trump was voted in in 2016 and DeNiro who was going to punch him in the face, wonder how they're finding life in their new homes?! All talk; gets them a bit of publicity...

Ash.J.Williams · 01-03-2021 1:20pm

generalgerry wrote: »

This has got to hurt D'Arcy, and is a real indictment of the RTE management who made the decision to pay him a fortune to come to the station. A guy with no TV presenting experience is the best TV presenter they have at the station.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0224/1199106-the-tommy-tiernan-show-extended-by-six-weeks/

just had ray / pamela anderson flashback

generalgerry · 01-03-2021 4:33pm

I know more about Vicky Phelan's inner workings than I know about my own at this stage.

giveitholly · 01-03-2021 4:54pm

generalgerry wrote: »

I know more about Vicky Phelan's inner workings than I know about my own at this stage.

And some amount of sighing and heavy breathing from Ray

Nokia6230i · 01-03-2021 5:12pm

Goes to Pope, tells him they're obliged to get an ad break in before Nuacht.....asks him a question anyway & holds over the answer til after Nuacht; have switched over since.

Conor Pope needs to get a set time for Pricewatch & ideally post Nuacht.

Timing is everything; not with Ray it isn't......

Nokia6230i · 01-03-2021 5:14pm

generalgerry wrote: »

This has got to hurt D'Arcy, and is a real indictment of the RTE management who made the decision to pay him a fortune to come to the station. A guy with no TV presenting experience is the best TV presenter they have at the station.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2021/0224/1199106-the-tommy-tiernan-show-extended-by-six-weeks/

Looking forward to Tommy interviewing Ray "So, who're you and what're you famous for? Are you good at anything?"

golondrinas · 03-03-2021 4:45pm

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Looking forward to Tommy interviewing Ray "So, who're you and what're you famous for? Are you good at anything?"

Yeah picking up large cheques!,

Nokia6230i · 03-03-2021 4:47pm

Tap into peoples generosity = Milk their gullibility for all its worth.

Some Asylum Seekers are genuine; but we're too slow to deal with the ones that are chancing their arm & this one sounds like one.

golondrinas · 03-03-2021 4:59pm

Nokia6230i wrote: »

Tap into peoples generosity = Milk their gullibility for all its worth.

Some Asylum Seekers are genuine; but we're too slow to deal with the ones that are chancing their arm & this one sounds like one.

If you are fleeing war and terror you would not complain about shelter and a menu three times a day.

This person is in the system 8 years. This would indicate vexatious claim and playing the waiting game until leave to remain. Has he apologised for being white yet.?

Sir Oxman · 03-03-2021 10:47pm

Shocking from RTE yet again.
It's been wall to wall pro this whitepaper madness since Friday, not one questioning voice - when I say pro, there has been a plethora of moaning that it doesn't go far enough!
D'arcy did manage for a split second to mention the inconvenient fact of a dreadful housing situation for Irish citizens which elicited a noise from the NGO one and silence from (what I think is obvious from the interview) a bogie asylum seeker from S Africa, SA yet again.

padd b1975 · 08-03-2021 4:53pm

Gary O' Toole has got to be Ireland's soundest man.

avfc1874 · 08-03-2021 5:29pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Gary O' Toole has got to be Ireland's soundest man.

On talking to one of the biggest tools in radio.
Darcy apologies for being a man. Has apologised for being white. Mcdermot has handed the woke batton on to ray

amlinopta · 08-03-2021 6:02pm

Ray in his element on International Women's Day. And quoting some little known fact about women being primarily responsible for the care of their elderly parents.

giveitholly · 08-03-2021 8:26pm

amlinopta wrote: »

Ray in his element on International Women's Day. And quoting some little known fact about women being primarily responsible for the care of their elderly parents.

And it's funny whenever he is bashing men and telling us how great women are,he has to mention how women come up to him when shopping to praise him.

Nokia6230i · 08-03-2021 9:16pm

Gary O'Toole interview very good but I glanced at the clock & it was 15;50 & then 15:55 & I just knew that D'Arcy hadn't it timed right.

For such items he needs to clear the decks; double up on an ad break in first 15 minutes if necessary; get his rambling, post 3pm spiel out of the way & give a piece like O'Tooles the time it deserves; it was quite a rushed 30 minutes or so in the end & there was a book mentioned in it which wasn't given much airtime (not the Deep Deception one by Justine McCarthy which also got a mention) & the link to O'Toole & Gibney wasn't gone into in sufficient detail; I'd imagine D'Arcy was clock-watching ahead of Nuacht; Liveline ran over a bit too.

For some interviews you just gotta go rogue & skip the ads or rearrange them etc.

09-03-2021 4:52pm

Conor Pope on now. He gave inaccurate advice on health insurance which came to light when I went to renew and assess best plan for me. Having looked at HIA site I came upon a particular VHI plan that I would upgrade to and asked them, as Pope advised, was there any equivalent corporate plan I could sign up for. They told me Pope just was not up to date with his information and this was no longer relevant. So beware that his advice might not be continually researched.

He's talking about it now.. indeed it's not that simple.

09-03-2021 4:57pm

Brochure in the post? LOL, who sends these any more?

amlinopta · 11-03-2021 4:07pm

Less than 10 seconds to the first technical hitch of the day, a non-firing jingle. Quickly followed by an anti-man sermon. The beat goes on.

generalgerry · 11-03-2021 4:21pm

Woke McDarcy. It would be great to live in a world where all men are not judged by the actions of a few bad men. In the same way that RTE would class it as discrimination to judge all Travellers by the actions of a few bad Travellers, or judge all migrants by the bad actions of a few bad migrants. RTE are such hypocrites.

jk23 · 11-03-2021 6:40pm

generalgerry wrote: »

Woke McDarcy. It would be great to live in a world where all men are not judged by the actions of a few bad men. In the same way that RTE would class it as discrimination to judge all Travellers by the actions of a few bad Travellers, or judge all migrants by the bad actions of a few bad migrants. RTE are such hypocrites.

That's the problem, there is no group to fire back against these broad generalisations of men. Do you think Darcy would say crude generalisations if he has blow back by an organisation like he would have if he said..

Well not all travellers are bad but "lads we have to do better " or women are overreacting to this situation! Pavee point and Women's aid would be on to RTE in a second

Cole · 11-03-2021 7:33pm

I had the misfortune to catch that "no men for 24 hours" thing (from TikTok ffs) at the beginning of the show. I don't know D'Arsey personally but, as a public broadcaster, he is beneath contempt. He takes every (valid) 'social justice' issue and frames/skews them for an opportunity to get up on his preachy soapbox....just polarising the issue/people further.

Switch him off...ignore him. Just leave him there in his little echo chamber.

avfc1874 · 12-03-2021 1:11am

Cole wrote: »

I had the misfortune to catch that "no men for 24 hours" thing (from TikTok ffs) at the beginning of the show. I don't know D'Arsey personally but, as a public broadcaster, he is beneath contempt. He takes every (valid) 'social justice' issue and frames/skews them for an opportunity to get up on his preachy soapbox....just polarising the issue/people further.

Switch him off...ignore him. Just leave him there in his little echo chamber.

I think he's just very insecure and wants to be able to agree with every woke idea but hasn't the balls to say what is his opinion, you'll hear him saying that I was talking to my wife Jenny and we were saying (she was saying he was agreeing ) about this or we were having a debate earlier in the office and we agreed that. ...... He just runs with the popular opinion man of no substance. I think he's very old fashioned in his views and doesn't believe half the stuff he says but is craving to be liked so will go along with the popular view.

Yyhhuuu · 12-03-2021 1:13am

I find it torturous listening to him so I have now switched him off. Who wants to hear this garbage about Jenny. He talks about Jenny this and Jenny that but is very very private revealing nothing of substance, not that he is obliged to mind you .He is Cute as a fox and obviously intelligent. I cant believe they pay him such an obscene amount of money. I always thought he was very thrifty with money too by the way he went on about things.