The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Cole

Stephanie Preissner incoherent and out of her depth...as usual. Surely they can find someone else to reflect the 'young people's' perspective.

Beechwoodspark

John halligan ....

All I can say is that he’s managed to scrape some career together from fairly meagre talent

He earns multiples of what most of us are on - I give up...

Beechwoodspark

Cole wrote: »

Stephanie Preissner incoherent and out of her depth...as usual. Surely they can find someone else to reflect the 'young people's' perspective.

She sounded quite ratty with him earlier -“what is the question you are asking me?” She abruptly asked

Brendan Bendar

Pretty lack lustre panel this am.

Joe_ Public

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

She sounded quite ratty with him earlier -“what is the question you are asking me?” She abruptly asked

She was only on the show a few weeks back so no need to be getting ratty with a presenter gifting her a level of exposure most in her position would kill for. He was obviously asking the exact same question the previous guest had just finished addressing, i dont know why she was struggling with that.

Brendan Bendar

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Pretty lack lustre panel this am.

Well its certainly a mix of views.

Gerry Kileen : A second wave inevitable, we're doomed etc etc

Stephanie Preissner: Big protests, yeah thats cool.

:pac::pac:

Cole

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Pretty lack lustre panel this am.

Pretty lack lustre in general since BOC took over. Like others here, I used to like him standing in for Marian, but he's making a pig's ear of it since being given the slot full-time.

RIP RTE's weekend 11-1 slot.

jay0109

Cole wrote: »

Stephanie Preissner incoherent and out of her depth...as usual. Surely they can find someone else to reflect the 'young people's' perspective.

She's incoherent to put it mildly. She started by saying she supported the lifting of restrictions. After Killeen spoke, she was then on his side of the debate saying we needed to adhere to the science line.
She doesn't add anything to this show

Killeen is as mad as a box of frogs. He's wired

Infoanon

Boc preparation is lacking - add in a panel of extreme views or in one case no view - and you have a recipe for disaster.

Beechwoodspark

As someone said earlier it really does seem as if BOC and co are pulling into the car park at 10:57 then tip in to the studio and turning on the mikes with zero prep

jippo nolan

Switched to Newstalk weeks ago, he’s punching well above his weight!

Cole

jippo nolan wrote: »

Switched to Newstalk weeks ago, he’s punching well above his weight!

That's where I'm going...and if Miriam gets SOR's slot, that's where I'll spend most off my listening time.

walshb

Am I missing something?

Is Preisner Ireland’s answer to Noam Chomsky or something?

She’s on this programme every few bleedin’ weeks.

Why?

sligojoek

Whenever Brendan has a gig Stephanie won't be too far away. She was on "Cutting Edge" regularly as well. Haven't seen the Sindo for years but I'm sure she had a "column" in Brenner's "Life" magazine too.

KevRossi

KevRossi wrote: »

Or why doesn't BO'C get into Donnybrook at 7.00, run through the papers himself, mark/photocopy/cut out the articles that he wants to quote and be properly prepared. As you saud, it sounds like they were all pulling up in the carpark at 10.55 a.m.

Being dropped off by taxi, don’t you mean??

Caquas

KevRossi wrote: »

Or why doesn't BO'C get into Donnybrook at 7.00, run through the papers himself, mark/photocopy/cut out the articles that he wants to quote and be properly prepared. As you saud, it sounds like they were all pulling up in the carpark at 10.55 a.m.

Why doesn't one of his minions producers do this and have everything sorted for him at 10.30 so he can vet the script? He needs to be sharp for his two hours on air.

Mad_maxx

Cole wrote: »

Stephanie Preissner incoherent and out of her depth...as usual. Surely they can find someone else to reflect the 'young people's' perspective.

how the fcuk does she keep getting invited on to these shows ?

adds nothing whatsoever

Mad_maxx

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

John halligan ....

All I can say is that he’s managed to scrape some career together from fairly meagre talent

He earns multiples of what most of us are on - I give up...

a dingbat of the highest order

Mad_maxx

walshb wrote: »

Am I missing something?

Is Preisner Ireland’s answer to Noam Chomsky or something?

She’s on this programme every few bleedin’ weeks.

Why?

she must have something on somebody , theres no other explanation

dvcireland

walshb wrote: »

Am I missing something?

Is Preisner Ireland’s answer to Noam Chomsky or something?

She’s on this programme every few bleedin’ weeks.

Why?

its like she's living in a broom cupboard on the Montrose campus.

Rabbit Redux

dvcireland wrote: »

its like she's living in a broom cupboard on the Montrose campus.

Considering she makes her living as a writer, she's very poor at expressing herself and getting her point across.

serfboard

Joe_ Public wrote: »

She was only on the show a few weeks back so no need to be getting ratty with a presenter gifting her a level of exposure most in her position would kill for.

I used to give out about Marian's peatas, but in fairness, at least she used to leave a bit of time between appearances. When I heard that the Preissner one was on the panel, my reaction was What? Again? Wasn't she on only a few weeks ago?

And John Halligan. Holy God what a performance. Now that he's no longer a TD, it seems that we are being treated to his full, unvarnished views. And what views they are. I found myself shouting, "you're wrong" at nearly everything he said.

In the end, I couldn't take it any more and I switched over to Gavin Reilly on Newstalk.

Cole

serfboard wrote: »

In the end, I couldn't take it any more and I switched over to Gavin Reilly on Newstalk.

The way forward on a Sunday morning. No thread for his show here it seems?

Dan Jaman

Rabbit Redux wrote: »

Considering she makes her living as a writer, she's very poor at expressing herself and getting her point across.

You don't see the amount of corrections and re-writes she does when you view the finished work.

yosser hughes

Cole wrote: »

The way forward on a Sunday morning. No thread for his show here it seems?

Inertia. People are very set in their ways. There's never been more choice but people still tune in to sub-standard presenters and RTE and it's not just the older generation that do this.
Gavin Reilly is much sharper and quick, it's night and day compared to Brendan O'Connor. The panels though aren't much different, the same group-think generally. Very few contrarian voices.

serfboard

yosser hughes wrote: »

Gavin Reilly is much sharper and quick, it's night and day compared to Brendan O'Connor. The panels though aren't much different

Yep - the only problem I had with it. I turned over one day and I heard Gerard Howlin on it and thought, ah FFS.

The media circle is a tiny incestuous pool, but that isn't just a problem in this country ...

Beechwoodspark

I tried but I just cannot listen to this - her accent/voice goes through me

ShamNNspace

Ah I love Caits accent

generalgerry

I'm not sure that Cait appreciates the significance of what she is saying about the nurse in Elmhurst. I'm not sure RTE will appreciate her bringing mainstream attention to that particular story.

Beechwoodspark

Vacuous nonsense so far from both BOC and the head wreck he has on

generalgerry

LOL. And on the Kinehan story, she says "Everybody deserves a second chance".

HeidiHeidi

generalgerry wrote: »

LOL. And on the Kinehan story, she says "Everybody deserves a second chance".

She was doing so well up to that point!

Cole

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Vacuous nonsense so far from both BOC and the head wreck he has on

Plenty of vacuous nonsense every week now.

generalgerry

Ten Pin wrote: »

Squeaky bum for BOC there as Cait wandered into the highly reputable boxing world

I certainly moved closer to the radio for sure! I think she's just bought herself a 90 second delay on future interviews.

HeidiHeidi

Brendan has the most irritating way of saying Cáit's name - Coyyyt.

HeidiHeidi

Never heard that version of Haunted before - a million times better than the Pogues/Sinéad O'Connor version (which I love)

Beechwoodspark

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Never heard that version of Haunted before - a million times better than the Pogues/Sinéad O'Connor version (which I love)

I agree - never heard it before, prefer it to the SOC version

Joe_ Public

That's the original version which was recorded for the Sid & Nancy soundtrack. I personally prefer the later version with SOC but they are both excellent.

ShamNNspace

Gary Murphy, Lucinda and Fergus on the panel this morning

generalgerry

No sign of Cayuuut O'Riordan on the podcast. Wonder they pull it?

Such biased reporting from Staunton. "These people decided to take down the statue". Makes it sound like it was brought to the council and then brought down through agreement. They painted it with graffitti and the vandalised it. Every reporter afraid of the woke mob at this stage.

ShamNNspace

"long overdue conversation" sez he.. A one sided one I'd hazard

ShamNNspace

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Gary Murphy, Lucinda and Fergus on the panel this morning

For too long Fergus Findlay has been denied the RTE airwaves. :pac::pac::pac:



No, I'm not being serious.


Kinahan mentioned again. Will he deserve a second chance today?

generalgerry

If Fawlty Towers supposedly "has to go", then it is hard to see how they keep Only Fools And Horses.

Maybe along with the 1984 type statements from the Fair City actress delivers about whether you can open your business or not, they could get her to do a follow up message about what shows we are now no longer to allowed to watch?

Cole

generalgerry wrote: »

If Fawlty Towers supposedly "has to go", then it is hard to see how they keep Only Fools And Horses.

Maybe along with the 1984 type statements from the Fair City actress delivers about whether you can open your business or not, they could get her to do a follow up message about what shows we are now no longer to allowed to watch?

! switched over for a couple of minutes during the ad break on Gavan O' Reilly's show and heard BOC and his guest (don't know who she was) trying to introduce a bit of nuance re. the Mighty Boosh...and then wrapping themselves in knots trying to qualify anything they just said. Just don't bother having these conversations/debates if you can't stand by the point you're making.

padd b1975

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Brendan has the most irritating way of saying Cáit's name - Coyyyt.

There's a Cáit that texts in regularly to D'Arcy.
He pronounces it the same way.

'Book irish' my mother would call it.

Mad_maxx

generalgerry wrote: »

No sign of Cayuuut O'Riordan on the podcast. Wonder they pull it?

Such biased reporting from Staunton. "These people decided to take down the statue". Makes it sound like it was brought to the council and then brought down through agreement. They painted it with graffitti and the vandalised it. Every reporter afraid of the woke mob at this stage.

the irish media are themselves members of the WOKE mob

Brendan Bendar

padd b1975 wrote: »

There's a Cáit that texts in regularly to D'Arcy.
He pronounces it the same way.

'Book irish' my mother would call it.

Like he pronounces “skaelta” instead of “sshcealtha”

for the news at 4.

Tosser.

generalgerry

generalgerry wrote: »

No sign of Cayuuut O'Riordan on the podcast. Wonder they pull it?
.

What did she say bar the jaw dropping line about Kinahan?:D

What's the Elmhurst nurse thing?

Joe_ Public

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

What did she say bar the jaw dropping line about Kinahan?:D

What's the Elmhurst nurse thing?

She mentioned a story that had appeared in the new york times that a doctor had recorded from inside Elmhurst hospital to show the chaos and talked about the refrigerated trucks they were using as morgues. Thats about it.

generalgerry

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

What did she say bar the jaw dropping line about Kinahan?:D

Well Brendan had played back the audio of legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum telling us about what a great guy Daniel Kinehan is, and how a lot of people in boxing had reformed themselves after having previously been involved in crime. Brendan took issue with the inference that crime was in his past and not in his present.

While referencing her own difficulties with addiction later in the show, Cait cited this story of Daniel Kinehan (which she had earlier heard Brendan talking about but seemingly had not a Scooby Doo about the truth of the story) and said that she believes that everybody deserves a second chance.
I burst out laughing when she said it.