The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Technocentral

MLOD is headache inducing a simple question elicits a 13000 word answer

HeidiHeidi

Technocentral wrote: »

It's chicken and chips circuit not rubber chicken

I've always known it as the rubber chicken circuit!

Had to turn it off today, between MLOD, them all shouting each other down, and then Leaving Cert to top it off (I know it's of great importance to a lot of people, but my god I'm sick of hearing about it)

Infoanon

generalgerry wrote: »

Pointless having both MLD and Sinead O'Carroll in the studio agreeing on everything.

Compared to Karl Dieter and Michael Mc Namara who agree everything ?

Is the issue not that Sinead Mary L have shown that KD and MmN are all noise with arguments that fall apart once challenged

Did Karl not think Sinead might have read the same Dan O Brien article and seen the caveat....

Technocentral

Does Karl Dieter like any one?

Mav11

Technocentral wrote: »

Does Karl Dieter like any one?

Should stick to providing mortgage advice.

Mav11

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

The basic principle is the same Mav.

My point is that positions of responsibility bring on higher standards.

‘Pat and Patricia’ seem to have a difficult relationship with that concept.

Think charities

Think politics

Think churches and religion

Think FAI



....and many others.

Agreed, my point is that it is much more difficult to remove an elected representative.

Brendan Bendar

MLOD........Hopefully RTE will have learned the lesson not to book MLOD on a show like this again.

Way too strident and domineering.‘Gobby mare’ doesn’t do her justice

Nearly took over from Damien today .....

You don’t want a gobby mare roaring at you of a Sunday morning with a head like a ‘stone pot’ on you from Sat nite.

Well this poster doesn’t anawy.

ShamNNspace

What an absolute dose mlod is. An echo chamber dweller if ever there was one petfified any of her views might be challenged. Her opinion to me carries less weight than a mouses fart

elperello

Raisins wrote: »

So hard to listen to people shouting each other down on and laughing at each other’s points etc on a Sunday morning.

That’s one thing the late Marian Finuncane was really good at. She moderated the discussion to give it a calm less noisy vibe.

You never miss the water till the well runs dry.

seamusk84

That was a horrific show today. I usually always look forward to listening to TWOO every Sunday when I am out walking.

But today was just noise and nastiness. MLD does not lend well to the show and basically just ruined any kind of conversation or flow. I hope that is the last time they ever bring her on.

Also hope Brendan O'Connor is back from his jolliers next week as he would have kept her in check better.

Beechwoodspark

One thing I learned is damo seems to be a huge snooker fan

Beechwoodspark

MLOD gets an instant mute any time she turns up on radio or tv in this house.

southstar

seamusk84 wrote: »

That was a horrific show today. I usually always look forward to listening to TWOO every Sunday when I am out walking.

But today was just noise and nastiness. MLD does not lend well to the show and basically just ruined any kind of conversation or flow. I hope that is the last time they ever bring her on.

Also hope Brendan O'Connor is back from his jolliers next week as he would have kept her in check better.

I agree the show was poorly managed...a dogs dinner..and yesterday's discussion about the royals...a borefest

Cole

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

One thing I learned is damo seems to be a huge snooker fan

I enjoyed that interview with Dennis Taylor. He always seemed like a good guy...got a bit overshadowed (as one of the top Irish players) by the more 'flamboyant' Alex Higgins:rolleyes: back in the day.

Spanish Eyes

TBH even though DOR can be off at times, he is miles better than BOC.

That drony voice of BOC does my head in. Much prefer the Newstalk show with Gavan Reilly, has a bit more life to it. Well a lot, and the usual hangers on in RTE are not to be found anywhere near it which is another bonus.

Cole

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Much prefer the Newstalk show with Gavan Reilly, has a bit more life to it. Well a lot, and the usual hangers on in RTE are not to be found anywhere near it which is another bonus.

Gavan R is good but (the few times) I've tuned in, it seemed to be pretty much the same familiar names on the panel...I've heard Fergus Finlay and Colette Browne (God help us) on it a couple of times in recent weeks.

Spanish Eyes

Cole wrote: »

Gavan R is good but (the few times) I've tuned in, it seemed to be pretty much the same familiar names on the panel...I've heard Fergus Finlay and Colette Browne (God help us) on it a couple of times in recent weeks.

I know, but the pace of the show is good though.

Not sure about the sports segment given that it is wall to wall from 1oclock onwards anyway.

Enjoy the historian.

Cole

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I know, but the pace of the show is good though.

Not sure about the sports segment given that it is wall to wall from 1oclock onwards anyway.

Enjoy the historian.

Yes, similar take on it too...but don't like the politician interview at the beginning/the sports segment/2 panellists. Overall, I just don't like the format of the show, so I've stayed with the RTE alternative, but it's tough going with BOC.

Spanish Eyes

Cole wrote: »

Yes, similar take on it too. Overall, I just don't like the format of the show, so I've stayed with the RTE alternative, but it's tough going with BOC.

I just listen back to RTE on the app in case I missed anything, but never miss anything important either, it's all wallpaper anyway, and to reiterate, BOC is a boring presenter. Not impressed with him, I don't think he is interested at all and is going through the motions.

Nevin Parsnipp

lookit ! Maid Marian was good at her job ...but not €450K good ...her salary was a disgrace ....but not her fault ...the fault of the unelected RTE mandarins ..who dispense largesse with gay abandon.

RTE need to get a good host in for this important slot ...Ballsy and Damo are just not up to it ..

generalgerry

I think that this morning Damien should have put the reins on MLD to curb her characteristic "bull in a china shop" approach to discourse. If they were going to bother to get a guest on the phone, then they should have cleared some space for him to talk. I wouldn't make any more of it than that. Damien is still showing signs that he could well step in to one of the main presenting roles on RTE.

Brendan Bendar

Cole wrote: »

Gavan R is good but (the few times) I've tuned in, it seemed to be pretty much the same familiar names on the panel...I've heard Fergus Finlay and Colette Browne (God help us) on it a couple of times in recent weeks.

Folks, never let these scones like Browne and Finlay and their fellow travelers dictate the way you think.

I listened to it in the car - it was more like the Colosseum with all the baying for blood than a stimulating and entertaining debate. Michael Cawley killed the Failte Ireland story by resigning, but that didn’t stop a desperate attempt to resuscitate it.

“CLEAR!”

Infoanon

While MLOD is getting a lot of the blame here imho Karl Dieter and Michael Mc Namara (chair person of the Dail Covid 19 committee !) also played a pivotal role in today's car crash of a show.

Damien lost control of the show today - contributers shouting over each other and making contradictory statements - which is why he isn't up to the role on a full time basis.

Brendan Bendar

That coin McNamara was the main problem.

Callan57

Jesus the Creme de la Creme behaving like 4 year olds at a birthday party ... "I want to sit with my friend or I'll scream and scream". Pathetic!

zell12

Brendan to a publican: "Declan you sound desperately flat"

EmmetSpiceland

I turned off Bobby Kerr for this? Jaysus. What’s going on? Brenner giving it his best “Joe Duffy”?

Why are more and more shows talking to the “plebs”? Is there not enough of that during the week?

Sure, the odd “vox pop” is alright but having to listen to ordinary citizens drone on and on about something they should have a learned “expert” discussing is getting very old.

Is it a money saving “exercise”?

Infoanon

Back to open the pubs ffs

zell12

'people are dying for the schools to open'
what an unfortunate way to phrase it..

Mav11

Slightly related question. Does anybody know why the quality of phone in interviews has got so bad since lockdown? It seems to me that calls are constantly dropping or the quality is so poor as to be useless. Is it that more and more people are using IP phones? BTW the current one is pretty good.

generalgerry

Missed the start of the show guys, is there anything worth listening back to?

Mav11

Edith, a survivor from Auschwitz is a "gas woman". I think Brendan could have put it better!!

Cole

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I turned off Bobby Kerr for this? Jaysus. What’s going on? Brenner giving it his best “Joe Duffy”?

Why are more and more shows talking to the “plebs”? Is there not enough of that during the week?

Sure, the odd “vox pop” is alright but having to listen to ordinary citizens drone on and on about something they should have a learned “expert” discussing is getting very old.

Is it a money saving “exercise”?

Turned off Bobby Kerr too after the first 5/10 minutes of his panel just stating the obvious again about the Clifden crew.

The beginning of BOC was alright. Bit more of an insight into the 'thinking' around the organisation of the Clifden thing.

generalgerry

Mav11 wrote: »

Edith, a survivor from Auschwitz is a "gas woman". I think Brendan could have put it better!!

Hah never even thought about that til you mentioned it.

khalessi

How can all the Munster playes get tested on Friday and have results Monday but normal joe soap can be waiting a week?

EmmetSpiceland

khalessi wrote: »

How can all the Munster playes get tested on Friday and have results Monday but normal joe soap can be waiting a week?

I’m guessing they paid for private testing.

Mav11

khalessi wrote: »

How can all the Munster playes get tested on Friday and have results Monday but normal joe soap can be waiting a week?

Some of the new saliva tests can have results back in minutes.

Cole

Another really poor show overall from BOC. Not waiting till the end...the comfort food thing is enough now.

ShamNNspace

Lilly Higgins sister of "comedienne" Maeve another rte favourite

SpitfireIV

Jesus, what a horribly irritating song, apparently its had a revival in recent times? Glad I never heard it before nor ever want to hear it again!

ShamNNspace

SpitfireIV wrote: »

Jesus, what a horribly irritating song, apparently its had a revival in recent times? Glad I never heard it before nor ever want to hear it again!

The revival was all in brendans head

EmmetSpiceland

SpitfireIV wrote: »

Jesus, what a horribly irritating song, apparently its had a revival in recent times? Glad I never heard it before nor ever want to hear it again!

What song was it?

Cole

BOC not getting the level of outrage he was probably hoping for from the panel so far...could be 'awkward'.

generalgerry

Cole wrote: »

BOC not getting the level of outrage he was probably hoping for from the panel so far...could be 'awkward'.

Very surprised with McConkey. If it was a bunch of kids having a house party I think his attitude would have been far more judgmental.

As I said on the other thread the main point here is what this tells us is that the people running the country, who are telling us every day about the "dangers of COVID" and locking down businesses and lives on this basis, do not actually believe that COVID presents any threat to life at all.

brooke 2

Cole wrote: »

BOC not getting the level of outrage he was probably hoping for from the panel so far...could be 'awkward'.

Professor McConkey really trying to stay on the fence! :eek:

The reaction from all the golf dinner attendants the reporter rang illustrates how cut off these entitled 'elite' were from the normal people of this country. They could not understand what all the fuss was about.

Can't take any more of this! Am heading over to Newstalk!!

SEPT 23 1989

This is not reflecting the anger out there

generalgerry

This is pretty shocking from Sam McConkey. Grow a pair of b*lls, Sam, ffs. He is losing credibility by the minute here.

Just heard back on the Mary Wilson show that there was also a weather warning that night, so only essential travel was allowed on that same night also. So they ignored those rules as well.

zell12

Brendan reading out texts, looks like FG bots are awake and texting in their droves in support of Hogan et al

humberklog

Ah, there it is, "national interest". Took 30 minutes.