The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Del.Monte

Only back in after a long walk - five minutes of this and the good of the walk undone.

Spanish Eyes

I don't do RTE in any form anymore. Too depressing, always worst case scenario, compliant with political correctness to the point of being terrified that someone might say something against PC. BOC has a voice for a funeral or tragedy. LOL.

You just have to listen to Joe Duffy, a ghoul and a misery merchant every single day and the Late Late Show, full of Covid, cancer, death. Claire Byrne, vacuous. I gather this from threads on Radio and TV here BTW.

So on Sundays I listen to Gavan Reilly. Good, fast paced and informative. Just my opinion of course. But some people will never turn the dial no matter how awful some RTE shows are.

ButtersSuki

Character Building wrote: »

*Everyone's a winner " declares BOC. Why is there no discussion about the potential criminal liability these gangsters could /should be facing?

To be fair I think he said that sarcastically, at least that’s how I picked up it from his tone at the time.

The doctor was fond of giving out though, about everything.

HildaOgdenx

NIMAN wrote: »

He sounded on edge for her interview, afraid she'd say something controversial.

It reminded me the way his tv show went. Started off very good but it got to the stage where he'd stop his guests saying anything that could potentially be considered controversial, and as a result it went to pot.

Today he ended up by saying "well that is only your opinion " to her. Yes we know it's her opinion Brendan, we just heard her say it, stop covering your and rtes ass.

I think he and RTÉ ran scared after there was a payout about something that was said on his tv show. I have forgotten the details though.

Infoanon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

To be fair I think he said that sarcastically, at least that’s how I picked up it from his tone at the time.

I would like to think that but I found his attitude very blasé. BOC didn't seem to get that if Davys bought the discounted bonds that then increased in value that the main beneficiary would be Davys.

BOC tried to make the whole episode dissappear with the €4m fine but his contributor from Trinity was having none of it.

Cole

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

So on Sundays I listen to Gavan Reilly. Good, fast paced and informative. Just my opinion of course. But some people will never turn the dial no matter how awful some RTE shows are.

I've done the same. I might dip into BOC on Saturday but end up switching off. Morning Ireland (hard going sometimes) and the News at 1 is about it now during the week. I don't mind all the Covid stuff, but the quality over the last year has fallen off a cliff...BOC, CB, Sarah and Cormac doing their Maura and Daithi routine etc.

ButtersSuki

Infoanon wrote: »

I would like to think that but I found his attitude very blasé. BOC didn't seem to get that if Davys bought the discounted bonds that then increased in value that the main beneficiary would be Davys.

BOC tried to make the whole episode dissappear with the €4m fine but his contributor from Trinity was having none of it.

She was very good, she’s been very strong on this story in the papers all week.

AndrewJRenko

ButtersSuki wrote: »

She was very good, she’s been very strong on this story in the papers all week.

Pity she wasn't so hot when she sat on the board of Ulster Bank during the boom times as they threw fuel on the fire of our property collapse.

Brendan Bendar

Only way we will get rid of these tools is hit the lads and lasses who perpetuate the deeds.

Nobody should be allowed walk away with the trouser pockets full and the ‘pinshon’ secure.

Hit the fcuuuhkers IN THE POCKET who did the deed, no corporate responsibility, no hiding in the herd, no big returns as if nothing happened.

Can’t be allowed to happen...

ButtersSuki

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Pity she wasn't so hot when she sat on the board of Ulster Bank during the boom times as they threw fuel on the fire of our property collapse.

Wasn’t aware of that, that does put a different perspective on things.

ShamNNspace

Why is it "absolutely sickening" to see the British bolting ahead with their vaccination programme? Is this a competition or what?.... Childish

hotmail.com

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Why is it "absolutely sickening" to see the British bolting ahead with their vaccination programme? Is this a competition or what?.... Childish

Particularly as many of those receiving the vaccine are Irish citizens in the North or Irish emigrants living in English cities.

ShamNNspace

At it again "it would absolutely sicken ya" on all over 40s being vaccinated by early summer in the UK when going through the papers

generalgerry

Who is this, Princess Latifa?

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generalgerry wrote: »

Who is this, Princess Latifa?

another snowflake "journalist"

generalgerry

Women are sick of saying "please don't rape me". Give me a break.

Women in supermarkets are scared? Is Brendan not going to challenge her on any of this sensationalist nonsense?

ford fiesta

more man bashing

Del.Monte

More utter crap - evil ****ers are evil ****ers and no amount of education is going to make a bean of difference. Serious prison sentences with hard labour might achieve something.

Not all men are like this - if I hear this again..............off course they are not or the pavements would be littered with rape and murder victims. This is the feminist version of BLM.

mgn

Its bad enough haven't to listen to her without the other clown encouraging her.

He starting to sound like he is embarrassed to be a male these days.

Shelga

generalgerry wrote: »

Women are sick of saying "please don't rape me". Give me a break.

Women in supermarkets are scared? Is Brendan not going to challenge her on any of this sensationalist nonsense?

I have to say, this is not my experience as a woman. I don’t twitch with fear in the biscuit aisle. Caitlin Moran was on Twitter the other day saying she’s afraid to leave her house after dark, and I thought, what a load of BS. Also strengthened my resolution to stay the hell off Twitter.

Also find it a bit uncomfortable that so much attention is on the (incredibly upsetting and horrific) Sarah Everard case, when stabbings happen daily in London and no one seems to give a s**t. Certainly not Caitlin Moran in her middle-class hamlet. Also a 16 year old girl of (I think) Chinese origin was stabbed to death in Wales on the 5th of March and it has barely made the news.

Then Caitlin was forced into a 180 on Twitter, where she had to apologise to trans women for using the word “womb” in the description of her fear. I would say the world has gone mad, but really it’s just Twitter insanity that no one in the real world has any time for.

amlinopta

Brendan firmly established as a member of Ray Darcy's anti-man club after that. Almost every program on RTE's schedule this week trotting out this stuff, unopposed.

Del.Monte

What all the leftie, snowflakes, influencers and radio presenter bandwagoners seem to overlook is that there is sub-genre of society that prey on us all - whether on the streets or in our homes - male or female they don't care. Some of these creatures cannot even be mentioned as that would be racist and I'm not thinking of recent arrivals to our shores.

Treppen

Wonder has she ever met a rocket scientist at a dinner party?

NIMAN

There is another thread on the go at the minute, no doubt based on a media report, that nearly every single young woman in the UK, has been the victim of sexual harassment.

No I find that one hard to believe, nearly every young woman? That is millions of women. So millions of women have been the victim of sexual harrassment? Then something is VERY wrong in society and the world if there is any truth in this. Means there are likely hundreds of thousands or even millions of sexual predators on the streets in the UK.

Or else, how they measure harrassment is so wide that everyone qualifies?

Cole

Shelga wrote: »

I have to say, this is not my experience as a woman. I don’t twitch with fear in the biscuit aisle. Caitlin Moran was on Twitter the other day saying she’s afraid to leave her house after dark, and I thought, what a load of BS. Also strengthened my resolution to stay the hell off Twitter.

Also find it a bit uncomfortable that so much attention is on the (incredibly upsetting and horrific) Sarah Everard case, when stabbings happen daily in London and no one seems to give a s**t. Certainly not Caitlin Moran in her middle-class hamlet. Also a 16 year old girl of (I think) Chinese origin was stabbed to death in Wales on the 5th of March and it has barely made the news.

Then Caitlin was forced into a 180 on Twitter, where she had to apologise to trans women for using the word “womb” in the description of her fear. I would say the world has gone mad, but really it’s just Twitter insanity that no one in the real world has any time for.

I think this is key...probably all social media. It's a shame that radio seems to be going in a similar direction. Stick to a strict 'progressive' narrative, devoid of any nuance for fear of being shamed on social media.

ednwireland

first female neurosurgeon in Ireland that's mad !

very interesting interview (makes me sitting here moving live customer servers a bit boring !)

generalgerry

RTE's reporting of sexual assault is as balanced and reasoned as their coverage of COVID.

Shelga

And there’s no easy way of saying this, but the horror and tragedy of the Sarah Everard case is so newsworthy precisely because it is so unusual. And the fact that it involves an active Met officer, I suppose.

The way certain people are shrieking on, it’s like they think they live in downtown Johannesburg. Attacks of this kind, by a total stranger, are incredibly rare, and I’d rather keep some perspective than be whipped up into a terrified frenzy.

NIMAN

Shelga wrote: »

And there’s no easy way of saying this, but the horror and tragedy of the Sarah Everard case is so newsworthy precisely because it is so unusual. And the fact that it involves an active Met officer, I suppose.

The way certain people are shrieking on, it’s like they think they live in downtown Johannesburg. Attacks of this kind, by a total stranger, are incredibly rare, and I’d rather keep some perspective than be whipped up into a terrified frenzy.

I wonder why this case in particular?

As mentioned, other women are the victims of murder in recent news, but for some reason this one seems to have changed the narrative.

Is it because of this case that someone in Wales called for a 6pm curfew on men outside?

Cole

generalgerry wrote: »

Women are sick of saying "please don't rape me". Give me a break.

Women in supermarkets are scared? Is Brendan not going to challenge her on any of this sensationalist nonsense?

I think we already knew the answer to that one. This is the problem. Not that real issues shouldn't be discussed (such as sexual violence against women), but when exaggerated claims are made that the presenter challenges or at least questions them.

mgn

generalgerry wrote: »

RTE's reporting of sexual assault is as balanced and reasoned as their coverage of COVID.

Well you know RTE's new slogan '' truth matters'' .

Note; As long as it suits the Government and the twitter snowflakes.

Del.Monte

"How innocent and deluded we all were" thanks for including me in your sweeping generalisation ....:rolleyes:

generalgerry

An Irish kid was stabbed by two African kids in Cork last year, but I would not be allowed to come on any media and say "African kids need to be spoken to about the use of knives", as this would also be considered as deeming them all guilty because of the actions of a few. After the Traveller funerals that ignored the COVID, you would not be permitted to come on any media and say "Travellers need to be given education about COVID guidelines", as this would also be considered as deeming them all guilty because of the actions of a few. Yet one high profile murder happens in another country and the media are allowed to push this myth that all men are potential rapists who are in need of education.

The biggest problem is that there is no male radio presenter who is brave enough to speak out on behalf of men and say "I'm not having that, you cant call us all rapists". They have all seen what happened to other vocal male presenters and they want to be able to pay their mortgages. This is how we end up with cowards like Ray D'Arcy and (sadly now) Brendan behind the microphones who just accept the narrative and don't challenge it like they would if it were ANY other demographic.

hamburgham

generalgerry wrote: »

An Irish kid was stabbed by two African kids in Cork last year, but I would not be allowed to come on any media and say "African kids need to be spoken to about the use of knives", as this would also be considered as deeming them all guilty because of the actions of a few. After the Traveller funerals that ignored the COVID, you would not be permitted to come on any media and say "Travellers need to be given education about COVID guidelines", as this would also be considered as deeming them all guilty because of the actions of a few. Yet one high profile murder happens in another country and the media are allowed to push this myth that all men are potential rapists who are in need of education.

The biggest problem is that there is no male radio presenter who is brave enough to speak out on behalf of men and say "I'm not having that, you cant call us all rapists". They have all seen what happened to other vocal male presenters and they want to be able to pay their mortgages. This is how we end up with cowards like Ray D'Arcy and (sadly now) Brendan behind the microphones who just accept the narrative and don't challenge it like they would if it were ANY other demographic.

I’ve started listening to Talkradio Uk. It’s incredible to hear the presenters voice opinions which would cause them to lose their job here, even though they’ve the normal common sense opinions which most of us share. The difference really hits you.

Newstalk used give me some hope until they capitulated over George Hook, now you can almost here the fear in their voices, none of them will say anything which contravenes the ‘correct’ view.

NIMAN

Rather ironically, Piers Morgan would be the type of presenter who would challenge the narrative that all men are a danger.

Government buildings

hamburgham wrote: »

I’ve started listening to Talkradio Uk. It’s incredible to hear the presenters voice opinions which would cause them to lose their job here, even though they’ve the normal common sense opinions which most of us share. The difference really hits you.

Newstalk used give me some hope until they capitulated over George Hook, now you can almost here the fear in their voices, none of them will say anything which contravenes the ‘correct’ view.

I listen to Neil Prenderville on Cork Red FM. in the mornings.
He gives everyone a voice, recommend. Finished with RTE and Newstalk.

ShamNNspace

Coming up on news at one
looking at the numbers with scally.. takeaway pints bad bad thing.. nursing home visits, bad nursing homes breaking restrictions re visits... sheebeens more bad bad people....
look over there while a section of our community seem to be immune from any covid restrictions, "we like the benefits but not the rules" 5km my arse as Jim royle might say

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ending the show with that terrible Arcade Fire song.
the theme tune of the show at the start.

Spanish Eyes

ShamNNspace wrote: »

Coming up on news at one
looking at the numbers with scally.. takeaway pints bad bad thing.. nursing home visits, bad nursing homes breaking restrictions re visits... sheebeens more bad bad people....
look over there while a section of our community seem to be immune from any covid restrictions, "we like the benefits but not the rules" 5km my arse as Jim royle might say

Just looked at the RTE page for Katie Hannon. There is a text number and email.

But hey, even if we did comment I doubt they wouldn't read anything to do with the Travellers anyway. The Government, Pavee Point, and Media are complicit in this silencing of our views.

But then again I could be surprised

hamburgham

Government buildings wrote: »

I listen to Neil Prenderville on Cork Red FM. in the mornings.
He gives everyone a voice, recommend. Finished with RTE and Newstalk.

Being a Dub, I’ve never tuned in but I might give him a try. Have to support stations who are brave enough to let their presenters voice the views the majority of us hold or at least a range of views.

Treppen

ednwireland wrote: »

first female neurosurgeon in Ireland that's mad !

very interesting interview (makes me sitting here moving live customer servers a bit boring !)

Well it's not exactly rocket science is it.

Treppen

NIMAN wrote: »

Rather ironically, Piers Morgan would be the type of presenter who would challenge the narrative that all men are a danger.

He's just as much a troll as Katie Hopkins

Brendan Bendar

hamburgham wrote: »

Being a Dub, I’ve never tuned in but I might give him a try. Have to support stations who are brave enough to let their presenters voice the views the majority of us hold or at least a range of views.

Most important thing is balance,otherwise the bots would dominate. Ecause they have nothing else to do.

You’d have idiots like those infesting Twitter and Instagram calling for everything to be opened and when 8 or 10 thousand new cases a day arise disown all interest .

Nah mate

Mad_maxx

generalgerry wrote: »

An Irish kid was stabbed by two African kids in Cork last year, but I would not be allowed to come on any media and say "African kids need to be spoken to about the use of knives", as this would also be considered as deeming them all guilty because of the actions of a few. After the Traveller funerals that ignored the COVID, you would not be permitted to come on any media and say "Travellers need to be given education about COVID guidelines", as this would also be considered as deeming them all guilty because of the actions of a few. Yet one high profile murder happens in another country and the media are allowed to push this myth that all men are potential rapists who are in need of education.

The biggest problem is that there is no male radio presenter who is brave enough to speak out on behalf of men and say "I'm not having that, you cant call us all rapists". They have all seen what happened to other vocal male presenters and they want to be able to pay their mortgages. This is how we end up with cowards like Ray D'Arcy and (sadly now) Brendan behind the microphones who just accept the narrative and don't challenge it like they would if it were ANY other demographic.

NiaL Boylan isnt afraid to say it but he is a pariah amongst the respectable media set

Brendan Bendar

Mad_maxx wrote: »

NiaL Boylan isnt afraid to say it but he is a pariah amongst the respectable media set

How do you make that out?

Did you survey the ‘respectable media set’....

Who are they as a matter of interest.....?

serfboard

Treppen wrote: »

He's just as much a troll as Katie Hopkins

Yep - and just as insufferable.

Ahwell

generalgerry wrote: »

An Irish kid was stabbed by two African kids in Cork last year, but I would not be allowed to come on any media and say "African kids need to be spoken to about the use of knives",

178 people were hospitalised due to stabbings in 2019, 10% up on 2018. So saying "African kids need to be spoken to about the use of knives" would be a rather stupid thing to say, whether it was said in the media or otherwise.

Government buildings

hamburgham wrote: »

Being a Dub, I’ve never tuned in but I might give him a try. Have to support stations who are brave enough to let their presenters voice the views the majority of us hold or at least a range of views.

Hamburgham, Its focus is around Cork, I'm not living there. But he gives all views a fair hearing. He doesn't get angry with people whose views he mightn't agree with. A breath of fresh air. Thanks.

An Claidheamh

Del.Monte wrote: »

More utter crap - evil ****ers are evil ****ers and no amount of education is going to make a bean of difference. Serious prison sentences with hard labour might achieve something.

Not all men are like this - if I hear this again..............off course they are not or the pavements would be littered with rape and murder victims. This is the feminist version of BLM.

Here here, most infuriating thing is that these NGO types are often fellow travellers of Amnesty, Civil Liberties, Penal Reform, Labour - all groups who support a person’s right to attack innocent people and suffer no consequences

They just get more upset when victims are ethnic, gay or female

Their statistics are nonsense, their CEOs are immoral and corrupt and their solution is attention seeking and deliberately useless - ie a poster campaign asking people to stop committing violent crimes

If they really cared about justice it would be justice for all male victims and they’d be protesting outside Judges’ house

They are just upset that this happened in the UK so the “Irish Catholic masculinity” cannot be blamed

Worse thing is how divisive these groups are!

They are as bad as the Northern ones who won’t support the other sides right to justice and answers

Defund the NGOs, build prisons, mandatory sentencing and recruit real police from the Mainland - pay them more than what they get for security jobs

On another note, O’Connor likes to present himself as a maverick but at the end of the day he says and does the right thing at the right time to collect a pay cheque despite no discernible comedic, broadcasting, writing or journalistic talent

Brendan Bendar

An Claidheamh wrote: »

Here here, most infuriating thing is that these NGO types are often fellow travellers of Amnesty, Civil Liberties, Penal Reform, Labour - all groups who support a person’s right to attack innocent people and suffer no consequences

They just get more upset when victims are ethnic, gay or female

Their statistics are nonsense, their CEOs are immoral and corrupt and their solution is attention seeking and deliberately useless - ie a poster campaign asking people to stop committing violent crimes

If they really cared about justice it would be justice for all male victims and they’d be protesting outside Judges’ house

They are just upset that this happened in the UK so the “Irish Catholic masculinity” cannot be blamed

Worse thing is how divisive these groups are!

They are as bad as the Northern ones who won’t support the other sides right to justice and answers

Defund the NGOs, build prisons, mandatory sentencing and recruit real police from the Mainland - pay them more than what they get for security jobs

On another note, O’Connor likes to present himself as a maverick but at the end of the day he says and does the right thing at the right time to collect a pay check despite no discernible comedic, broadcasting, writing or journalistic talent

Eh..... what’s that all about dude....

Do you expect presenters on NPR to be tools who rock the boat.

Regulations pal, regulations.