The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

An Claidheamh

Del.Monte wrote: »

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.

It will be very interesting how the Irish Times spins it when eventually someone from a minority comes forward and says that there was known predation, drug dealing, child and domestic abuse and misogyny in large families - and that Irish Times Social Affairs social correspondent Kitty Holland ( and relative of someone at said newspaper) knew all about it and said nothing!

An Claidheamh

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

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

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

Regulations pal, regulations.

Regulations?

They don’t mind promoting their own side projects or being politically biased when it suits them

Brendan Bendar

An Claidheamh wrote: »

Regulations?

They don’t mind promoting their own side projects or being politically biased when it suits them

That’s a long way short of what you are shilling, pal!

generalgerry

I think RTE need to start to take a bit of responsibility for the guests they have on their shows, non medical people who are allowed to give their opinions on medical issues. Well, as long as what they are saying is pro vaccine of course. Looks like you're wrong again, Dr Jim.

Jim Power on Brendan O'Connor 07/02/2021
"People who get the vaccine regardless of which vaccine it is .... that it reduces hospitalization, reduces serious illness, absolutely dramatically, up to 100%. So, given the whole motive behind what we are trying to do here - reducing hospitalizations taking pressure off the front line system. These vaccines actually succeed in doing that, so I have to say I was amazed, I'm certainly not a medic okay, but I was amazed when the decision was taken here Thursday night NOT to give the AstraZeneca vaccine to the over 70s."

RTE Website Today 14/03/2021
https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0314/1203889-niac-recommends-suspension-of-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccin/
"The administration of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been temporarily suspended following concern over blood clots. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the decision was made on foot of a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee."

jippo nolan

generalgerry wrote: »

I think RTE need to start to take a bit of responsibility for the guests they have on their shows, non medical people who are allowed to give their opinions on medical issues. Well, as long as what they are saying is pro vaccine of course. Looks like you're wrong again, Dr Jim.

Jim Power on Brendan O'Connor 07/02/2021
"People who get the vaccine regardless of which vaccine it is .... that it reduces hospitalization, reduces serious illness, absolutely dramatically, up to 100%. So, given the whole motive behind what we are trying to do here - reducing hospitalizations taking pressure off the front line system. These vaccines actually succeed in doing that, so I have to say I was amazed, I'm certainly not a medic okay, but I was amazed when the decision was taken here Thursday night NOT to give the AstraZeneca vaccine to the over 70s."

RTE Website Today 14/03/2021
https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0314/1203889-niac-recommends-suspension-of-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccin/
"The administration of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has been temporarily suspended following concern over blood clots. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the decision was made on foot of a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee."

Is that Jim “soft landing” Power?

MOD
Please take great care when discussing the subject of minorities etc as we are under obligation on this forum not to attribute, even through innuendo, societal negatives to groups of people. By all means we can fully acknowledge anti-socialism in society but not point to any particular groups of people as being responsible. The very existence of the forum may be under scrutiny and I advise posters to take this seriously.

generalgerry

"Anti Vaxxers will have a 'field day' with the news of the AZ vaccine being pulled" says Brendan. Instead of maybe acknowledging that anybody who said that the vaccines were rushed might have actually had a point and that RTE may have been wrong to tell everybody to "take any vaccine, they are all safe, they are all effective".

mgn

Stefanie Preissner on again, defending the Government today.
She must be looking to get on the FF or FG ticket when you start defending this shambles of a government.

NIMAN

mgn wrote: »

Stefanie Preissner on again, defending the Government today.
She must be looking to get on the FF or FG ticket when you start defending this shambles of a government.

She is a regular on this show.

Due a Late Late Show appearance soon too.

generalgerry

"we can't ignore the 1000 people that have died". How many of those died from COVID alone???

Has anybody noticed the two sets of rules in place, different burdens of proof:
Old person, with many underlying conditions, dies with COVID - cause of death = COVID
Old person, with many underlying conditions, dies after vaccine - cause of death = The person had multiple underlying conditions, DEFINITELY not anything to do with the vaccine. Any connection to the vaccine must be proven.

NIMAN

I heard a doctor on UK radio around last summer time, asked if you died in a car crash but had tested positive in the last 30 days, would you be classed as a Covid death.

He said yes.

That says a lot about the "Covid Death figures" for me.

Elmo

NIMAN wrote: »

I heard a doctor on UK radio around last summer time, asked if you died in a car crash but had tested positive in the last 30 days, would you be classed as a Covid death.

He said yes.

That says a lot about the "Covid Death figures" for me.

I think that might have also been asked in the Health Oireachtas Committee and the answer was the same.

mgn

mgn wrote: »

Stefanie Preissner on again, defending the Government today.
She must be looking to get on the FF or FG ticket when you start defending this shambles of a government.

She has been doing this consistently now for several months. I think you're possibly right about her wanting to get into party politics.

cozar

Why is there no discussion on the recent wedding in Galway or funeral in carrick?

Sam McConkey is one of the experts I always find quite negative, especially recalling when he once suggested we would be in lockdown for 10 years. But I do agree with him on getting the government to eat up their game on contact tracing, investigating exactly how & where it's spreading, and seriously assisting businesses in a very practical way to make their operations viable in Covid.

generalgerry

So we have rules for walking now lads. Brendan will you grow a pair and challenge this nonsense. ffs

Del.Monte

So all the would be male rapists should not walk behind women, not stare at them etc. - righty.

SEPT 23 1989

We as men should sit around and discuss that we shouldn’t rape women

NIMAN

"Don't walk behind a woman".


I am trying to figure out how to walk then. If I go out for my daily walk and there is a woman in front of me, do I give up and go home?

They are creating a culture of fear, and people are worrying about something that is VERY unlikely to happen to you as an individual. Because some woman was murdered in England, they are now trying to tell all women that they are going to be the victim of a crime.

And in breaking news, drive carefully next time you're out, as you might be in a crash and die.

Sir Oxman

Another day of RTE Radio, another day of the same viewpoints.

Sir Oxman

NIMAN wrote: »

"Don't walk behind a woman".


I am trying to figure out how to walk then. If I go out for my daily walk and there is a woman in front of me, do I give up and go home?

They are creating a culture of fear, and people are worrying about something that is VERY unlikely to happen to you as an individual. Because some woman was murdered in England, they are now trying to tell all women that they are going to be the victim of a crime.

And in breaking news, drive carefully next time you're out, as you might be in a crash and die of covid

fixed that

generalgerry

Okay second hour, turn off your brain. Somebody cooking something, somebody talking about a movie or song, somebody talking about the royals. that's my guess.

dirkmeister

NIMAN wrote: »

"Don't walk behind a woman".


I am trying to figure out how to walk then. If I go out for my daily walk and there is a woman in front of me, do I give up and go home?

They are creating a culture of fear, and people are worrying about something that is VERY unlikely to happen to you as an individual. Because some woman was murdered in England, they are now trying to tell all women that they are going to be the victim of a crime.

And in breaking news, drive carefully next time you're out, as you might be in a crash and die.

Philip Boucher Hayes was spouting sh!te on twitter the other day about this.

Crossing the road to make women feel safe when you are out for a walk.

It’s absolutely laughable stuff.

Bellbottoms

mgn wrote: »

Stefanie Preissner on again, defending the Government today.
She must be looking to get on the FF or FG ticket when you start defending this shambles of a government.

I think she is wheeled on as the token young person.

NIMAN

I honestly believe these guys are so afraid of saying the wrong thing and being cancelled, that they go along with it and play along. I think if you spoke to many of them off the record they would have different views.

But if you have a cushy job at RTe, are you going to rock the boat and potentially lose your big pay day?
BOC is on a quarter of a mill every year for this.

jippo nolan

dirkmeister wrote: »

Philip Boucher Hayes was spouting sh!te on twitter the other day about this.

Crossing the road to make women feel safe when you are out for a walk.

It’s absolutely laughable stuff.

Will I wear a pair of heavy brogues, or maybe hush puppies out walking?

mgn

Brendan and D'Arcy will probably start taking the knee when the meet women on the street from now on.

This s*it is just getting worse by the day, something to be outraged about now on a daily basis, but I think a lot of it is discussed as a smokescreen to take away the focus of the main stories of the day.

ShamNNspace

NIMAN wrote: »

"Don't walk behind a woman".


I am trying to figure out how to walk then. If I go out for my daily walk and there is a woman in front of me, do I give up and go home?

They are creating a culture of fear, and people are worrying about something that is VERY unlikely to happen to you as an individual. Because some woman was murdered in England, they are now trying to tell all women that they are going to be the victim of a crime.

And in breaking news, drive carefully next time you're out, as you might be in a crash and die.

We will be fitted with a device around our necks which will emit a beeping sound similar to a truck reversing...... "MALE APPROACHING... BEEP.... MALE APPROACHING... BEEP.... WARNING MALE APPROACHING.. BEEP"

Del.Monte

Bellbottoms wrote: »

I think she is wheeled on as the token young person.

Is she from Munich or Mallow - take your pick online such is the standard of journalism. Perhaps she's reinventing herself like Violet Wynne - Leo's favourite SF TD.

NIMAN

"Knight in shining armour", "my car broke and he came to my aid".


So it was great a male stranger came to help her, despite us being told to stay away from vulnerable women in public, and not to even walk behind them.

Johnthemanager

mgn wrote: »

Stefanie Preissner on again, defending the Government today.
She must be looking to get on the FF or FG ticket when you start defending this shambles of a government.

Did I read before that she was eyeing up running for FG?

mgn

ShamNNspace wrote: »

We will be fitted with a device around our necks which will emit a beeping sound similar to a truck reversing...... "MALE APPROACHING... BEEP.... MALE APPROACHING... BEEP.... WARNING MALE APPROACHING.. BEEP"

Or a bell around our necks,

ShamNNspace

mgn wrote: »

Or a bell around our necks,

And chant UNCLEAN UNCLEAN when in the vicinity of a female

Del.Monte

Jeez, this is dreadful muck, can we not have men walking behind women back?

NIMAN

ShamNNspace wrote: »

We will be fitted with a device around our necks which will emit a beeping sound similar to a truck reversing...... "MALE potential rapist APPROACHING... BEEP.... MALE potential rapist APPROACHING... BEEP.... WARNING MALE potential rapist APPROACHING.. BEEP"

fyp

mgn

dirkmeister wrote: »

Philip Boucher Hayes was spouting sh!te on twitter the other day about this.

Crossing the road to make women feel safe when you are out for a walk.

It’s absolutely laughable stuff.

There is a simple solution to that, if a woman is uncomfortable with a man following behind her,

Why doesn't the woman cross to the other side of the road.

See problem solved.

Del.Monte

Who is this - not even worth having on in the background?

mgn

mgn wrote: »

There is a simple solution to that, if a woman is uncomfortable with a man following behind her,

Why doesn't the woman cross to the other side of the road.

See problem solved.

That's ok if it is a road with a footpath opposite side. To access my estate from the LUAS necessitates walking along a very narrow path which is sandwiched between the LUAS track itself and a very high fence on the other side. Path not visible from any road or house for a good section of the way. Always somewhat uncomfortable on it at night, why I tend to get taxis at later times.

NIMAN

Edith Bowman. BBC radio presenter.

Hold My Hand

I enjoyed listening to Edith Bowman on today’s show and will give her podcasts a listen.

Bellbottoms

Del.Monte wrote: »

Is she from Munich or Mallow - take your pick online such is the standard of journalism. Perhaps she's reinventing herself like Violet Wynne - Leo's favourite SF TD.

I am confused. What are you trying to say?

EmmetSpiceland

Bellbottoms wrote: »

I am confused. What are you trying to say?

She’s class.

Hangdogroad

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.

Hes an utter bellend, both on air and off.

EmmetSpiceland

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Hes an utter bellend, both on air and off.

Incredible there was no real fallout from his airplane “incident”.

dvcireland

NIMAN wrote: »

I heard a doctor on UK radio around last summer time, asked if you died in a car crash but had tested positive in the last 30 days, would you be classed as a Covid death.

He said yes.

That says a lot about the "Covid Death figures" for me.

there was a man in wicklow, killed in a fatal car accident, listied as a covid-19 death.

I have been told that hospitals get paid for covid-19 deaths.

NIMAN

dvcireland wrote: »

I have been told that hospitals get paid for covid-19 deaths.

Very much doubt that. Sounds like something you'd read among conspiracy theorists on Facebook.

Hospitals are funded out of health budget, it's not like they get extra money at the end of the month after tallying up their deaths.

ButtersSuki

dvcireland wrote: »

there was a man in wicklow, killed in a fatal car accident, listied as a covid-19 death.

I have been told that hospitals get paid for covid-19 deaths.

That’s not true.

Elmo

ButtersSuki wrote: »

That’s not true.

Am I wrong to suggest that GP's are paid something extra when sending people to get tested for COVID.

ButtersSuki

Elmo wrote: »

Am I wrong to suggest that GP's are paid something extra when sending people to get tested for COVID.

Can’t speak to that, but I can tell you the hospital payment question (which was the point raised earlier) is not true.

ButtersSuki

Elmo wrote: »

Am I wrong to suggest that GP's are paid something extra when sending people to get tested for COVID.

I have close relatives who are GPs. I will ask tomorrow (too late now tonight, plus I’m in bed) but I haven’t heard anything of the sort. And that would most likely have come out before now.