Andrew McGinley being pulled from Late late show

It was her family that objected, apparently.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/rt%C3%A9-interview-with-andrew-mcginley-pulled-over-wife-s-family-objections-1.4737562

Id say rte legal we're playing it super safe

Tubridy is addicted to misery and for him every silver lining usually has a cloud.

Good.

every sympathy to the man he must be going through hell, but less misery is needed.

That letter from her family (if this is the case) needs to be fully published so we can see what the reasons were

I'd imagine the motivation for the objections by Deirdre Morley's relatives was due to their fear of her name being dragged thru the mud further - They want the whole thing out of the public eye altogether. You would feel some sympathy for them, they are victims too. But this shouldn't have been and should never be the criteria used for denying the children's father a voice.

can yee imagine the outrage if the father had been the culprit and not the mother

Its a horrific story whatever side you approach it from. Hard to imagine many more difficult circumstances to have to deal with.

I don't really blame RTÉ and/or McGinley himself agreeing to pull it. No need to add insult to injury. There'll be other opportunities.

Go way outta that with your logic,no takers for that round here.

Feel sorry for him. He seems like a nice fella just trying to do something positive.

With him it's nearly always about the kids and nothing else and he doesn't seem to speak about her at all really.

Give the man a follow on social media,

Maybe just let it go.

What business is it of ppl ?

There's a certain sum element in society who target family members of people who have done heinous crimes. Andrew himself was and still is targeted by one sad fuccer.

Her family, who I believe Andrew is on good terms with most of them, have had horrendous vitriol rained down on them as if they are to blame.

That is the type of scum that is in society and after a recent increase in such behaviour by this tiny minority of low lifes, the added publicity was just a little to far at this juncture.

Is Freedom of Information nosiness???

I don’t remember a murderers family having a say about anything in previous cases

what makes this one so special

I’m torn on this one. Her family are very much victims too & perhaps they just need a break especially if they are being subject to abuse which might kick off again after the Late Late. I don’t see any public interest argument in seeing the letter. Her family have been through enough, let them have some privacy. From what Mr. McGinely said they were heavily involved in helping look after his wife.

I understand for Mr.McGinely it’s a way of coping. He can still do the charity without the Late Late.

A lot of people are struggling mentally during Covid. A lot of women with post natal depression, OCD etc worry that they might harm their children. The supports for women post childbirth are much much less during Covid. That needs to be a consideration as well. Maybe talking about the case on prime time TV isn’t the best idea at the moment.

If private members of the public can influence editorial decisions or censor people talking about things they don't like on the publicly funded broadcaster then, yes, we do deserve an explanation. This story is a public interest story.

There was a whole program about similar cases broadcast a couple of weeks ago.

Absolutely bang on the money I'd say. In response to being pulled, Andrew himself has said that he never has and never will discuss anything about Deirdre which isn't already in the public domain. The appearance was to herald the launch of a charity initiative. Reading between the lines, the letter probably claimed that they were worried what would be said, and RTE legal have no spine, so pulled it.

Hopefully though RTE's stupid decision will yield more publicity for this initiative than any LLS appearance. I follow the guy on Twitter, I absolutely do not understand how he manages to go on, and I'm in awe of him for that.

I agree. Irish media in general and the LLS in particular is one seemingly never ending parade of misery of misfortunes and terminal illnesses. You would think at a time like now they'd have more things to give people a lift rather than drag them down further.

Again, every sympathy but I'm sure the LLS is not the only means to publicise his event.

From what I remember the mother from Kilkenny who's sons were killed by there father was on the Late Late.

I'm fairly sure the lady from Charville who's sons were killed by their brother was also on the Late Late.

Similarly the woman from Ballycotton who's kids were killed by their dad also appeared on stuff on RTE over the years.

There's being a few other cases people who've appeared on programs over the years.

Now some cases it was simply murder and other mental health also played apart.

So, you do wonder will letters from families change what RTE airs in the future.

All depends what was in the letter. We'd need to see that.

Shocker of a decision from RTE based on what we have heard though.

The strange thing is whilst the Late Late Show is a misery feast they've aired people who just wants to talk about grief, how the killer is evil, etc.

This fella from my understand just wanted to talk about his kids and then to promote charity to help other kids.

Maybe it was a decision from sheer compassion. Maybe her family just mentally can’t take anymore. Mr.McGinely has said her family were involved in her care. Maybe they feel horribly guilty, which wouldn’t be warranted but guilt is often not rational. Maybe one of them can’t cope or their kids are getting abuse in school etc. We live in a small country. I feel really sorry for all of them.

This case has gotten a ton of publicity. I completely understand that Mr.McGinely is in an a horribly unique situation in that he has lost in entire family at once. I understand that charity work gives him a purpose & think the snowman colouring is lovely.

At times the Late Late is just too much sadness. We are at the height of Covid again. A bit of random celeb nonsense would do us good.