The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

Your one Derval is fond of the sound of her own voice,one could suggest?

Difficult to listen to for this listener……..bang!!

I think you are right in that the majority of Irish people bear no animus toward the LGBT community.

However there is a certain amount of homophobia among the native Irish population as well as in immigrant communities.

Following the events of the past week and the various testaments from people in the LGBT community relating their lived experience it would be strange if the issue was not discussed in a review programme.

And whose duty was it to point the finger at one section of the immigrant community when they were not represented on the show?

One of the two journalists, the sociologist or the CEO?

Naming him isn’t the issue.

Discussing his nationality, religion, ethnicity etc. is.

Sub judice has been around for years.

Boards, nor RTE invented it.

It's a rather sad state of affairs in this country when you know if someone attacked or murdered was a straight due to the lack of importance of reporting the story in the media.

To return to my first post today -

"I think you are right in that the majority of Irish people bear no animus toward the LGBT community.

However there is a certain amount of homophobia among the native Irish population as well as in immigrant communities.

Following the events of the past week and the various testaments from people in the LGBT community relating their lived experience it would be strange if the issue was not discussed in a review programme."

It was you that objected to the way the discussion was conducted.

I stand over what I said and will not be drawn into discussing a case that is before the courts.

I'm not copping out at all.

My position is quite clear if you have a further comment to make please feel free.

As for being a Mod, thanks for the recommendation but I wouldn't be able for the excitement 🙂

Does B'OC have a flu 🤧 he sounds particularly nasal today. Quite uncomfortable to listen to.

Had to switch it off today, during the discussion about a cap being put on Ukranian refugees coming into the country.

A ukranian guest said that after putting a cap on numbers, what would be next? Signs saying no Ukrainians, no blacks, no dogs. Sweet Jesus, what clap trap. Comments like that should not go unchallenged. Not sure if Boc did or not. But wouldn't expect him to, for fear of causing offence.

Any ukranian arriving in this country are being treated well, perhaps better than most arriving in other countries. And they are getting every benefit available. A cap might be getting talked about simply cos we have nowhere to put them. If we accept too many, we will end up putting them in unsuitable accomm, and that's not fair on them.

But its hardly as if we are going to turn into 1940s Alabama.

It was a real conversation interview.

They produced a memorable piece of radio.

Well earned, if you ask me. Ireland’s greatest, living, writer by a long way.

I'd say he knows the value of his art but doesn't come across as boastful.

Quietly confident and at a reflective stage in life.

This musical dude on with Ballsy likes smelling himself !

Nearly came to blows then!

”PLAY THE RECORD!”

:D

That idiot talking about trans and ‘tainted’ white people. Critical theory has truly ruined the world.

Brian Kennedy: forgotten but not gone