Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

Christian brothers 70s, for me the lay teachers were the worst, a lot of them "spoiled priests" as they called them in those days , many shouldn't have been let near a classroom and clearly hated it, they had a certain bias towards the boys from the town merchant families, us country lads would never be picked for the rugby team for instance and were often picked for menial tasks, I remember spending 2 days one time with another few "buffers" as they called us filling turf into the school turf shed, they prepared us well for the boat that's for sure, like eegits we all filled out application forms for the Gards and civil service not knowing that the vast majority of those jobs were already gone, I was glad to see the back of it in the end, I've no good memories apart from a guidance teacher who once told told me that yes the boat would be the best option for me and one gentle sad eyed Brother who brought us cycling during the summer to places of historical interest where we had a picnic or a cookout on an open fire,he taught Latin and Greek a great basis for learning new languages though that wouldn't be fashionable now and in time were dumped in the education surplus to requirements bin along with a lot of other subjects deemed unnecessary baggage to navigate today's world of tweets and short attention spans , I've loved the outdoors and all those old castles and places of historical interest ever since ... I never attended any reunions 30th or 40th, I didn't see the point, the past is another country as they say

Just announcedtha Vicky Phelan has died. A true Irish heroine who was badly wronged by the state. I expect RTE to go big on this today, especially Ray and Joe

Won’t someone think of de blackrock chislers! Dey haven’t had enough shows devoted to their issue yet!

joe will go to town on the misery aspect of the Vicky Phelan story. Båstard.

very sad news. I think I will stick to the music. depression all round today

Its a big dilemma for Joe - abuse or death?

The smart money is on death today and tomorrow followed by abuse for the rest of the week.

in joes mind I’d say he can’t believe his luck. All pain and no lighthearted stuff like ghost buses for salt of de earth oul wans from Fi glad to write poems about. He’ll get the week out of Vicky and if it’s starting to slow down he can jump right back to hardcore descriptions of sexual abuse at 2:30pm on a weekday.

"Obituaries of Vicky."

Why am I not surprised?

And just for some light relief, more Blackrock fiddling.

Well, it won't be me. I'm out.

I can see this grim fecker hanging on to this for the week.

Is it just me or does the repeated mentions of the 'Holy Ghost Fathers' make this topic sound like Harry Potter or something. Bizarre fantasy names these con artists use.

why is he not dedicating the whole show to Vicky?

i'm very surprised, least she deserves...I think, strangely

No, he is back to de Holy Ghost fiddling! Nothing about de Society of Jesus who educated 2 of Joe's chiselers.

Because we want to hear about priests and sex exploitation