The Weekend On One With Brendan O'Connor

My apologies for getting facts in the way of an argument.

As of 01/12/2022

Not bad considering they didn't all arrive on day 1 of the war. Did anyone in the state consider allowing them to have a childcare facility that they could organise themselves. They seem quite adept at holding back an army 10 times there size, I'm sure childcare wouldn't be as complicated as we make it here

Its a bit rich for a hotelier to be overly concerned about taxpayers money. I'm sure they wish to go back to ripping off said taxpayers if they wish to get married. Said hotelier must be doing quite well out of the situation when the state needs an extra 60 staff to process the payments to said hotels.

Other hoteliers seem to be far more proactive on the matter.

We do have a government that could not organise a session in a brewery. To have more than 1 third working is phenomenal given language, concerns for relatives at war, kids in tow, constant moving of address, organising schools etc.

If we were as resilient as them we would be some country.

You’ll be delighted to hear that he’s just retired from the TV show but is continuing to work, so you’ll be happy to listen, right?

What has his retirement status got to do with anything?

So you vented publicly without knowing if he has burned a lot more carbon?

Japers Brendi, sometimes it's better for the auld PR to stay silent. 😁

You said this:

Then revealed you didn't actually know and would apologise if proved wrong.

So this is actually correct:

Put the spade back in the shed Compadre.😁

😀😀

Sheffield Steel, best there is.

Yeah, the hotelier said that all these pesky building regulations were slowing down development.

I guess she's never heard about mica, pyrites, Priory Hall, Dundrum View, accessibility for people with disabilities, desperately poor insulation on houses or any of the other disasters courtesy of our building industry over the past couple of decades.

No, you didn't explain what his retirement status has to do anything. You said you'd prefer not to hear it from someone who has retired, but you didn't explain why - so again I ask, what has his retirement status got to do with anything?

It's a bit late now to say that 'you've nothing personal against him' after you've made unfounded allegations about him.

It's fairly obvious what the issue is here. He DID make you feel guilty, as you've said yourself. You don't like that feeling, so instead of looking inward to find the source, you lash out to try to blame someone else. I'm not sure that you're in much of a position to lecture anyone on their flight related carbon footprint.

"Family businesses" tend to be run by "the people who get up early in the morning".

Suggestion: Sunday morning drinking game, where you down a glass of Prosecco every time hotelier Lorraine says “Welk, if it was a business…”.

Public service isn’t a business Lorraine. Businesses have paying customers. Public services provide services to all, so it’s just a bit different. You’re outside your comfort zone.

Spot on, Nev. I, myself, have a few chums working civil service.

I mentioned that whole thing of “quiet quitting”, where you do the minimum required for the job, awhile back and they laughed saying ‘doing that in our place would be considered going above and beyond!’.

Some gig, in fairness, but it takes a special type of personality to handle that “level” of boredom. Not sure it would be for me, idle hands and all that.

Ciaran Hinds is a very good actor. Haven't seen "The Dry"... Its probably absolute muck, but love Ballsey going, it's brilliant, you're Brilliant, I'm brilliant.... and sure aren't we ALL brilliant? 🙄

it was on whilst I changed bottom bracket bearings, swapped wheels , and new brake pads on my bike

Would anyone have any inside information as to how much guests actually get for a fee for appearing on slots like today's?

Curious how much Dr Eva would actually receive for her basically promoting herself?

Is it me or does Ballsy sound even more agitated and annoying than usual this morning.

He seems to be roaring and shouting in that revolting uhmm and ahhh stuff he goes on with and his aim seems to

be to drown out anyone and get on into the calmer waters of a few luvvies after 1200.

Also why the fuhhrke is everyone referring to ‘new’ as ‘noo’..

Doesnt improve my humour I have to admit……😫

Ballsy has gone back into his comfort zone, now fully relaxed into the safe environments of the luvvies.

Now discussing food with Lise Hand.

Who knows? Of their own shadows?

On the subject of guests though on this show, it would be interesting if someone started compiling a list of guests asked to review the news. There's a lot of repeat voices in there - Kate O'Connell for one seems to be on at least every month. What's Ballsy's panel - could it be about 25 max?

the silences after BOC asks a question are excuriating.

This interview is pretty awkward alright. She has an extremely monotonous kind of voice. All of the delays with Zoom aren’t helping, with them talking over each other and long silences. Eek!

Just listened to that, and big fan of this show, but that was hard work and very awkward in places, especially since he had interviewed her before. She wasn't making it easy for him. Fascinating woman though, at age 83. I think a more formal interview format might work better. Her observations on ageing and dementia were very interesting.

He is not. He is just adding balance to a clearly biased opinion (from that Labour trade unionist with her ‘lived experience’ and ‘lived reality’).