Upfront with Katie Hannon

The govt should grow a pair. What’s wrong at this point in closing the doors? I know we’re probably obligated to take in Ukrainians due to an EU agreement and that’s fine but besides that, just summarilky dismiss any new applicants and triage the list of applicants in place to decide on the cases worthy of further investigation and let those that aren’t off as well. We can’t house the number here as is. No point in taking in more and soft discussions aren’t going to have a major difference if someone is determined. I have the impression we’re perceived as a soft touch location because we’re inefficient and once you’re here if you make enough noise we’ll probably keep you. We have a problem as a country that we always want to be seen as the good guys and not make waves. Instead we end up with half hearted policy that sort of does tge job but never really solves the problem.

100% agree.

And the defence of this policy always seems to be some nebulous ideology or, if all else fails, resort to the well-trotted line of "but, but, but the Irish emigrated during the famine". I would love for someone, anyone, to respond to that misleading bullshit by stating that the famine was an actual humanitarian crisis with people dying in ditches. What's happening in Brazil, South Africa, etc. that is in any way comparable to the famine?

Spot on New, all of which we have commented on in earlier posts.

Hannon has been promoted above her level of competence in my opinion.

Its very simple, she was in her element with the format of the late debate on radio where she could surround

herself with a bunch of lefties and one Govt. rep. usually fairly junior and spend the hour trying to kick lumps out

of the poor unfortunate with the lefties backing up the attacks.

She can’t do that on the TV programme.. and that’s where all the problems emanate from.

Regarding the intros - why oh why do RTE insist on trying to inject so called ‘trivialities’ into the intros of

what’s supposed to be a serious current discussion…they have dumbed down other programmes esp on radio

with the same stupid approach.

Doesnt look like anyone out there has seen the light yet.

Current affairs presenters make bad comedians…….

Does she have a tic or something?

Loving it so far tonight. It's like a TV version of Liveline.

We already did negotiate with our aggressor.

Was there really a reason to terminate it like that?

Was John Kelly going to complain that his pre recorded programme started ten minutes late or was the cameraman going to walk out?

Other live shows have ran late in the past. I bet the Late Late won't finish dead on schedule next Friday.

After hearing about the threat of right wing extremism all week, what the hell is the supporter of a criminal warmongering nationalist doing on the nation's premier politics show?

no, Mick Wallace isn't with her tonight...

Should have stuck to the CO2 reduction angle, wasn't enough time to cover biodiversity and Michael Fitzmaurice had an answer for that anyway, we're one of the most biodiverse regions in Europe

What I heard didn't make much sense to me. Putin is a deranged dictator and history has thought us there can be no peaceful solutions when dealing with such types.

Sure tell the Ukrainians, it will all be rosy eventually, just sit it out, keep the head down, in hundreds of years you will have no cause for complaint.

It is basically the point you are making.

The Ukrainians are right to fight and should do, for how ever long it takes, is the answer for the Ukrainian member of the audience.