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Newstalk Megathread Nov 2022

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  • #752
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122371206#Comment_122371206

    If she got the face bitten off her it would serve her right.



  • #753
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122368606#Comment_122368606

    The one and only spokesman for Rooorald Oirland is on Newstalk speedial, the bould Healy Rae is on nearly every second day.



  • #754
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,441 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    I mean half the country lives in Dublin in fairness and most rural folk will at least visit at some stage.



  • #755
    Mr.CoolGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭Mr.CoolGuy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122372080#Comment_122372080

    He's more alien to me than Dublin is in fairness. There's a narrative that Ireland is just Dublin and bog farmers with nothing in between.

    They were talking about Guards in Dublin again today btw. Regardless of whether you think all things Dublin should be discussed, some topics are just boring and repetitive at this stage



  • #756
    Ol' Donie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,662 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Again, the news bit there had something about celebrities and politicians going to India for a rich person's wedding.

    What in the name of jesus is that in the news headlines for??



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  • #757
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,791 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    turned on Moncrieff to listen to the 'TV on the Radio', but to my horror stephenie preisner is on instead of him, talking about misogyny for a change ..



  • #758
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Think Sean will be off for a bit so we are stuck with Ms Whiny or Stand In on shuffle.



  • #759
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,263 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122386467#Comment_122386467

    Moncrieff is insufferable. High time a new presenter was sought for that slot, the constant sniggering he goes on with grates on me something awful, like Beavis and Buttheads Galwegian cousin.



  • #760
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,791 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122386799#Comment_122386799

    He does have a high opinion of himself, but I find him fine most of the time. I lasted about 2 minutes of priesner before turning off. only person to have me turn off as fast is d'arcy



  • #761
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    He gets on his high horse when triggered but I do enjoy the wry sense of humour, Priesner doesn't appear to have a sense of humour installed.



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  • #762
    robbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭robbe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122387975#Comment_122387975

    Agree with this….I normally like the TV on the Radio slot but jesus it was a hard listen yesterday. Very serious interrogation of a very light subject matter. Listened to about half and gave up.



  • #763
    RINO87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,617 ✭✭✭RINO87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122387975#Comment_122387975

    Her life is too hard to have a sense of humour. Gets an awful raw deal with everything does our Stefanie.



  • #764
    jippo nolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭jippo nolan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122388282#Comment_122388282

    did she mention that she’s on the spectrum?



  • #765
    leath_dub
    Registered Users Posts: 6,823 ✭✭✭leath_dub


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122388282#Comment_122388282

    Is she the wan that's trying to monetise her (recently diagnosed) autism?



  • #766
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,791 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122389958#Comment_122389958

    also shilling stuff from amazon, for a percentage of course !!



  • #767
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Good cop bad cop on a whole new level this morning.

    Ciara saying how bad the weather is this summer and Shane saying he didnt think it was too bad

    What planet is he living on !



  • #768
    Patrick2010
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    The usual taking up opposite sides on a topic to generate responses.



  • #769
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,791 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    can't stand the pair of them, or their 'banter'

    Coleman talked before about his time on the London building sites, and how his biggest regret was not calling out other lads for making sexist jokes or remarks. Not sure what is more laughable, him on a building site, or the reaction he would have got for 'calling out' other lads on the site.



  • #770
    jippo nolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭jippo nolan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399544#Comment_122399544

    he was probably the Nipper on the site making tea @& running for messages!



  • #771
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,441 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Coleman is alright,a serious journalist and a political nerd.

    The other half is getting more and more annoying in fairness.



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  • #772
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,791 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399556#Comment_122399556

    I would imagine a relative in London got him some sort of summer job, where he lasted less than a week



  • #773
    jippo nolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭jippo nolan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399621#Comment_122399621

    probably got the Foreman’s toe up the hole!



  • #774
    Azatadine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭Azatadine


    Didnt he say a while back that he and a friend used to skive off during the day and got paid for the whole time he was on site? He said that about a month ago



  • #775
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,686 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Who is doing the Sunday show now?



  • #776
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    A fantastic final yesterday that everyone was talking about and coleman on this morning whinging about the National Anthem and people not respecting it, players moving before it finished and crowd cheering during last line

    FFS go away Coleman and get a grip, always something to whinge about,



  • #777
    Peter Flynt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,032 ✭✭✭Peter Flynt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122399595#Comment_122399595

    He's a FF/FG supporter whose father-in-law is former minister Dermot Ahern.

    Everything from Coleman comes from FF/FG and he hates anyone who is not FF/FG.



  • #778
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122411620#Comment_122411620

    It's in the GAA's own rules that players should stand to attention respectfully for the Anthem.

    Interestingly a texter said GAA teams from NI make more of an effort to sing and respect it than in the 26 counties.



  • #779
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122411694#Comment_122411694

    I still remember decades ago Dublin league match up in Omagh.

    Before the Amhrán na bhFiann was played the fella on the Healy Park Stadium speaker made an announcement.

    In slightly threatening tone he said "Here up in Tyrone GAA we respect the entirety of our National Anthem. Please do not cheer out until the entire anthem is finished, thank you"

    My reaction was f**king hell you wouldn't hear that in Croke Park! But the gas thing is sure most of them don't even sing/know the words to Amhrán na bhFiann. The Irish language and Anthem is purely symbolic in NI in particular.

    It is a sh!te tune let's be honest, at best in any ground they half mumble it. Compare that to how the Scots belt out "Flower of Scotland", the French belt out "La Marseillaise", and the English belt out "God Save the King".

    The only time Amhrán na bhFiann was ever belted out was when Ireland played in England in Rugby in Croke Park for the first time. That was a rare exception.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #780
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,436 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122411834#Comment_122411834

    Every country's anthem is symbolic, I'm not sure what you are getting at. Maybe you were piqued because they took it seriously and we do not.

    It's not "craic", or meant to be a drinking song. Most people here don't know it here either, lethargically mumbling through it. And again, it's in the organisation's rules, but following rules here was never a strong point.



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  • #781
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122412122#Comment_122412122

    By symbolic I mean the majority of Irish people do not treat the Irish language as a language of communication (as a language should be used) they treat the language itself as a background symbol at best.

    The majority of Irish people are lazy gits/hypocrites when it comes to the Irish language happy to have bits and pieces of the Irish language "Echoes" of it. Symbolism. And this symbolism is even worse in NI than the ROI. It is the hypocrisy of it that gets me.

    The other key point is most national anthems around the world sing their anthem in the language that predominately used as the main language of communication in the country.

    Amhrán na bhFiann was originally written in English, let's not forget. Plus I think the real reason that the GAA players during the Hurling final did not "respect" the anthem because it is hard for them to buy into.

    1. It is not in their first language
    2. It is not a catchy tune (hardly going to fire them up for the match when the vast majority in the ground half mumble it)
    3. The match was more important to them

    That is the truth of it.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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