Were they not caught priming contributors to call in on certain topics before? Am I imagining that?
I thought he had a great skill for getting people to talk, which you’d really only notice when a replacement was sitting in.
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That Hannon one is a dose, for all his faults Duffy was empathetic towards people in difficult situations, an Uncle of mine was on a while back in relation to a situation that arose that was beyond insensitive after his son took his own life, he just let him off and tell his story.
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Just saw him on the news there. He looked very shook.
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Hopeless. Although she’ll make a pitch for it. There’s a plethora of mid-table contenders lurking about, the insufferable Boucher-Hayes being the prime example. Brendan Courtney will unselfishley let his name go forward and Brenda Donoghue is never far away.
Joe was trousering €250k plus so it’s a lucrative enough gig.
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I don’t mind Brendan Courtney
He’s gone very heavy
I thought the same
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Dearbhail McDonald will be a dark horse.
She’s very good when she fills in at the weekend. Not sure Liveline would be her thing.
I know a lad who used work in RTE. He said Joe was the soundest of all the well known lads. Low bar admittedly.
I think she’d be good at it. She has that spiky nature that all six county women have and she’s an actual journalist. You have to be very well up in a general sense to do something like Liveline.
There’s a huge societal value in the national broadcaster having an oul’ fella that the oul’ wans flock to see on Grafton Street on Christmas Eve morning whereby we have an hour of deeply foolish old person humour and banter which we all know is shit, but that’s the point. People love it because it’s foolish and shit.
It’s part of what makes us what we are as a nation.
I don’t know who can do the job now.
Des Cahill would be able I suppose. Maybe Marty Morrissey. But these are short term fixes. The Dazzler isn’t old enough yet but maybe in 20 years’ time he might be a candidate.
Christ but he’s put on some timber. Unhealthy looking really.
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The size of him on The Late Late now.
Just aswell he has the top button open on that shirt. Head like Jabba the Hut.
Joe has gone some size.
Brenda has spent 35 years as supporting cast. Her time has come.
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