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By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:35:02 +0000

I have never listened to The Plank or Ryan, and nothing could ever make me. I used to listen to Rick O’Shea though

By: cooper

cooper — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:21:26 +0000

you mean you still listen…i gave up ages ago…pat kenny interviewing pat kenny and gerry ryan just being…..well forget it.

By: hooronahonda

hooronahonda — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:33:29 +0000

I think it’s obvious how everybody feels about having a bunch of abacus mangling, non-entities dictate what we can and can’t watch or listen to.
It’s definitely time to retake the asylum.
What seriously galls me is the way one TV channel can repeat what another TV channel aired only days previously be it a fillum, documentary or series and we are paying a fortune NOT to watch it twice!
After we execute the accountants the schedulers are next. Up the revolution!

By: Nev

Nev — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:24:28 +0000

Wow, I agree with everything said here.

RTÉ is becoming more and more of an expensive shíthole everyday.
Accountants are stuck so far up their own hole they don’t know what television is.

Sometimes you have to slack on a small tiny bit of profit to maintain quality, this obviously hasn’t happened here. €170 for this sort of crap service.

Whatever complaints people have about TV3, they’re still working with less than a third of the revenue of RTÉ and maintain a decent service. People are not overpaid there either.#

TG4 is pretty good also, and is doing well with their small cut of the license fee. The odd time they have some good innovation and good programmes.

Screw RTÉ and their overpaid presenters.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:20:52 +0000

Wahoo! I seem to have touched the nerve.

Rick O’Shea tells me I’m the only post on the subject to use the word ‘bastard’. Oh! the distinction….

By: Terence McDanger

Terence McDanger — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:53:41 +0000

Was never a huge radio fan but on a day off or when I’m in the car at that time of day, I always listened to Rick. Nothing surprises me about RTE, though, they can do what they like and still get their licence fee increases on demand. And then take in advertising millions as well.

At least the Beeb have the decency not to take ads as well on top of their licence fee!

By: le craic

le craic — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:37:53 +0000

This gives a whole new perspective on the decision – should have known the bean counters were behind it. It’s such a shortsighted decision.

By: Caricatures Ireland » The backlash gathers pace…

Caricatures Ireland » The backlash gathers pace… — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:46:29 +0000

By: TheChrisD

TheChrisD — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:19:11 +0000

It’s shit like this that makes me glad I listen to a radio station that has no chance of ever cutting back on their programming…