This afternoon.
The launch of the new RTÉ season in Smock Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Laugh? We nearly paid the licence fee.
From top: Claire Byrne, Ryan Tubridy and Ray D’Arcy; Kathryn Thomas, Irish Army Private Jonathan O Dowd and Una Healy; Una Healy, Aoibheann McCall, , Ryan Tubridy, Sinead Kennedy and Kathryn Thomas and group shot.
But how many share the same Godfather?
Earlier: That Was Den
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Crossing your arms and looking smug=Television death
ooh… can’t wait for the next post on this momentous occasion!
Crossing your arms = I am a serious journalist, I swear.
And that’s why I refuse to pay the license fee…because rte is full of gobsheens like this
+160…16yrs now…never will.
Another long season of inter-rte interviews
Why is yer one in the red sleeveless boiler suit making that face?
You would too with Tubs leppin up behind you.
Oh I hope that’s what it’s about. Must he always make that face though? Insufferable twazzock.
(you’ve been missed)
Thank you! I’m on maternity leave so am actually busy at the moment.
High fives!
aw, well done you :)
Looks like a classic ‘need the loo, how the hell do I manage that in this dang boiler suit’ face.
Maybe Tubs let one rip with excitement due to his awesome leppin’ skillz…
My god Tubridy is such a massive bell-end.
Ethiopian National TV turned him down.
Where the hell is Marty Whelan !!!!
And who turned the incredible shrinking ray on aul Sinead Kennedy?
Ah Ray isn’t that small… is he?
…took me a minute :)
Looks like the line up for the next “where’s wally ” competition.
national treasures
anthem for doomed youth
RTE Needs to be shut down and restarted.
new season! = 90% repeats
Una Foden is stunning!
Agree with that.She is a beautiful girl.
RTE 2 schedule is now:
CSI season 3
BiG Bang Theory Season 2
Friends Season 7
Some obscure crappy CBS show which lasted 1 season
Something with Vogue Williams trying her hand at stuff. Milking a dog or something.
Two and a half men. (Charlie sheen gets blown and the kid still hasn’t got hair on his willy.)
And we keep all your favourites like:
Father Ted Boxset on repeat
Simpsons season 4 (Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky finds out his son is a clown)
The latest James Bond boxset (Now from 1980’s)
hahahaha i enjoyed that
This weekend RTÉ2 are showing Live European Boxing, highlights of Ireland V Scotland, Thank GAA it’s Friday, The Sunday game, repeats of home made programmes Other Voices, The Proposal and Mario Rosenstock, a double bill of 1864 and, in films I am Number 4 (2011), A Royal Affair (2012), Hairspray (2007) and Death of a Superhero (2011).
That’s several hours of Irish sport, 3/4 films made in the last 4 years, a non-US drama and several hours of home made repeats (yes, they are repeats but summer is always repeats and at least they’re not wasting the money on more US “comedy”).
All the enjoyment a man from County Mayo could want for €160 a year.
€160 a year is a little over €3 for a week or about 44c a day. So 88c to watch the Irish Boxers in the European semi finals, the Irish rugby team hammer Scotland and Galway play Tipp is not half bad.
Of course you could always switch to TV3. They’re showing an X-Factor recap show and an Adam Sandler film.
“€160 a year is a little over €3 for a week or about 44c a day.”
And €160 a year.
G’wan Mr. T, yu tell dem!
Seriously though, you have to ask yourself the question;
If RTÉ was gone in the morning, would I miss them?
It requires a bit of thought.
It took me 2 seconds.
NUKE THE PLACE!!!
HURRY UP!!!
“Of course you could always switch to TV3”
Or I could watch the many other channels that I actually pay for….
I think a lot of people’s main gripe with the TV Licence is that they are being forced to fund a channel that they don’t want to watch…
I’m not sure how I sit on the argument. I like the idea of the government funding local content but paying €160 euro to fund the inflated salaries of RTE “Top Presenters” rubs me up the wrong way.
They are showing highlights they are not showing the game live which is a fupping joke and fupp the GAA they get far to much money for their poo tv rights.
If you mean the rugby Sky bought the rights so RTÉ are left with the highlights package but it’s better than nothing. They had the same last week and will have the same next week again. Of course come the RWC they have nothing as Tv3 picked up the rights.
If you mean the hurling they are showing both the live game and the highlights.
Did sky have the wales game last week?
Thought it was only BBC Cymru
BBC wales had the rugby and that was it. It is a joke that the national broadcaster can’t show international games of what could be a world cup winning team but they cough up whatever the GAA asks for to show every game going it is a joke.
I just have to add that A Royal Affair is actually a rather good film. Danish, I think.
Season 4 is a classic in fairness.
Who’s the child?
a street urchin adopted by rte and scheduled to present prime time in 2029 after intensive training in how to mispronounce the R in rte… ahrrrTE
Ryan Tubridy’s apprentice then?
A kid from the new 4-parter Clean Break:
http://www.lisarichards.ie/actorsf/amybeth-mcnulty-actor#.Vcy6Bp1VhHw
who’s the rough as bejaysus angry army lad?
Irish Army Private Jonathan O Dowd, I’d imagine.
yea i read that too, i just dont know why he’s there or what he does other than army stuff to be on rte
Maybe he’s part of the licence-fee enforcement team.
WHAT??! I didn’t see any army lad?? What photo? I see the top photo of them laughing, then two birds standing an awkward distance apart, then the serious folded arms photo, then half sitting, then all sitting.
WHERE IS THE ARMY GUY!? Stop making stuff up.
Dobbo could learn how to wear a suit…….
Someone in there looks like they have a major coke habit.
Coke Diet, actually.
http://youtu.be/73jOl0q8ptY
Ah Una, bless your little cotton socks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbOQa1sqkI
Not a looker in the bunch
Incredible urge to stab
what a pile of concealed shite.
Brendan O’Connor is not there and Ray D’Arcy is hosting a new Saturday night chat show. Not a big fan of D’Arcy but the 1st piece of news is pretty amazing. Has he been let go?
No, heard today he’ll be doing a mid-week talk show. And they’re gonna make us watch it.
And then Brendan O’Connor turns up as a guest.on every other show.
And then HE gets a show, where he ‘interviews‘ the ‘people‘ who ‘interviewed‘ him.
And it all starts again.
FREE, fior €160/year!
Plus ca change…
So it’s not the Sinead Kennedy of po-faced pro-choice fame.