Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan
On The Ray D’Arcy Show.
Sinéad Harrington writes:
Fresh from their victory on Dancing with the Stars, Mairéad Ronan and John Nolan will be talking to Ray about taking home the glitterball trophy
Joe Brolly chats to Ray about his role as Cystic Fibrosis Ireland ambassador joined by Shane Halligan, who received a double lung transplant in 2015.
Ray will also be catching up with two titans of Irish TV, Francis Brennan and Dermot Bannon.
Kilkenny woman Jenny Moylan tells Ray about her dramatic ten-stone weight loss in the last year.
Kerry’s famous Bat Family will be in studio for a very special performance of their latest viral video, comedian Pat Shortt will be supplying the laughs, and there’ll be a hooley in the kitchen with Stockton’s Wing!
The Ray D’Arcy Show at 10.20pm on RTÉ One.
Pic: RTÉ
If RTE are so concerned about funding, why not just film this within the RTE canteen, seeing as that’s where most of their guest can be found? Just push the lunch tables to the side of the room, set the chairs up in a row and there you go?
Ian, perhaps you’d like to tell us which of those guests works full time for RTE?
I could make an attempt, but then I would be pandering to a strawman whereby you imply I said X when in reality I said Y so would be rather pointless.
Sorry! You could always just go here for any questions you might have?
http://jfgi.herokuapp.com/
Have a nice weekend Rotide! :)
To be fair rotide, it’s not that they’re staff. It’s almost worse – they are all part of a very familiar, close-knit, well heard from, cohort of people who orbit the national broadcaster. RTE know they can book them to come on and will be certain of exactly what they’ll get. No risks or imagination required.
And I like some of them, don’t get me wrong.
What you said above.
Also, as the canteen is open to guests and staff, its not a given that your presence there means you are a staff member.
You might even be there to rob custard creams. But I don’t judge, even if there are hob knobs available.
And surely they could also find someone in the canteen, maybe someone cleaning it who could do a better job than the toe-curlingly poor €450,000 a year interviewer (and is loss-making RTE also paying relatives in supporting roles)
On morning Ireland yesterday, during the sports news, Des had Katherine Thomas on because she’s from Longford or some such and there’s a match on over the weekend. This gave her the opportunity to plug the play she is in and that there’s tickets still available.
It was Lietrim. It was a bit weird. She is an obvious fan of the team though and knowledgeable about preparations in the county for their big day out. She seemed to be some sort of unofficial spokesperson to be fair. But yes, she did plug her play.
Isn’t she from Carlow? And if I’m wrong, meh.
Oh yeah. Katherine Thomas is. But is was Katherine Lynch that was on with Des.
Clear as MUD.
Pack a eejits.
Brennan and Bannon; a pair of egotistical, self-promoting (expletive deleted…there I’ve saved you the trouble).
Both of the these guys probably got the original gig by accident or on the basis some cheap pilot idea.
These days they can’t believe their luck to be still grinding out the same old shtick and getting away with it.
“Bat family”?
“…for a performance of their latest viral video”?
Good grief.
Jaysus that is absolutely chilling
But d’ye know what would be good craic tho’
For Pat Shortt to go full Mattie McGrath
Jaysus. I’ll be out. Mairead Ronan and the other one. Yawn. Of course all this DWTS crappola is designed to bolster a licence fee hike for Shinawill (on RTE Board), Dee Forbes, and friends.
“Ray will also be catching up with two tit
ans of Irish TV, Francis Brennan and Dermot Bannon.”There’s a pair of them in it in.