This morning/afternoon.
St. Matthew’s Church, Ballyfermot, Dublin.
Mourners arrive for the funeral mass of Mabel Duffy, mother of broadcaster Joe Duffy. From top: Miriam O’Callaghan; Sean O’Rourke; Marty Whelan and Maria Whelan, and Sil Fox. Mr Duffy was a pallbearer (right)
Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Anatoliyevich Filatoc; Joe Duffy
Patrick Murphy and Brendan Byrne talking to @joeliveline now about their meeting with the Russian Ambassador @RTERadio1 https://t.co/Rvva8CPTEe
— Liveline (@rteliveline) January 27, 2022
This afternoon.
Meanwhile..
Listening to Joe Duffy hear that the fishermen were treated well and considerately by the @Rus_Emb_Ireland and Ambassador on @rteliveline is incredible. He’s now attacking the 2 men as they won’t follow his narrative of Russophobia. Unbelievable bias from Joe.
— Chay Bowes 🏴☠️ (@BowesChay) January 27, 2022
Ah here.
Earlier: Do The Russians Love Their Fish Too
Broadcaster Pat Kenny
Ramping up of angry rhetoric by likes of Joe Duffy, Claire Byrne, Pat Kenny and some other prominent journalists has produced a language that’s an incitement of hate and violence. Could well see people hurt in the name of health. They are way out of order @RTERadio1 @NewstalkFM
— Ewan MacKenna (@EwanMacKenna) October 15, 2021
This morning.
Come on.
What’s the worst that could happen?
Throw them into Croke Park between now and Xmas in a type of Squid Game contest, that’ll soften their cough…..
— @Daithi1976 (@Daithi19761) October 15, 2021
Oh.
Last night: ‘Jabbermouths’
Newstalk’s Pat Kenny (left) and RTÉ’s Joe Duffy, critics of the unvaxxed
Excellent letter in the Irish Times.
Media jabbermouths like Pat Kenny and Joe Duffy continue to offer up ordinary people, who are simply trying to get on with life, as Covid punching bags in order to stop us putting the blame where it belongs. pic.twitter.com/dRqs1Niv9U— Damian (@raggedlines) October 14, 2021
This morning/afternoon.
Meanwhile…
Let’s have zero tolerance of those refusing vaccination, irrespective of their profile, sporting or otherwise. The prospect of ongoing restrictions casting a dark shadow.
— Michael O’Regan (@Michael_O_Regan) October 14, 2021
They all got the memo.
Earlier: You’re Ruining It For Everyone
Previously: Booster Shots
Callum Robinson ecstatic Ireland are flying home from Baku with ‘a big W’https://t.co/YHwkIKAfVu
— Irish Mirror Sport (@MirrorSportIE) October 9, 2021
Tonight.
Meanwhile…
Ah here.
Robinson double-jab hands Kenny first competitive win as Ireland beat Azerbaijan (RTÉ)
Previously: Duffy Passes To Giles
Football legend John Giles
Last night.
On Off The Ball:
“A lot of players are not being vaccinated, which I don’t agree with.
“I think they should be vaccinated, he (Republic of Ireland forward Callum Robinson) has had it twice himself who knows where he spread it to when he did have it.
“I think footballers are being given a lot of freedom in this particular situation. I think they’ve been privileged in some of the things that they can do because they’re footballers.
“I read the other day that some of the journalists weren’t allowed in (to the Ireland press conference) because they weren’t vaccinated.
“I can’t understand it and I think in this case I think they’ve (footballers) been too privileged.
“They’ve created an awful lot of rules so that they can go on trips and continue to play and do various things that I don’t think people on the other end of it are being taken into consideration.
‘”think it’s wrong, I think professional footballers are privileged, but when it comes to this they’ve been very loose in allowing certain things to happen.”
John Giles on Off The Ball last night.
John Giles slams ‘privileged’ footballers refusing to get vaccinated (Extra.ie)
Yesterday: One For The Team
Meanwhile…
Individuals vaccinated with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine may be asked to avoid strenuous exercise and other physical activity for one week after receiving each dose due to cases of myocarditis.
Report by @MaayanJaffe #coronavirus | #Vaccinehttps://t.co/nvgM2i3G1y
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 8, 2021
Um.
Meanwhile…
80 cases of heart inflammation reported to medicines watchdog after getting Covid jab https://t.co/uaTI8b5F8J
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) October 8, 2021
Some scribbles and thoughts on Callum Robinson, on RTE, on the cult that has taken over, and on how nothing is never enough for those that demand control. (As always feel free to contribute if you enjoy).https://t.co/1n1OgBW0ou
— Ewan MacKenna (@EwanMacKenna) October 7, 2021
This afternoon.
Further to yesterday’s Liveline on RTÉ Radio One where host Joe Duffy berated Republic of Ireland forward Callum Robinson for not taking the jab…
…via Ewan MacKenna (full article at link below)
“This is not pub talk, it’s science,” howled Joe Duffy on Wednesday afternoon.
Thereafter, in a nonsensical hour about Callum Robinson who has had Covid twice, the conversation talked about how he wouldn’t get into Azerbaijan without being vaccinated (he has a Covid passport), how 15 months of vaccines have been great (vaccines began 10 months ago), how Robinson may really be a public figure to promote anti-vaxxers (what do we even put in these brackets), before Joe proudly told us that: “I respect his choice but if you’re not vaccinated you should stay in your bedroom”. (He also suggested we “take one for the team”, this in a year when he took home €392,494 while speaking to those losing everything and telling them we’re in it together.)
I get it.
Lie with dogs and catch fleas, but the problem with Liveline is that it not just captures much of the national mood, it creates and influences it. And while no doubt a hugely successful programme, that alone should not be the remit of the national broadcaster.
Can’t it do better? Sure, correct what is wrong, but do that on both sides rather than being a hustle through the brain-dead badlands, a proud strut through the carcasses of enlightenment.
For what little it’s worth, I think Robinson should get the vaccination. I’d advise anyone to, but advice and abuse are not the same thing. Like it or not, it is his choice, and even if it’s for the wrong reasons, the science remains. This is what’s been lacking throughout a testosterone fueled tearing apart of him. [more at link below]
Forgive Me RTÉ For I Have Sinned – It’s Been Two Months Since My Last Vaccination (Ewan MacKenna)
Yesterday: Callumny
RollingNew/Getty
“I want it all to be taken down and for Nicole to be remembered the way she’s supposed to be.”
Deb Cahill, whose sister Nicole died in March says her family are devastated that her sister’s death has been hijacked by far-right anti-vaccination groups.#Liveline @joeliveline pic.twitter.com/UluKbSo7kG— RTÉ Radio 1 (@RTERadio1) August 24, 2021
Is it time to get tough on those not taking up the vaccine?
Podcast 📲 @BBCSounds pic.twitter.com/WGV8fS4OLh
— Stephen Nolan (@StephenNolan) August 23, 2021
Yesterday.
State broadcasting heavies, RTÉ’s Joe Duffy and BBC Northern Ireland’s Stephen Nolan, engage in pointed, sausage-fingered attacks on anti-vax propaganda and anti-vaxxers in general.
Get your pies shot.
Previously: ‘Not In Vain’
Me, wondering why Joe Duffy is trending: 🤔
Me, learning why Joe Duffy is trending: 😱😱😱 https://t.co/VQl11cnGun
— Anna NicGiollaMhuire (@_wordsfromspace) April 16, 2021
Meanwhile…
@joeliveline absolute disgrace of a show. A priest being defended by raving lunatics for being caught playing with himself in public. “Lovey man” “made a mistake” “only a man” “pillar of the community” works with kids. More like sexual deviant, risk to the public #liveline
— AlanC (@cummins_alan) April 16, 2021
Meanwhile…
Joe: “I believe you know this priest”
Caller: “On a very personal basis”#liveline pic.twitter.com/JAfN3hRyzy— Dame Dot CandyCadáis, Bandiúc de Walford 🦄🦄 (@comagirlx) April 16, 2021
Update:
The young woman who rang #Liveline to defend the Catholic priest caught masturbating in public has now managed to name him, his town, and the school in which he served as chaplain. #liveline
— Donal O’Keeffe (@Donal_OKeeffe) April 16, 2021
Oh.
This afternoon.
Liveline on RTÉ Radio One.
Anyone?
Any excuse.
Joe Duffy and Oprah Winfrey
“A people mentally poisoned by the adulation of royalty can never attain to that spirit of self-reliant democracy necessary for the attainment of social freedom.”
– James Connolly
Anyone remember Joe Duffy championing James Connolly?
You make me puke Joe🤢— arthur speight (@tradheart) March 9, 2021
This afternoon.
725,000.
“Archie may not be Dollymount Strand White” – Joe Duffy…
I can’t believe my ears #liveline
— Niamh Traynor (@NiamhTraynor) March 9, 2021
Oh.
