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No worries. Here it is.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LsUMS5nRAc

Eamon Dunphy speaking on his final Sunday morning show on Newstalk with Irish Daily Star editor Ger Colleran…

Eamon Dunphy: “There are so many listeners asking about my out situation. I’ve got to say this…eh..put it to all of you..That Sam Smyth upstairs has been, has lost his show. He happened to be a vigorous pursuer of the case of, involving Denis O’Brien and Michael Lowry and the Moriarty Tribunal. A couple of years ago Frank Connolly, an outstanding investigative journalist, who revealed the garda corruption in Donegal, who revealed the planning corruption aswell, was taken out.  Ironically, with the collusion of Sam Smyth, when Bertie Ahern and our friend McDowell, Michael McDowell, decided to take Frank out, under privilege in the Dail. Now I put it to you Ger that the people who did that kind of thing and have now made my life impossible here – that’s why I’m leaving. Because, not just for me, but for my producer, who’s a young journalist, and for other young journalists in this station, they’re being intimidated and blackguarded.
Now if those people acquire powers, and they do have powers, then it’s very, very dangerous because they buy politicians like they buy dinners in fancy restaurants, and they buy journalists like they buy dinners in fancy restaurants. It’s not gonna happen here. Now do you want them to have the power to have people paraded before an Oireachtas committee?”
Ger Colleran: “Well, certainly not no…”
Dunphy: Well that’s what would happen..
Colleran: “What I’m talking about is…”
Dunphy: “Would you like this guy who hates journalism. Denis O’Brien hates journalism. He despises it. He’s on the record, all over the place…”
Colleran: The last time I checked Denis O’Brien wasn’t a member of the Oireachtas..
Dunphy: “No. But he owns the members of the Oireachtas.”
Colleran: “Well if he does own the Oireachtas, that’s worth investigating.”
Dunphy: “Well, well, he can easily do it.”
Colleran: “But let’s get straight on this…”
Dunphy: “These are the people we’re talking about…”
Colleran: “There’s a refusal in this country to discuss what they discuss every single day of the week in the United States, which is freedom of expression and constitutional rights.”
Dunphy: “We can’t have it in this room.”
Colleran: “We have..and people glaze over when journalists express the notion of freedom of expression. And I’ve often spoken about this. Not out of just self interest, even though, as a citizen, I have self interest in this, freedom of speech belongs to everybody. It doesn’t belong to journalism, or journalists. It doesn’t belong to bankers, businessmen, and it certainly doesn’t belong to media organisation owners.”

NEWSTALK CHIEF executive Frank Cronin has accused former presenter Eamon Dunphy of making “false and malicious” allegations against the station, which he said were “completely without foundation”.

In his last Sunday morning programme on Newstalk, Dunphy described the station as a “slum” and alleged that its producers and reporters were being “intimidated and blackguarded”.

Responding yesterday, Mr Cronin alleged that Dunphy’s comments had been motivated by a cut in his fee.

 

Dunphy accused of False Allegations Against Newstalk (Ronan McGreevy, irish Times) 

Broadcaster Eamon Dunphy today accused businessman Denis O’Brien of “hating journalism” during his show on Newstalk, a radio station owned by the entrepreneur’s Communicorp group.

Dunphy, who announced he was quitting his job at the station this weekend, claimed that Newstalk staff were being “intimidated and blackguarded”.

His comments come after he told the Irish Daily Star  yesterday that he was leaving Newstalk due to “management interference”.

 Dunphy launches attack on O’Brien (Irish Times)

So do we.

Which is why we’re heading to the The Leitrim Laughs Comedy Club (in The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon) tomorrow night for a full-length “The Emergency Live”

Maybe we’ll learn how political satire should be done. And nick some stuff for Broadsheet.

In the meantime, anyone know why these guys aren’t on the radio?

Maybe.

In other news, here’s the new 2fm line-up: Hector Hector (Breakfast), Tubridy (Gerry Ryan slot), Colm Hayes (in the middle of the morning. No Jims), Larry Gogan (the difficult lunchtime period), Rick O’Shea (afternoon-y – he’s our fave jock), Other Stuff (until midnight).

(Illustration: Niall O’Loughlin)

We’re going on Coleman at Large with the economist Marc Coleman (that’s him on the right with Richard Bruton and Random Geezer) at 10pm or so. We’re on to talk about “new media trends”.

Instead we intend asking Marc about the book he wrote in 2007 called ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’. Specifically we want to know if by best he meant the shitstorm of bad stuff that has engulfed every man woman and child in the country?

We’re also bringing in our guitar.