Janesboro
Briggs played intermediate football and hunt played minor hurling for waterford - so 3 of them/half had a better gaa background than the vast majorityof people - maybe not so biased afterall
Was Briggs introduced on the show as a womens rugby player or a former ladies footballer? Do you think she would have been on the show if she was still playing with the Waterford ladies? Ruby Walsh participated in a variety of sports at school but nobody is suggesting he was on the show as a representative from athletics. Its important young people are inspired to play sport and RTE have a role to play in that. I don't think there is a single girls rugby team at schools level in the country - certainly not in large parts of it. Would Cora Staunton or Ashling Thompson not have been a better selection? To have 2 rugby personalities on a show reviewing the years sport but none from Gaelic football (men or women) is nothing to be too worked up about but it is reflective of RTE's overall approach which mediaman highlights here.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 08/01/2016 19:30:59    1815386

Fair point Janesboro. I probably should have said the biggest show in town.
Ormond stop your nonsense. 30 seconds to read out ten results is not a lot to ask. Twenty counties were involved.

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6185 - 08/01/2016 19:36:37    1815387

Jonesboro

Excellent post. I 100% agree with you. RTE are not biased toward GAA (in my opinion). They give plenty of coverage to the GAA throughout the year.However, there is no reason why they should not give 25 seconds to GAA in January to call out resul
Ormond

You think it is acceptable to say someone's post is nonsense and then lecture them when they shorten your name (and it is a screen name)?

Instead of saying a person's post is nonsense you could use language like:

I read your point. I understand your point but I disagree with that point because (you would then give some reason for your counter view - being careful to stress that it is merely your opinion unless you can prove with facts-provide a link).

If you adopt this strategy, I would bet that people will call you Ormond(Bannerman).

If being called Ormo is so upsetting, why don't you do something about it (email)?

From reading your posts, it seems you like being called Ormo as it allows you to take the moral high ground and gives you a convenient get out clause from the argument. Otherwise you just say posts are nonsense, ignorant etc but without ever offering an alternative view.

What pleasure is in it for you?

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 08/01/2016 20:18:06    1815394

Ah lads Ormo loves a rant!

JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 08/01/2016 20:34:16    1815396

08/01/2016 20:18:06 bennybunny (Cork) - Posts:3061 -
Jonesboro Excellent post. I 100% agree with you. RTE are not biased toward GAA (in my opinion). They give plenty of coverage to the GAA throughout the year.However, there is no reason why they should not give 25 seconds to GAA in January to call out resultsOf course RTE are not biased. 25 seconds to read out results. It would take longer than that to read out the number of results you are referring to and these pre season warm up games with sides far from full strength don't deserve such coverage
08/01/2016 20:18:06 bennybunny (Cork) - Posts:3061 -
Ormond You think it is acceptable to say someone's post is nonsense and then lecture them when they shorten your name (and it is a screen name)?
Instead of saying a person's post is nonsense you could use language like:
I read your point. I understand your point but I disagree with that point because (you would then give some reason for your counter view - being careful to stress that it is merely your opinion unless you can prove with facts-provide a link).
If you adopt this strategy, I would bet that people will call you Ormond(Bannerman). If being called Ormo is so upsetting, why don't you do something about it (email)?
From reading your posts, it seems you like being called Ormo as it allows you to take the moral high ground and gives you a convenient get out clause from the argument. Otherwise you just say posts are nonsense, ignorant etc but without ever offering an alternative view. What pleasure is in it for you?I said something was nonsense and said why it was nonsense. Yes it is a screen name but its the forum equivalent of my real name so its the same thing. I have done a lot about issues with my name. I have emailed the forum moderators. I have asked politely and other wise on the open forum. I do offer alternative views. Just because you don't read them doesn't mean I don't offer alternative views.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 08/01/2016 20:45:30    1815398

Ah lads Ormo loves a rant!

JayP (Dublin) - Posts:1289 - 08/01/2016 20:34:16I don't. Simply want to be called the correct name. Which you refuse to do.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 08/01/2016 20:48:06    1815399

Ormond

Again instead of focusing on the issue (you chose not to read my posts and accuse me of being hypocritical) you chose to be semantic and pedantic which means you have proved my point that you are not capable of offering an alternative viewpoint.

Obviously you didn't mean to agree me but as you are the master of circular reasoning, you got yourself all confused again and you did.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 08/01/2016 20:57:04    1815401

Only one thing for it Ormo - go on strike for a few months as punishment to those posters who neglect to type out all 15 characters in your screen name everytime they respond to an ill-informed post.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 08/01/2016 21:20:00    1815408

08/01/2016 20:57:04 bennybunny (Cork) - Posts:3063
Ormond Again instead of focusing on the issue (you chose not to read my posts and accuse me of being hypocritical) you chose to be semantic and pedantic which means you have proved my point that you are not capable of offering an alternative viewpoint.

Obviously you didn't mean to agree me but as you are the master of circular reasoning, you got yourself all confused again and you did.Any chance you will drop the 50c pseudo psychology.
I did read your post and if you could read properly you would see I clearly am capable of offering an alternative viewpoint to discussions.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 08/01/2016 21:24:21    1815409

The case has been put forward that because the O'Byrne Cup, McKenna Cup, McGrath Cup, Connacht League etc. are 'Third Tier' ?competitions they don't deserve to be covered on RTE. Odd then to note that in 2015 RTE gave full live coverage to two 'Sixth Tier' Club Rugby Union matches, the Bateman Cup Final and the Division 1 League Final.

Tier 1 - the Rugby Union World Cup
Tier 2 - the Six Nations/Four Nations
Tier 3 - the Autumn International Friendlies
Tier 4 - the European Competitions
Tier 5 - the Pro 12
Tier 6 - Club Rugby Union

So RTE gives almost 4 hours of live coverage to Club Rugby Union games and won't even give 25 seconds to football competitions that attract far bigger crowds and are of interest to more people.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 08/01/2016 21:28:33    1815411

08/01/2016 20:57:04 bennybunny (Cork) - Posts:3063
Ormond Again instead of focusing on the issue (you chose not to read my posts and accuse me of being hypocritical) you chose to be semantic and pedantic which means you have proved my point that you are not capable of offering an alternative viewpoint.

Obviously you didn't mean to agree me but as you are the master of circular reasoning, you got yourself all confused again and you did.Once again you accuse me of being the sole person to do something. I am not getting confused at all. Please stop implying that I am. I am neither being semantic or pedantic.
Quit trying to make yourself sound smarter than you are and being a complete hypocrite. How have I not read your posts?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 08/01/2016 21:49:18    1815413

How have I not read your posts?

I don't know! Only you can work that out. I have a theory though ;)

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 08/01/2016 21:59:43    1815421

08/01/2016 17:58:08janesboro (Limerick) - Posts:167 -
cant anybody explain to me how RTE can be seen to be biased away from gaa towards rugby when you consider
Rte show around 35 live gaa games per year compared to around 20 Rugby games
RTE show live championship + camogie and league highlights -they show no Champions cup, no pro12, no rugby world cup, no southern hemisphere tours, and soon enough no 6 nations
-rte show sunday games, up for the match, thank gaa its friday - compared to a lot less against the head
rte show gaa draw - they dont show any draws in rugby rte show all stars - rte dont show equivalent in rugby
-separately i think they should read out the results of the walsh obyrne mcgrath mckenna cups etcDo RTE even show 20 games of rugby a year? That post shows exactly how RTE isn't biased in favour of rugby. As its a pro sport it will get more attention in some aspects as player access to media is much higher than GAA player access to media

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 09/01/2016 13:01:09    1815437

Your post is nonsense Ormond . It was disrespectful not to read the results and it is typical of the lazy mindset at RTE. They do the exact same with the first division of The League of Ireland . Stop being such an apologist for sloppiness .

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6185 - 09/01/2016 14:27:33    1815450

This evening's 6.01 News and Sport on RTE gave the results of all 14 English FA Cup matches played today (plus highlights). There was only 1 football or hurling match played in Ireland today. That was in the Walsh Cup. That result was not given. It would have taken 5 seconds out of a 5 minute bulletin to do so but again RTE wouldn't give us even that much time.

mediaman (Antrim) - Posts: 355 - 09/01/2016 18:53:33    1815503

09/01/2016 14:27:33 Greengrass (Louth) - Posts:4175
Your post is nonsense Ormond . It was disrespectful not to read the results and it is typical of the lazy mindset at RTE. They do the exact same with the first division of The League of Ireland . Stop being such an apologist for sloppiness .Why was it disrespectful not to read the results. Sport has a very limited time on the news. How much time should be allocated to all these bearing in mind the time allocated to the news as a whole?
You cannot called me an apologist for sloppiness considering the basic sloppiness of your post above.
09/01/2016 18:53:33 mediaman (Antrim) - Posts:263 -
This evening's 6.01 News and Sport on RTE gave the results of all 14 English FA Cup matches played today (plus highlights). There was only 1 football or hurling match played in Ireland today. That was in the Walsh Cup. That result was not given. It would have taken 5 seconds out of a 5 minute bulletin to do so but again RTE wouldn't give us even that much timeFA cup bigger than pre season walsh cup game that isn't even between any of the big teams in the competition

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 09/01/2016 19:11:05    1815509

Ormand,
Walsh cup was played in Ireland, fa cup in England.
The news was from Ireland .

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 09/01/2016 20:14:18    1815529

09/01/2016 20:14:18 AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts:4029
Ormond,
Walsh cup was played in Ireland, fa cup in England.
The news was from Ireland .So? Just because something happens in Ireland doesn't mean it has to get more coverage than events in England or elsewhere

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 09/01/2016 21:07:11    1815541

All is well again, RTE gave result of tonight's McKenna cup game, stopwatch had been misplaced, but I estimate it took 4.567 seconds. They did spoil it a bit by giving other (much less important) sports results, But must be seen a major step forward

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2224 - 09/01/2016 21:49:57    1815553

UCD manager John Divilly says he wouldn't lose any sleep if the Leinster Council were to pull college teams from the O'Byrne Cup.

Having defeated Meath in their second round game on Wednesday night, the Dublin students could put one foot in the competition's semi-finals with victory over Carlow this Sunday but admits that the Sigerson Cup still very much remains their priority.

"I wouldn't fight it if we were told we couldn't play in it anymore," Divilly told the Irish Examiner.

"If we weren't, we'd still arrange a few challenge games for ourselves. It's not on our priority list to win the O'Byrne Cup. We want to be competitive in it but we also want to ensure everyone in our squad gets a game or a game and a half.

RangersFan (Dublin) - Posts: 117 - 10/01/2016 09:45:49    1815559