New Posts For Thread: Thousands turned out inhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-inMontrose today to welcome home the Irish broadcast team from RTE. Over 40 reporters and crew from both sport and media sections in RTE attended the games to give as comprehensive a view as possible on happenings in London, at times it was difficult tSo true. We may complain enough about RTE and there's a lot to complain about, but I fear what life would be like if we only had TV3, and as for that breakfast show, just there to appeal to the lowest common denominatorhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522986519#522986519So true. We may complain enough about RTE and there's a lot to complain about, but I fear what life would be like if we only had TV3, and as for that breakfast show, just there to appeal to the lowest common denominatorTue, 14 Aug 2012 05:48:09 -0500You forgot to mention no-won-sun that Jimmy Magee and Marty Morrissey were proudly displaying their hyberbole Gold and Silver medals for the most biased commentary ever witnessed at an Olympic games, some of the British contingent believe the judgeshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522983651#522983651You forgot to mention no-won-sun that Jimmy Magee and Marty Morrissey were proudly displaying their hyberbole Gold and Silver medals for the most biased commentary ever witnessed at an Olympic games, some of the British contingent believe the judgesTue, 14 Aug 2012 02:23:52 -0500R.T.E is'nt as bad as tv3 when it comes to representing the views of IRELAND .TV3 were doing the papers one morning and they read out an article on the fact that after bills MOST families have only 100 euro A MONTH to spend apart from bills!! You couhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522971271#522971271R.T.E is'nt as bad as tv3 when it comes to representing the views of IRELAND .TV3 were doing the papers one morning and they read out an article on the fact that after bills MOST families have only 100 euro A MONTH to spend apart from bills!! You couMon, 13 Aug 2012 17:12:51 -0500.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522966753#522966753.Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:19:30 -0500A spokesman has confirmed that RTE represents the views of "Pale" Ireland, in fact for a small number of staff looking further than Lansdowne Rd or the National Yacht club in Dun Laoghaire is not within their compass. In fact it takes a large chequehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522964505#522964505A spokesman has confirmed that RTE represents the views of "Pale" Ireland, in fact for a small number of staff looking further than Lansdowne Rd or the National Yacht club in Dun Laoghaire is not within their compass. In fact it takes a large chequeMon, 13 Aug 2012 14:23:43 -0500Was this an in house celebration ?Have wondered for over 50 years as to whether RTE represented the views of middle Ireland or just a specific small coterie of Dublin based administrators . Particularly as regards sport , soccer seemed to be the priohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522962515#522962515Was this an in house celebration ?Have wondered for over 50 years as to whether RTE represented the views of middle Ireland or just a specific small coterie of Dublin based administrators . Particularly as regards sport , soccer seemed to be the prioMon, 13 Aug 2012 13:29:46 -0500It was one last hurrah for the rte broadcast team, as with the new director general coming in, there will be redunduncieshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522962451#522962451It was one last hurrah for the rte broadcast team, as with the new director general coming in, there will be redundunciesMon, 13 Aug 2012 13:27:47 -0500LOLHowever , 'normal' in RTE isn't terribly enticing.P.S. Anyone know what the drinks bill came to ?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522962155#522962155LOLHowever , 'normal' in RTE isn't terribly enticing.P.S. Anyone know what the drinks bill came to ?Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:17:38 -0500https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522962151#522962151Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:17:24 -0500Montrose today to welcome home the Irish broadcast team from RTE. Over 40 reporters and crew from both sport and media sections in RTE attended the games to give as comprehensive a view as possible on happenings in London, at times it was difficult thttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29313015/thousands-turned-out-in?post_id=522961931#522961931Montrose today to welcome home the Irish broadcast team from RTE. Over 40 reporters and crew from both sport and media sections in RTE attended the games to give as comprehensive a view as possible on happenings in London, at times it was difficult tMon, 13 Aug 2012 13:10:01 -0500