I was shocked to hear of the sudden death of Marian Finucane; this was soon replaced with feelings of dread over the inevitable coverage overkill by RTE Radio One.
There was effectively a news blackout from 5pm Thursday onwards.
Marian seemed to be a thoroughly good person but was a woeful presenter and should have been put out to grass years ago - she was satire gold.
To listen to learned people queuing up to utter gushing plaudits was bizarre and downright annoying - were they trying to be ironic? Ergo for Gay Byrne and Gerry Ryan.
Why can't these deaths just be announced in the news bulletins rather than this navel gazing indulgence by RTE about its own untalented presenters?
There was effectively a news blackout from 5pm Thursday onwards.
Marian seemed to be a thoroughly good person but was a woeful presenter and should have been put out to grass years ago - she was satire gold.
To listen to learned people queuing up to utter gushing plaudits was bizarre and downright annoying - were they trying to be ironic? Ergo for Gay Byrne and Gerry Ryan.
Why can't these deaths just be announced in the news bulletins rather than this navel gazing indulgence by RTE about its own untalented presenters?
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