RTE Watch !

[Baron von Biffo]

RTE chief news editor Ray Burke has clamped down on the shameless arse licking of the incoming boss.

"If RTE journalists could devote as much energy to writing copy as some of them are devoting to sending effusive tweets to the next boss, RTE News might be able to offer a better news service to the Irish people between now and September"

Ouch.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...s-3167388.html

[Dr. FIVE]

RTÉ announce David Nally to the new position of Managing Editor, Current Affairs, Television

Found a profile here from 2003

David joined RTÉ nine years ago as a reporter in Current Affairs, working on the business programme Marketplace. He trained as a producer/director in 2001 and became Executive Producer of RTÉ's flagship current affairs programme Prime Time the following year.

Prior to RTÉ, David was a reporter with the Sunday Tribune from 1989, becoming the paper's Deputy Business Editor for two years between 1992 to 1994.

David is from Rathfarnham, County Dublin and studied Economics and Maths at Trinity College before taking a Diploma in Journalism at DCU and a Masters in Business Studies at UCD. He is married with one child.

[Baron von Biffo]

What the *%@# is Sharon Ni Bheolain wearing?

[Baron von Biffo]

Bit of a pigs ear made of the headlines on SixOne. Una O'Hagan reads the top story only for John Finnerty to read it again over video for the next item.

[PaddyJoe]

Bit of a pigs ear made of the headlines on SixOne. Una O'Hagan reads the top story only for John Finnerty to read it again over video for the next item.

Crossed wires. Must be a touch of sun in Dublin today

[Baron von Biffo]

Gone dead completely now. Did someone crash a booze truck in Montrose?

[PaddyJoe]

Gone dead completely now. Did someone crash a booze truck in Montrose?

My stream says 'Commercial Break'

[Baron von Biffo]

My stream says 'Commercial Break'

The 'coming up' segment seized-up after the corncrakes for me and hung for 30 seconds or more.

[PaddyJoe]

With the kind of eircom "broadband' I have I'm excited and delighted to get through a Six One with only two or three hangs or crashes

[PaddyJoe]

Paul Cunningham is making a decent job of his Spanish trip. Bilbao yesterday, Asturias with the miners this evening.

[Baron von Biffo]

Oops, the birds are grey partridges not corncrakes.

[riposte]

Pat Kenny has nudged his way into Prime Time.

[PaddyJoe]

I thought Prime Time was finished for the summer. Tuned in for the last 2 minutes to see Pat Kenny presenting. Hmm...
I wonder whether the impending arrival of a new head honcho for current affairs is throwing a bit of a scare into the place?

[riposte]

Having failed on the Late Late Show, being a disaster on Frontline .... it's sickening to see him barge in on top of the Prime Time Team. I suppose they have get something out of him for his 600K.

[Baron von Biffo]

I thought Prime Time was finished for the summer. Tuned in for the last 2 minutes to see Pat Kenny presenting.

Back to his roots. Didn't he start out as a presenter Today Tonight?