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PAUL MURPHY HAS described the Late Late Show interview he did with Ryan Tubridy as “an exercise in badgering”.
The Anti-Austerity Alliance TD made the comments on Facebook after queries about one section in the interview, where he was asked about the ‘midget parasite’ comments directed at President Michael D Higgins.
The interview was broadcast on Friday night, and within minutes was trending on Twitter:
During the interview, Murphy discussed his private life, water charge protests, and media appearances.
Last night, he described the interview as “an exercise in badgering and trying to make me responsible for things that are nothing to do with me”, which he said left him “frustrated”.
“Anyway, live and learn,” concluded Deputy Murphy.
RTÉ said it would not be commenting on Paul Murphy’s comments.
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Extremely disappointing “interview” with Paul Murphy. Ryan Tubridy came across so unprofessional it was uncomfortable viewing. It was very clear that Tubridy did not agree with Murphys views but he should have showed a bit of respect and allowed him express himself. Disappointed yet not surprised !!
Tubs was a mission for master as was Sean Moncrieff on New stalk during the week all singing from the masters hymn book. The truth will set you free but NOT in Irish journalist circles as they are paid vassels of the right.
What did Moncrieff do?
Is it wrong to challenge the man? Surely if tub asked him easy questions he be criticised for giving him to much of a easy interview as has happened in the past. I thought it was a good interview and I’ve learned alot about Paul Murphy as a result
Mick there’s asking the right questions that are hard to answer then there’s sitting someone through your own smear campaign where you try to connect one to things he’s already critiqued. Ryan played dumb on numerous occasions and gave a tabloid style response to everything. Embarrassing considering his bloated wage.
It would be great if Tubs challenged Bertie, Cowan, Shatter, Joan, Denis and Enda like that. Ireland would be a much fairer society. One line of questioning for the rich and another for the not so rich.
Well I for one had not heard him critiquing it before. As I said I learned alot about Paul Murphy. While I don’t agree with his policies I came away from the interview perhaps begrudgingly admiring the man. That for me wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the “badgering”
Moncrieff was defending editors against the influence from owners and advertisers on the integrity of what they print. It was in relation to The Telegraph losing a journalist honesty. Moncrieff said hand on heart an editor never would bow to pressure from above. Neither owner nor advrtising company ever sullied the vertues of and print column. One could not but laugh.
Fox news always beeing the perfect example of when owners go full propeganda mode
There is a vast difference between a trained journalist and a microphone holder
You should try and find the interview he did with Julian Mercille about his book on the media’s role in framing the financial crisis. Talk about going into defense mode! Mercille suggested that journalists should not be complicit in what amounts to right wing media bias and actually uphold the principles of objectivity and balance rather than perpetuating a market centric view of the crisis and chose who they work for accordingly. Needless to say Sean was not impressed, considering who he works for.
I’m no fan of Paul Murphy and I don’t have a problem with the interview but I cannot understand why our Taoiseach has not been interviewed in the same way. Please please someone on RTE interrogate him in the same way then everyone would see what a bumbling fool he is!!!
You have no issue with ryan connecting paul to an incident which he has already denannounced but ryan pretends he hasn’t? An incident that has 0 to do with Paul murphy.
Or the jobstown video taken out of context where ryan trys to paint paul as the ringleader when really he was asked by the gardai to say such things?
Of course he should be asked about those issues. In fact I believe Paul dealt with the questions very well and made tubridy look like the fool. My problem is that no fg/lab politicians get grilled in this way, especially Joan burton or Enda.
Well said Michael. I feel ryan has no place doing these interview anyway given what the late late is. Claire Bryne and rtept however have no excuses
The basis of some of the questions posed by Tubridy was false. Incorrect assumptions were made as a basis of unfair questioning.
Tubridy’s agenda was obvious.
He lashed into cowen when he was in power,
I’d also like to see burton and enda get the same type of interview.
Would the journal explain why a perfectly heart felt comment i made about the National broadcaster was in itself censored by this freedom of speech website ?????????
If Enda is a bumbling fool tell me who should be in power?? I am not a political person but he was handed a pretty f…ing bad situation and dealt with it…Water is not free we buy it in shops all the time….could have handled it better but what is done is done… people like Paul Murphy need shite like this so they can moan….GET ON WITH IT FOR F##K SAKE
I already pay for water. The problem is irish water. Its not done, not by a long way. Fg are burying their heads in the sand if they think its done. As for Enda? Come on open your eyes, he wont take part in a debate or an open interview, i think dustin had more between the ears. He is running scared.
Thanks Anthony. I just complained. Referenced a number of the points on here including Ryan making false arguments and not interviewing the cretins that sold us into debt slavery in the same way. And why do we have to pay a license fee to listen to FG propaganda anyway, can get plenty of it on here for free.
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I was not Murphy supporter previously. I critisised the interogation( not an interview) and I believe many more who are not supporters critisised it. So please don’t just say his supporters are only ones who thought it was out right unprofessional and biased.
I agree. I consider Murphy to one person I would never vote for, but the interview was a clear attempt at discrediting Murphy.
That was a political interview and most likely it will backfire.
Come on!!! That was the interviewing equivalent of being savaged by a sheep!
You’re referring to Enda Kenny on Prime Time?
I work in RTE and I was disgusted at the interview. To be asked about your father dying when Paul was so young to a second later been interrogated. It was like Tubs was softening him up. I’d say Paul Murphy thought he was back in the interrogation room in the Garda station.
Jason, it looked as if Tubridy took on a self appointed role of grand inquisitor of Murphy.
It will be interesting to see if RTE takes any action against Tubridy over his gross abuse of power.
Id vote to give tubs a pay rise, he became a hero of the irish people the way he faced down the thug
go and do your homework gillhouley theres a good lad
Agree 100% Anthony.
From some of the comments I seen there were quite a few non Murphy supporters critisizing it too
I don’t like Murphy but there was a clear bias direction that Ryan was steering that interview into
Stubbs showed Murphy a video of ISIS to try and get a reaction. It has been verified by a RTE member of staff.
Another member of rte staff is frightened of losing his job if he reveals what happened to O’Connor.
A member of the audience has stated that they were told not to interact (applaud) with Murphy.
The audience were told what questions to put to certain panel members during election debates.
It’s time for a clear out at RTE. Why does the ombudsman turn a blind eye or have they been hijacked by vested interests?
It was cheap junk Journalism on RTE’s and Tubridy’s part .
But Murphy did excellently .
Contrast the interview, with the soft one between Enda and Miriam O’Callaghan?
Double standards, are par for the course in Labour Party dominated RTE !
Did ya watch adams reading directly off the pages for his supposed ‘interview’- all too tragic for the shiners.
Id say derek will be feeling the pinch this morning, my grandmother used to say hunger is a good sauce :D
Ahhh gilfooly rain keeping ya off the swings
He’s taken a break from his Xbox.
Mrgillhouley – Your reference to “The SHINERS” – hic methinks you have that recurring Blueshirt Virus of – Gerryphobia again – You are not taking your Meds , Mrgillhouley – Hahahahahahaha
The Article incidentally – concerns Paul Murphy TD & his treatment by State Broadcaster RTE – Mrgillhouley ?????
stephen, gillfooley and his mate Summer Bay were both patrolling the threads before 7am this morning …. you would think they should still be keeping each other warn in bed.
Dave Doyle, thanks for the chuckle!
#JeSuisPeckish
gillfooley, where’s Summer Bay, he’d have something to put in your mouth.
Rte would be commenting of course not. How can one defend the undefendable. RTE are in the pocket of the government ever since Rabbitte threatened the removal of the licence. Compare Miriam OC with Enda to Tubs with Murphy to see who has their hand on the leash. FG had through a good friend Gemma O’Dogherty silenced. The rabbit silenced RTE and the O’Dogherty incident had the NUJ snivelling in the corner as their new master exercises the whip. So free press, investigative journalism and truth all safely suppressed.
So when SF get into government, as their supporters assert, rte will be jn their pocket?
No rte will be reformed. Whether rte are in the pockets of gov is another discussion but naturally if you earn 400,000 a year taxpayers money you will be scared of people like Sinn Fein or the socialist party who wish you to be paid fairly. Certainly not 400,000. For that reason presenters have a natural inclination to fear the rise of these parties. Give them what they deserve and watch as the careerists drop off.
The market decides what’s fair in terms of salaries and packages.
Alright well let’s reform the market then seen as large proportion of the market is state regulated and in rtes case state owned.
Rte at operating loss by the way it needs to reform
@Snorri, i hope we get a government in the next GE that will take that licence away from Rte
Currently I refuse to pay. If reformed maybe. That’s a debate I look forward to rte covering impartially (laughs to self…)
Yes and break the mogul strangle hold on media outlets
Is there anything you do pay for?
Yes I work and pay tax.
the market does not set salaries at Rte because it is funded by taxpayers money. the sheeple are required to pay a licence fee to pay obscene amounts to limited talents such as tubridy and for the opportunity to watch gems such as multiple reruns of “reeling in the years”, “Ireland’s fittest families” and “network premieres” of gladiator
Tubridy is a dick
I think Tubrity should be forced to explain the showing of the ISIS video after the show to Paul’
,,,,,we are paying his wages and should know what he and RTE are thinking and why it’s all one sided.
It’s obvious to me he knew he lost the plot during the interview.
Yes, Tubridy got totally carried away. His demeanour was odd. The blood was up. It was a highly unprofessional interview.
I don’t watch the late late what were the audience like did they react at all.
Von,
The audience were told not to react with Paul Murphy or they would be thrown out!!!! Says it all really!
Maybe Turdidy wants to move into politics as his next career step. Minister of blueshirt propaganda. Needs to prove his ability as a bullsh*tter first.
Poor little rich boy feeling bullied? But then bullies never like it when the shoe is on the other foot.
Hardly going to feel sorry for ryan he’s on 500,000 a year
Tubridy is a useless presenter and interviewer, should not be on TV, hate him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N44fUo_S5mY Check out how useless you need to be to earn more than Obama and Cameron combined in RTE. This is Tubridy the civil servant showing how bad he really is.
Its not just tubridy everyone of the rte staff current affairs and newsmedia are gov trained to keep the people under the propaganda thumb also including uncle joe
well thats it. a dying horse, trying everything now at this stage to change publics minds. their remaining believers in the age group 60+, what are they going to do when they’re all gone? will they move on to net control like China? wouldn’t surprise me but they’re at nothing. the new breed are too savvy for their old party politics.
woeful carry on by the state machine on its last legs. as i said, desperate measures for a desperate machine so not surprised and yes contrast this one with the miriam soft chat on enda and you can see right away the dirt for all it is.
I see Gene Kerrigan from the Indo is “on leave”, I really would have liked to read his take on the weekends charm fest
Yes, the Finucane show is like you’re interrupting an old pals’ get-together with all the politicians on it and the predictable ‘shure aren’t we all to blame for the crash’ pat on the back stuff.
Tubridy (yes he of the crony Fianna Fail family that has f@cked this country) 0 Murphy 1
Does he EVER stop moaning.
Of his ilk ever got into power you’d see some protests from ordinary working people who would be fleeced even more so to keep the welfare classes in the manner to which they have been accustomed.
Won’t be paying for that Paul. I find that as morally objectionable as you do water charges so naturally enough you’ll be happy to let me off.
Clown.
Here here
So you have an assumption more money is lost through welfare than it is through avoiding/evasion of tax at top of society? you should give pikety a read
Kevin, you make a serious and valid point.
Legal tax avoidance and illegal but widespread tax evasion, facilitated by banks such as HSBC, result in massive losses to the Irish Exchequer.
A certain telco “entrepreneur” made a fortune off the award of a licence and exploited foreign residence to avoid Capital Gains Tax. This is just one small example.
Compared to Aggressive tax planning and widespread evasion, improper Social welfare claims are a drop in the ocean.
Anthony you more than validated my point thank you. This assumption we need to look down to fund money is laughable when all the wealth is at the top
And most of their wealth doesn’t even remain in the country of its origin, but in private off shore bank accounts Kevin.
Which the Irish government then decide not to catch and investigate like HSBC scandal for example
Its a kind of unwritten rule when it comes to governments and their richest citizens Kevin, try the Sandy Lane brigade in Barbados, they usually retreat there during the winter months to mutually back slap.
Alan O’Connor, according to our government we had full employment before they destroyed our economy! you speak of the welfare class as if they were parasites! Those people paid their taxes! Social welfare is a safety net! It provides no luxury. Why do we pay tax? To pay for services? Health, education? The trolleys are full, wards overcrowded! Operations cancelled! Though the staff are paid either way! Don’t start me on education! We pay €10 tax for €1 value! Our civil/public service is (not counting those on the front line) seriously overpaid and the crippling burden that weighs down our economy! We need to get rid of all unnecessary civil/public servants and review pay to the rest! Instead of taxing the life out of workers in the real economy to pay for the public sector anchor! My guess Alan is you are probably an administrator in the public sector (parasite). Protected with a job for life, makes it easy to attack social welfare!
Piketty answers that one aswell.
Alan o Connor is a teacher. One that has been defended and shielded by corrupt unions who protect their pals at the expense of the young or new.
I am also a teacher but one on the other side of the fence. My pay has been decimated, pension decimated, have only twelve hour contract this year, will never be permanent, draw the dole for all holidays if I can’t find other work.
I listen to the likes of Alan in the staffroom in complete silence. Laughing at the people on welfare, laughing at people protesting against corruption, corruption and nepotism that is rife in teaching.
You don’t mess with their status, you don’t question their ancient teaching techniques, you don’t question the fact that three of me could be hired for one of them and you certainly don’t question the unions.
Alan got some explaining to do. I hope your not influencing your students outside of what’s in the texts
TheHeathen,
When my wife many years ago, much like yourself now, started lecturing in college part time, she was very depressed to find some of the full time teachers would walk into a class…place acetates beside an overhead projector and tell one student to put the next one on when everyone was finished copying it down…the the teacher would leave and head to the staff room to drink coffee and smoke and come back just before the class finished to remove the acetates.
My wife said the stuff on the acetates was about ten years out of date and the students were struggling to understand what the hell they were doing.
At the time my wife was allowed to work (forgive my memory) about 15 hrs a week(couldn’t get the 12 month contract, so that was a non-runner) on a stand-in if a full-time teacher was absent but then the Dept of Ed cut it to max 3 hrs a week……who the hell could wait around every week for just 3 hrs pay, so she eventually gave it up and got a full time job in a different field of work.
Yes, she said there were some good teachers but some others were just riding out their time doing as little as possible and knowing no one could get rid of them.
I hope you get fully into teaching TheHeathen and can make a difference. :)
I have not been in a union since 2001. I have no time for them. I am not defended by or protected by them.
They sold out the young. You are absolutely right. I would all out strike tomorrow to see pay scales revised to what they were for young teachers.
The casualisation of the profession is a disgrace. Again I would strike to support proper full time jobs for teachers.
My pay was decimated too. Everyone’s was. My pension will be as well.
My teaching techniques work fine. Or at least the results of my students suggest that they do.
But don’t let the fact that you know nothing about me get in the way of your little rant. Or the fact that more than one of you misinterpreted what I said. The welfare class does not include people who lost their jobs and are looking for work. It includes the 150,000 or so who, even when we had full employment, would not work. That is who Murphy represents. And he’ll get his hand taken off him if he puts it in my pocket to give them more.
Priorities Alan, ill post this from above:
Legal tax avoidance and illegal but widespread tax evasion, facilitated by banks such as HSBC, result in massive losses to the Irish Exchequer.
A certain telco “entrepreneur” made a fortune off the award of a licence and exploited foreign residence to avoid Capital Gains Tax. This is just one small example.
Compared to Aggressive tax planning and widespread evasion, improper Social welfare claims are a drop in the ocean.
I salute you Turbidy !!!
Thank you for confirming RTE as Propaganda TV station.
I have No Political Alliances, the fact RTE, conduct such bias unprofessional interview, confirms the Fear felt over Donnybrook. AAA, Socialists, SF, Independents, have raised the issue of the sense of ‘Entitlement’ of our TV Broadcasters. Stated if put into power 2016, they would cut the wages, to more sustainable, realistic wage, which represents national station of population 4.9million.
€450,000, Turbidy, Barack Obama €190,000, Merkel €160,000, Hollande €150,000.
No one can argue the fact Turbidy does Not deserve a wage larger than the leaders of America, Germany or France !!!
Sense of Entitlement of Political Elite, Montrose Crew, will be brought down to earth in 2016.
Yet we still have half population asking stupid questions like ‘where the money come to pay for services?’
Emmm wonder where we could take the money from ????
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It came across as very personal, basically an interviewer showing his heart, or rather his strong connection to mainstream politics, on his sleeve. Very unprofessional
Dave, that’s a fair assessment.
Tubrtidy seemed carried away by a desperate anxiety to demolish Murphy.
Initially I thought that it was a personal grudge at work but towards the end I realised that Tubridy was grossly offended by the very existence of Murphy’s politics.
The ISIS interview reference was bizarre until I realised that Tubridy is attempting to depict Murphy as a terrorist.
This was one of the most shameful episodes in the history of RTE. Sadly, there will be no accountability inside or outside of RTE.
Anthony, I was told by a woman who was in the audience about the warning not to interact, or react with Paul Murphy, She also said that extra staff were deployed around the audience prepared to remove people who didnt follow that dictate.
Anthony, i was told by a woman who was there that they were instructed not to interact, or react with Paul Murphy or they would be thrown out. Extra staff were on standby to make sure everyone kept to the rule.
Dave with respect that’s crap. I was working on the show on Friday night and no such thing was said
With respect, you work for RTE!
Paul Murphy ,
A bigger Foo king id**t for going on that pathetic excuse of a show with that pathetic excuse of a presenter Ryan Tubridy…..
Murphy was entitled to expect some level of objectivity from the national broadcaster.
What does this have to do with Derek?
Kevin mrgill is a plank just look how many replys of utter bull he has put up so far. Attention seeking.
Mooney?
No relation in case you’re wondering.
I will say this. Murphy does not shy away from tough interviews. I heard him on George Hook and the slant by the Newstalk interviewer was much the same as RTE (no surprise there). Yet Murphy held himself well and was very able to articulate a very good interview, at times calling George Hook out for abusing his media privilege.
The same cannot be said for Enda Kenny.
He absolutely cannot articulate a (non scripted) interview and does not have an ounce of charisma!
As for lying on the ground at a protest, in front of a ministerial car, getting his shirt pulled off by the police, alongside the people who voted for him.. Well, say what you want about Murphy, but I will say this: you’ll be waiting a long time before Enda Kenny would do the same for the people who voted for him into office.
Well here we have the proof that RTE is an establishment mouthpiece and what kind of talentless relatives of bigwigs get jobs that they do not deserve. Turdbudy is an excellent example.
Can we get a video clip of the interview?
Its on you tube and rate player I believe.
Well done Paul Murphy. Turbs was a disgrace. Thats what we can expect from the government propaganda channel
Thanks fuve
Go to rte player, you will find it there, as for the interview, I don’t believe should not have been asked about the Michael D issue, it was the way he was asked, if asked in the right way tubs would have delivered a far better interview
Don’t bother watching it on the player. I had to sit through 9 adds before i got to the interview.
Thats what it should be called Propaganda na hEireann
In all fairness, they’re both clowns.
If Tubridy was normally a tough interviewer and had grilled FF, FG or Labour politicians when he has them on the same way I 2 pull say well Murphy should know what to expect but no Tubridy kisses their asses. Tubridy and his family are FF royalty would he grill his cousin Chris Andrews once a FF T D (as was his father) but now a Sinn Fein TD the same 2 a he would grill other Sinn Fein TD or any on the left? I don’t think so. I was never a leftie but going more and more towards the left each day thanks to the way Irish media hound them
Tubridy didn’t got far enough on this populist clown.
Seen as you’ve set the bar so low on your argument. Murphy came from a rich upbringing, top of his class in law. Why is he getting 35,000 a gear sitting round in jobstown and working for the people 70 hours a week? He cares that’s why, he didn’t go for the cushy law job.
Better a rich man who cares about the poor than a rich man who doesn’t.
35grand, don’t make me laugh…
Kevin, Paul Murphy takes his full TD’s salary. He takes it all. He may give done to causes he believes in but he takes every shilling. And he’ll take his full pension when the time comes too.
As I said: he takes home 35,000. The rest goes to causes like the family he put up in his office for over a week and spent for their meals etc… Fact is there’s tds claiming the full 60k expenses, allowances and salary yet your attacking a socialist. Priorities man
You may not like his wage but remember his wage is set by FG and FF successive governments that increased their own wages while ignoring the cracks in our Celtic tiger. Paul had called for tds to be only paid 35,000 a year so I think we should prioritise who’s at fault here.
Jason i would prefer to give paul Murphy35k as he works bloody hard for it, what about the Taoiseach and TDs who get much more and don’t deserve it
Paul and Kevin up a tree. …..
Alrighty then…
How demeaning.
Feeling obliged to comment on Tubridy.
I haven’t seen the interview and I don’t like Murphy but it sounds like it was pretty bad. Turbridy has gone down in my estimation, not that I ever had an opinion on him but I will never forget when he was interviewing that slime ball gangster son of Sean Quinn and was licking his hole coming out with rubbish like some people in Fermanagh wouldn’t have food on their table but for his family. He should have been ripping that pig apart but was too cowardly not to. Showed himself as a coward the other night to it seems
Turburty clown, going for the easy target, pity he didn’t adopt that approach when he had Bertie ahern on, and the gas thing is he has only made Mr Murphy’s cause all the stronger,because everyone could see what the tosspot was doing was both unprofessional and naive, I’ll never watch that clown again, and what would he know about bills or oweing money anyway…
Tubs trying to look after his big wage. Rte ur next. Makes me sick having to pay for that shit.
Tubridy was a disgrace. No attempt at being objective. RTE pro establishment propaganda as usual.
I don’t pay my TV Licence fee to see a light entertainer attempt to beat up on an idealist politician.
The only defence of Tubridy was that he was totally ineffectual and ended up making a show of himself.
I wish he would go away.
I’ve wanted the presenter gone for years now
I’m no fan of Murphy but he was very composed and carried himself very well. Ryan was a disgrace.
I’m no fan either but one thing is for certain Murphy is not afraid of interviews regardless of who they are with. Unlike the so called leader of our country. And for that alone I commend him. I believe there is a whole new generation of young non party politicians, with the same belief and conviction, waiting in the long grass for their opportunity to shine. This country would be a far better place if only someone would organise them into a cohesive group and give the people a real alternative.
a lefty with notions of victimhood – hardly news
Will Gilhooley ever make a point of substance. He just hectors and utters tripe. A party hack of the worst kind. Devotion to his leader has long since eroded his critical faculties and made every comment inane or abusive and often both.
And Kennys b3m boy brown noser gilhooooley isnt even Irish !
Isn’t Tubs an ol’ Fianna Fail stooge?
Murphy is just like Murphy ‘s dog,,, he can give it but he can’t take it !!!
He’s an arrogant little shit.
Fair play to Tuba, he didn’t give him half enough.
Paul Murphy knows a lot about badgering. Why doesn’t he do something positive to justify his salary?
Working 70 hours a week for the average industrial wage is perfectly justifyable. Better than the government who all take home their full wages
Paul was also badgered by the gardai into making announcements at the jobstown protest about releasing Joan Burton.
Who’d have thought Paul the anti establishment maverick would be so easily lead…
Luckily he is pro common sense
Is this guy whinging again. More whinge whinge whinge from this lot. They can give it out but the minute someone turns in them they go off whinging. Typical bullies
Paul Murphy fees he was badgered, or was he simply asked some hard questions. One could also say the treatment of our President was ‘badgering and trying to make him responsible for things that were not his decision’.Paul Murphy needs to distinguish between the Office and the Office Holder. I for one still believe the Office of President is above this type of protest. Paul Murphy calls for a ‘significant responsive’ and ‘the right to protest’ etc and yes that’s a democratic right but with that democratic right comes a democratic responsibility.
If we don’t protect the Office of President we might as well embrace anarchy.
Paul critiqued the protest on president did you not read it on the news weeks ago? Ryan in rte seemed to forgot aswell
His ‘critique’ was that it used ableist language
Very true, does he defend everyone’s right to do as they please
Pick and choose which laws they want to abide by. Which taxes they wish to pay or not.
Unless of course, you earn above the industrial wage. Then you are a cow ready to be milked by Murphy to appease the great unwashed.
Ah Gordon, I’d rather be part of the great unwashed than be part of the brainwashed. You’re what’s wrong with Ireland today.
Tubridy Should be Arrested for living of Immoral Earnings.
I was always against paying a tv license to RTE as they are allowed to gain revenue from Adverts, but now that they have completely stopped telling the truth and attacking everything that goes against the government it’s time this license was taken from them, also the money some of these guys are on is obscene, it’s all wrong
‘The interview was criticised by many of Murphy’s supporters’
Many people who do not support Paul Murphy also found Ryan Tubridy’s demeanour very odd and his interviewing bias, to say the least.
Well I’d imagine Murphy knows all about Badgering, after all it’s ALL he seems to do! And what did he expect??? To be interviewed by Vincent Browne???
When is tubridy being arrested?
If he thinks that was a tough interview God help him if he ever faces a room where it’s not all his supporters. Tubbs is hardly known as a heavy hitter, is Paul really that easy to rattle? He’s in serious trouble if he is. Didn’t look like he enjoyed his time as a guest of the guards, he might think twice in future!
Did you watch the interview?only thing rattled was ryans ego
AAA protesters abhor badgering.
What part do you support?
Party*
I support selected views of Claire Daly, Pearse Doherty, Michael Noonan and Anne Ferris.
Unfortunately they are unlikely to form a party to provide me the government I want.
So your a conservative socialist capitalist feminist
Haha ye walked into that one JohnG haha.
The most I learned from the jobstown occurrence is the variety of names people have for a voice amplifier.
and that no one in jobs town has a job
He’s like a big child. Stay out of the kitchen if you can’t take the heat. Seriously, if he got that upset about that idiot Tubridy’s ineffectual “badgering” (D4 much, Paul?) how in gods name does he think he’ll survive in the real world of politics. Such a lightweight.
He took the heat and had fantastic responded that defused the hysteria. Can’t say the same for 500,000 euro a year tubs who looked like his ivory tower was collapsing all around him
Two pains in the arse…
Shut up please shut up… !
What did he expect? A red carpet rolled out for him???!!!
He expected the questions to relate to the work he is doing.
Who’d believe this rubbish these looney lefties are constantly peddling…the media, government, gardai, judiciary etc etc all against them! Elected AAA TDs like Paul Murphy who are being paid just as much as the rest of them in the Dail (plus the odd million+ claimed as an MEP) they give out about and we’ve Have yet to hear a single idea or positive contribution for our future from any of them…great at organising futile and now dwindling protests but seriously lads, other than the old tax the rich, anti everything, organising protests and playing the pity poor us card what have you got for us? Your problem isn’t Tubs or rte but the people are quickly finding you out for being just as useless as the rest.
Paul Murphy the biggest waster going.
Seemed a balanced interview when you consider that Murphy is willing to break the laws put in place by elected representatives. Murphy is an anarchist not a socialist.
Powerabbey, you are intentionally incorrect.
Paul Murphy was elected to defeat the collection of the water charges. He favours effective protest. Civil disobedience sometimes breaks the law but fir a greater cause.
Tubridy disgraced himself in a sad attempt to make himself seem heavy weight and self important.
Murphy should get a court order against Tubridy and anyone else who questions what socialism amounts to.
Asking questions is always equivalent to being attacked if you have shallow illogical answers.
Unlike this government murphy has the accountability to never avoid a question.
waffling hardly counts as accountability
It’s all a conspiracy by the establishment to discredit the saintly apostles of the left in whom all truth resides. And of course it’s all Denis O’Briens doing.
Cathay, allowing for some exaggeration on your part, you are on the right track.
Didn’t see it but it seems to me that Murphy is sour that he didn’t have tubridys support, for some reason he still thinks surrounding a citizens car and barricading them was lawful. If he did that to my car he’d get a slap or ran over simple as.
It’s very bright to comment on things you don’t know about.
Brian, you have a lot of agression within you. Anger management might help. Running over people and slapping them is excessive as well as criminal.
Murphy did nothing to Burton’s car. He was trying to extricate her from a situation of her own intentional making.
The DPP will not prosecute.
If you can’t handle an interview on a cozy chat show watched by everybody’s mammy, there’s a good chance you’re not in the right line of work.
Neal Ireland Hello, I consider that Paul Murphy handled the interview very well but that does not deny how unfair and hectoring the interview was. I have never seen an interviewer show such palpable hatred for the interviewee.
Fair play to Ryan tubridy he sees right through this socialist clown and his b.s. Politics
I thought murphy acquitted himself very well in the face of unwarranted tubridy aggression.
Im not a murphy supporter but he went up in my estimation based on that interview. Tubridy was out to get him. It was obvious. Murphy handled the questions well and came across quite well.
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