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Brenda Power replaced on Newstalk

August 21st, 2008 · 9 Comments · MSM, Newstalk

HSE officials and government press secretaries were probably cheering yesterday. Brenda is being replaced as a morning anchor on Newstalk by rockstud and calm voiced Tom Dunne. (Take a Parachute is one of my all time favourite songs.) The Irish Times reports that Brenda is looking forward to getting back into ‘scripted radio?’ Is that […]

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Bill Clinton defend’s Hillary’s role in Northern Ireland Peace Process

March 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Newstalk, Uncategorized, US Election 2008

Even though some of my readers protest , more on the US Election and what Hilary did to solve ‘The Troubles’. It has been rumbling on all week and Hilary herself has launched further defences. Speaking in New York last night Bill Clinton defended the role of his wife in the peace process Bill told […]

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Bitches get stuff done

February 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Newstalk, US Election 2008

The Writers Strike is over, Saturday Night Live returned…. and Bitches get stuff done… (unless you’re Brenda Power from Newstalk and think that shouting down the phone at a Civil Servant live on air is going to change anything….miaow…) I have to wonder if the free enough ride that Obama has gotten in the past […]

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Hello Newstalk staff

February 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Irish Media, Newstalk

Hi Brenda or members of Your Call Team. Nowt else to be doing with your day except vanity google? mail.newstalk.ie – – [22/Feb/2008:13:30:29 +0000] “GET /?p=326 HTTP/1.1” 200 35526 “http://www.google.ie/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3A official&channel=s&hl=en&q=newstalk+your+call&meta=&btnG=Google+Search” I do wonder what the real story in Newstalk head offices is – is there anyone really worried about what the recent tabloid turn […]

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