Eamon Dunphy: This Country is a Dump.

[Expatriot]

I'm open to correction, but I don't think Joyce was banned here.

I have checked and you appear to be correct, thanks.

But I think the general point still appies.

[Roman Emperor]

Well since you have as the Savior of everything Irish perhaps he could grow a pair of real ba*ls and go for election.

Agreed. Especially as everyone knows,the only people who have any real understanding of Ireland's problems along with the expertise and ability to solve them are journalists and Dublin taxi drivers.

[Expatriot]

Well since you have as the Savior of everything Irish perhaps he could grow a pair of real ba*ls and go for election.

Given what has walked floor of the Dail in recent years I think a jockeys bollox would be more apt than a set of balls...

Running for election is no measure of anyone in this country I am afraid.

[Dillinger]

He says what is popular.. that's what he says and fools the like of you into thinking hes a great guy.

Remember RTE having a sketch about him on apre and he walked off because they didn't take him serious.

Remember him telling the audience during a football game that apre match was "fu*king" stupid,
A great example for kids I am sure u agree

What about the time he failed to turn up to RTE while on contract because he was pi**ed.

He has responsibilities and is paid from the public purse.

Funny how you want politicans who make mistakes to be shot on sight but when your buddy Eamo makes a mistake he is only human.

Double standards by YOU>>>>>>> and a serious loss of credibility

Dunphy is just being Irish. This is what we do. Where have you been all these years this is the default setting for this country.

[newsjunkie9]

Dunphy and Tubridy - how much are both of them costing the taxpayer? And here they are discussing problems in Ireland. Stupid TV.

As I watched that interview on the LLS last Friday I asked myself why is Dunphy on the show commenting on the state of the country? How qualified is he to make such astute judgements on the country?

Why not invite on an academic, politician, businessperson and a PAYE worker to give their views?

This was the LLS producers deciding to increase audience share by having a controversial figure talk about controversial issues.
And it worked. So, well done production staff.
The media and public was all talk about Dunphy's comments throughout the weekend, and here am I on Monday afternoon, also commenting.

I rarely watch the LLS because of Tubridy and his very poor production team.

His interview with Christine Bleakley was insipid.
Why not start by asking her how she got into television, then ask her how she got the gig on BBC's The One Show, and was she going out with her co-presenter of the show. When did she split up with yer man?
Then ask her why she thinks the ratings for ITV's Breakfast show failed dismally. What would she have done if she was producer?
Instead of allowing her to dismiss the failure by mouthing about having to get up at 3am each morning. Well, she was well paid for it I'm sure and she accepted the job in the first place, knowing she would have those early morning starts.
Ask her how did she hear her contract was not being renewed. Did she speak with the producers?

And then on to veteran footballer, Frank Lampard. Some cynics might suggest you are dating him because he is in the public eye as a top professional footballer, and that will help your own career. Care to comment?

But all we got was a soft, easy chat. I mean who is this girl from norhtern Ireland anyway. I never heard of her before.

And at last, before we all nearly fell asleep we get the Inside into Foster & Allen's tax affairs.
But not before they sing their meldoy a Bunch of whatever....
Again, insipid interview, no hard questions, all nod and a wink.
They each owe the revenue €3m plus because some guy, they thought would do their accounts, didn't.
Why didn't he ask them how much they were each worth given he said in his introduction to them that they had sold 20m albumns?
Or ask them are you skint if you pay this money to the revenue? Or have you made enough to cover the Revenue demand and still be able to live comfortably?
But no, more asslicking, doffing of the quiff in Tubridy's case.
The sooner they take him and the programme off air the better.

[MrD011]

he's right , it is a dump .

you have irish natives with no job prospects while the minister for health James Reilly on 169,000 a year before adding in his expenses laps it up in his 18th century tax funded castle, his 300 euro luxury coffee machines , his 3500 euro projector , his 285 euro iphone 4 , his blackberry playbooks at 1239 euro etc etc etc.

what a dump this country has become .

although i do think dunphy is wrong that Michael o leary would be best suited to run the country . I think the last thing we need is more europhiles in office. This is our whole problem - europhilia.

[curiousorange]

he's right , it is a dump .

you have irish natives with no job prospects while the minister for health James Reilly on 169,000 a year before adding in his expenses laps it up in his 18th century tax funded castle, his 300 euro luxury coffee machines , his 3500 euro projector , his 285 euro iphone 4 , his blackberry playbooks at 1239 euro etc etc etc.

what a dump this country has become .

although i do think dunphy is wrong that Michael o leary would be best suited to run the country . I think the last thing we need is more europhiles in office. This is our whole problem - europhilia.

Wow, nobody hates Ireland more than these UKIP types. Maybe they should stick with Declan Ganley over in England.

[Johnny Boy]

Dunphy refered to Ireland as a dump on the late late. Do we agree? Is Ireland a dump?
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The health care system is a shambles, education is a mess. Politicians we can't trust. A media that is not good enough.
Although I love Ireland, I find it hard to disagree with him here.

There is far too much negativity in Ireland at the moment and the irony is that the sheer bloody hubris as a result of our supposed economic miracle, coming from some of the same people just 5 years ago, was equally insufferable. Do these people suffer some from some sort of bi-polar condition? The best thing this lot could do for the country is to take themselves off elsewhere and let the rest of the population get on with getting the country back on its feet.
Eamonn Dunphy, get on yer bike!