This is a bit like Shawshank Redemption where the auld fella couldn't cut it on the outside.

Sad to see.

Irish politicians don't do walking away and the state broadcaster doesn't do holding them to account.

He'll be grand. He'll jump ship when right job opens up for him.

It's a blow for rte as the Eurovision is a guaranteed ratings boost. Especially when people rarely watch tv shows at the same time anymore.

I wonder if bbc ni will see a bit of bump in their viewership that night?

Not even a contest.

Martin and Harris may as well have set fire to themselves.

I think Martin saw Gavin as his very own mini-me.

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oh dear god, no news dump posters please......

Too many pie threads were a rambling stream of barely coherent consciousness.

If it were a political opponent he'd probably be front of the queue to give them a shoeing.

Hammer blow for our nations lgtb+ community. Were they even consulted!??

With boards looking like it's on life support 2025 could be the year for this kind of thing.

Social media platforms rule the roost now with people only interacting with like minded individuals. Surely a turn for the worse.

I'm starting to warm to Biden all of a sudden. Watching CNN and MSNBC having to eat yet more crow over this has been hilarious. Trump must be pissing himself with laughter behind the scenes.

Go Joe!

The government's worst nightmare has come true. We're about to find out how many of these companies are here exclusively for the tax breaks based on how many make a dash for the exit. Also, considering that the last 30+ years have seen almost unrelenting positivity towards the EU from Irish media, I...

The majority of people this country are already in the midst of indescribable hardship. Yet more could well result in the kind of civil unrest not seen here for a century.

The amtmosphere in the urban areas surrounding Dublin alone are a veritable tinder box.

Hilary Clinton was leagues beyond Trump in terms of competence and even morality. It's hard to really know what Americans are looking for in a President anymore.

It's anybody's race to win as it stands right now.

I'd hazard a guess,outside of political partisans,people will vote for the candidate deemed most competent? And for all trumps positives, competency was never an accusation could been made about his presidency? Trump is absolutely no shoo in to be president by any stretch, I'd say it's roughly 50/5...

Don't be daft. The democrats are a mess at the moment and it could get even messier if they attempt a coronation. Biden would never have dropped out if trump had been killed last weekend. The optics are fecking terrible on this. Basically saying the other fella is still breathing so we need a new ca...

Wouldn't trust the Lord's prayer out of any governments mouth on this one.

Suspect he was given the choice of jump or be pushed. How many of his own TDs are stepping down? Morale clearly an issue under his leadership. He knows full well he ran the risk of being humiliated at the next election. Only scraped in himself last time around as it was, and don't think his stock ha...

Mary Robinson heard there was a big do up in Ballina for the president and naturally assumed it was in honour of her.

I suspect she was using the gender issue as a trojan horse with lowering the voting age to 16 being the long-term goal. Her assertion that she "trusted young people to make up their own mind"' got my spidey-sense tingling. She played with matches and got burned Labour might yet make a come...

I asked which of them will be standing in the streets alongside the civilians they're arming who will very likely end up as cannon fodder for invading Russian military.

They can leave if they want to survive. Russia rolled onto Afghanistan but lost the war. They would have won if the people had simply shrugged their shoulders and accepted that tanks win wars. I don't think it was ever on the cards that Ukrainian leaders would become quislings There were no major c...

Jesus, they're handing out assault rifles to civilians now as well according to the BBC. This could lead to the wiping out of an entire generation. Discretion being the better part of valour is not just an empty catchphrase.

Don't like to hear Ukrainian govt advising civilians on how to make Molotovs. Russia will win regardless and civilians taking on Russian tanks serves no purpose. Stay alive and avoid confrontation should be the message. Putin can't live forever and when he falls so will his attempts at empire. Ukrai...

So Putin promised the Chinese he'd hold fire until the Olympics were over? Can't be stealing any headlines.