Published: Wednesday, 18th November, 2009 4:45pm
Blathnaid is back!
by John Donohoe
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Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh is back on our screens on Sunday night as she searches for talent in the east of the country for the All-Ireland talent show.
Rath Cairn's Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh will be making a return to television screens at the weekend when she oversees the east auditions in the 'All Ireland Talent Show'.
Head judge Blathnaid Ni Chofaigh scoured the east of the country for the best in talent, in the hopes of wrestling the title of All Ireland Talent title from the hands of reigning champions Daithi O Se and The West.
Assisting her were two local boys, Fair City's Pat Nolan and 2FM's Cormac Battle.
The Meath woman returns to broadcasting following a period of ill-health and a departure from 'The Afternoon Show' which created controversy in the national media.
A huge turnout shows up at the auditions hoping to impress Blathnaid, including one of the show's oldest auditionees, who sees this as his last chance to achieve his long held dream. A familiar face turns up and leaves Blathnaid red faced for the second year in a row and one act moves her to tears. And a six-year-old die hard rock fan leaves Blathnaid and her advisors speechless as he attempts to secure a place in her final eight.
Presented by Gráinne Seoige the programme features a panel of five judges - Boyzone star and Dublin-born Shane Lynch (Dublin), Ni Chofaigh (East), Galway resident and weatherman Daithi " Se (West), Eurovision-winning ex-MEP and Derry-native, Dana (North), and Cork's own hugely popular RTÉ Radio broadcaster and Fáilte Towers winner, John Creedon (The South). It goes out at 6.30pm on Sunday.
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roly
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Nov 19 09 16:45
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Blathnaid is back! The headline gives an indication of the writers favourable bias towards this lady and the content of the story proves it, with a mere passing reference to the bullying scandal in RTE that was major news for weeks. The " local girl done good" angle is wearing thin to say the least. If the circumstances were different and it was a male who was accused of bullying a woman, he wouldnt be promoted so blatantly simply because he happened to hail from meath.Its a bit early to nail your colours to the mast when the rte case hasnt reached a conclusion.
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Perhaps it's "a bit early" for you to make such a judgement roly. There's more than one bias apparent here...
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trying to deflect the point of my comments by accusing me of bias huz is something that seems to be quite common on these boards, or maybe its just you?
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" or maybe its just you" .....is this an example of bullying...ironic!!
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bert, why dont you try and stick to the story above and try a string a coherent sentence together instead of trying to be witty. You failed miserably.... You just proved my point about these boards! Before you go accusing anyone of bullying maybe you should look up what it means.
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"Bullying is an act of repeated aggressive behavior in order to intentionally hurt another person, physically or mentally" I feel hurt by your comments above and i think it was quite aggressive.
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well bert, maybe it was bullying ! imagine how blathnaids rte collegue felt so.........:)
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Roly do u actually know or have u ever met Bláthnaid? For Someone who obviously thinks them a very smart person you shouldn\'t be gullible enough to believe every thing you hear in the media and not jump top conclusions!!
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