Marian Finucane discusses famous breakups and the best way to end a relationship with Fiona Looney and Eamonn Sweeney.
Marian Finucane examines the flip side of Valentine's Day with a studio debate on the best way to break up with someone. She discusses some famous break-ups with her guests, writers and journalists Fiona Looney and Eamonn Sweeney.
The actor Daniel Day Lewis broke up with actress Isabelle Adjani by fax. Eamonn's favourite break-up story is Pablo Picasso, who "was seeing two women and he made them fight over him." Fiona has a friend who broke up with her partner because he winked at her while she was giving birth, which Marian and Eamonn both think was a bit excessive.
Eamonn thinks that email will be a very popular break-up method with men, because "men are far more cowardly and less direct" than women, whereas "women are more practical" and give men "helpful hints for the future, next time around, how you should conduct yourself".
| Title: | Valentine's Day Discussion on Ending Relationships |
| Clip Duration: | 00:05:07 |
| Material Type: | Audio |
| Clip Title: | How to Break Up With Someone |
| Series Title: | The Marian Finucane Show |
| Information: | 'The Marian Finucane Show' is a live radio show with a mix of news, interviews, reports and discussion, presented by Marian Finucane on RTÉ Radio 1. It began in January 1999 as a weekday morning programme, broadcast from 9.00am to 10.00am, Monday to Friday. In September 2005 it moved to a weekend slot and now goes out on Saturday and Sunday from 11.00am to 1.00pm. This discussion was broadcast on 14 February 2001. The accompanying image shows Irish actors Tom O'Leary and Una Kavanagh as Dr Brendan Daly and his wife Heather in the RTÉ television drama series 'Fair City', during filming in October 2005. © RTÉ Stills Library 1151/020 |
| Local Keywords: | Valentine's Day, Romance, Relationships, Breakups, Email, Marian Finucane, Fiona Looney, Eamonn Sweeney, Daniel Day Lewis, Isabelle Adjani, Pablo Picasso |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | National Holidays, Festivals, Anniversaries, Annual Events |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Marian Finucane (Presenter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ Radio One |
| Production Year: | 2001 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | RCD14.02.01 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
