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The Irish Sun
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
New RTE ‘disrupt the schedule' call as ex-radio boss reveals 3 top presenters to replace Joe Duffy with digital shake-up
THE ex-boss of Newstalk wants to shake up RTE's airwaves — but wouldn't hand the Liveline vacancy to its current front-runner Katie Hannon. Garett Harte says radio icon 6 Joe Duffy is leaving his role as host of Liveline Credit: RTE 6 Former Newstalk Editor in Chief Garrett Harte shared his opinion on the search for Liveline's new presenter Credit: 6 He said former Today FM presenter Dermot Whelan would be a good candidate Harte, who was Editor in Chief of 'But there is a chance here to disrupt the schedule and attract a new audience by doing something different — and finding the next Liveline presenter outside The three presenters he has in mind are former Tonight Show host Garett told The Irish Sun on Sunday: 'Ciara is very clever. As someone in her late 30s she is in the target demographic and would connect with a young audience, and bring not only authority, but empathy as well. READ MORE IN LIVELINE 'Someone else who'd be great doing 'He has a huge emotional range where he could empathise with callers and, being a comic, could also inject humour into Liveline when it needs it. "Looking at the competition, the third presenter I'd suggest would be Andrea from Newstalk — she's made a name for herself hosting a show with a similar format to Liveline.' Ex-Newstalk Managing Editor Patricia Monaghan, who Garett worked with for many years, is now RTE's Head of Audio and will ultimately decide MOST READ ON THE IRISH SUN Garett added: 'RTE asked for expressions of interest from presenters — both internal and external — to host Liveline. Joe Duffy fights back tears on air 'That's something RTE have never done before, and a clever way of taking power away from the agents and the presenters. 'You're telling them, 'This time RTE are doing it differently'. 'You're also saying to internal staff, 'Just because you're in RTE, you don't have the job in the bag'.' The biggest challenge RTE faces is how to connect Liveline to a younger target audience. DIGITAL FIRST CALL Garett added: 'The safest thing is to do nothing with the format — and keep going. "You need to migrate young people over to Liveline but they don't ring each other anymore — they send voice notes which can sound boring. 'Liveline needs live phone calls which bring jeopardy and drama, and where callers can become emotional. "Most of all Liveline has to become a digital first show where you listen to it — or watch it on YouTube — filmed in a visual studio that allows you to get it up on 'Not just Liveline but any show, you have to look at how digital fits into it.' 6 Newstalk's current daytime phone-in host Andrea Gilligan is another top pick Credit: INFO@ 6 He said he wouldn't hand the Liveline vacancy to its current front-runner Katie Hannon Credit: RTE / Naoise Culhane 6 He said former Tonight Show host Ciara Doherty is in the target demographic Credit: Brian McEvoy
Daily Mail
05-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Mother's £5,500 Turkey facelift sparks concern as 'scary' videos show extreme bruising and swelling around 58-year-old's eyes after six-hour surgery
An Australian woman's facelift surgery has sparked concern after videos showed her face was covered with big bruises and her eyelids were swollen shut. The videos were posted by her son, Garett Howley, who documented their trip to Istanbul, Turkey, from Perth, Australia, for a facelift and hair transplant respectively on TikTok. Garett told his followers his mother had opted to undergo a deep plane face and neck lift, upper and lower eyelid surgery, lip lifting, and a temporal lift ahead of her 58th birthday. The pair decided to fly to Turkey, now one of the world's most prominent medical tourism destinations, for her surgeries as well as Garrett's hair transplant. One of Garrett's TikTok clips, which has racked up 2.9 million views at the time of writing, showed his mother starting to move around the hospital with the help of her son and a night nurse after the intense, six-hour procedure that cost £5,500. TikTok users were left shocked by her appearance in the video, as they noticed the extreme swelling and bruising around her eyes and mouth that some felt wasn't typical of a facelift procedure. 'I'm a little concerned because this seems like much more bruising than normal with a facelift,' one person wrote in the comments section. Another said: 'Oooh that looks so painful i hope they gave her some good painkillers.' 'Is she still alive?!??' a third wrote. 'No I'm not kidding that's scary as...' After confirming his mother was recovering quite nicely, Garett also defended her decision to get the facelift after some people suggested 'aging is a privilege' in the comments section. A deep plane facelift can help counteract the signs of ageing by lifting the entire face. During the procedure, incisions are made in the scalp to lift the forehead, eyelids to lift the eyes and cheeks and in the mouth to lift the face. Through these incisions, the skin is lifted along with its accompanying layers of fat, the excess is trimmed off (or in some cases folded) and the incisions stitched back together. Because the whole depth of skin is being moved upwards, there can be a more dramatic effect on appearance than with other face-lifts where only the top layer of skin is moved, or where the skin is redraped over altered underlying contours. After the video went viral on TikTok, Garett's mother responded to a follower's request for an update as she confirmed 'I can see out of my eyes' in a subsequent clip. The short video showed her brushing her wet hair after the bandages on her head had been removed and doctors gave her the go-ahead for an unassisted shower that she described as 'awesome'. TikTok users were left shocked by her appearance in the video, as they noticed the extreme swelling and bruising around her eyes and mouth that some felt wasn't typical of a facelift procedure After confirming his mother was recovering quite nicely, Garett also defended her decision to get the facelift after some people suggested 'aging is a privilege' in the comments section Several people remarked she still looked like she was in 'pain'. 'The recovery looks horrendous, cannot imagine the pain, but I know once she is all healed, she will be looking fabulous,' one TikTok user said. 'No I love the idea of a facelift when I'm older but the recovery process worries me! This must be so uncomfortable and painful? 'Does it hurt to speak? Eat?' another asked. Garett replied that his mother was being able to speak and drink soup, but 'struggling to chew' on the second day post-op. In response to a user that said Garett's videos would 'turn anyone off about having cosmetic surgery', he noted that the 'comments say otherwise' referring to queries about the cost of her surgery as well as questions about the hospital and staff. The duo later posted a breakdown of the cost of their respective procedures on TikTok on the fourth day after the facelift, as Garett's mother confirmed she was feeling 'good'. The swelling under her eyes had subsided and her bandages appeared to have been removed in the clip. Garett said the upper and lower eyelid surgery, which involved cutting away the excess skin around her eyes, as well as the deep plane face, neck, and temporal lift, and lip lift set them back by around £5,500 (€6,500). That included the airport pick-ups and drop-off, two nights' stay in the hospital, food in the hospital, and five nights in a hotel after they were discharged. The cost also covered the fees of an interpreter. Charges that were not included was the price of medical insurance, airfares, and visa fees, as well as any food and drink outside the hospital. In total, they spent around £6,824 (AUD12,000) on his mother's surgeries that they 'wouldn't have been able to afford' back home in Perth. Reacting to her appearance, some TikTokers said the procedure had 'easily taken 20 years off of her' while other praised Garett as a 'wonderful son' for 'supporting' his mother throughout the process.
