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EDDIE HOBBS HAS resigned from RTÉ’s The Consumer Show.
The financial advisor, presenter and author made the announcement earlier today on Twitter.
The show, which had run for three seasons, was billed by the national broadcaster as being about “helping you know and fight for your rights”.
When contacted by TheJournal.ie about the news, Hobbs’ responded by email, saying that he had “nothing further to add tbh at this time.”
Hobbs had previously fronted the shows Rip Off Republic and Show Me The Money, both of which had also been shown on RTÉ.
The Consumer Show is produced by Coco Television, who still list it among its “current hit series”.
When contacted, a spokesperson from the production company said that the show was not currently on air and that the people involved in it would not be be back until next year.
Hobbs had presented the show with Keelin Shanley and Bill Tyson.
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Maybe it’s just me but I always felt like all Hobbs did was state the financial bleedin obvious.
He might have stated the obvious but a lot of people didn’t see the obvious until he showed it.
Maybe things were obvious to him because he made serious mistakes as an investment advisor. He persuaded a lot of unfortunates to invest in apartments in the Cape Verde Islands through his investment vehicle Brendan Investments.Sometime this millennium there may be Ryanair flights there.He has a very hard neck to criticise anybody for what they did during the Tiger years.
Agreed. I don’t take him too serious. He is not in same league as David mc W.
No great fan but I distinctly remember him saying in late 2008 (I was applying for a mortgage at the time) that the housing market would fall 70%. He was about spot on there.
@Brendan, Aye, blame him for poor unfortunates not knowing that it was sort of hard to get to Cape Verde…
Sorry Brendan Greene but Brendan Investments is starting to make good, or will in the future.
Obvious me hole . Apartments in Bulgaria ?!
Resigned or pushed. Has been very critical of RTE recently.
I suppose you got p****d off with the the government PR machine trying to make you tell people that all is rosy Eddie.
I wouldn’t blame you for leaving.
The show was bloody awful and never actually addressed hard hitting consumer issue,
Anything it did deal with common sense and cop on would have solved the problems experienced,
The consumer issues forum on boards.ie gives out better advise then that show did,
Long may he stay off the airwaves !
Show is terrible anyway. And why do they have Brent Pope on it?
Down the credit union and tighten your belt so.
I’ll miss him like a hole in the head…
Buying apartments on a few flyblown rocks in the mid-atlantic.
Its called asset management.
Whatever happened to Brendan Investments?
They are starting to make good. Google.
@ Lisa, google is throwing up the following from the Irish Times relating to their latest published set of accounts, hardly “starting to make good”:
“BRENDAN INVESTMENTS Pan European Property plc, the property investment business run by Eddie Hobbs and others, has reported a pre-tax loss of €3.3 million for the year to the end of January 2011.”
I’m Eddie Hobbs, I’m right and you’re wrong (read in his whiney voice)
Whatever happened to first names lads, just calling him Hobbs is disrespectful. Ye still give that b*llocks Ahearne his first name and he certainly does’nt deserve it.
I’ve also heard that Hughie Green isn’t doing Opportunity Knocks anymore.
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His opinion was/is given to much airtime .. Wasn’t he discredited over his investment advice on those Bulgarian apts?
Best news all day as he is a pain- know it all! I think the Turkey/rooster from cork on sminky shorts is actually Eddie Hobbs ?? http://www.sminkyanimation.com/
Heat his accent like your 1 who dose the vhi add
Tinnnnny baaaaaaabies
inconspicuous economic magpie wide boy in management fees
Excellent news. You wont be missed
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