Don't talk to Joe - Liveline suffers phone failure

Problems with the phone lines at RTÉ studios this afternoon meant that Joe Duffy was unable to take calls.
In what must have been a crushing blow for callers, chronic complainers and - if Apres Match are to be believed - the entire area of Clontarf, nobody was able to talk to Joe today.
The problems became apparent at the very top of the Liveline broadcast, and though Philip Boucher-Hayes was on hand to buy some time, Joe was forced to take the unusual step of deploying a tune - choosing The Corrs.
At 2.30, he decided it was a lost cause, and terminated the show 30 minutes early in order to allow a full reboot of the phone studio, promising that things would be back to normal tomorrow "come hell or high water".
These tech issues can be a right handful; if your loved ones work behind the scenes in RTÉ, don't wait up this evening...