Mary O'Rourke Watch

snubbleste

She was on Radio1 Saturday morning.
She went on and on and on stating "I could talk forever"

Radio5

I think she has a new book out...

Mena Mitty

''Ten thousand and one Radox nights''

A quarter of a century of amusing and wretched letters from selected constituents read between phone calls and ablutions in the Irish midlands.

snubbleste

Larking about on Newstalk at the minute

tampopo

On the Seven O'Clock show (at six O'Clock) on TV3 at the moment. "It's in my book" she has been heard to say. On with Jedward.

etselbbuns

Coming up on Ray D'Arcy Radio1

BarryD2

etselbbuns wrote: »

Coming up on Ray D'Arcy Radio1

Thanks for the warning. Will Ray dare ask her about Telecom shares?

BarryD2

BarryD2 wrote: »

Thanks for the warning. Will Ray dare ask her about Telecom shares?

Nope, he won't. Not sure what that was all about.

zell12

Currently on Newstalk mammying on about reviewing bukes

zell12

Mammying away on Radio1 with Brendan O'Connor now

serfboard

zell12 wrote: »

Mammying away on Radio1 with Brendan O'Connor now

I enjoyed that slot with her yesterday - Mammy O'Rourke doing her thing, talking without hesitation, and with great warmth and a sense of humour.

A good tonic for troubled times!

KaneToad

serfboard wrote: »

I enjoyed that slot with her yesterday - Mammy O'Rourke doing her thing, talking without hesitation, and with great warmth and a sense of humour.

A good tonic for troubled times!

She's an 82 yr old woman, living alone during a pandemic lock down. I think it's interesting to hear from her.

elperello

Well I'd forgotten that this thread existed, two years since the last post.

Lovely to hear that the neighbour drops in her paper, that's the spirit for these lockdown days.

zell12

Did Des's Desert Island Discs at 18:30-19:00 Thursday

Mearings

zell12 wrote: »

Did Des's Desert Island Discs at 18:30-19:00 Thursday

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'Arise and follow Charlie'?

zell12

Just been chatting to Yates on Newstalk about authors and inspirations.

She really was engaging and interesting to listen to

whisky_galore

KaneToad wrote: »

She's an 82 yr old woman, living alone during a pandemic lock down. I think it's interesting to hear from her.

She's probably got 2 pensions and no shortage of family to look out for her, not really representative of all women in their 80s.

dhaughton99

whisky_galore wrote: »

She's probably got 2 pensions and no shortage of family to look out for her, not really representative of all women in their 80s.

I’d say you are being a tad bit conservative saying ‘2 pensions’.

whisky_galore

dhaughton99 wrote: »

I’d say you are being a tad bit conservative saying ‘2 pensions’.

Well let's just say she isnt short of a few bob.

She was on with moncrieff before the lockdown waxing lyrical about the joys of cocooning, actual joy, she was actually looking forward to it.

It was sickening listening to her entitled ivory tower guff.

KaneToad

KaneToad wrote: »

She's an 82 yr old woman, living alone during a pandemic lock down. I think it's interesting to hear from her.

I agree with you, it's good to hear from a demographic that doesn't often appear in the media.

Having said that, she isn't representative of most women her age. She also has one mah-hassive ego, the stuff of legend.

Radio5

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I agree with you, it's good to hear from a demographic that doesn't often appear in the media.

Having said that, she isn't representative of most women her age. She also has one mah-hassive ego, the stuff of legend.

Certainly most women of her age wouldn't have the pensions she has even if they'd been working most of their lives ...

Was it her local organisation that we have to thank for Boxer Moran, of the recently departed Independents-that-Went-Into-Government party?

elperello

Radio5 wrote: »

Certainly most women of her age wouldn't have the pensions she has even if they'd been working most of their lives ...

Was it her local organisation that we have to thank for Boxer Moran, of the recently departed Independents-that-Went-Into-Government party?

Women in general do worse than men when it comes to pensions.

Not in the political sphere though where the pay and pensions are gender equal.

It's also fair to say that she only gets what she is entitled to.

Radio5

Radio5 wrote: »

Certainly most women of her age wouldn't have the pensions she has even if they'd been working most of their lives ...

Was it her local organisation that we have to thank for Boxer Moran, of the recently departed Independents-that-Went-Into-Government party?

I don't think anyone was in the wrong there. Boxer Moran had ambitions to get elected, and Mary O'Rourke also deserved her nomination.

She had been a TD with 20 years of unbroken service, a Minister in multiple governments, and the deputy-leader of the party. Everyone seems to have accepted that her one electoral loss had been a woeful disaster of vote-management.

She may not be everyone's cup of tea, and I'm sure that even she wouldn't claim to be representative of Irish women in general; but when you look at her experience in public life and ability to talk plainly (even against her own party), it's no wonder she's regularly invited onto panel discussion.

zell12

Mary O'Rourke on Newstalk at 18:10 going on about houses too large for its occupants. She called her own place "a modest bungalow in a modest street in the town of Athlone and here I'm staying"

tampopo

Newstalk now, about elderly people downsizing to smaller accommodation-or not, in her case.

elperello

zell12 wrote: »

Mary O'Rourke on Newstalk at 18:10 going on about houses too large for its occupants. She called her own place "a modest bungalow in a modest street in the town of Athlone and here I'm staying"

She is telling the truth.

It's a nice bungalow in a good neighborhood but no mansion.

Just by the way, downsizing for seniors is a complex issue.

Declan A Walsh

Mary was on Newstalk on Pat Kenny's Show yesterday, talking about her experiences as a woman TD and Minister. This was on the occasion of International Woman's Day.

Declan A Walsh

Does Mary only turn up on national stations or has she ever been on any local stations such as Midlands Radio 3?

Antenna

Briefly put on RTE Radio 1 this afternooon -
MOR was on this afternoon with Kathryn Thomas (who was filling in for Ray Darcy)
Talking about Vaccination, lockdown etc, and she was praising Kathryn for her TV work etc...

zell12

Newstalk now on about landlines and mobiles. She never answers her landline anymore, she is with Eir

Declan A Walsh

Any sightings (or should that be hearings?) lately?

• I was reminded of this thread because of a reference to her in another thread.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119584611#Comment_119584611

Unfortunately she has been unwell and spent some time in hospital this year.

At home now making a good recovery.

Best regards and get well soon.

L1011

RIP

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1003/1473384-mary-orourke/

Bobson Dugnutt

Sad to hear that. A bit of a character and always enjoyed her on the radio.

KevRossi

The streets of Athlone will be a lot safer now she's off the road.

A loss to her family and friends. Not much of a loss to the rest of us, she genuinely believed that she was a form of Irish royalty.

Paterson Jerins

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680633#Comment_122680633

Yeah, not the worst person. She was a typical fianna fail td. She lost her seat in 2011, at least she ran, many of her colleagues just jumped ship after making a big mess. She got a lovely retirement package, 200k lump and 100k pension when the country was on its knees. Comical.

elperello

Condolences to family and friends.

Rest in Peace.

rightmove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680633#Comment_122680633

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