Mary O'Rourke Watch

JonathanAnon

Liam Byrne wrote: »

She hasn't "called for an election" where it counts..

What you mean, Liam? To actually bring forward the motion in the Dáil? .... would actually be funny if there was a motion of confidence in the government.. bet she would still vote with FF... despite all her "renegade" opinions...

ButtersSuki

Ha! Ha! She was on Newstalk Lunchtime just now and responded in the positive when Damien Kiberd (I suspect sarcastically) asked was she "doing this not for votes, but because you care about the people" re. her opposition to cutting pensions. Votes have nothing to do with it!!!!!!:D:D:D

JonathanAnon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Votes have nothing to do with it!!!!!!:D:D:D

She never said a truer word.. And this is the only reason why she is now speaking her mind now.. She would be towing the party line if she was still in the running for a possible Ministry.. pathetic..

ButtersSuki

Yeah, but she'll come close enough to getting elected by her "loyal constituents".......regardless of her self-serving. Ah, Fianna Fail voters, you make me laugh, and cry.

JonathanAnon

I dunno Butters, I reckon she's gonna stand down for good, and just take that pension that she's trying so hard to save...

hotmail.com

I heard her for a second on Pat Kenny this morning, I quickly turned it off.


Just how big is her ego??

She's 73 now. If she runs in the next election, she'll be 78 or 79 retiring from the Dail.

Rebelheart

If Mary O Rourke could wake up dead some morning, I'd be happier. She's an awful, awful representative of the self-serving corrupt and amoral (if not immoral) strand of Fianna Fáil. The nepotism of her entire family's position in Irish society is utterly repulsive.

Mary O Rourke is the corrupt parasitical nepotist who in 2008 accused Irish people who questioned the integrity of Bertie Ahern of being guilty of 'treason'.

For those of you who are in denial of what she stands for, here's her above 'treason' accusation: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0116/breaking34.html

bernardo mac

Indeed she's all of that and a tedious,fussy clucking hen;although I find Martin Mansergh a far more unbearable and arrogant reactionary

Rubik.

hotmail.com wrote: »

She's 73 now. If she runs in the next election, she'll be 78 or 79 retiring from the Dail.

You can only assume she is going to run again. She is still bitter about losing her seat in 2002 General Election and I think this is the reason behind her mania to be omnipresent on the airwaves.

dh0661

Rubik. wrote: »

You can only assume she is going to run again. She is still bitter about losing her seat in 2002 General Election and I think this is the reason behind her mania to be omnipresent on the airwaves.

Possibly more to do with pension entitlements --- :rolleyes: me thinks cynically.

bernardo mac

"God only knows why I stay in politics.It's not for the money,you know.But shur I have to keep in touch with the lads and lassies and all my friends in RTE.I don't knit but I can spin a yarn badly and get away with it,waffle,distract and bore the poor directionless public to tears and for free!Where would you get a job and a lifestyle like that?":D

ButtersSuki

Rebelheart wrote: »

If Mary O Rourke could wake up dead some morning, I'd be happier. She's an awful, awful representative of the self-serving corrupt and amoral (if not immoral) strand of Fianna Fáil. The nepotism of her entire family's position in Irish society is utterly repulsive.

Mary O Rourke is the corrupt parasitical nepotist who in 2008 accused Irish people who questioned the integrity of Bertie Ahern of being guilty of 'treason'.

For those of you who are in denial of what she stands for, here's her above 'treason' accusation: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0116/breaking34.html

It would be nice if one of the broadcasters who are giving her airtime (and therefore indirectly part of her PR team) would question her on this sometime.

Speaking of Bertie; two quick observations:

1. he's very quiet
2. I'm still shocked as to how little blame he seems to be getting from the National "meeja" for the mess we're in

Lapin

Rebelheart wrote: »

If Mary O Rourke could wake up dead some morning, I'd be happier. She's an awful, awful representative of the self-serving corrupt and amoral (if not immoral) strand of Fianna Fáil. The nepotism of her entire family's position in Irish society is utterly repulsive.

Mary O Rourke is the corrupt parasitical nepotist who in 2008 accused Irish people who questioned the integrity of Bertie Ahern of being guilty of 'treason'.

For those of you who are in denial of what she stands for, here's her above 'treason' accusation: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0116/breaking34.html

I agree with everything you said but I think your opening sentence was just a tad unnecessary.

I don't have any time for her as a politician, and while we'll all die sometime, I don't think
hearing the news of her death would make me any "happier".

JonathanAnon

Jaysus Colm MacCarthy is in bad form today...

cobwebs

Slidey wrote: »

Matt Coopers show this eve

Like many Fianna Failers Mary O'Rourke is distancing herself from the party. When the cock crows you will have denied me thrice! Neat try Mary, but it won't wash this time.

delaad

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Jaysus Colm MacCarthy is in bad form today...

Is he ever any other way? He operates on a scale from downright miserable to catatonically sepulchral. The Dismal Science has done for him.

I wonder did he ever laugh.:D

Lapin

She's on Radio 1 now calling on her government to announce a date for the children's rights referendum.

But she refuses to admit that her government are stalling because the referendum would be tied in with the 3 pending by-elections.

ButtersSuki

Guy who stands in for Eamo (he's so boring and monotone I can't remember his name) called Matt Williams "Mark" and Ger Gilroy "Ger Kilroy" during the last 10mins of the show - I only tuned in for the sport as Eamo's absent (again) so God knows how many other mistakes he made.

JonathanAnon

Lapin wrote: »

She's on Radio 1 now calling on her government to announce a date for the children's rights referendum.

She also said.. "I was just thinking the other day Vincent, isnt it amazing that we have had all these referendae on the rights of the unborn child but none on the ones that are living.."

No mary, you didnt think up this profound point yourself, you heard it on the Vincent Browne show the other night, same as the rest of us....

And Barry Andrews, "we are closer now than we have ever been".... A statement that is so ambiguous it could have been made in relation to death, the by elections, the IMF taking over... ANYTHING..

ButtersSuki

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Guy who stands in for Eamo (he's so boring and monotone I can't remember his name) called Matt Williams "Mark" and Ger Gilroy "Ger Kilroy" during the last 10mins of the show - I only tuned in for the sport as Eamo's absent (again) so God knows how many other mistakes he made.

WHOOPS! Meant to post this in the Newstalk thread - my apologies. You can see how I got the two confused as Mary O'Rourke is never off Newstalk........

Lapin

She's on The Last Word now advocating nixers and telling Matt Cooper not to be silly.

EDIT:

I don't know if I heard correctly but did she finish by telling Cooper he should try
living on the old age pension for a week ?

What a neck this woman has.

Lapin

She's been on Talking History, Newstalk for the last hour discussing Daniel O'Connell. In fairness it was a very good discussion.

Talking History is one of the best programmes on radio.

O'Rourke gave a good contribution, (she can be interesting when she's not talking about contemporary politics) but throughout the programme, I couldn't help thinking she was one sentence away from mentioning the many heated debates herself and Dan had back in the day !

mike65

Thank God for Mammy during a crisis is what I say!

Lapin

Beat ye to it lads.

Sorry I didn't take bets now

EDIT:
Damn you mike65

mike65

:pac:

IvyTheTerrible

News at One now...jesus she's everywhere!

hotmail.com

Has she confirmed she's standing? She must be at this stage?

mike65

At her age? Only with a Zimmer frame.

neris

shes on again now on matt cooper with her usual waffle

wyrn

Think she was just on 98fm saying there was no waste!
I'm sorry I missed it.

hotmail.com

Love to see her response to Cowen's speech tonight - does she still want a debate on his leadership?

IvyTheTerrible

Mary is on Lunchtime on Newstalk AGAIN

Sir Oxman

She's a vile harridan but every radio station and that womans shyte Midday on TV3 love her for some unknown reason.

Sir Oxman

the cackle, the cackle FFS!

Havermeyer

It's at the stage, now, that you would begin to question if she is on newstalk's payroll.

'Lunchtime with Damo, John and Mammy O'Rourke.'

Lapin

gambiaman wrote: »

the cackle, the cackle FFS!

Just heard that on the repeat.

Cackling was the only way she could respond to the truth as spoken by John Drennan on the programme.

She's fooling nobody anymore.

Wertz

Mammy was stirring the pot on Kenny show this morning.
Kenny spent the best part of the first hour lamenting the demise of FF in the RedC poll....to listen to it you'd think someone had died.
An afterparty political broadcast :pac:

tbh

Wertz wrote: »

Mammy was stirring the pot on Kenny show this morning.
Kenny spent the best part of the first hour lamenting the demise of FF in the RedC poll....to listen to it you'd think someone had died.
An afterparty political broadcast :pac:

lamenting? are you serious? lamenting???! He couldn't keep the delight out of his voice!

Wertz

tbh wrote: »

lamenting? are you serious? lamenting???! He couldn't keep the delight out of his voice!

He (or his producers) gave them more than enough airtime, which IMO is a consolation of sorts and more than most of them deserve...I wasn't particularly paying attention to what Kenny had to say, I was too busy laughing at the delusion of some of the FF contributors.

[edit] Perhaps it would have been better phrased if I'd have said that Kenny (over)indulged the lamentations from the FF contributors themselves...

tbh

Wertz wrote: »

He (or his producers) gave them more than enough airtime, which IMO is a consolation of sorts and more than most of them deserve...I wasn't particularly paying attention to what Kenny had to say, I was too busy laughing at the delusion of some of the FF contributors.

[edit] Perhaps it would have been better phrased if I'd have said that Kenny (over)indulged the lamentations from the FF contributors themselves...

I understand what you mean now -I read lamenting as mourning

telekon

Wertz wrote: »

He (or his producers) gave them more than enough airtime, which IMO is a consolation of sorts and more than most of them deserve...I wasn't particularly paying attention to what Kenny had to say, I was too busy laughing at the delusion of some of the FF contributors.

[edit] Perhaps it would have been better phrased if I'd have said that Kenny (over)indulged the lamentations from the FF contributors themselves...

Missed the first 20 mins but caught the tailend and sounded all very satisfying. Must listen to the podcast later. Sounds like epic radio.

JonathanAnon

telekon wrote: »

Missed the first 20 mins but caught the tailend and sounded all very satisfying.

I heard her saying on some show the other day (god only knows what show, she's on ALL of them ffs) that she will be contesting the next election... I think this is a really naive decision on her part... She will get annihilated.. If she thought 2002 was embarrassing, she probably wont even had the consolation prize of being one of the Taoiseach's pick (since the Taoiseach wont be FF) for the Seanad this time..

Rubik.

Wertz wrote: »

Mammy was stirring the pot on Kenny show this morning.
Kenny spent the best part of the first hour lamenting the demise of FF in the RedC poll....to listen to it you'd think someone had died.
An afterparty political broadcast :pac:

FF, if it chooses to, could cut RTE's budget by 55 million euro next Tuesday. So I wouldn't expect RTE to do anything to piss them off between now and then.

Oh_Noes

Rubik. wrote: »

FF, if it chooses to, could cut RTE's budget by 55 million euro next Tuesday. So I wouldn't expect RTE to do anything to piss them off between now and then.

And abolish the license fee. It's only justified in the event that the stations don't play advertisements which they do. If TV3 can do it then why the hell can't RTE.

tbh

Oh_Noes wrote: »

And abolish the license fee. It's only justified in the event that the stations don't play advertisements which they do. If TV3 can do it then why the hell can't RTE.

have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

I googled a list of countries who have license fee + advertising, but funnily enough a lot of European countries have much higher fees than us - I was surprised.

Rubik.

Oh_Noes wrote: »

And abolish the license fee. It's only justified in the event that the stations don't play advertisements which they do. If TV3 can do it then why the hell can't RTE.

Not the whole licence fee, no. Back in November, Dick Roach came out with this statement on the Government paying RTE 55 million euro for old age pensioners TV licences...

"That money is paid by the Taxpayer to RTE. At a time when every other area is being looked at, it is inappropriate. In the current context it has to be looked at".

This is bound to have sent shudders around Montrose and it was meant to. It was a very unsubtle way of keeping RTE in line.

Wertz

Rubik. wrote: »

FF, if it chooses to, could cut RTE's budget by 55 million euro next Tuesday.

That would be a rarely laudable act on FF's behalf, if it weren't for the fact that people in their 70's and 80's would then be expected to stump up the €160 themselves or face freezing/starvation/gaol house.

I think there are big changes ahead at RTÉ regardless of who forms the next government...

Rubik.

Wertz wrote: »

That would be a rarely laudable act on FF's behalf, if it weren't for the fact that people in their 70's and 80's would then be expected to stump up the €160 themselves or face freezing/starvation/gaol house.

Roach's suggestion was for the Broadcasting Act to be changed so OAP's would still get the free licence, but no subsidy would be given to RTE for it. Thereby slashing RTE's budget in one go

The background was a FF party meeting where FF backbenchers repeatedly complained about what they perceived to be RTE's "relentless negativity" in its coverage of the party. Pat Kenny's Frontline was singled out for particular criticism.

It's an empty threat, they won't do it, but it is not empty enough that RTE can afford to ignore it. Whether RTE have changed their coverage of FF in the meantime is a matter of opinion. I'm inclined to think they have, Pat Kenny's Friday gathering today being a case in point.

ButtersSuki

Oh_Noes wrote: »

And abolish the license fee. It's only justified in the event that the stations don't play advertisements which they do. If TV3 can do it then why the hell can't RTE.

Ah, ok, not a fan of RTE by any means but TV3? Come on! Fine if you want your tv to be of the calibre of Xposé, Take Me Out, I'm a Celebrity, X Factor and soaps......take Vincent Browne off TV3 and it would never, ever be watched by anyone other than FM104 (or 96FM in Cork) listeners and The Star readers. I'm surprised they haven't poached Joe Duffy.......

Wertz

See it's ideas like that that would almost make me vote for the like of Roach.
Almost.

[edit] That said, I imagine in reality such a move would be a disaster for the normal license fee payer who would be lumbered with making up the shortfall brought on by a €55M cut