Mary O'Rourke Watch

telekon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

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.......

G'way willya...there's no way they could afford Joe Duffy!!

Lapin

Don't worry - She's not on yet. (Its only 9 am).

But I have a tenner in my hand that says she'll be on the airwaves before 3 o clock this afternoon.

If she's not, I'll be more than happy to donate the tenner to charity.

It'll be worth it.

dh0661

So which charity are you going to support ?

Lapin

St Vincent de Paul -

in Athlone.




It was worth it !

ButtersSuki

Well done! Now here's a bet for you - how many shows will she NOT be on after the budget is announced......:D:D:D:D:D

coylemj

Mary hasn't decided whether she'll run in the general election in the new year, I'd say that's partly to wrongfoot Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, her main FF rival in Athlone. She will be 74 next May so it may be time to hang up the boots.

http://www.westmeathindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/12/01/4001909-orourke-likely-to-run-as-boxer-and-mayor-remain-undecided/

IvyTheTerrible

She's on RTE 1 now. Again.

telekon

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

She's on RTE 1 now. Again.

At this stage she must be squatting in the montrose studios.

JonathanAnon

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

She's on RTE 1 now. Again.

For the love of god, she is talking about the "gossip in the dáil".. It was HER that started the issue of Cowan possibly stepping down, not anybody else.. I wish she would just stfu and retire..

IvyTheTerrible

telekon wrote: »

At this stage she must be squatting in the montrose studios.

Or she has some sort of teleportation device between there and the Newstalk studios.

Plowman

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IvyTheTerrible

Plowman wrote: »

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I believe they are in Digges Lane in the same building as Today FM

ButtersSuki

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I believe they are in Digges Lane in the same building as Today FM

Indeed. They share resources now......creating synergies for Denis O'Brien. Mary O'Rourke however is mainly a Newstalk asset/liability (delete as appropriate).

JonathanAnon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Mary O'Rourke however is mainly a Newstalk asset/ liability (delete as appropriate).

done

hotmail.com

O'Rourke did a massive U-Turn today by saying that she now supports Cowen's leadership of FF, two weeks after calling for a meeting to discuss the FF leadership. She's changed her mind.

Even her most loyal supporters must be embarrassed by her now.

Big Tone

hotmail.com wrote: »

O'Rourke did a massive U-Turn today by saying that she now supports Cowen's leadership of FF, two weeks after calling for a meeting to discuss the FF leadership. She's changed her mind.

Even her most loyal supporters must be embarrassed by her now.

True, and all this from the woman who more or less forced people to go out and buy as many Eircom shares as they could afford! She lost all credibility after that!

Next she'll do another massive U-turn and reveal that she IS running for the Presidency next year!

Lapin

On The Last Word now with Matt Cooper talking rubbish.

ButtersSuki

hotmail.com wrote: »

O'Rourke did a massive U-Turn today by saying that she now supports Cowen's leadership of FF, two weeks after calling for a meeting to discuss the FF leadership.

She did what? Has she no shame? Oh, what am I thinking. She's FF, of course she has no shame.

FlutterinBantam

Why anyone heeds what that woman says is totally beyond me.

JonathanAnon

ButtersSuki wrote: »

She did what? Has she no shame? Oh, what am I thinking. She's FF, of course she has no shame.

Very interesting on Today FM there... She had brought forth a proposal to have a "parliamentary discussion" on the leadership for January, but this was rejected by the party today at a parliamentary meeting (which is why there was none of them in the dáil chambers today btw)... So I'd say she's feeling a bit sheepish right now.. he subtle attempts to work the nephew in to the leadership have failed for the moment at least..

Rebelheart

I've found this woman seriously repellant for a long time now. However, her comment about Brian Cowen's wife earlier this week was a previously unimaginable new low. It betrayed a shameful lack of class and decency.

I only heard it on yesterday's News at One when Seán O'Rourke played it in his interview with Cowen.

She came across as a backstabbing ghoul, a venomous and viperous little turd. She is the same fattened calf who, in 2007, claimed that anybody who questioned the ethics of Patrick Bartholomew Ahern was guilty of 'treason'. Breathtaking.

The people in Longford-Westmeath who elect her are just as backward as those in Kerry South who elect Healy-Rae or in Dublin Central who elect Patrick Bartholomew Ahern.

I'll rejoice the day the Lenihan/O'Rourke ascendency in this republic is overthrown.

IvyTheTerrible

Rebelheart wrote: »

I've found this woman seriously repellant for a long time now. However, her comment about Brian Cowen's wife earlier this week was a previously unimaginable new low. It betrayed a shameful lack of class and decency.

I only heard it on yesterday's News at One when Seán O'Rourke played it in his interview with Cowen.

She came across as a backstabbing ghoul, a venomous and viperous little turd. She is the same fattened calf who, in 2007, claimed that anybody who questioned the ethics of Patrick Bartholomew Ahern was guilty of 'treason'. Breathtaking.

The people in Longford-Westmeath who elect her are just as backward as those in Kerry South who elect Healy-Rae or in Dublin Central who elect Patrick Bartholomew Ahern.

I'll rejoice the day the Lenihan/O'Rourke ascendency in this republic is overthrown.

What did she say?

Our man in Havana

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

What did she say?

Read it all here: http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/veteran-td-orourke-says-cowens-wife-should-tell-him-its-not-worth-it-in-wake-of-shock-and-awe-poll-138478.html

ButtersSuki

When I lived in London you would frequently see stickers stuck on the advertising posters along the escalators up from and down to the tube. They read "Queen Mum, hurry up and die". I'm thinking something similar for this geebag.

FlutterinBantam

ButtersSuki wrote: »

When I lived in London you would frequently see stickers stuck on the advertising posters along the escalators up from and down to the tube. They read "Queen Mum, hurry up and die". I'm thinking something similar for this geebag.

While I wouldn't wish this on the lady, she was on RTE1 this am with John Murray and honest to jasus the neck of her going forward again is mind boggling.

She has no shame at all ,after berating political twitter users last year she comes on to tweet the radio station to say she is running again.:eek:

When Dublin John took her to task she just laughed it off.


people of Athlone cop yourselves on and retire her

Dirigent

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

While I wouldn't wish this on the lady, she was on RTE1 this am with John Murray and honest to jasus the neck of her going forward again is mind boggling.

She has no shame at all ,after berating political twitter users last year she comes on to tweet the radio station to say she is running again.:eek:

When Dublin John took her to task she just laughed it off.


people of Athlone cop yourselves on and retire her

It's in her genes, this "I'm Doing a Great Public Service, Not Just Lining My Pockets" malarky. She's a prime spoofer from a long line of prime spoofers.

Lapin

She's on The Right Hook now sounding more snappy than usual.

FlutterinBantam

sweet jhesus, these people have some neck.

What she wants is a bit of activity.

Like some people play golf, some people do charity work, some people just enjoy themselves and contribute some experience to society.


But this bint wants to amuse herself at our expense and be focking hansomely paid for it as well.


people of Athlone, get some new blood in, irrespective of party, as this woman is a total joke.


Cop the fcuk on.

Infoanon

Lapin wrote: »

She's on The Right Hook now sounding more snappy than usual.

No - usual hardneck - using same soundbites that she used on the John Murray show. The only difference was that the John Murray show had a correspondent on who thought Mary was brilliant........between this and Cowans appearance on the Joe Duffy show I can see where Newstalks slogan about state sponsored news comes from !:rolleyes:

Cole

I heard the nauseous love-in with Mary on John Murray's show earlier. She was loving it.

Lapin wrote: »

She's on The Right Hook now sounding more snappy than usual.

I heard bits of that interview with Fionn Davenport, covering for George, and thought she was very stroppy with him, for no reason.
I got the impression she was irritated by having to be interviewed by a 'nobody' filling in for George, very rude. I like Fionn Davenport but he really let her off lightly.

Infoanon

I was hoping that at least one of them would ask Mary about her absolute opposition to the Dublin water supply being supplemented by water from the Shannon, alas......

Aidric

Infoanon wrote: »

The only difference was that the John Murray show had a correspondent on who thought Mary was brilliant.....

That was the most worrying aspect of the Murray interview. She was having a love in with a political correspondent for one of the nationals, once more confirming the view of the cosy relationships between political journalists and politicians. Rotten to the core.

cobwebs

This woman is a nuisance and is being used by the media as fodder for comedians. She is the Jacky Healy Rae of Westmeath,

bernardo mac

The Mother Hen is now lecturing bold Bertie about what he said re. Cowen's performance during this crisis.Somebody put the hen and the rodent into a tightly lidded pot!

dh0661

bernardo mac wrote: »

The Mother Hen is now lecturing bold Bertie about what he said re. Cowen's performance during this crisis.Somebody put the hen and the rodent into a tightly lidded pot!

WHICH rodent --- or all the rodents :rolleyes:

bernardo mac

Bertie,the big rat in a pot of chicken broth.Let them stew together.

ButtersSuki

She'll be on Newstalk shortly...talking about Brian Cowen and....you're not going to believe this......her Twitter account!

JonathanAnon

Cynical attempt to distance herself further from Cowan... She's gonna lay the boot in at any opportunity especially since the FF parliamentary party voted down her proposal to "re-evaluate the leadership" (i.e. euphemism for GET COWAN OUT) in the new year...

FlutterinBantam

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Cynical attempt to distance herself further from Cowan... She's gonna lay the boot in at any opportunity especially since the FF parliamentary party voted down her proposal to "re-evaluate the leadership" (i.e. euphemism for GET COWAN OUT) in the new year...

How the electorate would be stupid enough to re-elect this candidate is beyond me

JonathanAnon

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

How the electorate would be stupid enough to re-elect this candidate is beyond me

Well I would be surprised if she was elected too Flut, but Mayo people vote in Beverly Flynn, and Tipp still votes in Michael Lowry, so nothing surprises me about the electorate... She lost her seat to Donie Cassidy in 2002, and I would reckon the same thing is on the cards again ... not sure if Donie is running, but I'd say she WILL lose her seat either way ... and she wont even have a FF Taoiseach to nominate her to the Seanad seat either.

I think this current Dáil term will be her last ... thank god..

hotmail.com

I didn't hear the interview today but this woman called for a meeting on the leadership of FF for early January. What has happened with this aspiration? I hope she was quizzed about this.

JonathanAnon

hotmail.com wrote: »

What has happened with this aspiration? I hope she was quizzed about this.

Well as I said above, this motion of hers was voted down by the parliamentary party late last year... she was asked about her support today and she disingenuously said "I'm fully behind Brian Cowan as FF leader".. which is a bit rich given her tweet this morning and given that she wanted to have a "discussion of the FF leadership" this month...

FlutterinBantam

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Well I would be surprised if she was elected too Flut, but Mayo people vote in Beverly Flynn, and Tipp still votes in Michael Lowry, so nothing surprises me about the electorate... She lost her seat to Donie Cassidy in 2002, and I would reckon the same thing is on the cards again ... not sure if Donie is running, but I'd say she WILL lose her seat either way ... and she wont even have a FF Taoiseach to nominate her to the Seanad seat either.

I think this current Dáil term will be her last ... thank god..

I would not be in the least surprised if she were elected.


Hope you are right.

hotmail.com

JonathanAnon wrote: »

Well as I said above, this motion of hers was voted down by the parliamentary party late last year... she was asked about her support today and she disingenuously said "I'm fully behind Brian Cowan as FF leader".. which is a bit rich given her tweet this morning and given that she wanted to have a "discussion of the FF leadership" this month...

She gets away with all this because she's an old woman.

Putting my personal views of her aside, it is a bit selfish for her to be running in this campaign and therefore depriving a younger candidate an opportunity to get a foothold on the electorate.

FlutterinBantam

hotmail.com wrote: »

She gets away with all this because she's an old woman.

Putting my personal views of her aside, it is a bit selfish for her to be running in this campaign and therefore depriving a younger candidate an opportunity to get a foothold on the electorate.

It most certainly is.

Hang up the pink crimplene dress Máire, and ride off into the frikken sunset.

dh0661

JonathanAnon wrote: »

thank god..

IF there was a god Mr. Healy Rea would not have been elected to represent a part of the county I'm from.

IF there is a god his son will not be elected to represent it either.

Lapin

dh0661 wrote: »

IF there was a god Mr. Healy Rea would not have been elected to represent a part of the county I'm from.

IF there is a god his son will not be elected to represent it either.

I was under the impression Mr Healy Rae thinks he is God.

Both of them. Father and Son.

The electorate of Kerry form the third part of the trinity.

They're full of unholy spirits.

constitutionus

dh0661 wrote: »

IF there was a god Mr. Healy Rea would not have been elected to represent a part of the county I'm from.

IF there is a god his son will not be elected to represent it either.

what have you got against jesus !



on the OP.

Mary on pat kenny now, after being on newstalks breakfast show too. bleeding everywhere.

sometimes i start to think she's the only person IN FF !

telekon

Mary's crowbarring in as much media attention time as possible before she is cast into the political wilderness in March. Watch her pop up everywhere in the next couple of months....and then never heard of again.

coylemj

Her FF rival in Athlone Kevin 'Boxer' Moran has resigned from the party and is going to stand as an independent, he stood against her for the nomination in 2007 and lost. FF and FG typically run three candidates each in Longford-Westmeath and they are almost always from Athlone, Mullingar and Longford which gives the maximum geographic spread so unless Mary stood aside Boxer had no chance of getting nominated, now it looks like he's going to give it a go anyway but as an independent, he will probably ruin Mary's chances of being re-elected.

http://www.westmeathindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2011/01/14/4002599-boxer-to-run-as-independent/

People in Athlone are now saying that the town vote will be split three ways: Boxer, Mary O'R and Senator Nicky McFadden (FG) which carries the real risk that the town will end up with no TD at all, something that happened from 2002 to 2007 when Donie Cassidy 'borrowed' Mary's seat!