The Pat Kenny Show Thread

Conor84

I find her really annoying on the radio.

What I don't understand is why they use her so much. Her main job is as an academic in DCU - not exactly poorly paid and coming from the public purse. Then she has her Senator's salary again coming from the public purse. Then she does her reports for the Pat Kenny show for no doubt she gets paid, again from the public purse.

Surely there must be an unemployed journalist - what about those let go from the Sunday Tribune - who could cover the slot instead of allowing one person 3 incomes paid from the tax payer. Don't understand why one person needs 3 jobs and 3 incomes when so many people are out of work

Lapin

Conor84 wrote: »

What I don't understand is why they use her so much. Her main job is as an academic in DCU - not exactly poorly paid and coming from the public purse. Then she has her Senator's salary again coming from the public purse. Then she does her reports for the Pat Kenny show for no doubt she gets paid, again from the public purse.

Surely there must be an unemployed journalist - what about those let go from the Sunday Tribune - who could cover the slot instead of allowing one person 3 incomes paid from the tax payer. Don't understand why one person needs 3 jobs and 3 incomes when so many people are out of work

Very good points Conor.

artful_codger

loving Paddy O'Gormans piece on scroungers....

jimmyw

artful_codger wrote: »

loving Paddy O'Gormans piece on scroungers....

Just listening to a few pod casts of the show, scroungers is an under statement :rolleyes:.Shocking how much people have no shame or conscience about handouts.Genuinely struggling people I have no difficulty with, but most folk such as that girl, feel, shur why not fiddle the system:rolleyes:.They think they are in dire straits, while they are not.

RoundyMooney

Paddy is a bit too soft on it for my liking, with his sympathetic cooing and his limp interrogations of his tracksuited or foreign accented subjects.

I can see his dilemma though-himself and the dog would be strung up on a lighting column outside the next dole office he visited if he told us the truth of the matter.

Unless that is, I'm being unfair to him, and he actually is sincere in his partiality. If so, he's not doing anything to engender socialist sympathies among the listenership, if the texts are anything to go by, he's merely making them more frustrated than anything else.

JonathanAnon

artful_codger wrote: »

loving Paddy O'Gormans piece on scroungers....

I've no problem with the first person looking for the help with the bereavement money, nor the man in negative equity.. But the others just had me sighing in disbelief... The State (borrowing from the ECB) to pay for a Nigerian woman's 300 euro dress.. They should be given access to a 2nd hand dress for the day and if they are not happy with that then fk off.. The State has made single motherhood in to a profession at this stage.. free house, free money, free medical card.. why would you bother getting a job?...

All our good young people been driven out of the country because of lack of work, and here you have these sc*mbags looting the State coffers.

my friend

RoundyMooney wrote: »

Paddy is a bit too soft on it for my liking, with his sympathetic cooing and his limp interrogations of his tracksuited or foreign accented subjects.

I can see his dilemma though-himself and the dog would be strung up on a lighting column outside the next dole office he visited if he told us the truth of the matter.

Unless that is, I'm being unfair to him, and he actually is sincere in his partiality. If so, he's not doing anything to engender socialist sympathies among the listenership, if the texts are anything to go by, he's merely making them more frustrated than anything else.

Paddy does the State some service, you may not like his style but he is successful at getting the truth

SEPT 23 1989

That critic is really up his own arse

mike65

Very funny, the poetry of El Presidente is pretty low grade stuff but the reaction by yer man is far worse. There is always room for bad art.

Happyman42

Why do people get their knickers in twist about this stuff, put the book down with a resounding thump and walk away. Publishers don't publish if nobody is buying! He's just self promoting at MDH's expense. Cheap



MDH is ****e though!

gothictwilight

michael d's poetry???? how is this relevat to anything. strange topic on the radio

Such bitterness.

I can see why Michael D left academia for the sedate life in politics.

Royal Dub

the country and the continent is on the edge of a cliff, and this chap is arsing on about poetry

gothictwilight

here we go, greece and the euro crisis. I can see though why michael ds' poetry was given top billing over this.
much more news worthy

constitutionus

ah this is just the usual crap from the media writt large with a political angle.

honestly when have you EVER heard a critic come out and say an irish film is shyte and dont waste your money going to see it?

every fecking time they put on the green jersey no matter how god awfull it is, and you can see how crap they are by the returns.

this critic might be up his own hole but he's right. micheal Ds poetry is beyond shyte, and were going to be subjected to it for the guts of a decade.

at least he's calling a spade a spade, look at the crawling apologists that came out of the woodwork on his show at this topic even being mooted by pat.

Happyman42

constitutionus wrote: »

ah this is just the usual crap from the media writt large with a political angle.

honestly when have you EVER heard a critic come out and say an irish film is shyte and dont waste your money going to see it?

every fecking time they put on the green jersey no matter how god awfull it is, and you can see how crap they are by the returns.

this critic might be up his own hole but he's right. micheal Ds poetry is beyond shyte, and were going to be subjected to it for the guts of a decade.

at least he's calling a spade a spade, look at the crawling apologists that came out of the woodwork on his show at this topic even being mooted by pat.

The Army have just stormed yer man's house and beat him to death with 4 copies of Paul Durcan's 'Disappearing Up Your Own Arse' and 2 CD's of Pat Ingolsby 'I'm A Silly Old Man But I'm Irish'!

constitutionus

ah here we go.

scaremongering about the household charge.

gov must be getting worried that over 90% still havent bothered their arse registering.

spank_inferno

constitutionus wrote: »

ah here we go.

scaremongering about the household charge.

gov must be getting worried that over 90% still havent bothered their arse registering.

Well in fairness... I was waiting for the letter to come in the post as a formal "bill" / invoice / demand, with the usual ways to pay etc.
Just like my motor tax, TV licence requests to.

But it seems they won’t even send a letter!

How are the people supposed to be formally advised of the charge??!

Am I right in saying that they have spoken about it in the media and that is now enough for people to go online and give the gov free money?
No letter, no bill, no receipt, no formality, no paper trail??

gothictwilight

mark my words, this household charge will be a fiasco.

Floppybits

Was this one talking about the cooking on the helium before she came on?

constitutionus

i think she's twelve or something !

europa11

constitutionus wrote: »

i think she's twelve or something !

On the PK Show......never!!

She was in some hurry, hadn't a clue what she was saying.

What happened to that Aussie (or South African) wan who regularly does the Friday cookery spot? Pat is hardly going to stick with todays contributor, Joe Duffy's octopus wouldn't be able to keep up with her cooking instructions.

P. Breathnach

constitutionus wrote: »

i think she's twelve or something !

I think it was Christine, who took part in the Irish version of Masterchef. I thought she was fairly engaging on television, but she will need to slow down her speaking if she is to succeed on radio.

mikom

constitutionus wrote: »

ah here we go.

scaremongering about the household charge.

gov must be getting worried that over 90% still havent bothered their arse registering.

Easy to tell what side ould Pat is on.
He must reckon that the broadcast charge is going to be lumped on to this what with his shilling of it.

Lapin

europa11 wrote: »

What happened to that Aussie (or South African) wan who regularly does the Friday cookery spot?

Rozanne Stevens.

Dunno why she isn't on anymore. Hopefully she's busy doing well.

I liked her on the PK show. Always in good form, bright and bubbly.
Nice food and cooking tips too.

Yakuza

Jaysus - MLO'D.

touts

Yakuza wrote: »

Jaysus - MLO'D.

That's Senator O'Donnell or M'Lady to you! She is giving some fortunate biker the trill of his life having her presence on his bike. I hear the trucker from a couple of weeks ago has submitted the cab of his truck for inclusion in collection of the National Archives so future generations can marvel at the seat that carried her illustrious bottom. We are blessed to live in her time :rolleyes:

mike65

She's doing a ton (and my head in!)

Yakuza

Great piece there. Why use 10 words to describe something when 100 will do...:rolleyes:

dvcireland

who's in the side car Valerie Cox?