The Pat Kenny Show

PeterTheNinth

Healy's smart ar$ery again, in report form.

Harry Angstrom

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

The point is that Pat is meant to be an objective party when he is carrying out debates. He was brilliant at this with RTE. You would almost never know what position he held on any topic. But since he's moved to Newstalk, he now holds strong positions going in to the interviews, opinions that are pretty much in line with the rest of the presenters on the station. Oh and of course, they are all supportive of water charges conveniently as well.

If you were to listen to him earlier, you'd think the entire population were falling over themselves to pay their water charges, judging by his selective reading of texts. His bias is laughable at this stage.

daithi7

I dunno I find Pat Kenny the best radio journalist in Ireland bar none. He is intelligent, incisive and witty, he allows speakers talk and gets the best out of them more often than not. E.g. his regular slot with Prof Luke O'Neill is top class. He is not afraid to highlight people who are spouting bs or towing the party line too much either. Who is a better radio journalist in Ireland currently!?!

Technocentral

daithi7 wrote: »

I dunno I find Pat Kenny the best radio journalist in Ireland bar none. He is intelligent, incisive and witty, he allows speakers talk and gets the best out of them more often than not. E.g. his regular slot with Prof Luke O'Neill is top class. He is not afraid to highlight people who are spouting bs or towing the party line too much either. Who is a better radio journalist in Ireland currently!?!

No one.

Del.Monte

daithi7 wrote: »

I dunno I find Pat Kenny the best radio journalist in Ireland bar none. He is intelligent, incisive and witty, he allows speakers talk and gets the best out of them more often than not. E.g. his regular slot with Prof Luke O'Neill is top class. He is not afraid to highlight people who are spouting bs or towing the party line too much either. Who is a better radio journalist in Ireland currently!?!

Just about anybody that you care to name. Time for him to waddle off into the sunset/retirement as he's been spouting the same old complacent clap trap for decades - it's beyond boring.

jobbridge4life

daithi7 wrote: »

I dunno I find Pat Kenny the best radio journalist in Ireland bar none. He is intelligent, incisive and witty, he allows speakers talk and gets the best out of them more often than not. E.g. his regular slot with Prof Luke O'Neill is top class. He is not afraid to highlight people who are spouting bs or towing the party line too much either. Who is a better radio journalist in Ireland currently!?!

Luke O'Neill is a charlatan who advocates the very worst policies in respect of healthcare for large sections of the population and does so in spite of the overwhelming bulk of evidence that demonstrates the erroneous nature of his position.

I'd love, for once, if one of the Newstalk crew could gut that attention seeker's 'arguments' live on air. Alas, we live in perpetual anticipation.

daithi7

jobbridge4life wrote: »

Luke O'Neill is a charlatan who advocates the very worst policies in respect of healthcare for large sections of the population and does so in spite of the overwhelming bulk of evidence that demonstrates the erroneous nature of his position.

I'd love, for once, if one of the Newstalk crew could gut that attention seeker's 'arguments' live on air. Alas, we live in perpetual anticipation.

Speak for yourself. I enjoy both his and Pat Kenny's discussions on aspects of science and healthcare. Top Class!!

jobbridge4life

daithi7 wrote: »

Speak for yourself. I enjoy both his and Pat Kenny's discussions on aspects of science and healthcare. Top Class!!

:(:(

APOLOGIES.

I was completely mistaken as to who Professor Luke O'Neill was.

Ol' Donie

jobbridge4life wrote: »

:(:(

APOLOGIES.

I was completely mistaken as to who Professor Luke O'Neill was.

That did seem like quite the outburst.

Who did you think he was/is?

PeterTheNinth

This wan is as dumb as a post. If somebody is genuinely looking for refuge from one of the crazy countries in the Middle East, they will escape to the nearest country, not to one of the furthest countries. So infuriating that they wont at least acknowledge the generous social welfare system as at least a contributing factor.

Hector Savage

"with you or without you", and of course Pat is going to the concert tomorrow at the expense of some real U2 fan ...

ThisRegard

Hector Savage wrote: »

"with you or without you", and of course Pat is going to the concert tomorrow at the expense of some real U2 fan ...

Pretty bizarre thing to claim.

Del.Monte

As someone posted in an Ed Sheeran thread - 'if U2 were performing in my front garden I'd close the curtains'.

jobbridge4life

Ol' Donie wrote: »

That did seem like quite the outburst.

Who did you think he was/is?

There is a Doctor, I think he works in Cork, that they often have on with regards to drugs. He consistently parrots bullshizzle anecdotes and scaremongering notes in defence of his position that all drugs should not only remain illegal but that the penalties should in fact be increased. I was virturally 100% sure his name was Luke O'Neill until I discovered I was embarrassingly wrong. Would be glad to hear what his actual name was if anyone can provide.

Again I apologise for the outburst.

zetalambda

jobbridge4life wrote: »

There is a Doctor, I think he works in Cork, that they often have on with regards to drugs. He consistently parrots bullshizzle anecdotes and scaremongering notes in defence of his position that all drugs should not only remain illegal but that the penalties should in fact be increased. I was virturally 100% sure his name was Luke O'Neill until I discovered I was embarrassingly wrong. Would be glad to hear what his actual name was if anyone can provide.

Again I apologise for the outburst.

Chris Luke. He's a Dublin man which explains a lot.

Del.Monte

jobbridge4life wrote: »

There is a Doctor, I think he works in Cork, that they often have on with regards to drugs. He consistently parrots bullshizzle anecdotes and scaremongering notes in defence of his position that all drugs should not only remain illegal but that the penalties should in fact be increased. I was virturally 100% sure his name was Luke O'Neill until I discovered I was embarrassingly wrong. Would be glad to hear what his actual name was if anyone can provide.

Again I apologise for the outburst.

Dr.Chris Luke? Working at the coalface I think he probably has more of a handle on the drugs problem than you do, but perhaps this blog will be to your liking.

http://blackdwarfireland.blogspot.ie/2013/11/dr-chris-luke-specialist-cork.html

PeterTheNinth

So Mick Barry wants private businesses to pay for repairs to the pipes bringing water to his house. Well I suppose he wants everything else paid for him as well, so he's consistent.

constitutionus

ha .

poor aul pat wasnt happy with seth there on his daily trump peice.

ThisRegard

I think Seth, for someone who works in education, is struggling to find any logical defence of the man though, today's was that well, that's what almost half the people of America expect from one of his speeches. I don't think so Seth.

PeterTheNinth

Sounds like Mr Warfield had a late night last night.

Conservative

I'd never heard of him. Is he a son of one of the Wolfe Tones brothers?

Borderfox

Was she calling Pat "pet" ?

Why are Bothar flying cows to Rwanda? can they not buy them locally

constitutionus

anyone else getting a right laugh out of pat essentially morphing into paul williams when it comes to pipe leaks now ?

its like a water version of "scumbag watch"

Just getting a chance to listen back to today's show. Great interview with Dr Rhona Mahony, the Master of Holles Street, but she made a few odd statements.

1. That babies who suffer injury as a result of obstetric negligence shouldn't be awarded damages, but the priority should be their healthcare.

But surely that would relieve hospitals and medics of an important incentive to minimise catastrophic injuries through negligent practices? There must be a direct consequence for a doctor's insurance and that of the hospital itself, if they are to remain on the ball.

2. That consultants work very long hours.

Ive never heard of a consultant outside of anaesthesia and emergency medicine doing shift work. We know from a recent high-profile civil case against Holles Street that there was no consultant in the hospital on a Saturday. Any doctor I've known has said similar, although one consultant will always be reachable by phone.

Unfortunately Pat didn't pursue these points, but they both stood out as being a bit unusual to me.

humberklog

There was an interview Pat had today with a catholic ex RUC member (from the 70's to the 00's).
It's a masterclass in interviewing.
Great questions to an interesting guest who he allows to speak.

Ol' Donie

Eh?

Johnathan Healy doing a bit on contovertialist "journalists" in the wake of the Kevin Myers sacking.

But this show itself has Katie Hopkins and that Irish bloke version regularly?

And then taking a bizarre turn onto that "fake news" nut from the states.

PeterTheNinth

Such left wing bullsh1t from Healy. The irony of Healy giving a report about media people who have been fired, when he's been dropped from every job that Newstalk gave him.

And why does he really think that Alex Jones or any of us should not question what we see in the media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhGl03QFUi4

He should have another look at Sandy Hook as well.

PeterTheNinth

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Such left wing bullsh1t from Healy. The irony of Healy giving a report about media people who have been fired, when he's been dropped from every job that Newstalk gave him.

And why does he really think that Alex Jones or any of us should not question what we see in the media.

I must not have heard the same broadcast as you did, where Alex Jones was recorded calving, squealing about killing migrants' wives and sons and daughters with butcher knives.

I don't believe idiots like him are the kinds of broadcasters that are likely to shine a light on anything beyond their own blatantly racist, mysognist, often thuggish worldview.

PeterTheNinth

Jaysus this HSE guy seems awful upbeat about what is an unbelievable failure of their computer systems. Shocking that this should have gone undetected.

PeterTheNinth

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I must not have heard the same broadcast as you did, where Alex Jones was recorded calving, squealing about killing migrants' wives and sons and daughters with butcher knives.

Alex Jones lets himself down hugely with his dramatics, and losing the head completely. So everybody writes him off as a nutcase. But some of the questions he asks are valid.

It makes me laugh when I hear people in the media getting on their high horse about how anybody would dare question reporting (by any media outlet) as being anything less than 100% truthful.