The Pat Kenny Show

Harry Angstrom

What an amazing life she's leading - Cannes, Hollywood............ then back to Dublin to do an ad for the Littlewood's Catalogue......

ThisRegard

Fair play to her I say, I always found her likeable and wish her the best of luck.

Callan57

ThisRegard wrote: »

Fair play to her I say, I always found her likeable and wish her the best of luck.

I used to like her on that fasion show she did on RTE a few years ago but I do wish she'd cease exagerrating her Hollywood success ... if she was that successful we'd have heard.

ThisRegard

It's more sections of the media hyping her up as opposed to her, as evident by Pats introduction.

JonathanAnon

She's gorgeous but I think she's left it too late.

DellyBelly

She a bit of alright isn't she!!!!

Skid X

ThisRegard wrote: »

It's more sections of the media hyping her up as opposed to her, as evident by Pats introduction.

That's it - she might well get her break yet (and good luck to her) but the media PR would have you believe all of Hollywood was fighting over since from the day she arrived.

Harry Angstrom

ThisRegard wrote: »

It's more sections of the media hyping her up as opposed to her, as evident by Pats introduction.

Ah, she can do a fair bit of hyping all by herself. The last time she was on TV, she was talking about a "great" new film she was in... that went straight to DVD. I reckon she should get used to acting in films that will go straight to DVD.

the_monkey

She has yeah, 36 for a female actor in Hollywood ??

Even the successful ones get shelved by then ..

JonathanAnon

the_monkey wrote: »

She has yeah, 36 for a female actor in Hollywood ?? Even the successful ones get shelved by then ..

But think of the advantages.. Tubridy can bring her on the Late Late next season and she can tell us how many sugars Anne Hathaway has in her tea.

Callan57

I think she has been given more exposure on Boards this morning that she ever got (or will get) in Hollywood.

gluppers

Guess what part of Dublin 4 Caroline Morahan is from?


Answer: Drogheda


Seriously love, what happened your accent?

JonathanAnon

This was part of one of the acclaimed roles that she played..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNFF3-CvP-4

I thought that whole Anglo: The Musical was a load of nonsense anyway. Opportunistic and in bad taste. Glowing reviews by all of the writer's pals in the media, none of whom seemed to be courageous enough to go against the flow by writing a bad review. Kind of ironic when you think of the subject they were covering.

gluppers

JonathanAnon wrote: »

This was part of one of the acclaimed roles that she played..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNFF3-CvP-4

I thought that whole Anglo: The Musical was a load of nonsense anyway. Opportunistic and in bad taste. Glowing reviews by all of the writer's pals in the media, none of whom seemed to be courageous enough to go against the flow by writing a bad review. Kind of ironic when you think of the subject they were covering.

Which one is Caroline Morahan?

kneemos

Incredible begrudgery there folks.

IvyTheTerrible

kneemos wrote: »

Incredible begrudgery there folks.

Don't you have to be successful for someone to begrudge you though?

hotmail.com

Was Pat Kenny talking about concrete? Did I imagine that?

mike65

He was but the issue was competition rather than dusty grey stuff!

Callan57

Just listening to it back & that Caroline Morahan interview is downright embarrassing - the level of delusion is incredible

artful_codger

Raheen....big Communion parties...Parents kicking up a fuss... I wouldn't be surprised if it's a certain minority who are behind this story.

reg114

I think Pat has a sense of freedom about him that he didnt have before on rte. No longer institutionalised ?

ButtersSuki

I was listening to the Caroline Morahan interview the other day and forgot to check the thread. It was cringeworthy. Question for Pat's regulars from the RTE days - did he ever interview Z listers like that on RTE Radio (I'll ignore TLLS as we'd be here all day!)?

Happyman42

How is he doing in the ratings? Haven't bothered tuning into him yet, he's just on a long holiday to me.

JonathanAnon

They should be called the People Who Dont Want To Pay Their Mortgages group... "We're doing it on behalf of everybody"... They are trying to pass their mortgages on to the taxpayers, how is that working on behalf of "everybody"..If the house prices had gone up, she wouldnt care about the quality or legitimacy of the mortgage.

Roger_007

Stephen Donnelly is talking through the wrong orifice as usual.:eek:

JonathanAnon

Roger_007 wrote: »

Stephen Donnelly is talking through the wrong orifice as usual.:eek:

That figure about public sector workers taking 2.5 times the sick leave in HP, even STILL after all the supposed reforms, is absolutely astonishing.

artful_codger

Ah don't tell Pat there's an island out there with no owner!

Lapin

Does Newstalk operate at a lower volume to RTÉ and other stations?

I'm on a bus at the moment and was listening to Seán O'Rourke through headphones earlier but switched over to Pat Kenny during the music bit.

Its almost impossible to hear anything Kenny is saying and even more difficult to hear his guests, (especially those on the phone) despite me having the volume up full blast.

I tried a few other stations including 2FM, Today FM and Galway Bay and have no problem hearing them.

Only Newstalk seems to sound like the volume is down to 2.

JonathanAnon

Yeah there's definitely a volume difference, Lapin.. I have a TV/radio tuner card on my PC and when I change from RTE Radio One to Newstalk I notice a sudden volume drop. I've also the added pain that the transformer in my new monitor seems to interfere with the FM signal for Newstalk.. Fortunately if I turn off the monitor the FM signal is perfect, but I have found that having the monitor switched off can affect productivity.

kneemos

Lapin wrote: »

Does Newstalk operate at a lower volume to RTÉ and other stations?

I'm on a bus at the moment and was listening to Seán O'Rourke through headphones earlier but switched over to Pat Kenny during the music bit.

Its almost impossible to hear anything Kenny is saying and even more difficult to hear his guests, (especially those on the phone) despite me having the volume up full blast.

I tried a few other stations including 2FM, Today FM and Galway Bay and have no problem hearing them.

Only Newstalk seems to sound like the volume is down to 2.

It was like that here in the SE for a while but seems to have gone back to normal.

Skid X

Ben Dunne wants the banks to write down mortgages to whatever the property is worth today. And he wants the banks to give out more risky loans to businesses. And cut their fees to businesses and individuals.

He would almost make you feel sorry for the banks.

JM Skipton

Mary Hanafin on now, really infuriates me that Fianna Fail are starting to get back into the mainstream media and generally be accepted again. It's like Mary has hidden in a cave during a thunder storm and has now crawled back out after the storm. But I suppose she was asked on

ThisRegard

Skid X wrote: »

Ben Dunne wants the banks to write down mortgages to whatever the property is worth today. And he wants the banks to give out more risky loans to businesses. And cut their fees to businesses and individuals.

He would almost make you feel sorry for the banks.

I posted on the wrong thread, but yes, he's a bit out there when it comes to economics.

He must have got banned from RTE after Joe gave him a whole show to 'educate' people about bankruptcy, what a fiasco that turned out to be.

constitutionus

Skid X wrote: »

Ben Dunne wants the banks to write down mortgages to whatever the property is worth today. And he wants the banks to give out more risky loans to businesses. And cut their fees to businesses and individuals.

He would almost make you feel sorry for the banks.

He's not trying to make you feel sorry for the banks .

He's pointing out what IS going to happen !

Our banks are bust and within 2 yrs the gov WILL shovel more of your money at em .

Watch n see

michael999999

JM Skipton wrote: »

Mary Hanafin on now, really infuriates me that Fianna Fail are starting to get back into the mainstream media and generally be accepted again. It's like Mary has hidden in a cave during a thunder storm and has now crawled back out after the storm. But I suppose she was asked on

Pat kenny seems to be shaking up that nest of rats and giving them there chance to break back on to the public scene.

Someone remind him he's no longer on RTE, he no longer has to lie down and have he's belly rubbed by them!

IvyTheTerrible

Lapin wrote: »

Does Newstalk operate at a lower volume to RTÉ and other stations?

I'm on a bus at the moment and was listening to Seán O'Rourke through headphones earlier but switched over to Pat Kenny during the music bit.

Its almost impossible to hear anything Kenny is saying and even more difficult to hear his guests, (especially those on the phone) despite me having the volume up full blast.

I tried a few other stations including 2FM, Today FM and Galway Bay and have no problem hearing them.

Only Newstalk seems to sound like the volume is down to 2.

It's funny, I listen on the internet, and I find Newstalk is much louder than RTE...

Skid X

constitutionus wrote: »

Our banks are bust and within 2 yrs the gov WILL shovel more of your money at em .

They will go bust much quicker if they are forced to write down all Mortgages to their current value. It was a ridiculous statement by Ben Dunne and someone on the panel should have picked him up on it.

artful_codger

I hope Pat uses the word Mangina. That would be amazing.

mike65

Joe O'Conner working for the yankee dollar.

DubTony

michael999999 wrote: »

Pat kenny seems to be shaking up that nest of rats and giving them there chance to break back on to the public scene.

Someone remind him he's no longer on RTE, he no longer has to lie down and have he's belly rubbed by them!

Kenny has been having his belly rubbed for years. And rubbing bellies in return. It's a part of the business. He gets big listenership numbers because he has the guests the audience wants to hear. If he berates them or pushes them too hard, they stop going on his show and go somewhere else, followed by listeners.

It's a game.

michael999999

DubTony wrote: »

Kenny has been having his belly rubbed for years. And rubbing bellies in return. It's a part of the business. He gets big listenership numbers because he has the guests the audience wants to hear. If he berates them or pushes them too hard, they stop going on his show and go somewhere else, followed by listeners.

It's a game.

He would have had more respect from hes listeners if he had nailed that rat bertie ahern.

But then the following week I see himself and joe duffy with bertie ahern at the launch of Gay Byrnes new book. Its no surprise he didn't question him on he's show.

No surprise really that fianna fail were given such an easy time of it down through the years. All RTEs so called top presenters that were meant to ask the questions were close friends of them.

Skid X

It will be odd for Pat Kenny not to have the Minister(s) on his show on the morning after the Budget. They are sticking with Radio 1 and Sean O'Rourke (not surprisingly).

In a comment to the Irish Examiner Pat Kenny said the fact he only moved to Newstalk six weeks ago mitigated against a change.

He added that he thought one of the Ministers could have been made available to each show.

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/o-rourke-trumps-kenny-with-post-budget-phone-in-1.1557521

constitutionus

well theres no surprise there.

it IS government FM after all

DubTony

Skid X wrote: »

It will be odd for Pat Kenny not to have the Minister(s) on his show on the morning after the Budget. They are sticking with Radio 1 and Sean O'Rourke (not surprisingly).

I'm surprised they're not all on his show. What I heard of the Reilly interview was real soft, and he's prompting Joan Burton at the moment.

Easy does it there Pat. Don't go rocking any boats.

kneemos

Skid X wrote: »

It will be odd for Pat Kenny not to have the Minister(s) on his show on the morning after the Budget. They are sticking with Radio 1 and Sean O'Rourke (not surprisingly).



http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/media/o-rourke-trumps-kenny-with-post-budget-phone-in-1.1557521

Not sure I ever saw the benefit of it in fairness.Mostly a whinge fest.Good PR for the Minister maybe.

Puzzle35

Thought Joan burton came across really badly. Mind you they are her policies. Shame on labour, wpe out in the next election I'd say.

artful_codger

Puzzle35 wrote: »

Thought Joan burton came across really badly. Mind you they are her policies. Shame on labour, wpe out in the next election I'd say.

Her half-arsed approach to Welfare fraud is unbelievable. Gardai doing checkpoints...

Yesterday the indo had a story of someone claiming 23k by using someone elses PPSN card. Todays paper, an aul one claiming Welfare for a Son in America.

serfboard

artful_codger wrote: »

Yesterday the indo had a story of someone claiming 23k by using someone elses PPSN card. Todays paper, an aul one claiming Welfare for a Son in America.

While I don't condone any of this, it's a pity that the Indo wouldn't have the same sense of outrage about someone getting a debt of 140 million written off - a "capital hole" in the banks balance sheet that will now have to be filled by you-know-who.

Lapin

Even the weekly review is now being used as a channel for Mario to pimp his trade.

I'm feckin sick of him.

ButtersSuki

Bloody hell, a lot of filler today. This segment is awful, basically a showcase for Mario to be Mario again (a joke well beyond its sell by date at this stage), Lucinda saying not much and I can't even remember the name of the 3rd person.

Earlier we had a "documentary" about Al Capone. Is Pat so shy of quality guests and content that he has to resort to these things?