The Pat Kenny Show

Whats he being asked??

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jay0109 wrote: »

Kate O'Connell on moaning about the lack of female Senators currently elected and how she would he honoured to be one of Leo's nominees. She believes there's resistance in FG, especially young FG, against having too many elected women in the party!

A wannabe Dail lifer.

Allinall

dominatinMC wrote: »

Charlie Flanagan giving us a lesson here in how to dodge a question. What is the point of having him on if he won't answer a simple question. I know it is the modus operandi of politicians, but it makes for infuriating listening.

I was listening and didn't hear him dodge any question.

He was very clear in his answers.

Which question was it?

fatbhoy

WTF, first story of the day, some Garda canvassing for support to get his Garda daughter reinstated after being let-go from the force for failing a fitness test. Really? Now that's some pull, and also Newstalk and PK lowering themselves.

The fitness test is super easy, and should be a lot more rigorous. What a joke.

ButtersSuki

fatbhoy wrote: »

WTF, first story of the day, some Garda canvassing for support to get his Garda daughter reinstated after being let-go from the force for failing a fitness test. Really? Now that's some pull, and also Newstalk and PK lowering themselves.

The fitness test is super easy, and should be a lot more rigorous. What a joke.

Seriously? That's a bit low-brow for PK I would have thought? That's more Joe Duffy territory. Someone in Newstalk must need a speeding ticket rescinded. And that Garda should be reported to the Ombudsman.

zell12

Yeah, retired garda daddy was whinging about his daughter being sacked and her future prospects
Pat going on about how barely trained recruits and overweight retirees were being drafted in and this angel was being fired

Worth listening back to it

jay0109

Allinall wrote: »

I was listening and didn't hear him dodge any question.

He was very clear in his answers.

Which question was it?

It was pure waffle as usual from Flanagan.....saying it was up to the Ferry companies to check the bona fides of Brits getting the ferry across to Ireland.
Wouldn't commit to saying the Gardai should definitely issue fines or turn people back.

He sits on the fence on absolutely everything

Allinall

jay0109 wrote: »

It was pure waffle as usual from Flanagan.....saying it was up to the Ferry companies to check the bona fides of Brits getting the ferry across to Ireland.
Wouldn't commit to saying the Gardai should definitely issue fines or turn people back.

He sits on the fence on absolutely everything

He has no control over who does or does not get on a ferry in the UK.

It's also not his call as to whether Gardaí issue fines or not. that's an operational issue for the Garda commissioner, and there is no way the minister should be interfering.

Anything else?

BillyBird

ButtersSuki wrote: »

And that Garda should be reported to the Ombudsman.

Pretty sure he was already retired.

Regardless, it was a nonsense segment. Pat seemed to have a lot of sympathy for her but as others say the fitness test are hardly that strenuous

jay0109

Allinall wrote: »

He has no control over who does or does not get on a ferry in the UK.

It's also not his call as to whether Gardaí issue fines or not. that's an operational issue for the Garda commissioner, and there is no way the minister should be interfering.

Anything else?

Go on out of that.

'Operational issue' is the go to 'get out of jail card' when it comes to anything to do with the Gardai. He sits in the Cabinet as a Minister...let him do his job that he's well paid for rather than hide behind the people who report into him.
A strong Minister sets the agenda for the Garda Commissioner to follow. The traffic queues on the news last night are down to weak guidance from the very top.

As for the ferries....Charlie is also in charge of immigration checks. He can instruct them to be stopped at Dublin Port and turned back. If he wanted. But that would involve making a decision that might not be popular.
He's very good at making decisions which he perceives will be popular!

whisky_galore

zell12 wrote: »

Yeah, retired garda daddy was whinging about his daughter being sacked and her future prospects
Pat going on about how barely trained recruits and overweight retirees were being drafted in and this angel was being fired

Worth listening back to it

Life is unfair, the rest of us don't have a retired relative to bat for us to get the job we want, nepotism is rife in Ireland as it is, let alone running off crying about it to PK.

Suck it up, buttercup.

EmmetSpiceland

Pat’s “impersonation” of the sound a woman makes giving birth was both unexpected and unwelcome.

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Pat now advertising for Fox News Now, telling us about their programmes.

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Pat now advertising for Fox News Now, telling us about their programmes.

He comments on CNN, MSNBC and other shows from US, UK or Ireland as well. Don't expect him to issue a disclaimer every time.

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He comments on CNN, MSNBC and other shows from US, UK or Ireland as well. Don't expect him to issue a disclaimer every time.

Fox News not available in Ireland.

Tell me how

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Fox News not available in Ireland.

So how exactly does what he do constitute advertising if he is talking about something which is unavailable?

He might, just might of course, have access to the internet on which he may have seen either shows or clips.

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Tell me how wrote: »

So how exactly does what he do constitute advertising if he is talking about something which is unavailable?

He might, just might of course, have access to the internet on which he may have seen either shows or clips.

Odd that an Irish radio host is promoting an interview on Fox News even when 99.9% of Irish don't watch or have access to Fox.

Has Pat completely lost the plot with Trump?

elperello

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Pat now advertising for Fox News Now, telling us about their programmes.

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Fox News not available in Ireland.

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Odd that an Irish radio host is promoting an interview on Fox News even when 99.9% of Irish don't watch or have access to Fox.

Has Pat completely lost the plot with Trump?

Fox News website covers a lot of the TV content https://www.foxnews.com/

Fox News is pretty much part of the story when covering the Trump presidency.

Maybe the more apt question Pat is addressing is "has Trump completely lost the plot ?"

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Odd that an Irish radio host is promoting an interview on Fox News even when 99.9% of Irish don't watch or have access to Fox.

Has Pat completely lost the plot with Trump?

What do you mean?

Why is he discussing one of the biggest stories going on outside of Ireland iin relation to Covid-19?

mattser

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Odd that an Irish radio host is promoting an interview on Fox News even when 99.9% of Irish don't watch or have access to Fox.

Has Pat completely lost the plot with Trump?

He lost that on day 1.

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elperello wrote: »

Fox News website covers a lot of the TV content https://www.foxnews.com/

Fox News is pretty much part of the story when covering the Trump presidency.

Maybe the more apt question Pat is addressing is "has Trump completely lost the plot ?"

The focus on Fox News seems to be an Irish fascination. I think more Irish watch Fox News than Americans.

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The focus on Fox News seems to be an Irish fascination. I think more Irish watch Fox News than Americans.

Would make sense so for Pat to cover it, wouldn't you say.

elperello

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The focus on Fox News seems to be an Irish fascination. I think more Irish watch Fox News than Americans.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/31/fox-news-drew-in-highest-ever-number-viewers-2019

Fox has the highest viewership for a news channel in US 2.5M.

sideboard

elperello wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/31/fox-news-drew-in-highest-ever-number-viewers-2019

Fox has the highest viewership for a news channel in US 2.5M.

so it's the Coronation Street of US television...any (unbiased) news on it?

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elperello wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/31/fox-news-drew-in-highest-ever-number-viewers-2019

Fox has the highest viewership for a news channel in US 2.5M.

Which makes theirs and Trumps constant ranting about 'Mainstream Media' even more delusional.

elperello

sideboard wrote: »

so it's the Coronation Street of US television...any (unbiased) news on it?

Not really that would be The Young and The Restless.

Most Americans only watch the local stations news bulletins if they watch any news at all.

Is Fox biased? Good question I suppose it depends on your bias.

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elperello wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/31/fox-news-drew-in-highest-ever-number-viewers-2019

Fox has the highest viewership for a news channel in US 2.5M.

This is less than 1% of the population of America.

Technocentral

Death of Stalin is fantastic, thoroughly recommend it.

tayto lover

What an annoying interviewer Pat Kenny is.
Always thinking he knows more than the experts in the field.
Constantly butting in and bullying to get his own view across and let everyone know how knowledgeable he is.
All about him.
Can’t stand the moron.

Technocentral

tayto lover wrote: »

What an annoying interviewer Pat Kenny is.
Always thinking he knows more than the experts in the field.
Constantly butting in and bullying to get his own view across and let everyone know how knowledgeable he is.
All about him.
Can’t stand the moron.

No point in listening to his show if you feel like that? I feel the same way about Tubridy never listen to his show.