The Pat Kenny Show

There'd be quite a lot of downtime for large electric vehicles whilst charging.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

There'd be quite a lot of downtime for large electric vehicles whilst charging.

You can swap out the batteries.

EmmetSpiceland

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Pat was at his bombastic best interviewing Neasa Hourigan and (to a lesser extent) Niall Collins earlier.


Practically shouting over them - but especially Neasa - she couldn't get a word in edgeways. Making the same point in five different variations while she tried to answer.

Very rude.

He did seem a bit wound up. Kept asking questions without giving her a chance to answer.

Yobs and yobbery seems to be the order of the day.

Technocentral

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Pat was at his bombastic best interviewing Neasa Hourigan and (to a lesser extent) Niall Collins earlier.


Practically shouting over them - but especially Neasa - she couldn't get a word in edgeways. Making the same point in five different variations while she tried to answer.



Very rude.

She's basically a libertarian, she believes people should be free to do what they want without little or no criticism, sad how the far left have changed.

HeidiHeidi

Technocentral wrote: »

She's basically a libertarian, she believes people should be free to do what they want without little or no criticism, sad how the far left have changed.

I'm making no comment on her, either way - my point is that if Pat is going to interview someone, he should really let them speak now and again.

Technocentral

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'm making no comment on her, either way - my point is that if Pat is going to interview someone, he should really let them speak now and again.

Those sort of people rightly make him exasperated but sure, he should let them speak.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You can swap out the batteries.

There's the practicalities of swapping the big heavy batteries, but the technology is changing all the time so no doubt will be resolved.

Cole

Technocentral wrote: »

She's basically a libertarian, she believes people should be free to do what they want without little or no criticism, sad how the far left have changed.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Pat was at his bombastic best interviewing Neasa Hourigan and (to a lesser extent) Niall Collins earlier.


Practically shouting over them - but especially Neasa - she couldn't get a word in edgeways. Making the same point in five different variations while she tried to answer.



Very rude.

I can understand Pat's frustration...don't upset the 'young people'/potential Green voters...Hazel Chu was churning out the same stuff on Morning Ireland. But when he gets on one of his hobby horses, he sometimes just ends up being rude.

Personally I don't "get" people's desire for big weddings. All my life, my ideal of a wedding would always have been telling nobody, just the couple getting hitched with the necessary legal witnesses, arrive back to society with the marriage as a fait accompli, and later have a super-casual party to celebrate.

Technocentral

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Personally I don't "get" people's desire for big weddings. All my life, my ideal of a wedding would always have been telling nobody, just the couple getting hitched with the necessary legal witnesses, arrive back to society with the marriage as a fait accompli, and later have a super-casual party to celebrate.

A lot of people are very mainstream and conservative and think its the done thing and that people will think you are "poor" if you don't put on a big show.

Roger_007

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There's the practicalities of swapping the big heavy batteries, but the technology is changing all the time so no doubt will be resolved.

One thing that Pat, (or anyone else), never asks the people who are promoting electric vehicles is what it’s going to cost the state to change from ICE vehicles.
At present it costs the state €10,000 in grants and lost registration fees to put one EV on the road. Multiply that figure by 1 or 2 million and the cost becomes astronomical. And of course, there would be huge loss of revenue from fossil fuel sales.
Does anyone have any idea how this huge loss of revenue is to be made up?

HeidiHeidi

Deleted User wrote: »

Personally I don't "get" people's desire for big weddings. All my life, my ideal of a wedding would always have been telling nobody, just the couple getting hitched with the necessary legal witnesses, arrive back to society with the marriage as a fait accompli, and later have a super-casual party to celebrate.

This x 100!!

meeeeh

Technocentral wrote: »

A lot of people are very mainstream and conservative and think its the done thing and that people will think you are "poor" if you don't put on a big show.

The thing about weddings is that every one has an opinion on them whether they know anything about couple's personal circumstances or desires or not.

plodder

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Pat was at his bombastic best interviewing Neasa Hourigan and (to a lesser extent) Niall Collins earlier.


Practically shouting over them - but especially Neasa - she couldn't get a word in edgeways. Making the same point in five different variations while she tried to answer.

I thought that was quite good. She was well able for him, and made a few good points. At the end he was left to make an exasperated "will nobody criticise these yobbos?" type remark.

By contrast, the interview with the An Post guy was more like free advertising. About the third time he said "That's a great question, Pat" I had to switch over.

meeeeh

I disregard anyone who states that people can't afford to pay for refuse collection. Anyone making those points is just encouraging littering. I find it sad it's coming from a Green TD. It's an attitude issue and what is tolerated and what is not. Especially in Dublin people's filthy habits seem to be constantly excused. It's the city with highest income in Ireland and Ireland is one of the richest countries in the world so give me a break with can't afford bs.

As for Pat he is really showing his age covering those topics. it's not like people will stop socialising if you chase them off streets.

StreetLight

That guy from An Post this morning was so smug about how the company treats its staff. I wonder are people aware that many Post Offices operate as franchises of supermarkets? Those post office workers get no healthcare, no pension, no sick pay and are given barely over the minimum wage.

plodder

meeeeh wrote: »

I disregard anyone who states that people can't afford to pay for refuse collection. Anyone making those points is just encouraging littering. I find it sad it's coming from a Green TD. It's an attitude issue and what is tolerated and what is not. Especially in Dublin people's filthy habits seem to be constantly excused. It's the city with highest income in Ireland and Ireland is one of the richest countries in the world so give me a break with can't afford bs.

As for Pat he is really showing his age covering those topics. it's not like people will stop socialising if you chase them off streets.

I didn't really see the relevance of being able to pay for refuse collection either. It's a separate issue to littering. Personally, I find littering filthy and disgusting, and it is a particular problem in this country, but it's not just young people, as you'd see if you visit any beach after a sunny Saturday or Sunday.

Normally, I wouldn't have been in favour of putting out extra bins in public places, but I think this situation is different now. We should be creating spaces for people to congregate outdoors at this point, not closing them off. A lot of the people that Hourigan represents don't have nice verdant gardens where they can enjoy the sun like Pat (or me even) and these are the people who had most to lose and the least to gain from the lockdown.

Technocentral

Lots of crossover with anti vaxxers of course.

EmmetSpiceland

Technocentral wrote: »

Lots of crossover with anti vaxxers of course.

Not really that surprising. Do the “flat earthers” have the same far-right links that the ant-vaccine crowd have?

Mweenish is one of the most beautiful places on earth, absolutely glorious. I'd nearly learn Irish to live there

Cole

I'd say Pat made sure that text about (the 70 million Trump voting) Americans being "morons and cretins" was on the list of ones to read out on air.

serfboard

Cole wrote: »

I'd say Pat made sure that text about (the 70 million Trump voting) Americans being "morons and cretins" was on the list of ones to read out on air.

Any country that elects that Healy-Raes can't be complaining about moronic voters in any other country.

Tell me how

serfboard wrote: »

Any country that elects that Healy-Raes can't be complaining about moronic voters in any other country.

People elect the Healy-Raes knowing they will make noise in the Dail without actually being in significant positions in terms of running the country or representing it abroad.

That's quite different to knowingly choosing to vote to put someone back in to a role at which they criminally underperformed while they were in it for 4 years.

Healy Raes (at least one of them) is more comparable with voting for MTG.

whisky_galore

Roger_007 wrote: »

One thing that Pat, (or anyone else), never asks the people who are promoting electric vehicles is what it’s going to cost the state to change from ICE vehicles.
At present it costs the state €10,000 in grants and lost registration fees to put one EV on the road. Multiply that figure by 1 or 2 million and the cost becomes astronomical. And of course, there would be huge loss of revenue from fossil fuel sales.
Does anyone have any idea how this huge loss of revenue is to be made up?

The grants will go and taxes on EVs will ramp up once the honeymoon is over.

Ahwell

serfboard wrote: »

Any country that elects that Healy-Raes can't be complaining about moronic voters in any other country.

They do have lovely roads around Kilgarvan though.

2smiggy

Pat doesn't like having to pay more for his expensive house in property tax

Mav11

2smiggy wrote: »

Pat doesn't like having to pay more for his expensive house in property tax

But he'll actually save money, due to the devaluation resulting from the developments in his back garden!

One of my favourite films.

This is a great segment.

boardise

Pat Kenny 's tone a disgrace today .
Presenting a tax as 'hammering the people' plus ,referring to Dubliners putatively being discriminated against , 'if you can't afford it get outa town' showed serious bias of a simplistic tabloid nature unworthy of the topic . All out aggression against Emer Higgins , free rein to David Hall.

boardise

boardise wrote: »

Pat Kenny 's tone a disgrace today .
Presenting a tax as 'hammering the people' plus ,referring to Dubliners putatively being discriminated against , 'if you can't afford it get outa town' showed serious bias of a simplistic tabloid nature unworthy of the topic . All out aggression against Emer Higgins , free rein to David Hall.

You heard a different segment than I did.