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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    15:01 now


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭StreetLight


    Joe lost track of time. Rushes off now to sign up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,947 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    zell12 wrote: »
    No holy bridies on line 2,3,4??


    Tomorrow, then the capsized boat will be righted.
    Вашему собственному бычьему дерьму нельзя верить - V Putin
    




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    dvcireland wrote: »
    FFS i hope June Rogers does not sign up

    More National Geographic than Onlyfans for pictures of June


  • Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭barney shamrock


    Thanks for saying her full name over the airwaves Joe, I'm sure she's thrilled about that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,247 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Joe lost track of time. Rushes off now to sign up.

    Don't forget the overtime docket, Joe. Time is money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,947 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    PieOhMy wrote: »
    He eventually landed a dig with the laundering question


    More as a result of wildly flailing about than a precise, well-timed blow.
    Вашему собственному бычьему дерьму нельзя верить - V Putin
    




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,753 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    PauloMN wrote: »
    20k a month? I'd be in, but I think the market for pics of me would be quite "specialised"... :D:D

    Hmmm.....


    Big bucks in big nobbs is what this poster heard.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,522 ✭✭✭cozar


    So Ryan Air customers were wrong when they claimed they didn’t get their money back. They have all been refunded. They weren’t telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so to speak.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Well? Should I listen back?

    The first few minutes I heard were promising............


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    No. It was woeful.
    Except Joe unexpectedly referred to Chinese concentration camps in Xinjiang in a one liner


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Tomorrow's topic? Presented in an entirely professional and unbiased manner of course of course..........


    https://www.independent.ie/news/the-dpp-ruined-my-life-entertainer-sil-fox-sues-prosecutor-after-sex-assault-acquittal-40106553.html?utm_source=xtremepush&utm_medium=webpush&utm_campaign=%E2%80%98The+DPP+ruined+my+life%E2%80%99+-+entertainer+Sil+Fox+sues+prosecutor+after+sex+assault+acquittal+%28xtremepush+%2352709045%29&utm_term=notification+%23597201774_1828665156&utm_content=A

    Comedian :rolleyes: Sylvester ‘Sil’ Fox has sued the Director of Public Prosecutions and the State for damages over a decision to prosecute him for sexual assault.

    The 87-year-old was cleared of the allegation last year after a judge found the complaint was contradicted by CCTV.

    Mr Fox has now initiated proceedings in the High Court claiming the prosecution was taken without reasonable or probable cause.

    “The DPP should have seen from the footage I was innocent but they put me into court and ruined my life,” he told the Irish Independent.

    “It was very wrong what the DPP did to me. I knew I had done nothing wrong and yet I was dragged before the courts for almost a year.

    “Why did they put an 86-year-old man through that? Covid was rampant at the time and I still had to go to court. It was in all the papers. I lost a lot of friends and lost a lot of work.” :rolleyes::pac:

    In the proceedings the veteran entertainer has claimed his constitutional right to a good name was breached and that he suffered serious reputational damage. “I am taking this case because I don’t want to see another innocent person having to go through what I did,” he said.

    Mr Fox’s lawsuit could lead to scrutiny of decision-making in the Office of the DPP.

    Civil actions against the DPP following an acquittal are extremely rare.

    Suing for defamation is not possible as the DPP is entitled to absolute privilege in the course of a prosecution.

    Similarly, a complaint of malicious prosecution would be unsustainable unless there is evidence of malice.

    Instead Mr Fox’s claim is based upon on his constitutional rights to liberty, privacy and his good name.

    He also claims to have been damaged by “reckless infliction of emotional distress” as a result of the commencement and maintenance of the prosecution.

    Mr Fox was prosecuted at Dublin District Court last year after a woman claimed he put his hand on her groin and “tickled” her vagina for 30 seconds while she was having her photo taken with him in a pub on December 17, 2018.

    The charges were thrown out after a judge viewed CCTV and concluded there was no indication anything untoward occurred.

    In a plenary summons his lawyers said the comedian “suffered serious reputational damages arising from false allegations, in circumstances where any reasonable consideration or review of the CCTV evidence would militate against a prosecution”.

    The proceedings were initiated on Wednesday against the DPP, the Garda Commissioner, the Minister for Justice and the Attorney General.

    Mr Fox is being represented by Belfast law firm KRW Law.

    Partner Kevin Winters told the Irish Independent that, in response to pre-action letters, the defendants had denied the allegations. “We have now issued a plenary summons in the High Court to take the case forward,” he said.

    During the trial, the District Court heard Mr Fox, from Templeogue in Dublin, was asked to pose for a photo with a middle-aged woman who was on a Christmas night out with friends at Harry’s On The Green in Dublin city centre.

    The woman claimed that as her friend took the photo Mr Fox put his hand on to her lap and groin and that he “tickled” her vagina. She claimed she was stunned and confronted him later, but he responded that she was being ridiculous.

    After CCTV was shown to her, the woman accepted it took three seconds to take the photograph and not 30 as she had claimed. The trial heard that her friends at the table did not see what she alleged.

    After reviewing CCTV footage and having given careful consideration to the woman’s evidence, Judge Paula Murphy said a jury properly directed could not convict on the evidence before the court.

    The conflict between the evidence of the complainant and the CCTV was a significant issue, Judge Murphy said.

    The woman had accepted the footage showed Mr Fox’s hand on the table the entire time it took for the photo to be taken. Despite this she still maintained he had sexually assaulted her.

    “In the footage, there is no indication something untoward occurred,” the judge said.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Loss of earnings from a year of FunnyFryday's alone is probably in the region of €60,000 - €120,000 knowing RTE.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    zell12 wrote: »
    No. It was woeful.
    Except Joe unexpectedly referred to Chinese concentration camps in Xinjiang in a one liner

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    What? How? In what context?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    What? How? In what context?
    Caller referred to the wonderful new Miss World venue China built in Sanya. Joe was dismissive and made a comment that they built concentration camps for Uighurs. Caller ignored it.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=116325699


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,530 ✭✭✭PieOhMy


    giphy.gif

    What? How? In what context?

    Former former former former Mr Ireland said that the contests are popular all over the world, especially so in large states like China where they have built a stadium for the event.
    Joe then said it was probably built by the same people who built the concentration camps targeting the uigher people.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Loss of earnings from a year of FunnyFryday's alone is probably in the region of €60,000 - €120,000 knowing RTE.

    Good on him to take the case. How that ever got to a court of law I don't know.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,044 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    PieOhMy wrote: »
    Former former former former Mr Ireland said that the contests are popular all over the world, especially so in large states like China where they have built a stadium for the event.
    Joe then said it was probably built by the same people who built the concentration camps targeting the uigher people.

    I was shocked in his hostility towards the Chinese. It was very out of the blue and not sure why he was so vindictive towards them. Maybe he had an Aliexpress order that never arrived?

    "GIVE ME A BREAK ABOUT CHINA"

    listen from 40:20 mark

    https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/radio1/21911355


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,530 ✭✭✭PieOhMy


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Did he not also add something along the line of "don't talk to me about them".

    I was shocked in his hostility towards the Chinese. It was very out of the blue and not sure why he was so vindictive towards them. Maybe he had an Aliexpress order that never arrived?

    You are right there, he trailed off with the usual inaudible grumbling and mumbling. He really went from 0 to 100 real quick, it came out nowhere! Hopefuly the Chinese embassy pick up on it. Imagine if someone said his pal Harry Crosbie built concentration camps - he would explode. What an ignoramous.


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    Joe probably got his visa application refused when he wanted to do a paid "documentary" piece in China. He's such an insightful investigative journalist the gubbermint there was probably afraid to grant him one :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Joe: there are probably the same engineers that built the concentration camps where they are massacring the Uighur people in the north of China
    Caller: [nervous laughter]
    Joe: give us give us a break about China now c'mon..


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,800 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    zell12 wrote: »
    Joe: there are probably the same engineers that built the concentration camps where they are massacring the Uighur people in the north of China
    Caller: [nervous laughter]
    Joe: give us give us a break about China now c'mon..

    Maybe his local Chinese forgot about the prawn crackers last night


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    zell12 wrote: »
    Joe: there are probably the same engineers that built the concentration camps where they are massacring the Uighur people in the north of China
    Caller: [nervous laughter]
    Joe: give us give us a break about China now c'mon..

    De Great One probably once fancied a trip to stand on De Great Wall, but de nearest he got to dat was a takeaway from premises of same name in Windy Arbour.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,490 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    As much as I dislike Sil Fox's comedy and his connections that guarantee him payment for broadcasting utter trash on the state broadcaster, I hope he gets somewhere with the case. The fact that the DPP didn't see that the case had no merit is beyond strange.

    Along with this, I think names of both parties in sex offences cases should be withheld until a verdict is reached. His name was trashed around the place for months on end while he was innocent all along. In his business that's fatal. So yeah, as much as I despise Funny Friday, I think he has been badly wronged here. I notice Duffy wants to have nothing to do with him. He's no Ivor Callely or Pat Hickey.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,530 ✭✭✭PieOhMy


    De Great One probably once fancied a trip to stand on De Great Wall, but de nearest he got to dat was a takeaway from premises of same name in Windy Arbour.

    Joe doesnt ever need to ever leave ballyer or clontarf. Anything that matters in the wurtild is located in Dublin already.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Friday will be wall to wall (pun intended)
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,753 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    De Great One probably once fancied a trip to stand on De Great Wall, but de nearest he got to dat was a takeaway from premises of same name in Windy Arbour.

    De auld Jag.would get well keyed in that aaarea.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,857 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    In fairness joe had syl on when he was declared innocent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    I’m listening back out of boredom walking the dog, it’s surprisingly amusing! The accents and the sense of entitlement alone have it bordering on GOLD, and not just the from the host!


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    De auld Jag.would get well keyed in that aaarea.

    There is a pocket of dat there. I'm only one LUAS stop but a wurrrld away. Der's great people in dat small enclave but also some... eh... I better not say it here.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    KevRossi wrote: »
    As much as I dislike Sil Fox's comedy and his connections that guarantee him payment for broadcasting utter trash on the state broadcaster, I hope he gets somewhere with the case. The fact that the DPP didn't see that the case had no merit is beyond strange.

    Along with this, I think names of both parties in sex offences cases should be withheld until a verdict is reached. His name was trashed around the place for months on end while he was innocent all along. In his business that's fatal. So yeah, as much as I despise Funny Friday, I think he has been badly wronged here. I notice Duffy wants to have nothing to do with him. He's no Ivor Callely or Pat Hickey.

    Agree.
    As much as I think that Syl has a case to answer for crimes against comedy, he was certainly the victim in this case. There is a prevailing attitude in legal circles that a woman must be believed no matter what auld shoite she reports to the Gardai. I think that there is often an ulterior motive behind these malicious complaints........compo!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Agree.
    As much as I think that Syl has a case to answer for crimes against comedy, he was certainly the victim in this case. There is a prevailing attitude in legal circles that a woman must be believed no matter what auld shoite she reports to the Gardai. I think that there is often an ulterior motive behind these malicious complaints........compo!

    Chalk it down.

    “I believe her”.....because a woman would never lie. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    Got a Bobby dazzler TV at Xmas, I still don't know what half it does.
    I have found u tube history did no there was such a ting.
    I have found Joe v Micheal o leary its epic. BTW the petty little clown Joe is using the same ur lying guff about refunds, what a petty little man..


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    Mol under breath ohh man....


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Joe's last holiday in China...

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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    I have 400,000 daily passengers

    Joe i have 400k listener's

    2 euro joe less than de license fee

    Do u want to ask a sensible question Joe ?

    Joe: Sorry, sorry, sorry WHAT DO U MEEN BY DAT..? Have I a question DE CHEEK OF U!
    I went to same college as you.......

    Mol: have u finished ?.

    Joe: how DARE u do u want to apologise

    Mol: no...

    Joe now goes quiet and his voice is getting higher dan a beagle on de hunt of a fox

    Mol: a disreportionate view here on ll v 55 million happy customers Joe

    Joe: a lunatic twitter fella (400k folks) safety record wat if de chillers in a crash

    Mol: big sigh we have procedures Joe, we don't wait to evacuate so johhy can talk to uncle over there

    Joe: wat if a parent panics de child is in de toilet??

    Mol: if the child is u 12 it is beside them Joe

    Joe: ok ok ok ok 13 14 15 16 17 year old....

    Mol: its random Joe

    Joe: so its good luck so if,..

    Mol: in last few years but 1 emg landing

    Joe: hang on hang hang on u dont want 1 ever to happen

    Joe : raging now... sarcastic gotta take a break will u stay on

    Mol: delighted to Joe lol. Cat has mouse (joe) flipping it up in air for fun


    Joe: low cost airline making it simple wat does it mean

    Mol: it means Joe 139m passengers...

    Joe: i know all dat i know all dat i know all dat

    Mol: if u know it all why are u asking the question (kill shot to de head)

    JOE: sighs... I feel like I'm pulling at de string of a BARBI doll getting de same answer...

    Mol: if 55 million people Joe... and 65 million want no reserve that's free of charge...

    Joe (losing it big time now) Can u can u tell de al gore rythm if u don't pay premium do ur best...

    Mol correct Joe but if u do pay 2 euro you reserve

    Joe: there u have it if u don't pay u won't be sitting close

    Mol why keep repeating it Joe we changed it 2 years ago


    Joe: de people no if they don't.

    Mol: whats happened us more and more people 60pc want to pay 2e to sit beside each other

    Joe: because day no if u don't pay u will be dispersed

    Mol free of charge random seat

    Joe and if u don't and if u don't

    Mol its called customer choice


    Joe: dispersed thru de plane

    Mol a free choice they made

    Joe ok ok ok 5 mins I thought nasty condescending Joe low fairs made simple

    Mol figures free ad on de rte worth 100k now buffoon has opened goal

    RYANAIR LOW FARES MADE SIMPLE!

    idiot caller : I don't know bout dat

    Mol: check any metric we are cheapest

    Joe utter defeat tanx v much mol back after dese

    Glourious


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,044 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Sorry missed this "Ryanair customers have all got refunded" bit.

    What happened?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Sorry missed this "Ryanair customers have all got refunded" bit.

    What happened?

    This year joe is crowing about covid refunds near identical language 2017 v 2020


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Sorry missed this "Ryanair customers have all got refunded" bit.

    What happened?

    The issue was mainly about people who booked through travel agents who were claiming that Ryanair owed their clients a lot of money. I would imagine the whole subject was dropped because it is the travel agents themselves who owe their clients a lot of money. They took a fee to do the bookings, so they are offering a professional service and should be covered by their insurance if anything goes wrong.
    When you book through a travel agent, your contract is with the travel agent, not with the airline or hotel or whatever. If the travel agents believed that they had a case against Ryanair, they would have MOL up in court but they don’t have a legal leg to stand on.
    I would confidently predict that the subject will not be mentioned gain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Is there a Miss Ballyer?

    VP_1-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqoy0UijBRPlBgfQSD9mX1zWXlmm31wmT8gxvqLVWyrms.jpg


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,800 ✭✭✭ShamNNspace


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    The issue was mainly about people who booked through travel agents who were claiming that Ryanair owed their clients a lot of money. I would imagine the whole subject was dropped because it is the travel agents themselves who owe their clients a lot of money. They took a fee to do the bookings, so they are offering a professional service and should be covered by their insurance if anything goes wrong.
    When you book through a travel agent, your contract is with the travel agent, not with the airline or hotel or whatever. If the travel agents believed that they had a case against Ryanair, they would have MOL up in court but they don’t have a legal leg to stand on.
    I would confidently predict that the subject will not be mentioned gain.

    Worra bou me refun jou neva fly wit dem agin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Hmm, not sure this would fit with today's wokefest........body shaming? Pregnancy shaming?

    https://twitter.com/Holly0910/status/1362089875990790146?s=20


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,668 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    I miss random guff, in my safe space u tube history vault watching weeder cover of toto africa. We played it once then a week later toto played a sithole venue in galwayAfter pints were had


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Jesus Joe was on a mad one today even by his own bat-sh*t crazy standards....
    • Everyone is very good-looking
    • Everyone is very intelligent
    • Trying to out-woke Woke McDermott
    • Slandering China’s good name :rolleyes:
    • Attempting to flirt with the models
    • Asking - even by his own standards - the most ridiculous questions
    • Manufacturing faux-outrage at levels Ciara Kelly would be proud of
    • Failing miserably to understand what a beauty contest is
    • Demanding we “follow the money” of a private company - can we see the full accounts of Claddagh Green then Joe seeing as it’s funded by the taxpayer?
    • Getting Holly Carpenter and Mr. Ireland on as contributors - both paid either historically or presently by RTÉ btw, a fact he failed to mention
    • Demanding a spokesperson from the organization when RTÉ won’t do so when they’re asked for one
    • Making lots of snide comments about the organization
    • Failing to remain impartial and then openly admitting it
    • Generally being a complete d*ck and either deliberately misrepresenting what was said or being deliberately obtuse in commenting on it


    And that’s from a the first 40mins! I didn’t listen to the whole show or read the full thread!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    eh, are you new here, caller?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    zell12 wrote: »
    eh, are you new here, caller?

    As I said, even by his own standards, today was bonkers. The accents of the women was priceless, it was like Beverly Hills 90210 (the ladies) meets Fair City (Joe).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,537 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Today's Miss Oirleand cash for votes story features in the De Daily Mail so to speak...
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Today's Miss Oirleand cash for votes story features in the De Daily Mail so to speak...
    IDM-19021.jpg

    Just a “coincidence” of course that Joe has a column with that paper.:rolleyes:

    As for a holly being “difficult” she was disliked by the public and her fellow “stars” on Dancing With The Staff. She also did a car crash interview with Tubs the day after being voted off, it was priceless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Don’t forget now callers, adult women who show just how independent they are by quitting a beauty competition and boasting about it on the gram for the other instahuns are to be praised to high heaven, but adult women who open onlyfans accounts and make hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions annually from non-nude sexy photos are being exploited and are victims.
    #LahvLahnLogic



    Bella Thorne made over $1million in her first day on onlyfans despite stating upfront she would not be doing any nudity on her account.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,151 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Jesus Joe was on a mad one today even by his own bat-sh*t crazy standards....
    • Everyone is very good-looking
    • Everyone is very intelligent
    • Trying to out-woke Woke McDermott
    • Slandering China’s good name :rolleyes:
    • Attempting to flirt with the models
    • Asking - even by his own standards - the most ridiculous questions
    • Manufacturing faux-outrage at levels Ciara Kelly would be proud of
    • Failing miserably to understand what a beauty contest is
    • Demanding we “follow the money” of a private company - can we see the full accounts of Claddagh Green then Joe seeing as it’s funded by the taxpayer?
    • Getting Holly Carpenter and Mr. Ireland on as contributors - both paid either historically or presently by RTÉ btw, a fact he failed to mention
    • Demanding a spokesperson from the organization when RTÉ won’t do so when they’re asked for one
    • Making lots of snide comments about the organization
    • Failing to remain impartial and then openly admitting it
    • Generally being a complete d*ck and either deliberately misrepresenting what was said or being deliberately obtuse in commenting on it
    And that’s from a the first 40mins! I didn’t listen to the whole show or read the full thread!

    How did you get all that?
    All I got was some bitchy remarks, wimmens lib, and the Chinese massacring people in concentration camps


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