Pat Kenny gets gun pointed at him in Moyross

gazzer

Did anybody hear about Pat Kenny getting a gun pointed at him in Moyross last Monday night when he was recording a segment for his radio show?

I was half listening to Gerry Ryan this morning when he mentioned it.. Apparantly the teenagers were coming down to where Pat Kenny was to show him their bullet proof vests and one of the guys took a gun out to him.

Archeron

TBH, if Pat Kenny stood outside my house, I'd probably point a gun at him as well.

JohnCleary

Archeron wrote:

TBH, if Pat Kenny stood outside my house, I'd probably point a gun at him as well.

You beat me to it

peepsbates

gazzer wrote:

Did anybody hear about Pat Kenny getting a gun pointed at him in Moyross last Monday night when he was recording a segment for his radio show?

I was half listening to Gerry Ryan this morning when he mentioned it.. Apparantly the teenagers were coming down to where Pat Kenny was to show him their bullet proof vests and one of the guys took a gun out to him.

i think it was more showing it to him rather than pointing it at him, i could be wrong though

fillmore jive

thats what he gets for wrecking the buzz.

Dave!

peepsbates wrote:

i think it was more showing it to him rather than pointing it at him, i could be wrong though

That's the impression I got too, from newspapers etc.

Of course it's front page on all the tabloids..... PAT KENNY SAW A GUN, WOAHHHH!!!! :eek: :eek:

stovelid

Violent criminals or not, they're only human

JohnCleary wrote:

You beat me to it

Mr E

They also said to him "how much of a ransom would we get for you?"

Dave!

TmB wrote:

They also said to him "how much of a ransom would we get for you?"

...jokingly...

It's gas to see the different way each paper treats the story!

The Herald: I wasn't surprised by gun toting teen - Pat: "...confronted by a teen armed with a gun..."

The Times: Gardai interview Kenny over Moyross gun: "...shown a pistol..."

The Mirror: (front page)"TEEN PULLS GUN ON PAT KENNY": "...pulled a gun on..."


And the translation is... a kid took out a gun and showed it to Pat.

Also there's a quote from Pat saying something like "Put the gun away before somebody gets hurt." As if he's their father!!! Imagine some Sky News reporter asking a Palestinian to stop "brandishing" his machine gun, lol. Is there not some unwritten rule about reporters not interfereing with their story, but just reporting it? eg. David Attenborough wouldn't try and scare off a vulture that's trying to eat a dying animal (I can picture him running at the bird, "YAHH! YAHH! GET OUT OF IT!")

Just thought it was interesting...

Rb

The lower grade media (Sun/Herald/etc) will put sensational spins on things to get their thick readers attention, as is the case here.

A kid showed a gun to Pat, big f*cking deal. Gives a great impression of Moyross though, I'm sure the locals are thrilled over the whole thing.

DublinWriter

RTE send 'El Plank' to Moyross. Methinks it was a calculated move.

constitutionus

DaveMcG wrote:

...jokingly...

It's gas to see the different way each paper treats the story!

The Herald: I wasn't surprised by gun toting teen - Pat: "...confronted by a teen armed with a gun..."

The Times: Gardai interview Kenny over Moyross gun: "...shown a pistol..."

The Mirror: (front page)"TEEN PULLS GUN ON PAT KENNY": "...pulled a gun on..."


And the translation is... a kid took out a gun and showed it to Pat.



Just thought it was interesting...

neatly illustrates how much spin there is in the media though and how you shouldnt take at face value what you read in the papers. reminds me of the reporting of the ballinaboy protesters and their "violent" actions of........sitting down.:D cant help thinking these reporters should check out your vid on youtube of the love ulster march riots to remind em of what a violent protest is!

aidan_walsh

Thats what you get for trying to interview Willie O'Dea...

Robbo

First Charlie Bird takes a hiding on O'Connell Street and now the Plank is getting a shooter waved in his face. With a bit of luck, by Christmas most of our "favourite" broadcasting entities will be too afraid to work.

Fetch me a plank, a nail and directions to Hector's house...I have a plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasle.

DublinWriter

DublinWriter wrote:

RTE send 'El Plank' to Moyross. Methinks it was a calculated move.

To bore them in to submission.

\m/_(>_<)_\m/

Archeron wrote:

TBH, if Pat Kenny stood outside my house, I'd probably point a gun at him as well.

lol class.... pest post ever

Dragan

Well i suppose Pat got what he wanted!! A friend of mine called me and told me that Kenny was down there doing a story and i had to laugh. We all knew he would end up getting some kind of stick from someone.

Dyr

aidan_walsh wrote:

Thats what you get for trying to interview Willie O'Dea...

Minister pulls gun on teenager:
Willy O'Dea unmasked by kids in daylight gun horror

Minister: "And I would have got away with it too only for these pesky kids pulled my crappy novelty disguise off"

upthere

The impression I get from Pat Kenny is he is away with the fairies in self righteousness land. He gives off a very biased opinion on issues discussed sometimes and I dislike the man a lot.
I may be wrong but he sometimes comes across very biased.
One thing I don't like, he never seems to let someone finish what they are saying without feeling compulsed to ask another question.

constitutionus

the mans on a million a year and as such has as much in common with the average guy as you do with a fish. dont pay any attention to him

nobodythere

Em......

Why did the kid have a gun?

Dave!

Cos he lives in Limerick...........

...... I thought that was obvious

billy the squid

DaveMcG wrote:

Cos he lives in Limerick...........

...... I thought that was obvious

I live in Limerick and don't have a gun.

Dave!

billy the squid wrote:

I live in Limerick and don't have a gun.

Yeah it was a joke, note the smiley:

Dry your eyes

Car Mad

billy the squid wrote:

I live in Limerick and don't have a gun.

do u have a knife:D ok joking aside.i want to know one thing why didnt they shoot him:eek:

ghostdancer

anyone who actually thinks that kids walk around Moyross brandishing guns to famous people in daylight need to be shot themselves for being such retards. it just shows how much of a gullible twit Pat Kenny is. teenagers with bulletproof vests deciding to come out to show them off for the media. yeah, good man Pat.

imeddyhobbs

Here is a taught....you people will belive anything!?think about it!!!

growler

ghostdancer wrote:

anyone who actually thinks that kids walk around Moyross brandishing guns to famous people in daylight need to be shot themselves for being such retards. it just shows how much of a gullible twit Pat Kenny is. teenagers with bulletproof vests deciding to come out to show them off for the media. yeah, good man Pat.

true, you don't generally get too many famous people wandering around Moyross though.
Possibly because they are fraid of the kids with guns.

billy the squid

ghostdancer wrote:

anyone who actually thinks that kids walk around Moyross brandishing guns to famous people in daylight need to be shot themselves for being such retards. it just shows how much of a gullible twit Pat Kenny is. teenagers with bulletproof vests deciding to come out to show them off for the media. yeah, good man Pat.

Actually it was around 8pm.

While there is some doubt as to whether the gun was genuine, I think the vests were real enough.

As for showing them off to celebreties with microphones, it might also show cockyness or bald face complacancy rather than retardation.