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I am sorry but finding your opinions very demeaning and downright insulting to people who are suffering from domestic abuse.
Ah come on... did any of that look realistic?? Saying "if you were affected by any of the issues" is akin to saying "our scenes are soo realistic, it may evoke traumatic memories from your past" ... The scene with Suzanne and Damian was a very poor scene, and nothing mildly comparable to ANY real life situation or how real people would react.. as was the previous scene with her beating him with a ...ehhh...
..what was it she beat him with again.. a lump of wood? 0 -
JonathanAnon wrote: »Ah come on... did any of that look realistic?? Saying "if you were affected by any of the issues" is akin to saying "our scenes are soo realistic, it may evoke traumatic memories from your past" ... The scene with Suzanne and Damian was a very poor scene, and nothing mildly comparable to ANY real life situation or how real people would react.. as was the previous scene with her beating him with a ...ehhh... ..what was it she beat him with again.. a lump of wood?
Yes it does, not all abuse is physical. I have been through it and never admitted it to anyone (yes I know I am saying it now on a forum) but I am saying that it can be mental, it can be physical, it simmers away under the surface. I didn't hit back. I was possibly like Damien, I cowered and hoped it would stop. I was scared, I was frightened and I just wished it would stop. I never knew when it would start, when it would finish, I loved the person and just wanted them to stop. It wasn't like that from day 1 (just like Suzanne & Damien).
You can be beaten with anything, simply your hand, a punch, a piece of wood, a chair, anything.
When you have been through that, your opinion may change.0 -
Meeja Ireland wrote: »Some of the people on your list were off-screen for a good while before the character was revived. I imagine that's when it's hardest to get people to come back.
Yes, fair point.
On the other hand take the character of Jed Stone (played by Kenneth Cope) in Coronation Street. Last seen in 1966. Returns to the Street 42 years later - in autumn 2008 - and still played by Kenneth Cope.
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nlgbbbblth wrote: »Yes, fair point.
On the other hand take the character of Jed Stone (played by Kenneth Cope) in Coronation Street. Last seen in 1966. Returns to the Street 42 years later - in autumn 2008 - and still played by Kenneth Cope.
Fair City isn't going that long yet. Give them time 0 -
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Well I think the acting is awful - and with ref to my previous remark, I meant Carol & Christy, as in Carol being the violent one in the relationship, not christy.
I'm a big fan of FC - love it. But sometimes they introduce story lines that never sit well with me - Detective Deegan living with Ray for example:rolleyes:. Because your local Dectective is going to move into a flat-share, with your local mechanic:rolleyes:
Anyway, I agree with Jonathan - the issue of domestic violence is such a serious one and one that has touched many people - and the writers aren't doing the topic, any justice, in my opinion. And that's all this is...my opinion.
Why wouldn't he live with Ray? they are friends. who would you suggest he lives with? Eileen Bishop? Bela Doyle? or maybe Leo?
Most of the time it seems Jennifer lives with him so its 3 in the flat
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'Fair City' star Jenny Kavanagh has said that she feels "really proud" to have completed her charity climb at Mount Everest.
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Kavanagh - Arrived home today
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Jenny Kavanagh pictured on the climb with TV presenter Rob Ross and former Fair City star George McMahon
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The HOPE team at Base Camp
Speaking to RTÉ TEN this morning, after she arrived back into Dublin Airport, the actress, who played Cleo in 'Fair City', said that she was looking forward to "a good sleep and a good feed".
Kavanagh was part of a team who climbed to Everest Base Camp and Island Peak, in order to raise money for the Hope Foundation.
Speaking about the challenge, she said: "It went really well, all things considered. "It was, without a doubt, the toughest thing that I've ever had to do in my life. But, all in all, as a team, it went really, really well. It was really successful."
"I think we're all exhausted now at this stage but totally exhilarated by the achievement."
Speaking about her low-point of the trip, she said: "There was one point where I actually thought 'I'm going to die' but somehow I managed to muster up the strength to keep going and then you get a boost of energy and you keep going for a while longer and then it hits you again."
"You kind of go 'What have I got myself involved in?' and then you remember the reasons why you're involved in it and you try and keep going."
Referring to the sense of achievement that she feels after completing the climb, she said: "The reactions on other people's faces sort of made it set in and you thought 'wow, actually we did do it' or 'this is something to be really proud of'."0 -
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'Fair City' star Jenny Kavanagh has said that she feels "really proud" to have completed her charity climb at Mount Everest.
1 of 3 Kavanagh - Arrived home today
2 of 3 Jenny Kavanagh pictured on the climb with TV presenter Rob Ross and former Fair City star George McMahon
3 of 3 The HOPE team at Base Camp
Speaking to RTÉ TEN this morning, after she arrived back into Dublin Airport, the actress, who played Cleo in 'Fair City', said that she was looking forward to "a good sleep and a good feed".
Kavanagh was part of a team who climbed to Everest Base Camp and Island Peak, in order to raise money for the Hope Foundation.
Speaking about the challenge, she said: "It went really well, all things considered. "It was, without a doubt, the toughest thing that I've ever had to do in my life. But, all in all, as a team, it went really, really well. It was really successful."
"I think we're all exhausted now at this stage but totally exhilarated by the achievement."
Speaking about her low-point of the trip, she said: "There was one point where I actually thought 'I'm going to die' but somehow I managed to muster up the strength to keep going and then you get a boost of energy and you keep going for a while longer and then it hits you again."
"You kind of go 'What have I got myself involved in?' and then you remember the reasons why you're involved in it and you try and keep going."
Referring to the sense of achievement that she feels after completing the climb, she said: "The reactions on other people's faces sort of made it set in and you thought 'wow, actually we did do it' or 'this is something to be really proud of'."
I thought she moved down to Mullingar?0 -
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Eh, you do know it's not real life?
Exactly so why does what you said matter? It's only fictional after all so not everything is going to be true to real life or what we would expect in real life.:)
"Tell me ANYWHERE on the northside of Dublin where you have the top Detecitive in the local garda station, (who would be earning a hefty salary) living or being bezzie mates, with the local mechanic (who also happens to have the intelligence of a bumblebee - tho I love Ray)????"0 -
Exactly so why does what you said matter? It's only fictional after all so not everything is going to be true to real life or what we would expect in real life.:)
"Tell me ANYWHERE on the northside of Dublin where you have the top Detecitive in the local garda station, (who would be earning a hefty salary) living or being bezzie mates, with the local mechanic (who also happens to have the intelligence of a bumblebee - tho I love Ray)????"
But the stories have to be, at the very least, believable:rolleyes:
Ficiton and fantasy and one thing, but Fair City is a tv showed based on the lives on people living on the northside of Dublin.0 -
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"Tell me ANYWHERE on the northside of Dublin where you have the top Detecitive in the local garda station, (who would be earning a hefty salary) living or being bezzie mates, with the local mechanic (who also happens to have the intelligence of a bumblebee - tho I love Ray)????"
Ray's ex wife owns the apartment - Ray wasn't getting his finger out of his bottom to get the rent together so she said that she'd organise a flat mate. She didn't tell Ray or John at the time who they were going to be sharing with. 0 -
Ray's ex wife owns the apartment - Ray wasn't getting his finger out of his bottom to get the rent together so she said that she'd organise a flat mate. She didn't tell Ray or John at the time who they were going to be sharing with.
Fair enough.
But why is the Top/Only/Best Detective on the northside of dublin flat-sharing???? Did the Celtic Tiger pass him by:D0 -
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jackdlad2010 wrote: »My friend saw the Dillon's on that afternoon show yesterday. Did anyone see them? Does anyone know where I can find it? Fair play to cleo, I've always wanted to climb everest, some achievment.
Here it is: http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1083283
They all look very well 0
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