anyone else think nell mcafferty is a ledge?

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 12:01am #1

see her on the late late with her baps out:D

she seems pretty liberal and someone you'd like over for xmas dinner.

Kinetic^ · 13-12-2008 12:03am

Tits 0r gtf0!

RoundyMooney · 13-12-2008 12:05am

Tits? No! GTFO!

brianthebard · 13-12-2008 12:05am

Oh dear... she does my head in tbh.

Inglorious · 13-12-2008 12:05am

I'm not sure which is worse, her or the term "ledge".

javaboy · 13-12-2008 12:09am

Does anyone else find it amusing that people go on about how the Late Late show is irrelevant or a waste of money and nobody watches it and blah blah blah yet every Friday like clockwork there's a heap of threads here about everything that happens on it?

"RTÉ.... We've got the nation talking." Sounds about right.

P.S. Nell wrecks my head.

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 12:12am

i hate the plank but i don't hide the fact that i would watch it with my parents on a friday night, well if i don't go out.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 13-12-2008 12:13am

If tits were out on the late late, fair play to her. She's up there with the guy who verbally abused Pat live on air a few years ago. Figuratively speaking, of course.

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 12:16am

well it was a painting but very graphic...extremely graphic.

ejmaztec · 13-12-2008 12:18am

omgiluvxmas wrote: »

see her on the late late with her baps out:D

she seems pretty liberal and someone you'd like over for xmas dinner.

I prefer my trifle without a wrinkly old pair of tits in it.

monkeyfudge · 13-12-2008 12:19am

Must be big boobs if they can act as a ledge.

445279.ie · 13-12-2008 12:20am

javaboy wrote: »

Does anyone else find it amusing that people go on about how the Late Late show is irrelevant or a waste of money and nobody watches it and blah blah blah yet every Friday like clockwork there's a heap of threads here about everything that happens on it?

Totally agree. If I'm in on a Friday I flick on to see who's on but usually catch up with what's on by coming onto AH

ejmaztec · 13-12-2008 12:24am

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Must be big boobs if they can act as a ledge.

As in jump off, not jump on.

javaboy · 13-12-2008 12:26am

omgiluvxmas wrote: »

well it was a painting but very graphic...extremely graphic.

+1. Search for herald nell in Google and click on one of the Herald links to find it. It's NSFW but the bits are blacked out. I've seen the uncensored pic in the Irish Times. I was eating my breakfast at the time. Apparently I'm not entitled to compensation because I couldn't finish my breakfast roll. :mad:

GhostInTheRuins · 13-12-2008 12:28am

Can't stand the fecker to be honest.

GhostInTheRuins · 13-12-2008 12:30am

javaboy wrote: »

+1. Search for herald nell in Google and click on one of the Herald links to find it. It's NSFW but the bits are blacked out. I've seen the uncensored pic in the Irish Times. I was eating my breakfast at the time. Apparently I'm not entitled to compensation because I couldn't finish my breakfast roll. :mad:

Oh jesus christ why did I just do that?!? :mad:

I was eating a yoghurt and all, may as well dump it now :mad:

Gran Hermano · 13-12-2008 12:30am

ledge (l

j)n.
1. A horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall.
2. A cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall.
3. An underwater ridge or rock shelf.
4. A level of rock-bearing ore; a vein.

Sorry OP, based on the above 4 definitions I must disagree.

AlmightyCushion · 13-12-2008 12:32am

monkeyfudge wrote: »

Must be big boobs if they can act as a ledge.

No she just had a lot of starch in her bra.

Nevyn · 13-12-2008 12:32am

She is a hell of a woman
I have a lot of time for nell mcafferty and she did a lot of good work in changing this country for the better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_McCafferty

Nell McCafferty (born March 28, 1944) is an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist. In her journalistic work she has written for The Irish Press, The Irish Times, The Sunday Tribune and Hot Press and The Village Voice.

McCafferty was born in Derry to Hugh and Lily McCafferty, and spent her early years in the Bogside section of Derry — a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city, which was home to the majority of its Catholic population. Although her family were not wealthy, she had a comfortable upbringing and entered Queen's University Belfast, where she took a degree in Arts.

After a brief spell as a substitute English teacher in Northern Ireland, McCafferty took up a post with The Irish Times. It was her career in journalism, commentating on Northern Irish life and Republican politics that brought her to public fame, and her outspoken attitudes on abortion, sexuality, feminism and contraception (in what was then a conservative nation) earned her a certain amount of notoriety. In over 30 years as a public commentator whose views on social change, the Irish identity and society are frequently sought, she is altogether one of Ireland's most familiar, most respected and most controversial journalists.

Utter legend.

http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/_nell_mccafferty.html

She is critical of media who she feels have not covered the story well enough – not spelling out exactly what happened on that night in Maginnis’s pub in Belfast. She believes people need to know what happened to understand why this is a real watershed. “The community is deliberately out on the streets applauding these women. This is the hand of the community in the back of the IRA saying, 'Go now'. Once women sanction revolution, there's no stopping it”.

Women and rebellion is something McCafferty knows a lot about. Having grown up in Derry, she was at the centre of Northern Ireland's civil rights movement for equal votes, homes and jobs for Catholics. McCafferty was there on Bloody Sunday in 1972, when British soldiers shot dead 14 marchers in Derry. She also campaigned on behalf of republican women in jail. She moved to Dublin in 1970, and as a journalist opened many people’s eyes to what was happening to the most vulnerable in Irish society when she wrote about the children’s courts. She soon became part of a small but vociferous group of women who started the campaign for equality and women’s rights. She went on the famous contraceptive train – a group of Irish women went to Belfast, stocked up with condoms, pills (which, she reveals in her book, were actually aspirin, but customs never knew that) and other illegal articles and brought them back to Dublin. Here they were met by police and waiting media. Yes, it is true: 30 years ago, contraceptives were still illegal in the Republic. Pints were another thing women could not have – and so the same women went in to a famous pub in Dublin’s city centre, ordered 40 brandies, waited for them to served, then ordered a pint. The barman refused, and they in turn never paid for the brandies.

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 12:34am

well it turns out shes a lesbian and has a history of partaking in civil rights campaigns in ireland so my assumption was right.

hey thaedydal, my mum was just saying that...people like her are only good for this country of ours. brilliant moment was when joe duffy went on talking about how back then in the 80's were the bad times and she was like 'eh no..that was then this is now''

Supermanscat · 13-12-2008 12:35am

Ledgebian!!

ozt9vdujny3srf · 13-12-2008 12:37am

Half the time I hear her on the radio she seems drunk to me.

She made a total fool of herself on Questions and Answers a while back. While she has accomplished a lot, I feel she has a tendancy to spout off about things that she really has no real knowledge of.

Whatever about her being a "ledge", she is getting a bit overexposed at the moment and is grating on people as a result.

Nevyn · 13-12-2008 12:40am

Saul Swift Flick the Uncivil wrote: »

Some say she often turns up on television completely pissed.

If you are going to be stuck in fúcking donnybrook studios with all those rte tossers sure why wouldn't you fill up on the free booze in the greenroom,
after all that is what everyone's 160euro tv lience is paying for.

brianthebard · 13-12-2008 12:42am

Thaedydal wrote: »

She is a hell of a woman
I have a lot of time for nell mcafferty and she did a lot of good work in changing this country for the better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_McCafferty

Utter legend.

http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/als/_nell_mccafferty.html

You're celebrating a woman who claimed aspirin were the pill for the sake of controversy? Didn't she give those aspirin out to women afterwards?

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 12:43am

that makes her funny.

Nevyn · 13-12-2008 12:44am

brianthebard wrote: »

You're celebrating a woman who claimed aspirin were the pill for the sake of controversy? Didn't she give those aspirin out to women afterwards?

No she didn't.

The pill was illegal here, it was a protest, condoms were illegal as well.
She worked and lobbied with others including former presedent mary robinson who was also on the contraception train to make contraception legal and advailble to not just married couples.

The law was changed in 1984 which is not that long ago.

HouseHippo · 13-12-2008 12:45am

Tits on the late late!!!!!
Ratings must be gettin low

dresden8 · 13-12-2008 12:49am

There is a tendency in Irish politics to dance around the issue and be polite.

Sometimes concensus is a terrible thing.

If somebody is talking sh1te, Nell seems to be the only one who will tell them they're talking sh1te.

As for the baps, gravity is keeping the wrinkles out.

Nevyn · 13-12-2008 12:52am

dresden8 wrote: »

If somebody is talking sh1te, Nell seems to be the only one who will tell them they're talking sh1te.

As for the baps, gravity is keeping the wrinkles out.

Thats Nell

HouseHippo · 13-12-2008 12:56am

dresden8 wrote: »

There is a tendency in Irish politics to dance around the issue and be polite.

Sometimes concensus is a terrible thing.

If somebody is talking sh1te, Nell seems to be the only one who will tell them they're talking sh1te.

As for the baps, gravity is keeping the wrinkles out.

In the words of Andrew maxwell...
Its all winks and hearsay

javaboy · 13-12-2008 1:14am

Saul Swift Flick the Uncivil wrote: »

Whatever about her being a "ledge", she is getting a bit overexposed at the moment and is grating on people as a result.

That's an understatement.

Dave! · 13-12-2008 1:30am

I'm sure she was quite bright in her heyday, but now she just talks for the sake of hearing words, and feels she must have an opinion on everything no matter how ignorant she is about the issue.

Every time I hear her on the radio (which is alot, especially Newstalk) I cringe.

dardevle · 13-12-2008 1:33am

dresden8 wrote: »

If somebody is talking sh1te, Nell seems to be the only one who will tell them they're talking sh1te.

.

let she who is without sin cast the first stone!;)

Orange69 · 13-12-2008 1:34am

cant be arsed reading back through all this ****e, but can someone explain what the hell a "ledge" is? kthxbi

Inglorious · 13-12-2008 1:38am

Orange69 wrote: »

cant be arsed reading back through all this ****e, but can someone explain what the hell a "ledge" is? kthxbi

It means "legend" in some sort of primitive dialect.

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 1:38am

a legend...duh.

Bob the Builder · 13-12-2008 1:39am

I don't like her, but thankfully I never meet her, never have met with her and don't live with her, so I can't complain.

why do we even bother complaining about the late late show. Just stop watching it.

omgiluvxmas · 13-12-2008 1:39am

whose complaining? i enjoy it.

Bob the Builder · 13-12-2008 1:43am

Television forum - every friday night, saturday morning....

DarkJager · 13-12-2008 9:31am

What's there to like about a loudmouthed ****tard who just shouts down people who don't agree with her? Not to mention that whole feminism thing, which is just automatic entry to the blackbook in any case...

stovelid · 13-12-2008 9:51am

I file her beside Eamon McCann and other elderly radicals of the time usually. I have a genuine historical respect for them but usually turn the page / switch channels pretty sharpish when I encounter them these days.

Aidric · 13-12-2008 11:08am

Nell's incoherent ramblings usually have me rushing for the remote control to switch over. Nice pubes though.

Doc · 13-12-2008 11:24am

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Oh jesus christ why did I just do that?!? :mad:

I was eating a yoghurt and all, may as well dump it now :mad:

sounds like someone's making excuses for some white stains

useful_contacts · 13-12-2008 11:26am

No:D

shockwave · 13-12-2008 11:42am

Shes an obnoxious, ignorant, northern gob****e.

Nodin · 13-12-2008 11:46am

shockwave wrote: »

Shes an obnoxious, ignorant, northern gob****e.

And what series of articles of hers have you read?

irish_bob · 13-12-2008 12:33pm

weve been seeing a tad too much of nell ( YIZ KNOW NATHIN ) mccafferty lately for my liking

Sir Gallagher · 13-12-2008 1:45pm

shockwave wrote: »

Shes an obnoxious, ignorant, northern gob****e.

What does her being "northern" have to do with anything?

FlutterinBantam · 13-12-2008 5:35pm

Her frikken obnoxious buzzsaw of a droning accent is a start.

Miguel_Sanchez · 13-12-2008 5:46pm

brianthebard wrote: »

Didn't she give those aspirin out to women afterwards?

No she didn't.

Have huge respect for her and other women who took part in those protests. I'm ashamed of how backwards our country was and those women had a hand in bringing about change.

TradMick84 · 13-12-2008 5:52pm

in fairness, takes bravery when your that age to show off your bits.... however i had enough of her nakedness ten seconds in... Is the late late gone very liberal..?? couldn see that in gaybo's time.. as in Nell's minge on his programme..

anyone else think nell mcafferty is a ledge?

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