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Man Falling on Ice/RTE News

  • 26-01-2011 04:31PM
    #1
    LaurenM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi folks,

    I'm looking to track down the infamous 'Guy Falling on Ice' from RTE's news report in December 2009, for an Irish Times feature I'm working on.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CT0a-Hgumo

    Can anyone help? If you need to go private, please feel free to DM me.

    Thanks,
    Lauren


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's an interesting one. One guy came forward and said it was him, did few radio shows and the like before admitting that he was taking the piss. I think at that stage the joke had subsided, and nobody was that concerned with finding out who it actually was.

    It's also possible that the guy is unaware of the video and nobody recognised him, so you may never find him :)


  • #3
    LaurenM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭LaurenM


    Hi Seamus,

    Yeah, I've had a few false leads, lots of people saying it was a friend of a friend, and then it turned out to be someone 'joking'...

    I highly doubt that he's unaware of it, though, it has something like 1.6 million YouTube views - more than likely he'd want to remain anonymous :)

    Thanks anyway.


  • #4
    frangreaney07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭frangreaney07


    Hi LaurenM,

    I've heard that it was actually Fianna Fail Cllr John Foley (Offaly County Council). Don't know it it's true but his no. is 046 97 32 332. Might be worth a call


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