People Of The Year 2015 RTE1 9.50pm

Welsh Megaman

Time to celebrate people!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzGnX-MbYE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4Y7Cei_bw

I didn't have a speech prepared!


Joe Duffy for bukewriter of the year


Ray D'arcy will scoop an award for Most Press-us And Sit-ups By An Irish Broadcaster Under 5'6''

grey_so_what

If Joe Duffy wins a "buk" prize after all the publicity hes generated for himself I'll eat the award....somehow....

And if Leo shows his snout, I want him in a Taxi straight to Beaumont Hospital to sort of the A&E debacle....It think it's called "doing his job".

Welsh Megaman

Teresa Mannion for Bravest RTE Weatherwoman Type

Welsh Megaman

Hello Grainne

PeterTheEighth

How long has yer man been going to the men's shed and he doesnt know which end of the hatchet to use.

Welsh Megaman

I stood up tall when George finished that speech, and I don't know why.

Welsh Megaman

Urgh, another Louis Walsh creation.

delaad

God help us, but the shed is a pub with no beer.

dublinman1990

A brilliant project. Well done to them all.

grey_so_what

The lights are flicking on and off here, time to shut down the laptop, it blew up the last time, tell me what happens lads! xxxgsw

Shannon757

Well la di da a John Deere

Welsh Megaman

A lot more farming accidents than you think.

RobertKK

So sad, I would say as a farmer, we all know a farmer or a person from a farm who died from a farm accident.

Welsh Megaman

Is this live?

dublinman1990

On a side note are these awards taking place in RTE Donnybrook this year?

RobertKK

People who deal with grief striven people are great people. Horrible job as it is hard, but it has to be done.

PeterTheEighth

"No matter how much we did, none of us were there to catch them when they fell".

Bit of an odd thing to say ?

Terrible tragedy, I cant help thinking of the absolute terror they must have felt when the balcony gave way.

Welsh Megaman

Such a horrible tragedy, can't imagine what the victims family and friends are going through.

delaad

No harm to these folk, but 2 weeks ago, and in a week, 5 young Irish people died accidently in Australia. Their news lasted a day.

delaad

delaad wrote: »

No harm to these folk, but 2 weeks ago, and in a week, 5 young Irish people died accidently in Australia. Their news lasted a day.

yes I know ..... Probably because they didn't all die in the same incident ? Still the same loss .... but so little made of it.

I also thought it was a strange thing to say (we weren't there to catch them) ????

PeterTheEighth

Not sure about the timing on this one Grainne.

I'd say it's the only game of soccer where everybody runs away from the ball.

murpho999

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Not sure about the timing on this one Grainne.

I'd say it's the only game of soccer where everybody runs away from the ball.

Not all muslims are terrorists you know and that's what projects like that are trying to achieve.

Welsh Megaman

Schwing

RobertKK

I think the 'we weren't there to catch them' was about - yes they are getting praise but what they did changed nothing, they weren't there to prevent it. they were just there when it was too late and probably see it as doing what is natural.

PeterTheEighth

I dont get this. Everybody else leaves their religion at the door, but the Muslims always want a special case or else it's discrimination. And I dont remember reading anything about women playing soccer in the Koran. Also, aside from the religious issues, surely it affects her peripheral vision.

RobertKK

murpho999 wrote: »

Not all muslims are terrorists you know and that's what projects like that are trying to achieve.

I was in New York two weeks aftre 9/11, one of the first things I saw in Queens after leaving the airport was all these muslim childiren leaving a school, and one couldn't but help think of how these people and their families must feel even thought they did nothing wrong.

Welsh Megaman

I was getting worried that I hadn't seen Wee Daniel on my TV for at least 24 hours...

RobertKK

Apart from the men's sheds, there is so much sadness with these awards along with great people.

PeterTheEighth

RobertKK wrote: »

I was in New York two weeks aftre 9/11, one of the first things I saw in Queens after leaving the airport was all these muslim childiren leaving a school, and one couldn't but help think of how these people and their families must feel even thought they did nothing wrong.

The irony being that everybody should really have been looking at the Israelis.

God, you could just feel that woman's pain through the camera. Must be so dfficult.

delaad

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

I dont get this. Everybody else leaves their religion at the door, but the Muslims always want a special case or else it's discrimination. And I dont remember reading anything about women playing soccer in the Koran. Also, aside from the religious issues, surely it affects her peripheral vision.

I doubt you do, son.

PeterTheEighth

Nearly another hour to go people. Let's push it really hard here, and see if we can get the full three pages out of this thread before the show finishes. :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Noel Whelan's eyebrows deserve their own award.

RobertKK

There wasn't much canvassing in rural Ireland.

RobertKK

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Noel Whelan's eyebrows deserve their own award.

Does he dye his eyebrows?

Different colour to the rest of his hair.

dublinman1990

Adi & Marty are 2 great people. Their work in trying to carry on to remember Hugh even though when that time is really really tough.

Fair play to them. Best of luck to them for the future.

RobertKK

No offense but they haven't changed the world, I wouldn't go and kiss a man in Qatar, Saudi Arabia or most middle eastern countries and say look Ireland changed the world.

delaad

RobertKK wrote: »

There wasn't much canvassing in rural Ireland.

And that is true.

Basically it all happened in Ranelagh, and some bits of Cork, or so they tell me.

Azrel

Still beats another week of the Ray Darcy show.

Azrel

Wow, he can run up a field with an inflated piece of leather faster than other men can run up a field with an inflated piece of leather. What a hero.

RobertKK

delaad wrote: »

And that is true.

Basically it all happened in Ranelagh, and some bits of Cork, or so they tell me.

In Kilkenny, it was the by-election, we were delighted to see the back of big Phil.

RobertKK

Most of these players will end up with brain related diseases.

delaad

Yeah, and could take a few belts as he went.

Welsh Megaman

Mmf.

Something in my eye.

Water John

Paulie, a great man and human being.
So many could take example of being truly great.

Stheno

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Adi & Marty are 2 great people. Their work in trying to carry on to remember Hugh even though when that time is really really tough.

Fair play to them. Best of luck to them for the future.

I asked that they be included in the santa strike force list of charities and now they are.

Incredible what can be achieved by being just a member on boards sometimes. One small post might make a difference to a charity.

RobertKK

Can never escape Ray Darcy....

Azrel

Water John wrote: »

Paulie, a great man and human being.
So many could take example of being truly great.

Do I detect a hint of sarcasm here? :pac:

PeterTheEighth

Oh god, it had to be something about jogging didnt it. In Ray's eyes, unless you jog and eat porridge (with fruit bits in it) you shouldnt be getting an award for anything.

Welsh Megaman

How did you hear about it, Ray?

You pushed the wrong buttons :pac:

Stheno

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Oh god, it had to be something about jogging didnt it. In Ray's eyes, unless you jog and eat porridge (with fruit bits in it) you shouldnt be getting an award for anything.

FFS what that nurse did is amazing, that woman might be dead otherwise.

RobertKK

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

Oh god, it had to be something about jogging didnt it. In Ray's eyes, unless you jog and eat porridge (with fruit bits in it) you shouldnt be getting an award for anything.

I eat porridge with fruit before I ever heard Ray Darcy does, but I always find it hilarious when people pot about Ray and porridge, there was a classic last week about his ancestors guarding a porridge factory during the rising.