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Busi_Girl08

Sounds like a ruptured appendix and resulting sepsis?

Arghus

I'm no doctor but it annoys me a little when you hear about these kind of cases. They didn't actually die and come back.... they came about as close as you could get to death and came back..

squonk

Time for Philip to cue up Dancing On The Ceiling by Lino Ritchie!

BPKS

Who was the figure in the light?

Joe Duffy

TinyMuffin

that’s usually a doctor shining a light into your eyes to see if your conscious

TinyMuffin

Russell brand.

mountain

Duffy missing out on a near death.
he would be all over this

2smiggy

'what colour was Jesus ? '

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614801#Comment_123614801

Death and a full blown enquiry about sexual abuse. He’s crying now realising he retired 3 months too soon.

Arghus

You'll see strange things if you eat cheese before bed, so I don't give any credence to a genuinely spiritual aspect to these events that happen inside a brain struggling for life.

McDermotX

Leaving aside the theory that the brain shutting down causes all sorts of imagery and thought processes, a lot of which is formed from the experiences, religious backgrounds and inspirations of the the person involved...…...I love the NDE stories of people who say there is nothing but a black void with a feeling of 'something waiting for them' etc, and then you have others like this wan with the complete opposite

Just on the off-chance that it ends up being real, the former people must feel absolutely fooked 🤣

2smiggy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614797#Comment_123614797

he would have blocked the light caller

squonk

I’d take death over having to listen to this caller for much longer.

squonk

At least Philip is continuing with his announced lineup. Even a month ago we’d be knee deep in explicit details of sexual abuse now.

Dublin Calling

What happened says PBH, as he looks for the gory details. Two bonus deaths with this lad. PHB looking for details of the bonus dead.

Dublin Calling

Did I hear the lad is 56? Thought he was much older.

Jordan 199

Maybe they should finish out the show with Black Sabbath - When Death Calls.

Mena Mitty

I was given Colm Keane's book 'We'll meet again' Irish deathbed visions last Christmas and I can't bring myself to read it.

P.S. Himself would have a copy in the bedside locker I dare say.

2smiggy

ah, here we go €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€

Busi_Girl08

I'm not going to dispute anyone's experience of corporal punishment at school, but if the enquiries are opened to to the level that this guy wants, then everyone in the country who ever got a ruler tapped over their knuckles at school is going to be knocking on the door.

Arghus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614784#Comment_123614784

Do I think it's an important issue - absolutely.

But Joe went over this for what felt like years and neverending years. And there's a point where poring endlessly over the horrors just leads to numbness and apathy. It's actually counterproductive IMO.

And it will be covered inside and out and back to front on every single radio show, TV show, newspaper, website... everywhere all over again.

PBH will probably keep it more focused and coherent than Joe's multi week shapeless odyssey, but we have listened to plenty of it.

And we're off…

Arghus

In fairness to PBH, Joe would have never have asked that practical question about the limitations to the inquiry.

McDermotX

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614887#Comment_123614887

Everybody should get an inquiry

Teacher yelled at me once. Who is anyone to say it didnt impact my life ?

Money. Now. Me. Want.

McDermotX

Symbolic justice don't pay the bills

Dublin Calling

Paddy Power getting a free shout out. Will PHB cover the scourge of gambling?

Arghus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614895#Comment_123614895

I wouldn't be as cynical as that about it. I think there were people mistreated and traumatised to a horrific extent.

Some got life altering trauma delt to them by, technically, employees of the state. Personally, I don't think that's a trivial thing at all and those people deserve redress in some sense and I do think it isn't for the money for a lot of people. I think that's a caustic opinion that trivialises horrific events.

But, equally, I think there has to be practical limits on the scope of inquiry and the redress people will receive - it's not practical unfortunately to address everything. That will lead to hard outcomes for some.

And, also, I think the subject has been comprehensively covered by LL and the use of going through it again in that forum is of limited use to everyone: listeners and victims.

jippo nolan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614908#Comment_123614908

or won’t butter any parsnips 🥴

Dublin Calling

Am I listening to Nationwide?

cher nobyl

Is there only one more week of PBH?

Hitchens

So McEntee dilutes the whole exercise by dragging in every school in Ireland and sets up a nice 5 year earner for her pals in the 'justice' system.