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Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

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    #1232
    mrsdewinter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭mrsdewinter


    The Crowman wrote: »
    Who was that woman with the big glasses who used to come on the Late Late Toy Show when Gaybo was presenting it demonstrating toys? Was it Roisin of roll it there Roisin fame?

    Oh, yes. I remember her. No, I don't think it was Roisin or Colette. They would have been on the tech side, whereas the woman in the glasses was a researcher. She gets a mention in Gaybo's autobiography because she & other female researchers, he writes, opened his eyes to women's issues.
    Wait. Was it Pam?


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    #1233
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,171 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Pam Collins?


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    #1234
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,089 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Saw Frank Mcnamara in liffey valley last weekend playing piano & raising money for temple st, that was a blast from the past.

    No Theresa Lowe though


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    #1235
    skooterblue2
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    Water John wrote: »
    Pam Collins?

    who?


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    #1236
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    mrsdewinter wrote: »
    Oh, yes. I remember her. No, I don't think it was Roisin or Colette. They would have been on the tech side, whereas the woman in the glasses was a researcher. She gets a mention in Gaybo's autobiography because she & other female researchers, he writes, opened his eyes to women's issues.
    Wait. Was it Pam?

    Gay was never a did a girl any harm, not a mad lad for the ladies. They were two assistants on at various times


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    #1237
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    mrsdewinter wrote: »
    Oh, yes. I remember her. No, I don't think it was Roisin or Colette. They would have been on the tech side, whereas the woman in the glasses was a researcher. She gets a mention in Gaybo's autobiography because she & other female researchers, he writes, opened his eyes to women's issues.
    Wait. Was it Pam?
    Water John wrote: »
    Pam Collins?
    Pan Collins actually.
    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    who?

    https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0205/765625-pan-collins-on-the-late-late-show/

    I assume she has passed away by now.


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    #1238
    foxy farmer
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    Who was that woman with the big glasses who used to come on the Late Late Toy Show when Gaybo was presenting it demonstrating toys? Was it Roisin of roll it there Roisin fame?

    This woman maybe? Mary o Sullivan. I think she was from Cork. Remember seeing her on Dublin Cork train one Friday evening back in the 90s


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    #1239
    blueberrypie
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭blueberrypie


    Any know where Sinead Desmond is?
    Last I heard she left TV3 over the gender pay gap and enlisted the assistance of a solicitor.


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    #1240
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,108 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Clodagh Mc Kenna seemed to disappeared off the teli .Well until today when she popped up on Sunday Brunch and my god was she annoying .


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    #1241
    The Crowman
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    foxy farmer wrote: »
    This woman maybe? Mary o Sullivan. I think she was from Cork. Remember seeing her on Dublin Cork train one Friday evening back in the 90s

    Yes I think that was her alright.


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    #1242
    branie2
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    Fergus Gibson the astrologer


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    #1243
    Bredabe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    branie2 wrote: »
    Fergus Gibson the astrologer

    At one stage in legal trouble for creative accounting.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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    #1244
    thesandeman
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    The two lads who were with Baz on the reality/fly on the wall show about ten or twelve years ago when he first foisted himself upon us?
    I only remember it because he seemed to be on everything except the Angelus over the last month or so.


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    ButtersSuki
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    thesandeman wrote: »
    The two lads who were with Baz on the reality/fly on the wall show about ten or twelve years ago when he first foisted himself upon us?
    I only remember it because he seemed to be on everything except the Angelus over the last month or so.

    One of them (the straight one) was in Fair City for a while. The other works in a TV Production Company that makes TV ads (amongst other things).....or at least did.

    Don't ask me how I know these things.


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    #1246
    donkeykong5
    Registered Users Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭donkeykong5


    foxy farmer wrote: »
    The Crowman wrote: »
    Who was that woman with the big glasses who used to come on the Late Late Toy Show when Gaybo was presenting it demonstrating toys? Was it Roisin of roll it there Roisin fame?

    This woman maybe? Mary o Sullivan. I think she was from Cork. Remember seeing her on Dublin Cork train one Friday evening back in the 90s
    Was she married to Kevin linehan. Producer for euro vision. ?


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    #1247
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    thesandeman wrote: »
    The two lads who were with Baz on the reality/fly on the wall show about ten or twelve years ago when he first foisted himself upon us?
    I only remember it because he seemed to be on everything except the Angelus over the last month or so.

    One if the lads was the guy on the Vodafone ads with rhr pet pig.
    He did a lot of other ad work before that I think

    Never saw the gay lad again though.

    Really enjoyed that series.


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    #1248
    judeboy101
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    blueberrypie wrote: »
    Any know where Sinead Desmond is?
    Last I heard she left TV3 over the gender pay gap and enlisted the assistance of a solicitor.

    And Aidan cooney seems to have disappeared. Jesus its like 1984 on that show. Colleagues disappear overnight and they pretend they don't exist. Sinead had a great body, all the same.


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    #1249
    ButtersSuki
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    And Aidan cooney seems to have disappeared. Jesus its like 1984 on that show. Colleagues disappear overnight and they pretend they don't exist. Sinead had a great body, all the same.

    He's on some Dublin Radio station - I heard him whilst flicking through the stations coming up to Christmas.


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    dball
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    thesandeman wrote: »
    The two lads who were with Baz on the reality/fly on the wall show about ten or twelve years ago when he first foisted himself upon us?
    I only remember it because he seemed to be on everything except the Angelus over the last month or so.

    is one of them one of the trio in Foil Arms and Hog?


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    #1251
    Water John
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    Aidan Cooney was left go fairly abruptly. there was a bit of bruha about it at the time. Don't know if he was paid off.


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    #1252
    El Tarangu
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    dball wrote: »
    is one of them one of the trio in Foil Arms and Hog?


    I wouldn't say so, I remember them being about the same age as Baz; the FAH lads would be at least 10 years younger than him.


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    #1253
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,596 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    judeboy101 wrote: »
    And Aidan cooney seems to have disappeared. Jesus its like 1984 on that show. Colleagues disappear overnight and they pretend they don't exist. Sinead had a great body, all the same.
    He's no loss in fairness. His squinty eyes every time he read the autocue was very off-putting.


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    #1254
    donkeykong5
    Registered Users Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭donkeykong5


    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    judeboy101 wrote: »
    And Aidan cooney seems to have disappeared. Jesus its like 1984 on that show. Colleagues disappear overnight and they pretend they don't exist. Sinead had a great body, all the same.
    He's no loss in fairness. His squinty eyes every time he read the autocue was very off-putting.
    I thought he was brilliant . He had a true interest in sport and wasn't just pretending to like the others.


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    #1255
    blueberrypie
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭blueberrypie


    Not being funny but where is Al Porter gone?


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    #1256
    sligojoek
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    blueberrypie wrote: »
    Not being funny but where is Al Porter gone?

    A bit like Al


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    #1257
    Bredabe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    blueberrypie wrote: »
    Not being funny but where is Al Porter gone?

    Fairly sure that he was in panto this christmas.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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    #1258
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Bredabe wrote: »
    Fairly sure that he was in panto this christmas.

    I think that was all lined up and they just dumped him right across the board.


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    #1259
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,288 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    I think that was all lined up and they just dumped him right across the board.

    Wasn't he replaced by Rory something or other?


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    #1260
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,393 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Wasn't he replaced by Rory something or other?

    Yeh. Rory Cowan

    Not sure if Alan kavanagh aka al porter was involved in the production/ writing of the panto but he def wasn’t on stage.


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    #1261
    Beechwoodspark
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    And Aidan cooney seems to have disappeared. Jesus its like 1984 on that show. Colleagues disappear overnight and they pretend they don't exist.

    I noticed that as well. Yer man Cagney and to a lesser extent Alan Hughes seem to run that show and everyone else is disposable.

    Would hate to work with either of them.


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