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Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

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    #1322
    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Oh God-I wonder will it delve into how horrible Twink is?

    You know Brendan Grace isnt so well? She claims in her book they were great friends where she describes him as "her rock". Poor man was probably trapped in some shoddy dance hall dressing room while she regaled the curtains with stories about how great Brendan Boyer and herself were in Vegas all them years ago.


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    #1323
    flazio
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Alan Cantwell, of TV3 (Now Virgin One) News and before that Clare FM

    Not sure he was with Clare FM specifically but more with an old news organisation which called itself IRN and INN which produced on the hour national news for local radio stations such as Clare FM, Galway Bay FM, Shannon side, Midlands Radio 3 etc. That's certainly where he was just prior to joining TV3


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    #1324
    Pawwed Rig
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    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Does Mike Murphy make much appearances anywhere now? Got a soft gig with RTE, might probably make an appearance on that Twink documentary.
    But outside of that-seems to be taking it easy.

    And another one-Sinead Desmond, former Ireland Am presenter. She's gone underground, it seems.

    He has furniture shops now doesn't he?


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    #1325
    branie2
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    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    You know Brendan Grace isnt so well? She claims in her book they were great friends where she describes him as "her rock". Poor man was probably trapped in some shoddy dance hall dressing room while she regaled the curtains with stories about how great Brendan Boyer and herself were in Vegas all them years ago.

    Brendan worked with her on Play the Game as captain of the men's team before Derek Davis took over.


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    #1326
    branie2
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    flazio wrote: »
    Not sure he was with Clare FM specifically but more with an old news organisation which called itself IRN and INN which produced on the hour national news for local radio stations such as Clare FM, Galway Bay FM, Shannon side, Midlands Radio 3 etc. That's certainly where he was just prior to joining TV3

    I often heard him on Clare FM


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    #1327
    RabbleRouser2k
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    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    He has furniture shops now doesn't he?

    He got hit hard by the property collapse (as did Gay Byrne) so of course RTE gave him a show to help him out with his debts. :rolleyes:


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    #1328
    Speedsie
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    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    donkeykong5 wrote: »
    Yeah Russel something. A bastard

    As far as I know Russell Murphy, Gaybo's accountant, is Eoghan Murphy's grandfather.


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    #1329
    branie2
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    Two Anything Goes presenters: David Heffernan and Kathy Parke.


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    #1330
    Diceicle
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    Speedsie wrote: »
    As far as I know Russell Murphy, Gaybo's accountant, is Eoghan Murphy's grandfather.

    Didn't know that.
    And Eoghan is the brother of Cillian (Cillian Scott is his stage-name) of Love/Hate fame....

    https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/sex-politics-drama-law-all-in-the-family-30638849.html


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    #1331
    Hangdogroad
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    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    Didnt Andrew Strong do a Coca Cola ad? I thought he did

    He did indeed, its in this adbreak halfways in.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuJ7F_pAY9U


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    #1332
    skooterblue2
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    Is there nothing to be said for Michael Shimaoka?


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    #1333
    Hangdogroad
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    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    Is there nothing to be said for Michael Shimaoka?

    Had to Google him. Not much in answer to your question.


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    #1334
    mikemac2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    the purple tin wrote: »
    The band Ash.

    They are still around and touring. I saw them in Belfast last year and their latest album Islands is cracking :)


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    #1335
    skooterblue2
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    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    Had to Google him. Not much in answer to your question.

    but he did have his golden moment....... "not tubular dude!"


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    #1336
    DopeTech
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    Pamela Flood after she realised she didn't have a mortgage to pay.


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    #1337
    RabbleRouser2k
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Two Anything Goes presenters: David Heffernan and Kathy Parke.

    Dave's working in production, his son is an actor (he was in Love/Hate), his niece is Thalia Heffernan, the model.
    Oh, and his brother is a producer as well, and his twin.

    I believe Kathy Parke is a producer as well.


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    #1338
    donkeykong5
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    Dare I say.....sil fox?


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    #1339
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,283 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    donkeykong5 wrote: »
    Dare I say.....sil fox?

    Too soon-too soon.

    And for anyone who doesn't know why, google it.


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    #1340
    donkeykong5
    Registered Users Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭donkeykong5


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    donkeykong5 wrote: »
    Dare I say.....sil fox?

    Too soon-too soon.

    And for anyone who doesn't know why, google it.
    Ha. Apparently hes 86 years old. !


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    #1341
    sligojoek
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    The older the goat the harder the horn.


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    #1342
    branie2
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    I read about that recently


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    #1343
    Ash.J.Williams
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    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Dave's working in production, his son is an actor (he was in Love/Hate), his niece is Thalia Heffernan, the model.
    Oh, and his brother is a producer as well, and his twin.

    I believe Kathy Parke is a producer as well.

    His son is also alan partridges personal trainer


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    #1344
    [Deleted User]
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    The Thrills. I looked it up and one of them is working for Linkedin.


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    #1345
    jimmythedivil
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    The Thrills. I looked it up and one of them is working for Linkedin.


    Possibly the last Irish band to have a number one album in the UK? Some fall from grace...


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    #1346
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,283 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    jimmythedivil wrote: »
    Possibly the last Irish band to have a number one album in the UK? Some fall from grace...

    I don't think they were the last.

    But they were very vapid. Music changed and evolved-they weren't relevant any more.


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    #1347
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The Thrills. I looked it up and one of them is working for Linkedin.

    Another band that came out around the same time, blazed very brightly and then disappeared from view were HAL.

    Very catchy songs, incredibly radio-friendly - their song 'Play the hits' was the theme of 'Match of the Day' or some other BBC programme for a while.



    They were all over the place for a brief while, and then were nowhere to be seen. They released some songs again a few years ago (which were quite good), but I don't think they managed to make much a go of it second time around. Which is a pity, as they were a very good band.


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    #1348
    Ash.J.Williams
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    El Tarangu wrote: »
    Another band that came out around the same time, blazed very brightly and then disappeared from view were HAL.

    Very catchy songs, incredibly radio-friendly - their song 'Play the hits' was the theme of 'Match of the Day' or some other BBC programme for a while.



    They were all over the place for a brief while, and then were nowhere to be seen. They released some songs again a few years ago (which were quite good), but I don't think they managed to make much a go of it second time around. Which is a pity, as they were a very good band.

    Its possible that those bands were signed and promoted like previous bands however this was the era of bands making NO money from album sales so LinkedIn would have been the better career choice.


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    #1349
    branie2
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    The boy band OTT


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    #1350
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users Posts: 13,054 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    branie2 wrote: »
    The boy band OTT
    I never liked them. Always thought they were over the top.

    To thine own self be true



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    #1351
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,283 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    branie2 wrote: »
    The boy band OTT

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/former-boyband-star-told-to-pay-2000-over-sex-assault-on-dancefloor-35053936.html

    They got p**s poor money according to that article, and nothing in terms of royalties.

    I remember hearing one em talking about his time in the group-you're meant to be raking it in, with hits in IReland, and the UK. Instead, he'd have to ask to borrow 20 quid to get a few pints and a taxi.

    According to wikipedia, one of em's in interior design, the other runs a multimedia company, and the other one's in America.
    And then there's yer man above... eep.


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