Gerry's Funeral on 2FM

rovers_runner · 06-05-2010 01:24PM

D1976 wrote: »

Show some respect you Plank

It's not me showing the lack of respect.
Cameras at a funeral?
TD's pressing the flesh, no doubt all the FF cronies from Dublin are there, not to mention the most devious of them all.

Asmodean · 06-05-2010 01:25PM

Did his ex-wife just say a quote from Blade Runner and then the RTE announcer said it was a quote from Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A space odyssey

The second quote was from Space odyssey, the first from blade runner.

Itsdacraic · 06-05-2010 01:27PM

People really need to get a grip.

Dcully · 06-05-2010 01:27PM

rovers_runner wrote: »

It's not me showing the lack of respect.
Cameras at a funeral?
TD's pressing the flesh, no doubt all the FF cronies from Dublin are there, not to mention the most devious of them all.

Who cares?
Leave the politics out of it and show some respect for the man.

yawnstretch · 06-05-2010 01:27PM

Very sad.

Renn · 06-05-2010 01:28PM

smokin ace wrote: »

can we get a bit more respect for gerry

Probably not.

Asmodean · 06-05-2010 01:28PM

TD's pressing the flesh, no doubt all the FF cronies from Dublin are there, not to mention the most devious of them all.

I'm sure a lot of those people were his friends, whether you like it or not. You surely can't be implying that they shouldn't have attended his funeral. Boards is usually a sordid affair at best but there's some terrible stuff coming out of the woodwork this time.

smokin ace · 06-05-2010 01:28PM

Itsdacraic wrote: »

People really need to get a grip.

why should we get a grip gerry lived in the public eye and why not be in the public eye in his death your the one that should get a grip

Raedwald · 06-05-2010 01:29PM

The man lived in the public, i doubt he would of minded tbh. Lovely funeral, his brother made an excellent speech i think.

shivs · 06-05-2010 01:29PM

Dcully wrote: »

Who cares?
Leave the politics out of it and show some respect for the man.

Well said! It's very dignified (despite any politicians who may be there)

RIP

D1976 · 06-05-2010 01:29PM

rovers_runner wrote: »

It's not me showing the lack of respect.
Cameras at a funeral?
TD's pressing the flesh, no doubt all the FF cronies from Dublin are there, not to mention the most devious of them all.

That may be true about the TD's, but the cameras and the live feed on 2fm, I'm sure was given the go ahead by the family.

That comment about his daughter who is burying her father today, Tut Tut.

You were obviously dragged up and not brought up.

Darksaga87 · 06-05-2010 01:30PM

rovers_runner wrote: »

It's not me showing the lack of respect.
Cameras at a funeral?
TD's pressing the flesh, no doubt all the FF cronies from Dublin are there, not to mention the most devious of them all.

Its not the "Legion of Doom" burying Darth Vader you know. :rolleyes:

+RIP+ Gerry.

06-05-2010 01:30PM

Asmodean wrote: »

I'm sure a lot of those people were his friends, whether you like it or not. You surely can't be implying that they shouldn't have attended his funeral. Boards is usually a sordid affair at best but there's some terrible stuff coming out of the woodwork this time.

+1

I didn't like Gerry Ryan at all but come on. He was an established broadcaster, what do people expect?

Rookster · 06-05-2010 01:31PM

biko wrote: »

I'd like to see more eloquent posts from you in the future.

Excuse me! I thought it was quite apt for Gerry Ryans funeral thread in that this is the way he spoke all the time.

Itsdacraic · 06-05-2010 01:34PM

smokin ace wrote: »

why should we get a grip gerry lived in the public eye and why not be in the public eye in his death your the one that should get a grip

No I'm not.

DamoDLK · 06-05-2010 01:37PM

I just watched Gerrys funeral on the internet for the last 2 hours or so - I never even met or spoke to the guy. I can safely say that this is the first funeral which I have witnessed of a person whom I never met or spoken to.

That alone speaks volumes for the great man.

Cookie_Monster · 06-05-2010 01:37PM

Darksaga87 wrote: »

Its not the "Legion of Doom" burying Darth Vader you know. :rolleyes:
.

now that, I'd watch!

shivs · 06-05-2010 01:38PM

Itsdacraic wrote: »

No I'm not.

Children, children......try to behave!

smokin ace · 06-05-2010 01:39PM

DamoDLK wrote: »

I just watched Gerrys funeral on the internet for the last 2 hours or so - I never even met or spoke to the guy. I can safely say that this is the first funeral which I have witnessed of a person whom I never met or spoken to.

That alone speaks volumes for the great man.

i never met the guy either but well said

Cookie_Monster · 06-05-2010 01:40PM

DamoDLK wrote: »

I just watched Gerrys funeral on the internet for the last 2 hours or so - I never even met or spoke to the guy. I can safely say that this is the first funeral which I have witnessed of a person whom I never met or spoken to.

That alone speaks volumes for the great man.

i think it might say more about you...

judas101 · 06-05-2010 01:40PM

What were the Blade Runner/Space Oddesy quotes does anyone know?

DamoDLK · 06-05-2010 01:42PM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

i think it might say more about you...

What more it says about me - it certainly says less about your "witty" quip.

saraz86 · 06-05-2010 01:42PM

They broadcasted the funeral on the radio?! Seems a bit ott...

shivs · 06-05-2010 01:43PM

judas101 wrote: »

What were the Blade Runner/Space Oddesy quotes does anyone know?

God speed you chief! .......don't know the other one

Chorcai · 06-05-2010 01:43PM

Wonder will they name a bus/luas stop after him now ?

K-9 · 06-05-2010 01:44PM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

i think it might say more about you...

And that says a lot about you.

So what if people choose to watch it. It's the ones watching it to take the piss or get pissed of, that I worry about!

RayM · 06-05-2010 01:47PM

I see nothing undignified about broadcasting or having cameras at a funeral. It's not like they brought an OB unit to his wake, or invited a studio audience into the autopsy. Funerals aren't normally private. They're very public - horribly so, sometimes.

I thought his ex-wife gave a really nice oration. It was also good to hear her mentioning his partner (who was pretty much forgotten by Brian D'Arcy).

Some of the comments on this thread are a bit... unsurprising, given that it's AH.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 06-05-2010 01:48PM

Well this has been an extraordinary day. I went to view Gerry's removal from the family home on Castle Ave, then came home and watched the funeral mass live online. Extraordinary indeed.

My heart went out for Gerry's wife, and thought she grew and showed her great strength when she passed on her condolences to Gerry's new partner & her children.

Someone here (AH) made reference to politicans using this occassion to showcase themselves and press the flesh in front of the camera's (I can't be arsed looking back because you mean little to me today)..

However, at the home and on the way to the church no one took the platform to showcase anything. Simply because everyone is dwarfed by the late G.Ryan & his family - so stop the BS'ing, your making an dope of yourself.

An extraordinary day indeed.

youcancallmeal · 06-05-2010 01:48PM

judas101 wrote: »

What were the Blade Runner/Space Oddesy quotes does anyone know?

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."

Renn · 06-05-2010 01:49PM

DamoDLK wrote: »

I just watched Gerrys funeral on the internet for the last 2 hours or so - I never even met or spoke to the guy. I can safely say that this is the first funeral which I have witnessed of a person whom I never met or spoken to.

That alone speaks volumes for the great man.

Just means you're unemployed, no?

Gerry's Funeral on 2FM

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