Cork Radio host jerks it on Aer Lingus flight

AnonoBoy · 02-03-2011 12:17PM

Pee Wee Herman would feel pretty hard done by if he saw this.

jayteecork · 02-03-2011 12:21PM

I can't wait till he comes back, trust me the people of Cork will never forget this.

Anytime he decides to go off on one of his self-righteous tangents, someone will just go "pull the other one, Neil" etc etc.

starbelgrade · 02-03-2011 12:29PM

The Gardai are actually powerless in the matter. The plane & it's passengers were still under the juristiction of British law when the incident happened.

This is due to some technicality in aviation laws - despite the fact that the plane was on Irish soil.

There's nothing to stop the police in the UK persuing the matter. However, whether that happens or not is a different issue altogether.

Badgermonkey · 02-03-2011 12:40PM

unkel wrote: »

exposed himself and then masturbated while seated in the front row of the Aer Lingus plane en route to Cork.

When I need to get off fast that's exactly where I sit.

Great minds etc.

DonJose · 02-03-2011 01:07PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

The Gardai are actually powerless in the matter. The plane & it's passengers were still under the juristiction of British law when the incident happened.

This is due to some technicality in aviation laws - despite the fact that the plane was on Irish soil.

There's nothing to stop the police in the UK persuing the matter. However, whether that happens or not is a different issue altogether.

So the next step will be extra-dicktion!!!

RichieC · 02-03-2011 01:30PM

Badgermonkey wrote: »

When I need to get off fast that's exactly where I sit.

Great minds etc.

you also get the quickest and least painful death in the event of a horrific accident

this is arse · 02-03-2011 01:32PM

unkel wrote: »

Mr Prendeville later insisted that he had absolutely no recollection of the incident after consuming painkillers on top of three pints of Guinness, three bottles of lager and a copious amount of wine.

it was the Guinness that did it. just look at the amount of **** in Dublin

phill106 · 02-03-2011 01:41PM

dam, takes all the fun out of a danger **** now that we are allowed to do it

DoesNotCompute · 02-03-2011 01:44PM

unkel wrote: »

Radio star won't face charges over plane incident

Wednesday March 02 2011

RADIO star Neil Prendeville will not face charges over a controversial incident on an Aer Lingus flight last year when he was alleged to have engaged in a lewd act.

Gardai had submitted a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) after they received complaints about an incident on the Heathrow-Cork flight on October 19.

They have now been informed that no further action will be taken.

The decision clears the way for the UTV-owned radio station, 96 FM, to restore the outspoken broadcaster to the airwaves.

Mr Prendeville hosts the station's flagship morning show but has been off the air since November 3 when reports of the alleged incident first emerged in the media.

The radio star was alleged to have first exposed himself and then masturbated while seated in the front row of the Aer Lingus plane en route to Cork.

Mr Prendeville later insisted that he had absolutely no recollection of the incident after consuming painkillers on top of three pints of Guinness, three bottles of lager and a copious amount of wine.

He vehemently denied having taken any type of drug such as cocaine -- and said he would undergo blood tests to confirm that fact. Gardai formally launched an investigation into the incident after receiving a complaint.

They spoke with Mr Prendeville and all the passengers seated near him at the time.

Opinionated

Those contacted as part of the garda probe were informed yesterday that no further action would be taken.

Mr Prendeville has declined all comment on the matter after his initial statements in the wake of the controversy erupting.

His show -- the most listened to radio programme outside Dublin -- has been hosted over recent months by PJ Coogan, a news reporter with 96 FM.

Industry experts acknowledged that his return to air will shatter the show's existing audience figures -- 100,000-plus -- and will also likely deliver the station's biggest ever on-line listenership.

But one station source admitted that there is concern over the future format of the show given the nature of the controversy and the broadcaster's highly opinionated style of presentation.

The broadcaster -- who earns €150,000-plus per annum from 96 FM -- also admitted he felt suicidal in the wake of the coverage of the incident.

- Ralph Riegel

Irish Independent

...Neil who?????

orourkeda · 02-03-2011 01:53PM

this is arse wrote: »

it was the Guinness that did it. just look at the amount of **** in Dublin

Which , of course, has nothing to do with the fact that the guy who did it was from Cork.

orourkeda · 02-03-2011 01:58PM

I'm a private wanker

A wanker for money

do what you want me to do.

PCPhoto · 02-03-2011 01:59PM

orourkeda wrote: »

I'm a private wanker

A wanker for money

do what you want me to do.

for those who don't know .... that should be read/sung to the tune of Tina Turners private dancer.

Run_to_da_hills · 02-03-2011 02:05PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

The Gardai are actually powerless in the matter. The plane & it's passengers were still under the juristiction of British law when the incident happened.

This is due to some technicality in aviation laws - despite the fact that the plane was on Irish soil.

There's nothing to stop the police in the UK persuing the matter. However, whether that happens or not is a different issue altogether.

Im surprised that the UK authorities have not taken this issue up.

They usually take this stuff very serious and would have him sex offenders list if proven.

this is arse · 02-03-2011 02:08PM

PCPhoto wrote: »

for those who don't know .... that should be read/sung to the tune of Tina Turners private dancer.

thanks for that, probably not too many tina turner fans on here

02-03-2011 02:08PM

were any shots fired ?

rivalius13 · 02-03-2011 02:10PM

-**** pun-

redhat244 · 02-03-2011 03:08PM

jerry2623 wrote: »

According to the Examiner as he whipped it out on the ground in the UK
The offence accorded there.
Good on you Gearld Keane Not sure how much it helps in his clients job prospects. As now it will be preceived that he was not man enough to own up to his conduct take his punishment

He's probably overcum with joy at the moment, but all it will take is for the aggrieved parties to now formally complain to the UK authorities, and they'll surely take it hand.

jonsnow · 02-03-2011 04:29PM

Typical Irish stroke politics :rolleyes: When I first heard this I thought that although the DPP never prosecute any establishment figures like rogue politicians bankers or solicitors this was such a public and irrefutable set of circumstances that they would have to make an example of him.Silly me.Jurisdictional issues apparently.

After four months the authorities here decide they are unable to pursue a **** observed by a number of people including a journalist and where the accused has essentially publicly confessed to the incident (although he claims that a mixture of medicine and alcohol affected his behaviour). What hope for the prospects of a prosecution in the case of Anglo?

Funny how there is always some technicality to get certain connected people off the hook.The lack of serious attempts to prosecute or even be seen to attempt to prosecute powerful people in Irish society is facilitating a culture of impunity among them leading to disastrous results for the rest of us.

JP Liz V1 · 02-03-2011 04:35PM

http://www.examiner.ie/home/prendeville-avoids-prosecution-for-lewd-act-146941.html

Radio presenter Neil Prendeville is not to be prosecuted for committing a lewd act on an Aer Lingus flight, because of a jurisdictional technicality.
The Cork 96FM presenter exposed himself and masturbated in public view of two Aer Lingus air hostesses and a female passenger, Irish Examiner journalist Niamh Hennessy, as the aircraft taxied to the runway at Heathrow airport en route to Cork last October.
Ms Hennessy and the crew members subsequently made statements to gardaí, who sent a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions after completing their investigations.
While the DPP declined to give a reason for not prosecuting Mr Prendeville — who apologised for the incident of which he says he has no memory due to a combination of drink and painkillers — the female witnesses were told it was due to a jurisdictional technicality. For certain offences — such as jeopardising the safety of the aircraft, passengers, property and good order or discipline on board — jurisdiction is defined at the moment the door of the aircraft is closed. For others — such as causing offence to any person on board — jurisdiction is determined at the moment power is applied for take-off.
Aviation law expert Richard Martin said that as the incident occurred while the aircraft was taxiing to the runway, prior to commencing take-off, Mr Prendeville would have been subject to British, not Irish law, in relation to committing an act likely to cause offence.
Yesterday, Ms Hennessy, who was seated next to Mr Prendeville on the flight, spoke of her upset at the decision not to prosecute.
"I am horrified and dismayed that Mr Prendeville is not to be prosecuted for his appalling and totally unacceptable actions. This incident has caused me much hurt and I can only wonder what kind of message this gives out to people who may find themselves in a similar situation in the future."
She said what Mr Prendeville did was wrong. "His actions were vile. There is something very wrong with the justice system if he will pay no price for what he has done. It begs the question should the gardaí now hand the file over to the British authorities," she said. Ms Hennessy said she will be making no further comment on the matter.
Neither Mr Prendeville nor his solicitor Gerald Kean could be contacted for comment last night and it is unclear when or if the presenter will be back on air as 96FM chief executive Kieran McGeary said he had no comment to make.
Once details of the incident became public last November, Mr Prendeville made an apology on radio. He has been on leave from his Cork’s 96FM flagship daily morning show since then.
"I’m not going to be putting up any sort of defence. I hold my hand up and say: ‘If this is what happened, I take responsibility’," he said at the time. He said he would not challenge any prosecution that might result from the Garda investigation.
He also left a message on Ms Hennessy’s voicemail after the incident in which he said: "I just wanted to apologise to you for any offence that I might have caused you." He said he had no recollection of the incident and when he was told about it he was "shocked and horrified".
"I have no recollection whatsoever. I’m in shock, you know, I really am. I took some Nurofen Plus alright, I know that, for my neck. And as you know, with me anyway there was pints and wine and stuff and Jesus I don’t know where I’d begin to make it up to you," he said on the voicemail.

jonsnow · 02-03-2011 04:47PM

From an article prenderville wrote in 2009.Hilarious in hindsight.

http://www.thecorknews.ie/?q=content/neil-prendeville-various-definitions-lying

Fianna Fáilers think differently to the rest of us – we tell lies,
they claim to 'forget' things and make 'mistakes' in the misguided
belief that this will let them off the hook!

bonerm · 02-03-2011 04:50PM

jonsnow wrote: »

From an article prenderville wrote in 2009.Hilarious in hindsight.

http://www.thecorknews.ie/?q=content/neil-prendeville-various-definitions-lying

Fianna Fáilers think differently to the rest of us – we tell lies,
they claim to 'forget' things and make 'mistakes' in the misguided
belief that this will let them off the hook!

He should go for a pint with the Sarge ....

The Cork Wanker wrote:

Trevor Sargent was caught with his pants down

Mexicola · 02-03-2011 05:04PM

I knew this would all blow (a load) over.....

He'll never be as big as he used to be....

Sonnenblumen · 02-03-2011 10:35PM

unkel wrote: »

Radio star won't face charges over plane incident

Wednesday March 02 2011

RADIO star Neil Prendeville will not face charges over a controversial incident on an Aer Lingus flight last year when he was alleged to have engaged in a lewd act.

The decision clears the way for the UTV-owned radio station, 96 FM, to restore the outspoken broadcaster to the airwaves.

But one station source admitted that there is concern over the future format of the show given the nature of the controversy and the broadcaster's highly opinionated style of presentation.

- Ralph Riegel

Irish Independent

I'd be amazed if that Knobhead returns to the airwaves? Owners must think there are 100,000 knobheads willing to listen to that Knobhead.

Most people will be be turning the knob?

Surprising that UTV owners tolerate that Brick!:mad:

fudgie101 · 02-03-2011 10:38PM

I would love to pull willy on plane. this boy is hero.

Dudess · 02-03-2011 10:41PM

He hardly meant to do it, but the guy is still an odious individual and it's galling his horrible, preachy show will return to the airwaves... although perhaps with a bit more humility/humanity.

rebel10 · 02-03-2011 10:44PM

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

I'd be amazed if that Knobhead returns to the airwaves? Owners must think there are 100,000 knobheads willing to listen to that Knobhead.

Most people will be be turning the knob?

Surprising that UTV owners tolerate that Brick!:mad:

So many knobs in your post.

thecornflake · 02-03-2011 10:47PM

He just tried to get the most value out of the baggage handling charge.

I thought the cockpit would've been a more pun orientated place to do it in.

fudgie101 · 02-03-2011 10:48PM

Did he cum?

Absurdum · 02-03-2011 10:51PM

Dudess wrote: »

He hardly meant to do it

bonerm · 02-03-2011 10:53PM

fudgie101 wrote: »

Did he cum?

He left the walls of the plane looking like a painters radio.

Cork Radio host jerks it on Aer Lingus flight

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