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The Pat Kenny Show Thread

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    #1742
    jcf
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭jcf


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    A here now, steady on. I for one will look forward to hearing about her qualification - the realisation of a long-held dream from what I hear. Fair play and big kudos to her. And from what I know her father also coaches at least one of the other Olympic qualified boxers. Think he's more entitled to have his say and be congratulated on the PK show than a lot of others who appear!

    You're right, I apologise for my rash post- she just annoys me with her "god is on my side" crap..


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    #1743
    jcf
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭jcf


    touts wrote: »
    She is a role model for all Irish people and you sir are an idiot!

    Correct.


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    #1744
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭touts


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    A here now, steady on. I for one will look forward to hearing about her qualification - the realisation of a long-held dream from what I hear. Fair play and big kudos to her. And from what I know her father also coaches at least one of the other Olympic qualified boxers. Think he's more entitled to have his say and be congratulated on the PK show than a lot of others who appear!

    Indeed. He is far more entitled to have his say than that Cllr on before him complaining about the Mahon Tribunal findings that she took corrupt payments. She shouldn't have been given the airtime. She had plenty of time to justify her corrupt actions at the tribunal and they still found her guilty. Pat should have nailed her to the wall and finished her political career. While Katie is an example for every Irish person to follow that woman is an example of everything that is wrong in Irish political life.


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    #1745
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,953 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I haven't been able to put my finger on it the whole time this debate has been going on - and Lord knows it's been going on a long time - but there's something odd/unseemly/distasteful/just plain weird about the public bidding frenzy - pick me/my site!!! - for this new Children's Hospital.

    Not to mention the behind-the-scenes decision making processes that led to the Mater being picked, then unpicked. Now they're talking about co-location - that was the be all and end all at one stage, now with these new proposed sites it seems to have been relegated as a priority.

    A few days ago a site on St. James's Hospital was the front runner - today no mention of it.

    It just is the maddest, most never-ending, circular debate EVER - and there's not a block laid years later, and gazillions have been spent.

    Is it just me, or is the whole thing just bonkers? Why has someone or some committee just not made a decision, and gone with it?


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    #1746
    JonathanAnon
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    Fair play to Pat there.. you know he was dying to ask her about her father, and not her boring book.. but he managed to get through it without asking her about his recent marriage(s).


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    #1747
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,953 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Fair play to Pat there.. you know he was dying to ask her about her father, and not her boring book.. but he managed to get through it without asking her about his recent marriage(s).

    Who? What? I hear cookbook talk and my eyes and ears glaze over, I didn't pay attention to the interview at all. Who's her father???


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    #1748
    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Is it just me, or is the whole thing just bonkers? Why has someone or some committee just not made a decision, and gone with it?

    It's bonkers. Almost 100 years after both the Easter Rising and the War of Independence, we are still simply incapable of governing ourselves in any fashion that needs decisions made quickly or (God forbid) joined up thinking or forward planning.

    Healthcare - a shambles.
    Infrastructure - a shambles.
    Property - a shambles.
    Natural Resources - a shambles.

    Spotting a pattern here?

    To be fair, there are some sucesses - the IFSC, and the pharmaceutical and IT sector companies operating here, but by and large, we're goosed.


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    #1749
    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Who? What? I hear cookbook talk and my eyes and ears glaze over, I didn't pay attention to the interview at all. Who's her father???


    I only copped at the end - veggie this, veggie that. Her name is Mary McCartney - presumably daughter of Paul and Linda. I'd only ever heard of Stella before.


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    #1750
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭touts


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    I haven't been able to put my finger on it the whole time this debate has been going on - and Lord knows it's been going on a long time - but there's something odd/unseemly/distasteful/just plain weird about the public bidding frenzy - pick me/my site!!! - for this new Children's Hospital.

    Not to mention the behind-the-scenes decision making processes that led to the Mater being picked, then unpicked. Now they're talking about co-location - that was the be all and end all at one stage, now with these new proposed sites it seems to have been relegated as a priority.

    A few days ago a site on St. James's Hospital was the front runner - today no mention of it.

    It just is the maddest, most never-ending, circular debate EVER - and there's not a block laid years later, and gazillions have been spent.

    Is it just me, or is the whole thing just bonkers? Why has someone or some committee just not made a decision, and gone with it?

    You are approcahing this thinking of the children. That's a mistake. Think of is as someone gets to be rich and then the arguments make a lot more sense.


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    #1751
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,953 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    touts wrote: »
    You are approcahing this thinking of the children. That's a mistake. Think of is as someone gets to be rich and then the arguments make a lot more sense.

    Well, yes - but how in the name of God has someone not stepped in and called a halt to the whole shambolic circus? Loads of other stuff gets built without us knowing a whole lot about it (a different kind of problem, I know) - why does this have to play out like a gang of kids plying for attention in some bizarre game, with no final whistle or time limit (or so it seems).

    Sorry, that's dragged this thread slightly O/T but I've been puzzling over that for a long time now, and had to get it off my chest!

    Oh, and I've no kids so no vested interest or whatever.


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    #1752
    touts
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    Yakuza wrote: »
    It's bonkers. Almost 100 years after both the Easter Rising and the War of Independence, we are still simply incapable of governing ourselves in any fashion that needs decisions made quickly or (God forbid) joined up thinking or forward planning.

    Healthcare - a shambles.
    Infrastructure - a shambles.
    Property - a shambles.
    Natural Resources - a shambles.

    Spotting a pattern here?

    To be fair, there are some sucesses - the IFSC, and the pharmaceutical and IT sector companies operating here, but by and large, we're goosed.

    The global financial system is about to go whallop and France still wants tax harmonisation. This time next year IFSC - Shambles

    The patents on many of the drugs like Viagra that make up a huge chunk of our export surplus are about to run out and there are no replacements in the Irish factories. 3 years time Pharmaceutical - Shambles.

    With small 20 person companies like Instagram being bought for a Billion dollars there are signs of another IT bubble. 5 years time IT - Potential Shambles.

    Now we have a definite pattern. :-)


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    #1753
    sudzs
    Registered Users Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Oh my christ... Pat is talking about fetishes in a lascivious tone. I can feel my meusli threatening to make a reappearance! :(


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    #1754
    themadchef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,813 ✭✭✭themadchef


    "Sex, if it isint durrrty youre doing something wrong"

    Pat was dying saying that :D




    I mean, i eint sayin' he's a missionary man but :pac:

    How's that muesli Sudzs?


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    #1755
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    sudzs wrote: »
    Oh my christ... Pat is talking about fetishes in a lascivious tone. I can feel my meusli threatening to make a reappearance! :(

    Very good segment though, that french guy is fascinating.

    however..... Pat's taste in music is complete garbage


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    #1756
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    The No side seem determined to drag us to the edge of the abyss for ideological reasons, wake up and look at Greece, Spain and Portugal ffs. For the reasons Stephen Donnelly outlined I'm also a very reluctant yes voter, never heard of him before but that man speaks a lot of lucid sense.


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    #1757
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,046 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Heard a bit of pat this morning which I wouldnt normally do but ive come to the conclusion that pat should run the country on his own as he knows everything & is an authority on everything from spanish.banks to boxing to rugby. If pat was in charge our country would be perfect coz pat would know what to do & never be wrong. Plus wed save a fortune on political advisors


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    #1758
    Callan57
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    Technocentral wrote: »
    The No side seem determined to drag us to the edge of the abyss for ideological reasons, wake up and look at Greece, Spain and Portugal ffs. For the reasons Stephen Donnelly outlined I'm also a very reluctant yes voter, never heard of him before but that man speaks a lot of lucid sense.


    Stephen Donnelly is probably the most lucid person I've heard on either side of this campaign ..... listening to him on this morning's discussion I'm reminded of the old saying "He who truly knows has no occasion to shout"


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    #1759
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    neris wrote: »
    If pat was in charge our country would be perfect coz pat would know what to do & never be wrong. Plus wed save a fortune on political advisors

    Hmmmm.. Pat Kenny in charge of the country.. ? I'd say his neighbour would find himself out on the street after a few curious Compulsory Purchase Orders..


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    #1760
    europa11
    Registered Users Posts: 5,730 ✭✭✭europa11


    Yes, but think of how good he'd be at mending fences :D


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    #1761
    uriah
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭uriah


    touts wrote: »
    He wants to electronically tag all the doctors and nurses in hospitals so a controller knows where they are at all times. Apparently it boosted productivity by 50% in a hospital in the UK. Apparently he has never dealt with an Irish public service trade union.

    Some hospitals in Ireland still haven't introduced Laser card facilities because new fangled technology like that would mean a work practice change which the front line staff would not agree to and worse still Mary in accounts might have to be redeployed from her 50K a year job full time opening envelopes and drinking coffee with Joan who gets 60K a year full time generating the receipts.

    Best of luck introducing technology that tracks what they do every minute of the day.:D

    In my personal experience, the business/companies which do not accept laser/credit cards are all private sector.


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    #1762
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Callan57 wrote: »
    Stephen Donnelly is probably the most lucid person I've heard on either side of this campaign ..... listening to him on this morning's discussion I'm reminded of the old saying "He who truly knows has no occasion to shout"

    Of course it should be postponed but seeing as that's not going to happen the Yes side, especially reasonable ones like Donnelly, should be doing their level best to wake people up to the possibly disastrous consequences of a No vote.


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    #1763
    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    *PK Show in featuring-a-band-that-anyone-has-heard-of shocker*.

    Gwaan the Aslan!


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    #1764
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭touts


    Jasus but some guy from Aslan is wailing into the radio. It's painful. Why does Pat insist on having every has been Irish band on to promote their latest tour of bally-be-backwards. He doesn't strike me as a guy who is into his music and unfortunately it shows in the quality of the acts.


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    #1765
    SEPT 23 1989
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    Murphy shooting from the hip


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    #1766
    Dirigent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭Dirigent


    Mike Murphy: "They'll be quaking in their boots listening to what I have to say".

    Don't think so, has been.


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    #1767
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Why not give the presenting job to someone in arts broadcasting maybe John Kelly, instead of this boring old fart.


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    #1768
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,046 ✭✭✭✭neris


    ****e story


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    #1769
    Callan57
    Registered Users Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Mike Murphy excellent as ever .... amazing story about that Caravaggio forger - really enjoying it. :)


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    #1770
    sudzs
    Registered Users Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Did I hear it right - Mike coming out with a thinly veiled insult to Pat by saying something like all Irish current affairs programmes are fifth rate?? :confused:


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    #1771
    mike65
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    You did, "radio on TV".


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