Mary O'Rourke Watch

Jesus Shaves · 22-10-2012 10:05pm

Dirigent wrote: »

Anyone know if one of them is going to try to inherit her legacy by standing for election, or has the "Entitlement" gene died out in that family?

http://www.aengusorourke.ie/

JonathanAnon · 22-10-2012 10:15pm

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

http://www.aengusorourke.ie/

Yeah but he's the adopted one.. He's get out of the whole "dynasty" assertion on a technicality..

dulpit · 22-10-2012 10:24pm

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

http://www.aengusorourke.ie/

His number 1 news article is how he pledged in 2009 to have a newsletter. Since then 3 issues (one a year) :pac:

Dirigent · 23-10-2012 7:46am

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

http://www.aengusorourke.ie/

You have to scroll way down to find the FF logo!

MadsL · 23-10-2012 4:59pm

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

http://www.aengusorourke.ie/

Dear God, make it stop. Make. It. Stop!

Dirigent · 23-10-2012 5:09pm

Mammy apparently pours absolute scorn on the late Garret FitzGerald in her new buke. (I haven't read, and certainly won't buy the book).

I wonder is this in any way related to the infamous incident where he went to the lower Dawson St area in the middle of the night and personally checked the possibility of fitting in the tramlines, whereas Mammy was always happy to commission yet another report from overseas consultants before making a decision.

L.Jenkins · 23-10-2012 5:53pm

Mod Note: Ladies and Gentlemen, please keep on topic. Continue to stray off topic and posts will be deleted.

Dirigent · 25-10-2012 8:01am

Mammy warning: Avoid RTE Radio 1 for the next hour.

IvyTheTerrible · 25-10-2012 8:52am

She's after saying on John Murray that the Eircom debacle was great for the country. Delusional.

bernardo mac · 25-10-2012 8:53am

She's back praising Bertie on John Murray. Little to say but does use a lot of words to express that.Give us a break RTE

Dirigent · 25-10-2012 8:55am

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

She's after saying on John Murray that the Eircom debacle was great for the country. Delusional.

Surely you must have misheard. She must have said "Great for the Asset Strippers"

charlemont · 25-10-2012 5:59pm

She has no shame, None whatsoever.

sligojoek · 25-10-2012 11:46pm

Ah Here.

Now she's doing an agony aunt column (full page, one problem. And a sidebar with next week's problem) in one of the Saturday indo magazines.

Sorry if it's completely off the radio thread topic but it kinda fits in.

harney · 26-10-2012 3:27pm

She will be on Matt Coopers show on TodayFM today.

neris · 26-10-2012 4:36pm

Poaching pushing her bog roll now on today fm

neris · 26-10-2012 4:36pm

pushing her bog roll now on today fm

Lady Chatterton · 26-10-2012 4:36pm

She is on with Matt Cooper NOW!

JonathanAnon · 26-10-2012 4:57pm

Sell the state assets for short term gain, is that it? Certainly in line with the rest of FF's short sighted policies anyway...

I didnt think I could hate her any more than I do, but there you go... I do.. :mad:

Good interview by Matt...

Rebelheart · 27-10-2012 11:21pm

A double whammy this morning: Mary O'Rourke talking to an equally self-serving parasite on Irish taxpayers, Marian Finucane.

It's sickening, truly sickening how the entire RTÉ machine is giving her all this free publicity.

Lapin · 28-10-2012 6:31pm

Rebelheart wrote: »

It's sickening, truly sickening how the entire RTÉ machine is giving her all this free publicity.

True.

This is a woman who, with the help of her family (both political and blood related), managed to destroy this country and screw it up for generations yet to come.

Yet in the last 10 days she has been given free publicity to further enrich her life on The Late Late Show, Nationwide, The John Murray Show, and the Marian Finnucane programme. All programmes with high viewer / listenership ratings.

I can think of many far more credible authors who would relish the opportunity to gain, even a small fraction of the publicity our state broadcaster has afforded O'Rourke recently.

It sickens me to think that I am compelled by law to buy a licence which ultimately funds TV and radio appearances for a woman who should be in prison for crimes against the people of this country.

ArthurG · 30-10-2012 3:28pm

Lapin wrote: »

This is a woman who, with the help of her family (both political and blood related), managed to destroy this country and screw it up for generations yet to come.

I think its a bit harsh to blame her for everything......

Dirigent · 30-10-2012 4:24pm

ArthurG wrote: »

I think its a bit harsh to blame her for everything......

OK, maybe a tad harsh to blame her for everything, but she sat at Ahern's Cabinet table when the seeds of our destruction were sown. And she didn't retire, she lost her seat. And ever since she's been lording over us from every radio and TV station in the country with her soft-focus spin on things, which involves blaming someone else for anything.

Lapin · 30-10-2012 6:17pm

ArthurG wrote: »

I think its a bit harsh to blame her for everything......

I didn't blame her for everything.

I said

Lapin wrote: »

This is a woman who, with the help of her family (both political and blood related), managed to destroy this country and screw it up for generations yet to come.

However she did sit at the cabinet table, and under the practice of collective responsibility during decision making at that table, she is as much to blame as anyone else.

Furthermore it is she who is putting herself in the firing line for condemnation and ridicule by continuing to appear in the public eye with her constant media appearances, memoir, and now an agony aunt column in a national newspaper just to add further insult to further injury.

I don't understand this veneration for O'Rourke. Would her former colleagues such as Martin Cullen, Mary Harney, Noel Dempsey, Dermot Ahern, Mary Coughlan et al receive such favourable media attention.
I doubt it and also doubt any of them would have the neck to seek it.

Even Bertie seems to have realised now that most of us would prefer it if he kept his trap shut and stayed the hell out of our sight.

O'Rourke's former colleagues copped on after the last election to the fact that they weren't welcome anymore. Some of them even got the message before the election. O'Rourke doesn't get it at all.

And I make no apology for saying that all of them should be in prison for crimes against the state, and face a 99% tax on all their pensions upon their eventual release.

ArthurG · 30-10-2012 7:05pm

Oops

ArthurG · 30-10-2012 7:06pm

Lapin wrote: »

I didn't blame her for everything.

Your bold emphasis would suggest otherwise. To paraphrase:

"The woman who, ....with help...., destroyed the country." What else could you mean?.

And yes I find her entertaining.

Lapin · 30-10-2012 7:36pm

Some people find circus clowns entertaining too. Perhaps if she chose a career as an entertainer rather than as a politician we might not be in such a mess.

And at least she could appear as a guest on Joe's funny Friday taking the píss out of other politicians as opposed to the others on there taking the píss out of her.

ArthurG · 30-10-2012 7:48pm

Lapin wrote: »

Some people find circus clowns entertaining too

Lol.

I'm stoopid because I disagree with you?.

Tell you what, when you grow out of playground insults come back and we'll have a proper chat.

P.S. That's a deliberate misspell in there in case you were going to pick up on it as evidence of my dim-wittedness

Lapin · 30-10-2012 8:38pm

I've never called anyone stupid (or even stoopid) in my life.

And I fail to see where I have insulted you in my comments above.

Lets not drag this off topic. I think I've made my feelings about Mary O'Rourke perfectly clear without insulting anybody.

Perhaps you would like to offer something in her defence, rather than just telling us you find her entertaining.

Dirigent · 18-12-2012 12:25pm

I see shameless Mammy is milking the funeral of Paidí O'Sé for all it's worth over on NewsWaffle.

serfboard · 18-12-2012 12:51pm

Dirigent wrote: »

I see shameless Mammy is milking the funeral of Paidí O'Sé for all it's worth over on NewsWaffle.

In fairness to her, she (along with Padraig O'Ceide) was brought on to talk about this report, but was asked about Paidi while she was on.

Now Mary hadn't read the report, or even the reporting on the report, so Jonathon Healy had to tell her what was in it on-air. That didn't stop her from giving us all the benefit of her wisdom, or from mentioning her book :rolleyes:

aphex™ · 13-01-2013 7:02pm

She's going to be on the History show on Newstalk in a minute. 'Talking about what it was like to be a government minister'. :mad:

GSF · 13-01-2013 7:23pm

aphex™ wrote: »

She's going to be on the History show on Newstalk in a minute. 'Talking about what it was like to be a government minister'. :mad:

I wait with baited breath for her to decribe how she and her colleagues bankrupted the country.

harney · 11-03-2013 10:21am

Mammy on Ray D'Arcy at the moment.

mike65 · 11-03-2013 10:37am

Two months without a sighting!

Radio5 · 11-03-2013 10:45am

She was at the Ennis Book Club Festival last weekend talking about corruption and power. Wasn't there myself so I can't tell you what gems of wisdom she imparted.

Lapin · 11-03-2013 1:05pm

Radio5 wrote: »

She was at the Ennis Book Club Festival last weekend talking about corruption and power.

After a lifetime in Fianna Fail, she is well disposed to talk at length about both of those subjects.

I'd rather she gave such talks to fellow cellmates in the Dochas Centre, than at the freedom of book festivals.

Yakuza · 11-03-2013 3:07pm

Lapin wrote: »

I'd rather she gave such talks to fellow cellmates in the Dochas Centre.

Ah here - that's a very unfair, cruel and unusual punishment

(for the rest of de wimmen in de Dochas)

.

harney · 02-04-2013 3:57pm

She is now on whom ever is covering for Matt Cooper right now speaking about her grand-mothering skills.

mike65 · 02-04-2013 4:29pm

The stand in is not having a great show, perfunctory questions being put, and a general lack of control/accuracy and insight describing the exit of Kidney "as a bit of shock" and wondering about the timing. Clearly not remotely clued in.

neris · 29-04-2013 12:26pm

Mary must have been keeping low last while but raising her head again on news at 1

SEPT 23 1989 · 01-05-2013 10:36am

2fm now

europa11 · 01-05-2013 11:38am

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

2fm now

Oh sweet jeebus :eek: Why do I feel Mammy has seen the damned "A" debate (I can only presume that's why she was on 2FM) as a godsend to relaunch herself on the public airwaves....yet again.

ffs, what part of the word "retired" does this this woman not understand?

Or is she using this current bout of media bed-hopping to realise the harbouring ambition of some triumphant return to public office as amnesiac dullards turn back in their droves to FF?

mike65 · 01-05-2013 11:48am

Is she being asked about FF policy on current matters or is it self pimping? I've said before she doesn't phone them they phone her. Blame the media for being a bunch of lazy dimwits with a very small phone book.

serfboard · 01-05-2013 2:20pm

mike65 wrote: »

Blame the media for being a bunch of lazy dimwits with a very small phone book.

You're producing a show. You've a guest lined up for a particular spot. 5 minutes before you're about to re-contact the guest you get a call/text from them saying they can't do it. Panic! What do you do!?

Call your mammy ...

Or better still, call Mammy. Mammy will never let you down.

Mammy O'Rourke. Saving listeners from dead air for 30 years.

bureau2009 · 01-05-2013 2:26pm

serfboard wrote: »

You're producing a show. You've a guest lined up for a particular spot. 5 minutes before you're about to re-contact the guest you get a call/text from them saying they can't do it. Panic! What do you do!?

Call your mammy ...

Or better still, call Mammy. Mammy will never let you down.

Mammy O'Rourke. Saving listeners from dead air for 30 years.

And after decades in public life it's her ONLY notable achievement :eek:

:mad:

europa11 · 01-05-2013 2:52pm

bureau2009 wrote: »

And after decades in public life it's her ONLY notable achievement :eek: :mad:

Ah well now, be fair.

She did give a shlt-hot tip on Eircom shares one time

Greenman · 12-05-2013 10:25am

On with Marion now.

snubbleste · 12-05-2013 10:27am

"Welcome to Athlone" ie. you are on my territory

6am7f9zxrsjvnb · 12-05-2013 10:33am

to be fair,she was a beautiful woman in her prime.

12-05-2013 10:36am

"Mary O'Rourke Watch"?

Jesus H Christ guys, you *all* need a hobby.

Mary O'Rourke Watch

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