Neil prendeville

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

http://rsvpmagazine.ie/the-bite-eating-your-way-through-the-big-apple-with-neil-prendeville/

suicide_circus wrote: »

as a voter, tax payer and public masturbator, he has the right to express an opinion on how his tax euros are spent.

So, Neil Prendeville, of @Corks96FM posted this today. I'm appalled. https://www.facebook.com/Corks96fm/posts/573296886035901 …;
And I'll be listening to the show tomorrow, to hear more of his barely disguised racism.
@ke4no I'd prefer to bullwhack him out of it. It's just made me so mad!
@HugoBeB @ger_oconnor @Corks96FM @JamesCsn And yet, @Corks96FM are the ones with it on their facebook. It's not his personal page.
@wasteofgoodskin I take that point, but I'd love to hear just how far he goes with it. It's not right, even if he is a giant troll.
@Ms_F_Tutu @colm_ryan That's the hard part to fathom, isn't it?
@cuthbertable I'm more diplomatic than he is.
@ger_oconnor @HugoBeB @JamesCsn @Corks96FM No, it's not about Cork at all. Plenty of people here would disagree with him.
So I figure that tomorrow, we'll talk about actual immigration and racism in Ireland. Unless something else happens!
Goodnight chums!
@nickykealy not when they're based on incorrect facts.
@GarethofCork @mePadraigReidy immigration has nothing to do with Ireland's economic or healthcare situation.
@hairymcboon now that's a great idea.
Text to @Corks96FM asks why we care more about foreign countries than our own. #facepalm #nonsense
Prendeville claims that the racism accusations are saddening. Says people missed the other points. Doesn't clarify his comments.
'They were non nationals.' 'From where?' '.... Emm, Africa?' ignorance and supposition @Corks96FM
@Barthez wonderful!
The last three calls have supported Neil. All have given vocal support to his comments @Corks96FM
All I'm asking is that we acknowledge baseline facts about 'foreigners' and 'immigration'.
Neil asks why we hone in on racist comments? Because they're wrong. Unchecked racism created a Holocaust- that's why. @Corks96FM
Outside of those EU citizens, Ireland also welcomes residency applications and operates a system for asylum seekers.
212,000 people claimed asylum Internationally in 2012. They fled their homes in fear. Just 458 of them came to Ireland. @Corks96FM
We house those asylum seekers in the Direct Provision system because we don't allow them to work. @Corks96FM
They often live with their entire family in one room for up to five years. We give them medical cards because they need care but can't pay.
Asylum seekers represent just 0.013% of the population of Ireland. @Corks96FM
One of the Direct Provision centres is a mobile home site. We make people live there for years. @Corks96FM
94% of 2013 asylum decisions have been unsuccessful. @Corks96FM
Just 21 people have been named refugees so far this year. @Corks96FM
Just 24% of those seeking asylum were from Nigeria. Other countries featured include Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Not,I stress,Africa.
@PeopleofNZ you would think so. But this government refuses to allow it, they say we will be inundated.
Neil can make points about the poor state of the nation-but he should not have based it on 'Africans' and 'former Russians' @Corks96FM
He had the capacity and availability to do something meaningful- and he messed it up out of sheer ignorance. @Corks96FM
And now we have a radio programme full of people saying their own pain is exacerbated by foreigners. That. Is. Wrong. @corks96fm
I really was going to let it go, I swear, but I find it phenomenal that people could see his blame and lies as reasonable. @Corks96FM
@daithilinnane This. Yes.
@Huxley10 @Corks96FM NGOs with not enough funding and not enough help.
@ireland @Corks96FM It also institutionalises people on a scale not seen since the magdalene laundries
I have seen the evidence of the DP system and it is diabolical. Neil should visit Drishane Castle and take pictures of the conditions.
On average, people wait three years to hear a decision in their asylum case. In that time, Ireland will not allow them to work. @Corks96FM
Justice Minister says that if we allowed them to work we would open the floodgates. @Corks96FM
I really doubt that, with people emigrating left right and centre.
No response to any of these actual, evidenced, facts from @Corks96FM
And this. RT @Huxley10: @ireland also the fact that children are being raised in Direct Provision conditions. A national scandal.
The fact is that we treat some immigrants like dirt. We wouldn't stand for it if it was the Irish children. I don't see the difference.
Maybe it's how I was raised but people are people. Human decency shouldn't be measured depending on your skin colour or country of origin.
@irlchrism @Corks96FM I don't because I'm listening. They have yet to let a person tell Neil he's wrong. He has 58 minutes to improve that.
There are so, so many things we could actually fix if we didn't have to address this nonsense. #prendeville
@GarethofCork @mePadraigReidy Neil Prendeville connected these things on air yesterday.
@GarethofCork @mePadraigReidy there is thousands leaving Ireland in welfare, if EU parents work here and their kids are in other countries.
@GarethofCork @mePadraigReidy I fail to see how it's an issue. In fact, I find it incredibly sad that a parent would be separated from kids.
@GarethofCork @mePadraigReidy my friend we do not give handouts. The welfare system here is tight.
@ireland It's the Magdalene Laundries for the 21st century, complete with a snappy new euphemism and convenient scapegoat.
Nothing in the world makes me more mad than racism. It's utter nonsense.
.@ireland Well done on calling out this tripe. I've seen more informed & better researched arguments scribbled on toilet walls #prendeville
@AodhanORiordain Thank you. I really appreciate that. I've been at this for months and it's like nobody hears.
@keithmobrien I believe RT @stunt_penguin @Corks96FM He got absolutely creamed by Keith O'Brien's response.
@borogovedub @jmcaree take a check at the 96fm facebook page. You'll see it fairly fast.
And incidentally- thank you all so much for listening to this and learning the actual facts.
@TheGreatPodgsby @AodhanORiordain Actually, most Labourites would say Aodhán's one of the braves.
96fm have just raised the plight of the homeless young man near the Cork Opera House. I've seen him but he won't accept anyone helping him.
Very sad scenario. We talked about homelessness the other day, and it's devastating that it continues like this.
New caller on @corks96fm saying that racism doen't matter because the ship is sinking.
And yet if you asked me, I would say racism is a big leak in any sinking ship.
There are no direct flights from Africa to Ireland, according to Neil. Let's check. @corks96fm
And also, what about boats? What about people who are trafficked into Ireland? @corks96fm
@ireland @Corks96FM Aer Lingus fly to agadir in winter from Dublin. Morocco is Africa :P
. @ireland @Corks96FM He really should stop saying "Africa" like it's a country.
@pmcchambers @Corks96FM Absolute lies- barefaced shameful lies!
@robertbabington I'm fine with that. Citizenship is a privilege and ought to have that attached. Your point is perfectly fair.
@emer4612 Where did you hear this? That's incredibly sad.
For Neil: RT @cmcgovern @Corks96FM @ireland Agadir (Morocco) and Enfidha (Tunisia) & Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) (not including Canary Islands)
No response from @Corks96FM, even when we have evidenced real facts. That's toothless, to use Neil's own word.
@robertbabington This is also true. You'd be amazed what other cultures do to adapt to us though. They really love the Irish attitude!
@emer4612 Really shows you how opinions spread, doesn't it?
27 minutes left of the Prendeville show. Then I have a really fun question for everyone for a break.
@ireland if @Corks96FM had any duty of care as a public broadcaster, they should be retweeting your timeline.
Ireland is allegedly now racist to its own people in order to support lame ducks- an actual comment on radio right now.
. @AnGiogoir @Corks96FM Unemployment at 14.1%. Your emigration figures are correct. 50,000 immigrants a year? Give me a source, I beg you.
.@ireland @corks96fm Unemployment at 15%. 300k emigrated in last 3 years. 50k plus immigrants a year. You're wrong I'm afraid.
@NiallOK How did you know?
@emer4612 Fact. Retweeting this.
@ireland i just think that parents and adults shud correct their kids in the first instance of any form of racism either it's a joke or not.
@katia75014 Oh, some people have wonderful experiences and that's amazing. But on a broad scale, the asylum system is poor.
@katia75014 I would hope you'll always be welcome here. The people themselves are fab, but the incorrect facts are dreadful.
@RommelBurke @Corks96FM A challenge if ever I heard one!
Last hour really good example of why broadcasters need to constantly monitor their social networks when live programming @ireland @corks96fm
@brenstrong You'd be tuning into @corks96fm . No doubt their listenership will go up today. The country!
@unakavanagh @emer4612 Absolutely appalling. If we start that young, there's the centre of the issue.
@AnGiogoir @ireland nearly half of that number (300k) that emigrated were of another nationality than Irish. Immigrants returning home.
@Stephen_Madden @AnGiogoir @Corks96FM Outflow of Irish, yes, but overall the emigration figures are correct. We count them all as one.
@katia75014 This is a great point that I had entirely neglected!
@jonathan_mccrea Nope, I've heard nothing. Worse, I also posted on their Facebook page pointing out the lack of response.
Aisling - Just wondering - have the producers invited you on the prog to discuss? @ireland
Some of you are asking if @corks96fm have contacted me. Nope. We're ironically facing radio silence.
Also, forgive me if I miss some of your tweets, this has really taken off.
@AnGiogoir @ireland @corks96fm 50k immigration of which 12% ( 6,000) are non-EU. 10,000 or more are Irish returnees.
. @NiallOK Yes he said that some schools in the US don't admit white pupils and that that's reverse racism.
Nice to have someone operating the @ireland account with some teeth for once.
@pmcchambers A second load of lies. Most of them can't afford buses. You've just reminded me of something else.
@AnGiogoir Just to help you, this from a year ago: http://factsaresacred.ie/memes/is-irish-emigration-at-the-highest-rate-since-the-famine/ …; @ireland @Corks96FM
I had completely forgotten to give you facts about the money we pay asylum seekers.
In Ireland, an adult Asylum Seeker in DP accommodation receives €19.10 per week. A child receives just about half of that.
That is the entirety of their disposable income. 20 quid a week- wonder if any of us could do it.
Some of them have hospital appointments in different counties, and struggle to pay the transport. Obviously.
@nickykealy I'm fine with looking after our own, and first. But that doesn't allow us to neglect others and to lie about it.
@jonathan_mccrea Absolutely. I'm seeing this as an opportunity to tell the truth on something pivotal in society. But it's a bad system.
@ERN_Malleyscrub @snoring_cat Haha, no harm done!
Follow the @ireland twitter account today. Aisling is ripping that bigot Neil Prendeville on Cork's 96FM a new hole.
@wearerabble @ireland ..and it's a beautiful thing.
Conversation on casual racism on @ireland. Good to bring this up again: So where are you from? You don’t look Irish. http://unakavanagh.com/archives/1876 ;
@nickykealy As do I. But a balance is vital, or else we're not worth the constitution we wrote.
@discostubugaloo @pmcchambers Absolutely not. Does not exist. I promise you that, from experience. Does not happen.
@ireland also useful > Invisible Children Installation > http://m.limerickleader.ie/community/community-news/latest-news/limerick-exhibition-highlights-invisible-children-1-4942878 …;
@Ciarastweets @jonathan_mccrea Precisely. That was why I decided to go through this this morning.
There are 9 minutes left of this show. Neil says he is sad that people took small portions of his speech and called them racist.
He says "You can only do the best you can." Says he'll be long gone and the issues will just get worse. @Corks96FM
@blainesligonew The state gives them that €19.10 each week. They're not allowed to work.
Annnnd he finishes on an anectote about an abandoned buggy by a foreign national. I want to see the actual proof of that story.
Every non national does NOT have a medical card! That is a complete falsehood Neil! @Corks96FM
@AnGiogoir @Corks96FM Visa entry applications doesn't equal successful ones. Please, dont be biased with facts.
.@ireland @corks96fm http://bit.ly/11E4mB5 ; Actually. 83,990 entry visa applications in 2011.
I wish I had heard the first caller, Joe, who is now bring lambasted for being entirely reasonable.
@borogovedub I've heard it four times today, so far. Raging.
@ireland There is no proof, it's just racist scaremongering. Truly awful stuff.
@achillgooner @ireland I could do it for a week, maybe, but not long term. Replacing a broken umbrella would blow your budget.
Show has ended.
My entire aim with this morning was to provide actual facts and challenge false assertions.
I'm inspired by how many of you responded so well to a controversial issue.
I am incredibly proud of every single one of you who sent me facts, looked things up and helped me out.
We may change nothing, but that's no excuse not to try. Racism is a poison and lies are a dirty currency.
So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all so much.
@ireland Non-irish nationals are often invisible in this country, and I say that as one who is working here, not seeking asylum.
@ireland Great job! Wish people would learn the difference between a migrant, an asylum seeker and a refugee! http://www.unhcr.ie/do1thing/learn-a-fact-about-refugees …;
@TimForde Someone went into this earlier and heroically contacted each one. Hero!
@unakavanagh @redmum @ireland I myself and a lot of people I know have had people not believe we're Irish.
@blainesligonew Better accommodation, access to the workplace, access to education, fair welfare payments.
The @CorkEveningEcho are looking for comments on #prendeville . This whole timeline is pretty accurate for that!
My apologies for being briefly offline- Twitter locked me out for too many tweets! Oops!
On a side note, anyone interested in this topic should follow @NascIreland @DorasLuimni and @MigrantRightsIR. They're all amazing.
Fair play to @ireland .It's easy to ignore racist comments as ridiculous but refuting them is important to show that racism is always wrong.
After @ireland's morning discussing racism, I've decided to publish this blog a little early: http://www.taraflynn.ie/blog/racist-bb/ ;
@aidankelly I'm amazed by how many new followers there have been. :O
@darraghdoyle Thank you so much. You guys gave me the shot, so it's on WorldIrish really.
@soundmigration High praise coming from you- thank you so much!
@unakavanagh @darraghdoyle 'Twill be bettah than de Eurovision!
@unakavanagh @aidankelly @darraghdoyle Cannot wait to see it. Will be there with giant, mocking banner. :P
Okay guys. Here's a light hearted one. If you were a superhero, what would your #obscuresuperpowers be?
Mine is that no matter where I go or what I'm doing, a penguin would always find me. #obscuresuperpowers
@Rchambers22 I did say obscure! And nope, cos I could somehow use it!
@delphinecoudray This is great! I love this one!
@Rchambers22 I would train it to fight people from the knees down!
I would train the penguin to fight people from the knees down, and to bring friends! #obscuresuperpowers
@ireland Slower than average hair growth, "she saves a fortune on haircuts". It's actually a terrible burden.
@ireland the ability to always locate the elusive second sock #obscuresuperpowers
@ghughes365 I have a terrible fear of birds, so I'd take the duck sized lions and cuddle them! Probably to my detriment!
@ireland more to the point - who would win in a fight; a lion-sized duck or two duck-sized lions?
@Shane__obrien You know, you'll surprise yourself with what your brain can achieve when the time comes. I'm sure of it.
@Rchambers22 You had to wreck it, didn't you? All I wanted was a wee buddy.
@BeeNiBee @ghughes365 I did say obscure!! I did not say reasonable, sensible and measured!
@ireland being able to study by literally eating books =P
@BeeNiBee @ghughes365 Yes! This I like!
@BeeNiBee @Rchambers22 @ghughes365 that's the only ridiculous part?!
Jobbridge seeking a chip shop assistant. RT from the amazing @squidlimerick: http://intern.jobbridge.ie/Default.aspx?q=B+fomdowzS8kaDnSlUDk1yW26DjUJdnNZmJvk4EsxDKnmmsSN00TwaZaIEFImBsaaGNRm1iHqg5kX6b3kPYAFGpQj6XSq5Z5xpG6YejShRwE4iXJAhWa8Oav1x6NCtZpz+vtmn2PvG3iHi9TEQk3kM9zOOvWd7ubzbmyBG3OTZJpBPAbWlh3lzKcSEE5uGR4fZYrwDZ4aTY04mweCY53TXf5KP8t8nFbldI4YH1OqPYANtYlNp32Rpa0lzv9cHm5aRp8xLNzRDXqm7G/Mc3n+VZTnMGmXaWHRWaT13uC2GDXPBk3tHOOrNet0qtJ8yOpFtfk04gw9URlQ8wM3WfpDWgQ7OhzxrhWyH2mqSSIJz8j9CKNhPHoTuErjKh2lL328N5aR4GKQrxNCJbCY2p/HnKFWXQtaeHgGKVoFp/odBGD6e32LzoTsMoOEiQnDybuQOIrU3irfdfQF6P0DP5rpzfed8s9d73v …;
@Barthez what was the response?
@Barthez I'm happy they responded at all.
@ireland The National Lottery had the courtesy of responding to me regarding their advertising during the Prendeville show.
#96Neil prendeville is A cork legend and #corkpassport holder. Get stuffed the rest of @ireland. @corks96fm is 100% cork irish
@tonguelash @Corks96FM you're entirely fine with his comments? Even though there are huge factual inaccuracies?
@nickykealy you're still entitled to your opinion! And you certainly aren't offensive. :-)
@benkenealy @nickykealy also entirely true.
@ireland I have friends that are not from Ireland but who havve come and set up home here and work. I havve no problem with that and think
@ireland its great. Its where benefits to our own citizens are cut who do not deserve it and still we have to keep taking in people
@nickykealy recently fair opinion. My war is fundamentally against nonsense blame. I may not agree with you but that doesn't make you wrong.
@ireland even though we can't afford it as the country is on its knees. I have a huge problem with that.
@nickykealy that should say entirely, not recently. My apologies for the typing error!
@ireland Well, respect to you. And no, you can't blame any particular people for our problems. I (cont) http://tl.gd/lqmpee ;
I've just been through my Twitter, Facebook & email welcomes home - am overwhelmed. Thanks to everyone who took the time to write. So nice.
Have a look! @ireland #clouds pic.twitter.com/niKo6twr0l
@mrcbehan Yes I figured it would be this one. I'm divided on it.
@mrcbehan Like, on the one hand, brilliant turning Abercrombie's policy on themselves. But a bit like Ryanair, it's all PR for them.
@mrcbehan And then are they undermining the homeless by saying the homeless aren't worthwhile in their own right?
@mrcbehan I think they really did have the best of intentions though, so I appreciate it for that reason.
@mrcbehan That would have been a great idea!
@declan_leonard @stuartclark66 possibly, yup. He just went about it all wrong and that's bad in itself.
Dang, I really wanted to find it by myself!! pic.twitter.com/0OJLRc4cQ8
Ooooh third option has emerged already! RT @bigglesgr @ireland Bewleys
@deshocks Ah here now! Ticking all the boxes ain't on!
@johnmadden78 I find Tetley's offensively meek. I don't know why that is. But good on you for being different!
@deshocks @james_mc_f That's fascinating! On the fence indeed! I'll let you off this once!
This question never, ever fails to get the debate going, I swear. Brilliant.
@ireland Robert's. And for extra snob- points, only their Luxury Kenyan.
@krabbe You win the snob award without any doubt! No fear of you!
@ireland That is all ! pic.twitter.com/Gq5qgfn1Vk
@krabbe Totally amazing background!
@travors Ah now! I said 'twas grand!

Seems like @Corks96FM have deleted Niall Prendeville's rant from facebook but haven't issued an apology of any sort.How come?

Cartuja wrote: »

From what I know of Neil, he didn't write it unaided.
The piece is causing quite a stir on Leeside.
I've noticed a lot of anger on all talkshows recently. Something's gonna give.

Aside from that, Prendeville made some comment today, saying that he would'nt be able to criticize the government from the middle of June.
Has there been some change in the broadcasting law?

AnonoBoy wrote: »

You make it sound as if public masturbation is something that we're all going to do at one point or another in our lives! :pac:

grenache wrote: »

If you're offended by that, you really should not leave your house in the morning.

Nodin wrote: »

What is it that he says about them, might I ask?