Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

Hangdogroad · 15-08-2019 8:09am

Nadine Coyne is someone I'd compare to Mumba. Remember when she was on something (the LLS?) and couldn't pronounce Nass (someone from Nass won a phone-in or something).

ButtersSuki · 15-08-2019 8:48am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Nadine Coyne is someone I'd compare to Mumba. Remember when she was on something (the LLS?) and couldn't pronounce Nass (someone from Nass won a phone-in or something).

It’s “Naas” (pronounced like mace, but with an n). Nadine however made it “Nazz”.

To be fair to her, not many Nordies would be familiar with the town or the correct pronunciation of its name.

You should check out her saying “flour” on YouTube though....

Harry Palmr · 20-08-2019 11:36pm

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Did anyone see that Theresa Lowe and Frank McNamara were bankrupt?
I mean how does anyone as an RTE lifer and a Barrister on the refugee/immigration gravey train go bankrupt?

Don't worry a kindly judge is looking after their best interests...

https://www.thejournal.ie/frank-mcnamara-theresa-lowe-case-4775610-Aug2019/

A HIGH COURT judge has said he is minded to approve a personal insolvency arrangement for musician Frank McNamara and his wife, barrister Theresa Lowe, to assist them with debts of €3.7m, subject to clarification of certain issues.

Financial fund Tanager DAC, which is owed €2.26m by the couple, had opposed the application. That debt is secured against the couple’s family home in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, which is valued at €550,000

skooterblue2 · 20-08-2019 11:59pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Don't worry a kindly judge is looking after their best interests...

https://www.thejournal.ie/frank-mcnamara-theresa-lowe-case-4775610-Aug2019/

Well thanks be to God for that. If you owe half a mill we can come to an agreement. If you owe €500 on an overdue on your bank account, well woe betide you. You will get your credit rating destroyed and your children repossessed and sold off as chimney sweep apprentices.

skooterblue2 · 21-08-2019 12:17am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

It’s “Naas” (pronounced like mace, but with an n). Nadine however made it “Nazz”.

To be fair to her, not many Nordies would be familiar with the town or the correct pronunciation of its name.

You should check out her saying “flour” on YouTube though....

I wonder what was the inspiration for this comedy sketch?

Radio5 · 16-10-2019 3:58pm

Keelin Shanley has disappeared from the Six One News and I haven't heard on radio bulletins either.

Muahahaha · 16-10-2019 4:45pm

Yeah thats true about Shanley, havent seen her since about April or May and never heard she was preggers or anything.

Probably mentioned back up the thread but former Formula 1 driver Eddie Irvine is rarely heard from. Heard a snippet somewhere yesterday about him buying some house in Miami for $12m and that was the first Id heard about him in years. Strange because he always seemed to love the limelight and Im sure chat shows would be asking him to appear given his racing car driver playboy image. He probably has 10 kids and is completely settled down now for all Ive heard about him.

RabbleRouser2k · 16-10-2019 9:59pm

Radio5 wrote: »

Keelin Shanley has disappeared from the Six One News and I haven't heard on radio bulletins either.

I think she's a bit too old to get pregnant... not trying to be a jerk, but she's 51.
Already has children, and a husband, so she's alright. Catriona Perry is on maternity leave, so I imagine RTE are in limbo as to what to do with her at the moment.

But Keelin is definitely missed from the news-she's probably one of RTE's most underrated presenters.

Odelay · 16-10-2019 10:15pm

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I think she's a bit too old to get pregnant... not trying to be a jerk, but she's 51.
Already has children, and a husband, so she's alright. Catriona Perry is on maternity leave, so I imagine RTE are in limbo as to what to do with her at the moment.

But Keelin is definitely missed from the news-she's probably one of RTE's most underrated presenters.

Keelin is a very talented lady. Hopefully she’ll return soon.

Hangdogroad · 17-10-2019 10:38am

Paddy Doherty seems to have dropped off the radar

Mango Joe · 17-10-2019 1:11pm

Rory McIlroy, former top tier golfer and professional mouth.

Won't be missed.

Water John · 17-10-2019 2:21pm

That is quite miserable, Rory is No 2 golfer in the world ATM. Take your gripe elsewhere.

Hangdogroad · 29-10-2019 9:43pm

The Russian one from Fair City, what became of her?

skooterblue2 · 29-10-2019 9:54pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Paddy Doherty seems to have dropped off the radar

No harm, probably organising bare knuckle fights or relieving some poor widow of her furniture. Oh just heard after he bet around some young fellas then he beat prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is calling him a bucket o' shute on Youtube and is calling him out for a rematch!!

Muahahaha · 29-10-2019 10:10pm

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I think she's a bit too old to get pregnant... not trying to be a jerk, but she's 51.
Already has children, and a husband, so she's alright. Catriona Perry is on maternity leave, so I imagine RTE are in limbo as to what to do with her at the moment.

But Keelin is definitely missed from the news-she's probably one of RTE's most underrated presenters.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Rabble but Catriona Perry is on the way back to the Six One news sometime in November. She wrote a book about American politics and launched it last week with all the RTE newshounds at the launch party. No doubt her book wont be mentioning the time she giggled like a schoolgirl when Trump called her over to his desk in the Oval Office.

I'd say when Perry is back Sharon Tobin is going to get dropped which is a shame because she is an excellent newsreader and miles better than Perry who is out of her depth most of the time.

RabbleRouser2k · 29-10-2019 10:47pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Rabble but Catriona Perry is on the way back to the Six One news sometime in November. She wrote a book about American politics and launched it last week with all the RTE newshounds at the launch party. No doubt her book wont be mentioning the time she giggled like a schoolgirl when Trump called her over to his desk in the Oval Office.

I'd say when Perry is back Sharon Tobin is going to get dropped which is a shame because she is an excellent newsreader and miles better than Perry who is out of her depth most of the time.

Well this is horrible news...

:(:(

Jesus... I imagine her book will portray her as the victim of trump's 'harassment'. A 'metoo' moment that will shatter the glass ceiling of political reporting... exposing the tragedy of being a woman.just doing her job, violated by Donnie's perverse words...how powerless she felt in that moment. How much she empathises with Louise O'Neill's play 'Asking for It'...because 'it almost happened to her'...

Or at least it will be with how it's portrayed. I imagine Una Mullaly will be there to help promote the victimhood... I mean book.

L1011 · 02-11-2019 1:43pm

The book is already out and none of that has happened.

RabbleRouser2k · 02-11-2019 11:41pm

Not everything I say is serious.

Sometimes it's a sarcastic comment on the media, notably RTE.

Same way the narrative around Joker was completely false to how events actually played out.

Hangdogroad · 25-11-2019 12:12pm

darkdubh wrote: »

What was that RTE music show from the late 90's? Wasn't on very long, circa 97-98. I thought the female presenter might have been Gerri Maye but no mention in her Wiki page. The male presenter had a shaved head and goatee. I vaguely remember the female presenter got some stick for saying that Richard Ashcroft was "hitting" a woman in the video for the Verve's Bittersweet Symphony.

darkdubh wrote: »

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Found it, it was called Popscene. The female presenter was Suzanne Duffy, no info on the male presenter.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXSR_=d46DzV3BJPg&_IXSS_=_IXMAXHITS_%3D10%26_IXFPFX_%3Dtemplates%252ft%26_IXFIRST_%3D1%26%252asform%3D%252fweb%252fsearch_forms%252fadvanced%26%2524%253dsi%3Dtext%26_IXACTION_%3Dquery%26_IXINITSR_%3Dy%26%2524%253dsort%3Dsort%2Bdescending%2Bsortexpr%2Bimage_sort%26search%3Dsearch%26%252aiexe%2BSECURITY_filter%3D%252e%26%2524%253ds%3Dpopscene%26text_search_context%3Dpopscene%26%253cphoto_taken_date_earliest%3D&_IXSPFX_=templates%2Ft&_IXFPFX_=templates%2Ft

Pearse Lehane was the male presenter. He's been a producer and director in the UK since the 00's

There was a third presenter, Róisín Saxe. Shes running a voiceover agency, also in UK.

Hangdogroad · 28-11-2019 10:45am

Remember an RTE quiz show called its Not The Answer? Circa 1999/2000. It was presented by a David McWilliams lookalike called Brian Smyth.

Radio5 · 28-11-2019 10:55am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

The Russian one from Fair City, what became of her?

Does she not appear in the Sindo Life magazine anymore?

RabbleRouser2k · 28-11-2019 11:33am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Remember an RTE quiz show called its Not The Answer? Circa 1999/2000. It was presented by a David McWilliams lookalike called Brian Smyth.

Found his twitter-I think he's doing music.

RabbleRouser2k · 28-11-2019 11:36am

Radio5 wrote: »

Does she not appear in the Sindo Life magazine anymore?

Husband's loaded, owns his own 3d medical printing company.

Hangdogroad · 10-12-2019 12:50am

Juliet Turner, singer/songwriter who was big-ish for a while in the early 00's.

Water John · 10-12-2019 1:14am

I think she trained as a psychologist.

Muahahaha · 10-12-2019 1:56am

Radio5 wrote: »

Does she not appear in the Sindo Life magazine anymore?

She was at Barry Egans super duper annual Christmas party for the Z list last week and he wrote about it in the Sindo Life, I got a little sick in my mouth reading it and how he managed to get warring Twink and Rory Cowan into the same room :rolleyes:

skooterblue2 · 10-12-2019 11:20am

Muahahaha wrote: »

She was at Barry Egans super duper annual Christmas party for the Z list last week and he wrote about it in the Sindo Life, I got a little sick in my mouth reading it and how he managed to get warring Twink and Rory Cowan into the same room :rolleyes:

So what if he could I could get two travellers into a field for a fight, no big achievement.*

*(Apologies to the traveller community, in no way did I want to compare you to that complete knack bag, Twink. )

Be right back · 10-12-2019 11:24am

Isn't Barry just great? Great achievement there, well done him!

skooterblue2 · 10-12-2019 11:27am

Be right back wrote: »

Isn't Barry just great? Great achievement there, well done him!

Clearly this needs the acknowledgement of a Nobel peace prize? He is up there with Ian Paisley, Nelson Mandela, Martin McGuinness and Barack Obama

Be right back · 10-12-2019 11:30am

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Clearly this needs the acknowledgement of a Nobel peace prize? He is up there with Ian Paisley, Nelson Mandela, Martin McGuinness and Barack Obama

Most definitely!

the purple tin · 11-02-2020 3:41pm

Where is Carrie Crowley, herself from the Morbegs?

sligojoek · 11-02-2020 4:21pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Where is Carrie Crowley, herself from the Morbegs?

She was on Fair City up to lately. Think she's gone now.

the purple tin · 16-02-2020 10:00pm

sligojoek wrote: »

She was on Fair City up to lately. Think she's gone now.

Oh right. Once you star in FC you really have no further left to fall.

RabbleRouser2k · 17-02-2020 12:18am

the purple tin wrote: »

Oh right. Once you star in FC you really have no further left to fall.

Reality TV-that's all that awaits you after FC.

the purple tin · 17-02-2020 2:08pm

Where did barry Lang go to?

foxy farmer · 17-02-2020 2:48pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Where did barry Lang go to?

Became a pilot I think

the purple tin · 17-02-2020 4:43pm

Maybe you wouldn't call them celebrities as such but the Dundon and McCarthy families were in every irish newspaper and rte news back in the day.
I've always wondered where they went to? Did they kill each other off? All in prison? Maybe they moved away or reached some agreement among themseles about the drug trade in Limerick?

Hangdogroad · 17-02-2020 4:49pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Maybe you wouldn't call them celebrities as such but the Dundon and McCarthy families were in every irish newspaper and rte news back in the day.
I've always wondered where they went to? Did they kill each other off? All in prison? Maybe they moved away or reached some agreement among themseles about the drug trade in Limerick?

Wayne and John Dundon both jailed for separate murders along with a few of their flunkies.

the purple tin · 17-02-2020 6:31pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Wayne and John Dundon both jailed for separate murders along with a few of their flunkies.

So the McCarthys took over then?

RabbleRouser2k · 17-02-2020 10:16pm

the purple tin wrote: »

So the McCarthys took over then?

Are they going to be on Dancing with the Stars? Or Living with Lucy?

Hangdogroad · 18-02-2020 9:38am

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Are they going to be on Dancing with the Stars? Or Living with Lucy?

Stars behind bars.

Radio5 · 19-02-2020 12:11pm

Callum Best ?

RabbleRouser2k · 19-02-2020 10:54pm

Radio5 wrote: »

Callum Best ?

He turns up like a bad smell-he'll be back somewhere.

Last time he was on TV plugging a book. He'll probably do some show about his dad again.
HE sure did love milking the Best name.

the purple tin · 25-02-2020 8:00pm

Does anyone have a bead on the eccentric priest Fr Horan and comedian Alison Spittle, did she go off to break into America or was that someone else?

skooterblue2 · 25-02-2020 8:49pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Does anyone have a bead on the eccentric priest Fr Horan and comedian Alison Spittle, did she go off to break into America or was that someone else?

I would say poor Fr Horan is somewhere where he has proper care. Alison Spittle? a bit too generous with the celebrity title. How about one hit, no one attempt wonder. She should be confined to the typing pool in the department of going nowhere fast.

and still ricky villa · 25-02-2020 8:52pm

She's still plugging away

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0217/1115846-alison-spittle-on-feminism-religion-and-her-divine-fashion-icon/

skooterblue2 · 25-02-2020 8:57pm

and still ricky villa wrote: »

She's still plugging away

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0217/1115846-alison-spittle-on-feminism-religion-and-her-divine-fashion-icon/

Tragic delusions of grandure. About as funny as a burning orphanage and witty as a bucket of fish heads.

RabbleRouser2k · 26-02-2020 3:06am

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I would say poor Fr Horan is somewhere where he has proper care. Alison Spittle? a bit too generous with the celebrity title. How about one hit, no one attempt wonder. She should be confined to the typing pool in the department of going nowhere fast.

Horan's on twitter... very disturbing posts. He's not a priest anymore, he got defrocked.

Maeve Higgins tried to break the US. As did Joanne McNally. Maeve used to be funny until she went 'woke'... now she's a proverbial haemhorroid.

What's even worse is, she'll badmouth other comics material, at the same shows as them.
I've seen other comics do that-but they don't do it to any 'one' comedian.

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Tragic delusions of grandure. About as funny as a burning orphanage and witty as a bucket of fish heads.

Ah the 'mock religous figures to be woke' stuff. Won't even attempt to make jokes about Mohammed.
Yeah, I know it's said, over and over, but they are absolutely TERRIFIED to tackle anything minority related-while espousing about their token 'gay best friend'.

skooterblue2 · 26-02-2020 7:56am

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

Horan's on twitter... very disturbing posts. He's not a priest anymore, he got defrocked.

Father Neil Horans family are from Kerry and have tried to "contain" him. He must have been in college and had an early taste of what was being planned for us. I havent seen his twitter feed but because he is mad doesnt mean he is wrong.

Hangdogroad · 26-02-2020 8:00am

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Father Neil Horans family are from Kerry and have tried to "contain" him. He must have been in college and had an early taste of what was being planned for us. I havent seen his twitter feed but because he is mad doesnt mean he is wrong.

He's the chap who disrupted a F1 race and Olympic marathon because of some biblical "message". What is he right about?

Irish celebrities who suddenly vanished out of the spotlight

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