The Pat Kenny Show

Technocentral · 15-07-2019 10:23am

Two weeks fuuuuuuuuuuck!

Tell me how · 15-07-2019 10:39am

Edwina Currie is off the charts imperialistic.

Tell me how · 15-07-2019 10:40am

dominatinMC wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up, I haven't turned the radio on yet this morning, and now I won't be...for two weeks! :pac:

Only have one station have you? :pac:

griffin100 · 15-07-2019 3:15pm

I caught the piece on corruption in Ireland with an academic from DCU. Was an interesting piece. Healy with no hint of irony whatsoever given who he works for waffled on about the 'nod and wink' culture of corruption in Ireland. However he shut the interview down very quickly when the guest talked about the concentration of media control being a corruption risk factor. Healy to close threw in an expected comment about Trump and the media, ignoring the fact that journalists from the only decent newspaper in Ireland cannot appear on his show as they were involved in criticising the owner of the station he broadcasts from. Now that's an example of the Irish 'nod and wink' culture.

dominatinMC · 15-07-2019 3:46pm

Tell me how wrote:

Only have one station have you?

Ha, it's tough down here in the sticks! Pat is my go-to between 9-12, so if he's not on, I'll leave the radio off and go with a few podcasts instead.

Tell me how · 15-07-2019 3:54pm

griffin100 wrote: »

I caught the piece on corruption in Ireland with an academic from DCU. Was an interesting piece. Healy with no hint of irony whatsoever given who he works for waffled on about the 'nod and wink' culture of corruption in Ireland. However he shut the interview down very quickly when the guest talked about the concentration of media control being a corruption risk factor. Healy to close threw in an expected comment about Trump and the media, ignoring the fact that journalists from the only decent newspaper in Ireland cannot appear on his show as they were involved in criticising the owner of the station he broadcasts from. Now that's an example of the Irish 'nod and wink' culture.

I agree with you that it is a topic very close to the bone for NT. I think though it would have been very easy for them not to cover it at all if they just wanted to protect DOB.

In fact, I think DOB would prefer if they stayed away from such topics entirely so they deserve some kudos for that.

15-07-2019 4:15pm

griffin100 wrote: »

I caught the piece on corruption in Ireland with an academic from DCU. Was an interesting piece. Healy with no hint of irony whatsoever given who he works for waffled on about the 'nod and wink' culture of corruption in Ireland. However he shut the interview down very quickly when the guest talked about the concentration of media control being a corruption risk factor. Healy to close threw in an expected comment about Trump and the media, ignoring the fact that journalists from the only decent newspaper in Ireland cannot appear on his show as they were involved in criticising the owner of the station he broadcasts from. Now that's an example of the Irish 'nod and wink' culture.

Also, that bit at the end where the academic finally got around to mention concentration of media ownership was brought to a brisk halt.

Im sure it was fairly uncomfortable for Healy himself, knowing as everyone does that O'Brien isn't exactly hands-off when it comes to media commentary.

16-07-2019 11:44am

Jonathan Healy

JJayoo · 16-07-2019 3:22pm

God he is awful

JJayoo · 16-07-2019 3:22pm

God he is awful

griffin100 · 18-07-2019 9:03pm

I made the mistake of stopping by today between podcasts. I got to hear Fr Peter McVerry tell Healy that our prisons are so overcrowded because the government is railroading homeless people into jail as they couldn’t be bothered housing them. Healy made no effort to question him on such a ridiculous statement. I’ll be avoiding until Pat comes back.

Tell me how · 22-07-2019 9:34am

I like Bobby on his own show but not on full on current affairs.

Jonathan is a much more suitable stand in.

All of them suffer from 'not being Pat'. Hard to get praise when you're trying to fill Kenny's shoes.

22-07-2019 10:29am

griffin100 wrote: »

I made the mistake of stopping by today between podcasts. I got to hear Fr Peter McVerry tell Healy that our prisons are so overcrowded because the government is railroading homeless people into jail as they couldn’t be bothered housing them. Healy made no effort to question him on such a ridiculous statement. I’ll be avoiding until Pat comes back.

is that so ridiculous? I didn't hear the show, but we do know that poverty is correlated with criminality. We also know that poverty is not an on-off switch, it graduates along a scale, and the further down on that scale you go, the more likely you are to engage in criminal behaviour.

I mean, it stands to reason that if you at least have a permanent address, you have some degree of economic security... And also, the Guards know where to find you.

Tell me how wrote: »

I like Bobby on his own show but not on full on current affairs.

Jonathan is a much more suitable stand in.

Three hours of Bobby's voice is too much for me. And I know he's had throat operations, so this isn't some insensitive dig at his illness (hopefully recovered), his voice has been hard to listen to since the Dragons Den days, when I first heard him speak.

There is such a thing as having a voice for radio, and Bobby is almost the antithesis of that.

Moncrieff doesn't either, but Moncrieff does very well in making up for it with wit and erudition.

serfboard · 22-07-2019 12:37pm

Tell me how wrote: »

I like Bobby on his own show but not on full on current affairs.

Agree. Only heard the slot where he interviewed Robert Fisk this morning and was thinking that Fisk is so great to listen to, even when being interviewed by Bobby Kerr.

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

There is such a thing as having a voice for radio, and Bobby is almost the antithesis of that.

Yeah, he comes across fairly well personality-wise on the business show, and it helps to have someone who's has been there and done it in terms of running a business, but by God, his voice really does grate on the ears.

22-07-2019 5:26pm

serfboard wrote: »

Agree. Only heard the slot where he interviewed Robert Fisk this morning and was thinking that Fisk is so great to listen to, even when being interviewed by Bobby Kerr.

Fisk was on again this morning? Thanks for the heads-up. Will gladly listen back, Bobby's voice grates a bit, but he's not that bad.

I also agree with you about Bobby's personality. He comes-off as a genuinely decent bloke and although he's a fairly big employer, usually takes the side of the employee when giving workplace advice on Ivan Yates's programme. You get the feeling he's a man that would be worthwhile to work for.

Conservative · 23-07-2019 8:56pm

I used to like Bobby's business show in the early days as I thought he came across well on Dragons Den but find him insufferable now. Comes across very disingenuous, everything is "fantastic" and all around fake..

He was sitting at a table next to me in a pub about a year ago, Friday evening boring the arse off his guests talking about the situation on the "high street". I've never heard anybody in Ireland use that term but then again I don't know an alternative to it..

Terrible fill infor Pat byt better than Healy. I've been out of the country and not listening to her own breakfast show but I'd get Andrea Gilligan to do it instead.

Beechwoodspark · 23-07-2019 9:07pm

Conservative wrote: »

I used to like Bobby's business show in the early days as I thought he came across well on Dragons Den but find him insufferable now. Comes across very disingenuous, everything is "fantastic" and all around fake..

He was sitting at a table next to me in a pub about a year ago, Friday evening boring the arse off his guests talking about the situation on the "high street". I've never heard anybody in Ireland use that term but then again I don't know an alternative to it..

Terrible fill infor Pat byt better than Healy. I've been out of the country and not listening to her own breakfast show but I'd get Andrea Gilligan to do it instead.

I think Bobby has gone very very stale too

Same ol same ol from him the whole time.

Time to call it a day

23-07-2019 9:11pm

Conservative wrote: »

I've been out of the country and not listening to her own breakfast show but I'd get Andrea Gilligan to do it instead.

She seems eminently sound, and has a good voice for radio, but she doesn't carry the same kind of scalpel that can fillet a vacillating or evasive politician like her fellow northerner (with a similarly good voice), Audrey Carville.

Gilligan sounds pretty young, I'd say she'll make an excellent broadcaster in a couple of years, but right now it's evident that she's still learning the ropes.

Clearly, she's preferable to Bobby Kerr.

I'd have Kevin Doyle (Indo) fill in for Pat, if he were available. A great all-rounder and bright as a pin.

Conservative · 23-07-2019 9:27pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

She seems eminently sound, and has a good voice for radio, but she doesn't carry the same kind of scalpel that can fillet a vacillating or evasive politician like her fellow northerner (with a similarly good voice), Audrey Carville.

Gilligan sounds pretty young, I'd say she'll make an excellent broadcaster in a couple of years, but right now it's evident that she's still learning the ropes.

Clearly, she's preferable to Bobby Kerr.

I'd have Kevin Doyle (Indo) fill in for Pat, if he were available. A great all-rounder and bright as a pin.

I'd honestly listen to anyone that's ever broadcast on Irish radio over that sanctimonious twit Healy. He obviously hasn't learned any lessons from being dumped off every gig he's ever had..

Andrea has been well prepared and informed anytime I've heard her fill in on shows. Certainly not out of her depth filling in for a week in summer. Best way to learn..

I was actually thinking of Kevin Doyle earlier. He was excellent on the breakfast shows last summer. Much better than the hired bunch

kneemos · 23-07-2019 9:36pm

How have they not hired Ian O Doherty yet? Good shoite stirrer as a stand in at least.

Tell me how · 23-07-2019 10:00pm

Andrea is on the breakfast show at the moment. Standing in for Shane Coleman. Has been for a while.

jeremyj1968 · 24-07-2019 9:17am

My god, I switched over there by mistake. Healy is only getting worse. Interrupting, contradicting, offering his own opinions as if they are truisms.

Roger_007 · 24-07-2019 9:32am

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

My god, I switched over there by mistake. Healy is only getting worse. Interrupting, contradicting, offering his own opinions as if they are truisms.

It is so unprofessional the way Healy uses 'interviews' merely to express his own opinion. He just bashes interviewees over the head if they do not agree with his own view.
He is embarrassingly bad at current affairs broadcasting.

Tell me how · 24-07-2019 9:34am

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

My god, I switched over there by mistake. Healy is only getting worse. Interrupting, contradicting, offering his own opinions as if they are truisms.

Yeah. I hate it when people do that.
No evidence. Saying the same thing over and over. Always feeling their view is the only correct.
And doing it day after day after day.

V annoying isn't it.

bloodless_coup · 24-07-2019 9:46am

Tell me how wrote: »

Yeah. I hate it when people do that.
No evidence. Saying the same thing over and over. Always feeling their view is the only correct.
And doing it day after day after day.

V annoying isn't it.

Black kettle

dominatinMC · 24-07-2019 9:49am

Tell me how wrote: »

Yeah. I hate it when people do that.
No evidence. Saying the same thing over and over. Always feeling their view is the only correct.
And doing it day after day after day.

V annoying isn't it.

I hope you can recognise the irony amidst your sarcasm :rolleyes:

24-07-2019 10:05am

Lay off it pleeze

humberklog · 29-07-2019 9:03am

Healy.

Ho hum.

Technocentral · 29-07-2019 9:04am

Ffs! I thought Pat was only away for 2 weeks?

29-07-2019 9:08am

Feck. Still no Pat. Sean it is so!

Odyssey 2005 · 29-07-2019 9:09am

Deleted User wrote: »

Feck. Still no Pat. Sean it is so!

He's not in either:pac:

29-07-2019 9:15am

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

He's not in either:pac:

What! Sweet Jesus. Artic Monkeys it is so!

Tell me how · 29-07-2019 9:19am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What! Sweet Jesus. Artic Monkeys it is so!

https://m.soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/pat-kenny-episode-215

29-07-2019 9:32am

Tell me how wrote: »

https://m.soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/pat-kenny-episode-215

Elephants. A while new side to the man.

Thanks Tmh

29-07-2019 1:48pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Feck. Still no Pat. Sean it is so!

(aside: I'm so glad you're a Pat fan!)

Jonathan Healy in for Pat again. He said last week he's in for Pat for a few more weeks, and said the same this morning, so Pat won't be back for at least a fortnight

29-07-2019 2:57pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

(aside: I'm so glad you're a Pat fan!)

Jonathan Healy in for Pat again. He said last week he's in for Pat for a few more weeks, and said the same this morning, so Pat won't be back for at least a fortnight

I love Pat. It will have to be old episodes so I can get my fix until he returns

29-07-2019 3:41pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I love Pat. It will have to be old episodes so I can get my fix until he returns

Like I'd definitely disagree with him on loads of stuff, I'm just here for his exasperstion at us mortals and his great big brain (there should be a drinking game where you have to sip every time he mentions Georgia Tech, we'll all be potted by lunchtime).

29-07-2019 3:47pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Like I'd definitely disagree with him on loads of stuff, I'm just here for his exasperstion at us mortals and his great big brain (there should be a drinking game where you have to sip every time he mentions Georgia Tech, we'll all be potted by lunchtime).

He does have a big brain and I hear he is also quite tall. I have a bit of a crush you see which means I bypass all his views that I don't agree with

Tell me how · 29-07-2019 3:58pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Like I'd definitely disagree with him on loads of stuff, I'm just here for his exasperstion at us mortals and his great big brain (there should be a drinking game where you have to sip every time he mentions Georgia Tech, we'll all be potted by lunchtime).

Pat?
Really?
Genuinely never noticed it.

29-07-2019 4:17pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

He does have a big brain and I hear he is also quite tall. I have a bit of a crush you see which means I bypass all his views that I don't agree with

I didn't know that either. He does SOUND tall, and yes I know that makes little sense

Tell me how wrote: »

Pat?
Really?
Genuinely never noticed it.

Bet you didn't know he lives in Killiney either.

How does the world and its mother know that Pat lives in Killiney? I seem to have known that since I was like 6.

29-07-2019 4:29pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I didn't know that either. He does SOUND tall, and yes I know that makes little sense

Bet you didn't know he lives in Killiney either.

How does the world and its mother know that Pat lives in Killiney? I seem to have known that since I was like 6.

I don't know where I read that but from his photos he definitely is tall. 6'2 plus easily.

I know what you mean about him sounding tall. You can get a sense of a person from their voice alone. Of course it's not always accurate.

jeremyj1968 · 02-08-2019 9:32am

Finally they read out a text calling him out for his sneering sarcasm. He proceeded to the text with his characteristic sneering sarcasm.

jeremyj1968 · 02-08-2019 9:48am

The Democrat they brought in to the studio to give them analysis thinks that Trump will not leave the White House if he loses the next election. He'll barricade himself in and his supporters will be marching on the streets. Based on absolutely nothing. Not challenged, not even presented as hypothesis. Very hard to take the station seriously these days when they are so conflicted by their own biases.

02-08-2019 10:06am

Obviously think their listeners are stupid enough to believe that nonsense.

Uncharted · 02-08-2019 12:50pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

He does have a big brain and I hear he is also quite tall. I have a bit of a crush you see which means I bypass all his views that I don't agree with

Pats about 6 foot.

Source: Stood beside him at the counter in PC world in Carrickmines.

jeremyj1968 · 02-08-2019 1:08pm

Thats him on the left. As if I needed to point him out.

BPKS · 02-08-2019 1:13pm

jeremyj1968 wrote: »

Finally they read out a text calling him out for his sneering sarcasm. He proceeded to the text with his characteristic sneering sarcasm.

Newstalk management should listen to the interview yesterday with the aviation expert.

It is why Healy should be let nowhere near hosting a show again. Kept butting in, giving his own "expert" opinion and little sarcastic jibes.

I actually hit the steering wheel and shouted "Will you shut TF up you p&%$k".

Technocentral · 02-08-2019 1:14pm

Pat back this Tuesday? I havent listened since he left?

02-08-2019 1:33pm

Uncharted wrote: »

Pats about 6 foot.

Source: Stood beside him at the counter in PC world in Carrickmines.

You got to stand beside him!! :pac: I imagine he smelt cedarwood and mahogany and wore a deep red silk cravat.

dominatinMC · 02-08-2019 1:34pm

jeremyj1968 wrote:

Thats him on the left. As if I needed to point him out.

He even has a punchable face!

The Pat Kenny Show

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