The Frontline: Pat Kenny comes under fire

[johhny212100]

tat was brilliant

[MrDrico19]

How can every1 sit there with straight faces, This is comical

[Msroshinglebingle]

THATS INJUSTICE

[ronanb766]

girl at 1:40 on the left is dying to laugh

[rolandocbf]

"HOLD ME BACK!"

[jaunade]

i don't know who Pat Kenny is, but I freaking hate him now.

[djnaly]

@jaunade hes a famous irish presenter..

lol ireland is in a resection for like 4 years now...

hes a good man though

[IrishFTW123]

Only in Ireland would they let him have his say.Any Other TV station in any other country would cut to break,Hahaha HON RTÉ

[Judo0810]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA up the irish all the way haha we are a funny bunch ha

[mazza20007]

AHAHAHAHAHAH ONLY RTE WOULD LEAVE THE CAMERA ON HIM THAT LONG!!!! TOO FUNNY

[MultiCanning]

Shut Up Gaybo

If only Pat Kenny silenced him earlier

[InDreamForever]

Just have a look at the woman beside him...

[MissRandom007]

And at he end te bastard still got an applause -_-

[Holmesy9501]

@MissRandom007 He was dead right

[seankinsellasean]

The love child of some random Irish junkie and a 50 year old women

[Dillon15Wnike]

Fair play! he deserved it! Boring bastard anyway!

[itsallreal]

@Dillon15Wnike Fair play for what? He could have made that tired old point in half a second. It's not pat kennys fault how much he get's paid. Anyone else here would take it and anyone that says they wouldn't is a liar.

[ODowD101]

hehe pontificating

[MrXcdeegan95]

What he had to say was true, how he said it was retarded

[Laddips18]

what a man

[James4683]

9 ministers watch this video

[FreshChalk]

Your woman beside him mortified.

[shipitintheremate]

they let him go on and on and on and on......

[TOXICxASSxJUICE]

yid know hes from ireland

[groffus11]

hear hear

[boyler1998]

eijit



[gearoidmactiernan]

I'd say he lost his tooth, because he couldn't keep his mouth shut!

[olliephelan]

i worked in heuston for 15 years . i met this bloke twice , and was stuck sitting beside him on the bus once . He seems to be like this all the time . HES NOT WELL .

even though what he says is true . Seen him speak to other people and watched in case a fight woud break out . Im not a shrink but hes NOT all there .

[shakpur]

what a great guy so true

[romcoes]

I love this man q.q

[empirestatebuilding1]

NOW THAT'S REALITY TV!

[dunstanofgreen]

This boy here's pure class at pointing

[22gooner]

Dad?

[HipHop4Life210]

Waht a fucking hero

[SteddyFlossn]

this is exactly like gerrard butler in law abiding citizen scen with judge

[1441ish]

There will always be corruption in society, It,s just human nature. If you let it get into your mind you will go insaine.

[DanielTintinFinn]

Idol.

[stormycliffs]

SIX HUNDRED TOWSAND POWENS!!!!!

[AnimalWelfare1000]

Thats injustice!!!

[nomoreterrorism]

that man made a good point , badly

[TheConzArtist]

what us he saying....

[AjLeapz]

U mad bro?

[SouchonP]

Fair play

[LMC931]

Right then, drinking game.

Each time he points, DRINK.

[jayptrump]

dis is a great example of what has our country in such a mess! a brave man confronts dese ignorant money grabbin hypocrites and people call him "mad" if we were run by de english government we'd fight dem but when our own rip us off and run us into de ground we do nothin only ridicule de courage of de people dat speak der mind! typical irish, turn on our own let de idle rich rule de roost while de poor man is kept quiet and is forced to struggle on! fukin hilarious!!!

[rkennedy47]

i know pat kenny personally and he s a good bloke, unfortunately people who dont know him dont like him but people that do know him do like him, and btw i m not an upper middle class snob but wouldnt mind havin the money to be called one

[JRoN1Mo]

I hate to say it, but this guy was totally incoherent. His argument was misapplied and totally directionless. Here he is shouting down a fairly boring TV presenter in the midst of the worst recession in 30 years and rampant governmental corruption? Why not attack the hypocrites in Leinster House first, take care of the poxy presenters later. His grammar is atrocious, frequently repeating himself and missing out on connectives like "and", "is", "for" etc. If this is the voice of Ireland, I'm out

[mochababy2]

I BANGED PAT KENNYS DAUGHTER!! SHES ROTTEN

[jonyeire]

why do they clap for pat kenny at the end that man was telling the gospel truth, of course most the people in the crowd are probably upper middle class and are happy with the current status quo

[SLEDGEHAMMER109]

how can you call us a comunity when there are hundreds and thousands of forrin bastards walkin around our streets liveing next door to us,

[Malcom123X]

look at your mans grandma soo embarrassed of her son

[SymmetryIndustry]

Good man for doing that! \m/

[Daazbee]

"It's a very difficult time, for everybody"

Well, obviously not?

[johnopeanuts]

unreal

[cianoreilly92]

its the funniest thing ever with the sound off! :L



[83andyE]

STEAMER

[whyteay]

Yes I suppose everyone should get exactly the same salary. And the people on the high salaries - nothing bad ever happens to them, their life is a perpetual party in a bubble, they don't have doubts and fears and worries etc.

Sorry, too busy looking at the blonde lady at the left of the pic (with the sound on mute):

[johnthejew]

He proved him right by removing him from the studio. Always trying to silence the voice of independence.

[DJEMMEY25]

He should of rehearsed what he was going to say because he kinda made an idiot of himself by mixing up his words but he has a good point. Pat Kenny is way over paid

[Keepinitreal2011]

His dead right!!!

pending approval???fuck pending !!!!!!!!!

[TheCiller10]

anyone else think its hilarious saying everyone has a voice while someone is being dragged out of a room for speaking up ?

[TheBlackcat239]

Great stuff. Good for him, I remember watching this live and being absolutely astonished, but fair play to him for calling it as he sees it! He really kept him quiet for the whole 2 minutes barrage. Kenny had no reply

[blagit23]

Pat Kenny has earned his time on the airwaves after this. Democrazy, or sorry Democracy in action. ha

[antistar1000]

''600, 000 tousand pound for 11 hours week''

[IRISHFELLA2010]

epic stuff 

[ciarogciarogeile]

fair play to him! haha the woman beside him looks mortified ha! and the look on pat kenny's arrogant little face when he mentions suing an old woman for a field!!! classic haha

[seriousshaper17]

quaity

[SLiNKEDOUT]

this man has balls go i said!

[eugejnr1]

I'd give the blondie one one!

[rosso184]

@eugejnr1 i was thinking the same thing

[chris111c]

A year and a half later and he now gets 964000 a year haha

[Tibialmario]

he does speak the truth tho

[savagecabage]

he nearly came out through the screen there at one point

[TheAaronRoles]

Haha well done RTE to upload this to their own channel!

[sjnz90]

I dont know what the shit he was talking about but i found this hilarious =D

[Nikon05]

he definitely had a brush through a thesaurus before that rant :D

[cpjc08]

gold

[LoraBelieberLove]

I adore this man.

[Dowling1dow]

How long did he stand in front of the mirror and practice that !?

[yourdate4tonight]

"and now its gone al queer" he said that between 2:00 and 2:15

[jackthelad101]

fair play to him!!

[mjcork88]

@ the end she says in this together please don't make me laugh

[Briggsy102]

haha !! that's my uncle alan, bit of a mad yoke but he makes a fair point!!!

[irelandbacktoirish]

i hate fianna fail and the green party and i will never vote for either of them ever again

[upshaboya]

look at da women hes sittin bside! haha

[Dundeeman14]

Fair play to him

[Mellon7787]

Whats wrong with trying to make your fortune?

He gets well paid, what do you want him to do give the money back, cop on and stop over-using the word pontificate!

[0paul0waldron0]

What. A. Man. LEGEND! :D

[1800666666]

kenny got pwned!!

[woopibaby]

The lady on the far left is trying so hard not to piss herself laughing! haha

[jamesryan864]

It just goes on and on! xD

[SABRETO0TH117]

fake.

[terracostello]

pontificate...:)

[HotGeneration100]

Hey buddy - no need to get your panties in a bunch ...

[TheBarrymanfan]

give THIS man his OWN show, i have only today seen this for first time and he is WONDERFUL, he really articulates himself very well and i have NEVER seen anger like that on rte, AMAZING absolutely brilliant..replace Brendan o connor with this man, give him the saturday night show! ironically though i LIKE pat kenny, not saying his salary is justified, but i do enjoy him presenting!

[Hyperspeed91]

This never gets old!!!! The man is a genius!!!

[laoch98]

legend but its a pity he can't speak english!

[katemarie1986]

He's right!

[paulydublinboy]

Eh dude... we have EUROs now for 11 hours jobs.

[dubdude1]

LMFAO where he says "Now I'm going off to sue an old woman for a field, coz I feel I may make a million or more".... great line

[GallagherWellerBrown]

That woman beside him clearly wants the ground to swallow her up!

[mokbass]

More cuts coming on 7th December this year,lets start with Kenny and the rest of his like.

[edmondopowell]

ur a joke pat

[Sixalienasa]

That sure was a way of getting it off your chest. The problem with Ireland is the same old problem that has existed for centuries. Certain parties in England are running the country still. We may believe that we have independence but it is far from the truth. The real problem is that they are running the country into the ground. Making sure that Ireland will never be a challenge to them. There are many Irisnmen and women who are actively helping them to that goeal for their own ends.

[dfstarborn]

ha ha kenny you big stiff you had it coming lol

[seekyefirst]

I think that was the nail on the coffin for Kenny.

[maddi2k9]

i dont think he knows about the currency change in 2002

[heyman6661992]

fair play hate pat kenny

[THINLIZZYFANno1]

here here! he's a bit mad but he had a fair point

[LFCEOIN]

check mate pat

[HangTheDJ16]

I know: why don't we become a Communist "Republic" ? That lad is an eejit... We live in democratic, free-market state... Employers can pay their workers as much as they want.. Just because RTE is state-owned shouldn't change that fact... This is just typical Irish spite towards somebody successful.. Get over it.

[daluifh331]

To sure an old woman for a field bhahahahahahahahaa

[heyman6661992]

@daluifh331 its sue not sure

[lm035]

haha what a nutcase!!..

[SnapCracklePopOrgy]

hes such a smart alic at the end ''we give everyone a voice '' blah blah blah oh arent u great!!

[bountyc]

begrudging "ol chomper" trying to take the focus off the fact that these politicans have destroyed this country..

[silencesean]

What a space cadet.

[IrishLainey]

The woman beside him is like wtf!

[pbtrre]

THATS INJUSTICE! :L::L:L:L:L:L

[jamesc1988]

dats injustice hahahahaha

[matt247ryan]

he gets a clap at the end, but then again if hitler showed up on his show they'd probably clap him too!

hitler: "nein nein! ich liebe juden!"

pat: "well we're sorry adolf for all the bad things we said about you!"

audience claps!

[DJC11757]

Fair dues to the man. He's right you know. It's so damn frustrating that people like him are on the salaries they're on and for what? While the line gets bigger by the day, Kenny's harping on about what "fair" is. Put him in the shoes of say a family who's parents had jobs that earned enough to get them by week to week and had those jobs for years when suddenly their cut without so much as a thank you.

[joeylegend100]

he's a pure legend

[MiamiMortimer]

Someone has a limited vocabulary....where was security??

[RageOfTheKage]

'pontificating' hahahaha

[DavidMolloy2k9]

he did have a point... these people do feck all work and they're making a fortune, where the hard workers of the country are struggling to make a living or might not have work at all... it doesnt make sense

[tigerishirish69]

@DavidMolloy2k9 ur Man wasnt a hard worker, he is on disability..

[dancork1980]

mary hanafin shopping in Madrid! Caught out last week! What a shower of wasters running the country

[sillybearproductions]

the woman beside him in white is sooooooo embarrassed!!

[MrMickawallace]

ha ha!!!

[OrthodoxSteel]

Staged...the whole thing was staged. People who work for RTE handed in their brains at birth. People who watch RTE weren't born with any to begin with.

[JKProOnPlayStation]

That guy should get his own show!

[upstandingman]

Get his show ? that guy should be put in a straight jacket and let shout at the walls in his cell

[orangepaints]

Give that ma more drink and set him loose on brian the clowan :) Classic well worth my licence fee HA HA

[JackDooner]

haha good point

[UnifiedOblivion]

It's always the people who aren't given the screen time that actually make the sense. Pat Kenny and his sense of "fair" is so morally corrupt that it has gotten past the fact of being funny.

[SuperCoTcH]

hes damn right so he is its disgusting the salary that man is on and for what?

[Bubelhaftisch]

In fairness, if you were offered Pat Kenny's salary would you turn it down for 'moral reasons'?

I sure as hell wouldn't. Mary Hanafin, on the other hand, is in a state job that should be regulated by the government. Hell, the teachers and guards took a massive pay-cut. Why hasn't she? Cowen couldn't even demote her in the cabinet reshuffle. Minister for something else now.

[koikoiboi]

Yeah she's like how did I get sitting beside this nutter!

[kilmorebhoy]

for a bloke that seems a bit of a looper he is very articulate. plus he is right about the wages. i would nearly say bill o'reilly on fox news gets less than kenny and he has a show that goes out to 250 million people plus a huge global audience

[koikoiboi]

Jaysus!

[damostynes]

what show is this????

[39newcourt]

RTE should get rid of Kenny, he speaks for no-one.

[XxiloveGWxX]

He has an extremely fair point. Kennys patronising is sickening.

[lisam7082]

ha ha ha now im goin off to sue an old woman for a field!! classic...

[the9th]

legend!

[kaballmo]

If Pat Kenny had an honourable bone in his body he'd have made an effort to engage him and address his points. Instead he dismissed him offhand in a very patronising manner, like nothing he said mattered. It's actually a perfect analogy for the upper echelon's view of the working class.

[39newcourt]

exactly, Pat doesnt to criticisim. I get fed up when he can question a TD about how ethical it is to drop social welfare when he was Irelands only millionaire squatter.

[manconoo]

That's a brilliant point, very well observed kaballmo.

[Colcum]

I believe it's a fair response to someone who is clearly unhinged. When someone rants and shouts like that they shouldn't be engaged or debated with.

Kenny is probably paid too much considering RTEs budget.

[Murrayjohnny1983]

Haha the poor plank couldn't get a word in edge ways.."

[W0000000P]

i think he sounds like Ryan Tuberty :L

[jaydownes1977]

Angry man. He;s so right though. How the hell can Pat Kenny and the rest of em be getting that amount to waffle for a living. Unreal.

[blurrymachine]

Retribution. But he should have had a better swipe at that politician thing beside Pat. Unlike the BBC, at least they allowed that man to speak his mind and not get bundled to the floor. Top marks to the director to not pull the plug.

[adacarroll]

hahaha kenny

[taraobrien1000]

Great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clarebannerman]

What is most disturbing about this clip is the patronising remarks & manner of Kenny & Hanafin. Just listened to last weeks highlights on RTE ---this wasn't featured (I wonder why) despite the fact that it's got almost 200,000 hits in less than a week on YT. Love that one "going to sue an old couple about a field" ---as if grab all Kenny hasn't got enough already.

[tippherhairy]

Glad to see that even in the resession we still have our share of nutters.

Makes you proud to be Irish

[eddiethereaper2]

bacabu30 very true.. but if u want condescending just look at the statement kenny made about "giving everyone a voice" as if every word that man said didnt just pierce his heart.. or perhaps the sad reality is it that they had no effect

[KAPower77]

About time someone stood up and said what the whole country agrees with...no wonder everyone is watching The Apprentice on a Monday night instead of overpaid Pat and his croneys

[LogInForPaper]

"O.K., thanks very much", lol.

[LogInForPaper]

What does "pontificate" mean?

And what's with the heckler's right arms swinging back and forth.

The old woman beside him doesn't look like she wants to be there. lol.

[DavidMolloy2k9]

Hey bacubu30, well said, i agree

i think that guy had a fair point to be honest

[Shanem2012]

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, This will be in Decembers budget . This is a country for the rich

[Shanem2012]

Many people feel this way. Its good to see someone who has the guts to speak out, Then they are called mad. They get paid way to much. Some people can bearly afford the TV licence fee

[ManusRidesAris13]

Why did everyone applaud Pat at the end??

And that's completely untrue about everyone having a voice-they threw him out because he 'disrupted' their little idealised setting!

hypocrites

Your man made some excellent points (though he could improve in public speaking) but anyway, what pissed me of the most was everyone siding with Pat!

shocking!

[zeppirl]

funniest part is the end "we give everyone a voice" and the crowd appluase pat like he's a hero for sayin it ???? take a 70% pay cut to the average industrail wage pat and u might be a hero

[fufibaby]

i think hes right in what hes says ...them politicians dont care about us once they go go home to their big mansion sitting on der fat pay checks ,what about those poor children waiting on transplants disgrace it is !!! well its all our fault i suppose for electing such a corrupt goverment.

[edforrest18]

Now im going off, to sue an old woman for a field haha! Nearly fell off me stool laffin.

[bacabu30]

Mary Hanafin says 'it's a difficult time for everyone'! No it isn't. It isn't a 'difficult time for her and her crony politicians on their fat salary and neither it is for Pat Kenny. She wouldn't know adversity if it slapped her on the face. She's so condescending too.

[ANTONELIUSMCGREGOR]

Exactly bacabu30. It's the so called white collared crooks/elites like her who are the ones who have absolutely destroyed the place.

[cloverfield911]

@bacabu30 maybe it's about time adversity punched her in the face!!

[ceannscriteach81]

Glad to see Pat getting destroyed like this

[TheOctaneTheory2008]

If this dude was a trained speaker, he would Destroy the entire government. lol

PONTIFICATE THIS!

[honkywithdahottsauce]

That chap should be ashamed of himself! Fair enough he had a point but that is completely th wrong way about it! If he was my son I'd be ashamed of him!!!...and kerryman87....I think your right!!Something smells a little bit fishy to me!!!But then again it is RTE...the thought prob didnt even cross there mind!

[bacabu30]

Why should he be ashamed of himself?? For actually trying to rock the boat and speak directly? Two things Irish people are uncomfortable doing?

[MADNESSRULE2K8]

This Guy Is Sio Right...I Say Him For Tiaseach

[Fitzx1]

jesus christ