I just thought you might be interested in a piece that we’re doing on TV3’s MidWeek show tonight about Shay Healy (above) and the impact of Parkinson’s on his daily life.
He has been remarkably open and honest about how the disease is affecting his life and both us and Shay hope that this piece may help others out there who are suffering with the disease.
The launch of TV3’s Autumn/Winter schedule at Ballymount Industrial Estate earlier
From top: Lucy Kennedy (kissing) and Sinead Desmond; group shot; Glenda Gilson and Lisa Cannon; Nick Leeson; from left, Anton Savage, Alan Hughes, Sinead Desmond and Aidan Cooney of ireland AM; Jeremy Kyle; group shot: from left, Emma Quinlan, John Maguire, Caroline Downey, Nick Leeson and Amanda Brunker from Celebrity Apprentice; Jeff Ford, TV3 Director of Content, with Xposettes, from left, Lisa Cannon, Karen Koster, Aisling O’Loughlin and Glenda Gilson; group shot and Jeff Ford.
TV3 is showing Alex Gibney’s award winning documentary ‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ tonight at 9pm.
It tells the story of four deaf boys who were abused by a priest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a subsequent cover-up which lead to the Vatican.
It summarises the Vatican’s response in three words: deny, minimise and blame.
The HBO documentary also explores the church’s role in protecting and hiding known abusers around the world, including Fr Tony Walsh (above centre, playing Elvis in Fr Michael Cleary’s All-Priests Show).
I know it’s much too late in the day,
I really should just go and hit the hay
But people are tweeting bout Vincent, Vincent Browne
How will I sleep without knowing what poor soul
Vincent has chosen to carve a new assh*le?
Are you watching Vincent, Vincent Browne?
I know it’s crazy to stay up so late,
Especially when I’ve got to go to work at eight,
But Fionnan Sheehan’s throwing a hissy fit
And they’re always great
There’s Constantin G making all the ladies swoon
He makes an IMF report sound like he’s reading Mills & Boon
Are you watching Vincent, Vincent Browne?
What if Vincent and Willie O’Dea get in a fight?
I could watch their eyebrows duelling all night
Are you watching Vincent, Vincent Browne?
And then there’s the unbridled joy of the time
Spent watching Vincent mangle every newspaper headline
And how many times can he screw up saying, “Tweet Machine”?
Now I know the show’s not always pure gold
In fact, sometimes it’s like watching your granddad in a home
But I’m still watching Vincent, Vincent Browne
I’m still watching Vincent, Vincent Browne
Malnourished Boxer dogs featuring in TV3’s Animal A&E tomorrow at 7.30pm. The episode follows the worsening epidemic of dumped and discarded dogs in Ireland.
Communications minister Pat Rabbitte attempts to open TV3’s new Sony HD studios last night with station presenters Vincent Browne and Collette Fitzpatrick largely indifferent.