Monday Quiz 13 – Conmen & Drunk Lorry Drivers
September 17, 2007 at 12:01 am 27 comments
On this week last year (September 17 to September 23, 2006):
- A thirty-year-old conman from Roscommon, who was wanted on both sides of the Irish border for various crimes including car theft by impersonating a police officer, was in the news for what reason?
- Who anounced that he would not be inviting his friends Bill Clinton or Nelson Mandela to his wedding in Fermoy, County Cork?
- What Irish personality was accused in Court of ‘ranting and raving’ at a drunk lorry driver that he had ‘made shit’ of his driveway with a waste skip?
- The OECD ranked eighteen mostly European countries on how good they were at giving parental leave to workers. Where did Ireland rank?
- A report showed that, unsurprisingly, Irish people are more overweight now than in 1948. But how many calories per day did we consume in 1948 and 2006?
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Answers
- Frank Shanley rang up RTE’s Liveline show to tell Joe Duffy that he wanted to give himself up. As another of his cons, he pretended to be a film producer and hired a camera crew to film him enjoying himself in nightclubs.
- Michael Flatley.
- Michael McDowell, then Minister for Justice. The lorry driver was fined €800 and banned from driving for a year.
- Ireland was last. Sweden was first.
- We consumed just over 3,000 calories a day in 1948, and just over 2,000 calories a day in 2006. However, in 1948, we did more manual work, and we got more calories from carbohydrates and less from fats and proteins.
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m.c | April 24, 2008 at 9:53 pm
frankie shanley was a great friend of mine up until last year.we were mates 4 about 3 to 4years and just now im finding out all about him.i have to say im totally and utterly shocked.i typed in his name too see cud i contact him too see how he was keeping and i cant believe what appeared on the screen.wow
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micheal carr | May 28, 2008 at 10:11 am
i have to say frankie worked for us djing for a while and he was a nice guy,its obvious he needs help,this crap about him is being blown out of proportion,its crazy,
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john mahon | June 24, 2008 at 12:52 pm
frankie shanley? fair play to him,its hilarious what he done and not really criminal as its been made out to be,there’s a book in the making here…..
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gerry carroll | July 21, 2008 at 7:26 pm
i know that m.c guy and that comment was a scam!!! ignore it,sad bastard putting up a comment like that,and well done to frankie!!!!
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Tara kiely | August 16, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Frankie shanley is one of the best djs around and nicest guys who went through a bad patch 2 years ago because of a wanker called joe duffy,every car he was accused of taking he returned days later but the papers were not saying that,and that m.c who left a comment is pathetic enough to jump on the bandwagon and leave no contact details for himself! Sad!! Frankie will be djing for me tonite in my club and will continue to do so! We love him over here!
Club zanzibar.
Ipsos.
Corfu
greece
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Ross | February 6, 2009 at 11:44 am
Lets get a few things in perspective here about this guy. he is a fraud full stop he sold i pods on buy and sell never sent them he stole computers from a shop in limerick .he stole mobiles phones and credit from shops all over ireland pretending to be working for various service maintenance companies .Dont any Fucker on this blog tell me that this baby faced thieving cheat is innocent and joe duffy is a radio show host and when that cheat gets caught he runs the oohhh im so sorry it was a mistake line etc
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malcolm | February 24, 2009 at 2:18 pm
hey ross!!
arnt you the stupid muppet,frank used to be a friend of mine and has paid for his little mistaked and moved on with his life,your obviously a sad little snotty nosed fucker with no life who thinks he know it all!!
go get a life you sad muppet and get your facts right,
he Never sold ipods on buy and sell or computers from limerick!!!!
Like i said your probably a sad fucker of a dj trying to dis hime!!!
Ross is a muppet,and use your real name ya spanner…
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kev | February 24, 2009 at 2:27 pm
hi i know ross,
he’s a doggy twat from kells,
he works for jacksons ford garage in cavan and if you want to get screwed then go there,hes the service manager i think..
he used to be a dj so there you go!!!!!!!
lying bastard.
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kev | February 24, 2009 at 2:28 pm
hi i know that ross fella,
he’s a doggy twat from kells,
he works for jacksons ford garage in cavan and if you want to get screwed then go there,ross is the service manager i think..
hes a prick so there you go!!!!!!!
lying bastard.
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tony | February 24, 2009 at 2:31 pm
frankie is a nice lad,used to know him in kerry and i think that its very unfair bringing up this mans past as thats what it is,some people should let be.
its very easy to put up a comment that you dont and cant back up..dont beleive that “ross” person..
he sounds like hes got an axe to grind though..
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brian k | February 24, 2009 at 2:41 pm
seriously who cares??
3 years ago and your all still rambling on..ha ha..
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gerald | February 24, 2009 at 4:06 pm
yeah ross brennan is from crossakeel in kells i think,
hes 27ish and a known shit stirrer..
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pat o | February 24, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Yes i agree!!
frank shanley has gone through hard times in the last few years (by his own doings) but in fairness has turned full circle,hey worked on a station i used to work and i got to know him through that,there is always an element of “over the top” when it comes to media and this site proves that,
it took one comment to create a bad twist to this page..
no doubt what that Ross printed was in fact not based in fact but “gossip” and “hype”
and thats what is called’…..media!!
freedom of speech is a right but do we really need it??
getting back to the point in hand frankie shanley is a very talented dj who loves music and who slipped up and has bounced back..and is it not right that he said he was sorry and messed up!!!
Shame on Ross!!
Kells beware!
the bandwagon has officially left!!!!
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james | February 24, 2009 at 4:40 pm
who does “ross” think he is..
he calls us fuckers!!
back to the trailer park with ross brennan and i wont be using jacksons ford again..mr.brennan actually had his car damaged last weekend in kells so that will show you how people feel bout him.
SCUM BAG BRENNAN
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mary | February 25, 2009 at 11:05 am
Ross brennan is bullshiting with his comment,i grew up in the same town as frankie and he NEVER has been brought to court over any of those incidents brennan referred to..
Now let me put something into perspective about frankie.
Whats in the past is in the past and no one was out money over his crimes and he was giving all those cars back even though no car dealers were saying that at the time and he was not stealing computers or phone credit because iv been watching the whole thing from the start.
ross brennan has an agenda and its obvious,frankie is a great dj and the nicest person you would meet and everyone who knows him says that even gardai,hes done the crime and its over with.
And why should he say hes sorry!
if he didnt say sorry youd be complaining that he didnt,move on will you you sad pathetic man!!
Anyone know ross brennans details??
put them up here if you do..
NAME AND SHAME
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Daniel r | March 8, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Ross brennan is from crossakeel and deals in dodgy stuff! Il put his details up if you want them.
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paddy | March 10, 2009 at 2:43 pm
no point just let it be dan but well keep watching this space..
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