Meet the Running Men

"And the f*cking blisters got this big lads after half a mile!

CHALLENGE 126!! This is insane. I could only do this if I had a herd of horny shotgun wielding elephants behind me looking for a piece of prime Linehan rump! Ruuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian Maher of Spin 1038 and movie man Mike Sheridan of entertainment.ie / RTÉ’s TwoTube will set out to run 126 miles (the equivalent of 5 marathons) in one day in aid of Special Olympics Ireland. Pushing the limitations of physical and mental endurance, the pair’s journey will begin in Limerick City at 7am on Thursday 26th April. Approximately 30 hours later, they will arrive on Dublin’s Grafton St.

You can donate through www.challenge126.com or by texting the word ‘Donate’ to 57252 (ROI) to give €2 (min. of €1 goes to Special Olympics Ireland) or 85122 (NI) to donate £1.50 (min. of £0.75 goes to the charity). All donations greatly appreciated.

 Check out the video of the launch here:

Forgot to put the Paddy's Day video up so here goes...

Hope you likey, bejaysus and begorrah.

Patrick's Festival Weekend

"Keep your friends close, but your Patron Saints closer" - St. Patrick De Niro

If you ever attend a parade don't get stuck behind LMFAO.

It's Andy from The Ellen Show!

A collection of all my videos for ION TV @ entertainment.ie. We have a smorgasm-bord of celebrities and high profile musicians, red carpets, movie premieres, charity events, celebrations and loads more from learning Polish with Saoirse Ronan, chuckling with Colin Farrell, to a Pun-tastic chat with Danny from The Script, to swearing lessons with Dara O Briain, sandwich fillings with Jedward, to Lisa Hannigan baking "special cakes" for Bob Dylan to threesomes with Amy Huberman to fingering the Scissor Sisters! It's all here. And loads more. Enjoy!

Please Don't Wine! Er..actually DO!

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD.....OOH AND WINE.

Man on the moon, hovering skateboards, Reebok Pumps, adult nappies, tupperware, tic-tacs, slippers in the shape of cute animals, fold-up combs... Jesus, is there any end to the list of groundbreaking inspirational ideas and inventions that have been developed by the human being.

So, it is with great disappointment that we are still faced in this, the year of our Lord 2012 with NO SMELLYVISION or TASTETV. (If only you could taste the big pea or the smell the beef cheek...all is revealed in the video).

Oh yeah, I can post that my cat has just farted or which cream biscuit rules the world but we need that extra added ingredient which would make those cookery shows just that little bit more palatable...I'm looking at you Jamie Oliver with your herb garden that changed your life...he never mentions the f*cking team of gardeners that are paid to upkeep though...AAAARRGGHHH!! Jamie doesn't mind...he's very rich.

Although, I've never been bothered by Heston's hay cooker or the Blumenthal bunsen burner. I do like a crazy cooking implement and this night had a few!

So, I was very happy indeed to go along to the 'Curious Feast for the Senses' at the Sugar Club in Leeson Street, Dublin 2 for a night of food & wine where we could eat as the chef prepared...fantastic! You don't get that on TV!

All thanks to the lovely wino people at Brancott Estate.

Cully and Sully, the Simon and Garfunkel of gastronomy were the very capable hosts for the evening.

So, here's a lovely photo of them leaning against a tree.

Oh yeah and here is the link to the video. ENJOY :-)

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Love was in the air all week as men all around the country battled with each other to grapple with the last of the shattered flowers left in buckets outside service stations all around the country!

So, to celebrate this month of amour, myself and the ION TV crew grabbed our bows and headed along to help shoot some love arrows at the Tesco 'Love In The Aisles' singles night in Cabra. I have to say it was one of the best laughs I've had in a long time as the set-up was excellent and all the singles taking part were a riot. Fair play now lets get to the love!




 Dublin was awash with luvvies for the 9th annual IFTA awards last week. So, of course myself and the ION TV crew headed along for all the glitz and glamour dahling! Well, I didn't have any glitz or glamour myself but I managed to find a nifty pair of socks to rival the ones worn by Niall Breslin aka Bressie, discussed the possibility of ripping off his shirt to reveal a Kerry GAA top with Michael Fassbender, Vampish sexuality with Kathryn Thomas, talked working in Ireland with Dana Delaney (Katherine off Desperate Housewives), Agnes Brown's knickers with her creator Brendan Carroll,  talking food with the Irish Masterchef lads and the lovely Charlene McKenna off Raw plus loads more!

Check it out here:
http://entertainment.ie/eiTV/ION/ION-at-the-IFTAS-Red-Carpet/2318.htm

ION TV @ the IFTAs

Shooting the breeze with the Fass

War Horse & Tradfest

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Wanna get all folked up! We did at the Temple Bar Tradfest. Spoke to a few heads and enjoyed a bit a craic:


ION gets folked up at the Temple Bar Tradfest!


Liam Cunningham (sound), Joe Duffffyyyyyyyyyyyyyy (Mother would be so proud), Ruby Walsh (what he didn't mention here was that his favourite film is Love Actually...frightening. Although he is half-horse so movies clearly are not his thing!) Barry Geraghty, and many others as I patrolled the red carpet for the War Horse Irish premiere:

MY PRESENTER SHOWREEL

My name is Mark Linehan (aka Lenny) and this is my presenter showreel.

Okay! *drum roll*

Be warned it contains a cheesy star-wipe effect (Homer Simpson you are an inspiration!) and a number of special guests including an excited DJ Shadow, a Jedward sandwich, a chuckling Colin Farrell, a swearing Dara O Briain, Playdoh loving Irish Masterchefs Dylan McGrath & Nick Munier, a nearly teary Liam Cunningham, the lovely Amy Huberman, a winking Brendan Gleeson, sheep shearing, ice hockey lessons and loads of bits in between!

Hope you enjoy.

My contact is: marklinehan@talentbase.ie




Hope you enjoyed some of my best bits. However, if you laughed during this video, then you must give me a job! Contact details: marklinehan@talentbase.ie Thanks :-)

The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth

ION @ BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

WE headed along to the place where the country's brightest bunsen-burning boffins competed to see who had the biggest brain!

Myself and Tony the Cameraman (that's his actual surname) spoke to a load of science students from Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Monaghan, Clare, Wicklow and loads more.

There are some brilliant ideas in here and it's good to know that while Ireland is on it's feckin knees in debt we REALLY have some of the best brained geeks in this country.

The future's bright!
The future's boffins!

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And, I know I can see you screaming while you nibble on your knuckles, "Where the feck is Part two???"

Well, fear not. Here be my number two...uggghhhhhhh

CHECK IT HOLMES IT'S SHERLOCK!

Any fans of The Mighty Boosh might recognise the legacy my Lahndanowes to the creepy gravelly voiced Eel Man...



The Eel Song for those unfamiliar with his slippery slimy waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyss!!!!!


And for any Ringers out there...CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS!!!

RIDE ON!

Okay, so I wouldn't say I'm the bravest person in the wrold...stupid (I have nealt electricuted myself twice and have eaten a scorpion..that as they say is for another day) but most definitely not brave. And when it comes to fairground rides they are not really my top priority for enjoyment. Admittedly I've got up on a few dodgy ones in the past (ooh er missus!) but being the selfless, courageous reporter that I am entertainement.ie asked me to head along to the 7UP Winter Wonderland in Kilmainham Gardens. Luckily, I had a six month tour of duty in deepest Afghanistan to prepare me!

MASTERCHEF & MO'FOS!

MASTERCHEF & MO'FOS!

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ION crew headed along to the Taste of Christmas show at the Convention Centre (on the quays in Dublin, building looks like God dropped a can and hasn't bothered picking it up) recently to meet the Masterchef Maestros Dylan McGrath and Nick Munier. I was a massive fan of the show when it was on and so I decided to make something very special for the lads to critique...


"Will they think it looks like sick or will it do the trick!"





Last night was the celebration of Hairy Lipped Hare-krishas all across the world with the Tripod in Dublin looking like the casting stage of a dodgy 70s porn movie...It was wall to wall sausage as the uber upper-lipped brigade paraded their magnificent mushers to the world before attacking them with the wilkinson sword...

This year alone they reckon they have already raised close to €80 million worldwide as men relinquish the razor for one month. That's a lot of lives saved from prostate cancer.

TWILIGHT: BREAKING DAWN.

Popped or should I say flew along to the early exclusive screening of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (strange name I don't see what Dawn did to deserve that). So I donned my best Edward Cullen get up, (sparkly face, Victorian manners, poetry book etc) and headed along to chat to a few crazy Twihards:

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What a FOUR-king weekend!

As if Friday wasn't enough excitement!

On Thursday I met one of my assured comedy heroes in the shape of the man mountain that it Dara O' Briain. He is like our very own Stephen Fry in the national treasure sense, has a massive presence yet a gentle giantness that doesn't involve throwing cars at building in a temper or ripping up 200 hundred year old Oak trees from their roots...NO, this man is a giant of comedy. The BFG (Big Funny Giant) and I chatted before and after his gig at the eircom spider awards... it's the Oscars for Internet people.



On Saturday, still reeling in wonderment and with a permanent silly smile of disbelief after the 4-0 result against Estonia, I found myself listening to Radiohead's The Bends on my Steve Jobs while simultaneously waiting in a media room to interview Jedward. It was a psychologically scarring musical paradox and I am still dealing with it.(lots of crying in cold showers) While a lot of you maay have been enjoying this incredible feat by the feet of Ronan O Gara...I was the filling in a "Jedward sandwich"...

Smuggling turtles in bread...
Wet T-Shirt Competitions...
Draft lists for Santa...

It can only be Jedworld.



"Stuck in the middle with you!"

Also spoke to the very sound JLS guys...

and asked Oritsé about a certain HOT X Factor lady by the name of Kelly Rowland!

Dublin City Marathon 2011

ION @ The Dublin Marathon 2011

There was a time when a "marathon" just involved peeling a wrapper and munching down on a solid rectangle brick of peanut, caramel chocolate and dried squirrel balls* NOW, not only have they changed it to Snickers but it also involves 42 km of gruelling running from one point to another point...Henry Ford is rolling in his grave people!!!

Well, he may have given us the motor car but these 14,000 runners are giving a lot more. Blood, sweat, tears, joy, and most importantly over €10 MILLION raised for charity.

These people are legends. WE spoke to a Lion, a Zombie, Santa Claus, The Ghostbusters, a blind woman who is running her THIRD marathon, Ray D'Arcy the ~TodayFM main man at the finish line, and many more.

*this was regaled to me by a man who drank turps for tea, often ate his own underpants and once sucked a fart out of his own arse when using a lift. Therefore it is hearsay and comment and I'm clearing myself of libel in this instance. Phew!

So, let your finger loose on the play button and enjoy the Dublin City Marathon 2011 as seen through the eyes of ION:

Battlefield 3 Launch

BULLETS HOVER BROADLY!!

It was a treacherous night on Friday last when I was given the unenviable mission of getting to the Tripod club in Dublin city centre to attend the launch of Battlefield 3.

As you will see from the video myself and the cameraman Matt had to dive falling bombs, dodge bullets as they whizzed past our ears, and of course manage to give the best goddam piece to camera of my life *raises fist to the sky* ;-)

There's also an interview with English/Irish singer and rapper Maverick Sabre who is fast becoming real hot property on the music scene. A very talented young man who also happens to be very sound. Nice mix.



Here's his latest video. Filmed in Wexford.

No, that is not a pair of ratty torn knickers on my head...it's supposed to be a web...honest!




It's a pretty nifty video. It's by Matt Sullivan and he resides in the rebel county...check out his other stuff here: www.cameraoperator.ie

Forget The Hamster...It's time for THE GERBIL!!!!

FANCY WATCHING MY THREESOME?

HELP!!!!

Don't worry I'm not stuck at the back of the fridge after mistakenly underestimating the length of my arms in a futile bid to get a plug into a socket.

ION went along to the Irish Premiere of The Help. Based on the book by Kathryn Stockett, which sold 5 million copies, this is the film version and it has already mirrored the success of the book taking in over 300million worldwide and 4 weeks at the top of the US Box Office.

We spoke to Director Tate Taylor and star Octavia Spencer who plays Minny (the whisper on the street is that she could be a shoe-in for Best Supporting Oscar. You heard it hear first.

...now where's that fecking plug....ooooooh ;)