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Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

Reports by Henry McKean

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Henry’s Tesla Report

2 months ago - 9 mins

Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

Henry's Christmas Cracker

2 years ago - 98 mins

Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

"Ireland the most friendly country in Europe, I'm not sure."

3 years ago - 11 mins

Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

"It takes me an hour and a half to get from Terenure to DCU if the bus shows." Public transport companies face €5m in fines for delays and no shows.

3 years ago - 11 mins

Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

"I used to get slagged but it got me acknowledgement & I'm now competing in Miss Bikini Ireland." #RedheadAppreciationDay

3 years ago - 8 mins

Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

Limerick woman meets King Charles at Buckingham Palace to offer her condolences

3 years ago - 7 mins

Henry McKean on the Hard Shoulder

How accurate is Downton Abbey? Henry becomes a Butler

Dowager Countess of Grantham played by Maggie Smith said ‘What is a weekend?…’  A classic one liner from Downton Abbey, in all cinemas tonight nationwide. The hit TV series of a Yorkshire country house with the aristocracy upstairs and the servants in the basement.  It first aired on UTV from 2011 through to 2016 has now been turned into a film. But will it be a success, are you a fan and how accurate is it? Henry McKean became a butler to find out what was life and meets Professor Terrence Dooley Great Irish Country Houses expert from Maynooth University. One place in Ireland which still has Butlers is not your house in Enniscorthy in Wexford Ivan but Ballyfin Country House Hotel in Laois.