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@Daryl Walsh: it’s a pity this piece was written by a Sinn Fein TD. If it came from an organisation that wasn’t itself so weak on accountability it might be listened to.
@John Mulligan: What difference does it make who wrote the article. Pierce Doherty wrote it not Sinn Fein. The small mindedness of people here is ridiculous.
@John Mulligan: That’s like saying nobody should listen to Micheal Martin because he is a habitual liar or Leo Varadker because he leaks documents. Get a grip John, read the article and respond to the points raised. It’s incredible that 16 stockbrokers from Davys tried to pull off such a stroke and will rewarded for doing so when Davys are bought by BOI. Corporate heist.
@Frank Cauldhame: I agree. What I’m saying is that serious people don’t take DF seriously, except as threat to democracy.
If this was written by somebody else, the people who might do something about it might take notice.
The SF brand is toxic to Democrats.
@iohanx: they were brazenly scamming their own clients . They would be jailed if we had any real consequences . This is what developed countries do when this stuff is caught.
@John Mulligan: Or we could look to FF and their exemplary accountability. The 70′s Arms crisis was a good example and I don’t think anyone of my generation could forget Bertie Riding off into the sunset in 2012, a smouldering wreck of a country in his wake.
@Bill Spill: calling for accountability while accepting none might be viewed as somewhat hypocritical.
The article is excellent but he really should apply the same standards of accountability to shinners too
The tax payer owns bank of ireland who has now purchased Davey stockbrokers making a few sleeze bags multi millionaires overnight and then the government are selling the whole lot up for half it’s worth.this country stinks of corruption from the top down.they must all be playing golf with seanie Fitz having a right laugh at us all
@Darren Byrne: that state owned share was the difference between the bank collapsing or staying a float during the financial crisis. BOI should have been cut loose rotten to the core this place
There should be more accountability for T.D.’s. They are being paid massive salaries for what really is a part-time position. Even at that, we don’t have any evidence to suggest many of them are working on behalf of Ireland Inc.
@Philip Duffy: You run in the next election, it’s only €800, to get your name down. Personally I wouldn’t like to be a td, on call 24/7. Your personal life is non existent, people looking for a piece of you all the time. Imagine just going out for a meal with your family and you’ve people at you. No thanks. It’s not the easy job many perceive.
Implementing all that’s needed would be like taking on a South American drug cartel. Banking, insurance and all other financial sectors have been getting away with this kind of thing for decades and it has become part of what this country represents.
I don’t even think a non-FG/FF government will fix this to easily at this stage.
@David Corrigan: Well Davy, you might or might not be right, but what we do know for a fact, is that there is at least one political party who has consistently highlighted the corruption and rot in the financial industry. That in itself is surely a promising start without FFG!
The difference between a drug cartel and an Irish bank is that a dug cartel is accountable to no one and an Irish bank is accountable to no one…oh hang on they are the same !
The opposition should have these bills ready to go when their put in power
It’s only a matter time at this stage ..
Imagine a month of being in power and SF launches around a dozen bill to reform the country
Would be some sight to see
@camio55: It’s probably time you took your head out of the clouds and realized what’s going on within the financial sectors of this country. Are you stating on here that there is no bad smell off the Davy scandal?
@camio55: are you for f.. King real! Blaming the messenger! FFG are the biggest cartel in the country and have been pillaging from tax payers since the first day of office in this state.
@David Corrigan: you never get solutions from SF that are coherent or practical. They moan constantly thats not the makings of a governing party.Thats my point.
@camio55: Surely the very basic ask of making these people accountable is practical? No? Am I wrong or are deliberately ignoring that essence of the article?
@camio55: nonsensical deflection. Doherty has pointed out the solution. Fine Gael should pass the endlessly delayed accountability legislation and stop dragging their heels on white collar fraud. But that’s what Fine Gael do.
@camio55: “More than three years ago the Central Bank called for a Senior Executive Accountability Regime, underpinned by law” …….. Read the article. This is not SF, this is the Central Bank. This FFG defence of its policies by pointing at SF is getting boring now. The insurance industry rip off is the same, but Sinn Fein, blah, blah, blah.
@David Corrigan: this piece is a blow by blow account of what has happened not an analysis. It’s a narrative based on the timeline of events that occurred in the Davy fiasco. It is like he is writing for an audience that does not read newspapers and is not up speed on the appalling behavior of Davy executives. Then he picks one Central Bank recommendation that was not enacted and that is his whole contribution. You could have written it in a paragraph but a long known narrative/facts was written for effect and posture.
We would need an election to determine if holding bankers to account is really what Irish people want. We elect politicians who form governments that take the opposite approach. Selling state assets so hidden investors can profit.
Take the IRBC commission of investigation started in 2015 to examine 38 individual IRBC transactions. starting with the siteserv transaction. It’s being 6 years and still no final report. Our Taoiseach pushed it back till oct 2021 without any media coverage in April.
For this commission to examine the entire 38 transactions. Taking 6 years per transactions will take 228 years. Government policy from the beginning was to protect the bankers not the public. Ireland has not changed neither has our politicians.
A far more detailed article is posted here on the Journal to day “Garda fraud chief: Ireland’s ‘crazy’ system for hunting white collar criminals must change”
@For Goodness Sake: Tip of the iceberg, look up Roqu group who were awarded the hospital ventilation and digital green cert app contracts, the ceo has gone awol
@Mike Lawlor: That’s FFG way. Set up an organisation to tackle something then starve it of funds and staff which renders the organisation useless and toothless.
Pearse Doherty the mouth piece from Sinn Feinn who jumps on every thing that rises the crowd but doesn’t have answers himself . Sinn Feinn polices are tax job creators and thoese to death who are doing their best to make a good life for themselves and give to those who for most part contribute seer f all to society. Some lad .
@DB: maybe read the article again. Doherty calls for the accountability legislation to be enacted with no more delays. He rightly points out that Fine Gael is dragging its heels when it comes to making the law stick for fraud and white collar crime. Or did you just conveniently decide to miss that bit?
A woman was jailed for 2 months for stealing a bottle of wine recently.
These money traders dealing in millions have effectively evaded any punishment.
This country really stinks, every day another scandal.
The Central Bank’s Foi reveals that…..
“The Central Bank did not refer any information about Davy to the gardaí because it had carried out a long investigation. We did not form views that there were criminal reports to be made to other agencies”.
The Central Bank
1 staff member earned between €250,000 and €300,000 with
3 earning between €200,000 and €250,000.
26 earned between €150,000 and €200,000,
226 earned between €100,000 and €150,000.
In 2020, the numbers employed by the Central Bank increased from 1,927 to 1,950.
Source RTE news.ie
How did it take 6 years for the Davy case to come to public attention, with so many Regulation staff?
What exact jobs are they doing to justify these massive salaries?.
@SteveBuzzard: Unlike the US the Central Bank can not enforce cooperation, so Davy just get their solicitor friends to duck, dive and evade. In the US you go to jail until you cooperate. Imagine the the shock, no more popping down to Quita de Lago for a few rounds of golf at the weekend with one of the partners from [insert name of any big 4 law firm] to discuss tactics.
What would Pearce Doherty actually do, ? In addition to what is being proposed! This is the usual Opposition noise for Opposition sake. The Dave Scandal is dreadful greed by a small number of individuals ! What I am interested to know is how much the sale will generate in CAT (Capital Gains Tax) and other appropriate taxes? How much will State generate in taxes? From a) sale Of Company & b) profits to individuals ?
The Davy spectacle was disgraceful. To then judge the whole system to be rotten to the Core is again a SF populist rant. Much has improved on the regulatory side the fact that a few leading executives in one firm acted in a totally irresponsible manner does not mean that all others in every other financial institution are equally as irresponsible.
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