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CONCERN WORLDWIDE REACHED over 24 million of the world’s poorest people across 26 countries last year.
In its annual report and accounts for 2012, Ireland’s largest international humanitarian organisation spent €147 million. Of that, 89.8 per cent was spent on its charitable work.
Income from public donations amounted to €41.8 million, while the agency received over €93.8 million in grants from governments and institutional donors.
Concern Worldwide’s work is organised into five programmes: Food, income and markets; health; education; HIV and AIDS and emergencies.
“The money donated by the public last year is a testament to remarkable generosity of people, who, in spite of difficult economic circumstances, have shown extraordinary generosity,” said Concern’s CEO Dominic MacSorley, who was newly appointed earlier in the year.
An example of what Concern spent money included antenatal care provided to 22,806 women in South Sudan and water conservation techniques for some 43,000 farmers.
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When it comes to those in powerful positions, Ireland doesn’t do accountability.
@Daryl Walsh: it never has and never will.
@Daryl Walsh:
Can anyone explain what actual law(s) were broken ?
@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.
@iohanx: insider trading. Look it up.
@John Mulligan: If someone can’t hear sense due to it’s source, then they are weak minded.
@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.
@John Mulligan: please explain how SF are a threat to democracy or democrats?
@family guy: Perhaps you need to research…
It wasn’t insider trading of a public stock. They create a team to buy an asset …. my question remains?
@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
@iohanx: It will come under company law and the duties of a director, one of which is around avoiding conflicts of interest.
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
@speedy: the state owns a 10% share in bank of Ireland. It’s not a controlling share or a share anyway big enough to affect how it’s run
@Darren Byrne: If the state is the major shareholder in Bank of Ireland, it surely must be more than 10%?
@Angela McCarthy: It isn’t.
@Eoin Roche: with 10% it could still be the biggest shareholder. There could be 10 or more other shareholders with 9% or less
@speedy: The whole thing is another disgrace, fair play Pearse Doherty, also question where these corrupt Davy employees are now working.
@speedy: The taxpayer does not own BOI. Don’t get news from social media people.
@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: what has this got to do with the article?
Stop deflecting
Maybe some banker will right an article about TDs and you can comment then?
@Philip Duffy: A part time job? Do tell?
@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.
@Andrew Galloway: On call 24/7? Are you for real?
@Andrew Galloway: nobody is forcing them to do it. They put themselves up. So they must take the responsibility.
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: It’d be a start, politics needs cleaning up
@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!
@Angela McCarthy: You mean a party like the one where members had Unauthorized Pandemic payments resting in their accounts. Short memory there.
@Tim Quigley: or one that took millions in donations from one individual?
@John Mulligan: Was that illegal?
@Teresa Ryan: I don’t think you’ll get an answer on that one.
@Angela McCarthy: There is no such entity as FFG no matter how many times you and your sf budz regurgitate it.
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 !
@Peter B: needless to say they both have damaged lives as well
Welcome to the banana republic!
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
@Waylanderj: pity they’re so toxic that nobody wants to collaborate with rhem.
@John Mulligan: how much is FFG troII department paying per message? I want to get some € on a side :)
@Ilarion Cibu: I hope they have air conditioning in their troll department offices.
Ugh that was a depressing read.
Close ranks lads ! Nothing to see here, move along.
Another populist simplistic analysis from SF, feigned indication from PD.
@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.
@camio55: So tell us what is incorrect in his analysis of the situation.
@camio55: I would be very interested in your analysis concerning the article. Not a simplistic two liner.
@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: You should read this and then get back to me.
@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.
@camio55: very coherent to me as against your comment which is an over simplistic opinion.
@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.
@camio55: apologists like you are going to end ffg.
@camio55: so what is the analysis then. You think what they did was ok.
@camio55: Sure, FFG corrupt cronyism is SF’s fault. Again!
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.
Well Pearse, it certainly looks like SF will be in Govt after the next election, let’s see if you’ve got the courage of your convictions!
@Sonic: I’m sure he and SF will, but I wonder will FFG, while in opposition support those bills, or refuse to on the grounds they sound too populist?
@Sonic: Legislation on white collar crime has been sitting on the cabinets desk since 2915 awaiting enacting.
Brown envelopes and all that.
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”
It is clear on what needs to be done!
@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
Money wins again.
What do you expect when the Office of white collar crime is starved of resources— so unable to do its work. All parties are guilty!
@Mike Lawlor:
Of what exactly?
@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.
Financial Cheats Cheat Us All
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: Like I said to your colleague above, please read this and get back to us like a good man.
@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?
@DB: Could you write that again, this time in English.
In the US what the Davy’s executives did. would see them in jail for years. Here they get a payout.
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 ?
@anne: ?????
@anne: he’s asking for draft legislation which has been sitting three for nearly three years to be enacted. It’s pretty simple.
All this monetary greed and corruption translates into climate chaos and earth’s destruction… They or their descendants will pay for it in the end…..
@Ian Hester: And will push the next generation who will own nothing and earn little.
AMC to the moon
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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