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I could barely stand to listen to this on the radio earlier…it’s disgusting to listen to these two pr*cks talk about scamming the country out of monopoly sums of money and actually laugh about it. I’m seething at this more so because the government will probably so fu*k all about it or if they do it’ll be all in their own good time. They and plenty of others should be facing a minimum of 20 years without parole for what they have done to this country. Kenny, Noonan and Co. had better take decisive action and quickly on this one or they’ll truly be consigned to the rubbish bin of politics.
Nothing will happen Tony. No one will get prosecuted. They are all in bed together. Heard there’s more to come on Wednesday on newstalk. People talk about African countries being corrupt, Ireland is one of the most corrupt nations in the world in my opnion. No one has to answer for anything they do. Complete disgrace!
Sadly Linda you’re right I think. As long as we as a people allow this barely disguised bald headed corruption to carry on under our noses the pigs will continue their destruction of this country.
Linda then we should make it happen. We as a country have been very compliant. Its time ireland showed itself to be more than sheep to the slaughter. If this doesnt mobilise folk then nothing will and we will deserve anything thats coming
Have the Irish government learned nothing from Fianna Fail’s incompetence? Enda Kenny want to set up a banking enquiry….yes, another ridiculous tribunal ! What was done here was plain clear fraud so have them charged & brought to court like anyone else !!!
It’s time to march, and if that doesn’t work, it’s time to revolt. Saw that blithering idiot Kenny on the news at lunchtime talking the usual bollocks. Isn’t it a disgrace that a whole country depends on him for leadership!
Anyone who has faith in the Justice system of this state or any part of it to protect the interests and well being of the citizens of this state is only a fool at this stage.
Your government would do Jack to these people.
Exercise your right to protest…
While its still in your constitution.
Adequate pressure is needed to ensure these people are put on trial.
Stop moaning about it. When ye have the time make a few phone calls to government T.Ds about it.
It will only take a person a few minutes of their time.
If enough pressure is put on their backbenchers, they will have to voice it in the Dail.
Get over yourself Tony. Did you protest against the bailout.???Did you strike. ???Did you refuse to pay the property tax.??? Did you run for public office??? I’m guessing at the most you rang Joe …
These tapes and many others have been in the possession of the Gardai for five years and nothing done about, the minister for justice and Enda Kenny must know more!
They have sat on the fence , no bank enquiry, no banker in court, no civil servant in court. They are a disgrace.
FF,FG, Lab,PD’s and the Greens have ruined this once fine country.
Traitors the lot of them.
Greed and self interest.
Tribunals are no good ,they are not criminal investigations and they hold no water. They need to be brought to the high court fro conspiracy against the state.
Youre wrong if thousands of people emailed them asking them why is this allowed to happen ,why are they doing nothing about this ,why if any other person did this they would locked in jail.If public opinion turns very sour towards them the’yre will be action.
I have a question on this. What the hell were the auditors doing when the annual audit was carried out.
They are also guilty.
These people are *supposed* to be impartial . It’s obvious that they were fed bullshit figures and accepted them on face value.
They should have any licences revoked and sued.
The “auditors” are up to their necks in this robbery of citizens wealth.
Why else would former attorney generals be attending builderberg meetings.
Stupid paddys believe everything their media spoonfeeds them.
I see.
I see a country being stripped of its wealth.
I see numerous banks being manipulated by bigger central banks.
I see the value of the euro dropping.
I see German exports thriving.
The “bastards responsible” are FF, FG, and Labour. These corrupt, bankrupt entities should have been left go down the pan like any other failed business.
The most sick thing about this is that
This bank was controlled by 2 governments (containing 4 political parties) and a senior civil service for the past 5 years as this evidence was kept hidden from the taxpayer.
It looks like our “fine leaders and protectors” went into this criminal bank to aid, abet and reward the psychopathic criminals who ran it.
Giving the Fox the job of guarding the hen house??
This is a party to
our government deputizing a pack of rapist and funding them to give counseling to their victims.
Lazy Irish Government Of Also-ran Swine!!!
You Promised That You Would Sort This Out!!!
Instead You Join Forces With Dirty Criminals To Fight Against The Very People Who Elected You!!!
I Will Never Forget This!!
Greedy Gibbering Swine!!!
Hi Ruairi, I understand your frustration but I would ask you to see this as an opportunity rather than something to be ashamed of. If anything we should be proud of ourselves for getting this far and for taking everything on the chin that we have been asked ie. property tax, cuts to the weakest in society etc.
the very small group at the top of the banks and the politicians who protected their donors etc are the ones who should be ashamed not you or me. Based on these tapes coming to light, it is now the final straw for us, lets club together and leave our political allegiances aside until we have answers and accountabilty on this. These guys should have their passports annulled.
Don’t give up on Ireland or your pride in your country yet man.
Well said and outside the red mist you make great sense.
These p****s (along with the other instigators/liars) should be hung by the ‘nads and get jail for their actions.
This only puts a headstone on what the dogs on the street knew.
This should be the straw that breaks the camels back. If these 2 aren’t jailed the country should unite and demand they are. Every one of us is affected now and well into the future.
Whenever I hear about a controversial story that appears in the media, the first question I ask myself is ‘Why’ , we all suspected that some of these bankers had questions to answer, but the questions havent been asked, then these tapes appear this morning, you gotta ask why…
Waste of time giving the tapes to the Gardaí. They haven’t the competence to conduct the investigation. They are already 3 years investigating Seanie Fitzpatrick. It’s a sick joke.
We need to outsource the investigation to a team of competent professionals.
Here’s an example of how the American Feds operate.
Dec 2008: Investigation commenced into Bernie Madoff
Mar 2009: Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies
June 2009: Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison.
The competence is there, readily brought in if needs be, the political will and establishment will is not.
The failure and hampering of the investigation by lack of resources etc is with one objective in mind. The septic heart of this state must not be exposed. Otherwise ppl will turn on FG and FF and consign them to the tip. What will they do then for money, honest work?
We the parents of special needs children are turning out in force on Wed the 26th of June @6pm. we need all the support we can get to stop these bullies destroying our children’s lives.Enough is enough this is the start of the people asserting themselves.Please give us your support.
These men are traitors. This is not the fault of the Irish people. It’s men like this who betray the people and country for their own personal gain. Traitors…and should be dealt with as such.
Brass neck of Micheal McGrath of FF asking for these to be handed over. He can ask his leader and the others from the cabinet that he sits beside daily if he wants the inside story.
If the true story comes out then his party will be forced to dissolve itself.
He has to still call for an investigation though for the optics of it all. There will be many sleepless nights in FF HQ over these tapes.
It’s treason and they should be tried and locked up in the Joy. How many families have they ruined through the loss of loved ones who committed suicide due to loss of jobs etc. the saddest part of this is that the powers that be have known about this and never did anything about it. It’s ok to bully hard working people of this country to pay taxes to pay for these worms. I think it’s time for people to stand up and be counted . Now we will see who really runs the country.
And what about the ranch foreman,Neary,who did not seem to know that the cowboys were not doing their chores properly while he was sleeping?And did I dream he got a half mill.payoff?Makes the Balubas seem statesman like!
Neary was doing *exactly* his job. Simply a buffer to ensure no blood can be traced back to governments hands. Just like the energy regulator. Mickey Mouse *Independent* posts. The politicians are up to their oxters in this mess. Design by default.
Everybody knew we were being robbed and they sat back and did nothing only tell the Irish people that the country would collapse if we did not go ahead with this madness……and look who is in opposition now…..enough said !!
The three ministers I heard commenting on the tapes don’t sound surprised about their existence. How long have they known about the tapes? Did they know about them on the night of the prom note drunken dail orgy?
If they knew about these tapes why would they not let David Halls case (due for hearing the following day) go through?
I fear that disgusting as these tapes are, we’re only getting a whiff and have yet to look into the garbage bag containing maggots flies and rotting flesh
We need to pressure every official in the country then. Saying nothing will happen will invariably make it so. If you think you can or you cant, you’re right.
They will come out now and say we were had !! But of course everything still stands……the Irish taxpayer will still have to pay……you could not make this stuff up , the Irish citizens have been deceived and lied to all along and people within Fianna Faiiiiilll knew damn well was going on for sure…….FU MARTIN, COWEN and the rest of the cowboys parading as politicians….
Did I just hear a Fianna Fáil spokesman describe this as a disgrace they were the party in power that sanctioned the bailout without obviously having a clue what was going on
There is no evidence to suggest that Lenihan and FF were fooled in this matter. The evidence clearly points to them working very closely with Anglo Irish in this and being fully aware of the implications.
They choose their donors over country and the bank that had lent members of the party millions in low interest loans.
What about the made up emergency, voting for the wind up of Anglo and putting a 28 billion euro debt on our grandchildren (courtesy of FG) before David Halls case against the legality of the promissory note was heard.
Who was in opposition when these people were riding the country ?????
Who’s in power now ???
Who’s blocking a bank enquiry?
Who are squeezing every cent out of us ?
If the indo could get hold of these tapes .r people really that stupid to think that this government didn’t know of them .
The last crowd and this crowd knew well that these tapes were about and the question should be .why weren’t they put in the public domain till now .
Its because they knew that the people would be disgusted might take to the streets. They think that now they have our spirits broken and most of the debt paid back that they will get away with it now .and they probably will as we are sheep
Its all a game for them and we are the pawns
Where are all the pro government lackeys today…. not a sound out of them
These muppets gave credence to this government to pay the bill for the debts of Anglo…ah sur we have to pay…ah sur it was the last lot…ah sur blame fianna fail….rotten to the core the whole lot of them..they knew about these tapes and still put this debt on the heads of the Irish People…they are as guilty as fianna fail…as i have said countless times on here…fianna fail murdered this country and fine gael hid the bodies!
Gosh, hand the tapes over to the Gardai? Then those naughty bankers would be severely punished. Look what happened to poor Mr. Lowry after tapes concerning him were handed over to the Gardai. Truly terrifying retribution.
Fianna Fáil are the most corrupt pack of bastards this country has seen. You see these guys around they know how to look after them selfs. Anglo boys and Fianna Fáil boys need to be nail fast
You actually have the narrow-mindness to lump Sinn Féin, the only party fighting against these cuts and what the banks and Fianna Fáíl have done with the Fine Gael and Labour who are in government fulfilling and continuing Fianna Fáil’s legacy of corruption and incompetence?
As much as it makes my blood boil , nothing and I mean nothing will be done , same old crap will come out of Kenny and Noonan , all will go quite again , all will be forgotten . Same old story rich protecting the rich . There only laughing at us the taxpayer.
The question of whether politician’s homes should be picketed was raised here a while ago. Still not sure of the answer to that. What I AM sure of is that if the adresses of these and creatures like them were published they should be hounded night and day. Let them know how it feels when your home is under siege.
Is this an attempt to say “RIP my beloved nation” or what is it meant to mean?? I don’t understand why people feel the need to post Google translated Irish.
The two Brian’s knew what was going on in September 08, they just cared about their inner circle and they achieved just that.
How many bankers, developer’s & politicians do we see on skid row?
It would seem that the Gardai have had these tapes for the past 4 years..The content of the tapes raises serious issues about the persons conversing with each other.The State took over the running of the bank 4 years ago.What checks were made regarding the bons fides of staff following the takeover?How could these guys have been retained by the bank up to quite recently in senior positions given the information known to the Gardai?.Was the Garda Commissiner informed at any stage ,by the investigators,as to the content of the tapes?The type of activity disclosed by the tapes was treasonable and was such as todestroy the reputation ofState amongst the community of nations.Why were the contents of the tapes not brought to the attention of either the past or the current Govt.?
The two bankers currently featured in Irish media should have their citizenship removed from them and compelled to leave the country. It’s only what they conspired to inflict on thousands of others.
Protests need to be organised or something along the lines plenty of social media sites to spread the word as a proud nation we’ve being taken for a bit of a ride I myself wouldn’t have the organizational skills to start something but would love to see some sort off passion eg Brazil at the moment just feels degrading how they threat our country citizens like nurses etc we’re a small little country that’s definitely not the worst off but we deserve so much more
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