Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
The board of the Financial Regulator gathered today to lie through their collective teeth about how they dealt with Sean Fitzpatrick’s dirty little secrets. Outgoing boss Patrick Neary was asked just one question by the useless gaggle of politicians pretending that they have power to actually bring these people to account. Chairman of the board, … Continue reading “Serving their masters”
We here at Public Inquiry have always treated the so called Financial Regulator with well deserved contempt. It’s an organisation that claims to work in the best interests of the consumer but in reality does no such thing. The ‘Wild West’ financial sector of Ireland is, by far, the most corrupt in the Western world … Continue reading “Neary: A pathetic and cowardly civil servant”
Yet another banker has been caught out and forced to resign. Sean Fitzpatrick, chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, has resigned in a controversy over ‘inappropriate’ loans to directors involving sums of up to €87 million. We don’t know yet if Fitzpatrick has done anything illegal, we can only be sure that if he has he … Continue reading “Yet another banker caught out”
RTEs Washington correspondent Robert Shortt reported yesterday on a corruption scandal unfolding in the US capital. The case involves Harriette Walters, a tax assessment manager, who fraudulently approved up to $50 million in improper tax refunds over a period of 20 years. What’s interesting about Shortt’s report is his attitude to those involved and his … Continue reading “Great patriots or corrupt politicians”
Fianna Fail does not do ethics, they do not do integrity; they have no interest in accountability or honesty in politics – Pursuit of power is all. Any politician or political party that agrees to share power with Fianna Fail must accept that reality and behave accordingly. The PDs under Mary Harney had no problem … Continue reading “Greens: Still on the road to destruction”
Michael Buckley is a former chief executive of Allied Irish Banks, an organisation responsible for the theft of millions from both customers and the State. He is now the senior independent director on DCCs board, a board that is fully supportive of its executive chairman, Jim Flavin, who was found by the Supreme Court to … Continue reading “Grotesque distortion of the English language”
The performance of the Irish Financial Regulator is allegedly monitored by two panels; industry and consumer. Judging from the two articles below it is difficult to believe they are talking about the same organisation. The third piece is a letter I wrote to the Irish Times (unpublished) in response to the inconsistency of the panels. … Continue reading “IFSRA – Swimming without a swimsuit”
Bribery, graft, embezzlement, fraud, corruption, scandal, property boom, elites, property developers, corruption networks, planning, rubber stamps, backhanders, illegal building permits, cronies, bribes, mafia, money laundering, tax evasion, dirty money, property boom, sleaze All words that have become part of the Irish way of doing things. Judge, charged, prosecutions, jail, trail, investigation, arrest, police, seized All … Continue reading “Words and echo's”
There was a glowing account of California tech firm SanDisk in last Friday’s Irish Times. The firm set up in Ireland in April 2005 and within eight months had taken in revenues approaching €762 million and, according to the article, had “helped boost employment in Ireland. But the firm had no direct employees whatsoever in … Continue reading “Killing the Golden Goose”
Everything that is written on this website is based on the thesis that Ireland is a corrupt state. That is to say, Ireland, unlike most other countries, does not just suffer from a particular degree of corruption, but is, as a state, a corrupt entity in itself. Events in Ireland become much clearer, much less … Continue reading “A corrupt state”