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Ghost Leviathan posted:Apparently they've been violating a ton of political transparency laws for over half a decade and turns out there's literally no mechanism enforcing them. That tracks. FF and FG introducs politician transparency laws, but obviously didn't bring in any enforcement mechanisms as they were scared that they might be used on them. But they can keep them around to occasionally go to the media to "tut tut" at political rivals.
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The Question IRL posted:So David Quinn has no connection to businessman Sean Quinn. I remember fondly how people still went to bat for David Quinn after all of that, people here will never say a bad thing about some aul fella with a gently caress tonne of money. And then when the English police tracked down one of the kidnappers he died out of nowhere
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You mean Sean Quinn. Nobody goes to bat for David Quinn except other fundie Catholic, climate change denying weirdos. Sean Quinn is dodgy as gently caress but as you say they'll always be some who adore an aul fella with a gently caress tonne of money. Brian Cowen was welcomed back to Offaly after the crash by the people who benefited from his time in power. He was involved with the developer of that private hospital in tullamore that ended up being put on hold since 07 cause of the crash. Same developer built an industrial park in the town who's first clients were the HSE and the Department of Finance, while Cowen was finance minister. He can still hold court with the farmers and business people who want some of that Fianna Fail magic. I saw him a few times in the Tullamore Court Hotel, which coincidentally was built by the same developer. He'd have those same people hanging off his every word while he was out having lunchtime pints. At least he used to before his stroke.
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Shoehead posted:I remember fondly how people still went to bat for David Quinn after all of that, people here will never say a bad thing about some aul fella with a gently caress tonne of money. Reading the news coverage of the arrest of Cyril McGuinness, I don't believe it was a case of the authorities killed him to stop him from naming who hired him. More that the police were heavy handed in their tactics and the dude no longer had the sort of robust health you need to have to call SWAT people bellends and endure the beating that ensues. Also judging by the comments after the kidnapping trial about their being a "paymaster" I think it's obvious that Quinn (or someone in his former social circle) is still being investigated for that role.
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Jul 27, 2023 00:32
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gonadic io posted:No need to be a Burke about it  The Question IRL posted:That tracks. FF and FG introducs politician transparency laws, but obviously didn't bring in any enforcement mechanisms as they were scared that they might be used on them.
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Jul 27, 2023 02:40
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This will definitely help  https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41202388.html
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Aug 10, 2023 23:14
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Has no one in FF/FG considered the sharp fall in TV licences might have something to do with the multiple thousand households being evicted every month?
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Aug 10, 2023 23:54
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Apparently it's a protest thing over Tubridy, or at least that's what my brother claims his reason for not paying is.
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Aug 11, 2023 00:18
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Yeah but RTÈ first started reporting on the week after the scandal. They were already down a bunch on the same period from last year, they were already in trouble, basically, before they gave people more reasons to not bother paying. I always hated paying my TV licence, I don't watch television at all. But then as well I'd be in work and I'd be stuck with radio 1 on listening to David Quinn or someone as hosed up saying terrible stuff and I'd have to sit there knowing I'd somehow helped that happen
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Aug 11, 2023 07:16
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My wife pays the licence because she has an irrational fear of being deported. I don't like it but it's her money to waste so I just slag her about it every time RTE is poo poo (daily, forever)
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Aug 11, 2023 09:19
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Failed Imagineer posted:My wife pays the licence because she has an irrational fear of being deported. I don't like it but it's her money to waste so I just slag her about it every time RTE is poo poo (daily, forever) They've got the gah, and Uefa football, they've been good for the world cup, they've got the RWC, they had the Dublin Horse Show, I think TG4 plays basketball and horse racing, RTÉ does horse racing as well. I guess if you want sports sometimes they're OK and other times you can see pillocks on at 3pm on an afternoon show, cooking and poo poo, and other times you can be ill-informed by a radio broadcast at 8am.
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Aug 13, 2023 12:36
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So I got a news alert about this last night. Did anyone hear about this while it was happening? Gardaí close access to ATMs after queues form following glitch with Bank of Ireland app
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Aug 16, 2023 09:21
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I only learned about it from twitter last night. Stupid bollockses thinking they're gonna get free money lol. This does explain why my CC wasn't working on the phone with AerLingus yesterday tho
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Aug 16, 2023 09:30
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Incredible stuff, both from BOI's IT people (who have been floundering for the last few years) and from people thinking this wouldn't eventually put them into overdraft at the very least
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Shoehead posted:Incredible stuff, both from BOI's IT people (who have been floundering for the last few years) and from people thinking this wouldn't eventually put them into overdraft at the very least Like I could sort of understand the second set of people if you had a BOI account which was almost empty and your intention was to get as much money as possible and hope no one catches up to you.
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Aug 16, 2023 11:15
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I found out about it too late in the evening. Not sure if you also had to have an empty account to withdraw. I'd probably have given it a punt and just sat on the money. If they ask for it back then give it. But on the off chance the glitch extends to their ability to record withdrawals then it's free money from a lovely bank that's taken lots of money off me in fees for bounced direct debits.
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Aug 16, 2023 13:02
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I would say the odds of getting hit with an unauthorised overdraft fee or fraud charges vastly outweigh the odds of making off with a few hundred quid scot-free. A lot of idiots thinking that they're part of Operation Mayhem or something. But I guess, when I've been extremely poor I might have given it a punt, who knows
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Aug 16, 2023 13:20
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Me punching in 1 billion and the machine only having €20s... SMH
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Aug 16, 2023 13:28
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Everybody withdrawing lots of money all at the same time is a fun prank to play on banks regardless. They love it, all good fun.
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gonadic io posted:Everybody withdrawing lots of money all at the same time is a fun prank to play on banks regardless. They love it, all good fun. Even better when they pull the Reversal of Fortune card and get €100bn bailout money that we all have to pay for for the rest of our working lives. Just a prank, bro Failed Imagineer fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Aug 16, 2023 |
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Failed Imagineer posted:I would say the odds of getting hit with an unauthorised overdraft fee or fraud charges vastly outweigh the odds of making off with a few hundred quid scot-free. I suppose. I've heard some people say they're just gonna close their accounts after taking the money. My sister knows a lad he was already set to emigrate to Aus so he withdrew and doesn't expect debt collectors to follow him there.
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Marenghi posted:I suppose. I've heard some people say they're just gonna close their accounts after taking the money. The first one seems like a lot of hassle, and not a way of preventing followup. The second one: lol, yeah fair play I suppose
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Aug 16, 2023 15:44
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If you're desperate enough the big overdraft fees tomorrow might be worth whatever bill needs paying today 
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The  part of my brain thinks it's a way for the police to reduce the number of catholics in the force instead of stupidity, but then... why not both!
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Aug 18, 2023 15:16
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This is my third time seeing that news story today and I've involuntarily snort -laughed each time. Great work from the lads
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Just Another Lurker posted:The Yeah multiple breaches in one week is  but 4 breaches in one week just seems like comical incompetence.Then again, messaging and warnings in NI have never exactly been subtle.
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Aug 18, 2023 18:50
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I didn't even know there was a third breach!
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Aug 18, 2023 19:06
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action. The forth time is... ?
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Kennedy posted:Once is happenstance. Leaving it on the roof of the car
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Aug 18, 2023 23:29
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That's a pro ship
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Guys I'm sure my very good friend Lance Corporal David James Cleary is breathing a heavy sigh of relief today over this Legacy bill huh?
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Shoehead posted:Guys I'm sure my very good friend Lance Corporal David James Cleary is breathing a heavy sigh of relief today over this Legacy bill huh? He won't be the only one.
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Apparently "Bill is biggest test of Anglo-Irish relations in 50 years", which is the most point in favour of the whole "The problem is the English can’t remember history" saying when Brexit was five loving minutes ago.
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Can't remember or won't remember?
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Yes.
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So, will TD's suffering a fraction of the sort of intimidation from Far Right types that Library staff have been dealing with all summer result in anything happening? The answer is unlikely but we might get some TD's going. "I never realized that having a bald, angry man shouting in my face was upsetting before."
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