Category: Anglo Irish

I was interested to note the following: On June 13, 2002, it was reported that outgoing Minister for the Environment Noel Dempsey made his appointments to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. The appointments were: Lar Bradshsaw (Re-appointed chairman) Angela Cavendish (Alexsam Corporate Finance) Donal Curtin (Accountant of Byrne Curtin Kelly) Declan McCourt (Auto dealer OHM…

Says Ross in last Sunday’s Independent: LAST April I met a hotshot Dublin businessman in a southside pub. He was not a household name but — at that time — he was as rich as Croesus. And he was angry at a piece I had written about Anglo Irish Bank. The meeting was cloak and…

Thanks to the Sindo we have this from a Fine Gael spokesman: Mr Kenny’s spokesman yesterday said that when Mr Kenny had questioned the Taoiseach about whether any members of the Cabinet were involved in facilitating the so-called ‘Golden Circle’ he did not have a specific individual minister in mind. He added, however, that it…

Anne Heraty, formerly of the Anglo board, has resigned from the boards of Bord na Mona and Forfas. She has already resigned from the board of the Irish Stock Exchange.

Gerry Gannon has been a builder/property developer since the 1980s. (Not to be confused with the anti-divorce lawyer of the same name) As far back as 1986, Mr Gannon – through the firm Structural Developments Ltd – was building at Castle Village in Celbridge. In 1988, Gannon, through another firm – Noteworthy Limited – with…

Anthony draws some valid comparisons between the Ansbacher scandal and the Anglo scandal in a mega post. He is right, we are getting the same guff as we got in 2002 before Ansbacher was published, and we are getting the same guff now.