Category: Irish Politics

Since the line being given by Fianna Fail is that we should await the report of the Tribunal, let us cast our minds back to 2002, and the publication of the Tribunal’s Second Interim Report. The report dealt with the first five years of its investigations, from 1997 to 2002. During that time it investigated…

PrimeTime with a good summary of the latest on Ahern:

More stories spun. I don’t have time to look into his evidence in detail, but I will. Things to note: 1. He didn’t pay taxes that he should have – tax evasion? 2. As P O’Neill notes, why did he get cheques from family and cash from friends? 3. St Luke’s rears its ugly head…

How long have Fianna Fail hacks been texting into RTE news programmes in an orchestrated bid to make people believe the Irish people are bored of the Ahern story? I don’t know about you, but every time I checked the Irish Times or Irish Independent website over the last number of weeks, stories relating to…

Here is the CRO company printout. 2110765_11.pdf First question. What involvement, if any, did the State-owned Industrial Credit Corporation have with Proximity, or 72 Amiens Street? Ah yes, the mortgage was taken out by Ahern et al with ICC. Brian Cole appears to be an engineer, and also at the time a director of Building…

Hmm. I’ve spent the last few hours going over Dail television archives. I am posting statements the Taoiseach made, that were of concern to the Tribunal, to YouTube. On a personal level it is clear to me. Ahern outright lied to Dail Eireann. Without a doubt. I can say that because of information that has…

I have transcribed the first of the letters. It is in PDF format here

We knew this was coming. Ahern has decided to take a case to the High Court and is challenging aspects of its investigation. Ireland.com reports: Today, lawyers acting for Mr Ahern in the High Court in Dublin secured leave to seek a judicial review challenging the handing over of specific documents, including advice from a…

After a thorough investigation, the Mahon Tribunal has found that Frank Dunlop redacted references to a Fine Gael activist he called “Demetrius”. Who on earth was it?

The Resign, Mr Ahern Facebook group, started back at the start of December, has just passed 1,500 members. It is certainly a milestone, and certainly the biggest Irish-oriented politically oriented group I have come across. Following requests from members for some form of physical protest against Mr Ahern, I have put a date of Saturday…