Comments on: History Repeating Itself as Larceny

By: Irish Left Review - Corporate Schadenfreude

Irish Left Review - Corporate Schadenfreude — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:12:45 +0000

[…] is, of course, largely controlled by the mega-rich McCann family. Writing in Dublin Opinion back in March when Bertie Ahern’s close associate Tom Collins was talking to the Mahon Tribunal, I outlined […]

By: Dublin Opinion » Blog Archive » BERTIE ANSWERS HIS CRITICS

Dublin Opinion » Blog Archive » BERTIE ANSWERS HIS CRITICS — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:19:38 +0000

[…] had been pay cheques from the paymaster general. The building society itself had earlier informed Tim Collins that its records did not go back to 1994. It seems that they were wrong. The records exist, and […]

By: Conor McCabe

Conor McCabe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:00:21 +0000

By the way, Seán, Ireland is one of the largest exporters of Belizean Bananas in the world. This is due to a technical point that the place where the bananas are ripened is the place of origin. Funnily enough, I came across this on a discussion board:

“How Ireland came to be the largest banana import/export country came about thus:
At one time Fyffes were the largest exporter of bananas, but the company fell on hard times and went into receivership. The entire assets of the company were awarded to their major creditor, who, at the moment of winding-up, was a Dundalk wholesale and retail greengrocer, who used to import bananas from Fyffe and send them round Ireland to retailers. He just happened to be top of the list at that moment, so inherited the whole shebang, depots, banana boats, ripening sheds, vehicle fleet, etc. etc”

http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?p=250396

There’s a very interesting history of Fyffes and the McCanns here:

http://www.answers.com/topic/fyffes-plc?cat=biz-fin
It´s from someone called mckeonj, who’s as a retired engineer from Limerick.

http://www.qi.com/talk/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=894

By: john mcDermott

john mcDermott — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:53:09 +0000

It’s no surprise that the destiny soldiers, and their speculator chummies, should profit by virtue of inside information (i.e. Tim Collins ‘reading’ Bertie’s mind a few years before he made his move on the land..
They do this all the time with re-zoning and new highways routes etc, by buying up the choice land at agricultural prices where possible.
Most of these dynastic families are so wealthy now (since they never went to prison or had the corruptly rezoned land assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau) that they can afford to buy potentially valuable tracts of land decades before the rezoning and development date arrives.!
Example: the notorious Bailey brothers (whom Paul Applby is trying to disqualify as Directors of any company for the rest of their lives-fatchance!) ,
(The Bailey Bros are as most of you know, high profile donors to- and members- of Fianna Fail)

By: Conor McCabe

Conor McCabe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:09:53 +0000

Yeah, in another world, Fianna Fail is actually run by Bill Drummond and the KLF foundation. This is all art. (minus the burnt one million pounds.)

By: Seán Báite

Seán Báite — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:13:03 +0000

I always felt, prompted by that Geldof fella, that destiny’s sodgers’ Ireland was the farthest north banana republic there was on this distressed globe - apart from a clear lack of bananas. Thanks to your post, Donagh, we’ve finally managed to find the bananas too (chez Fyffes).
I am also bewildered by the twisted skill of the sort of shyster that manages to even involve the Orange Order in the construction of their scam.

By: Bertie and Tim Collins « Talking Straight

Bertie and Tim Collins « Talking Straight — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:30:43 +0000

[…] | Tags: Ahern, bertie, Mahon, Oldbridge, Tim Collins, Tribunal | Just spotted this over at Dublin Opinion. A must read. Deja Vu doesn’t even begin to describe it. […]

By: Tim Collins and the Boyne site at Gavin’s Blog

Tim Collins and the Boyne site at Gavin’s Blog — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:07:28 +0000

[…] 18/3/2008 in Irish Politics. Donagh over at Dublin Opinion has a good, and indeed lengthy summation of the Tim Collins/Boyne site deal. One would wonder whether Ahern got a fee from […]

By: Gavin

Gavin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:41:59 +0000

The Phoenix have been onto this story for a quite while. Maybe we should set up another tribunal to investigate it… lol

Collins is clearly heavily involved with Ahern, and his attempt to make it sound like he’s not is laughable.