Well well now. yet another politicians actions during the boom with lobbyists being called into question. Im shocked :-\ :-D

CRH, Sean Quinn and Readymix plc all used their significant lobbying power with Government in order to protect the cement/concrete cartel which cost (and is still costing) Irish taxpayers’ millions upon millions of euros. In the boom times Sean Quinn was the richest man in Ireland and CRH was and still is the biggest Irish company. They made their money from making a simple powder called cement and colluding to maintain an artificially high price for it. After the cement cartel was busted in Germany prices decreased by 50%. Imagine how much public money has been wasted on over-priced cement and concrete throughout the years. All because these major companies (CRH being the ring leaders) have exerted their influence on Government and ensured that no investigation has ever been carried out. An absolute disgrace and the current Government is no different. Richard Bruton – former employee and current shareholder in CRH!

FF Govt’s basically do not have Finance Ministers, they have ambassadors in the cabinet working for whoever pays them the most.

McCreevey, as culpable as Biffo, Ahern, Lenihan and all the other scumbags in his party for destroying our country. Bad luck to him.

And all of this going on at the same time the country was spending millions on tribunals into corruption by certain FF members. How’s that for two fingers to democracy.

That so called tent in Galway was a annual event where Mc Creevy and his cronies did business. Of course there was something in it for them We are now picking up the pieces with the introduction of Austerity Measures not of the peoples doing. I see that there was one board that Mc creevy was prevented on going on because a conflict of interest. They were elected to serve the people. Instead they served only their own pockets. Shame on them History will not be kind to the last Finna fail Government.Nepatisim is the word that will spring to mind when they were making appointments . In some cases family and friends got top jobs rather that the person who was qualified to do it.

This guy just typifies the whole ethos that FF were/are immersed in. One of murky dealings and giving succour to the elite and wealthy in this country…using their position in government to advance their and their favoured agendas at the expense of all others. This guy is one of the main contributors to the economic tailspin the country has endured and like the rest of hs type..remain in privilaged and well paid positions of power. It once again goes to display in crass clarity the divide in this country between them and us….and they ask us to trust them to get us out of this hole??? The only good thing that FF have done for this country is open our eyes to the codology they’ve been up to when the rest of us were in the stupor of the so called Celtic Tiger and that we should be thankful to them for…only thing is they’ve ruined the party for the other political lackwits!

We need to ensure the whole sorry episode 2000 – 2007 and its aftermath is included in the history books lest it happen again. And not just because these people need to be named and shamed, we’ve a baby boom at present, come twenty five years when we’ve freed ourselves from the Troika all these babies will be let loose in the housing market and its not inconceivable that the whole fiasco could reoccur.

He is the most culpable for the state ireland is in at the moment. It is he that brought the investors (his horse racing buddies) back into the market in 2002 when the market had peaked and started to fall. Them policies drove it up over 100% in the following 4 years. Also EU Commisioner during the whole lack of regulation era.

This type of cronyism and corruption will continue in politics for as long as there are no consequences.

Bertie Ahern, Former Taoiseach & Minister for Finance, Fianna Fail

Brian Cowen, Former Taoiseach & Minister for Finance, Fianna Fail

Brian Lenihan RIP, Former Minister for Finance, Fianna Fail

Willie McAteer, Director Anglo Irish Bank

Sean Fitzpatrick, Director Anglo Irish Bank

To name just afew…. They all living happily ever after.

So nessa Childers is shocked? Did she have her head up her arse for the last 20 years?

Charlie and Bertie – What a pair! The only transperancy in all this sorry state we are in is that it is clear that all were getting brown envelopes and in the case of these 2 it seems it was brown sacks. Sadly it’s still going on – wait and see the companies that NAMA show favour to in regard to legal and consultancy contracts. Build in the auctioneers and the developers and we are being taken for a bigger ride again while the likes of the labour Quinns Lochlan, Oisin, Raiire all benefit. There you have a trio of 1 TD 1 Councillor and 1 Money man with power ((ESB Chairman). Keep it in the family. They are not the only ones who run our corrupt country and we elect them.

I’m sure FF have changed and that’s why I’ll be voting for them in the next election.