Pat Rabbitte on Mariane Finucane today

DublinWriter

"I was in Galway yesterday and was approached by a number of very informed people...who told me that at least 40 bankers should be taken out and brought to Mountjoy"

Mariane's tempered response was "out of revenge, or out of justice?"

Considering that it costs the state €100K+ per annum to detain a prisoner at Mountjoy, I was tempted to ask what planet is Pat Rabbitte on?

...and the answer occurred to me, Planet Politician, like the rest of them. Go for the populous rabble-rousing rhetoric and bray about how the current lot got us in the mess we're now in.

Tell me something I don't know Pat...perhaps even what Labour's policy in government will be?

jimmycrackcorm

I'd like to know who these "informed" people are... article when had Galway been the centre of finance?

skelliser

the labour party candidate selection for galway was on on friday night.
he was probably at that.

OP, so you would rather let these people off scot free because it costs to much to keep them in prison!
Sure whats the difference between these criminals and other criminals?

daft attempt to throw muck at labour.

imo mountjoy is to soft, they should be lined up in front of the wall in kilmainham!!

Of course they should go to prison! But, prison should go back to where prisoners actually have to physically work and give some thing back. It would help cut down on that €100,000 price tag.

I'm sorry, but if you are found guilty by a jury of your peers, your rights should become basic at best. A right to food, shelter and education. You work to pay back your wrongs.

P. Breathnach

Papa Smut wrote: »

Of course they should go to prison! ...

Who should? On what charges?

It would be cheaper, and more fun for the intemperate among us, to hold a "lynch a banker" event every Wednedsday.

Lockstep

skelliser wrote: »

the labour party candidate selection for galway was on on friday night.
he was probably at that.

OP, so you would rather let these people off scot free because it costs to much to keep them in prison!
Sure whats the difference between these criminals and other criminals?

daft attempt to throw muck at labour.

imo mountjoy is to soft, they should be lined up in front of the wall in kilmainham!!

I was at the selection convention on Friday and can confirm he was there. He was speaking to a fair few people at that, probably referring to that.

COYW

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Who should? On what charges?

It would be cheaper, and more fun for the intemperate among us, to hold a "lynch a banker" event every Wednedsday.

Yeah, we could just line 3 or 4 of them up in College green and leave basket loads of rotten fruit for the public to throw at them. That will solve our economic woes.

Typical rent-a-quote rubbish from Labour.

Manach

May I point out that the government has generously supplied us with a surplus of cheese which we might use?

rumour

Or 'hang em high' from the towers cranes at the Anglo building on the quays for all to see???

johngalway

DublinWriter wrote: »

Mariane's tempered response was "out of revenge, or out of justice?"

Why not both. I don't see anything wrong with either in the case of extraordinarily greedy, incompetent and possibly in some cases corrupt individuals.

It won't solve the economies problems, but it will make a lot of people, myself included, feel a bit better.

Martin 2

"Pat Rabbitte on Mariane Finucane today."

Amusing thread title :-)