Former politician held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder

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A former public representative was tonight being questioned by gardaí in Cork after he allegedly tried to hire a hitman to murder three people involved in an investigation into his financial affairs.

The man was arrested at his home outside Cork city this morning on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the three people. Detectives arrested him under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act which allows gardaí to detain suspects for up to seven days.

The man was brought to Gurranebraher Garda station where he was questioned about an alleged plot to murder a garda, a Revenue official and an accountant who had all been involved in a criminal investigation into the man’s business affairs.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0228/breaking52.html#.US_GbOgjNRY.twitter

Surprised there hasn't been a thread about this already. Best get a good stock of popcorn in!

lockon...

So half of Sinn Fein are suspected of being murderers

Fromthetrees

I hired a hitman about 2 weeks ago. :cool:





In a ps3 game.

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lockon... wrote: »

So half of Sinn Fein are suspected of being murderers

Aye.. and maybe one of them was tonight arrested... or not!

castletownman

Sounds like a normal day in Mexico

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Sounds like a bad Tarantino plot.

Nodin

My name is URL wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0228/breaking52.html#.US_GbOgjNRY.twitter

Surprised there hasn't been a thread about this already. Best get a good stock of popcorn in!

....could be some county councillor we never heard of....

Tin Foil Hat

My name is URL wrote: »

Aye.. and maybe one of them was tonight arrested... or not!

Not SF.
Not well known at all actually, but his auld fella would be well known in Cork NC.

jd83

Now im not going to reveal my source. But I heard that Mary Harney may have murdered a kebab.

R.I.P

flutered

lockon... wrote: »

So half of Sinn Fein are suspected of being murderers

no, this guy is not sf.

Chucken

lockon... wrote: »

So half of Sinn Fein are suspected of being murderers

Where does it mention Sinn Fein?

mackg

What exactly falls under the heading of public representative? Is it just TD's and councillors?

admiralofthefleet

I thought *bleeeeep* was in trouble before for trying to get *bleeeeep* killed, the little bollox

jd83

Chucken wrote: »

Where does it mention Sinn Fein?

I think the poster meant "sure" instead of "so" and rightly so!

Markcheese

Nodin wrote: »

....could be some county councillor we never heard of....

Ah sure where would the fun be in that ...

flutered

it all over twitter.

castletownman

flutered wrote: »

it all over twitter.

Ah. It must be true then

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Nodin wrote: »

....could be some county councillor we never heard of....

If unfounded and wild speculation on Twitter etc is anything to go by; it looks that way alright! Interesting none the less.

Where To

If it's who I hear it is, naming him would mean it wouldn't even make the Cork news, never mind national news.

Nodin

Markcheese wrote: »

Ah sure where would the fun be in that ...

...odds are if you made it to the dail, you're far too cute a whore to be caught like whoever yer man is.

Tin Foil Hat

Anyone who knows who this guy's dad is should read his wiki page before it gets changed.

Happyman42

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Anyone who knows who this guy's dad is should read his wiki page before it gets changed.

Any chance of a PM tip off?

fasttalkerchat

He's in his 30's. Source: Gardaí statement.

Also:

Gardaí had previously arrested the man in 2011 when he was working as a financial adviser. On that occasion, the man was questioned about alleged offences under the Criminal Justice Fraud and Theft Act but he was later released without charge.

-Irish Times.

I still don't know who!

dizzywizlw

Is it wrong to hope it's Jackie Healy-Rae?

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dizzywizlw wrote: »

Is it wrong to hope it's Jackie Healy-Rae?

Well, wrong county at least.

Tin Foil Hat

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Anyone who knows who this guy's dad is should read his wiki page before it gets changed.

Too late

Happyman42

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Too late

Must have just missed it.:(

token101

Apparently he has form too.

Edit: Whoever fixed the wiki page never changed the search engine bit! It appears right under the name!

Planemo

Happyman42 wrote: »

Must have just missed it.:(

From the History tab:

The seat was filled by the co-option of his son [REDACTED], the well known langer and hirer of hit-men

token101

Jesus aren't media blackouts a bit pointless in this day and age!

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token101 wrote: »

Jesus aren't media blackouts a bit pointless in this day and age!

They've all but named him already by mentioning his previous run-ins with the law.

token101

My name is URL wrote: »

They've all but named him already by mentioning his previous run-ins with the law.

Exactly. Why don't they just go ahead and say his name FFS.

charlemont

Ha Ha The thick cúnt, Hope they throw the book at him, Daddy won't be able to rescue him now..:)

charlemont

token101 wrote: »

Exactly. Why don't they just go ahead and say his name FFS.

True, Everyone here in Cork know's who he is. The same clown's behaviour would remind you of the crooked lawyer in Carlito's Way, Ha. He caught tight by the balls now.

Dwork

It's so hard to hire good help these days. Langer.

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token101 wrote: »

Exactly. Why don't they just go ahead and say his name FFS.

Why bother risking legal action when hundreds of chattering voices are saying it online?!

Alien vs. Predator

Think this is finally going to push me over the edge and sign up to twitter, how does it work then just search for hashtag cork and see what's trending (Honestly never used twitter before)

mackg

Alien vs. Predator wrote: »

Think this is finally going to push me over the edge and sign up to twitter, how does it work then just search for hashtag cork and see what's trending (Honestly never used twitter before)

I just signed up too over this! Can't wait until work tomorrow morning to find out

eyeball kid

I guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out who this is about! (Not worth signing up to twitter for I think!)

mikom

Happyman42 wrote: »

Any chance of a PM tip off?

David Cameron.

MadsL

If he is not transgendered, I'm out.