Frank Flannery, former CEO of Rehab, sticks up for the little guy

blue note

Interview with the sindo today. Admittedly I had thought that he was just being a b0llocks not wanting to be held accountable for accepting far more money than he deserved from an organisation that was given millions of public money annually and which received millions in charitable donations to help sick people and for engaging questionably closely related parties for huge sums of money.

But he's actually making a stand for us all;

"I am just Frank Flannery, private citizen, who eight years ago was head of a not-for-profit company that happens to do business with the State. Why should I be publicly abused or brought in to be castigated?

"All I want to do, and I am in my own way, speaking for every private citizen in Ireland, because what happens to me now could happen to somebody else.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/enda-he-is-not-a-man-i-consider-a-close-friend-were-not-pally-30180673.html

I must admit that I had never thought of it like that. But looking at people like him my wages do seem suspiciously low. I wouldn't be surprised if a PAC knock on my door some day now wanting to know if I have undeclared income or something.

Anyway, all I want to do is say Thank you Frank! Actually, that doesn't adequately convey my gratidute. I'm going to have to say it entirely in capital letters and put it on it's own line;

THANK YOU FRANK!

super_furry

We should have a whip around for him.

D1stant

Just like every other poor sod, earning a fortune from consultancy, doling out plum jobs to his buddies and drawing down a massive pension, all paid for by the other poor sods

Does this pr1ck think anyone is going to buy this? He is Bertie Aherne with cuff links

Red Kev

Frank is a ticket checker on the FG gravy train. The sooner you realise that OP, the better for you.

Sindo also runs a story today on how Gemma Hussey's (former FG minister) brother in law got several million off Rehab (i.e. taxpayer) for years. You forgot to mention this.

New head of Rehab is a FG advisor, it looks more and more like their own personal territory, perfect place for jobs for the loyal FG boys. Probably agreed with FF decades ago to keep them all in soup.

D1stant

Red Kev wrote: »

Frank is a ticket checker on the FG gravy train. The sooner you realise that OP, the better for you.

Sindo also runs a story today on how Gemma Hussey's (former FG minister) brother in law got several million off Rehab (i.e. taxpayer) for years. You forgot to mention this.

New head of Rehab is a FG advisor, it looks more and more like their own personal territory, perfect place for jobs for the loyal FG boys. Probably agreed with FF decades ago to keep them all in soup.

Is your sarcasm detector having a lie in?

diomed

blue note wrote: »

"All I want to do, and I am in my own way, speaking for every private citizen in Ireland, because what happens to me now could happen to somebody else.

He is speaking for every private citizen?
Thanks. We are all too stupid to understand anything.

How about some plain data, not grouped and summarised to hide the truth, not the extracts drip-fed to the Public Accounts Committee?
If he or the others have nothing to hide, spare us a few hours, and restore confidence in the charity industry/business.

Satriale

super_furry wrote: »

We should have a whip around for him.

:pac:

Stavros Murphy

They tried to have a go at rehab, I said No, No, No.

Happily, they did anyway. I wonder how many more "Rehabs" there are out there? I'm guessing loads.

Boombastic

Stick it to 'the man' !!


I salute you Frank!!



We shall not be moved!!


john17:12

Stavros Murphy

Boombastic wrote: »

Stick it to 'the man' !!


I salute you Frank!!



We shall not be moved!!


john17:12

Irelands favorite phrases: "I am de victim heyore" and "Lessons must be learnt, this can never happen again".

Translation: "Feck off if ye think I'm holding my hands up to anything" and "Nothing is going to be done so get over it".

Boombastic

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Irelands favorite phrases: "I am de victim heyore" and "Lessons must be learnt, this can never happen again".

Translation: "Feck off if ye think I'm holding my hands up to anything" and "Nothing is going to be done so get over it".

Moving forward we shall have complete transparency

Stavros Murphy

Boombastic wrote: »

Moving forward we shall have complete transparency

Translation:"But what we were up to before - that's off limits sonny."

RobertKK

I feel so sorry for Frank Flannery sticking up for the little guy, waving the constitution about and his rights as an individual....

Still looking in the constitution to where it says an organisation that is mostly state funded has to pay tens of thousands of euro to a man to lobby a party he was a member of. How one can sanction €2.5 million to a brother in law of a former FG minister.
People like Frank Flannery are what is wrong with this country.
They leech off the state and then go crying and missing when all the blood sucking is done and people want answers.
It is Frank Flannery types that cause large budget deficits and in his case waste of HSE money.
He plays the victim but it only makes him look foolish if he thinks people will buy that crap.

Boombastic

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Translation:"But what we were up to before - that's off limits sonny."

they have contracts which can't be amended, our hands are tied


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5Odgkui7c

Stavros Murphy

RobertKK wrote: »

I feel so sorry for Frank Flannery sticking up for the little guy, waving the constitution about and his rights as an individual....

Still looking in the constitution to where it says an organisation that is mostly state funded has to pay tens of thousands of euro to a man to lobby a party he was a member of. How one can sanction €2.5 million to a brother in law of a former FG minister.
People like Frank Flannery are what is wrong with this country.
They leech off the state and then go crying and missing when all the blood sucking is done and people want answers.
It is Frank Flannery types that cause large budget deficits and in his case waste of HSE money.
He plays the victim but it only makes him look foolish if he thinks people will buy that crap.

Yeah, the big fool. And him with all the money.

Stavros Murphy

Boombastic wrote: »

they have contacts which can't be amended, our hands are tied


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn5Odgkui7c

"For legal reasons". - translation, "we had to pay or he'd have us all in jail with the dirt he has on us"

RobertKK

diomed wrote: »

He is speaking for every private citizen?
Thanks. We are all too stupid to understand anything.

How about some plain data, not grouped and summarised to hide the truth, not the extracts drip-fed to the Public Accounts Committee?
If he or the others have nothing to hide, spare us a few hours, and restore confidence in the charity industry/business.

Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery really do believe in charity, they had great confidence in it and lived by the saying 'charity begins at home'.
So they went home to lovely houses, nice holidays and the good life.

Just wait till details of their pensions come out, if they do and we see how charitable they have been to themselves.

donegal__road

anyone know what is the latest on this? It has been pushed out of the spotlight between Adams and now Shatter. Are Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery going to be appearing before the PAC?

everlast75

donegal__road wrote: »

anyone know what is the latest on this? It has been pushed out of the spotlight between Adams and now Shatter. Are Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery going to be appearing before the PAC?

The PAC are seeking legal advice on compellability to attend. They are fairly confident the can do it too.

Fingers crossed!

Dyr

first they came for the gombeens, and i did not speak out...

Sir Gallagher

Frank Flannery free man of the land.