Albert Reynolds made an unscheduled flight to the Bahama

Murt10

I wonder what he was doing there?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/tribunals/air-chief-reynolds-ordered-diversion-49154.html

Menas

That story is 8 years old!

me_irl

hey guys

Boom_Bap

He was obviously trying to complete his life goal of whacking off in every country that is prefixed with 'The'
The United States of America and The Bahamas in one trip. Boom.

SEPT 23 1989

they lost power in one of the engines and rather than throwing bags of money out the door of the plane to reduce weight they decided to land

jossnjuice

Speaking to Raymond Tusk off the record.

Pac1Man

Well I am outraged.

xabi

In other news, id say we are about to have a recession.

darkpagandeath

xabi wrote: »

In other news, id say we are about to have a recession.

Ha, What next you will be telling us the IMF are in town... :pac::pac:

seamus

Fianna Fail Taoiseach in corruption shocker.

Not a single one of them has been able to keep their greasy fingers out of the tin.

I don't know about the FG Taoisigh, but if they've been naughty they've been way more discrete about it.

Anyway, as said this is 8 years old. We've already known for a long time that Reynolds was no less of a scumbag than his predecessor.

kneemos

seamus wrote: »

Fianna Fail Taoiseach in corruption shocker.

Not a single one of them has been able to keep their greasy fingers out of the tin.

I don't know about the FG Taoisigh, but if they've been naughty they've been way more discrete about it.

Anyway, as said this is 8 years old. We've already known for a long time that Reynolds was no less of a scumbag than his predecessor.

Never there long enough to even find the tin.

biko

I assume this thread is about possible tax evasion. OP just linkdumped so it's just guesswork from here.

DURING his St Patrick’s Day visit to the US in 1994 former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds ordered the government jet to make an unscheduled flight from Nassau to Freeport in the Bahamas, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

Mr Gilmartin had also said developer Owen O’Callaghan had told him he had given Mr Reynolds £150,000 in a bedroom following a dinner in Cork on March 11, 1994, shortly before the Taoiseach left Cork by helicopter to return to Dublin. Both Mr Reynolds and Mr O’Callaghan deny the claim.

Or is it about saucy gay sex, who knows?

blinding

Well , I would say he was a crook and Hiding Money....

If he couldn't do this then he would not get to lead FF .

LiamoSail

Reynolds was at a function with corrupt property developer Owen O'Callaghan the night before he left. The same Owen O'Callaghan who made corrupt payments to Liam Lawlor, the same Owen O'Callaghan who was found by the Mahon Tribunal to be corrupt, and the same Owen O'Callaghan who made contributions to fellow Corkonian Michael Martin's election expenses.

It's been nearly 40 years since Fianna Fáil had a leader that hasn't been part of a corrupt Government. In that time, they've twice driven the country to the brink of bankruptcy and surrendered our economic sovereignty while all the while lining their own pockets. But never mind that, Fine Gael want to charge us €150/yr for water, that's what most are focused on. Goes to show, you get the Government you deserve.

Jayop

Pac1Man wrote: »

Well I am outraged.

Welcome to boards and you'll fit right in.

NiallBoo

LiamoSail wrote: »

Goes to show, you get the Government you deserve.

None?

LiamoSail

kneemos wrote: »

Never there long enough to even find the tin.

Reynolds was Taoiseach for under three years and he found it handy enough. Whatever criticisms people have of FG, their last three Taoiseagh, Kenny, Bruton and Fitzgerald, are, I believe, honest politicians who wouldn't sell their office.

Compare that to their counterparts; Haughy, Reynolds and Bertie. A man that owned and island, another that used the Government jet to drop money in his offshore bank accounts, and of course, the Minister for Finance who didn't have a bank account and attributed part of his wealth to luck on the horses.

LiamoSail

NiallBoo wrote: »

None?

We have a caretaker Government at present

NiallBoo

LiamoSail wrote: »

We have a caretaker Government at present

Spoil-sport!

Strazdas

blinding wrote: »

Well , I would say he was a crook and Hiding Money....

If he couldn't do this then he would not get to lead FF .

Reynolds was already a wealthy businessman, wasn't he? It would probably make sense alright that he had money offshore.

diograis

biko wrote: »

I assume this thread is about possible tax evasion. OP just linkdumped so it's just guesswork from here.

Or is it about saucy gay sex, who knows?

For 150k? Maybe Albert had expensive tastes, who knows :P

seamus

LiamoSail wrote: »

Whatever criticisms people have of FG, their last three Taoiseagh, Kenny, Bruton and Fitzgerald, are, I believe, honest politicians who wouldn't sell their office.

Honesty is a scale tbh. Nobody is completely honest. Kenny alone is known to pull rank in order to ensure that his buddies get appointed to lucrative jobs.

But that's less dishonest than taking cash in hand for favours.

maudgonner

diograis wrote: »

For 150k? Maybe Albert had expensive tastes, who knows :P

Platinum Prince Alberts don't come cheap, ya know.

seamus

seamus wrote: »

Fianna Fail Taoiseach in corruption shocker.

Not a single one of them has been able to keep their greasy fingers out of the tin.

I don't know about the FG Taoisigh, but if they've been naughty they've been way more discrete about it.

Anyway, as said this is 8 years old. We've already known for a long time that Reynolds was no less of a scumbag than his predecessor.

Just so no one could suggest you were completely devoid of balls, could you show us your posts here that made these observations while he was still alive?

Thanks.

LiamoSail

LiamoSail wrote: »

Reynolds was Taoiseach for under three years and he found it handy enough. Whatever criticisms people have of FG, their last three Taoiseagh, Kenny, Bruton and Fitzgerald, are, I believe, honest politicians who wouldn't sell their office.

Honest clowns?

How many deals has a FG led Government brokered with Denis O'Brien? Why, following the exposition of his corrupt links with former FG Chairman Lowry, did Kenny and Hogan go back to that very man to do more deals, water, fuel, hospitals, debts written off etc. etc.

You are correct in one aspect, we have no hard evidence of any corruption this time...

seamus

Deleted User wrote: »

Just so no one could suggest you were completely devoid of balls, could you show us your posts here that made these observations while he was still alive?

Aw, did I hurt your feelings by criticising Fianna Fail?

Alas, I was but a sprite when Reynolds was Taoiseach and seeing as I'm not an investigative journalist had neither the information nor the motivation to go digging around in Reynolds's closet.

razorblunt

Plantain. The man loved plantain.

seamus

seamus wrote: »

Aw, did I hurt your feelings by criticising Fianna Fail?

Alas, I was but a sprite when Reynolds was Taoiseach and seeing as I'm not an investigative journalist had neither the information nor the motivation to go digging around in Reynolds's closet.

You were a poster here for 13 years before he died.

13 years, 10s of thousands of posts, not a whimper.

But you can say what you like now. He's well cold. Good man.

Menas

Deleted User wrote: »

You were a poster here for 13 years before he died.

13 years, 10s of thousands of posts, not a whimper.

But you can say what you like now. He's well cold. Good man.

So only people who expressed an opinion on boards before Reynolds died are entitled to express an opinion now?

Menas

Menas wrote: »

So only people who expressed an opinion on boards before Reynolds died are entitled to express an opinion now?

I don't think I said that at all.

They are entitled to an opinion, obviously. And others are entitled to observe that it's very easy to make strong pronouncements when the target is dead. Would you not agree?

cml387

*cough* Larry Goodman *cough*

Menas

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't think I said that at all.

They are entitled to an opinion, obviously. And others are entitled to observe that it's very easy to make strong pronouncements when the target is dead. Would you not agree?

But why were you asking Seamus to show where he had criticised Reynolds before he had died?

You are entitled to his opinion, he is entitled to his, but your asking him to provide evidence of where he criticised Reynolds before he died is non-sensical.

Just because someone is dead does not make them immune from criticism. And expressing an opinion about a dead person, for the first time, is not an act of cowardice.

seamus

Deleted User wrote: »

13 years, 10s of thousands of posts, not a whimper.

Nope, because I didn't give a sh1te. He didn't really appear on my radar until he died. I guess that means I'm not allowed to have an opinion now.

You carry on believing that I was secretly afraid to post anything critical of Albert Reynolds, if it makes you feel better. I don't really care, I don't have my personal feelings intertwined with the fate of a political party.