Why do Charlie Haughey's family still own an island?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Why? Shouldn't CAB have been able to seize it.

Maybe the same way Denis O Brien accrued his wealth in Ireland?

TheValeyard

Lets make it a prison island.

Charles J. haughey Prison Island.

SEPT 23 1989

He did nothing wrong

Baron Kurtz

Love the chatter about how expensive the shirts he wore were. Ooh, the tax-payer picking up the tab for his shirts

Good time for Charlie. Dacent skin he was.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Lets make it a prison island.

Charles J. haughey Prison Island.

Any new prison wing is opened up in Ireland, should be called the Charles J. Haughey wing.

colm_mcm

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Love the chatter about how expensive the shirts he wore were. Ooh, the tax-payer picking up the tab for his shirts

£700 shirts wouldn’t be the norm though, and it seems he bought at least 20 of them with money that wasn’t his. It wasn’t the taxpayer IIRC that paid for them but donations for Brian Lenihans liver transplant. He embezzled £250k from that fund.

Fann Linn

'He gave us de bus pass'.
Lol.

dxhound2005

They want to make a few bob out of it during the eclipse.

Inishvickillane will be the first land in Europe to experience the Solar eclipse of September 23, 2090.

Your Face

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Why? Shouldn't CAB have been able to seize it.

Maybe the same way Denis O Brien accrued his wealth in Ireland?

What?

SEPT 23 1989

his only crime was that he loved his country too much

Spanish Eyes

His children were gifted the Kinsealy pad yonks ago when it was not worth as much as today. Presumably they they have now inherited Inishvikwhatever now that mammy is gone RIP.

That is what a lot of parents do, but however...... Kinsealy and InishV were procured by nefarious means as we all know now. Still the kids benefited with millions and will never see a poor day again.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/maureen-haughey-stoic-wife-of-charlie-leaves-9m-fortune-36830625.html

I'll leave it there

Franz Von Peppercorn

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

his only crime was that he loved his country too much

He loved his country and the filthy lucre too much. Not necessarily in that order.

Poor Uncle Tom

A man of his day, without him as a gauge it wouldn't be as easy to see how politics have changed for the better as we emerge from the 'tighten your belts' mentality of post war of independence cabinet of ministers.

Zebra3

They should dig him up and hang him.

dxhound2005

Zebra3 wrote: »

They should dig him up and hang him.

Why would his children want to do that?

Spanish Eyes

Pity the CAB wasn't around in his day though!

The children are wealthy on the back of his deeds. I hope they enjoy it all.

OldMrBrennan83

Could do with more Charlies these days.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Patww79 wrote: »

Need more Charlies.

Like a fish needs a bicycle.

Am I right?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

His children were gifted the Kinsealy pad yonks ago when it was not worth as much as today. Presumably they they have now inherited Inishvikwhatever now that mammy is gone RIP.

That is what a lot of parents do, but however...... Kinsealy and InishV were procured by nefarious means as we all know now. Still the kids benefited with millions and will never see a poor day again.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/maureen-haughey-stoic-wife-of-charlie-leaves-9m-fortune-36830625.html

I'll leave it there

£9 million is a nice amount to leave behind. He played the part of a humble man. My Granda couldn't speak highly enough of him, unfortunately.

Belts had to be tightened.

Ipso

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

£9 million is a nice amount to leave behind. He played the part of a humble man. My Granda couldn't speak highly enough of him, unfortunately.

Belts had to be tightened.

Auto erotic asphyxiation!

terryduff12

http://iwdg.ie/downloads/ezine/Irish%20Whale%20&%20Dolphin%20Group%20Newsletter%2009.91.pdf

Spanish Eyes

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

£9 million is a nice amount to leave behind. He played the part of a humble man. My Granda couldn't speak highly enough of him, unfortunately.

Belts had to be tightened.

That amount is what Maureen left. Prior to that the kids were gifted Kinsealy and the lands as a gift way before mam and dad passed on. So you could double or treble that amount now.

Nice one. On the back of dodgy procurement IMV.

RobbingBandit

Same reason Berties parents are in the republican plot in glasnevin as he man puts it I have the power

Clonmel1000

Patww79 wrote: »

Could do with more Charlies these days.

Just curious why?

Are Am Eye

RobbingBandit wrote: »

as he man puts it I have the power

He Man also said
'When we find the Key, Gwildor will set the coordinates for Grayskull. We'll use the element of surprise...'

steddyeddy

Bravo for asking.

His family are living off criminal assets. I always wondered how they're not ashamed let alone allowed to remain in ownership of criminal assets.

No different to a drug dealer's wife living off his ill bought gains.

Badly Drunk Boy

terryduff12 wrote: »

http://iwdg.ie/downloads/ezine/Irish%20Whale%20&%20Dolphin%20Group%20Newsletter%2009.91.pdf

After he declared Irish territorial waters a whale and dolphin sanctuary, there were reactions (included in that link). Most were serious, but I liked this one:

"Did Fungi have something to do with it?"
- Tom MacSweeny, Marine Times.

:pac:

Spanish Eyes

steddyeddy wrote: »

Bravo for asking.

His family are living off criminal assets. I always wondered how they're not ashamed let alone allowed to remain in ownership of criminal assets.

No different to a drug dealer's wife living off his ill bouhht gains.

Have often thought the same myself, and I mentioned it in a previous post re CAB.

But the children don't seem to be too bothered.

gozunda

Charlie the man that famously told the country that we were "living beyond our means" all the while he was living it up in his big house, buying islands and having the state pay for his designer shirts in Paris.

He left a legacy of corruption and backhanders that is still with us to this day. Try getting planning permissions without extra fees and you might as well take the boat.


Just in case anyone forgets ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/dec/20/ireland

Spanish Eyes

Is one of the children a TD, or in the running for a place on the FF ticket out there in Haughey Land?

You could not make this up if so.