the other chap Mr. Leen from my research on him is a right thug..... kicking the shite of a farmer on the ground when he was 21.. and his father a former Sinn Fein councillor... i swear to god we havent a clue of the type of people we have living among us....
Yep, AGM and new guy will serve for 2 years.
McConnell elected Nov 2021
Don't think she was arrested, but she would have been interviewed. They interviewed staff and family also.
Was their AGM in november? Or did he just resign?
I thought his wife was arrested at some stage? I know it was just the Hindi website that had that.
Im not sure though, how easy would something like that be to hide from a spouse?
Did he sell his share in stumptown too?
Would they not just change the name to Tralee garden centre or something to save the business as it's quite liked locally and seem viable because the ballyseedy name is now tainted with meth forever.
Also no females were arrested, so he was doing all the bad stuff behind their backs.
There was no real issue. They had pigs, one got ill and put down by their onsite vet.
But the usual animal nutters made all sorts of claims. These are the nutters that will scream at you for eating meat or having a dog as a pet and hate all zoos.
They have 3 branches of Ballyseedy & one burger place. That's it. It was open the day after the raid and has been open since.
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I'm amazed at some of the comments on here that have gone unchecked. A post hoping somebody would get raped even applauded.
There was a comment a few weeks ago made about the development of a building in the town that was shut down and rounded on.
Strange double standards.
His photo-ops are still available to purchase on the Kerry's Eye website for anyone wanting to reminisce. I don't know if they're all going to get dumped.
I remember all that too and the amount of people that were never going to darken the door again! Quickly forgotten and place was busier than ever!
I seem to remember some kerfuffle a few years back in Ballyseedy garden centre over animals (pot belly pigs?) they had which weren't very well cared and eventually got taken off them or surrendered to a rescue or something.
It was somehow tied into the whole Animal Haven fiasco and the nutter from Cork who ran that until forced out.
I honestly can't remember the details anymore, but I don't remember the Ballyseedy woman coming out of it looking very well.
Lots of people in Kerry and tralee impacted by drug gangs / drug debts etc … doubt if many of those people will be going supporting this garden centre into the future .
must be huge money laundering repercussions as well out of the people this man has brought around Kerry .
CAB don't close places just because a crime was committed. They will close it if is due to the proceeds of crime. I can't see that happening myself.
He was president of Tralee Chamber Alliance, so obviously liked by his peers.
This would have given him plenty of photo ops with politicians of all shades as he'd be representing business interests of Tralee and the north Kerry area.
His term ended last November https://tralee.ie/chamber-board/
Funny, you'd almost think he didn't exist now with so many articles and photos being deleted by groups all over Kerry
Chances are they'll have a very busy weekend.
From people who's just having a nose.
Then there's people who want to support the workers/innocent family.(I don't know the set up of who's involved.)
Some people don't reliese the seriousnes of it and just sees Nathan as a naughty little boy. It's hard to tell of their nieve or ignorant.
I might as well ask the question.
Are the family/himself liked?
Was it a shock to the local? I think we've all heard of a business that has questionable finances.
Impossible for it to survive seeing that they have CCTV footage of the machine the drugs were found in being stored and loaded into a container in the garden centre that was found in Cork. Surprised it wasn’t ordered to close yesterday by CAB.
There must be four or five garden centres / cafes around Munster. A lot of expansion recently and one opening in newcastlewest also. A burger place too. God knows what else. I just absolutely do not believe there wasn't a significant enough number of people that had knowledge etc. given thr scale of it all. The statement from ballyseedy was pathetic. I do sympathise if certain family members were unaware but a number if people absolutely had knowledge of this. I'd seriously question anyone who goes there this weekend if they are open. It sickens me to my core that Iv been a customer. I'm honestly stunned at some of the fb comments....its like some people genuinely don't understand the serious nature of it. I'm very happy to go without my scone. The staff are the main losers from it all. I hope they get alternative work ASAP as even if they are trading for the moment it won't last going on what's rumoured to come.
Owns a restaurant in Ardfert a neighbouring village 5km outside of Tralee.
Outside of this large Garden centre what other types of Businsses has this geezer got ?
More details
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/two-men-facing-drug-charges-in-relation-to-record-33m-crystal-meth-haul-denied-bail/a1971750004.htm
stealtech sheds must have got the heads up from the shades ,all the sheds for sale were removed before the garda raid
It’s disgusting, the staff and kids is all I’ve sympathy for, I hope they’ll all be ok but in terms of the garden centre the most fitting thing that could happen to it now is the cartel blowing it up at night when it’s empty. It’s a horrible stain on our town and county now knowing the absolute filth that was going on there. Get rid of it, quick. Leave no trace of that horrible man out there to be reminded of this.
This. The poor people in Mexico and South America that you don't hear much about, are brutalized by these gangs into working for them. Entire villages and towns are virtual slave stations. All to satisfy a want from some dissipated Westerner for a cheap thrill. And these gangs are beyond hideous, what they get up to is beyond horrible. Just recently, one cartel came up with an equivalent of the Nigeria 419 scam - the emails that tell you send 10,000 to this exiled prince and he'll share 10 million with you. The latest version is, "we're a firm in Mexico that will help you sell your valueless timeshare. Just send us ..." The cartels required fluent speakers of English as this scam was all phone based.
Well, at some point, some of the workers (who were fluent in English, mind, but couldn't get good jobs in Mx or were prevented by the cartels) quit. The cartels didn't like that and made examples of a bunch of them - they hacked them up and left body parts in plastic bags.
That's who is doing business with the CEO of Ballyseedy garden centre.
Ya, I'm fairly sure that was it. I've no idea what the family are like but I remember feeling sorry for the mother because she had a fairly good business and the son talked her into all this investment which basically put them into debt.
I haven't an ounce of sympathy for either of these **** or the McDonnells and Ballyseedy. I feel very sorry for the staff who will no doubt have no jobs shortly when CAB roll in. The comments on the fb page are from utter imbeciles imo. Referring to it as a mistake and an inconvenience. You don't end up minding 30 mil of meth by mistake and nobody is going to trust someone who hasn't proven their worth with that much drugs. Not his first rodeo I'd hazard a guess. I'll never darken the door of that place again as long as the current owners are connected. You'd have to wonder how the significant expansion was funded. Also come one it's VERY unlikely no other family members were aware or dodgy accountants etc. You don't do an operation that size alone. People must be completely thick. And that c u next Tuesday posting on LinkedIn at the tidy towns as a community pillar.....throw away the key quickly on both of them.
u know your stuff my friend.... wonder who you are??
That's cos winning the all Ireland is a regular occurrence 😂 Im actually a Dub. We win our fair share as well. 😁
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