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Damn right! - Man hits one banker with one or more eggs but misses another

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One of Ireland’s top bankers was pelted with eggs today as hundreds of angry shareholders attended a meeting.

Dermot Gleeson, chairman of Allied Irish Bank, ducked to avoid the missiles just moments after addressing an emergency general meeting at its banking centre in Dublin.

Pensioner Gary Keogh, who was removed from the building, said he was extremely angry after losing his pension in the economic downturn.

“The whole board should be replaced by Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck,” he said.

“We should go to Disneyland and Paris.”

Mr Keogh, 66, from Blackrock in south Dublin, said he felt compelled to throw the eggs after Mr Gleeson tried to speak over another shareholder.

Mr Keogh said: “For the last number of years we have been told to put our money into the banks – now we have no pensions.

“I have no pension. My pension now is wiped out because of AIB. I cannot sell the shares because they are useless.

“I will be here next year if I can’t sell my shares at a reasonable price.”

Mr Keogh, an investor in AIB for 20 years, said that, although he enjoyed some good times as a shareholder, he had not enjoyed it as much as this morning.

He admitted he came to the EGM armed with the eggs and would have done the same at the Bank of Ireland shareholders’ meeting had he been invited.

Hundreds of angry shareholders packed Allied's banking centre for the EGM, where they will later vote to ratify the Government's €3.5bn recapitalisation plan.

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javaboy

If the shareholders had held the bankers to higher standards over the years, these kind of childish theatrics wouldn't be necessary.

Caoimhín

Can I throw eggs at Paddypower because I lost a tenner on the 3.30 at Punchestown?

tony1kenobi

The old bastard has enough money to throw good eggs away. He needs a few slaps himself.

My name is Mud

What a cracking story.

faceman

To be fair, the top dog in AIB is stepping down, admits they got it wrong about property and will get a cushy pay off.

It didnt take a genius to work out where property was going.

As a result of their incompetence, many pensions are at risk and/or worth feck all. Many jobs have been lost and are at risk too.

And all they hit him with was an egg.

holly1

The wa***rs are left with egg on their face!!!

Whiskey Devil

tony1kenobi wrote: »

The old bastard has enough money to throw good eggs away. He needs a few slaps himself.

Exactly. :pac: Tough **** old man - no sympathy for shareholders whatsoever.

ScumLord

Should have thrown bricks and set the place on fire. Down with banks!

Nichololas

Kinda sounds like he just wants to throw eggs at somebody. Disneyland, indeed.

niceirishfella

Was it even a rotten egg?

genericguy

My name is Mud wrote: »

What a cracking story.

fail.

mcauley

Was that the best he could do?

Surely a cinder-block would have been more effective?

Aidric

faceman wrote: »

It didnt take a genius to work out where property was going.

Yep, putting all their eggs in the one basket was a bad idea. It's the 'poor' shareholders who have been fried on this one.

niceirishfella

mcauley wrote: »

Was that the best he could do?

Surely a cinder-block would have been more effective?

Or a Granade?:)
I'll tell you this much..........they were lucky he was just a weeee bit of an olde CRAZY man, and not a Gun Wielding old Nutcase............could have been world news if he had to take out a semi and wipe out the board.:eek:

Rebelheart

The guy who threw the eggs in question is talking to that Joe Duffy guy on RTÉ 1 this second.

Mr.Lizard

They've no pension yet they can afford to be throwing expensive eggs around? I call decadence on them!

I guess Mr.Keogh didn't read the small print about share price can go down as well as up?

mcauley

Rebelheart wrote: »

The guy who threw the eggs in question is talking to that Joe Duffy guy on RTÉ 1 this second.

He's a local hero now. . .next he'll be driving through the doors of Montrose a lá Paul Stokes. . .:D

jimmycrackcorm

where were all the people offering to cook eggs benedict breakfasts for the CEO at the AGMs when the share price was at an all-time high?

mercuroman

Excuse me for being pedantic but the banker was not 'pelted' with eggs as they, in fact, did not hit him.

Mr.Lizard

mercuroman wrote: »

Excuse me for being pedantic but the banker was not 'pelted' with eggs as they, in fact, did not hit him.

I guess the yolk's on them then.

6th

Whiskey Devil wrote: »

Eggactly. :pac: Tough **** old man - no sympathy for shareholders whatsoever.

FYP.

Tom Cruises Left Nut

niceirishfella wrote: »

could have been world news if he had to take out a semi and wipe out the board.:eek:

Good advert for Viagra if the oul fella had managed to get out his semi :pac:

hblock21

Whiskey Devil wrote: »

Exactly. :pac: Tough **** old man - no
sympathy for shareholders whatsoever.

He's most concerned that his pension was totally wiped out! Not about his few shares. You know that could be anyone, your father, mother, grandparents, all because of the greedy banks.

tech77

That Gleeson is some yolk.
By all accounts, he scrambled for cover.
Are BOI still trying to poach him.

This thread reminds me of the Histor's eye sketch on TMWRNJ.
The puns can only get worse.

TheZohanS

Yes the banks were greedy but so were the shareholders.

Shares are high risk, all shareholders knew this.

How many of them were giving out when the share values were rising?
None.

Rebelheart

mercuroman wrote: »

Excuse me for being pedantic but the banker was not 'pelted' with eggs as they, in fact, did not hit him.

The egg thrower, young Keogh, said with pride that he had in fact hit Gleeson but lamented that he missed Sheehy with the other egg. Check that Joe Duffy show on the RTÉ website. He was quite the showman, until some working class guy came on and told him, basically, that this is what you get for gambling.

bladespin

They seem to have forgotten: the value of your investment may fall as well as rise :rolleyes:

mercuroman

Rebelheart wrote: »

The egg thrower, young Keogh, said with pride that he had in fact hit Gleeson but lamented that he missed Sheehy with the other egg. Check that Joe Duffy show on the RTÉ website. He was quite the showman, until some working class guy came on and told him, basically, that this is what you get for gambling.

Yet again, apologies, but "pelted" would denote a succession of hits rather than one hit

Snowie

whats wrong with these people they should of thrown there shoes

Ulysses Gaze

They seem to have forgotten: the value of your investment may fall as well as rise

True.....but the banks seem to have forgotten about prudent diversification of portfolios. So investors have expect banks to be more prudent with their hard-earned.

Lending recklesly to builders to build houses and commercial buildings and then lumping pensions into property portfolio's is hardly diversification and yeah, people have a right to be angry.

The Irish psychosis for property is going to cost the whole economy dearly for at least a generation.....

And the banks are a major player in this....