Gerry Adams in Mortgage Trouble??

paddy147 · 17-02-2013 02:42PM #1

I heard this morning on RTE 1 that Mr Gerry Adams is in mortgage trouble himself.

Must be some house and some mortgage is this is true??

sfwcork · 17-02-2013 02:44PM

Im sure if he was there is plenty of banks he can "borrow" from

losthorizon · 17-02-2013 02:46PM

paddy147 wrote: »

I heard this morning on RTE 1 that Mr Gerry Adams is in mortgage trouble himself.

Must be some house and some mortgage is this is true??

He cant blame that on his TD salary as hes only been a TD for two years and I assume his house is up north.

I assume a TDs salary is more than an MPs salary.

I suppose they have stopped robbing banks so his income has dropped somewhat.

Alter-Ego · 17-02-2013 02:48PM

losthorizon wrote: »

He cant blame that on his TD salary as hes only been a TD for two years and I assume his house is up north.

I assume a TDs salary is more than an MPs salary.

I suppose they have stopped robbing banks so his income has dropped somewhat.

It was his money, he just didn't want to fill out the forms.

Balmed Out · 17-02-2013 02:51PM

I think he bought a house in Dundalk or Dorogheda but I cant see how he could be having mortgage problems.
Is the op sure he didnt just hear Adams giving an opinion on mortgage arrears or something similar?

Death and Taxes · 17-02-2013 02:54PM

He told Marian Finucane last week he was in trouble with the banks over his house in Donegal.

D1stant · 17-02-2013 02:57PM

Ah so he prepares the ground to take his full Dail salary

fasttalkerchat · 17-02-2013 02:59PM

His family home in Belfast and he has a holiday home in Donegal. Now that he's a TD I'd imagine he has one in Louth as well.

dxhound2005 · 17-02-2013 03:04PM

Sunday Times.

Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein leader, has remortgaged his holiday home in Donegal. Adams, who revealed last weekend that he was "in negotiations with the bank" over the house remortgaged it with Bank of Ireland on November 30. Adams and his wife Colette bought a plot outside Gortahork in 2000 with a mortgage of IR£50,000. They first installed a mobile home before constructing a traditional cut-stone cottage. The TD for Louth revealed last week the couple "was in deep trouble" over the property. "One of my ambitions is to keep that house at all costs, not for me but because my family use it. It's a great bolt hole" he told RTE Radio.

Shades of P Flynn here, for Brussels, Dublin and Mayo substitute Belfast, Louth and Donegal. Pretty impressive on a wage of €35,000 a year, P Flynn was taking home IR £100,000.

dvpower · 17-02-2013 03:10PM

Can't he get a dig out from the same people who flew him to the States recently for private healthcare?

paddy147 · 17-02-2013 03:13PM

Balmed Out wrote: »

I think he bought a house in Dundalk or Dorogheda but I cant see how he could be having mortgage problems.
Is the op sure he didnt just hear Adams giving an opinion on mortgage arrears or something similar?

No I didnt get it wrong.....theres a story in some of the papers about Gerry Adams being in mortgage trouble himself,and they were talking about it on RTE this morning.
I overheard it while having my cuppa tea.

amacca · 17-02-2013 03:15PM

This is just the latest in a series of stories leaked by Gerry Adam's propaganda machine in a cynical attempt to detract attention from the much more serious issue of his beard

paddy147 · 17-02-2013 03:16PM

So whats next and whos next then???

Enda Kenny owes AIB or Nama some money over property?????:pac:

Phil Hogan got into serious trouble over his Holiday Villa,,didnt he??

dxhound2005 · 17-02-2013 03:22PM

amacca wrote: »

This is just the latest in a series of stories leaked by Gerry Adam's propaganda machine in a cynical attempt to detract attention from the much more serious issue of his beard

http://www.gubuwire.com/?p=2496

paddy147 · 17-02-2013 03:24PM

dvpower wrote: »

Can't he get a dig out from the same people who flew him to the States recently for private healthcare?

So did Phil Hogan (Mr HHC and Porperty Tax) get himself out of all his financial problems and not paying his fees with his own property???

You never answered anyone on a previous thread over that matter...:pac:

Please do tell us all again,,,what was Mr Hogans EXCUSE for not paying???????

gg2 · 17-02-2013 03:24PM

amacca wrote: »

This is just the latest in a series of stories leaked by Gerry Adam's propaganda machine in a cynical attempt to detract attention from the much more serious issue of his beard

Is it just my imagination or did he grow a beard because he was shot in the face (to cover the mark)??
Honestly could be pulling that info from my ass but I'm convinced I heard that somehere....

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-02-2013 03:25PM

Balmed Out wrote: »

I think he bought a house in Dundalk or Dorogheda but I cant see how he could be having mortgage problems.
Is the op sure he didnt just hear Adams giving an opinion on mortgage arrears or something similar?

It's a holiday home in Donegal.

I thought his book royalties alone would pay enough.

I don't believe for one second that Adams has any money worries.

dvpower · 17-02-2013 03:32PM

paddy147 wrote: »

So did Phil Hogan (Mr HHC and Porperty Tax) get himself out of all his financial problems and not paying his fees with his own property???

You never answered anyone on a previous thread over that matter...:pac:

Please do tell us all again,,,what was Mr Hogans EXCUSE for not paying???????

Why are you dragging your own thread off topic?

NIMAN · 17-02-2013 03:32PM

gg2 wrote: »

Is it just my imagination or did he grow a beard because he was shot in the face (to cover the mark)??
Honestly could be pulling that info from my ass but I'm convinced I heard that somehere....

He was hit in the neck, shoulder and arm, so you may well be right.

amacca · 17-02-2013 03:36PM

gg2 wrote: »

Is it just my imagination or did he grow a beard because he was shot in the face (to cover the mark)??
Honestly could be pulling that info from my ass but I'm convinced I heard that somehere....

Why let a little thing like the truth or proof get in the way of a good story

Personally I like that one (it has a plausibility to it) and I shall be re-telling it as gospel to friends and aquaintances at appropriate moments

if he ever shaves it and there is no scarring....then very costly private facial reconstruction clinic in switzerland with the bill footed in part by grass roots party contributions:D

mike65 · 17-02-2013 03:37PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Sunday Times.

Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein leader, has remortgaged his holiday home in Donegal. Adams, who revealed last weekend that he was "in negotiations with the bank" over the house remortgaged it with Bank of Ireland on November 30. Adams and his wife Colette bought a plot outside Gortahork in 2000 with a mortgage of IR£50,000. They first installed a mobile home before constructing a traditional cut-stone cottage. The TD for Louth revealed last week the couple "was in deep trouble" over the property. "One of my ambitions is to keep that house at all costs, not for me but because my family use it. It's a great bolt hole" he told RTE Radio.

Shades of P Flynn here, for Brussels, Dublin and Mayo substitute Belfast, Louth and Donegal. Pretty impressive on a wage of €35,000 a year, P Flynn was taking home IR £100,000.

Jasus he must be countless little hide always with his experience. Desperately trying to hold on to a holiday home sounds pretty stupid on its own terms.

mirwillbeback · 17-02-2013 03:38PM

He should be ok. I was told his house is a " safe " one.

latenia · 17-02-2013 03:52PM

So to summarise, Gery Adams is refusing to pay the (I presume) state owned bank money he owes it while at the same time he is in receipt of sufficient funds to do so from the public purse via his TD's salary but instead diverts the money to his party. I consider this theft of public money on the part of Sinn Féin. This is as bad as any Fianna Fáil stroke pulling-can anyone say the much-maligned Pee Flynn did anything worse?

Death and Taxes · 17-02-2013 04:02PM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

His family home in Belfast and he has a holiday home in Donegal. Now that he's a TD I'd imagine he has one in Louth as well.

No, he doesn't.apparently he "stays with friends" when he "visits" his constituency. His words in the Marian Finoucane interview.

GRMA · 17-02-2013 04:27PM

gg2 wrote: »

Is it just my imagination or did he grow a beard because he was shot in the face (to cover the mark)??
Honestly could be pulling that info from my ass but I'm convinced I heard that somehere....

He has a beard because he is too lazy to shave... thats from the horses mouth

Hopefully he can get his problems sorted out re his house in Donegal

RandomName2 · 17-02-2013 04:39PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

No, he doesn't.apparently he "stays with friends" when he "visits" his constituency. His words in the Marian Finoucane interview.

If that was the case he wouldn't be legally entitled to stand for election in that constituency. Either he was lying then, or now, I suppose.

I'm just a tad sceptical that a man who had no problem claiming €1 million in a job he never worked in would now find himself so hard up he had to re-mortgage...

Of course he's only earning €93,000 basic salary ... before expenses...

Wait, is it April 1st yet?

Death and Taxes · 17-02-2013 05:16PM

RandomName2 wrote: »

If that was the case he wouldn't be legally entitled to stand for election in that constituency. Either he was lying then, or now, I suppose.

I'm just a tad sceptical that a man who had no problem claiming €1 million in a job he never worked in would now find himself so hard up he had to re-mortgage...

Of course he's only earning €93,000 basic salary ... before expenses...

Wait, is it April 1st yet?

Bollox! There is NO requirement in law that a person standing for election actually a house in that constituency.
In fact I'm not certain there is even a requirement that the candidate even normally reside in the constituency in which they stand.

dxhound2005 · 17-02-2013 05:46PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Bollox! There is NO requirement in law that a person standing for election actually a house in that constituency.
In fact I'm not certain there is even a requirement that the candidate even normally reside in the constituency in which they stand.

Probably right. But Gerry managed to satisfy the authorities that he was entitled to be put on the electoral register in Louth so that he could vote for himself. I don't think that a UK citizen could gain this entitlement by just staying with friends in the Republic now and again. So he must have an interest in the property at his electoral register address in Co Louth.

Death and Taxes · 17-02-2013 05:50PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Probably right. But Gerry managed to satisfy the authorities that he was entitled to be put on the electoral register in Louth so that he could vote for himself. I don't think that a UK citizen could gain this entitlement by just staying with friends in the Republic now and again. So he must have an interest in the property at his electoral register address in Co Louth.

Residency would be enough, so say he lived at a certain address at the time he was put on the electoral register would suffice.

Nodin · 17-02-2013 05:50PM

gg2 wrote: »

Is it just my imagination or did he grow a beard because he was shot in the face (to cover the mark)??
Honestly could be pulling that info from my ass but I'm convinced I heard that somehere....

He had the beard before he was shot, afair.

dxhound2005 · 17-02-2013 06:09PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

Residency would be enough, so say he lived at a certain address at the time he was put on the electoral register would suffice.

Residency would involve some interest in the property either owning it, renting it, or paying board and lodings to the owner. I'd say the Dail authorities who deal with expenses would be interested in a situation where a TD was being given free accommodation by friends.

Apparently he may have questions to answer as well about the free gift of medical treatment he received in America.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2013/0213/1224329983081.html

Gerry Adams in Mortgage Trouble??

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